## **Southam Community Church** **Annual Trustees Report and Accounts For the year ended 31 December 2023** **Coventry Street** **Southam Warwickshire CV47 0EP** **Charity number 516060** ## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 1[st] January 2023 To 31[st] December 2023 Charity name: Southam Community Church Charity registration number: 516060** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||| |---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|**THE CHARITY EXISTS FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE**
**CHRISTIAN GOSPEL, THE WORSHIP AND SERVICE OF**
**GOD AS REVEALED IN THE BIBLE, THE CARE OF**
**CHRISTIAN PEOPLE AND THE RELIEF OF PERSONS IN**
**HARDSHIP, DISTRESS, OLD AGE OR SICKNESS. THE**
**CHARITY CONDUCTS CHRISTIAN WORSHIP AND BIBLE**
**STUDY AND MAKES GRANTS TO FURTHER CHRISTIAN**
**WORK IN ASIA AND AFRICA.**| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|**The main activities and achievements of the charity are**
**detailed in the Trustees Annual Report below.**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|The trustees had due regard to the commission’s public
benefit guidance when exercising any powers or duties to
which the guidance is relevant.| ## **Financial Review** **----- Start of picture text -----**
Review of the charity’s The charity held £197,818 of monetary assets at the end of
financial position at the end the period under review.
of the period
Statement explaining the The Trustees aim to hold sufficient reserves to be able to
policy for holding reserves continue with a full-time ministry during any hiatus in
stating why they are held fundraising, and to provide for future expansion.
Payments to Trustees None
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Structure, Governance and Management |Description of charity’s
trusts:|**The charity is constituted under a Trust Deed dated 16th**
**January 1985.**| |---|---| **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** ||**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee(if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| |1|Mr Brian Goodwin|||| |2|Miss Janette Ebanks|||| |3|Mrs Brenda Goodwin|||| |4|Mrs WendyHancock|||| |5|Mr AnthonyBrown|Treasurer||| |6|Mr David Hadley|Chair|Appointed 1/1/23|| ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** |**Signature(s)**|||| |---|---|---|---| |**Full name(s)**||Anthony Brown
~~a~~|| |**Position (eg Secretary,**
**Chair, etc)**|**Position (eg Secretary,**
Trustee, Treasurer
~~ee~~||| |**Date**|31/10/24
~~|~~||| CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND ANO WALES Receipts and payments accounts CC16a Forthe period from To 01101123 31112123 Section A Receipts and payments Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Endovm*nt funds Total lunds Last year tothp r￿TeSt to th• n•ar•st£ totho noar•stt b)th• n•ar•st£ b)th• noar•st£ A1 Receipts Gifts & Oonab"¢n$ Giffs ft)r distri￿tion 42,592 10,632 10,596 2>34 43,667 11.376 12,460 297 10,$32 Giftaid lax reclaimed 10,5 2.934 Intereston cash dew51ts Sub total(Gmss income for AR) 56,122 10,632 66,754 67,790 2 Asset and Investmnt sales, (see tabl•). Sub total S4122 10.632 ,7S4 87,790 Paywents Salanes staff pensions Gits k) mistsions Resident ministy gifts Gifts b IndI￿d￿alS 30,(rf10 713 16.640 BOO 2SO s￿28 526 28,727 402 14.950 575 713 16,540 2SO s￿28 526 2,668 101 946 175 100 947 1A54 Utylity¢o$ts Insurance Gelleral rTraintenan Repairs to equipment Comrnunicauons & IT Prinb"ng. postage &stabonery (XJtre8ch Legal & professional kes Sundrye¥pen$e$ 4255 470 2,118 101 946 175 100 947 109 162 200 742 1,004 Sub total 43.708 18.340 60,048 54,214 MA55et and Investmnt purcha5es,15ee table) EquIpTh￿nt 1.760 1.7 20804 Sub total 1.760 1.760 20,404 16.340 61.808 74618 NetOf￿eAptsIfpaYMents) Transtèrs bÈt**èn funds Cash funds last Sear end Cash funds this yearend 10, 5.708 192,872 197.81 5,71 5.708 192,872 197.818 199,700 192.87 Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unrestricted Restricted b)#e¥est£ EnIk>¥w￿nt nearest£ B1 Cash funds F￿cash 126 HSBCCJJrErtp 111.12• HSBC t*wsllAt 14149 5A15 TOtal￿sh fund5 197,818 LIArestsl(*ed Restrl¢*d Enw￿ thiring the year the Mle of Chair of Thlstees changed han(ts this after many years of faithful serviLY in thai n)le by Janette Ebanks for which we give grateful thank& We look forward to the continuaiion of the expansion of God's Church in Southam as we endeavour to and follow His dirtrtion for the growth of His kingdom. Da￿d Hadley (Chair of ## **Independent examiner’s report to the trustees of Southam Community Church** I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of Southam Community Church (the Trust) for the year ended 31[st] December 2023. ## **Responsibilities and basis of report** As the charity trustees of the Trust you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’). I 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 I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. ## **Independent examiner’s statement** I have completed my examination. I 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 2. the accounts do not accord with those records. I 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. Signed: piu Name: John K Starley FCA Address: Moonrakers, Back Lane, Birdingbury, Rugby, CV23 8EN Date: 31/10/24