Charity registration number 1084441
NEW LIFE REVIVAL CHURCH TRUST
ANNUAL REPORT AND UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
New Life Revival Church (Liverpool)
Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2023
Trustees’ Annual Report
Aim & Purpose
New Life Revival Church-Liverpool (NLRC) is situated in Lorenzo Drive, in the Norris Green area of the city of Liverpool and provides support and spiritual wellbeing of the community for a diverse mix of ages and ethnicity that reflects the changing nature of Norris Green and local area.
Objectives and activities
NLRC is committed to enabling as many people as possible to worship at our church and to support our local community. NLRC church services and worship are continually reviewed with the view that the many groups that live within our area can participate. Our services and worship based on biblical principles put faith into practice through prayer, scripture, and music.
When planning our activities for the year NLRC have considered the Commission’s guidance on public benefit and the specific guidance on charities for the advancement of religion. In particular enabling ordinary people to live out their faith as part of our community through:
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Worship and prayer; learning about the Gospel; and developing their knowledge and trust in Jesus.
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Provision of pastoral care for church members and people living in the local community.
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Missionary and outreach work within the local community as well as a partnership between NLRC Liverpool & NLRC Wales in support of Houses of Promise (charity No 1194658)
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Within 2023 we have opened the building to support a local slimming world group for use of the building every Saturday
The main NLRC Liverpool building in Lorenzo drive Norris Green is used for meetings as well as online via Youtube for the members. The repairs and maintenance of the building was kept up during the 2023 year and a works building maintenance log has been retained with priority works assigned.
Achievements and Performance
Worship and Prayer
NLRC continued throughout the 2023 year with several services and activities each week. Meeting on Sundays were in live format in location at Lorenzo Drive and online via YouTube. Mid-week meetings were in the location.
The average weekly attendance was slightly increased as new families and people attended as some members preferred to attend online, to approximately 70 for Sunday Worship meetings in the building and with approximately 8-10 families represented online.
New Life Revival Church (Liverpool)
Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2023
Trustees’ Annual Report
Our services and meetings included the following during the year:
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Mid-week evening meetings – these continue to be more intimate and provide a reflective environment for worship for the congregation.
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In our Sunday morning meetings, our worship team comprised of youth members was led by our worship pastor. Meetings are both open to the public and online via streaming channels. This provides opportunities to invite friends, family and colleagues to experience church in a different format.
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On Sunday mornings we also have our Children’s Ministry. “The Children’s Church” ministers to our children aged between 3 and 10 years of age.
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We also provide a creche on Sunday morning offering a suitable area for toddlers to play.
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Our Youth and Children’s Ministries continue to draw good numbers every week.
Youth Work – Fusion
Fusion is our youth ministry, which caters for young people from 11 to 18 years of age. We usually meet on Sunday mornings and some Friday evenings. We have about 15 young people attending the group regularly. We seek to bring to life an active faith in Jesus and his teaching for life. Sundays often focuses on important issues for young people e.g. Overcoming anxiety, relationships an understanding who I am. While Fridays is more focused on social activities, fun, food and games. Both times give opportunity for young people to speak to us about anything they find challenging or need help with.
We also continue to focus on activities that bring us together and get the group to know each other better. Activities include things like ice skating, laser tag etc. This has been beneficial as friendships have been made and barriers broken down.
Ignite - Kids Church
Our Kids Church ministry “Ignite” focusses on children between the ages of 3 and 10. We meet on Sunday mornings when our adult meeting is running. We seek to teach the children about the Christian faith. We do this through activities, presentations, videos, object lessons and games. Numbers are increasing as more families from the neighborhood are added to the church. The number of children each week was ranges from 15 to 24. We are presently recruiting more team members to cope with the increased volume of children. Ignite Fun Day
This year we introduced our Ignite Fun Days. This is a day during the school holidays, when our children can get together to have some fun and focus on a topic, for example God’s Love. We play games, do craft activities, eat together and generally have a good time.
New Life Revival Church (Liverpool)
Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2023
Trustees’ Annual Report
Buzz Tots – Toddler Group
Our successful Buzz Tots toddler group caters for 0-4 year olds. The group runs twice per week; Tuesday and Thursday mornings. The group provides young parents and grandparents a place to bring their young children, where they can play safely in a relaxed atmosphere. We currently have of the order of between 12 and 20 children at each session. At each session we provide a wide variety of toys to play with. Children also enjoy our craft activities, making cards and pictures. We also provide a healthy snack for the children and provide tea and coffee for the parents, a good chance for a chat and provide some support if need be. Our Christmas and summer parties are also very well attended.
As well as helping toddlers relate to each other, Buzz Tots also serves to support new mums by giving them someone to talk to about the challenges of bringing up a child and provides a place to make friends.
Mission and Evangelism
Our free Community BBQ in 2023 was probably the best attended so far with 200+ people in attendance. We provided bouncy castles, ball pools, face painting, crafts, games and food, free of charge to our community.
We also undertook our second free Christmas Grotto for local families. A visit to Santa’s Grotto can often cost families a lot of money and some children do not get this experience as the costs are prohibitive, especially for larger families. The Grotto was a great success with us seeing over 100 children from the local community.
We also liaised with the local Family Hub to help us publicize the event and are looking to maintain this contact to see how we can work together moving forward.
Our partnership with the charity: Houses of Promise (HOPE-UK) (1194658) - mission to support and help the underprivileged children in Kent, Sierra Leone with the establishment of an orphanage in Sierra Leone, one of the poorest countries in the world, with its fair share of civil wars, national disasters, and epidemics, remained important to our vision continued with funding arranged and transferred as part of the decisions of the members (who ring fenced gifts throughout the year) and with Trustee support and decisions for specific building activities. This is scheduled to complete and be opened in August 2024 subject to local country inspections and processes.
New Life Revival Church (Liverpool)
Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2023
Trustees’ Annual Report
Financial Review
New Life Revival Church Trust - Registered Charity Number: 1084441
Financial Reports
During 2023 the attached financial statements show that the current state of the finances is sound in the opinion of the financial committee. Funds at the end of the year totals:
a). General Funds - £43,299 (this includes Mission Tithes & Slimming World income).
b). Ring fenced Building funds savings account total - £35,060
The trustees consider that the funds are sufficient to meet the foreseeable ongoing requirements of the charity
Related Parties:
Trustees during 2023
Trustees Paul Hepplestall (Trustee Chair)
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Alieu Amara
Saji John
Tiboy Thomas
David Shaw
Lynsey Sinnott
John Easson ( resigned 8 May 2023 )
Lini Saji ( resigned 8 May 2023 )
Other trusteeships during 2023
HOPE (Houses of Promise) of which of which Alieu Amara and Lynsey Sinnott are trustees
Related Party Transactions
Trustees and volunteers were reimbursed total expenses of £7,505.27 during the year.
The expenses related to equipment bought on behalf of the charity plus other miscellaneous expenses like mobile top-up, fuel etc.
Total donations from NLRC Liverpool to HOPE (Houses of Promise - Registered Charity Number 1194658) for 2023 were £7,500.00.
New Life Revival Church (Liverpool)
Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2023
Trustees’ Annual Report
Administrative information
NLRC Liverpool is situated in Lorenzo Drive Norris Green Liverpool. NLRC Trustee members have served as follows:
Mr Paul Hepplestall (Trustee Chairman)
Mrs Linsey Sinnott (Secretary)
Mr David Shaw (Treasurer)
Mr John Easson (Trustee) – resigned May 2023
Mr Alieu Amara (Pastor/Trustee)
Mr Saji John (Trustee)
Mrs Lini Saji (Trustee) – resigned May 2023
Mr Tiboy Thomas (Trustee)
Signed:
Mr Paul Hepplestall
Trustee Chairman
Date
Independent examiner's report on the accounts
Section A Independent Examiner’s Report
Report to the trustees
Charity Name New Life Revival Church Trust
| On accounts for the year ended Set out on pages |
31 December 2023 | Charity no (if any) |
1084441 |
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I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31/12/2023.
Responsibilities and As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the basis of report accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
Independent I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have examiner's statement come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
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the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or
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the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or
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the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair’ view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Signed: Name: Anita C Mason Relevant professional BA (Hons) BFP FCA qualification(s) or body (if any): Address: Mitchell Charlesworth Tempest, Suite 5.1, 12 Tithebarn Street
Date: 14.10.2024
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Oct 2018
IER
Liverpool, L2 2DT
Section B Disclosure
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).
Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose .
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Oct 2018
IER
| Charity Name | No (if any) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Life Revival Church Trust | 1084441 | |||
| Receipts andpayments accounts | CC16a | |||
| 01/01/2023 Period start date For the period from |
To | 31/12/2023 Period end date |
| Section A Receipts and payments | Section A Receipts and payments | Section A Receipts and payments | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A1 Receipts | Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ 57,478 - 1,250 2 - - - - 58,730 - - - |
Restricted funds to the nearest £ - 1,144 - 214 - 7,671 31,414 - 40,443 - - - |
Endowment funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - |
Total funds to the nearest £ 57,478 1,144 1,250 215 - 7,671 31,414 - |
Last year to the nearest £ |
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| VoluntaryIncome | 57,478 | 57,478 | 64,595 | ||||||
| Activities Income(Buzz tots) | - | 1,144 | 906 | ||||||
| Rental income | 1,250 | 1,250 | - | ||||||
| Other Income(Interest) | 2 | 215 | 0 | ||||||
| Mission Income | - | - | 1,199 | ||||||
| Income from Tithes | - | 7,671 | 6,585 | ||||||
| BuildingFund | - | 31,414 | 5,150 | ||||||
| Ukraine Fund | - | - | 715 | ||||||
| Sub total(Gross income for AR) |
58,730 |
99,173 | 79,150 | ||||||
| - - - 99,173 7,704 - 51,195 3,414 1,031 7,500 - 70,843 1,442 125 - 1,567 |
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| A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). |
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| - | |||||||||
| - | - | ||||||||
| Sub total | - |
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| Total receipts A3 Payments |
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| 58,730 | 40,443 | - | 99,173 | 79,150 | |||||
| 7,704 - 51,195 3,414 - - - |
- - - - 1,031 7,500 - |
- - - - - - - |
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Education & Training |
7,704 | - | - | 7,704 | 8,116 | ||||
| Gifts | - | - | - | - | 923 | ||||
| Property | 51,195 | - | - | 51,195 | 50,091 | ||||
| Management & Administration | 3,414 | - | - | 3,414 | 4,703 | ||||
| Activities Expenditure(Buzz tots) | - | 1,031 | - | 1,031 | 1,063 | ||||
| Mission | - | 7,500 | - | 7,500 | 12,345 | ||||
| Ukraine Fund | - | - | - | - | 1,360 | ||||
| Sub total | 62,312 | 8,531 | - | 70,843 | 78,601 | ||||
| 1,442 125 - |
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- - - |
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| A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) |
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Fixtures & Fittings |
1,442 | - | - | 1,442 | 8,693 | ||||
| Instruments & Audio Equipment | 125 | - | - | 125 | 1,895 | ||||
| Computer Equipment | - | - | - | - | 1,424 | ||||
| Sub total | 1,567 | - | - | 1,567 | 12,012 | ||||
| Total payments Net of receipts/(payments) A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds this year end |
63,879 (5,149) 48,448 43,299 |
8,531 31,912 14,845 46,757 |
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| 72,409 | 90,613 | ||||||||
| (5,149) | 31,912 | - | 26,763 | - 11,463 |
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| - | - | - | |||||||
| 48,448 | 14,845 | - | 63,293 | 74,757 | |||||
| 43,299 | 46,757 | - | 90,056 | 63,293 |
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
30/08/2024
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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
| Categories Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees B5 Liabilities B3 Investment assets B2 Other monetary assets B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use B1 Cash funds |
Details Details Fixtures and Fittings Investments and Audio Details Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Gift Aid Prepayment Details Lloyds Business Account Lloyds Business Savings Petty Cash Kingdom Savings Account Buzz Tots Cash Account Details Computer Equipment Signature Accruals |
Unrestricted funds to nearest £ 43,189 - - - 110 |
Unrestricted funds to nearest £ 43,189 - - - 110 |
Restricted funds to nearest £ 11,327 35,060 158 211 - 46,757 |
Endowment funds to nearest £ - - - - - - OK Endowment funds to nearest £ - - - - - - Current value (optional) - - - - - Current value (optional) - - - - - - - - - When due (optional) Date of approval |
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| 43,189 | 11,327 | - | |||
| - | 35,060 | - | |||
| - | 158 | - | |||
| - | 211 | - | |||
| 110 | - | - | |||
| 43,299 | 46,757 | - | |||
| OK OK Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ 4,405 - 100 - - - - - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) Unrestricted 10,760 Unrestricted 2,395 Unrestricted 1,424 - - - - - - Fund to which liability relates Amount due (optional) Unrestricted 1,480 - - - - Print Name |
OK |
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
30/08/2024
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