2025-03-31-accounts - The Kings Norton Christadelphian Ecclesia

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Peg, Trustees’ Annual Report for the period
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Section A

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

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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of adviser Name Address Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

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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 How the charity is constituted The Charity is an unincorporated association with an annual turnover of rates se acian methods Annual election by members of the Ecclesia.

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

Youmaychoose to include sa: ; ; additional information, where relavant about:		TheTrustees are familiarwiththe objectives ofthe Ecclesia and form an Arranging Committee responsible for the day to day running ofthe : : Sade ae . Ecclesia and for planning future activities. The decisions ofthe Arranging Committee are then subject to the majority vote ofthe members of the
e policies and procedures Ecclesia. The Ecclesia is part of a worldwide community of adopted forthe induction and_	Christadelphian Ecclesias.
training oftrustees: = aad Credit risk -The charity's principal financial assets are bank balances, e the charity's organisational —_	cash and property. There are no outstanding obligations orcredit facilities structure and any wider in place. network with which the charity
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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 ofthe objects ofthe charity setout in its governing document		. , ; To advance Bible-based Christian faith tothe glory ofGod and the honour ofJesus Christ in accordance withthe Christadelphian Statement of Faith for the benefit ofthe Christadelphian community and members of
		thepublic,particularlyinandaroundKingsNorton.

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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.

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Section D

Achievements and performance

Summary of the main aehgMbacharity

The ecclesia ended the year with a membership of 64 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.

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Section E

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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. : . The Librarians Fund showsa deficit, this is due to a stock of books and Dotails ep any UBuseiiaberially: stationery held by the Ecclesia for sale to its members, which is subject in deficit peat to a periodic stock check. Further financial review details (Optional information) Youaddiileralmay chooseinformation,to includewhere TheelleMaintenanceee: Funda' Heeshows duea tohigher the resurfacing than usual: oflevel theof car expenditure park at the ralavant about ings Norton Ecclesial Hall. 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

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Full name(s) |} Mr E A Johnson Mr A Miller
ERS ONeOE Stetarys eae Secretary and Trustee Treasurer and Trustee
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ys ; CHARITY COMMISSION Independent examiner's FOR ENGLAND AND WALES report on the accounts

Section A

Independent Examiner’s Report

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Report to the trustees/ | ;
members of | Kings Norton Christadelphian Ecclesia
On accounts for the year | 31% March 2025 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 31/03/2025.

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
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| 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):

Address: | 32 Rednal Road Kings Norton Birmingham B38 8DR

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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).

Give here brief details of |N/A any items that the examiner wishes to disclose.

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(eS5] CHARITY COMMISSION| | FOR ENGLAND AND WALES|Kings Norton Christadelphian Ecclesia Us = Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period To from 01/04/2024 31/03/2025 Section A Receipts and payments Unrestricted Restricted Endowment Total finds Last year funds funds funds tothe nearest £ to the nearest£ to the nearest£ to the nearest£ to the nearest£ Ai Receipts ns | [2a Po ee ae | —— ub total (Gross income for AR) 10,758 74,940 85,697 A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). nSee = a ee A3 Payments | [Govemancecosta ees |[26,290] | SubdTtotal] 11,467 | Cdee rr || A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table i ee | ees esCes ES ees Sub total]| Net of receipts/(payments) ees (eee) (ee) [ese ASTransfersbetweenfunds {| {fT AGCashfundslastyearendCash |4687) | 28,G0H Ps| | | funds this yearend] 3,928] |32,520] | ecG8

CCXX R3 accounts (SS)

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CCXX R4 accounts (SS)

28/08/2025