## **TRUE VINE CHURCH TRUSTEES’ REPORT**
## **This report covers the period from January – December 2023.**
True Vine is in a healthy place with an influx of young people. Quite a number of them are new Christians who have been invited by friends, and we are encouraged by the number of children that are coming in. The Sunday school ministry has been particularly encouraging. There has been growth in the youth ministry through the Sunday school. On 31[st] October, there was an event a series of activities to help the kids to celebrate that Jesus is the light of the world. This was a great alternative to “trick or treat”. It was a huge success with about 30 children who came from several churches to this party.
True Vine’s men’s ministry is still developing and have had a few meetings in the year. The ladies ministry has also been very busy with several meetings. A lot went on this year to encourage brides to be. The new program of a once in a month 6:30am Ladies prayer meeting started in 2023 and has been well patronized. New members have joined the church and there have been several water baptisms. The “discipleship” ministry has taken place throughout the year. The church is working hard to create a discipleship culture. There has been a new development in the worship ministry with the new choir. They had their debut at the Kidcare Christmas fund raising event. True Vine is now paying for the expense of a new alarm system for the church
**Kidcare -** The work to support disadvantaged and poor children in Uganda, Ghana and Kenya continues. A small mission team from the church traveled there in October and purchased shoes and uniforms to for the children delight. Olga, a member of True Vine, went to Ghana as a missionary and has been there for just over a year teaching in the Kidcare school while working there as a teacher in another international school. Kidcare raised funds through a 10k run event and with an easter fun day. They ended the year with a worship Christmas concert in which they raised just over £1000 for the ministry.
**Grace City Bible school** – the school continues to serve believers both home and abroad. The school celebrated 10 years in September this year. Sad to share that one of the key lecturers, Pete Game, passed away.
Report submitted on behalf of the trustees by
## S Djan
Susie Djan
Trustee of True Vine Church
**TRUE VINE CHURCH TRUST**
**1046121**
## **Receipts and payments accounts**
Period start date Period end date **For the period To from** 01-Apr-22 31-Mar-23
## **CC16a**
## **Section A Receipts and payments**
**Unrestricted Restricted Endowment Total funds Last year funds funds funds to the nearest to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ £ to the nearest £ A1 Receipts - - - - -** _**Sub total** (Gross income for AR)_ **116,631 7,552 - 124,183 124,544**
## **A1 Receipts**
## **A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).**
|**(see table).**|||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||**-**||||||**-**||**-**|
|||||||**-**|||||
||**_Sub total_**|
**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
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||**_Total receipts_**|**116,631**||**7,552**||**-**||**124,183**||**124,544**|
|**A3 Payments**|||||||||||
|||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**_Sub total_**||||||||||
|||**123,212**||**8,005**||**-**||**131,217**||**115,452**|
## **A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table)**
||||**-**|||**-**||**-**|||||**-**|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**_Sub total_**||||||||||||**-**|||
||||**-**|||**-**||**-**|||||||**-**|
||**_Total payments_**||**123,212**|||**8,005**|||**-**||||**131,217**||**115,452**|
|||||||||||||||||
||**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**|**-**|**6,581**||**-**|**453**||||**-**||**-**|**7,034**||**9,092**|
|**A5**|**Transfers between funds**|||||||||||||||
||||**-**|||**-**||**-**|||||**-**||**-**|
|**A6**|**Cash funds last year end**|||||||||||||||
||||**37,999**|||**3,016**||**-**|||||**41,015**||**31,923**|
||**_Cash funds this year end_**||**31,418**|||**2,563**||||**-**|||**33,981**||**41,015**|
## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
|**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**31,418**
**-**
**31,418**
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**2,563**
**-**
**2,563**
OK
**Restricted**
**funds**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||OK|
|||||**Endowment**
**funds**|
## **B2 Other monetary assets**
## **B3 Investment assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use**
## **B5 Liabilities**
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees
|**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Office equipment
Laptop
Monitor
Computer
Fans
Filingcabinets
Recording device
Laptop
Printer
Music equipment
**Details**
Signature
|**to nearest £**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
Unrestricted
Unrestricted
Unrestricted
Unrestricted
Unrestricted
Unrestricted
Unrestricted
Unrestricted
Unrestricted
Unrestricted
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
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||SUSIE DJAN|
The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity's trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 (the Charities Act) and that an independent examination is needed. It is my responsibility to:
examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act, o 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 state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
My examination was carried out in accordance with general Directions given by the Charity Commission. 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 seeking explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a 'true and fair' view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.
Independent In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention examiner's statement (other than that disclosed below *)
1. which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in, any material respect, the requirements:
to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; and o to prepare accounts which accord 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 the words In the brackets if they do not apply.
Signed:
Name:
Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any):
Signed:
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