Registered Charity number 1095008
## CHRIST PARADISE CHURCH
Report and Accounts
30 September 2024
## **CHRIST PARADISE CHURCH Report and accounts Contents**
||**Page**|
|---|---|
|Legal and Administrative information|1|
|Trustees' report|2 - 3|
|Independent Examiner's report|4|
|Statement of Financial Activities|5|
|Balance sheet|6|
|Notes to the Financial Statements|7 - 9|
|(inclusive of detailed Income & Expenditure)||
## **CHRIST PARADISE CHURCH LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE**
## **Trustees;**
Apostle Rev Emmanuel Duru-Rajis Rev Mrs Elizabeth Duru-Rajis Deaconess Elizabeth Frank Pastor John Walkman
## **Register Charity Number ; 1095008**
Business Address;
49B Rushy Green London SE6 4AS
## **Bankers**
Natwest Bank Plc Peckham Branch 65 Peckham High Street London SE15 5ST
## **Accountants**
Lemo Corporate (Chartered Certified Accountants) 815 Old Kent Road London SE15 1NX
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**CHRIST PARADISE CHURCH Trustees' Report for the year ended 30 September 2024**
## **CHRIST PARADISE CHURCH Trustees' Report**
The Trustees present their report and the financial statements for the year ended 30 September 2023 The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the accounting policies set out on page 9 and comply with the statement of Recommended Practice (SORP 2005) and applicable law.
## **OUR AIMS AND OBJECTIVES**
The objectives of the Charity as set out in the Trust Deed are
a). Advancement of the Christian Faith in accordance with the statement of belief appearing in the schedule hereto in london and such other parts of the United kingdom or the world as the trustees may from time to time think fit and to fulfil such other purposes which are exclusively charitable according to the law of England and Wales and are connected with the charitable work of the trust.
b). To relieve persons who are in conditions of need or hardship or who are aged and sick and to relieve the distress caused therbey in the said location and in such other parts of the United Kingdom or the world as the trustees may from time to time think fit.
## **REVIEWING THE CHARITY'S STRATEGIES**
At the end of each year, the charity carries out a review into its activities. This review considers how, and if the charity's aims, objectives and activities for the year have been realised. The review explores the results of the charity's activities in the preceding 12 month period and the the benefit they brought to our target set of people.
In carrying out this review, the charity has referred to the guidance provided by the Charity Commission's general guidelines on public benefits and how it impacts on the charity's aims and objectives, and also in charting the charity's future strategies and activities. Of particular interest to the Trustees, is how its planned activities will help in achieving the aims and objectives of the Charity.
## **THE FOCUS OF OUR MINISTRY'S ACTIVITIES**
The main objectives for the year continued to be the advancement of the Christian religion and the relief of poverty and sickness. The strategies we used to achieve these objectives included:
## **1.) Radio 101.1FM Broadcasts**
The church program is broadcast on radio across England in order to help spread the gospel to a larger audience.The weekly broadcasts preaches the gospel of Jesus Christ to people who are not able to physically attend the church activities at its premises. Some listerners to this radio program have visited the church to testify to the positive impact of the program in their life
## **2.) Holloway and Brixton Prisons**
The Apostle and church evangelical team visit the prisons regularly to minister to inmates of the prisons and offer counselling services. This has improved the life of a lot of inmates especially young adult.
## **3.) Immigration detention centres**
The church's ministerial team visit immigration detention centres within London and its environs in order to preach the gospel to detainees and offer counselling services.
## **4.) Hospitals**
The church sends out a pastoral team to visit sick patients in hospitals to give them hope, strenghten them, increase their faith and assurance of healing by the blood of Jesus Christ. Prayer sessions were held particularly those who are approaching the end of their life due to terminal illnesses.
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## **5.) Community Centres**
The church has a team of community assistants who provide food and catering services in a volunteering capacity to homeless shelters and the poor and needy members of society.
## **MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES**
The principal activities of the Charity are worship and the involvement of various ministries and ministers of religion, propagating Christian tenets to both members and non-members of the ministry at various meetings.
To achieve these objectives, the trustees appointed the Board of Ministers. The ministry is involved in Christian Outreach Programmes designed to increase Christian awareness and spread the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.
The trustees who served during the year were;
Apostle Rev Emmanuel Duru-Rajis Rev Mrs Elizabeth Duru-Rajis Evangelist Mercy Ofor Pastor John Walkman
The Charity's Trustees are appointed by the Board of Trustees.
## **TRUSTEES' RESPONSIBILITIES**
Charity Law requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which gives a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity at the year end and of its incoming resources and resources expended for that year. In preparing those financial statements the trustees are required to;
- ●select suitable accounting policies and apply them consistently,
●make judgement and estimates that are reasonable and prudent,
●prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is appropriate to presume that the charity will not continue in operation.
The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the company and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 1993. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
This report was approved by the board of trustees on 16 July 2025
## elizabethdururajis
Rev. Mrs Elizabeth Duru-Rajis Minister-In-Charge
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## **CHRIST PARADISE CHURCH**
## **Independent Examiner's Report**
We report on the accounts for the year ended 30 September 2024,
**which are set out on pages 5 to 10**
**Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner**
The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity's trustees consider (under section144(2) of the Charities Act 2011
that an audit is not required and that an Independent examination is needed
It is my responsibility to;
- ●examine the accounts (under section145 of the 2011 Act)
- ●to follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners (under section (145)(5)b) of the 2011 Act)
To state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
## **Basis of Independent examiner's report**
My examination was carried out in accordance with the 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 you as 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 account s present a 'true and fair view' and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.
## **Independent examiner's statement**
In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention;
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 2011 Act and
▪ to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the 2011 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.
Lemo Corporate (Chartered Certified Accountants) Date 16-Jul-25 815 Old Kent Road London, SE15 1NX
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## **CHRIST PARADISE CHURCH Profit and Loss Account for the year ended 30 September 2024**
|**Notes**
**Turnover**
Administrative expenses
**Operating profit**
2
**Profit on ordinary activities before taxation**
**Profit for the financial year**|**2024**
**£**
105,712
(103,123)
2,589
2,589
2,589|**2023**
**£**
113,942
(110,530)|
|---|---|---|
|||3,412|
|||3,412|
|||3,412|
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## **CHRIST PARADISE CHURCH**
## **Statement of Financial Activities For the year ended 30 September 2023**
|**Income Resources**
Tithes, offerings and thanksgiving
Gift Aid
**Total Income Resources**
**Resources Expended**
Support costs of activities in
furtherance of the charity's objects
Management & Administration
of Charity
**Total Income Expended**
**Net incoming/(outgoing) resources**
**Net Movements in Funds**
**Fund balances b/fwd**
**Funds balances c/fwd**|Unrestricted
**Notes**
£
6.1
98,066
7,646
105,712
6.2
33,296
6.3
69,827
**103,123**
**2,589**
**2,589**
**48,149**
**50,738**|Restricted
£
0
-
-
-
-
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**2024**
**Total**
**Fund**
**£**
98,066
7,646
**105,712**
33,296
69,827
**103,123**
**2,589**
**2,589**
**48,149**
**50,738**|**2023**
**TOTAL**
**Fund**
**£**
103,727
10,215|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||6.1
6.2
6.3||||
|||||**113,942**|
|||||35,413
75,117|
|||||**110,530**|
|||||**3,412**|
|||||**3,412**
**44,737**|
|||||**48,149**|
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## **CHRIST PARADISE CHURCH Balance Sheet as at 30 September 2024**
||**Notes**||**2024**||**2023**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||**£**||**£**|
|**Fixed assets**||||||
|Tangible assets|3||42,401||38,575|
||||42,401||38,575|
|**Current assets**||||||
|Debtors|4|-||-||
|Cash at bank and in hand||9,537||10,824||
|||9,537||10,824||
|**Creditors: amounts falling due within**||||||
|**one year**|5|(1,200)||(1,250)||
|**Net current assets**|||8,337||9,574|
|**Net assets**|||50,738||48,149|
|**Unrestricted Funds**||||||
|Unrestricted Funds|6||50,738||48,149|
|**Restricted and Unrestricted Funds c/fwd.**|||50,738||48,149|
Approved by board of Trustees
## elizabethdururajis
Rev. Mrs Elizabeth Duru-Rajis
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**CHRIST PARADISE CHURCH Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 30 September 2024**
## **1 Accounting policies**
## _**Basis of preparation**_
The Financial Statements have been prepared under the historic cost convention and in accordance with the Statement of Recomended Accounting Practice : Accounting and Reorting by Charities (SORP 2005), issued in March 2005, UK Accounting Standards and the Charities
## **Incoming Resources**
Income is mainly from grants and bank interest received are included in the financial statements when received.
## **Resources Expended**
All expenditure is accounted for on an accrual basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all costs related to the category.
## **Taxation**
As a charity, the charitable funds are exempt from corporation tax but not from VAT. Irrecoverable VAT is, in accordance with standard accounting practice, included in the cost of those items to which it relates.
## _**Depreciation**_
Depreciation has been provided at the following rates in order to write off the assets over their estimated useful lives.
Plant and machinery 25% straight line Motor vehicles 25% straight line
## **2 Operating profit**
This is stated after charging: 2,128 1732
## **3 Tangible fixed assets**
|**Cost**
At 1 October 2023
Additions
At 30 September 2024
**Depreciation**
At 1 October 2023
Charge for the year
At 30 September 2024
**Net book value**
At 30 September 2024
At 30 September 2023|**Building**
£
9,925
2,184
12,109
550
615
1,165
10,944
9,375|**Furniture &**
**fittings**
**£**
29,836
1,671
31,507
19,500
702
20,202
11,305
10,336|**Music &**
**equipment**
**£**
39,102
2,099
41,201
20,238
811
21,049
20,152
18,864|**Total**
**£**
78,863
5,954|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||84,817|
|||||40,288
2,128|
|||||42,416|
|||||42,401|
|||||38,575|
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**CHRIST PARADISE CHURCH Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 30 September 2024**
|**4**
**Debtors**
Trade debtors
Other debtors
**5**
**Restricted Funds**
At 1 October 2023
Net Incoming Fund
At 30 September 2024|**UnrestrictedRestricted**
48,149
-
2,589
-
50,738
-|**£**
-
-
-
**£**
48,149
2,589
50,738|£
0
0|
|---|---|---|---|
||||0|
||||**£**
44,737
3,412|
||||48,149|
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## **CHRIST PARADISE CHURCH**
## **Notes to the accounts (continued)**
|6 **Income and Expenditure Account**
**For the year ended 30 September 2021**
6.1 **INCOMING RESOURCES**
Thithes, offering and thanksgiving
Gift Aid
**Total Incoming Resources**
**OUTGOING RESOURCES**
6.2 **Support costs of activities in**
**furtherance of the Charity's objects:**
Donations & Gifts
Choir & Youth
Musician Expenses
Honararium
Printing, postage & stationery
Evangelical/outreach materials
Convention, & anniversary
Members' welfare and training
6.3 **Management and Administration**
**of Charity:**
Travelling and subsistence
Rent & rates
Bank charges
Service charges
Telephone
Missionary
Accountancy fees
Advertising and PR
Repairs & maintenance
Depreciation charge|**Unrestricted**
**£**
98,066
7,646
105,712
1,701
2,083
6,052
4,925
493
3,126
12,156
2,760
**33,296**
583
52,700
217
4,918
1,142
3,819
1,200
1,953
1,167
2,128
**69,827**|**Restricted**
**£**
-
-
-
-
**-**
-
-
**-**|**2024**
**Total**
**Fund**
**£**
98,066
7,646
**105,712**
1,701
2,083
6,052
4,925
493
3,126
12,156
2,760
**33,296**
583
52,700
217
4,918
1,142
3,819
1,200
1,953
1,167
2,128
**69,827**|**2023**
**Total**
**Fund**
**£**
103,727
10,215|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||**113,942**|
|||||1,425
2,141
7,481
5,200
602
3,971
11,485
3,108|
|||||**35,413**|
|||||619
52,700
204
6,000
1,031
5,253
1,200
3,740
2,638
1,732|
|||||**75,117**|
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## **CHRIST PARADISE CHURCH Profit and Loss Account for the year ended 30 September 2024**
_for the information of the directors only_
|**Sales**
**Gross profit**
Administrative expenses
**Operating profit**
**Profit before tax**|**2024**
**£**
105,712
105,712
(103,123)
2,589
2,589|**2023**
**£**
113,942|
|---|---|---|
|||113,942
(110,530)|
|||3,412|
|||3,412|
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## **CHRIST PARADISE CHURCH Schedule to the Profit and Loss Account for the year ended 30 September 2024**
_for the information of the directors only_
|**CHRIST PARADISE CHURCH**
**Schedule to the Profit and Loss Account**
**for the year ended 30 September 2024**
_for the information of the directors only_|||
|---|---|---|
|**Sales**
Tithes, offerings & thanksgiving
**Administrative expenses**
Employee costs:
Members' training and welfare
Travel and subsistence
Premises costs:
Rent
Service charges
General administrative expenses:
Telephone and fax
Convention, & anniversary
Stationery and printing
Musician Expenses
Donations and welfare
Bank charges
Choir & Youth
Evangelism
Missionary
Repairs and maintenance
Depreciation
Legal and professional costs:
Accountancy fees
Advertising and PR|**2024**
**£**
105,712
2,760
583
8,268
52,700
4,918
57,618
1,142
12,156
493
6,052
1,701
217
2,083
3,126
3,819
1,167
2,128
34,084
1,200
1,953
3,153
103,123|**2023**
**£**
113,942|
|||3,108
619|
|||8,927|
|||52,700
6,000|
|||58,700|
|||1,031
11,485
602
7,481
1,425
204
2,141
3,971
5,253
2,638
1,732|
|||37,963|
|||1,200
3,740|
|||4,940|
||||
|||110,530|
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