CHRISTIAN CARE
FOR THE HOMELESS
Financial Statements
Year ended 31st March 2025
SC036940
Prepared by Mark Smith
Canaan, Mouswald, Dumfries
**Christian Care for the Homeless**
## **Scottish Charity Number SC036940**
## **Trustees’ Report and Accounts for the year ended 31[st] March 2025**
## **Current Trustees**
Pastor Mark Smith Mr Nigel Kenny Mrs Tracy Vallance
## **Contact Address**
Canaan, Mouswald, Dumfries, DG1 4JS
## **Recruitment and Appointment of Trustees**
All of the trustees are appointed until they resign or are replaced by decision of the remaining trustees. There were no changes to trustees during the year.
## **Governing Document**
Christian Care for the Homeless was established by a trust deed dated 6[th] March 2000. The purposes and administration arrangements are set out in the trust deed.
## **Charitable Purposes**
The trust’s purposes are to see needy lives transformed by the love of God in Dumfries and Galloway. To this end, the principal objectives of the trust shall be:-
- (a) to provide emergency accommodation (whether daytime or residential) for persons who are homeless; (b) to provide assistance and counselling for persons who are homeless and to liaise with the necessary authorities on behalf of such persons as are in need;
- (c) to provide medium and long term accommodation and practical support for persons who are homeless or in need;
- (d) to spread the gospel of Jesus Christ; and
- (e) to promote the practice of Christian faith.
## **Activities and Achievements**
All practical operational functions are now being performed by Shax and Bethany Christian Trust.
## **Trustees’ Remuneration and Expenses**
The trustees did not receive any remuneration for their services and were not reimbursed for any expenditure during the year.
## **Reserves**
The charity continues to hold a positive balance, which will enable the charity to continue in the present inactive state.
All funds donated during the year were unrestricted.
The accounts for the year are attached and form part of this report.
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This report was approved by the trustees on 30[th] June 2026 and signed on their behalf by:
_…………………………………………._ Mark Smith – Chairman
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**Christian Care for the Homeless**
## **Scottish Charity Number SC036940**
## **Receipts and Payments Account for the year ended 31[st] March 2025**
|**Receipts**
Donations - general
Donations – furniture project
Grants
Bank interest
Total Receipts
**Payments**
Payments for Charitable Activities:
General – General expenses
Telephone
Support costs
Governance Costs:
Independent Examiner’s Fees
Total Payments
(Deficit)/Surplus for the year
All funds are unrestricted|2025
£
-
-
-
-
0
-
-
-
0
-
0
0|2024
£
-
-
-
-
0
-
-
-
0
-
0
0|
|---|---|---|
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**Christian Care for the Homeless**
## **Scottish Charity Number SC036940**
## **Statement of Balances as at 31[st] March 2025**
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**Bank and Cash in Hand**
Opening Balances
(Deficit)/Surplus for the year
Closing Balances
**Reserves**
General Unrestricted Funds
Designated Fund
Closing Balances
**Assets**
Total Assets|2025
£
779
0
779
779
-
779
0|2024
£
779
0
779
779
-
779
0|
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The charity has no other investments, assets or material liabilities.
Approved by the trustees on 30[th] June 2026 and signed on their behalf by:
……………………………..
## Mark Smith – Chairman
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**Christian Care for the Homeless**
## **Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees**
I report on the unaudited accounts of the charity for the year ended 31[st] March 2025 set out on pages 4 to 5.
## **Respective Responsibilities of the Committee Members and the Examiner**
The charity’s committee members are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the terms of The Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 and The Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006. The charity committee members consider that the audit requirement of Regulation 10(1)(d) of the Accounts Regulations does not apply. It is my responsibility to examine the accounts as required under Section 44(1)(c) of the Act and to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
## **Basis of Independent Examiner’s Report**
My examination is carried out in accordance with Regulation 11 of the Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeks explanations from the committee members concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently I do not express an audit opinion on the view given by the accounts.
## **Independent Examiner’s Statement**
In the course of my examination, no matter has come to my attention:
- (1) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements;
- (a) to keep accounting records in accordance with Section 44(1)(a) of the 2005 Act and Regulation 4 of the 2006 accounts Regulations; and
- (b) to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with Regulation 9 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations.
have not been met; or
- (2) to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
**Mrs M. Vivianne Ella Accounts Administrator 214 Annan Road Dumfries DG1 3HE**
……………………………….…………………… 30[th] June 2026
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