## **GOD'S HOUSE INTERNATIONAL CENTRE REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD Reports and Financial Statements Year ended 31ST MARCH 2023 Legal and administrative information**
## **Status**
Registered charitable organisation in 24 January 2002 as Jesus Kingdom City,. Changed name of charity to God's House International Centre in July 2013. Also registered as private company limited by guarantee without share capital on 4 June 2021.
## **Charity Trustees**
Jon Tamber Mousah - Chair, appointed 09 May 2015Jon Tamber Mousah - Chair, appointed 09 May 2015 Rev Osien Sibanda - Trustee appointed 9 May 2015Michael Ipinyomi - Trustee, appointed 08 January 2022 Michael Ipinyomi - Trustee, appointed 08 January 2022Rev Kehinde Benson - Trustee appointed 08 January 2022 Rev Kehinde Benson - Trustee appointed 08 January 2022Catherine Giwa - Trustee, appointed 08 January 2022 Catherine Giwa - Trustee, appointed 08 January 2022Ayolabi Temitope Ezobi - Trustee appointed, 11 June 2012 Ayolabi Temitope Ezobi - Trustee appointed, 11 June 2012
**Registered charity number 1090243 Registered company number 13438082 email address** admin@godshouseic.org **telephone** 01179277375 **Registered office address** 55 HIGH STREET, STAPLE HILL BRISTOL, BS16 5HD **Charity operations address** 55 HIGH STREET, STAPLE HILL BRISTOL, BS16 5HD **Bankers** Barclays Bank Plc Kingdom Bank Metro Bank Plc **Accountants** AL Accounting Solutions Limited Chartered Certified Accountants 21A Brighton Road South Croydon Surrey CR2 6EA
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## **GOD'S HOUSE INTERNATIONAL CENTRE REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD Reports and Financial Statements Year ended 31ST MARCH 2023 Trustees Report**
## **Statement from the Chairperson**
This year has been incredible for the charity; highlights include a synchronized Spanish and English service, with the Spanish membership having doubled over the second quarter of this year.
Our senior management has taken up prominent roles within the larger Bristol community as chair persons of churches together in Bristol, bolstering our vison of collaborating with other churches for greater community impact. The charity was able to incorporate sabbaticals for our senior management team, opening opportunities for up-and-coming volunteers in other departments to step in and manage our services during the period our senior management team was away on break.
We are incredibly proud of our ever-increasing reputation of being a vibrant multicultural church reaching out to local, national, and international communities. We have managed to retain such a reputation because of our passionate team, and our partnering with local and international organizations with similar aspirations such as Compassion and Tear fund. This is ever so evident this year as our senior pastors have been invited to visit Uganda with Tear Fund.
Our multipurpose building acquired just under two years ago, is continuing to serve our community and beyond. Even with the inherited maintenance issues, we have been able to keep it functional with ongoing improvements. The hall has been made available to the wider community to use for school rehearsals and productions, training, parties, funerals, weddings, and fitness activities on cost recovery basis. We are ever thankful and grateful for answered prayers with regards to heating system repair that has just been fixed, saving us thousands in electricity bills. Other work on refurbishment of some of the other amenities within the building are also progressing well. Our vibrant congregation continues to support the building refurbishments project. I am very pleased of the church and the group of people that are collectively making this happen through giving of their time, skills and financial resources.
As a charity we continue to support the local prison and ex-offenders towards rehabilitation in Bristol, and surrounding communities.
We are also very much involved with the winter night shelter in the city.
On ongoing projects include mentoring youths and guiding them towards sustainable career paths. We do this by holding weekly youth meetings and one youth retreat in a year. This year our youths went to the Midlands for a weeklong retreat.
Our support for women, single mothers and young girls continue under the auspices of Hope for Every Woman and WOW, (Woman of Worth).
We also had a successful joint fun day with our sister charity in Yeovil this summer. Individuals of all ages joined in our activities and shared food and refreshments with us.
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## **GOD'S HOUSE INTERNATIONAL CENTRE REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD Reports and Financial Statements Year ended 31ST MARCH 2023 Trustees report continued..**
We continue aiming to increase the total board members by two more members. Women and people outside the charity are ever so encouraged to apply to have a fitting balance in representation. We look towards a brighter and even more successful 2024.
The Chairperson would like to thank the trustees for governance and the office team who continue to work tirelessly to ensure the charity’s services are credible and in keeping with the strategic goals as stated in the Bible, trust deed, church vision.
Current Trustees Mr Jon T Mousah - Chairperson Mrs Catherine Giwa -Vice Chair Pastor Kehinde Benson - Treasurer Pastor Temitope Ezobi Mr Michael Ipinyomi Pastor Osien Sibanda
## **Responsibilities and basis of preparation of the report**
The trustees who are also the management committee of the charity are responsible for maintaining proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charitable company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
Signed on behalf of the trustees
……………………………….
Date ……………………………….
**Mr Jon Tamber Mousah (Chairperson)**
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## **GOD'S HOUSE INTERNATIONAL CENTRE REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD Reports and Financial Statements Year ended 31ST MARCH 2023 Independent Examiner's report to the Trustees**
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity for the above period.
## **Responsibilities and basis of report:**
As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the 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 examiner's statement:**
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
* the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or
* the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or
* 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.
Alhassan Bangura FCCA AL Accounting Solutions Chartered Certified Accountants 21A Brighton Road South Croydon Surrey CR2 6EA
Date.....................................................
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## **GOD'S HOUSE INTERNATIONAL CENTRE REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD**
## **Reports and Financial Statements**
## **Statement of Financial Activities (including Income and Expenditure Account) for the year ended 31ST MARCH 2023**
|Unrestricted
Funds
Notes
£
**Incoming resources:**
Voluntary Income
3
157,068
Gift Aid Claims Receipt
19,202
Grants received
-
Bank Interest received
27
Hall hire & rentals
35,166
Other Income
8,288
Total Incoming Resources
219,751
**Resources Expended:**
Resources Expended:
7
188,662
Total Resources Expended
188,662
Net surplus/ (deficit) for the year
31,089
Opening funds
268,055
Reserves adjustments*
-
Closing funds
299,144|**Total**
**Funds**
**2023**
**£**
**157,068**
**19,202**
**-**
**27**
**35,166**
**8,288**
**219,751**
**188,662**
**188,662**
**31,089**
**268,055**
**-**
**299,144**|Total
Funds
2022
£
159,754
30,741
19,454
14
-
10,383
220,346
171,824
171,824
48,522
262,098
(42,565)
268,055|
|---|---|---|
_*GHIC Yoevil bank balance at the start of the year cleared from GHIC Bristol reserves_
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## **GOD'S HOUSE INTERNATIONAL CENTRE REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD Reports and Financial Statements**
## **Balance Sheet as at 31ST MARCH 2023**
||||**2023**||2022|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||Notes|**£**|**£**|£|£|
|**Fixed assets**||||||
|Freehold Premises at cost||**560,000**||560,000||
|Other Tangible fixed assets|2|**45,282**||34,623||
||||**605,282**||594,623|
|**Net Current Assets**||||||
|Debtors & Prepayments|4|**-**||6,667||
|Cash at Bank and in Hand||**50,251**||52,476||
|Less: Current Liabilities|5|**(4,398)**||(24,608)||
||||**45,853**||34,535|
|Private loans|||**(25,000)**||(30,000)|
||||**626,135**||599,158|
|Mortgage Loan|6||**(326,991)**||(331,103)|
|**Net Assets**|||**299,144**||268,055|
|REPRESENTED BY:||||||
|Unrestricted Funds|||**299,144**||268,055|
||||**299,144**||268,055|
|Signed on behalf the trustees||||||
|……………………………….|||Date ……………………………….|||
|Mr Jon Tamber Mousah (Chairperson)||||||
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**GOD'S HOUSE INTERNATIONAL CENTRE REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD Reports and Financial Statements**
## **Notes forming part of the financial statements for the year ended 31ST MARCH 2023**
## **1. Accounting policies**
a) The accounts (financial statements) have been prepared in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) issued in October 2019 and the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the Charities Act 2011 and UK Generally Accepted Practice as it applies from 1 January 2019.
b) Voluntary income is received by the way of donations towards religious tithes and offerings. Donations received is included in full in the Statement of Financial Activities in the year in which they are received.
c) Resources expended are recognised in the period in which they are incurred. Resources expended include attributable VAT which cannot be recovered.
d) Depreciation is provided at rates calculated to write off the cost of each asset over its expected useful life as follows: - Fixtures Equipment & Furniture 20% - Motor Vehicles 20%
e) Unrestricted funds are donations and other incoming resources received for the objects of the charity without further specified purpose and are available as general funds.
f) Restricted funds are to be used for specific purposes as laid down by the donor.
|**2.**
**Other Tangible Fixed Assets**
Freehold
Equipment &
Improvements
Fittings
£
£
Cost:
As at 1st of April 2022
17,053
100,932
Addition
10,017
5,195
As at 31ST MARCH 2023
27,070
106,127
Depreciation:
As at 1st of April 2022
84,618
Charge
4,302
As at 31ST MARCH 2023
88,920
Net Book Value:
**As at 31ST MARCH 2023**
**27,070**
**17,207**
As at 1-Apr-2022
17,053
16,314
**3.**
**Voluntary Income**
Tithe & offering
Building fund donations|Motor
Vehicle
£
12,630
-
12,630
11,374
251
11,625
**1,005**
1,256
**2023**
**£**
**148,273**
**8,795**
**157,068**|**Total**
**£**
**130,615**
**15,212**|
|---|---|---|
|||**145,827**|
|||**95,992**
**4,553**|
|||**100,545**|
|||**45,282**|
|||34,623|
|||2022
£
135,191
24,563|
|||159,754|
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**Notes forming part of the financial statements for the year ended 31ST MARCH 2023**
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**GOD'S HOUSE INTERNATIONAL CENTRE REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD Reports and Financial Statements**
## **Notes forming part of the financial statements for the year ended 31ST MARCH 2023**
|**4.**
**Debtors & Prepayments**
Members Loans
**5.**
**Current Liabilities**
Accrual for Accountacy fee
Accrual for Rent payments
Tax and National Insurance
**6.**
**Mortgage Loan**
Balance brought forward
Addition
Less: Repayments
Add: Interest plus adjustments
Balance carried forward
**7.**
**Resources Expended**
RCCG Mission & Central Office Contbutions
Welfare, Donations & Honorarium
Community Programmes & Outreach
Salaries & Staff cost
Pension Cost
Rent & Rates
Heat, Light & Water
Insurance & Licences
Repairs & Renewals
Travelling & Motor Expenses
Telephone & Internet
Printing, Postage & Stationery
Mortgage Loan Interest & Charges
Multimedia & Consumables
Books & Clergy Materials
Housekeeping & Security
Vicarage Expenses
Waste Disposal & Cleaning
Legal & Professional Fees
Accountancy Fees
Bank Charges & Interest
Sundry Expenses
Depreciation
Total|**2023**
**£**
**-**
**-**
**£**
**2,094**
**-**
**2,304**
**4,398**
**£**
**331,103**
**-**
**(23,995)**
**19,883**
**326,991**
**£**
**1,400**
**6,768**
**12,845**
**69,086**
**3,602**
**11,913**
**18,755**
**4,888**
**-**
**4,732**
**4,784**
**2,143**
**19,883**
**4,850**
**1,050**
**3,041**
**6,667**
**2,745**
**650**
**2,631**
**1,676**
**-**
**4,553**
**188,662**|2022
£
6,667|
|---|---|---|
|||6,667|
|||£
1,395
21,660
1,553|
|||24,608|
|||£
-
333,200
(9,119)
7,022|
|||331,103|
|||£
1,200
2,603
10,380
73,661
2,511
3,728
8,920
3,235
11,051
4,836
3,353
2,214
12,067
5,955
429
4,142
3,333
862
6,547
3,222
1,403
1,780
4,392|
|||171,824|
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**Notes forming part of the financial statements for the year ended 31ST MARCH 2023**
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## **Registered Charity No: 1090243 Registered Company No: 13438082**
## GOD'S HOUSE INTERNATIONAL CENTRE REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD
Reports and Financial Statements Year ended: 31ST MARCH 2023
## **AL Accounting Solutions Limited**
Chartered Certified Accountants 21A Brighton Road South Croydon Surrey CR2 6EA
## **GOD'S HOUSE INTERNATIONAL CENTRE REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD Reports and Financial Statements**
## **Contents**
Page No 1 Legal and administrative information 2-3 Trustees Report 4 Independent Examiner's report to the Trustees 5 Statement of Financial Activities 6 Balance Sheet 7-8 Notes forming part of the financial statements