## **THE CHRISTADELPHIAN HALL & BUILDINGS SOCIETY, BIRMINGHAM** 

TRUSTEES’ AND DIRECTORS’ REPORT AND AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 

## 31 DECEMBER 2022 

(Registered Company Number: 00113912) 

(Registered Charity Number: 702637) 



THE CHRISTADELPHIAN HALL & BUILDINGS SOCIETY, BIRMINGHAM 31 DECEMBER 2022 

## **REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION** 

**Charity name** The Christadelphian Hall & Buildings Society, Birmingham, also known as CHBS 

**Charity registration number** 702637 (England and Wales) **Company registration number** 00113912 (England and Wales) **Registered and principal office** 15 Church Close Dunston Stafford ST18 9AF 

**Trustees and Directors** A T Collinge - Retired 18 July 2022 D C Gouldingay – Treasurer S J Ashton A S Firth – Secretary from 18 July 2022 M G Green S P Griffiths K H Rawlings J Thompson **Bankers** HSBC plc 130 New Street Birmingham B2 4JU **Solicitors** Shakespeare Martineau LLP 1 Colmore Square Birmingham B4 6AA **Investment adviser** Portcullis Financial Planning Limited Office 10 GreenBox Westonhall Road Stoke Prior Bromsgrove B60 4AL **Auditor** BK Plus Audit Limited Azzurri House Business Park Walsall Road Walsall WS9 0RB 



THE CHRISTADELPHIAN HALL & BUILDINGS SOCIETY, BIRMINGHAM 31 DECEMBER 2022 

## **TRUSTEES’ AND DIRECTORS’ REPORT** 

The Directors have pleasure in presenting their annual report and the financial statements of The Christadelphian Hall & Buildings Society, Birmingham for the year ended 31 December 2022. 

All Directors of the Society are also Trustees for the purposes of charity law; accordingly, in this report and in the financial statements “Trustees” means both Trustees and Directors. 

This report and the accompanying financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the accounting policies set out in the notes to the financial statements and comply with the Society’s governing document, the Charities Act 2011 and Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended  Practice  applicable  to  charities  preparing  their  accounts  in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standards applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland, Charities SORP (FRS 102) (second edition). 

## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

The Christadelphian Hall & Buildings Society, Birmingham is a company limited by shares with charitable status.  It has a Board of seven Trustees who are responsible for the governance of the charity in accordance with the Charities Act 2011 and under the Society’s governing document, Articles of Association, prepared  in  accordance  with  the  Companies  Act  2006.   The  governing document was last amended on 15 February 2021. 

Trustees are typically elected for a three-year period by the Society’s members having regard to their professional skills and experience.  When a vacancy on the Board arises, nominations for a replacement may be made either by the other Trustees or by members for election at the next Annual General Meeting. Andrew Collinge retired in July 2022 after more than 40 years’ service. 

By way of training, all Trustees are encouraged to read relevant available literature on charity law, practices and accounting including updates published by  the Charity  Commission  on its website.  New Trustees are additionally encouraged  to  attend  Trustee  meetings  as  observers  before  taking  office. Relevant training courses are also encouraged and occasionally arranged inhouse. 

Day  to  day  running  of  the  charity  is  delegated  by  the  Trustees  to  the Secretary,  now  Alistair  Firth,  who  is  assisted  in  overseeing  the  charity’s operations  and  finances  by  the  Treasurer,  David  Gouldingay  and  Simon Griffiths.  Internal controls appropriate to the size of the charity are exercised, including division of duties (to the extent feasible) and an internal audit is undertaken annually by one of the Trustees. 

The  principal  risks  to  which  the  charity  is  exposed,  as  identified  by  the Trustees,  have  been  reviewed  and  systems  or  procedures  have  been established to manage those risks.  These risks are primarily financial risks arising from the management of the charity’s properties, loan book, treasury operations and, until September 2022, compliance with the Financial Conduct Authority  consumer  credit  rules  to  which  the  Society  was  subject  whilst authorised and regulated. 

The Trustees meet at least four times a year (now using the Zoom online platform) and, between regular meetings, remain in regular email or telephone communication with the Secretary and Treasurer over new loan and grant applications and any other business arising. 



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## **Objectives and Activities** 

The objects of the charity are to promote and advance the religious work of the Christadelphian community for the public benefit, in particular through the provision  or  purchase  of  properties,  and  the  lending  or  granting  of  funds towards the cost of purchase, building or maintaining premises and land, in each case for the use of the Christadelphian community in providing access for the public to worship and Bible-based preaching and teaching.  Grant support for the running costs of Christadelphian ecclesias may also be provided. 



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## **TRUSTEES’ AND DIRECTORS’ REPORT – continued** 

The Trustees review activities each year to ensure the charity remains focused upon delivering its stated objects for the public benefit. 

## Public Beneft Compliance Statement 

In  the  exercise  of  their  powers  and  duties  for  the  Society’s  charitable objectives  the  Trustees  have  reviewed  and  had  regard  to  the  Charity Commission general guidance on public benefit. 

The grants, concessionary loans and rent-free property provided by the charity continue  to  benefit  the  access  of  the  general  public,  regardless  of  race, religion,  gender,  ethnic  or  social  background,  to  the  Bible-based  worship, teachings and Christian love of the Christadelphian community throughout the UK  and,  to  a  lesser  extent,  overseas.  These  help  to  promote  a  fuller understanding of the human condition, relative to the eternal things of God, and  serve  to  provide  members  of  the  public  with  direction,  balance  and purpose in today’s complex world. 

## Former authorisation and regulation by the Financial Conduct Authority 

Until 24 September 2022, the charity was authorised and regulated by the Financial  Conduct  Authority  (“FCA”),  the  regulatory  body  responsible  for consumer credit, registered under FRN 722793.  In view of the low number of applications  for  regulated  loans  and  the  high  cost  of  maintaining  this registration, both financially and in terms of management time, the Society sought cancellation of this FCA supervision, which was granted on the above date. Since that date loan applications may only be considered in relation to incorporated Christadelphian ecclesias. 

## **Achievements and Performance** 

The  way  applications  arise  for  financial  support  makes  it  difficult  for  the Trustees  to  set  meaningful  objectives  against  which  performance  can  be measured.  However, an annual budget is prepared and, as applications arise, the Trustees respond promptly other than where policy decisions arise which require the decision of a full meeting of the Trustees. 

The provision of this support helps to ensure that appropriate premises remain available for promoting and advancing the religious work of the Christadelphian community. 

During the year donations received included non-cash donations in kind of 6 (2021 - 3) Christadelphian halls with total FRS102 gift values of £1,061,745 (2021 – £675,856).  Net gains on the sale of 2 (2021 – 1) vacated ecclesial halls  realised further  income  of £105,862  (2021 – £258,091,  this  property having been held for many decades by the Society at Nil book value). 

No new loans were advanced to ecclesias in the year (2021 – one new loan for £45,000). 

Grants from  unrestricted funds were made with a total value of £240,387 (2021 - £627,446, including exceptional grants totalling £543,182).  Grants from restricted funds in the year were £Nil (2021 - £1,308).  Loan repayments in the year amounted to £18,320 (2021 - £23,915).  A further £63,056 (2021 - £Nil) of loan balances were settled by non-cash grants from the Society. 

At  the  year  end  the  Society  owned  8  (2021  –  4)  fixed  asset  properties, provided  rent-free  to their  ecclesial occupiers  under  its  charitable  objects. During 2021 one recent, fixed asset property gift in kind was received but then 



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vacated and reclassified as an investment property before sale. 

The  Society  continues  to  be  in  discussion  with  a  number  of  ecclesias expressing interest in gifting ecclesial halls to the Society for nil consideration and then leasing back these halls, for continued ecclesial use, on a rent-free basis. Discussions have also been held with ecclesias contemplating closure and possible future property gifts to the Society for resale. 



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## **TRUSTEES’ AND DIRECTORS’ REPORT – continued** 

The interest of certain ecclesias in offering the Society property gifts is driven by two main factors: 

(1) a shortage of willing property holding trustees; and (2) ageing ecclesial membership which foresees ecclesial closure within the medium term and wishes to protect property proceeds from tax risks for the long-term benefit of the Christadelphian community. 

At 31 December 2022, 5 (2021 – 4) proposed property gifts are at a sufficiently advanced stage to warrant noting as Contingent Assets in Note 17 to the Financial Statements. 

At the end of the year the charity had outstanding loans to Christadelphian ecclesias of £27,133 (2021 - £108,509). 

## **Financial Review** 

The charity receives voluntary income donations, including periodic legacies or other lump sums, together with investment income.  During 2022 the charity received unrestricted donations (including property gifts) of £1,061,946 (2021 - £685,863). No restricted donations were received in the year (2021 – Nil). The charity has no employees (2021 - Nil) and no emoluments were paid to the Trustees during the year (2021 – Nil). 

## Income and expenditure 

Net income for the year was £811,072 (2021 – £34,418) and there were net realised and unrealised gains on investments of £112,794 (2021 - £286,712). This included exceptional gains on sale of investment properties of £105,862 (2021 - £258,091). This resulted in a total increase in unrestricted funds of £922,908 (2021 – £321,068) and a total increase in restricted funds of £958 (2021 – £62). 

The Society is prohibited by its Articles of Association from paying dividends. 

## Transfers between reserves 

During  the  year  there  was  one  transfer  from  restricted  income  funds  to unrestricted funds for £8,347 (2021 – Nil) upon reaching the date when donor restrictions ceased to apply.  Transfers between the unrestricted general fund and the unrestricted revaluation reserve are set out in note 15 to the financial statements  and  amounted  to  £10,200  from  revaluation  reserve  (2021  - £18,506 to revaluation reserve).  In the year £747,816 (2021 - £87,513) was also transferred to the unrestricted non-distributable reserve from unrestricted general fund in relation to property gifts received in the year. 

## Reserves policy 

General  reserves  are  required  to  fund:  (a)  the  charity's  core  loan-making activities, which may be up to £250,000 (2021- £300,000); (b) up to three years' running costs of around £590,000 (2021 - £390,000) including cash-only grant payments at current levels; and (3) up to £250,000 (2021 - £Nil) to fund the prospective purchase of a hall for an ecclesia having many members or visitors who are asylum seekers or refugees with little or no income.  Any reserves in excess of this level are applied to making further grants, which meet the grant-making criteria of the Charity Commission and the charity, at the earliest practicable date.  Free reserves at the year-end comprised the 



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general fund of £999,103 (2021 – 803,714), which are currently below the level of general reserves required. 

Transfers from restricted income funds to unrestricted income funds are only made when the conditions imposed by the relevant donor have been met. Gains arising from property gifts in kind to the charity are transferred to the non-distributable reserve until realised. 

## **TRUSTEES’ AND DIRECTORS’ REPORT – continued** 

Revaluation  gains  on  quoted  investments  are  transferred  to  unrestricted revaluation reserve until realised. 

New property gifts in kind are valued in the accounts after deducting from current  professional  valuation  net  present  value  discounts  relative  to  the estimated future dates on which values can be realised in cash.  These gift values are then transferred from general fund to a non-distributable reserve until realised.  Annual reductions in discount relative to future realisation dates are treated as revaluation gains in the general fund and then transferred to the non-distributable reserve. 

The  amounts  of  restricted,  unrestricted,  revaluation  and  non-distributable reserves held at the end of the year are respectively set out in notes 14 and 15 to the financial statements. 

## Investment properties held for resale 

Investment properties periodically held for resale and are marketed for onward sale at the time, and in the manner, recommended by professional advisers. 

## Investment policy and returns 

Investments  are  managed  by  the  Trustees  in  conjunction  with  Portcullis Financial Planning Ltd. 

Investments are held in medium term balanced risk investments, for funds not required in the short term, and in fixed interest term deposits or interestbearing instant access bank accounts, for other funds, so that approved new loans and grants can be paid promptly. 

## Net assets 

At 31 December 2022, the Society held net assets of £2,029,004 (2021 - £1,105,138) available for appropriate ongoing charitable activities, subject to the donor restrictions set out in note 14 to the financial statements. 

## The year ahead 

Based  on  its  financial  forecasts  the  Trustees  anticipate  having  sufficient financial resources to continue delivering the Society’s charitable objects, God willing. 

## **Fixed Assets: Programme Related Investments** 

Programme  related  investments  are  carried  in  the  financial  statements  at either  the  FRS102  value  gifted  or  the  amount  paid  less,  in  the  case  of concessionary loans, repayments received, and less any impairment arising. In the opinion of the Trustees no such impairment had arisen at 31 December 2022 (2021 – Nil). 

## **Responsibilities of the Trustees** 



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Company law requires the Trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable  company  as  at  the  balance  sheet  date  and  of  its  income  and expenditure for the financial year.  In preparing those financial statements, the Trustees should follow best practice and: 

- select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently; 

- make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and 

- prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis unless it is not appropriate to assume that the company will continue on that basis. 



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## **TRUSTEES’ AND DIRECTORS’ REPORT – continued** 

The Trustees are responsible for maintaining proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charitable  company  and  to  enable  them  to  ensure  that  the  financial statements  comply  with  the  Companies  Act  2006.   The  Trustees  are  also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charitable company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities. 

## **Trustees and their Share Interests** 

The  Trustees  who  held  office  during  the  year  and  their  beneficial  share interests (including family interests) at the end of the year were as follows: 

|||Non-||Non-|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||Ordinary|voting|Ordinary|voting|
||shares of|directors’|shares of|directors’|
||£1|shares of|£1|share of|
|||£1||£1|
||2022|2022|2021|2021|
|A T Collinge|N/A|N/A|12|305|
|S J Ashton|12|347|11|304|
|A S Firth|13|348|11|304|
|D C Gouldingay|13|348|11|304|
|M G Green|13|348|12|304|
|S P Grifths|12|347|11|304|
|K H Rawlings|13|348|11|304|
|J Thompson|12|347|11|304|



The company’s Articles of Association require each Trustee to own a minimum share qualification of 5 Ordinary shares of £1 each. 

None of the Trustee-owned shares have any dividend or capital entitlements so are of no economic value to their holders. 

## **Trustees and their Share Interests** 

The  Trustees  approaching  the  conclusion  of  their  three-year  appointments under the Society’s governing document are Mr A S Firth, Mr D C Gouldingay and Mr M G Green who will offer themselves for re-election at the 2023 Annual General Meeting, God willing. 

## **Small company provisions** 

This report has been prepared in accordance with the provisions in Part 15 of the  Companies  Act  2006  applicable  to  companies  subject  to  the  small companies’ regime. 

This report was approved by the Board on 19 June 2023 and signed on its behalf by: 



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ASFirth
Secretary

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## **INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CHRISTADELPHIAN HALL & BUILDINGS SOCIETY, BIRMINGHAM (‘the Company’)** 

## **Opinion** 

We  have  audited  the  financial  statements  of  The  Christadelphian  Hall  & Buildings Society, Birmingham (the ‘charitable company’) for the year ended 31  December  2022  which  comprise  the  Statement  of  Financial  Activities, Balance Sheet and notes to the financial statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies.   The  financial reporting  framework  that has been  applied  in  their  preparation  is  applicable  law  and  United  Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102 _The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland_ (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice). 

In our opinion the financial statements: 

- give a true and fair view of the state of the charitable company’s affairs as at 31 December 2022, and of its incoming resources and application of resources, including its income and expenditure, for the year then ended; 

- have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice; and 

- have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006. 

## **Basis for opinion** 

We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are  further  described  in  the  Auditor’s  responsibilities  for  the  audit  of  the financial  statements  section  of  our  report.  We  are  independent  of  the charitable  company  in  accordance  with  the  ethical  requirements  that  are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC’s Ethical  Standard,  and we  have  fulfilled  our  other  ethical  responsibilities  in accordance with these requirements.  We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. 

## **Conclusions relating to going concern** 

In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the trustees’ use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. 

Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the charitable company’s ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue. 



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Our  responsibilities  and the  responsibilities  of  the  trustees  with  respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report. 



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## **INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CHRISTADELPHIAN HALL & BUILDINGS SOCIETY, BIRMINGHAM (‘the Company’) - continued** 

## **Other information** 

The trustees are responsible for the other information.  The other information comprises the information included in the trustees’ annual report, other than the financial statements and our auditor’s report thereon.  Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon. 

In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read  the  other  information  and,  in  doing  so,  consider  whether  the  other information  is  materially  inconsistent  with  the  financial  statements  or  our knowledge  obtained  in  the  audit  or  otherwise  appears  to  be  materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements,  we  are  required  to  determine  whether  there  is  a  material misstatement in the financial statements or a material misstatement of the other information. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact. 

We have nothing to report in this regard. 

## **Opinions on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006** 

In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit: 

- the information given in the trustees’ report (incorporating the directors’ report) for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and 

- the directors’ report has been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements. 

## **Matters on which we are required to report by exception** 

In the light of our knowledge and understanding of the charitable company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the directors’ report. 

We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion: 

- adequate accounting records have not been kept, or returns adequate for our audit have not been received from branches not visited by us; or 

- the financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns; or 



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- certain disclosures of directors’ remuneration specified by law are not made; or 

- we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit; or 



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## **INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CHRISTADELPHIAN HALL & BUILDINGS SOCIETY, BIRMINGHAM (‘the Company’) – continued** 

- the  trustees  were  not  entitled  to  prepare  the  financial  statements  in accordance with the small companies’ regime and take advantage of the small companies’ exemption in preparing the directors’ report 

## **Responsibilities of trustees** 

As explained more fully in the trustees’ responsibilities statement set out on page 13, the trustees (who are also the directors of the charitable company for the  purposes  of  company  law)  are  responsible  for  the  preparation  of  the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the trustees determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error. 

In  preparing  the  financial  statements,  the  trustees  are  responsible  for assessing the charitable company’s ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the trustees either intend to liquidate the charitable company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so. 

## **Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements** 

We have been appointed auditor under the Companies Act 2006 and report in accordance with this Act. 

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud  or  error,  and  to  issue  an  auditor’s  report  that  includes  our  opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are  considered  material  if,  individually  or  in  the  aggregate,  they  could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements. 

A  further  description  of  our  responsibilities  for  the  audit  of  the  financial statements  is  located  on  the  Financial  Reporting  Council’s  website  at: www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities.  This  description  forms  part  of  our auditor’s report. 

## **Extent  to  which  the  audit  was  considered  capable  of  detecting irregularities, including fraud** 

Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outlined above, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud. The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud, is detailed below. 



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## **INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF THE** 

## **CHRISTADELPHIAN HALL & BUILDINGS SOCIETY, BIRMINGHAM (‘the Company’) - continued** 

From the preliminary stage of the audit, we ensure our understanding of the entity is up to date. This includes, but is not limited to, current knowledge of their activities, the business and control environments, and their compliance with the applicable legal and regulatory frameworks. This information supports our  risk  identification  and  the  subsequent  design  of  audit  procedures  to mitigate those risks; ensuring that the audit evidence obtained is sufficient and appropriate to support our opinion. 

In  response  to  the  risks  identified,  specific  to  this  entity,  we  designed procedures which included, but were not limited to: 

- Enquiry of management and those charged with governance around actual and potential litigation and claims; 

- Reviewing  minutes  of  meetings  of  those  charged  with  governance,  if available; 

- Reviewing financial statement disclosures and testing to supporting documentation to assess compliance with applicable laws and regulations; 

- Auditing  the risk of management override  of controls, including through testing  journal  entries  and  other  adjustments  for  appropriateness,  and evaluating the  business rationale  for  significant transactions  outside  the normal course of business. 

## **Use of our report** 

This report is made solely to the charitable company’s members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the charitable company’s members those matters we are required to state to them in an auditor’s report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not assume responsibility to anyone other than the charitable company and the charitable company’s members as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed. 

**Christopher Hession C.A. (Senior Statutory Auditor) Date:** 19 June 2023 

For and on behalf of BK Plus Audit Limited 

Azzurri House Walsall Road Aldridge Walsall WS9 0RB 



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## **STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES including Income and Expenditure Account for the year ended 31 December 2022** 

|<br>Not<br>e<br>**Income from:**<br>Donations and<br>legacies<br>2<br>Charitable activities:<br>- Insurance recharges<br>receivable<br>Investments:<br>- Bank interest<br>receivable<br>- Dividends and other<br>bonuses receivable<br>- Rent receivable<br>Total income<br>**Expenditure on:**<br>Cost of raising funds<br>- Investment<br>managers fees<br>Charitable activities:<br>- Grants payable<br>3<br>- Insurance payable<br>-Support costs<br>4<br>Total expenditure<br>**Net income before**<br>**investment gains**<br>Net gains on<br>investments<br>**Net income and net**<br>**movement in funds**<br>Release of restricted<br>funds to unrestricted<br>funds<br>Reconciliation of<br>funds:<br>Total funds brought<br>forward<br>Total funds carried<br>forward|Unrestrict<br>ed<br>funds<br>Restrict<br>ed<br>funds<br>**Total**<br>**2022**<br>£<br>£<br>£<br>1,061,94<br>6<br>-<br>1,061,94<br>6<br>6,419<br>-<br>6,419<br>1,138<br>958<br>2,096<br>2,731<br>-<br>2,731<br>20<br>-<br>20<br>1,072,25<br>4<br>958<br>1,073,21<br>2<br>1,963<br>-<br>1,963<br>240,387<br>-<br>240,387<br>7,305<br>-<br>7,305<br>12,485<br>-<br>12,485<br>262,140<br>-<br>262,140<br>810,114<br>958<br>811,072<br>112,794<br>-<br>112,794<br>922,908<br>958<br>923,866<br>8,347<br>(8,347)<br>-<br>934,184<br>166,95<br>4<br>1,101,13<br>8<br>1,865,43<br>9<br>159,56<br>5<br>2,025,00<br>4|Unrestrict<br>ed<br>fun<br>ds<br>Restrict<br>ed<br>funds<br>Total<br>2021<br>£<br>£<br>£<br>685,86<br>3<br>-<br>685,863<br>5,357<br>-<br>5,357<br>92<br>1,370<br>1,462<br>2,224<br>-<br>2,224<br>20<br>-<br>20|
|---|---|---|
|||693,55<br>6<br>1,3<br>70<br>694,926|
|||1,896<br>-<br>1,896<br>627,44<br>6<br>1,308<br>628,754<br>5,357<br>-<br>5,357<br>24,501<br>-<br>24,501|
|||659,20<br>0<br>1,308<br>660,508|
|||34,356<br>62<br>34,418<br>286,71<br>2<br>-<br>286,712|
|||321,06<br>8<br>62<br>321,130<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>613,11<br>6<br>166,89<br>2<br>780,008|
|||934,18<br>4<br>166,95<br>4<br>1,101,13<br>8|



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and expenditure account required by the Companies Act 2006; accordingly, no separate income and expenditure account is presented. 

There are no recognised gains and losses for the current or prior financial years  other  than  as  stated  above.   Accordingly,  no  statement  of  total recognised gains and losses has been prepared. 

All of the activities of the company are continuing. 



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## **Company Registration Number: 00113912** 

## **BALANCE SHEET at 31 December 2022** 

|Note<br>**FIXED ASSETS**<br>Programme related Investments:<br>Land and buildings<br>6<br>Loans<br>7<br>Investments:<br>Quoted<br>8<br>Bank term deposits<br>9<br>**CURRENT ASSETS**<br>Investment property<br>10<br>Debtors<br>11<br>Bank term deposit<br>Cash at bank<br>**CREDITORS**:**AMOUNTS FALLING DUE**<br>**WITHIN ONE YEAR**<br>12<br>**NET CURRENT ASSETS**<br>**TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES**<br>**THE FUNDS OF THE CHARITY**<br>Called up share capital<br>13<br>Accumulated income funds:<br>Restricted funds<br>14<br>Unrestricted funds:<br>General fund<br>15<br>Revaluation reserve<br>15<br>Non-distributable reserve<br>15<br>Total unrestricted funds<br>**TOTAL CHARITABLE FUNDS**|2022<br>£<br>908,396<br>27,133<br>187,632<br>170,000<br>1,293,16<br>1<br>-<br>15,404<br>-<br>730,618<br>746,022<br>10,179<br>735,843<br>2,029,00<br>4<br>4,000<br>159,565<br>997,353<br>32,757<br>835,329<br>1,865,43<br>9<br>2,029,00<br>4|2021<br>£<br>5,808<br>108,509<br>196,951<br>-|
|---|---|---|
|||311,268|
|||93,400<br>19,479<br>85,000<br>1,142,63<br>4|
|||1,340,51<br>3<br>546,64<br>3|
|||793,870|
||||
|||1,105,13<br>8|
|||4,000<br>166,954<br>803,714<br>42,957<br>87,513|
|||934,184|
||||
|||1,105,13<br>8|



The Trustees acknowledge their responsibilities for: 

- (1) ensuring  that  the  charitable  company  keeps  accounting  records  that comply with Sections 386 and 387 of the Companies Act 2006; and 

- (2) preparing financial statements which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company as at the end of each financial year and of its surplus or deficit for each financial year in accordance with the requirements of Sections 394 and 395 and which otherwise comply with the  requirements  of  the  Companies  Act  2006  relating  to  financial 



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statements, so far as applicable to the charitable company. 



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## **BALANCE SHEET** 

## **At 31 December 2022 - continued** 

These  financial  statements  have  been  prepared  in  accordance  with  the provisions  of Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 applicable  to companies subject to the small companies’ regime. 

The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees on 19 June 2023 and were signed on its behalf by: 

**D C Gouldingay** Director 



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## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS for the year ended 31 December 2022** 

## **1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES** 

## **Legal Status of the Charity** 

The Christadelphian Hall & Buildings Society, Birmingham is a company limited  by  shares  registered  in  England  and  Wales  and  a  charity registered with the Charity Commission in England and Wales. 

## **Basis of Preparation** 

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Statement  of  Recommended  Practice  applicable  to  charities  preparing their  accounts  in  accordance  with  the  Financial  Reporting  Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland, Charities SORP (FRS102) (second edition – October 2019). The detailed accounting policies in use are described below: 

The charity meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS102. Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at historical cost or transaction  value  unless  otherwise  stated  in  the  relevant  accounting policy notes.  Management judgements about the net present value of certain property gifts in kind may significantly affect gift values recognised in the financial statements – see Gifts in kind below. 

The charity maintains financial forecasts which indicate that it will have sufficient resources to meet its liabilities as they fall due and, on that basis, the Trustees are satisfied it is appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis. 

## **Recognition of Income** 

All income is included in the Statement of Financial Activities when the charity is legally entitled to the income, its receipt is probable and the amount can be measured reliably. 

Investment income receivable is allocated between restricted and unrestricted funds by reference to the individual income-producing assets which make up those funds. 

## **Gifts in kind** 

Fixed and current assets donated for use by the charity are recognised as income at their current value when receivable. The external valuations of some gifts are discounted to net present value relative to future dates, either 5 or 25 years ahead, when management estimates that realisation will take place. Investment properties held for onward sale are stated at independently advised selling prices less estimated acquisition costs and estimated disposal costs still to be incurred. Unrealised gains on fixed and current  assets are transferred  to  a  non-distributable reserve until realisation takes place. 

The charity’s balance sheet includes certain freehold land and buildings which were valued at their cost to the charity prior to the adoption of the present  accounting  policy.  Their  value  has  not  been  restated  as  the Trustees consider that the cost of ascertaining their values, when gifted 



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long ago, is not justified by the additional benefit such information would provide to users of the financial statements. 

## **Recognition of Expenditure** 

Expenditure  is  included in the  Statement of  Financial Activities  on an accruals  basis  when,  and  to  the  extent  that,  a  liability,  legal  or constructive, is incurred and can be reliably measured. 

## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS for the year ended 31 December 2022** 

## **1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued** 

## **Recognition of Expenditure - continued** 

A constructive liability for a grant is considered to have been incurred when a grant offer has been issued to the recipient ecclesia and all grant conditions have been satisfied. 

## **Fixed Assets Investments: Programme Related Investments** 

Programme related investments are made to further the objects of the charity and not for financial return.  They comprise freehold properties held by the charity, let rent-free to an occupying Christadelphian ecclesia as  part  of  the  charity’s  primary  work,  and  concessionary  loans  to Christadelphian ecclesias for the acquisition, repair or improvement of premises and land for use by the Christadelphian community. Concessionary loans are unsecured and interest-free and are repayable within a 12 (2021 - 12) year period from inception.  Programme related investments are measured in the balance sheet at the amount paid or FRS102 value gifted less, in the case of concessionary loans, repayments received, and less any impairment arising. 

## **Investments** 

Investment  properties  held  for  onward  sale  are  stated  at  their  net realisable value on the balance sheet.  Where these properties derive from gifts in kind, unrealised gains are transferred to a non-distributable reserve. 

Investments in quoted assets are stated at their fair value on the balance sheet  date.   Gains  or  losses  on  revaluation  and  investment  assets disposals are shown in the Statement of Financial Activities.  Unrealised gains are transferred to the revaluation reserve. 

Long  term  investments  are  classified  as  fixed  assets.   Short  term investments are classified as current assets. 

## **Fund Accounting** 

Funds which may be used in accordance with the charity’s objects, at the discretion  of  the  Trustees,  are  held  in  unrestricted  income  funds. Restricted funds may only be used for the purpose specified by the donor within the objects of the charity. 

## **Cash at Bank** 

Cash at bank includes instant access deposit accounts and, unless shown separately  on  the  balance  sheet,  term  deposits  maturing  within  12 months of the balance sheet date. 



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## **Creditors and Provisions** 

Creditors and provisions are recognised where the charity has a present obligation  resulting  from  a past event that will probably  result in the transfer of funds to a third party and the amount required to settle the obligation  can  be  measured  or  estimated  reliably.   Creditors  and provisions  are  normally  recognised  at  their  settlement  amounts  after allowing for any trade discounts due. 

## **Financial Instruments** 

The charity’s financial assets and liabilities all qualify as basic financial instruments. 



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## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS for the year ended 31 December 2022** 

## **2. DONATIONS AND LEGACIES** 

|Unrestricted<br>funds<br>Restrict<br>ed<br>funds<br>Total<br>2022<br>These arose from the<br>following sources:<br>£<br>£<br>£<br>Thornton Heath<br>Ecclesia – hall gift on<br>closure and sale<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>Barnet Ecclesia – hall<br>gift for leaseback at<br>nominal rent<br>546,53<br>3<br>546,53<br>3<br>Seaton Ecclesia – hall<br>gift for leaseback at<br>nominal rent<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>Bath Ecclesia – hall gift<br>for leaseback at<br>nominal rent<br>220,32<br>8<br>-<br>220,32<br>8<br>St Albans Ecclesia – on<br>closure and hall sale<br>123,63<br>8<br>-<br>123,63<br>8<br>Aylesbury Ecclesia – for<br>resale on closure<br>119,79<br>7<br>-<br>119,79<br>7<br>Shrewsbury Ecclesia –<br>hall  gift for leaseback<br>at nominal rent<br>38,896<br>-<br>38,896<br>Ellwood Ecclesia – hall<br>gift for leaseback at<br>nominal rent<br>12,553<br>-<br>12,553<br>Lincoln Ecclesia - on<br>closure and hall sale<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>Nelson Ecclesia – hall<br>gift on closure and sale<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>Total under £5,000<br>201<br>-<br>201<br>1,061,9<br>46<br>-<br>1,061,9<br>46|Unrestrict<br>ed<br>funds<br>Restrict<br>ed<br>funds<br>Total<br>2021<br>£<br>£<br>£<br>585,724<br>-<br>585,72<br>4<br>80,374<br>-<br>80,374<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>10,000<br>-<br>10,000<br>9,758<br>-<br>9,758<br>7<br>-<br>7|
|---|---|
||685,863<br>-<br>685,86<br>3|



## **3. CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES - GRANTS PAYABLE** 

|Unrestricted|Unrestricted|Restrict|Total|Unrestrict|Restrict|Total|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||funds|ed|2022|ed|ed|2021|
|||funds||funds|funds||
|Grants to institutions|£|£|£|£|£|£|
|within charitable objects|||||||
|comprised:|||||||
|Exceptional grants to|||||||
|other Christadelphian|-|-|-|543,182|-|543,1|
|charities||||||82|
|Christadelphian Bible|||||||
|Mission – overseas|71,14|-|71,14|34,564|-|34,56|
|ecclesias (Africa)|6||6|||4|
|Ashton-under-Lyne|45,00|-|45,00|15,000|-|15,00|
|Ecclesia|0||0|||0|
|Glasgow Kelvin Ecclesia|25,00|-|25,00|-|-|-|
||0||0||||
|Llanelli Ecclesia|24,29|-|24,29|-|-|-|





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|Kings Heath Ecclesia<br>Betws Ecclesia<br>Hereford Ecclesia<br>Blackheath Ecclesia<br>Doncaster Ecclesia<br>Bournville Ecclesia<br>Bracknell Ecclesia<br>Under £7,500|4<br>4<br>15,75<br>0<br>-<br>15,75<br>0<br>12,60<br>0<br>-<br>12,60<br>0<br>3,500<br>-<br>3,500<br>7,740<br>-<br>7,740<br>7,592<br>-<br>7,592<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>27,76<br>5<br>-<br>27,76<br>5<br>240,3<br>87<br>-<br>240,3<br>87|-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>8,000<br>-<br>8,000<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>7,500<br>-<br>7,500<br>7,500<br>-<br>7,500<br>11,700<br>1,308<br>13,00<br>8|
|---|---|---|
|||627,446<br>1,308<br>628,7<br>54|



## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS for the year ended 31 December 2022** 

## **4. SUPPORT COSTS** 

|**UPPORT COSTS**|||
|---|---|---|
|Legal and professional expenses(see note below)<br>Audit fees (2021 independent examiner’s costs)<br>Trustee indemnity and personal accident insurance<br>Utility costs on investment properties<br>Financial Conduct Authority - compliance advice<br>Financial Conduct Authority - annual fee<br>Trustee expenses<br>Miscellaneous expenses|2022<br>£<br>2,230<br>4,500<br>2,337<br>1,520<br>-<br>1,109<br>483<br>306<br>12,485|2021<br>£<br>19,376<br>1,600<br>712<br>-<br>1,440<br>836<br>159<br>378|
|||24,501|



2021 legal and professional expenses included £4,387 relating to an ecclesial property gift that the ecclesia withdrew from in the closing stages.  £4,012 was also expended on a separate gift and leaseback transaction where the ecclesia was unable to continue but instead hopes to make a property gift for resale to the Society in future. 

## **5. TRUSTEES, DIRECTORS AND EMPLOYEES** 

The company has no employees.  All members of the board act in an unpaid  capacity  so  none  of  the  Trustees  and  Directors  received  any remuneration for the year (2021 - Nil). 

No  expenses  were  claimed  by  any  Trustee  with  the  exception  of secretarial expenses and/or travelling expenses incurred by and reimbursed or accrued for reimbursement to: A S Firth £83 (2021 - £Nil) A T Collinge £168 (2021 - £89) and D C Gouldingay £232 (2021 - £70). 

## **6. FIXED ASSETS INVESTMENTS - PROGRAMME RELATED INVESTMENTS: LAND AND BUILDINGS** 

Programme related investments: land and buildings comprise the following  freehold  properties  let  at  peppercorns  rents  to  occupying ecclesias. 



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|2022<br>£<br>**Cost or valuation**<br>At 1 January<br>5,808<br>Additions:<br>- Donations in the year at Day 1 net present value<br>818,30<br>9<br>- Acquisition costs<br>67,259<br>- Net present value revaluations since acquisition<br>17,020<br>At 31 December<br>908,39<br>6<br>**Impairment**<br>At 1 January and 31 December<br>-<br>**Net book value**<br>At 31 December<br>908,39<br>6<br>**NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS**<br>**for the year ended 31 December 2022**<br>**6.**<br>**FIXED ASSETS INVESTMENTS - PROGRAMME RELATED**<br>**INVESTMENTS:**<br>**LAND AND BUILDINGS - continued**<br>2022<br>The occupying ecclesias and net book values at 31<br>December were:<br>£<br>Bournville Ecclesia<br>2,232<br>East Ham Ecclesia<br>1,286<br>Kings Heath Ecclesia<br>-<br>Old Traford Ecclesia<br>2,290<br>Barnet Ecclesia<br>573,81<br>3<br>Bath Ecclesia<br>230,26<br>6<br>Shrewsbury Ecclesia<br>72,178<br>Ellwood Ecclesia<br>26,331<br>Net book value at 31 December<br>908,39<br>6||2021<br>£<br>5,808<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>5,808<br>-<br>5,808<br>2021<br>£<br>2,232<br>1,286<br>-<br>2,290<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-|
|---|---|---|
||||
||||
||||
|||5,808|



Freehold buildings are insured by the charity, the relevant proportion of the premium being recharged at cost to each occupying ecclesia. 

## **7. FIXED ASSETS INVESTMENTS - PROGRAMME RELATED INVESTMENTS: CONCESSIONARY LOANS** 

Programme related investments: concessionary loans comprise advances made to ecclesias for the acquisition, repair or improvement of premises and land for use by the Christadelphian Community.  Loans are unsecured and interest-free and repayable within a period of up to twelve years from 



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## inception.  Movements in the year were as follows: 

|Loans at 1 January<br>New loans advanced<br>Less:<br>- New or existing loans repaid<br>- Loans waived by CHBS – treated as additional grants<br>Loans at 31 December<br>**Outstanding loans at year end:**<br>Ashton-under-Lyne Ecclesia<br>Barton-under-Needwood Ecclesia<br>Birmingham, Kings Heath Ecclesia<br>Maidenhead Ecclesia<br>Manchester, Old Traford Ecclesia<br>Nottingham (South) Ecclesia<br>Wellington Ecclesia, New Zealand|2022<br>£<br>108,50<br>9<br>-<br>108,50<br>9<br>18,320<br>63,056<br>27,133<br>-<br>4,500<br>15,300<br>-<br>7,333<br>-<br>-<br>27,133|2021<br>£<br>87,424<br>45,000|
|---|---|---|
|||132,42<br>4<br>23,915<br>-|
|||108,50<br>9|
|||45,000<br>6,500<br>34,200<br>7,200<br>9,200<br>3,909<br>2,500|
|||108,50<br>9|



**NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS for the year ended 31 December 2022** 

## **7. FIXED ASSETS INVESTMENTS - PROGRAMME RELATED INVESTMENTS: CONCESSIONARY LOANS - continued** 

£5,667 (2021 - £12,615) is due for repayment within 12 months of the balance sheet date. 

At 31 December 2022 the charity had committed Nil (2021 – £Nil) to new ecclesial loan advances, subject to contract, and accordingly not taken up at the reporting date. 

## **8. FIXED ASSET INVESTMENTS: QUOTED INVESTMENTS** 

||202|2021|
|---|---|---|
||2||
||£|£|
|Market value at start of year|196,95|175,14|
||1|1|
|Acquisitions at cost|2,73|2,22|
||1|4|
|Disposal proceeds|(1,9|(1,8|
||63)|96)|
|Realised gains/(losses)|-|-|





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|Unrealised (losses)/ gains<br>Market value at end of year<br>Historic cost of investments held at year end<br>The investment portfolio comprises:<br>Equity income funds<br>Managed growth bonds<br>Property bonds|(10,0<br>87)<br>187,63<br>2<br>155,54<br>7<br>70,58<br>9<br>62,69<br>3<br>54,35<br>0<br>187,63<br>2|21,48<br>2|
|---|---|---|
|||196,95<br>1|
|||154,95<br>8|
|||74,2<br>24<br>66,7<br>55<br>55,9<br>72|
|||196,9<br>51|



|**9.**<br>**FIXED ASSET INVESTMENTS: BANK TERM DEPOSITS**<br>£<br>Maturing in January 2025<br>85,000<br>Maturing in February 2026<br>85,000<br>170,000|£<br>-<br>-|
|---|---|
||-|



The deposit maturing in February 2026 was made by cheque posted using guaranteed overnight delivery on 22 December 2022. The bank concerned was unable to conclude its internal processes until the new financial  year  so  that  the  deposit  cheque  was  not  cleared  until  17 February 2023. Thereafter, interest began to accrue. 

## **10. INVESTMENT PROPERTY** 

Held for resale 

£ £ - 93,400 



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## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS for the year ended 31 December 2022** 

## **11. DEBTORS** 

|**11. DEBTORS**||
|---|---|
|£<br>Prepaid acquisition costs – investments<br>15,375<br>Accrued income - interest on deposits<br>29<br>15,404<br>**12. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR**<br>£<br>Other creditors (including grants £5,679 – 2021<br>£543,182)<br>10,179<br>**13. SHARE CAPITAL**<br>Authorised, called up, allotted and fully paid:<br>£<br>1,567 Ordinary shares of £1 each<br>1,567<br>2,433 Non-voting directors’ shares of £1 each<br>2,433<br>4,000<br>None of the shares are dividend-bearing.|£<br>19,248<br>231|
||19,479|
||£<br>546,643|
||£<br>1,567<br>2,433|
||4,000|
|||



## **14. RESTRICTED FUNDS** 

The income funds of the charity include restricted funds comprising the following unexpended balances of donations and legacies held on trust for specific purposes: 

|Donation – former<br>Tenby Ecclesia<br>Legacy A -<br>Anonymous<br>Legacy B -<br>Anonymous|Movement in funds<br>Openin<br>g<br>balance<br>Income<br>Expendit<br>ure<br>Transfe<br>rs<br>Closing<br>balanc<br>e<br>£<br>£<br>£<br>£<br>£<br>95,163<br>575<br>-<br>-<br>95,738<br>63,444<br>383<br>-<br>-<br>63,827<br>8,347<br>-<br>-<br>(8,347)<br>-|
|---|---|
||166,95<br>4<br>958<br>-<br>(8,347)<br>159,56<br>5|



The  restricted  donation  from  the  former  Tenby  Ecclesia  is  conditional upon a grant of up to £90,000 (plus net income) being made available by the  charity,  within  its  objects,  towards  the  property  needs  of  any recognised new Christadelphian ecclesia that may in future be established in a donor-prescribed area on or before 30 April 2029.  Should such grant be required £20,000 would be payable after 60 days, a further £20,000 after 6 months and the balance of £50,000 (plus any net income) after 2 years.  With effect from 1 May 2029 any unused funds will be transferable to unrestricted income funds. 

Restricted legacy A is conditional upon a grant of up to £60,000 (plus net 



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income) being made available by the charity, within its objects, towards the property needs of any recognised Christadelphian ecclesia that may in future be established in an estate-prescribed area on or before 31 March 2025.  Should such grant be required £20,000 would be payable after 60 days, a further £20,000 after 6 months and the balance of £20,000 (plus any net income) after 2 years.  With effect from 1 April 2025 any unused funds will be transferable to unrestricted income funds. **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS for the year ended 31 December 2022** 

## **14. RESTRICTED FUNDS - continued** 

Restricted legacy B was conditional upon a grant of up to £9,130 (plus net income less expenditure) being made available by the charity, within its objects,  towards  the  property  needs  of  a  prescribed  Christadelphian ecclesia before 24 May 2022.  With effect from 25 May 2022 unused funds were transferred to unrestricted income funds. 

## **15. UNRESTRICTED FUNDS** 

|_31 December_<br>_2022_<br>General fund<br>Revaluation<br>reserve<br>Non-distributable<br>reserve<br>_31 December_<br>_2021_<br>General fund<br>Revaluation<br>reserve<br>Non-distributable<br>reserve|Opening<br>balance<br>Income<br>Expendit<br>ure<br>Gains<br>and<br>losses<br>Transfer<br>s<br>Closing<br>balance<br>£<br>£<br>£<br>£<br>£<br>£<br>803,714<br>1,072,2<br>54<br>(262,140)<br>112,794<br>(729,26<br>9)<br>997,353<br>42,957<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>(10,200)<br>32,757<br>87,513<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>747,816<br>835,329|
|---|---|
||934,184<br>1,072,2<br>54<br>(262,140)<br>112,794<br>8,347<br>1,865,43<br>9|
||Opening<br>balance<br>Income<br>Expendit<br>ure<br>Gains<br>and<br>losses<br>Transfer<br>s<br>Closing<br>balance<br>£<br>£<br>£<br>£<br>£<br>£<br>588,665<br>693,556<br>(659,200)<br>286,712<br>(106,01<br>9)<br>803,714<br>24,451<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>18,506<br>42,957<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>87,5<br>13<br>87,513|
||613,116<br>693,556<br>(659,200)<br>286,712<br>-<br>934,184|



The revaluation reserve comprises unrealised gains on the charity’s fixed assets  investments  portfolio.  The  non-distributable  reserve  comprises unrealised gains on certain of the charity’s investment properties. 

## **16. ANALYSIS OF NET ASSETS BETWEEN FUNDS** 

|||||Restrict|General<br>|Total|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||ed|Funds||
|||||Funds|||
|_At_|_31_|_December_|_2022:_|£|||





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|Fixed assets: programme related<br>investments<br>Fixed assets: investments<br>Current assets<br>Creditors: amounts falling due within one<br>year<br>Total net assets<br>_At 31 December 2021:_<br>Fixed assets: programme related<br>investments<br>Fixed assets: investments<br>Current assets<br>Creditors: amounts falling due within one<br>year<br>Total net assets||£<br>£<br>-<br>935,529<br>935,529<br>-<br>357,632<br>357,632<br>159,565<br>586,457<br>746,022<br>-<br>(10,179)<br>(10,179<br>)|
|---|---|---|
|||159,565<br>1,869,43<br>9<br>2,029,0<br>04|
|||£<br>£<br>£<br>-<br>5,808<br>5,808<br>-<br>305,460<br>305,460<br>166,95<br>4<br>1,173,55<br>9<br>1,340,5<br>13<br>-<br>(546,643<br>)<br>(546,64<br>3)|
|||166,95<br>4<br>938,184<br>1,105,1<br>38|



## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS for the year ended 31 December 2022** 

## **17. CONTINGENT ASSETS** 

– Fixed assets programme related investments: land and buildings 

At 31  December  2022  the  charity  had  been advised  of  5 (2021  - 4) proposals to gift properties to the Society with a view either to leasing them  back  forthwith  from  the  charity  at  peppercorn  rents  or  for  the charity to hold or resell. 

Whilst these hall gifts seem probable and the charity can measure their value with reasonable accuracy, at 31 December 2022 aspects of legal and other due diligence were still to be completed so legal entitlement had not passed. Accordingly, these proposed gifts and leasebacks cannot be included in the Society’s 2022 income or assets.  At the balance sheet date, the Trustees estimate the accounting value of these gifts to be £590,000 (2021 - £635,000). The first of these gifts, with an estimated gift value of £170,000 at 31 December 2022, was legally completed on 6 January 2023. It was subsequently sold at auction on 1 February 2023 for completion on 1 March 2023 at a price well in excess of its year end valuation.   Both  completion  and  onward  sale  of  this  property  gift represent non-adjusting events after the balance sheet date. 

## **18. CONTINGENT LIABILITIES** 

At 31 December 2022 the charity had issued one offer of grant funding to an  ecclesia  where  the  satisfaction  of  remaining  conditions  for  the payment  of  loans  and  grants  lay  outside  the  actions  of  the  charity. Accordingly, contingent liabilities of £30,522 (2021 - £Nil) were outstanding at the balance sheet date. 



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## **19. TAXATION** 

The company is a registered charity and as such is exempt from tax on income and gains arising from activities within its charitable objects.  No tax charges have arisen in the charity. 

## **20. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS** 

Up until 31 December 2021 Mr Jonathan Thompson was the Managing Director of Portcullis Financial Planning Limited (“PFP”), which provides investment advisory services to the charity.  During 2021 PFP received fees of £783 paid from the funds administering the charity’s fixed assets investments. 

With the exception of the above fees paid to PFP, no Trustee or other person related to the charity had any personal interest in any transaction entered  into  by  the  charity  other  than  the  repayment  of  expenses disclosed in note 5 (2021 - Nil). 

