**WOODGRANGE BAPTIST CHURCH CHARITABLE TRUST TRUSTEES’ REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 5 APRIL 2025**
## **WOODGRANGE BAPTIST CHURCH CHARITABLE TRUST**
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Trustees’ annual report
Independent Examiners’ report
Statement of financial activities
Balance sheet
Notes to the accounts|Page|
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## **WOODGRANGE BAPTIST CHURCH CHARITABLE TRUST**
## **TRUSTEES’ ANNUAL REPORT**
## **REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATION DETAILS**
The Trustees present their annual report and financial statements for the year ended 5 April 2025.
The Charity was established on 11 September 1986 under the Charity Commissioners’ scheme No.296376.
The Charity’s principal address 3 Rose Cottages, Burnham Road, Southminster, Essex, CM0 7BL.
## **STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT**
The Trust's governing document is the Trust Deed dated 11 Sept 1986. The current Trustees are Rev. Timothy West and Mr Donald Martin, who are responsible for the administration of the Trust's funds. Both are members of the Woodgrange Baptist Church, Romford Road, Forest Gate, London, E7 8AA. The Trustees consult infrequently by both telephone and email. None of the Trustees receive remuneration from the Trust.
## **OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES**
In accordance with the Trust Deed the principal purposes of the Trust are:
To advance the Christian faith in Great Britain & elsewhere, to support the relief of poverty in East London, Great Britain and Internationally, to support the advancement of education, and such other charitable objectives as the Trustees may determine.
These objectives are achieved mainly through the receipt of subscriptions/funds from interested parties (individuals and groups) into the Trust bank account at HSBC bank, Stratford E15, and augmented by Gift Aid claims on subscribers' donations (if taxpayers) and applied to the causes nominated by the subscribers.
## **ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE**
In the year 2024/25 one individual subscribed to the Trust, specifically enabling it to support the Africa Gospel Church’s pastoral provision and Noreen’s school in Lokichar. The Woodgrange Baptist Church donated £3,404 to the work of the Trust over the course of the year. The Trust responded to requests from four individuals for financial assistance.
The main subscriber to the Trust retired from regular donations to the Trust in February 2025.
During 2024/25 the services of the Trust were well used. Income totalling £30,174 was received during the course of the year. Total expenditure, including charitable donations of £22,928, was £24,118, which left a small surplus of funds.
**Mr D Martin Treasurer**
## **5 February 2026**
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## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINERS’ REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF**
## **WOODGRANGE BAPTIST CHURCH CHARITABLE TRUST (Scheme No.296376)**
We report on the Accounts of the Charity for the year ended 5 April 2025 set out on Pages 3 to 5.
## **Respective responsibilities of Trustees and Examiners.**
The Charity’s Trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year (under section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 (the Act)) and that an independent examination is needed.
It is our responsibility to:
- Examine the accounts (under section 145 of the Act);
- To follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners (under section 145(5)(b) of the Act); and
- To state whether particular matters have come to our attention.
## **Basis of Independent Examiners’ report**
Our examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the Charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeking explanations from the Trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently we do not express an audit opinion on the view given by the accounts.
## **Independent Examiners’ statement**
In connection with our examination, no matter has come to our attention:
- 1 which gives us reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the Trustees have not met the requirements to ensure that:
- Proper accounting records are kept (in accordance with section 130 of the Act); and
- Accounts are prepared which agree with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the Act; or
- 2 to which, in our opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
**Maynard Heady LLP** 5 February 2026 Chartered Accountants Arlington House **Reporting Accountants** West Station Business Park Spital Road Maldon Essex CM9 6FF
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## **WOODGRANGE BAPTIST CHURCH CHARITABLE TRUST**
## **STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES**
## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 5 APRIL 2025**
|
**INCOME AND EXPENDITURE**
**INCOMING RESOURCES**
Interest received
Gifts received
Subscriptions received
Funds returned
Tax refund
**RESOURCES EXPENDED**
Other charitable expenditure:
Accountancy fee
Bank charges
Miscellaneous
Charitable donations
**TOTAL RESOURCES EXPENDED**
**NET INCOMING RESOURCES FOR THE YEAR**|**Notes**
**2**
**3**|**£**
**2025**
**General**
**Fund**
157
3,404
20,530
5,332
30,233
600
490
100
22,929
24,119
(854)||**£**
**2025**
**General**
**Fund**
157
3,404
20,530
750
5,333|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||30,174
600
490
100
22,928|
|||||24,118|
|||||6,056|
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## **WOODGRANGE BAPTIST CHURCH CHARITABLE TRUST**
## **BALANCE SHEET AS AT 5 APRIL 2025**
|**CURRENT ASSETS**
Cash at bank
**LIABILITIES:** Amounts falling
due within one year
**NET CURRENT ASSETS**
**NET ASSETS**
**RESERVES BROUGHT**
**FORWARD**
**SURPLUS FOR THE YEAR**
**RESERVES CARRIED**
**FORWARD**|
**Notes**
4
12,577
5
600|**£**
**2025**
3,643
3,643
4,497
(854)
3,643|12,577
600|**£**
**2025**
11,977|
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|||||11,977|
|||||5,921
6,056|
|||||11,977|
Approved by the Board of Trustees on 5 February 2026 and signed on its behalf by
…………………………………………….
Mr D Martin
The notes on Pages 5 form part of these Accounts.
For the financial year ended 5 April 2025 the company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011
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**WOODGRANGE BAPTIST CHURCH CHARITABLE TRUST NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS**
## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 5 APRIL 2025**
## **1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES UN**
The financial statements are prepared under the basis of historical cost, except for fixed asset investments, in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities – Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP 2015), Accounting Standards and the Charities Act 2011.
||**£**|**£**|
|---|---|---|
|**2. SUBSCRIPTIONS RECEIVED**|**2025**|**2025**|
|Lokichar||20,330|
|Other||200|
|||_______|
||28,330|20,530|
|||_______|
|**3. CHARITABLE DONATIONS**|**2025**|**2025**|
|Individual||2,600|
|Lokichar||20,328|
|||_______|
||30,100|22,928|
|||_______|
|**4. CASH FUNDS**||**2025**|
|HSBC WBCCT BMM Current account||12,424|
|HSBC WBCCT Trust Current account||153|
|||_______|
|||12,577|
|||_______|
|**5. LIABILITIES**||**2025**|
|Accrued accountancy||600|
|||_______|
|||600|
|||_______|
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