**Registered Charity No 803355**
## **TRUSTEES’ REPORT**
**for the year ended 31[st] December 2024**
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## **83a High Street, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, PE29 3DP Email: admin@hccuk.org www.hccuk.org**
## **Huntingdonshire Community Church**
**Annual Trustees’ Report for the year ended 31[st] December 2024**
## **Contents**
|**Contents**||
|---|---|
||Page|
|Legal and administrative information|3|
|Report of the trustees|4 - 11|
|Independent Examiner’s Report|12|
|Receipts and Payments Statement|13|
|Notes to the Accounts|14 - 16|
|Statement of Assets and Liabilities|17 - 18|
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## **LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION**
|Charity number|803355|
|---|---|
|Trustees|Stephen Cawley (Chair) (stood down 31stAugust)|
||Jonathan Gray (Chair from 1stSeptember)|
||Vicky Rodrigues|
||Rebekah Bennett|
||Timothy Anderson|
|Elders|Timothy Anderson|
||Trevor Payne (from 28thJuly)|
||Christine Fisher (from 28thJuly)|
|Principal address|83a High Street|
|and registered office|Huntingdon|
||Cambridgeshire|
||PE29 3DP|
|Independent Examiner|Carole Cowgill ACA|
||4 Penny Meadow|
||Ipswich|
||Suffolk|
||IP9 2UU|
|Bankers|HSBC|
||St Andrews Street|
||Cambridge|
||CB2 3BZ|
||Barclays Bank|
||Market Hill|
||Huntingdon|
||Cambs|
||PE29 3AE|
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## **REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024**
## **Introduction**
The trustees present their report and the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31[st] December 2024. The accounts have been prepared using the Receipts and Payments method, which summarises bank and cash transactions during the year.
## **Trustees’ Responsibilities**
Charity law requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the situation of the charity and of its financial activities for that year. In preparing those financial statements the trustees are required to:
- select suitable accounting policies and apply them consistently.
- make judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent.
- state whether applicable accounting standards and statements of recommended practice have been followed, subject to any departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements.
- prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to assume that the charity will continue in operation.
The trustees are responsible for keeping 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. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud or other irregularities.
## **Organisation and Status**
Huntingdonshire Community Church (HCC) operates under a Deed of Trust and was registered as a charity on 1[st] June 1990 with the charity registration number 803355. Its main purpose is the advancement of the Christian faith.
The Trustees during the year were: Stephen Cawley, Jonathan Gray, Timothy Anderson, Vicky Rodrigues and Rebecca Bennett. Stephen Cawley stepped down as Chair and as a trustee from 31[st] August and Jonathan Gray then assumed the role of chair. We thank Stephen for his many years of serving HCC as an elder, trustee and, latterly, chair for trustees over at least 2 decades.
Additional trustees are recommended by the church eldership to be approved by the current trustees.
The responsibility for managing the Trust on a day-to-day basis is delegated by the Trustees to the Core Leadership/Eldership Team (see next page), one of whom, the church’s Senior Leader, is also a Trustee.
## **Public Benefit**
The charity trustees have complied with their duty to have due regard to the guidance on public benefit in section 4 of the 2011 Charities Act, and the supplementary guidance on the advancement of religion for the public benefit, published by the Charity Commission, in exercising their powers and duties.
## **REVIEW OF ACTIVITIES AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS**
In 2024, HCC’s leadership worked to fulfil its charitable aims and objectives as laid out in the Charity’s trust deed. These are:
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- to advance the Christian faith
- to provide relief for those facing hardship, distress or sickness
- to advance education on the basis of Christian principles
**Recruitment of a Full-time Pastor** A key strategic activity during 2024 was the recruitment of a full-time pastor, with a view to the recruited individual assuming the senior leadership of HCC some time in 2025. This process followed from the current senior leader, Tim Anderson, feeling a calling to return to church leadership in Cambridge, after 14 years at the helm of HCC. Following a thorough recruitment selection process, Matthew Brown was recruited as a full-time pastor, and started work with us on 1[st] September.
**Reconstitution of the Eldership Team** Another long-term church building activity this year concerned the reforming of the church’s Eldership Team. HCC is normally governed by elders, in accordance with the Biblical model. For the last 3 years, after a number of elders had stepped down, the church had been led by a ‘Core Leadership Team’, consisting of Timothy Anderson, Richard Schwier, Helen Cobby (until July), Jean Casling and Mark Knight. In July, Trevor Payne and Christine Fisher were appointed elders, having been endorsed by the church and prayed over on a Sunday morning. They joined Tim Anderson in church eldership, taking responsibilith for the spiritual direction of the church. Jean Casling and, latterly, Matt Brown, also attended Eldership meetings.
**Related Network** Another major change affecting HCC came in the middle of the year, when Plumbline Ministries, a ministry group of which HCC has been a core member for years, closed on 31[st] August. Plumbline had linked together a number of churches in the East Anglia region, held events for those churches and had provided leadership input to them. Plumbline closed on 31[st] August following completion of its mission and retirement of its founder and leader. Immediately afterwards, HCC and the churches formerly part of Plumbline joined the Ground Level Network, a grouping of over 80 churches based in Lincoln.
**Fenland Community Church (FCC)** For administrative purposes, FCC had been part of Plumbline Ministries. With the closing of Plumbline, on 1[st] September, FCC transferred to HCC. The accounts therefore include the finances of FCC from 1[st] September.
**Thrive Youth Work** Another change took place on 1st September when the Thrive Youth Work project, initially setup in 2018 by a number of churches in the town, formally transferred from oversight by the Parish of Huntingdon to become a project within HCC. The accounts therefore include the finances of Thrive Youth Work from 1[st] September. The project seeks to help young people (aged 11-18) who are struggling emotionally (eg low self-worth, poor well-being), behaviourally (eg challenging behaviours, bad life choices) and relationally (eg problematic social interaction, vulnerable to exploitative relationships) and at risk of educational underachievement/failure, poor mental health and exploitation. Many are growing up in a disadvantaged local estate area (Oxmoor). The team, comprising 2 professional youth workers and 18 volunteers, delivers two main programmes: 1-2-1 and group mentoring along with lunchtime drop-in clubs in partnership with two local secondary schools; and, youth cafes and holiday activities in the community. All activities combine to help and inspire the young people to choose to build positive relationships, make good decisions, develop emotional resilience and enjoy a strong sense of well-being.
**Priorities** In 2024, our priorities as a church were: recruiting a new full-time pastor, preparing for the leadership transition, establishing the eldership team and continuing to regather and refocus our Sunday morning activities and other rhythms post-Covid.
The Board of Trustees met formally 5 times over the year with further business being conducted via informal means of communication.
HCC delivers its charitable objectives through:
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- Sunday gatherings, mid-week small groups and pastoral care open to all
- Supporting and equipping its members and others who connect with us in reaching their full potential in life based on Christian values, through one-to-one support, teaching, training and courses
- Outreach events and activities that advance the faith and enrich the wider community and family life in Huntingdonshire
- Use of ‘83a’ – the Church Centre
- Working together with other organisations
Our Vision as a church is: ‘to enable people and communities in Huntingdonshire to thrive, through putting the power of God's love into action’.
The report that follows summarises the activities of the Trust over the past year.
Many of our members either work or serve as volunteers in public office, voluntary organisations, education, or medical professions.
## **ACTIVITIES OF HCC IN HUNTINGDON**
## **1. Sunday Gatherings, Small Groups and Pastoral Care Open to All**
**Sunday Services** The church continued to provide the opportunity for members of all ages to meet together corporately on a weekly basis for worship, teaching, inspiration and fellowship. Most of these meetings took place at Cromwell Academy, in the Hinchingbrooke estate of Huntingdon. An average of around 40 adults attended each service. A parent-led creche was available for children aged up to 4 years each Sunday. On one Sunday, baptisms were held in a local swimming pool. During August and over Christmas we met at our town centre premises, ‘83a’ - 83a High Street, Huntingdon. On 2 Sundays at the start and end of the summer break, we held church BBQs after the service, giving members a chance to meet and relax together informally. Our average adult attendance over the year was 42. In the 4th quarter, the average adult attendance of 40.6 compared with 2023’s 4th qtr average of 38.3 – a 2.3 person increase year on year (6% up).
**Childrens’ Work** continued on a Sunday, the children leaving the main meeting part-way through the sung worship for their own dedicated sessions. We continued to explore the Bible through reflections, story, craft and activities and prayer. An average of around 8 children usually attended.
**Sunday Youth Work** took place at the same time as the children’s work, seeking to build up young people in the church congregation with activities suitable for their stage in life. An average of around 10 young people usually attended.
**Forest Church** On 2 Sunday mornings at the beginning of the year, we met at the Countryside Centre at Hinchingbrooke Park for an event called ‘Forest Church’. This provided an interactive session mainly aimed at young families, where those new to the church could engage with simple Bible themes.
**Worship Evenings** On Sundays where Forest Church was held, we held an evening of worship at 83a. This gave opportunities for church members and visitors to worship God in an unhurried setting and to take communion together. Many found these services very meaningful.
**Easter and Christmas Cafes** On Sundays before Easter and Christmas, we held all-age family café events where families were invited to come, take part in activities and have refreshments celebrating the theme of the season. These were well supported and provided a focal point for church members to join with the community in marking these festivals.
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**Mid-week Small Groups** Through the year a number of small groups met fortnightly at different locations around the town and surrounding areas and online. This provided a focus for real friendships to develop, for church members to develop further in their relationship with God, to take on one another’s burdens and to celebrate each other’s successes. One of these groups – centred on the Stukeley Meadows estate - remained online, a new group emerged in Godmanchester and another continued to meet at the Church Centre.
**Café Connected** Café Connected is a group for singles which meets monthly. It is a good space for singles to be together and sometimes hear from a speaker on a topic of relevance to their life stage.
**Pastoral Care** was provided by a number of people in the church. Regular meetings of the Pastoral Team were reintroduced, to give church leadership oversight of the pastoral issues within the church. Individual support was provided by church members to number of people going through difficulty.
**Prayer** Regular prayer meetings were reintroduced this year. Every Tuesday, between 3 and 9 people gathered to pray for the mission of the church, as well as other national and international issues. We also re-established a regular prayer time for 30 minutes before the start of our Sunday meetings. Throughout the year the church felt the benefit of these times of prayer.
**Fenland Community Church (FCC)** FCC is located in March and largely serves those in the town with learning difficulties and, in some case, severe physical disabilities. Led by Ed and Marilyn Kerr, FCC provides monthly Sunday services and also visits a number of care homes in the town for small group meetings.
## **2. Supporting and Equipping Members and Non-Members**
As well as pastoral care when needed, support and equipping for adults was provided by the Sunday teaching and small group relationships, together with a range of other events, such as those mentioned below.
**Welcome Lunches** Newcomers to the church who had been attending on Sundays for a month or so were invited to these lunches, which provided a chance to get to know leaders better and hear about the ethos of the church.
**‘Next Steps’ Course** Those contemplating making HCC their home were the invited on to this course, where our doctrinal beliefs, our mission and values, our structure and major ongoing activities were explained.
**Wetherspoons lunches** Once a month, lunchtime gatherings were hosted at the local venue, providing a cost-effective venue for newcomers to meet church members immediately after the Sunday meeting.
**‘Friday Night Youth’** took place at 83a on alternate Friday evenings in term time. Youth from the church and their friends can come to a social space with a monthly evening that includes a spiritual focus.
**Ground Level ‘Awaken’ Event** A small number of church members, together with a group of youth attended the ‘Awaken’ Bible weekend on the Lincolnshire showground over the summer bank holiday weekend. This was a great opportunity to meet with other churches in the network we were about to join, and also provided a great time of gathering the youth and for a number of new youth to get to know others in the group, while taking steps to grow their faith.
**Women’s Breakfasts** On a broadly 2-monthy schedule, the ladies of the church met on a Saturday morning at our town centre premises for a light breakfast followed by a talk. These were good opportunities for women to mix and share with one another, and many appreciated the support they offered.
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## **3. Outreach Events that Demonstrate the Faith and Enrich the Wider Community and Family Life in Huntingdonshire and Beyond**
Throughout 2024 we continued to seek to engage and serve the community within Huntingdonshire. We undertook this in the following ways:
**Rainbow Toddler Group** The Rainbow Toddler group has continued to be busy and lively! Every Tuesday in term-time local mums and carers filled our high street premises with their toddlers enjoying a range of soft play items, toys, a story and singing. Throughout the year we saw over 60 separate family groups attend Toddlers, with over 100 individual children accessing the group.
**Schools Work** Our youth and childrens’ workers continued to serve the local schools by taking assemblies and running groups in several local schools. This is done under the banner of Thrive Youth Work, but using HCC paid hours (see below).
**Thrive Youth Work** As mentioned earlier, the Thrive Youth Work project, transferred from oversight by the Parish of Huntingdon to become a project within HCC on 1[st] September. In 2024 Thrive engaged with approximately 335 young people, delivering 204 1-2-1 mentoring and 264 group mentoring sessions in Hinchingbrooke and St. Peter’s schools, accompanied by 168 break-time/lunch-time sessions. Outside of school, 72 Youth Café sessions were delivered alongside events and excursions.
**Creative English** Creative English classes continued throughout the year in term-time, serving those in the area with limited English language ability, giving them confidence in day-to-day situations through role-play exercises.
**Picnic in the Park** Over the summer holiday period, a number of picnic brunches were held in the town’s country park. Together with other churches and local council staff, brunches were served to a number of families in need who had been referred to the authorities in the local area. Play space and activities were provided for the children, and over the 3 weeks several hundred packed brunches were made and handed out.
**Christmas Hampers for Local Families in Need** At Christmas, we provided hampers of presents and Christmas food for 7 families identified by Cromwell Academy, our Sunday meeting venue. We also provided 3 hampers for families within the church. These hampers were well received and offered help to those for whom the increased cost of living severely impaired their ability to have a joyful Christmas.
**Photography Club** This year the HCC Photography Club continued, arranging 6 events for those within and outside the church to use their cameras in a relaxed and enjoyable setting. Most events had a social time afterwards!
## **4. The Church Centre – ‘83a’**
Our church building, ‘83a’, occupies an easily-accessible high street location. Using space that is not required for church activities, it enables us to make available, at affordable prices, rooms for other organisations which operate locally serving townspeople.
The following organisations were hosted in our building during 2024, significantly furthering the public benefit derived from the building:
Huntingdon Area Money Advice Thrive Youth Work Huntingdon Psychological Wellbeing Service (NHS) Choices Counselling Cambridge Deaf Association
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Strong Intentions Adrian Jackson Counselling Sefanit Inquai Counselling Sue McRitchie Counselling Jo Fyfe Counselling Kevin Legge Counselling Martin Jones Play Therapy Narcotics Anonymous Relate Bedazzle Inspired Martial Arts Road Victims Trust National Citizenship Scheme Andy’s Man Club AG Family Support Cambridge Acorn Project Squirrel Scouts Alternative Provision (SEN teaching provision)
Rooms were also used for a number of family parties and business conferences/training sessions. This year has seen a steady increase in organisations wanting to use our spaces.
## **ACTIVITIES OF HCC IN FENLAND (MARCH)**
The aim of HCC Fenland (based in March) is to help people with a learning disability know Jesus. We do this by providing a fun and accepting environment for everyone, especially people with a learning disability, and encourage them to discover that they are unique, special and loved by Jesus, and can chose to respond to Him at their own level.
All our meetings depend on carers’ willingness and availability to facilitate service users’ attendance.
**Sunday Meetings** These are held on the second Sunday of each month excluding August. In November it is the third Sunday due to Remembrance Day parades. Average attendance in 2024 was 26, ranging from 20 to 34.
**Meetings in Residential Homes** We meet in two care homes: one for elderly people with dementia and one for adults with profound learning disabilities. The former typically has 11-23 attendees, while the latter has 18-20. Carers attend both.
**Special Festival Meetings** We have held Easter and Christmas celebrations at 3 day care centres and 2 residential homes. At Christmas, one day centre requested a church building instead of the day centre, so arrangements were made accordingly. The day care facilities had approximately 15, 30, and 50-60 attendees, respectively including carers.
**Overall Numbers** During 2024, we made contact with approximately 101 different individuals. This consisted of a mixture of service users, carers, family, friends, and visitors.
**Count Everyone in** We have linked with this Christian charity for many years through its various iterations.
We have attended a “Know and Grow” course, and a Makaton signing course run by them.
Marilyn Kerr coordinates the Zoom prayer and support meeting for other groups in the east of England, and we attend a Zoom prayer meeting approximately every month.
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In September, we took some of our folk to a joint ‘Count Everyone In’ celebration in Cambridge.
**Churches Together in March (CTiM)** We see our role as encompassing the wider church in March. We attend the ministers’ lunches and maintain good relationships with the other church leaders.
We were heavily involved in the CTiM / Lovemarch stand at the Christmas Fayre. We distributed hundreds of free mince pies and engaged in conversation as to why, as appropriate. Ed Kerr has run the lovemarch.uk website for over a year. He has also been responsible for all the work involved in the creation, and allied liaison work, for the CTiM adverts for Easter and Christmas services that were placed in the “March” magazine.
Ed and Marilyn have both assisted with the “Praise Parties” for primary school children for six events this year, and Marilyn assisted with the Children’s Summer Club.
## **LEADERSHIP AND STAFF - HUNTINGDON**
The Core Leadership Team/Eldership Team, who have responsibility for the day-to-day running of the church, meet monthly to plan the spiritual direction and activity of the church.
During the reformation of the Eldership team, in the summer, a number of awaydays were held to refocus on strategy and to build relationship.
## **Paid Staff**
**Tim Anderson** led the Core Leadership Team/Eldership Team, working 2½ days a week for HCC.
**Matthew Brown** joined us on 1[st] September in a full-time pastor role.
**Richard Schwier** worked 32.5 hrs a week, part of which involved leading HCC youth work. Initially he was seconded to the Thrive youth ministry for 10 hours of this time per week. From 1[st] September, with the transition of the Thrive project to HCC, Richard’s Thrive time was funded from Thrive monies rather than HCC.
**Helen Cobby** was employed as Family and Children’s Worker for 20 hrs a week. She continued to encourage and galvanise the families in the church, provide material and lead children’s and families sessions on Sundays and at Forest Church. Helen stepped down from this role in August.
**Naomi Jeffery** worked 8 hrs per week in the office as an administrator, rising to 10 hrs per week from July.
**Trevor Payne** worked 8 hrs per week as Finance Manager. He also undertook and oversaw many of the admin functions of the office.
**Justyna Kaczmarek** worked 3 hrs a week as a Toddler Group Assistant and 5 hrs a week as a cleaner.
## **Volunteers**
Jean Casling continued in the role of Associate Pastor with pastoral and other responsibilities across the church.
Mark Knight continued meeting with the Leadership team in the role of ‘advisor’.
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Many other members of the church served in a voluntary capacity at events and activities throughout the
year.
LEADERSHIP AND STAFF - FENLAND
HCC Fenland is led by Ed and Marilyn Kerr.
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Unrestricted income for the year was £161,377 and unrestricted expenditure was £144,381. The Trustee5
have reviewed the reports and concerns and consider the charity is a going concern,
We retain significant funds reserve (the Support Reserves fund) to cover salaries and other committed
contract costs for a period of three months. Giving by church members gradually increased across the year.
The funds of the charity include restricted and designated funds for the following purposes,.
Designated funds:
Building Renovation, Support Reserve5, Donations, Fixed Asset Fund5
Restricted funds:
Toddler Group, Church Family Needs, Community Needs, Building, Audrey Royston
Funds, Thrive Youth Work Ivariousl
RELATED PARTIES
During the year, one trustee, Timothy Anderson, was engaged in remunerated activity and received
£23,633 as ministry salary during the year,
Huntingdonshire Community Church is a member of the Evangelical Alliance (Registered Charity Number
2123251 and seek5, when and where it can, to support the EA'S aims by prayer, financial giving and
attendance at events.
The Church was a member of the network of churches comprising Plumbline Ministries International
(charity no 3272711 until 31" August, and from I" September, Ground Level Network (charity no 10015991.
We supported both Plumbline and Ground Level financially and by participating in events and working
towards the networks, objectives of planting and developing new churches across the country.
This report and the financial statements were approved by the trustees on &.-ts. Lold signed on their
behalf by..
Jonathan Gray
Chairman
Timothy Anderson
Trustee
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Independent Examinerfs Report to the Trustees of Huntingdonshire Community
Church for the year ended 31" December 2024
I report to the trustees on my examlnation of the accounts of the above Charity for the year
ended 31st December 2024.
Responslbllltles and basls of report
As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparatlon of the accounts in accordance
wlth the requlrements of the Charities Act 2011 ("the Act"}.
I report in respect of my examlnatlon of the CharItS accounts carrled out under sectlon 145 of
the 2011 Act, and , In carrylng out my examlnatlon, I have followed the applicable Dlrectlons
given by the Charity Commisslon {under section 145(5)(b} of the Act.
Independent examlnerfs ststement
I have completed my examlnatlon. I confirm that no materlal matters have come to my attentlon
In connection with the examination which glve me cause to belleve that, In any material respect,
the accounting records were not kept In accordance wlth sectlon 130 of the Charltles Act, or the
accounts do not accord with the accountlng records.
I have no concern5, and have come across no other matters In connectlon wlth the examlnatlon to
whlch attentlon should be drawn In order to enable a proper understandln8 of the accounts to be
reached.
Mrs Carole Cow8111 ACA
4 Penny Meadow, Capel St Mary* Ipswlch, Suffolk, IP9 2UU
ICAEW
CHARTERED
ACCOUNTANT
**HUNTINGDONSHIRE COMMUNITY CHURCH**
## **RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS**
## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2024**
|**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**Designated**
**Total Funds**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**2024**
**Notes**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**Receipts**
Donations and legacies
1
117,798
2,574
0
**120,372**
Income from Charitable Activities
2
25,232
0
0
**25,232**
Investment Income
1,760
0
0
**1,760**
Other income and Grants Received
3
16,587
15,696
0
**32,283**
**Total Receipts**
161,377
18,270
0
**179,647**
**Payments**
Worship and service - Staff costs
4
86,622
72
0
**86,694**
Worship and service - Other costs
5
34,407
5,052
525
**39,984**
Mission services
6
16,008
10,036
2,225
**28,269**
Outreach
1,746
383
37
**2,166**
Building maintenance and improvements
7
4,998
0
400
**5,398**
Governance costs
8
600
**600**
**Total Payments**
144,381
15,543
3,187
**163,111**
**Net of Receipts/ (Payments)**
**16,996**
**2,727**
**(3,187)**
**16,536**
**Cash Funds b/f 1st January 2024**
97,289
12,100
46,594
**155,983**
**Fenland CC funds at 1st September 2024**
0
6,563
0
**6,563**
**Transfers between funds**
(30,795)
11,721
19,074
**0**
**Cash Funds c/f 31st December 2024**
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**83,490**
**33,111**
**62,481**
**179,082**|**Total Funds**
**2023**
**£**
92,076
41,460
823
9,196|
|---|---|
||143,555|
||101,142
31,468
14,440
1,476
3,375
4,230|
||156,131|
||(12,576)
168,559
0
0|
||155,983|
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## **HUNTINGDONSHIRE COMMUNITY CHURCH**
## **NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS**
## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2024**
|**1. Donations and legacies received**
Fund receipts - Toddlers
Offerings
Gifts supporting outreach
Gift aid
**2. Income from charitable activities**
Centre lettings
**3. Other income and Grants received**
Miscellaneous receipts
Cross charge for youth worker
(from Parish of Huntingdon)
Thrive unrestricted income
**4. Worship and service - staff costs**
Wages
Pensions
Staff socials
Conferences
Personal development/training
**5. Worship and service - other costs**
Bank charges
Books/media
Children and Youth expenses
First aid training
Internet/communication
Insurance
IT hardware (new laptop)
IT software/consumables
Miscellaneous gifts
Miscellaneous expenses
Stationery
PA items
Printing and postage
Publicity
Refreshments
Subs/licences
Toddler group materials
Travel
Utilities
Venue hire
Gifts to visiting preachers|**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**Designated**
**Total Funds**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**2024**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
554
554
94,679
2,020
96,699
1,000
1,000
22,119
22,119
**117,798**
**2,574**
**0**
**120,372**
25,232
25,232
**25,232**
**0**
**0**
**25,232**
9,670
340
10,010
6,917
6,917
15,356
15,356
**16,587**
**15,696**
**0**
**32,283**
81,178
81,178
3,359
3,359
280
280
1,632
72
1,704
173
173
**86,622**
**72**
**0**
**86,694**
67
67
37
37
1,221
1,221
0
2,113
20
2,133
1,069
1,069
848
848
3,410
221
3,631
3,375
525
3,900
2,564
1
2,565
157
27
184
223
223
1,138
1,138
796
796
463
463
3,079
201
3,280
170
170
303
89
392
9,146
9,146
8,326
220
8,546
125
50
175|**Total Funds**
**2023**
**£**
548
74,753
0
16,775|
|---|---|---|
|||**92,076**|
|||41,460|
|||**41,460**|
|||1,000
8,196
0|
|||**9,196**|
|||94,872
4,389
614
1,267
0|
|||**101,142**|
|||0
65
1,953
362
1,465
1,018
0
3,736
952
0
211
0
1,379
2,270
768
2,699
314
382
7,517
5,952
425|
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## **HUNTINGDONSHIRE COMMUNITY CHURCH**
## **NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS**
## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2024**
|**6. Mission services**
Donations
less Tfrs to Donations fund
to Special needs fund
to Community needs fund
to Toddler group fund
Tithe to Plumbline
Tithe to Ground Level
Thrive expenses
Thrive wages and pension costs
**7. Building maintenance and improvements**
Building maintenance
**8. Governance costs**
Accountancy fees
Independent exam fees
Consultancy expenses|**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**Designated**
**Total Funds**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**2024**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**34,407**
**5,052**
**525**
**39,984**
3,338
801
2,225
6,364
0
0
0
0
7,247
7,247
5,423
40
5,463
2,810
2,810
6,385
6,385
**16,008**
**10,036**
**2,225**
**28,269**
4,998
400
5,398
**4,998**
**0**
**400**
**5,398**
0
0
600
600
0
0
**600**
**0**
**0**
**600**|**Total Funds**
**2023**
**£**|
|---|---|---|
|||**31,468**|
|||2,225
0
0
0
0
12,215
0
0
0|
|||**14,440**|
|||3,375|
|||**3,375**|
|||3,486
600
144|
|||**4,230**|
## **9. Trustees' remuneration**
Tim Anderson was paid a salary of £23,633 in the year for his work as senior pastor. He was not remunerated for his work as a trustee.
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## **HUNTINGDONSHIRE COMMUNITY CHURCH**
## **NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS (continued)**
## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2024**
|**10. Fund Movements**
**Cash**
**Funds at**
**Fund**
**01/01/2024**
**movements**
**2024**
**£**
**£**
**Unrestricted Income Funds**
**General Fund**
**97,289**
**(13,799)**
**Designated Funds**
Building Renovation Fund
**23,907**
12,100
Donations Fund
**687**
787
Support Reserves
**22,000**
3,000
**46,594**
**15,887**
**Total Unrestricted Funds**
**143,883**
**2,088**
**Restricted Income Funds**
Audrey Royston Fund
**8,869**
(152)
Church Family Needs Fund
**142**
3,403
Community Needs Fund
**1,596**
(123)
Toddler Group Fund
**524**
613
Building Fund
**969**
(400)
Thrive Freemen's Trust Fund
1,669
Thrive Knife Crime Fund
1,171
Thrive General Fund
8,837
Fenland Community Church
11
5,993
**12,100**
**21,011**
**Total Bank and Cash Funds**
**155,983**
**23,099**|**Cash**
**Funds at**
**31/12/2024**
**£**
**83,490**|
|---|---|
||**36,007**
**1,474**
**25,000**|
||**62,481**|
||**145,971**|
||**8,717**
**3,545**
**1,473**
**1,137**
**569**
**1,669**
**1,171**
**8,837**
**5,993**|
||**33,111**|
||**179,082**|
## **11. Fenland Community Church**
On the closure of Plumbline Ministries on 31st August 2024, Fenland Community Church became a part of Huntingdonshire Community Church, for administrative purposes.
|**Cash**||**Cash**|
|---|---|---|
|**Funds at**|**Fund**|**Funds at**|
|**01/09/2024**|**movements**|**31/12/2024**|
||**Sep-Dec**||
||**2024**||
|**£**|**£**|**£**|
|**6,563**|(570)|**5,993**|
Bank and cash funds
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## **HUNTINGDONSHIRE COMMUNITY CHURCH**
## **STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES**
## **AS AT 31ST DECEMBER 2024**
|**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**£**
**£**
**Cash funds**
HSBC current account
157,763
Barclays savings account
14,935
Office petty cash
391
Fenland CC current account
5,712
Fenland CC petty cash
281
**Total Monetary Assets**
**173,089**
**5,993**
**Other Monetary Assets**
Due from users of property
6,399
Gift aid recoverable
2,170
505
**8,569**
**505**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Assets retained for the charity's own use**
Sofas
Unrestricted
Photocopier/Printer
Unrestricted
Freehold Land
Fixed asset
**Depreciation**
Freehold Building and Improvements
2% of cost
Fixed asset
Replacement of Upper Flat Roof
5% of cost
Fixed asset
Forecourt refurbishment
(2020) 5% of cost
Fixed asset
Lower flat roof replacement
(2020) 5% of cost
Fixed asset
**Total fixed assets**|**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**£**
**£**
157,763
14,935
391
5,712
281|**Designated**
**Total Funds**
**Funds**
**2024**
**£**
**£**
**157,763**
**14,935**
**391**
**5,712**
**281**
**0**
**179,082**
**6,399**
**2,675**
**0**
**9,074**
**Net Book**
**Cost**
**Value 2024**
**£**
**£**
1,168
0
3,720
0
60,000
60,000
176,851
159,166
16,400
9,020
15,120
11,592
2,100
1,601
210,471
181,379
**275,359**
**241,379**|**Total Funds**
**2023**
**£**
**71,355**
**84,493**
**135**
**0**
**0**|
|---|---|---|---|
||**173,089**
**5,993**||**155,983**|
||6,399
2,170
505||**5,927**
**2,324**|
||**8,569**
**505**||**8,251**|
|||||
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Amount due
When due
Liabllities
2024 invoices paid in 2025
Tithe due lo Ground Level
Independent examinerfs fee
staff PAYE and Nl
Staff nel wages
Staff Pension
UnreStcted
Unrestricted
Unreslricled
Unreslricled
Unrestricted
Unr&stricted
78
852
615
1,376
2,187
687
5.795
Jan-25
Jan-25
May~25
Jan-25
May-25
Jan-25
Signed..
Signed..
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