TRUE VINE CHURCH TRUSTEES REPORT APRIL 2020 – MARCH 2021
Financial Report
Even though things have changed due to covid-19, giving has remained consistent and has even slightly increased. We were encouraged to know that finances have increased even though the circumstances around in the nation seems bleak.
General Reports
Due to covid-19, things have been quite difficult. During the first lockdown we had online services only but the church has now returned to meeting physically and sticking to the governments lockdown guidelines.
There is also provision for those who are shielding or who want to join from home to do so via Zoom every Sunday. Each Sunday we have between 40-50 people who attend the service physical whilst the rest of the members join in online. The worship team has been amazing in its efforts to lead the church in corporate worship!
The House Churches have been thriving and helping with the pastoral care of the members. Many members of the fellowship are stuck at home, so they look forward to meeting and fellowshipping with other members of their group. In addition to this, for those who are able to come to the physical service on Sundays, they really look forward to doing so with great excitement and anticipation.
The Discipleship Programmes continued. This is based on one-to-one friendship, mentoring and practical discipleship. There are 50 people who are participating in the discipleship programme at the moment. This programme is also designed to get members ready to disciple others and join the fellowship in the future. Harold, one of the elders, heads this ministry with the administrative help and visionary drive of Susie.
The children’s Sunday School has been catered for online using the ‘KidsCorner’ programme which is available every Sunday after the online service and can be viewed anytime afterwards on the website. There is also a children’s discipleship programme known as +Zone, which provides additional assistance to parents to help them train their children in the study of the Scriptures.
Materials are given to children from the ages of 3 to 16, and the work is done with their parents at home. The work is then returned to the +Zone assistants in the church who give the children the opportunity to show what they have learned and to recite the memory verses. They are given prizes every quarter as an encouragement for their efforts. Henry Snelling mentioned that it sounds a bit like home tutoring, and Susie confirmed that to be true. It has kept the parents and children going. Some parents say that without +Zone they would have not known what to do.
Youth Ministry continues every other week online. They have two types of meetings – one with Bible study and the other with fun and games. The youth are really enjoying their gatherings. They are enjoying themselves even though they are not physically meeting.
Mission support continues and goes a long way to help support the churches in different countries. There are also medical bills that are covered for some of the brothers and sisters in the different countries as and when the occasion demands.
Pastor Ray continues via Zoom to mentor leaders in Germany and France and to preach on some Sundays to the church in Mantes-la-Jolie in France.
Kidcare – This year because of the pandemic things have been very difficult for many in the countries that we support. They have had to struggle even more than ever without support from their governments who are themselves struggling to deal with the situation on a national level. However the good news is that Kidcare has been able to help in different ways that have brought relief and hope to many individuals, families and communities.
In these areas we have continued to help educate children who would otherwise not have received any education due to the closure of schools and complete lack of access to the Internet. We have also be able to provide sanitising equipment to our schools so that they can come back to school and meet all the government requirements for reopening. Kidcare has organised for the feeding of the children and their families as well as other needy families in the communities where we work.
Our income generation project known as ‘KEEP’ (Kidcare Economic Empowerment Programme), which enables selected individuals and families to start and sustain small-scale businesses that will help support themselves continues to thrive and progress. In Ghana the school building works continues slowly, and they have almost completed the foundations. The Kidcare team on the ground also give food to the children and to local people in the community every day.
Kidcare has now scaled down its work to 3 countries namely Uganda, Kenya and Ghana, since ministries in India and the Philippines have become self-sufficient. There were fund-raising efforts this year that raise over £7000, which has gone to support all the work that is being done. There was another appeal at Christmas. The focus this year was just to give to the families, food and clothes. An appeal was made through the ‘Go Fund Me’ system in October. By December it had reached £7200. During a time of “famine” we have received more that ever before! We are praying about what to do to complete the building of the 3 schools that are being built in Uganda and Ghana. We continue to give medical aid and have been supporting a very poor hospital in Uganda with funds, instruments, equipment, medicines, etc.
Bible School has been simply amazing. Ray mentioned that we have extended our reach even more during lockdown and it has been going very well. The tutorials are working much better. We have 77 students with 3 years and an additional 4[th] year. The intake of the first year was 25 and we thank God that everything has continued. Each year in September we have a graduation with a ceremony and guest speaker, but we did not have one last September because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Report on Behalf of the Trustees
Susie Djan Susie Djan Trustee
TRUE VINE CHURCH TRUST
1046121
Receipts and payments accounts For the period Period start date To from
Period end date
To 1-Apr-20
31-Mar-21
Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted funds
Restricted Endowment funds funds
Total funds
to the nearest £
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A1 Receipts
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Sub total (Gross income for AR) 111,124 8,501 - 119,625
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
- - - -
- - -
Sub total [ - ] - - -
Total receipts 111,124 8,501 - 119,625
A3 Payments
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Sub total 94,716 7,635 - 102,351
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
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- - - -
Sub total - - - -
Total payments 94,716 7,635 - 102,351
Net of receipts/(payments) 16,408 866 - 17,274
A5 Transfers between funds - - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end 12,137 # 2,512 - 14,649
Cash funds this year end 28,545 3,378 - 31,923
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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
| Unrestricted | Restricted | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Categories | Details | funds | funds |
| B1 Cash funds | Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) |
to nearest £ 28,545 - - Agreement Error |
to nearest £ 3,378 - - Agreement Error |
| Unrestricted | Restricted | ||
| funds | funds | ||
| B2 Other monetary assets | Details | to nearest £ - - - - - - |
to nearest £ - - - - - - |
| B3 Investment assets | Details | Fund to which asset belongs |
Cost (optional) - - - - - |
| B4 Assets retained for the | Details Ofce equipment |
Unrestricted Fund to which asset belongs |
Cost (optional) 10,419 |
| charity’s own use | Laptop Monitor Computer Fans Filingcabinets Recording device Laptop |
Unrestricted Unrestricted Unrestricted Unrestricted Unrestricted Unrestricted Unrestricted Fund to which |
500 135 1,317 138 95 87 642 Amount due |
| B5 Liabilities | Details | liability relates | - - - - - (optional) |
| Signed by one or two trustees on bhlf f ll th tt |
Signature | Name |
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees
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Last year
to the nearest £
120,054
120,054
111,588
111,588 8,466 - 6,183 14,649
Endowment funds
to nearest £
-
OK
Endowment funds
to nearest £
-
Current value (optional)
-
Current value (optional) 226 23 17 221 23 20 18 134
When due (optional)
Date of approval
Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trusteesl members of TRUE VINE CHURCH TRUST On accounts for the year ended 31 March 2021 Charity no (if any) 1046121 Set out on pages Respective The charitys trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. responsibtlities of The charity's trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year trustees and examiner und8r section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 (the Charities Act) and that an independent examination is needed. It is my responsibility to: examine the ac¢ounts under section 145 of the Charities Act, to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145{5}{b) of the Charities Act, and to stste whether part[lar matters have ¢ome to my attention. Basis of independent My examination was carried OLrt in accordance with general Directions given examinews Statement by the Charity Commission. An examination indudes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of th8 accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from the trustees 0)nmIng any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the eviden that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a 'true and fairf view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below. Independent In connection with my examination, no mattèr has come to my attention examine¢s statement (other than that disdosed below ") 1. which gives me reasonable cause to bdieve that in, any material respec( the requirements.. to keep accounting records in accordan<x wth s8Ction 130 of the Chariti&s A¢ and to prepare accounts 1¢h aco)rd with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the Charities Act 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. ' Please delete th8 wonys in th8 brnckets if they do not apply. Signed: Date.. 20 2o2L Name: l N4 t LT5 Relevant professional qualiftcation{s) or body &,CQ.i*. IER March 2021