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|||||||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Summary|of|the purposes ofthe||||Para 1.17|The advancement<br>ofthe Christian<br>religion according to the|
|charity as|set out in|||its|||Statement<br>of Faith ofthe Dawn Christadelphian|
|governing|document||||||Fellowship.<br>Facilitating<br>collective worship<br>and other|
||||||||activities for the benefit of its members<br>including<br>Sunday|
||||||||schools, and Bible studies. Organising<br>preaching<br>activities|
||||||||including<br>Bible talks and seminars.|
|Summary|of|the main activities||||Para 1.17and 1.19|Throughout<br>the year we have held weekly Sunday<br>morning|
|in relation|to those||purposes for||||services at the Lee Bible Study Centre,<br>in conjunction<br>with|
|the public|benefit,||in particular||||"Zoom" for those members<br>unable to attend<br>in person.|
|the activities,||projects|||or|||
|services identified|||in|the|||Our principal<br>activities for the benefit and interest ofthe|
|accounts.|||||||public were weekly Bible talks, seminars,<br>and Bible study|
||||||||classes.|
||||||||We continued<br>with our free distribution<br>ofthe bi-monthly|
||||||||magazine<br>'Light on a New World' to our subscribers<br>in the|
||||||||London area.<br>It includes<br>a number oftopics on Bible|
||||||||related subjects. The magazine<br>also offers a free Bible|
||||||||correspondence<br>course and gives readers the opportunity|
||||||||to submit questions<br>in relation to the articles published.|
||||||||We have maintained<br>a website that lists our activities. This|
||||||||is updated<br>regularly to include details offuture Bible talks,|
||||||||seminars etc.|
|Statement|confirming||||whether|Para 1.18|The trustees<br>have read and paid due regard tothe Charity|
|the trustees||have had|||regard to||Commission<br>guidance<br>on public benefit<br>in carrying out|
|the guidance||issued||by|the||their activities<br>and are satisfied that the Charity confers a|
|Charity Commission||||on public|||public benefit.|
|benefit||||||||
|Additional||information||||||





|||||||The Charity<br>has a policy of providing<br>welfare||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||Para 1.38|assistance to members<br>and their families<br>in need||
|Policy on grant||making.||||subject to agreement<br>by the trustees. The Charity||
|||||||also makes donations to members ofthe wider||
|||||||Dawn Christadelphian<br>fellowship<br>and their families||
|||||||in need both<br>in the UK and overseas.||
|||||||The Charity has no paid ministry.<br>All activities are||
||||||Para 1.38|carried out by volunteers<br>including the trustees||
|Contribution|made by volunteers.|||||and other members<br>ofthe Charity together with||
|||||||assistance from members ofthe wider Dawn||
|||||||Christadelphian<br>fellowship.||
|Achievements||||and Performance||||
||||||SORP reference|||
|Summary||of|the main|||Sunday evening Bible talks||
|achievements|||ofthe charity,|||We continue to preach the Gospel<br>in our locality||
|identifying||the difference the||||and via "Zoom" to a much wider audience<br>both||
|charity's<br>work has made tothe<br>circumstances<br>of its|||||Para 1.20|in the UK and overseas.<br>The programme<br>for our Sunday evening<br>Bible||
|beneficiaries|||and any wider|||talks is changed<br>annually<br>with a view to||
|benefits|to society|||as a whole.||maintaining<br>and increasing<br>attendance<br>by Bible||
|||||||Students.||
|||||||Bible study classes||
|||||||We hold regular study classes on Wednesday||
|||||||evenings at the Lee Bible Study Centre which||
|||||||include a wide variety of Bible based subjects||
|||||||and these have been supported<br>by our members||
|||||||and interested<br>friends. The use of"Zoom" has||
|||||||enabled<br>us tojoin with other groups<br>in the Dawn||
|||||||Christadelphian<br>Fellowship<br>and share our limited||
|||||||resources more effectively.||
|||||||Seminars||
|||||||A number of Bible students<br>benefited<br>from||
|||||||attending<br>our spring and autumn<br>2022 series of||
|||||||mid-week<br>seminars.||
|||||||Overseas financial assistance||
|||||||During the year we have given financial||
|||||||assistance to overseas members ofthe Dawn||
|||||||Christadelphian<br>community<br>and their families|in|
|||||||India, Malawi, Mozambique,<br>Tanzania,<br>Uganda,||
|||||||Zambia and Zimbabwe.||
|||||||We have also made donations to a fund for Jews||
|||||||in Israel who are in need offinancial support.||
|||||||Beth Ezra care home||
|||||||We have also given financial<br>and other support||
|||||||to Beth Ezra, a Christadelphian<br>care home<br>in||
|||||||Purley, Surrey.||





|Achievements|Achievements|against|Para 1.41||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|objectives set|||||||
|Performance||offundraising|||||
|activities against objectives set|||Para 1.41||||
|Investment|performance||Para 1.41||||
|against objectives|||||||
|Fundraising|activities|||A large part ofour regular funding<br>(49%)is|||
|||||derived from weekly|Sunday bag collections.|In|
|||||addition,<br>we received Gift Aid donations<br>(17%)|||
|||||and other donations|(27%).We also received||
|||||Gift Aid tax refunds|covering the tax years||
|||||2021/22 and 2022/23 off5,850.A one-off|||
|||||legacy off8,000was received from the estate|||
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|inancial|Review|Review||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Review of|the charity's||||Para 1.21|The Charity has maintained|a healthy financial|
|financial<br>position at||the end of||||position throughout<br>the year and had sufficient||
|the period||||||reserves on 30September|2023to meet its|
|||||||ongoing commitments<br>for|the foreseeable|
|||||||future.||
|Statement|explaining||the||Para 1.22|The Charity's<br>unrestricted|Reserves are divided|
|policy for|holding reserves|||||between the General<br>Fund|and the Building|
|stating why they are||held||||Fund. The Charity's<br>policy|which<br>is reviewed|
|||||||annually,<br>is to maintain<br>minimum<br>reserves of||
|||||||E9,000on the General Fund. Any shortfall<br>on||
|||||||the Building<br>Fund will be made good by||
|||||||transfer from the General|Fund.|
|Amount ofreserves||held|||Para 1.22|The General<br>Fund Reserve|totalled f32,451on|
|||||||30September 2023.This includes f11,184held||
|||||||in the Building<br>Fund which|has been increased|
|||||||by a transfer off75 per week from the General||
|||||||fund to cover regular maintenance<br>of Linden||
|||||||Hall and future unseen<br>repairs.||
|Reasons for holding||zero|||Para 1.22|||
|reserves||||||||
|Details of|fund materially|||in|Para 1.24|||
|deficit||||||||
|Explanation<br>ofany|||||Para 1.23|||
|uncertainties<br>about||the charity||||||
|continuing|as a going||concern|||||



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|investment|policy and||Funds surplus to immediate|Funds surplus to immediate|Funds surplus to immediate|requirements|are|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|objectives including<br>any social||Para 1.46|invested|in short-term|bank|deposits.||
|investment|policy adopted.|||||||
|A description|ofthe principal|Para 1.46||||||
|risks facing the charity||||||||
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|Description ofcharity's trusts:||||
|---|---|---|---|
|Type of governing<br>document|Para 1.25|Constitution||
|How is the charity constituted?|Para 1.25|Unincorporated|association|
|Trustee selection methods|Para 1.25|Elected by members to serve for two years||
|including<br>details of any||||
|constitutional<br>provisions e.g.||||
|election to post or name of||||
|any person or body entitled to||||
|appoint one or more trustees||||



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|Policies|and procedures||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|adopted|for the induction|and|Para 1.51||||||||
|training|oftrustees||||||||||
|The charity's<br>organisational||||The Charity|is managed||by a|Committee||of|
|structure|and any wider||Para 1.51|trustees supported||by|its members.||The|Charity|
|network|with which the charity|||is a member of a world-wide||||Christian|||
|works||||fellowship|called "The||Dawn|Christadelphians".|||
|Relationship<br>with any related|||Para 1.51||||||||
|parties|||||||||||
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|Charity|name|name||South-East|London Christadelphian|Ecclesia|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Other name||the charity uses||Lee Bible Study Centre|||
|Registered||charity|number|1057080|||
|Charity's|principal||address|Linden<br>Hall|||
|||||15Eltham|Road||
|||||London|||
|||||SE128ES|||





|Trustee name|Office {ifany)|Dates acted ifnot for whole year|Name ofperson {orbody) entitled to<br>appoint trustee (ifany)|
|---|---|---|---|
|C P Dryland|Treasurer||The members|
|DJ Evans|Assistant Secretary||The members|
|J G Giles|Secretary||The members|
|I J Lowe|||The members|
|J M Rowland|||The members|



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|Signed|on|behalf ofthe charity's trustees|behalf ofthe charity's trustees|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||Signature(s)||||
|||Full name(s)|Justin Graham|Giles|Colin Peter Dryland|
|Position|(eg|Secretary, Chair,<br>etc)|Secretary||Treasurer|





|'CHARITY COMMISSION<br>FOR ENGLAND<br>AND WALES|'CHARITY COMMISSION<br>FOR ENGLAND<br>AND WALES|'CHARITY COMMISSION<br>FOR ENGLAND<br>AND WALES|'CHARITY COMMISSION<br>FOR ENGLAND<br>AND WALES|'CHARITY COMMISSION<br>FOR ENGLAND<br>AND WALES|Charity<br>Name<br>South East London|Charity<br>Name<br>South East London|Charity<br>Name<br>South East London|Christadelphian|Christadelphian||Ecclesia|||No|(if any}<br>1057080|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||||||Receipts|and|payments||accounts|||||CC16a|
|||||||For the|period from|01/10/2022||||To||Pe«,ed Bed «Ja e<br>30/09/2023||||
|'<br>-||-||||||||||||||||
|~|||~|.|~|~.||||||||||||
|||||||Unrestricted<br>funds||Restricted<br>funds|||Endowment<br>funds||||Total funds||Last year|
|||||||to the nearest<br>K||to the nearest||R|to the nearest||E'||to the nearest<br>R||to the nearest<br>R|
|A1 Recei ts||||||||||||||||||
|Collections for General|Fund||||||561|||||||||561|631|
|Collections for Other Funds|||||||||9443||||||9|443|9144|
|Gift Aid donations|||||||367||3378||||||3|745|4503|
|Other donations<br>Gift Aid - tax refund|||||||971<br>526||4,580<br>5324||||||5,551<br>5850||3,918|
|Legacy|||||||8000||||||||8|000||
|Miscellaneous<br>income|||||||376|||||||||376|250|
|interest on deposits|||||||555|||||||||555|227|
|u<br>o a<br>ross|income|||or|||11356|22 725|||||||34|081|18673|
|A2 Asset and investment|||sales,|||||||||||||||
|(see table).||||||||||||||||||
||||u|oa||||||||||||||
||Total receipts||||||||||||||34|081||
|A3 Pa ments||||||||||||||||||
|Preachin<br>activities|||||||1,566||||||||1,566||485|
|Fraternal<br>meetin|||||||604|||||||||604|641|
|Linden<br>Hall ex enses|||||||6,427||||||||6,427||3,013|
|Travellin<br>ex enses|||||||565|||||||||565|110|
|Welfare|||||||1,225||||||||1,225||319|
|Miscellaneous<br>ex enses|||||||700|||||||||700|805|
|Transfers<br>to other funds||||||||23,616|||||||23,616||17,189|
||||Sub total|||||||||||||||
|A4 Asset and investment||||||||||||||||||
|urchases<br>see table||||||||||||||||||
|E ui<br>ment<br>urchases|||||||1,147||||||||1,147||2 378|
||||Sub total|||||||||||||||
|Total payments||||||||||||||||||
|Net ofreceiptsl(payments)||||||||||||||||||
|A5 Transfers<br>between|funds|||||||||||||||||
|A6 Cash funds last year||end||||||||||||||||
|Cash funds|this||year end|||||||||||||||





||||||||||Unrestricted|Restricted|Restricted|Restricted|Endowment||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Categories|||Details||||||funds<br>to nearest f|funds<br>to nearest||R|funds<br>to nearest|K|
|B1Cash funds|||NatWest||Current|Account|||2,677|||305|||
||||Redwood||Bank|deposit accounts|||29,774||||||
||||||||Total|cash funds|32,451|||305|||
||||(agree balances||||with|receipts and|||||||
|||||||payments||account(s))|QK|OK|||(iK.||
||||||||||Unrestricted|Restricted|funds||Endowment||
||||||||||funds||||funds||
||||Details||||||to nearest<br>L|to nearest||f|to nearest R||
|B2Other monetary assets|||||||||||||||
||||Details||||||Fund to which<br>asset belon s|Cost (optional)|||Current value<br>o tional||
|B3Investment|assets||||||||||||||
||||Details||||||Fund to which<br>asset belon s|Cost (optional)|||Current value<br>o tional||
|B4Assets retained for the charity's|||Land &|Buildings|||||||||||
|own use|||Lee Bible||Study|Centre|||||||||
||||Linden|Hall|||||||||||
||||15Eltham||Road||||||||||
||||London|SE128ES|||||||||||
||||||||||Fund to which|Amount|due||When due||
||||Details||||||liabili<br>relates|o tional|||o tional||
|B5Liabilities|||||||||||||||
|Signed by one <br>behalf of all the|or two trustees<br> trustees|on|||Signature||||Print|Name|||Date of approval||
||||||||||J G|Giles|||||
||||||||||C P Dryland||||||





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