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WYKEN GOSPEL HALL TRUST

REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES AND UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS YEAR ENDED 05 APRIL 2025

Oldfield Advisory LLP 1120 Elliott Court Herald Avenue Coventry CV5 6UB

WYKEN GOSPEL HALL TRUST REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS CONTENTS

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Reference and administrative information 2
Report ofthe Trustees 3-6
Independent examiner's report 7
Statement of financial activities 8
Balance sheet 9
Notestothefinancialstatements 10-13

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WYKEN GOSPEL HALL TRUST WYKEN GOSPEL HALL TRUST
LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
YEAR ENDED 05 APRIL 2025
CHARITY NAME: Wyken Gospel Hall Trust
REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 515835
TRUSTEES: Mr L Holmes (Chair)
Mr MP Brewer
Mr R Maiden
MrT Jenkin
Mr L Taylor
TREASURER: Mr L Holmes
PRINCIPALADDRESS: 782 Broad Lane
Coventry
West Midlands
CV5 7BA
ACCOUNTANT: Oldfield Advisory LLP
1120 Elliott Court
Herald Avenue
Coventry
CV5 6UB
INDEPENDENT EXAMINER: Ashlyn James
21 The Crescent
Farnborough
GU14 7AR
BANKER: Lloyds Bank
30 High Street
Coventry
CV1 5RA
SOLICITORS: Ellis-Fermor& Negus
2 Devonshire Avenue
Beeston
Nottingham
NG91BS

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WYKEN GOSPEL HALL TRUST REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES

YEAR ENDED 05 APRIL 2025

The Trustees present their report along with the financial statements of the Charity for the year ended 05 April 2025. The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the accounting policies set out on page 10 and comply with the Trust Deed and applicable law.

STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT

Governing document

The Charity is an unincorporated trust constituted by a Deed of Trust dated 28 June 1982, most recently amended by Deed of Variation dated 9 January 2015. The trust was registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales on 14 December 1984 under Charity Registration Number: 515835

Recruitment and appointment of new trustees

The Trustees who have served during the year and since the year end are set out on page 2. None of the Trustees, nor any person connected with them, received any remuneration or expenses from the Charity in the year ended 05 April 2025 (2024: Enil). The Trust operates 6 Gospel halls and Trustees are chosen from among the regular conaranatinn of the halls. New Trustees are nominated by the existing Trustees or by the congregation and must be appointed by unanimous resolution of the congregation. They are selected according to their skills and experience and are expected to use both in furthering the objects of the Charity. Checks are made to ensure the Trustees' eligibility to act and incoming Trustees are made aware of their responsibilities by the existing Trustees, who ensure that new Trustees read the Trust Deed and relevant Charity Commission guidance.

Wider network

The Trustees maintain informal links with similar charities with a view to pooling experience considered useful in pursuing the objects of the Charity. The Charity also maintains particular links with Coventry Gospel Hall Trust, with which it shares members of its congregation.

Risk management

The Trustees have identified and reviewed the major risks to which the charity is exposed and confirm that they have established systems to manage and mitigate those risks.

OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES

Objectives and aims

The charitable purposes of the Charity are the advancement of the Christian religion for the public benefit, including by the carrying on of the service of God in accordance with the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible as followed by ‘those Christians forming part of the world-wide fellowship known as the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church (the “Brethren”) and any other charitable purposes connected with Brethren. The core doctrine of the Brethren and proper practices in furtherance of certain aspects of doctrine are summarised in two schedules to the Trust Deed.

Public benefit

The Trustees confirm that they have complied with their duty under section 4 of the Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to the Charity Commission’s general guidance to charities on public benefit.

Plans for future periods

Expenses are generally stable and the Trustees feel that there is nothing significantly impacting on the ability of the charity to continue as a going concern. Forthcoming commitments of the Charity are to provide and maintain the gospel halls that it owns.

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REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES YEAR ENDED 05 APRIL 2025

WYKEN GOSPEL HALL TRUST

Main activities and achievements

The Trust provided and maintained six Gospel halls where religious meetings were held by the local Brethren community. Details of the origins, teachings and way of life of the Brethren can be found on the website - www.plymouthbrethrenchristianchurch.org and in the schedules to the Trust Deed.

No significant fundraising activities have been carried out by the Charity during the financial year. The Charity relies on generous support of an affiliated Charity (Coventry Gospel Hall Trust) to provide sufficient funding to cover expenditure.

Meetings

Meetings held at the Gospel halls include the Lord's Supper (Communion), Gospel preachings, Bible readings and Bible addresses. There is a structured weekly schedule of meetings and, depending on the particular meeting, between 30 and 150 people normally attend these occasions.

The meetings are attended by the regular congregation and most are open to other properly disposed visitors. The notice board outside the Hall welcomes visitors and displays the times of Gospel preachings, along with a telephone number for those seeking further information or help. Gospel tracts, which were distributed by street preachers, also displayed this information.

Bibles and an extensive range of other Christian reading material are on display at the halls and visitors are free to help themselves.

Spreading the Gospel message and the life of a Christian

The Gospel halls are a base from which the regular congregation and others who attend the meetings are encouraged to spread the Christian Gospel, in word and deed.

Members of the congregation participate in a programme of street preaching and Gospel tracts are provided free of charge by the Charity to such preachers to be handed out to interested members of the public.

In addition to street preaching, members of the congregation have contact with prison chaplains to provide Gospel tracts and Bibles as required. The Trust also operates a programme of providing regular packs of nutritious food and Gospel literature to homeless and needy persons through local charities or homeless societies.

In carrying out this work, the congregation considers itself to be living out its faith in practice, as particularly exemplified in the following extract from the schedule to the Trust Deed on living a Christian life:

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REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES YEAR ENDED 05 APRIL 2025

Funding

Funding is sought through gifts from the congregation and Gift Aid is claimed on eligible donations. sometimes received from other charitable trusts with complementary objectives.

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FINANCIAL REVIEW

Financial position

In the year ended 5 April 2025, the Trust had a deficit of incoming resources over resources expended due to nonmonetary items such as depreciation. Total voluntary income received this year was £26,346 compared to £28,443 in the previous year.

All funds held were unrestricted funds.

Reserves policy

The Trustees have considered the level of reserves they wish to retain, appropriate to the charity's needs, based on its size and the level of its financial commitments. The Charity has no employees and its regular outgoings are not large. At the direction of the Congregation, the Charity’s running costs are recharged to Coventry Gospel Hail Trust and a letter of support is held confirming the arrangement. Accordingly, the trustees believe that the Charity requires no free reserves. The Trustees are of the opinion that in the unlikely event of a temporary shortfall in financial assistance from Coventry Gospel Hall Trust, any needs could be met by a funds appeal

Free reserves ai the year end were £nil (2024: Enil).

Total Charity funds held were £1,360,710

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WYKEN GOSPEL HALL TRUST REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES YEAR ENDED 05 APRIL 2025

STATEMENT OF TRUSTEES RESPONSIBILITIES

The trustees are responsible for preparing the Report of the Trustees and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

The law applicable to charities in England and Wales, the Charities Act 2011, Charity (Accounts and Reports) Regulations and the provisions of the Trust Deed require the Trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Charity and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including the income and expenditure, of the Charity for that period. In preparing those financial statements, the Trustees are required to

The Trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the Charity and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011, the Charity (Accounts and Reports) Regulations and the provisions of the Trust Deed. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities. All transactions have been reviewed and approved by two Trustees.

On behalf of the board: i Ay ___2efor]oo2b Mr MP Brewer (Trustee) Date

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REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT EXAMINER TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE WYKEN GOSPEL HALL TRUST FOR YEAR ENDED 05 APRIL 2025

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eee | report to the Trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Wyken Gospel Hall Trust for the year ended 05 April 2025

RESPECTIVE RESPONSIBILITIES OF TRUSTEES AND EXAMINER , The Charity’s Trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’), | report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination | have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. BASIS OF INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT My 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 the seeking of explanations from you as Trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and, consequently, no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a ‘true and fair view' and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statements below. :

INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S STATEMENT

| have completed the examination. | confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:

1, Accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by section 130 of the Act, or

  1. The accounts do not accord with those records; or

  2. The accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair view' which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination,

| have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Ashlyn James 21 The Cresent Farnborough GU14 7AR

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WYKEN GOSPEL HALL TRUST

STATEMENT STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 05 APRIL 2025
Unrestricted Designated Restricted Totalfunds Total funds
Funds Funds Funds 2025 2024
Notes £ £ £ £ £
Income and endowments from:
Donations and legacies:
Donated services 4 26,346 - - 26,346 28,443
Total 26,346 ~ - 26,346 28,443
Expenditure on:
Charitable activities
Running meeting rooms is 45,872 - - 45,872 48,058
Other Charitable Activities 5 574 - - 574 485
Total 46,446 - - 46,446 48,543
Net income/(expenditure) (20,100) - - (20,100) (20,100)
Gains/(losses) on revaluation offixed assets - - - - -
Netmovement in funds (20,100) - - (20,100) (20,100)
Reconciliation of funds
Total funds boughtforward 7 1,380,810 - - 1,380,810 1,400,910
Totalfundscarriedforward 1,360,710 - - 1,360,710 1,380,810

The notes on pages 10 to 13 form part of these financial statements. All of the above activities are classed as continuing and there are no gains and losses other than those included above.

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WYKEN GOSPEL HALL TRUST BALANCE SHEET AS AT 05 APRIL 2025

Notes 2025 2024
£ £ £ £
Fixed Assets
Tangible assets 6 4,360,710 1,380,810
Current Assets
Cash at bank and in hand - -
Current liabilities
Creditors: amounts falling due within one
year:
Accruals and deferred income - -
Net current assets - -
Total assets less current liabilities 1,360,710 1,380,810
Creditors: amounts falling due after more
than one year:
Loan - :
Net assets 1,360,710 1,380,810
Funds
Restricted funds = E
Unrestricted income fund 1,360,710 1,380,810
Totalunrestrictedfunds v 1,360,710 1,380,810

The unaugited financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the Trustees of Wyken Gospel Hall Trust on we were signed on its behalf by Mr MP Brewer (Trustee)

The notes on pages 10 to 13 form part of these financial statements

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WYKEN GOSPEL HALL TRUST WYKEN GOSPEL HALL TRUST WYKEN GOSPEL HALL TRUST
NOTES FORMING PART OF THE FINANCIALSTATEMENTS
FORTHE YEAR ENDED 05APRIL2025
4. DONATED SERVICES
Received from: Year ended Yearended
05 April2025 2025 05 April 2024
= E
CoventryGospel Hall Trust 26,346 28.443
5. RESOURCES EXPENDED Meeting
rooms
£
Othercharitable
activities
£
Yearended
05 April 2025
£
Yearended
05April2024
&
Direct costs
Premises Costs: Light, heat and water 8,569 - 8,569 11,324
Premises Costs: Repairs and maintenance 13,929 - 13,929 13,221
Insurance
Telephone and broadband costs
2,176
1,098
:
-
2,176
1,098
3,149
264
Public outreach work : 574 674 485
Depreciation 20,100 . 20,100 20,100
45,872 574 46.446 48,543
Governance costs include £nil (2024: £nil) in respect of independent examiner's fees.
6 TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS
Freehold land & Freehold land & Freehold land & Freehold land &
buildings - buildings - buildings - buildings - Mount
BinleyWoods Whoberley Cheylesmore Nod
£ £ £ £
Cost
At 06 April 2024
Additions
Disposals
242,593
-
-
160,000
-
-
175,000
-
-
225,000
-
-
At 05 April 2025 242,593 150,000 475,000 225,000
Depreciation
At 06 April 2024 77,633 7,000 8,050 10,500
Charge for the year 3,200 2,000 2,300 3,000
Depreciation on disposals - : - -
At 05 April2025 80,833 9,000 10,350 13,500
Net book value
At 05 April 2025 161,760 141,000 164,650 211,500
AtO5 April2024 164,960 143,000 166,950 214,500
Freehold land & Freehold land&
buildings - buildings - Burton
Eastern Green Green Totals
£ £ £
Cost
AtO6 April 2024 225,000 $00,000 1,517,593
. Additions
Disposals
At 05April2025
-
a
225,000
-
aia
500.000
4
isan
aestes
1,517,593
Depreciation
At 06 April2024 10,500 23,100 136,783
Charge forthe year 3,000 6,600 20,100
Depreciation on disposals - - -
AtO5 April2025 13,500 29,700 156 883
Net book value
At 05 April2025 211,500 470,300 1,360,710
At 05 April 2024 214,500 476,900 1,380,810
Property Details
Land registry tile ofthe above prapertyheld are:
BinleyWoods WK331433
Whoberley
Cheylesmore
WM134460
WK198671
Mount Nod WK206453
Easter Green WM462509
BurtonGreen WKS04646

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WYKEN GOSPEL HALL TRUST
NOTES FORMING PART OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 05 APRIL 2025
7 ANALYSIS OF NET ASSET BETWEEN FUNDS
b 2s | Current year Unrestricted Restricted Total
Funds Funds funds
£ £ £
Tangible fixed assets 1,360,710 . 1,360,710
Current assets + ” 2
Current liabilities , . -
Non-current liabilities * : °.
Total funds 1,360,710 : 1,360,710
7.2 Prior year
Unrestricted Restricted Total
funds funds funds
£ £ 3
Tangible fixed assets 1,380,810 - 1,380,810
Current assets - - -
Current liabilities > * -
Non-current liabilities rd S
Total funds 1,380,810 E 1,380,810
8. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS
8.1 Current year
Realised/
Fund balance Resources unrealised gains Fund balance
AtOBApril2024 Incoming resources expended and losses At 05 April 2025
£ £ £ £ £
Restricted funds - - - ie €
Unrestricted funds 1,380,810 26.346 46,446) oS 1,360,710
Total funds LTROC17| FF 0
B.2 Prior year
Realised/
Fund balance Resources unrealised gains Fund balance
AtO6 April 2023 Incoming resources expended and losses At 05 April 2024
£ £ £ £ £
Restricted funds - . - - -
Unrestricted funds 4,400,910 28,443 (48,543) - 1,380,810
Total funds 1,400,910 28,443 (48,543 - 7,380,510
9. TRANSACTIONS WITH RELATED PARTIES
There are no related party transactions during the period that require disclosure
10. VOLUNTEERS
Wyken Gospel Hall Trust relies entirely on volunteers to carry out the management, administration and general maintenance work.
The Trust has no paid staff or paid Trustees.
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WYKEN GOSPEL HALL TRUST

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES EOR THE YEAR ENDED 05 APRIL 2025

Unrestricted Designated Restricted Total funds
Funds Funds Funds 2024
Notes £ £ £ £
;
Income and endowments from:
Donations andlegacies:
Donated services 4 28,443 - - 28,443
Total 28,443 - - 28,443
Expenditure on:
Charitable activities
Running meeting rooms 5 48,058 - - 48 058
Other charitable activities 5 485 - - 485
Total 48,543 - - 48,543
Net income/(expenditure) (20,100) - - (20,100)
Gains/(losses) on revaluation of fixed assets - - - -
Netmovement in funds (20,100) - - (20,100)
Reconciliation offunds
Total funds bought forward 7 1,400,910 - - 1,400,910
Totalfundscarriedforward 1,380,810 - - 1,380,810

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