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## Reference and administration details ## Charity name| Kings Norton Christadelphian Ecclesia Registered charity number (if any) |702085 Charity's principal address| Kings Norton Christadelphian Hall Corner of Harbinger Road and Bells Lane Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity : , Dates acted if not for whole Name of person (or body) entitled 1|MrEAJohnson | Secretary |__| Members of the charity 2 | Mr T Collard Assistant Secretary eh stg Members of the charity 43 | MrA Miller [Treasurer |__| Members ofthe the charitycharity | Mr | Austin P| Members of |e Te eae 6 eee | pace ee el ee eer are Cs Pe semana est (| 2, Fe eset Eee eee Er | Saree ce DS Nr: ies WONGe et ee Sakhoe eR (2 eoree eceeleag a eda wh tote et a eS eeCesSee eet ire ees [eee ee eee tee eee 1 ee a ee ee eee fee ae aeeSRM re ff cowpea le Mees Bg eae ea i a a, eed (2 edie ita er Ate 0! Meet i a el GONE? eT ae Pest gene eae ee ees Me TE | Meg so tg he ee Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees) [Name SCC Dattes acted if not for whole year TAR 1 May 2024 **----- Start of picture text -----**
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Section B Structure, governance and management
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Description of the charity’s trusts
Type of governing document Constitution (revised and adopted December 2000 following a ballot of
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trustees’ consideration of||| |major risks and the system||| |and procedures to manage||| |them.||| |Section C|Objectives and activities|| ||To erect on the property and maintain an assembly hall as a place of|| ||public worship for the advancement of religion.|| |Summary of the objects ofthe
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To advance Bible-based Christian faith tothe glory ofGod and the
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of Faith for the benefit ofthe Christadelphian community and members of|| ||thepublic,particularlyinandaroundKingsNorton.|| ## Section C TAR 2 May 2024 Ways of carrying out these objectives: - e Holding meetings, open to the public, for worship, prayer, breaking of bread by Christadelphians and Bible teaching; - e Preaching to the public through personal engagement and/or by invitations to preaching/teaching meetings and/or by other means; - e Engaging with the local public through the provision of Sunday School and/or youth club(s) and/or other occasional activities; - e Engaging with the wider Christadelphian community and wider public through periodic collections for charitable needs, including collections for disaster relief; - e Serving, to the extent feasible, the pastoral and other welfare needs of Ecclesial members and others. Summary of the main needs of Ecclesial members and others. activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to With the exception of meetings of the members of the Charity, known as these objects (include within Ecclesial Members Meetings or Business Meetings, all our activities are this section the statutory open to all. No fees are charged. No-one receives private benefits from declaration that trustees have | the Charity other than as a legitimate beneficiary. There is no public had regard to the guidance detriment in any of our activities. issued by the Charity Commission on public The trustees confirm that they have complied with the requirements of benefit) Section 17 (5) of the Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to the public benefit guidance published by the Charity Commission for England and Wales. ## Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information) You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about: - e policy on grantmaking; - e policy programme related investment; - e contribution made by volunteers. TAR 3 May 2024 Section D ## Achievements and performance ## Summary of the main sunhechejaarPMS enaniy - The ecclesia ended the year with a membership of 63 adult members. The average attendance of members at services and other activities remained steady. The majority of members met together for Sunday and midweek services. Youth activities continued as normal. Most meetings took place face to face, online facilities continued to be provided for our main services for those unable to attend in person for whatever reason. ## Summary of activities: - e Our regular meetings include two meetings each Sunday, the first for sharing bread and wine, and the second for the proclamation of the Gospel. Meetings are held each Tuesday evening and Thursday morning for the study of the Bible. Other proclamation meetings are held from time to time. - e There are occasional activities for fellowship and recreation/ - e We have endeavoured to provide practical support during this period for elderly members, the sick and those with particular needs. - e There are regular activities for young people providing religious teaching, social and networking activities. TAR 4 May 2024 Section E **----- Start of picture text -----**
Financial review
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The cash movements and balances are summarised in the receipts and Brief statement of the payments account and Balance Sheet below. charity’s policy on reserves The ecclesia does not have a reserves policy. All funds are held in instant access bank accounts. The balance in these funds at the end of the year was considered sufficient to meet the ongoing expenses of the ecclesia and to cover events or situations that may happen (contingencies and risks). Contributions from members are made through regular collections and standing order payments, with taxpayers encouraged to use Gift Aid provision. Funds donated specifically for external charities are forwarded to the relevant organisations, usually within three months of the donation. : E The Librarians Fund shows a deficit, this is due to a stock of books and Detalls of any Tdnds: materially stationery held by the Ecclesia for sale to its members, which is subject in deficit i) to a periodic stock check. ## Further financial review details (Optional information) You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about: - e the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising); - e how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity; - e investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted. ## Section F Other optional information ## Section G Declaration The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above. ## Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees **----- Start of picture text -----**
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TAR 5 May 2024 ## YN . CHARITY COMMISSION Independent examiner's FOR ENGLAND AND WALES report on the accounts ## Section A Independent Examiner’s Report **----- Start of picture text -----**
Report to the trustees/ | __
members of | Kings Norton Christadelphian Ecclesia
On accounts for the year | 31%' March 2024
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Charity no | 702085
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- | report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31/03/2024. - Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation basis of report 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 the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. - Independent | have completed my examination. | confirm that no material matters have examiner's statement come to my attention (other than that disclosed below *) in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: e accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or - e the accounts do not accord with the accounting records | have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. - Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply. Name: | Karen Mothersdill Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any): **----- Start of picture text -----**
Address: | 32 Rednal Road
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Kings Norton Birmingham B38 8DR ## Section B ## Disclosure Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners). IER 1 12/06/2024 Give here brief details of |N/A any items that the examiner wishes to disclose. IER 2 12/06/2024 a CHARITY COMMISSION] FOR ENGLAND AND WALES|Kings Norton Christadelphian: : Ecclesia; Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period To from 01/04/2023 31/03/2024 Section A Receipts and payments Unrestricted Restricted Endowment Total funds Last year funds funds funds tothe nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ A1 Receipts [Receipts earned from investment assets | [Receipts from Charitable Activities |_ _ **_** ______960__aaa)[__-|[{-|[.aaaf[—s~—~Sea. al [26,596] [SC ub total (Gross income for —*d AR) 8,869 27,383 29,802 A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). Pa et eta ot bl eee | piaSS eee A3 Payments es [83,84 [Costs from Charitable Activites ‘| 1,692 | eae | Govemancecosts P| rr Sub total|____9227| Lo A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table ae eS a = eee Seer eee Sub total |g| Net of receipts(payments)|-__388 eee! es eens ASTransfersbetweenfunds {|} | | A6 Cash funds lastyearend [4,995 On, ee | Cash funds this year end re[eee] CCXX R3 accounts (SS) 3 12/06/2024 **----- Start of picture text -----**
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