## **C4W TRUSTEES’ ANNUAL REPORT**
## **Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31st December 2020**
## **Registered Charity Number 1101305**
**Christ for the World Life Church Folkestone, Kent CT19 6PQ United Kingdom**
## **Christ for the World**
## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the Year Ended 31 December 2020**
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|Charity information|1||
|Structure, Governance and Management|2|to 3|
|Aims, Objectives and Strategies|3|to 4|
|Activities and Public Beneft|4|to 22|
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Life Church||5|
|II.
Children’s Ministry||12|
|III.
Youth Ministry||16|
|IV.
Website and Social Media||17|
|V.
Life Church Missions||19|
|VI.
School of Life and Ministry (SLM)||21|
|Financial Review|22 to 24||
Auditors Report
Statement of Financial Activities Balance Sheet Notes forming part of Financial Statements
## **CHRIST FOR THE WORLD CHARITABLE TRUST**
The Christ for the World (C4W) Trustees present their annual report and audited financial statements for the year ended 31[st] December 2020 and confirm they comply with the Charities Act 2011 (as amended by the Charities (Protection and Social Investment) Act 2016); the Charity’s Trust Deed; applicable law, the Charity (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 and the requirements of the Statements of Recommended Practice (Charities SORP FRS102).
## **Reference and Administrative Information**
Charity Name Christ for the World Working names of the Charity Life Church School of Life and Ministry (SLM) Jesus Now C4W Charity Register Number 1101305 Address of Charity Life Church Bowles Well Gardens Folkestone Kent CT19 6PQ United Kingdom Trustees Robert Maasbach Giles Cornell Benjamin Stringer Paul Westwell Trust Administrator Audrey David Senior Staff day-to-day management General Manager, Virginia Maasbach Auditors Higson APS Limited 45 Queen Street Deal, Kent CT14 6EY Bankers The Royal Bank of Scotland Plc Drummond House (M) Branch Customer Service Centre Drummond House 1 Redheughs Avenue Edinburgh EH12 9JN Barclays Bank Plc
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65-67 Sandgate Road Folkestone, Kent, CT20 1RT **Report of the Trustees for the Year Ended 31st December 2020**
## **STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT**
## **Governing Document**
Christ for the World (C4W) Trust is constituted as a charitable trust being governed by its trust deed as registered with the Charity Commission on 19[th] December 2003 under Charity Number 1101305, having outgrown its original trust deed registered with the Charity Commission on 17[th] October 1988, known as The Robert Maasbach Trust under charity number 327944, the latter is known as the Old Trust which was closed on 9[th] April 2013. The C4W charity having been established on 7[th] December 2003.
## **Organisational Structure**
The charity trustees are responsible for the administration of the C4W Trust. The trustees plan to meet a minimum of twice a year, giving of their time freely, receiving no remuneration for their role as trustees and only being reimbursed for travel costs. The trustees have delegated appropriate day to day management of the activities of the Trust to designated staff members of the organisation.
The trustees also take advice from the Spiritual Oversight, the team being made up of senior pastors and senior associate pastors.
## **Recruitment, appointment, induction and training of trustees**
The existing trustees are responsible for the recruitment and appointment of new trustees who are respected members of the Christian faith and community. The trustees always seek the views and recommendation of the C4W Spiritual Oversight who must approve the prospective new trustees in line with the C4W Trust Deed (6.5). New trustees are given copies of the trust deed and relevant Charity Commission publications and are instructed in their responsibilities by way of a printed C4W Trustee Job Description.
## **Risk Management**
The trustees have given consideration to the major risks to which the Trust is exposed; the nature of those risks, likelihood of those risks and the measures taken to manage them. These include governance risks, operational risks, financial risks, external risks and compliance with law and regulation. A regular review is made and where a significant risk is identified an action plan of steps is drawn up and implemented to mitigate this risk. Risks are then periodically monitored, reviewed and assessed. The trustees are satisfied at this time that systems and procedures are established in order to manage and control the
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major risks to the charity. In particular, insurance cover is in place, regular financial reviews take place and appropriate _Disclosure and Barring Service_ (DBS) checks are made regularly. Department appropriate health and safety training is given. Basic fire and emergency evacuation training is given and also fire warden training. Display screen equipment / workstation training is also given. A generic office risk assessment, the main office hazard assessment and activity / event risk assessments are made.
Separation of financial responsibilities within the Trust ensures risks are minimised internally. The regular monitoring of the cash flow position makes the charity less susceptible to variations in monthly income. All new projects, their impact on the Trust and associated funding are assessed before a commitment is made to start a project.
Extensive youth work and children’s work within, and in addition to, church services naturally mean that the charity is exposed to a high degree of risk in working with children. Safeguarding (Child Protection) training is held annually for all employees and volunteers who work with or regularly come into contact with children. DBS checks are also made on these people, and these are renewed and the seminars conducted at least at the recommended intervals. Workers are not permitted to work with children unless they have completed training and checks. All safeguarding is undertaken under the guidance of CCPAS (The Churches’ Child Protection Advisory Service – now known as **thirtyone:eight** ).
## **AIMS, OBJECTIVES AND STRATEGIES**
The objects of the charity are set out in the charity’s trust deed and are summarised as follows:
- the advancement of the Christian religion consistent with the doctrine and articles of belief set forth in the Schedule of the Trust Deed;
- the advancement of education in particular but not solely by the provision of Christian schools;
- the relief of poverty, hardship and distress.
The Trust endeavours to achieve its aims and objectives through the various strategies outlined below. The trustees have due regard for the Charity Commission’s general and supplementary guidance on public benefit concerning the Trust’s aims and constantly seek to maximise the Trust’s benefit to the public and community at large.
**Life Church:** The central activity of the Trust is Life Church. This is a congregation of Christian believers who meet in the Trust’s premises in Folkestone, Kent, with Pastor Robert Maasbach as Senior Pastor.
Life Church seeks to be an accessible and welcoming venue where all Christians of any denomination, and those who wish to know more about the Christian faith, can come together to learn and to worship, with Sunday services being the focus of activities.
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Every Christian is encouraged to share their faith and make a positive impact on the community around them, either as part of activities organised by the church or through their own initiatives. Many of the activities are open to all with Christians and non-Christians alike being welcome. Most activities are free but where a charge is made it is normally nominal and Life Church aims to exclude no one through financial disadvantage.
Within these activities, Life Church offers Life Courses which aim to educate and support people through the difficulties of life, which helps to give them the confidence to overcome the circumstances and pressures that they may face.
**Youth and Children’s Work:** Life Church continues to make development for and investment into the Next Generation, making use of up-to-date technology and resources within this area. This enables leaders and volunteers to facilitate age appropriate, fun and engaging sessions for the children and youth each Sunday.
They are overseen and managed by a Senior Associate Pastor who is Director of Children and Youth and holds a Master’s Degree in Education. The Youth and Children’s ministry seeks to reach, nurture, teach and provide an environment in which children and youth are free to develop their full potential.
**Website and Social Media** : Life Church has developed an active online presence through its dynamic website and through its increasing output to social networks to remain relevant in a media-driven society.
The website aims to provide information, resources for personal development across the world and local access to the services and activities provided at Life Church.
Equally, through its online presence on social media websites, Life Church aims to reach out to the online community to provide through the internet inspirational messages to anyone seeking for or wishing to grow in the Christian faith. Life Church offers access via several mobile apps including as YouTube, Facebook, SoundCloud, and Instagram.
**Missions:** Life Church’s strategy is to share the good news of God’s love and salvation to people everywhere, whether they are in our local area or across the world. We aim to do this through missions’ trips and projects, our online presence, and donations to other ministries and organisations having the same purpose.
**School of Life and Ministry** : SLM has always been a core part of the Trust’s aims and objectives. The Trust seeks to further its work by training and raising disciples and church leaders in the congregation and beyond. It aims to strengthen and extend the church leadership and missionaries, through evening classes led by a Senior Associate Pastor of the church who holds a Master’s degree in Theology. Students are taught by this Senior Associate Pastor, the Senior Pastor of the church and another Associate Pastor who has Master’s degree in Missions and Leadership.
## **ACTIVITIES AND PUBLIC BENEFIT**
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## **How our activities deliver public benefit**
The charity carries out a wide range of activities in pursuance of its charitable aims. The trustees, in making decisions, have complied with the Charity Commission’s public benefit guidance when exercising any powers or duties to which the guidance is relevant and consider that these activities, summarised below, provide benefit both to those who worship at Life Church and the wider communities of Folkestone, Kent, the UK, Europe and the World.
## **Religious and Community Activities**
Pastor Robert Maasbach, his wife Virginia and the Christ for the World (C4W) Trustees are anchored in Biblical Christian truth. They seek to encourage and teach the fullness of Christ in each person to the body of Christ at Life Church, Folkestone, with dedication and vision to benefit all who attend the weekly services, which are open to the public with no membership being required.
In the same way, Pastors Robert and Virginia support and spread the teachings of Christ bringing benefit to other UK churches and many around the world. They infuse a passion for people to grow in their own potential and personal inheritance that God has promised each person through faith in Jesus Christ. Often, this support is facilitated by bringing relief of poverty, hardship and distress in the UK and elsewhere. In 2020, the Trustees continued to support Pastor Robert’s travel plans within the UK, Europe, and further afield, serving and supporting the work of pastors, leaders and Christians in the Body of Christ around the world to encourage and build their existing ministries. The leadership training delivered by Pastor Robert equips church leaders each year for a greater effectiveness in ministry. Prior to the Covid-9 pandemic Pastor Robert was able to travel to Russia and the USA.
Whether it be through preaching, providing Christian education, teaching, training, giving practical help, preparing the next generation, reaching out to the community or helping to host combined events, the Christ for the World Trust is bringing hope to many people.
The Trust continues to build on the firm foundations already established and is always looking for ways to improve and augment the facilities and opportunities to minister the love of God to all. With this end in mind the Trust is always conscious of future growth and development within the Shepway area.
## **I. LIFE CHURCH**
Life Church has a robust Pastoral structure of Senior, Senior Associate, Associate, Area and Care Pastors who help bring support to the church and to the wider community. The church has continued its activities during the year in accordance with the Covid-19 restrictions. Pre-lockdown, the church had a congregation of approximately 450 adults and children. At the close of the year, due to lockdown restrictions and people’s personal situations and vulnerabilities, only a proportion of our congregation physically returned to services, others utilised our online services. Approximately 150 adults and children were physically attending services each week at the close of 2020.
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By purchasing filming equipment, Life Church was able to maintain weekly services online throughout the lockdown.
Life Church benefits from an international, rich diversity of cultures and ethnicities, counting people from a range of European, North and South American, Middle Eastern, African and Asian countries, among the congregation. Public benefit is shown in that the church truly welcomes people from every background and shares the message of the Gospel in its essence, that the love of God is made available to all people across the nations of the world.
**Volunteers** : The Trustees would particularly like to acknowledge the substantial contribution volunteers make to the work of the charity. The input from over 170 volunteers enables the Trust to extend its work within the local communities at no additional employment cost. Volunteers who work with children or vulnerable adults are DBS checked and are kept up to date with the latest safeguarding policies and procedures. Department appropriate health and safety training, including fire safety, is given. Typically, around 70 volunteers each week provide help and support on Sundays in both the adult services and the extensive children’s ministry. However, due to lockdowns, government restrictions and associated risk assessments, from March onwards, Life Church operated online recordings with a minimal team of staff and a few volunteers. When permitted, in-person services were held with a core team of volunteers. Normally, Life Church holds three Volunteer Appreciation Sunday but due to the Covid-19 restrictions, there was only one Volunteer Appreciation Sunday in 2020, before the first lockdown. During this service, Life Church celebrates and appreciates all those who give their time freely. Each Christmas gifts are given to thank each of them for all they do and all they bring to the work of Life Church.
Services
The services are held twice a week, on Wednesdays and on Sundays, and welcome people of every age or background who seek to be strengthened in their faith and meet with other Christians in the community. The services include uplifting worship music, times of prayer and a message; Bibles are available to those who wish to use one during the service.
Public benefit is recognized in the messages that are preached, with individual Christians being encouraged in their personal Christian walk and also making members of the public feel welcome and at home in the services. The messages include good morals and ethics as a healthy foundation to life, improving society through family values, with Christ as the example. The Sunday and Wednesday messages are also made publicly available to anyone the same day, free of charge, on the Life Church website via SoundCloud.
A **Welcome pack** is offered to those attending for the first time so that they can request additional information on Life Church activities and also receive a welcome gift. **New Believers packs** are also freely available, each of which includes a Gospel of John and a booklet with helpful information for new believers. A **Join pack** is also offered to introduce people to Life Church, its beliefs, purpose and vision, giving information about salvation, Pastoral Ministry at Life Church and on how to become a member of Life Church.
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Services regularly include Life Events such as Baby Dedications or Water Baptisms, or other celebrations such as Volunteer Appreciation Day, Celebration Sunday, Missions Day, milestone Wedding anniversaries or other celebrations. For example, in 2020, Life Church had a time of ‘Honouring Retiring Care Pastors’ when three older senior Care Pastors retired and were appreciated and thanks were given for their dedicated and faithful service to Life Church.
Additionally, Life Church seasonally holds family services for events including Good Friday Family Communion Service, Easter Sunday, and Christmas Carol service. Information about these and upcoming events is available to all on the monthly **Infosheet** distributed during the regular services.
These special services have a lovely way of gathering families and inviting new people from the community to make them feel welcome and at home, sharing and rejoicing together in celebration of an occasion, while witnessing the love of God, which is the aim of the Trust for the church and the community.
During 2020, due to the Covid-19 restrictions that were put in place by the UK Government, Life Church couldn’t hold services in its premises for several months and offered to all the Life Church members and any other person interested to join in online. From end of March 2020, great effort was made by the Senior Leadership and the staff to provide online services within a very short time and with little experience. Recordings and live streams weren’t part of the usual set up prior to Covid-19 and Life Church quickly adapted to the prevailing circumstances so as to keep reaching out people within Folkestone and beyond with the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Life Church also held family services on Sundays to cater for all ages, from September to the beginning of November, and from end of December into 2021, in accordance with the Covid-19 guidelines.
## Life Events
Life Church seeks to help and encourage people who have decided to take a new step in their lives, by celebrating with them in their time of rejoicing and support them in times of mourning.
Couples wishing to marry are prepared for their lives ahead by attending a premarriage course, and candidates for water baptism also have a brief preparatory induction, held by Care Pastors of Life Church.
In 2020, Life Church continued to provide for life events, having conducted 6 funerals. Due to Covid-19 restrictions, funerals were conducted at the local Crematorium, with Pastor Robert being the minister there.
However, again due to the Covid-19 restrictions, no weddings, baby dedications or water baptism service were able to be celebrated.
Support and Pastoral Care
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Life Church seeks to provide support within and outside of the Life Church services by offering pastoral care through prayer and counselling to anyone in need. Life Church has dedicated Care Pastors who connect with people in their various needs. The Care Pastors are trained by the Senior Pastors to be able to serve in these positions.
Support is generally available at all times through prayer requests, after church service, by filling a form available at the information desk or online, by emailing or calling the Life Church offices, or getting in touch with a Life Group leader or Care Pastor. There is also a facility to request counselling for anyone going through hardship or difficulties.
From March 2020, due to Covid-19 restrictions and Life Church being closed, pastoral support was made available through phone calls, emails, cards or notes in the post. A dedicated text messaging service was put in place ‘Text Connect’ for anyone to reach out with a prayer request if necessary, so that a Care Pastor from the Pastoral Team could call back.
The Senior Pastors of Life Church, Pastor Robert and Virginia, dedicated time for personal pastoral care through phone calls and emails.
## Translation
As the need has arisen, Life Church has been open to reach out to people from other nationalities living in the local area. On Sunday mornings the service is translated into Slovak using simultaneous translation equipment. Slovak is also generally understood well by those who speak Czech. This has increased the accessibility of Life Church services to this Eastern European local population that either does not speak English at present, or has very little English. This has benefited those who come to Life Church services from the Dover Mission. The system has also been used to provide French, Italian and Spanish translations on occasions.
## Life Groups
These are interest-based groups for the church members and public to attend. Life Groups are instrumental in forming friendships inside and outside the church and Life Group leaders actively encourage anyone to participate.
In 2020, no Life Groups were held.
Prior to the Covid-19 national lockdown, two Care Pastors ran a group called ‘Pop in Lunch’ to engage socially and build friendship and relationships. Everyone was welcome to pop in and bring their own lunch, the entry was free and hot drinks were provided with a small donation. New friendships were made outside of the usual Sunday services.
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Life Courses
Life Courses have been designed by Life Church, with the Christian message as their foundation, to help people in specific areas of need with beneficial results for those attending. Courses include ‘Born Free’ and ‘Restore’, which are yearly courses provided by Life Church to promote the well-being of its beneficiaries.
**Born Free** aims to encourage women and build them up in all areas of their lives, to help restore confidence in themselves, and to be able to overcome circumstances from the past that have caused them to feel victims. Born Free aims to get them on the path of recovery, helping those who have faced traumas such as abuse, addictions, self-harm and panic attacks. This in turn brings benefits to their families and the wider circle of people they know. The course lasts for 10 weeks and there is a nominal fee to facilitate the whole course, but no one is turned away if they are unable to pay.
**Restore** is a 6-week course for women who are suffering Post Abortion Stress (PAS), whether from a recent abortion or from further back in their lives. The course is fully confidential and comes under the authority of the Senior Pastors. Restore creates a sensitive environment, which allows women to talk about any pain of abortion including any potential longer-term effects. This enables potential relief in being able to express their fears and emotions in a way to bring healing and to grieve over their loss in a way to bring closure and peace of mind. The course leader has had many years of experience and has worked with C.A.R.E. – Christian Action for Research and Education – for post and pre-abortion counselling. She has a certificate with the Lifeline and Pregnancy Care Centre and has done courses on abuse and anxiety, rape and grief counselling.
In 2020, both Born Free and Restore courses didn’t run due to the Covid-19 lockdown and government restrictions.
**The Winning Mind** is a 6 weeks course that was launched at the beginning of 2020. This course is an avenue to discover how to actively take control of our thought life and direct it in a healthy way. The aim is to learn about developing the skills that enable us to live constantly and fruitfully in our minds. This course was held for the first time in 2020 and 12 people attended. Due to the lockdown, the course was held 3 weeks at Life Church and 3 weeks on Zoom.
## Other courses in 2020
**Alpha Course:** Alpha is an 11-week national course developed by Holy Trinity Brompton. It gives the opportunity to explore the Christian faith through a series of talks and discussions about faith, life and God outside of church services and in a more informal context. The course is open to people from all walks of life, and all are welcome regardless of their personal beliefs. Life Church couldn’t run the Alpha Course in 2020. Normally, the evenings would start with a cooked meal and time of fellowship, before watching a short video on a related topic. This would be followed by a time of open discussion arising from the video in small groups. The course would be run by Senior members of Life Church and staffed by volunteers. It is free to attend.
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**Discipleship Course:** this is an 8-week course, which aims to increase participants’ understanding of the Christian walk and the opportunity to connect in a small group setting. The course started in 2019 for the first time and was run by Care Pastors of Life Church. Unfortunately, due to the Covid-19 restrictions, the Discipleship Course couldn’t run in 2020.
## Life Church Special Events
Life Church holds seasonal events and meetings to gather members of the church and the general public around a specific theme, aiming to encourage individual faith and to build up the communion of the church. In 2020, these events were: **Arise, Passion and Harvest.**
**Arise** is a three-day event that takes place in January to start the new year, with three short evening services where members of the church are encouraged to focus deeper on their Christian walk through prayer and fasting and be inspired in their faith for the coming year. Arise has been an annual event since 2012 and has inspired many.
**Passion** was a second three-day event in the same format as Arise, which took place during Holy Week and ended with the Good Friday Family Communion Service. In 2020, Passion took place online, via live stream, due to the Covid-19 lockdown restrictions.
**Harvest** was also a three-day event with evening services focusing on prayer and worship and especially thanksgiving. This took place in October in-person as churches were allowed to open again for worship.
**He Said It** is a biannual event to pray for Kent and the UK. Invitations are sent to people attending other churches in Kent who have shown an interest in this area of ministry. People are encouraged by the events and, during the meetings, there are testimonies from different areas of the county. In the autumn meeting, one focus in particular was prayers for Brexit, as this was a very significant time for the United Kingdom and its future. He Said It couldn’t take place in 2020 due to the Covid-19 lockdown restrictions.
**Christmas Eve ‘Carols by Candlelit’** is an annual Christmas Eve Family service held at Life Church to celebrate the gift that God has given, that is the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ on earth. It is a service of rejoicing, packed with various segments such as Christmas Carols, children’s Christmas presentation from the Children’s Ministry and the ministration of the Word of God. Candles are lit during the last carol. This is a service that is attended by many from Folkestone and beyond, regardless of their background or yearly participation at Life Church. In 2020, the service took place in-person at Life Church.
Ladies’ and Men’s Events
**Ladies’ events:**
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These are held periodically throughout the year and are open to all. They aim to gather ladies from the church and the wider public to be inspired, create friendships and feel supported in their walk through life as ladies, daughters, sisters, mothers, grandmothers, and wives. The events are always well attended and can include breakfast events, evenings with encouraging and motivational speakers, Christmas events, and other activities.
Due to the Covid-19 restrictions, no Ladies Events were held in 2020.
## **Men’s events**
**Real Men** , the men’s ministry, developed its activities in 2019 to meet a need at Life Church with the men developing a greater bond and community, carrying each other in prayer and heart, and bringing support, faith and hope to each other as sons, brothers, fathers, grandfathers and husbands. It exists to develop a very real sense of friendship and comradery amongst men from within Life Church and the surrounding area, to see God’s image restored in and through men’s lives through Jesus Christ.
In 2020, due to the Covid-19 restrictions, the men didn’t have the opportunity to hold meetings or events, as they would normally have, such as barbecues, breakfasts, ten-pin bowling, or Christmas meal except for The Shed and Men’s Small Groups.
**The Shed** is an annual two-day event about real faith, real discipleship and real courage. In 2020, the event held in early March, prior to the Covid-19 lockdown. It welcomed 87 men from age range 16-82 years old, from various background, lifestyles, social experiences and ethnicities, and 59% of those who attended were from Life Church and 41% came from a variety of churches within Kent. The title of this event was ‘Real’, with the Senior Pastors of Life Church as speakers as well as three external guest speakers from the USA. This was the second annual event of the Shed and it produced a huge impact on those who attended. In a world where there are so many competing ideologies for what REAL manhood and masculinity looks is, it was refreshing to go back to the blueprint of scripture and see, hear and reflect on the values Jesus Christ reveals. It was an outstanding time of fellowship, prayer, worship, food, laughter, inspirational teaching and encouragement. The uplifting messages were uploaded on the Life Church website via SoundCloud for free, so anyone absent or wishing to listen to it again could do so in their own time.
**Men’s Small Groups** is a regular men’s group led by one of the church leaders in a home every two weeks. The benefit for meeting regularly in small groups in a home setting brings an informal and comfortable environment for ongoing support, encouragement, and to build a sense of community and brotherhood. The small groups are centred around seven core values such as brotherhood, discipleship, worship, prayer, teaching, mission and stewardship. In 2020, the men’s small groups have been meeting online through Zoom from March 2020 due to the Covid-19 lockdown. The attendance was ranging between 6 to 16 men
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for each session, and one of the focuses was on how to navigate through Covid19 and lockdown as a man, husband, father, friend and follower of Christ.
## Community
Life Church interacts with the wider Christian community through Churches Together Folkestone (CTF) activities, including involvement in the Winter Shelter, which brings support of many kinds to the homeless during the winter, and also through Christmas and Easter outreaches. The involvement of Life Church at the Winter Shelter is usually done through donations of food or clothing, or financial gift, and members from Life Church volunteering to help at the Shelter.
Life Church also regularly advertises various CTF events in the weekly services and monthly Life Church Infosheet.
In 2020, Life Church specifically participated in joining in **CTF events** by holding a joint service to welcome the Watoto Children’s Choir from Uganda. This event was held prior to the Covid-19 lockdown and was open for schools from the local area to participate. During the lockdown, Pastor Robert and Virginia also contributed to CTF online services.
The Life Church facilities are made available to other churches, for example for baptisms, as not all local churches have their own baptistery facilities, and also for CTF prayer meetings.
Life Church welcomes enquiries from non-church organisations for the use or hire of the facilities. In 2020 this was not practicable.
## Building Facilities
The church building has a permanent concrete ramp for wheelchair access to the main building, and a toilet facility for the disabled on the ground floor easily accessible to the wheelchair users. Life Church seeks to ensure that people have equal access to the services and facilities of the church. In 2020, plans to install a lift to access the Upper Room were still in place but couldn’t be carried forward due to the Covid-19 restrictions.
The Upper Room provides a large, multi-use space. It is used to hold Sunday morning and Friday evening youth meetings, and to host Churches Together Folkestone youth events, as well as opening up some of our Lifted Youth activity events. The Upper Room is available for use by Born Free, SLM, for prayer meetings, volunteer training sessions, and other functions as is required.
The children’s ministry enjoys dedicated and age appropriately designed rooms for the various Crèche, Jump Street and Warehouse groups. Additionally, there is a separate playroom that is also used by Jump Street and for the Babies and Toddlers group.
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There is a fully equipped kitchen on the ground floor to provide meals for the Alpha course and the various Life Church events throughout the year, or to provide light catering facilities at weddings, and on a weekly basis to welcome and serve people with tea and coffee at the end of Sunday services.
The volunteer duty car parkers prioritise the spaces nearest the building for the disabled, infirm, elderly and those with special needs. Parents with babies with up to 6 months of age are also given priority use of this area.
## Policies
Policies are in place according to the relevant authorities’ guidelines including:
- Health and Safety Policies and Procedures
- First Aid
- Fire and Evacuation
- Safeguarding
- Conflict of Interest
- Equality and Equal Opportunities
- Data Protection and GDPR
- Risk Management Policy
- Trustee Recruitment and Code of Conduct Policy
- Human Resources Policies and Procedures for employees
Life Church makes a policy to have a first aider present at church services and a nominated fire steward when the building is in use. Other appropriate policies and procedures are created as required, for example Covid-19 Risk Assessments and the associated sanitation requirements.
## Training
**Safeguarding training** is provided to everyone who works with or has contact with children or vulnerable adults within Life Church. A DBS check is required for all children and youth workers and those in positions of authority and leadership who are eligible for checks.
**Care Pastor training** is given to the Pastoral team who meet together for training four times a year, when they receive leadership training from the Senior Pastors as well as key Safeguarding and Health and Safety training. These are important times of equipping for the team as they serve and support our congregation. During 2020, only one training meeting was held due to restrictions being in place, however Senior Pastors and Leaders kept close contact with the pastoral team throughout the year.
## **II. CHILDREN’S MINISTRY**
**Curriculum**
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The Orange curriculum continues to be purchased for the children aged 20 months to 18 years for use on a Sunday morning. It combines Biblical material with practical content on life application with a large range of age-appropriate activities. The Life Church children’s leaders can choose from these to tailor the lessons to the needs of their groups. The children and youth teams continue to utilise this curriculum to provide Biblical principles in order to nurture and support the children and youth as they grow in the knowledge and expression of their faith. This also aims to support the parents as they encourage their children’s faith.
## **Sunday morning groups**
## **1. Crèche**
Crèche is for children aged 6 weeks to 19 months, and there have been between 2 and 4 of them in the group this year. Once the children reach 20 months, they move on to the Mini Bounceez group.
## **2. Jump Street**
Jump Street consists of three groups: Mini Bounceez, Bounceez and Zoom. Each group follows the age-appropriate curriculum. Resources for the activities and props for the Bible story time are prepared each week by a small team. Lesson plans and media resources are also prepared by the team for the group leaders prior to the start of each month.
**Mini Bounceez** is for children aged between 20 and 30 months and in 2020 the group size has been between 5 and 8 children. The children start the morning with a time of play and Bible story craft. They then have a short song and Bible story time before enjoying a snack time. The morning session ends with another time of play.
**Bounceez** is for children aged from 30 months to 4 years and The Bounceez group had between 10 and 15 children.
**Zoom** is for the UK school Reception and Year 1 age groups (4 - 6 years old), and the Zoom group regularly had between 18 and 24 children each week.
Both Bounceez and Zoom groups commence the morning in the playroom together, playing with the group workers and peers before moving to their classrooms to take part in activities, a short song time, Bible story and craft time catering for the age and maturity of the children.
In 2020, when the government guidance around Covid-19 prevented Life Church from providing any face-to-face ministry for the children, changes were made by offering online content.
**Jump Street Minibites** was an 11-14 minutes weekly video released on the Life Church website, YouTube and Facebook, which was split into 3 components: the
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opening welcome with fun activity, a Bible story and prayer, and the Bible story craft time and ending.
**Easter and Christmas** are normally a time of celebration and joy for the children but Life Church was unable to hold any of the annual events for the children and youth this year due to the restrictions of Covid-19.
During Easter time, an online church service was released for Good Friday with a video segment recorded for the children and Good Friday and Easter activity packs were posted to all the children to complete during the online Good Friday Family Service and Easter Day service. These packs were also added to the Life Church website for those watching remotely who wanted to access these for their children.
At Christmas time, the Children’s ministry team produced activity packs for all children attending the Christmas Eve Family Service. There was a live stage Bible story component in that service for the Jump Street and Warehouse groups.
**Celebration Sunday** is an annual Life Church event for the children moving up from Zoom to Warehouse. In 2020, due to the Covid-19 restrictions, Celebration Sunday couldn’t hold so the Life Church children’s team prepared the certificates and goodie bags for the 15 children moving up. These were personally delivered to the children after school and at the weekend. The children were very excited to receive these, and parents were appreciative of the effort that had been made to celebrate with the children.
## **3. Warehouse**
Warehouse is the group for children in UK school years 2-6 (6 - 11 years of age). There are usually 25 to 40 children that attended each week. They begin the morning session playing games, air hockey and table football with their friends and team workers. This is followed by a welcome, an ice-breaker, birthday greetings, and announcements. There is a time of worship and prayer followed by Bible stories and teachings through dramas, object lessons, and video clips. The children have really enjoyed playing on the game’s tables and with the new play equipment; most weeks the children are all gathered together outside the room, eager to get in and play with their friends at the start of the morning.
Due to the government guidance around Covid-19 in March 2020 that prevented Life Church from providing any face-to-face ministry for the children, the children’s ministry team provided pre-recorded weekly online content for the children in Warehouse.
**Warehouse TV** was a 20–30-minute weekly video also released on the Life Church social media platforms and was split into several sections, following the same pattern as their usual Sunday morning group.
In October we were unable to host our Kids Takeover annual event for the children due to the Covid-19 restrictions.
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In June, 11 of the school Year 6 children in Warehouse prepared to move to the Lifted Youth. We were unable to hold our annual Celebration Sunday in person but we prepared the Presentation Bibles and cards for the children and made a goodie bag for each of them. In the week prior to Celebration Sunday these were personally delivered to each of the children and Pastor Robert phoned each family to pray for each of the year 6 children. The families appreciated the effort that had been made try to make it a special day for the children, as it is something they look forward to each year. A video was also recorded of the Bible deliveries to the children and shared with the church during the online service during Celebration Sunday.
**The Celebration of Light** party in October was unable to be held, but the Churches Together Folkestone Kids Team pre-recorded a video that was shared on 31st October. The annual Christmas party for the children from Warehouse and Zoom was also unable to be held.
## **Life Church Baby & Toddler Group**
This group exists to provide a safe and caring environment for parents and carers of infants and toddlers. It is a time each week where the leaders are able to share the love of God practically with both the children and their parents or accompanying adults, by taking time to listen, pray and provide support for all of them and all the challenges that come with day-to-day life. We believe that each person who attends will experience the feeling of belonging, family and acceptance that we know so well within the family of Christ, and that they might come to know Christ as their own personal Lord and Saviour through the acceptance they receive.
The Baby & Toddler Group meets each Tuesday morning during term time. This group continues to attract and serve many people from the local community as well as Life Church families.
During 2020, there has been a weekly average attendance of 16 to 20 children plus adults prior to the Covid-19 lockdown. The children participate in free play, fun group activities and an interactive Bible story. The team leader has developed themes and a curriculum track for each half-term. With a rotation of themes, as well as meetings focused on crafts or messy play, the aim is to provide a curriculum that engages all children and their parents/carers. At the end of each morning, they have a song time, which includes lots of actions and moving around.
This Baby & Toddler Group has become a ‘weekly must’ for many mums, some who are raising children alone and many who do not regularly visit Church. This group has changed perceptions of Church and has proven it to be a welcoming, loving place for them. As a result of the Tuesday morning group some have attended Sunday services; something they would not have naturally done. This has been an opportunity for many parents or carers to experience and respond to the love and saving grace of God.
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The Baby and Toddler Group closed from March 2020 due to the Covid-19 restrictions. The team leader continued to be in touch through social media with the mums with links to Jump Street Mini Bites. Parents and children were still keen to keep in touch, so a Toddler Group on Zoom was set up for a term. Bible stories were shared as well as having song time, which the children loved. This was a good way to pray for the children and mums and offered an opportunity for parents to keep in touch with each other.
Baby & Toddler Group had become essential for many parents and Life Church was pleased to be able to provide the benefit of contact during lockdown.
## **Family Service**
Following the government’s guidance concerning Covid-19, the children’s and youth department made some changes to the provision of face-to-face ministry.
Besides the online content that was uploaded for the Jump Street age group and Warehouse, Life Church also held family services on Sundays to cater for all ages, from September to the beginning of November, and from end of December into 2021, in accordance to the Covid-19 guidelines. To this effect, the stage was modified to make it family friendly and the Warehouse Kids Pastor and Jump Street Kids Pastor prepared presentations on screen and using large scale interactive props and activities to share the Bible stories each week in a dynamic and engaging way. Although age appropriate for the children, it was also creative for all the members of the households who attended, with Pastor Robert sharing a short message as well.
Family Resource Boxes were prepared weekly for the children with accessories to join in the activities, and colouring sheets and puzzles to complete when not watching the stage.
Children’s ministry resumed again for a few weeks in December under Covid-19 guidance until Kent was placed in Tier 4 measures and this was stopped for the remainder of December.
## **III. YOUTH MINISTRY, known as Lifted Youth**
The Youth Pastor oversees the organisation and delivery of the Friday evening and Sunday morning programmes, with a team of youth leaders. The Youth Pastor has further developed the youth programme for Friday and Sunday with several youth team members who work alongside him.
The refurbished Upper Room has proved its worth for youth activities, including Archery tag and Posh Nosh, and gives opportunity on a Sunday for the youth to socialise together when they arrive at church, with table tennis and pool, before starting the morning service.
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## **Sunday Youth**
Sunday Youth is the Sunday morning service for all of **Lifted Youth** from School Year 7 to 13 (ages 11-18 years). The curriculum is delivered by several of the Life Church leadership team, to the 25 - 40 youth that attend each week. The morning session begins with a time of socialising with ice breaker games, leading their own time of worship and then an encouraging Bible message, ending with drinks and snacks to provide a social time for the youth and leaders to connect together.
## **Friday Night Youth**
The Friday evening programme provides a variety of social evenings with indoor archery tag, quiz evenings, beach events and so on. Friends of the Life Church youth are often invited to these evenings, and other local church youth groups are periodically invited. Each month there is also an evening called Deeper, with worship and a speaker, to encourage the youth in their walk with God. In 2020 the average attendance on Friday nights was 25 - 30.
In 2020, the Lifted Youth calendar only included one event, Found Nation, due to the Covid-19 national restrictions.
**Found Nation** is an annual two-day youth event organised and run by Lifted Youth at Life Church. The vision is to provide opportunity for youth to come together for some crazy games, build friendship with others, and experience powerful worship time and impacting Bible messages. The theme for Found Nation 2020 was ‘Trust Him’, based on the Bible verse Proverbs 3v5: ‘ _Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding’._ The theme was aim at encouraging the youth that they can trust the Lord with their lives and give all to Him. The event attracted 65 young people.
The annual events that are normally held every year such as Big Sleepover, Lifted Gateway and Christmas Posh Nosh didn’t take place in 2020 due to the government guidance on Covid-19 national restrictions.
While the Friday Night Youth meetings and gatherings couldn’t take place, the Youth Pastor and the team stayed connected with the youth every week with an online Zoom meet up. This gave everyone a chance to connect, have fun and a Bible study time. The team also posted a daily devotional booklet with a "We miss you" postcard during lockdown to all the youth to help encourage them in this difficult time.
Weekly Zoom meetings weren't easy for the youth as well as the team, and all were eager to get back to some sort of meeting as soon as possible. In September, the Friday Night Youth meetings opened again with a bubble system in place. This ran at full capacity with 30 youth, divided in two bubbles of 15 socially distanced with a 2-meter gap between bubbles. The meetings were truly inspiring and a comfort for many to be able to meet again in person. The meetings had to be put on hold in December until Easter 2021 due to the number of the youth having to isolate.
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The Lifted Youth Team continued to connect with the youth via their social media groups and also held weekly Zoom calls with them. There was a mixture of both fun activities and Bible study discussions held during the Zoom calls. Many of the youth engaged in the weekly calls and through the social media content.
## **IV. WEBSITE AND SOCIAL MEDIA**
Public benefit is also identified from the online presence of Life Church on the Internet and on social media, which aims to bring Christian encouragement to all people as valued members of society. The Trust seeks to be open to anyone wishing to connect with the life of the church and the Christian message of the Gospel.
Various channels are being used including the Life Church website and the other main social networking sites: the Life Church UK SoundCloud page, the Life Church UK YouTube channel, the Life Church UK Facebook page and the Life Church UK Instagram page, where updates, information, photos, videos and inspirational preaching about the Gospel of Jesus Christ are frequently uploaded.
Throughout 2020, Life Church increased its use of social media to keep in touch with its members and the local community and beyond with the message of hope, which is the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. Life Church has worked hard to adapt to the changes due to the Covid-19 restrictions in place. With staff taking on new roles, Life Church kept to its aims and purposes, seeking to bring encouragement and hope to as many people as could be reached in a difficult and uncertain time.
**Website:** The Life Church Website www.lifechurchuk.org was built to be accessible to everyone, worldwide, whether or not they have begun, or want to begin, a spiritual walk in Christ. It is very informative and aims to let people know about the church and the various activities that are being offered, but it is also designed to strengthen and equip believers, to empower them with the message and resources to live the Christian life. It also aims to let people know the Good News of Jesus and to give them an insight to Life Church.
The website is fresh and creative in its design, easy to navigate, and engaging. It is updated regularly with upcoming events and updated information and there is also a facility to register for courses and events. Feedback has been very positive about the site, and provides the Trust with an invaluable and financially economical tool in today’s society.
In 2020, from the start of the Covid-19 lockdown and national restrictions, the Life Church website featured the live streams or pre-recorded Sunday and Wednesday services, and daily devotionals by Pastor Robert. Throughout the year, the website was also Life Church’s main platform of information to update Life Church members about the opening and the closing of the church, per the government Covid-19 guidance. When Life Church was reopened for services, the
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website was designed to include a booking system to attend church services, in compliance with the national and regional Covid-19 guidelines.
The Life Church website has unquestionably received more visitors in 2020 than in previous years, which demonstrate the need for people to hear the message of the Gospel in times of trouble. Figures show that in 2020 the number of page views increased by 58% from 2019 to a total of 44,105, and the number of visitors increased by 53% from 2019 to a total of 8654.
**SoundCloud** : The audio messages that are uploaded on the Life Church website via SoundCloud were, up to the start of the national lockdown, also directly accessible on the SoundCloud website and mobile app, where all the messages are listed and listeners have the option to save them or create playlists from any device. This is free and there is an option for the users to download directly on their computer or devices. In 2020, from the start of the national lockdown, all messages were recorded on video and made available on the Life Church website and the Life Church YouTube Channel.
**YouTube** : Life Church has been present on YouTube for more than 10 years and features some very encouraging testimonies from the Senior Pastor and other senior staff and members of Life Church regarding the impact of the Gospel on their lives. These testimonies are still being viewed in 2020, with comments and feedback of thanks from viewers that have been truly encouraged. Most of the recordings are then being shared on the Facebook and Instagram Life Church UK pages. The top five most viewed videos of the Life Church YouTube Channel are testimonies of lives transformed by the power of God, which include the testimony of the Senior Pastor of Life Church, a testimony of healing from blindness, of a drug dealer who met Jesus Christ and other testimonies celebrating receiving the Lord Jesus Christ as their personal saviour.
In 2020 from the start of the Covid-19 national lockdown, Sundays’ and Wednesdays’ services’ messages have been recorded on video and uploaded on YouTube for the Life Church congregation to be able to join together in worship and hearing The Word, as well as giving the wider public the opportunity to access Church during the difficult days of the national lockdown. Different playlists were created with adapted content to reach out to different audiences, such as Life Church Online, Warehouse TV, Jump Street Mini-Bites, Daily Devotions, Family Service and Wednesday Evening Service.
Overall, there was a tremendous increase in YouTube views (+27%) and the number of subscribers (+40%) on the Life Church channel between 2019 and 2020. This demonstrates the interest of church members and other members of the general public staying connected with the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ through the testimonies and messages being shared by Life Church.
Total views have increased from 240,400 in 2019 to 305,900 in 2020 (+27%) Total subscribers have increased from 2916 in 2019 to 4099 in 2020 (+40%)
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**Facebook** : the Life Church UK Facebook page includes audio messages and short video clips that are uploaded form other social media sources including SoundCloud and YouTube to reach out to all the Facebook followers and online community. It provides a platform for enquiries, prayer requests and testimonies and an opening for communication with staff at Life Church. Other Facebook pages also opened by Life Church are Avenue, Lifted and the Robert Maasbach page to adapt content and reach to different audiences and groups on the Facebook community.
In 2020, due to the lockdown and the increase of Life Church messages online, the number of new followers of the Life Church UK page has increased by 390 followers They are from various locations within the UK and internationally from the EU, USA, Asia and Africa. The reach increased by 1279% and the response through clicks, comments, shares and likes (engagements) has increased by 573% between 2019 and 2020.
**Instagram** : Life Church started its activity on Instagram in March 2019. There are two Instagram pages; Life Church UK, which is for the church, and Lifted Youth UK, which is the page dedicated to the youth activities and ministry. On both pages, short video clips of various recordings and photos are being shared and commented on.
This reaches out well to the younger generation who tends to make more use of Instagram than other social networking sites. The Life Church UK page gained 27 new followers (total followers 315) and Lifted Youth UK page gained 70 new followers in 2020.
From the start of the national Covid-19 restrictions, during lockdown and throughout the rest of the year, Life Church used Instagram in addition to the other social network platforms to keep people updated and encouraged throughout the pandemic. Encouragements, devotionals, quotes and reminders were posted. There has been a marked increase in engagements throughout 2020.
## **V. LIFE CHURCH MISSIONS**
Life Church Missions has two arms – Home Missions and Missions Abroad.
**Home Missions** comprises of evangelistic projects and events in our local communities; sharing God’s love with those who live around us. Autumn Harvest, Dover Mission, Babies and Toddlers’ group and the Folkestone Winter Shelter are among the projects Life Church has supported in 2020, both financially and with volunteers.
**Autumn Harvest** is a group of volunteers from Life Church who usually visit ten local elderly residential homes twice a year to hold short services singing hymns
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or carols and bringing the Word of God at key times of the year, particularly at Easter and Christmas. As well as holding services at each home, volunteers continue the visit to bring companionship to the residents and staff; these visits are really appreciated. In 2020, due to lockdowns and restrictions, unfortunately the visits at Easter and Christmas could not take place. Autumn Harvest looks to continue these visits and services as soon as restrictions lift and homes allow.
**Dover Mission** has been supported by Life Church Missions financially and by providing leadership over the seven years that it has been established.
The purpose of the mission is to provide discipleship, encouragement and teaching of the Gospel of Jesus Christ to predominantly Slovak Roma families who have limited or no understanding of the English language. In 2020, two weekly groups were held in Dover and Folkestone throughout the year, in person up to the time of the national lockdown restrictions and then virtually. The meetings have on average 10 to 12 people attending and the meetings held in Dover had similar numbers. The meetings have attracted people from several ethnic backgrounds, which has included Slovak gypsy, Czech gypsy, African, Afro-Caribbean, British and Eastern European, particularly those who would not normally attend a church service. Some of the Slovaks and Czechs from these meetings also attend Life Church services, as simultaneous translation is available for them on Sundays.
In 2020 the focus was made clear that the Mission should be directed more towards the Slovak Roma, Czech Roma and Polish Roma people. The Mission continued what it started in 2019 to reach out to the Slovak gypsy community in Slovakia.
In January and February, the team travelled to Eastern Slovakia to build a total of five temporary houses for some of the poorest Roma families in the community. On these visits the team was able to liaise with three Roma Pastors in Eastern Slovakia, an area of Slovakia that has some of the poorest and spiritually needy families. This relationship with the local pastors opened the door for the team to access some encampments that have remained closed to outsiders. From March 2020 when the Covid-19 lockdown started, it was very challenging for the Dover Mission to continue but the Pastors in charge of the mission have been able to be in daily or weekly contact with the Roma Pastor and many Roma families in order to care for their spiritual needs. In August, the team was able to travel again for a 10-day trip and oversaw the building of two more houses, while preaching, teaching and evangelizing in churches and on camps, and visiting a great number of families. A baptismal service was also held in which 20 people were baptised. By the end of 2020, 20 temporary houses have been built and a land was acquired within Eastern Slovakia. The Dover Mission is planning to use this land to build a Social and Teaching centre with showers, toilets and facilities to assist in helping to bring a better quality of life to many Roma families.
**The Baby & Toddler group** provides an incredible opportunity to reach into our community. It also provides an opportunity to reach out to parents, young mums, single mums who are in need of someone to simply talk to, feel supported and
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experience the Love of Christ. In 2020, a number of them have starting attending Life Church.
**The Folkestone Winter Shelter** provides hot food and comfortable beds for homeless guests in the Shepway area during the cold winter months and is run by the Rainbow Centre and Churches Together Folkestone (CTF). The guests are also given support in their individual short and long-term needs. Life Church supports the Folkestone Winter Shelter every year through a donation while some of the members of the church also participate as volunteers in the running of the shelter.
Life Church Missions also supports Pastor Robert in his ministry to other churches and ministers throughout the UK.
**Missions Abroad** seeks to take the message of Jesus Christ out to those who aren’t local to Life Church. Some of the avenues and actions in 2020 for this are:
- The Life Church website and social media, which are ways that people from all around the world are accessing and listening to the messages and, as video recordings of every service have been made available in 2020, people are now also able to view content online.
- The funding of Pastor Robert’s travel to different countries, taking the message of Jesus Christ and supporting existing missions’ projects and missionaries around the world. In January 2020, Pastor Robert travelled to Moscow in Russia and to various places in the USA in the month of March before the lockdown.
- The Life Church Missions’ fund, which gave financial gifts to foreign missionary and humanitarian projects. In the period January-March 2020, the financial gifts included:
- Slovakia: £80 to help with travel for one of the Life Church members helping locals
- Dover outreach: £50 towards helping the homeless in Dover
- From March 2020 onwards, several gifts were sent to Armenia totaling £2,125 to help a local ministry bring relief to those suffering due to the 2020 ethnic and territorial Nagorno-Karabakh war
- India: £500 given to a local mission whose missionary originally came from Life Church
There were no Missions Sunday in 2020, and at this time the work of Life Church Missions was celebrated and reported to the church. On a Missions Sunday, people who support financially or give their time are thanked, plans are shared, volunteers are recruited and finances for the work are given. They are always inspirational times and engage the congregation in the work of God in actively helping others both locally and internationally.
## **VI. School of Life and Ministry**
**SLM** (School of Life and Ministry) ran again in 2020 as an evening modular course. The course runs on a 2-year cycle with modules starting in January and
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September each year, and is taught by the Senior Pastor of Life Church, Pastor Robert Maasbach and other pastors from the leadership team. Students can complete any number of modules and in any order.
SLM is designed to be as flexible, accessible and affordable to people as possible. This has been very successful with people registering every year for the first time or to continue with the next module.
In 2020, the running of the ‘New Creation Realities’ and ‘The Bible’ modules had a total of 26 people attending the sessions and 4 graduating. Most sessions are recorded and stored on SoundCloud with links provided to SLM students weekly.
This course is designed to strengthen Christians in their walk of faith and their knowledge of the Bible, as well as prepare them for service within or outside of the church and on the mission’s field. As a result of SLM, students have grown in their faith, committed themselves to serve in various position in the church as staff or volunteers, started or renewed Christian projects they had begun, and went to help communities abroad.
From the start of the Covid-19 restrictions, at the end of March 2020, SLM moved straight over online to Zoom for every session for the rest of the year. One of the benefits of holding the SLM sessions online was the opportunity to reach students from other parts of the UK and internationally. Besides the students from Life Church and the local area, students from other parts of Kent, London, Middlesex, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, and internationally in California and the Fiji Islands SLM became known of and accessible to the wider public through personto-person contact, family connections and especially through Life Church’s online and social media presence.
## **FINANCIAL REVIEW**
Despite the Covid-19 pandemic and its associated restrictions, being able to reach the regular Life Church congregation and the wider public through the comprehensive online presence enabled the donations to have only a small decrease on the previous year.
This decrease was partially offset by the lower expenditure on the regular activities normally taking place in usual circumstances.
The Trust invested in quality filming equipment and studio software to provide a good on-line experience for the public. This was able to be funded by the cash reserves already held by the Trusts.
The Trust was able to access the government Covid-19 furlough scheme for some of the employees but most staff worked through the pandemic either at home or, as necessary and when restrictions allowed, at the building. Consequently, the Trust funded 94% of salaries itself.
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The Trust began the year with a cash balance of £215,787 and ended with a cash balance of £141,721. Although this is a reduction in cash from last year, £37k was spent on new assets.
In order to lessen the impact of the national lockdown on the Trust finances an agreement was reached with the Trust’s mortgage provider to reduce payments to interest only for six months. The Trust was able to utilise the credit balance built up by previous overpayments to offset the non-repayments of capital, ensuring that that the mortgage was not in arrears at any time during the year.
The Local Authority discretionary grant was applied for, but the application was not successful. There were limited funds available to the Local Authority and the scheme was over-subscribed.
Given that 2020 was a difficult year, financially, for most organisations, the Trustees are satisfied that the decisions made were the best to further the aims of the Trust in the most unusual and uncertain circumstances.
## **Reserves Policy**
The Trustees view it as desirable to have sufficient funds to cover any short-term variation in funding. Their aim is to build up reserves in order to cover a minimum of three months fixed costs, with a longer term view to holding one year’s fixed costs as a reserve at the earliest opportunity.
While the long term liabilities to assets ratio remains at its current level, it is considered prudent to reduce liabilities as quickly as possible, whilst ensuring that the charity is able to continue operating. Therefore, any surplus funds have so far been used to reduce the long term liabilities.
Pastor Robert Maasbach is key to the life of the Church. Therefore there is in place a life insurance policy on his life to ensure that there would be sufficient funds to redeem the mortagage and continue to run the Church for one year in the event of his demise. This would give the Trustees time to consider the future of the Charity in its current form.
The Trustees regularly review the financial position of the Trust and will continue to do so.
## **Principle funding sources**
The charity’s main sources of income continue to be donations, gifts and offerings, with associated gift aid tax reclaims.
The Charity’s approach to fundraising is to teach, from time to time, the biblical principles of giving and to invite those present at a worship service to bring their tithes and offerings to the Lord. This invitation is made at services and those present are free to accept or decline the invitaton.
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There may be occasions where there is a particular need within the ministry and this will be communicated to the congregation for them to donate or not as they choose.
The Charity does not engage with any third party fund raising organisations.
No donor’s details are passed to any third party unless, and only if, the donor has voluntarily made a Gift Aid declaration and then only to HMRC for the puposes of claiming Gift Aid.
## **Investment Policy**
The Trustees have the power to invest funds in ways they see fit, provided that proper investment advice is taken. They see it as desirable that any surplus funds would be invested once the desired reserves have been established.
## **Statement of Trustees’ Responsibilities**
Charity law requires the Trustees to prepare statements of accounts for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and of its incoming resources and application of resources for that period. In preparing those financial statements, the Trustees are required to:
- select suitable accounting policies and apply them consistently;
- make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
- value assets and liabilities in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Accounting Practice by Charities;
- state whether or not the accounts have been prepared in accordance with any applicable accounting standards and statements of recommended practice and to give particulars of any material departures from those standards and practices and the reasons for such departure; and,
- prepare the financial statements on the ongoing concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in business.
The Trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which are sufficient to show and explain the charity’s transactions and to disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the Trust. The Trustees are responsible for ensuring that any statements of account comply with the Charities Act 2011 (as amended by the Charities (Protection and Social Investment) Act 2016), the Charity (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008, the requirements of the Statements of Recommended Practice (Charities SORP FRS102) and the provisions of the trust deed.
The Trustees are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
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## **This report was approved by the C4W Trustees on**
## **By Order of the Trustees**
**Robert Maasbach Trustee**
**Ben Stringer Trustee**
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**REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1101305**
## **REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES AND**
**UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS**
**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020**
## **FOR**
## **CHRIST FOR THE WORLD**
Higson APS Limited 45 Queen Street Deal Kent CT14 6EY
**CHRIST FOR THE WORLD**
## **CONTENTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020**
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|---|---|---|---|
|**Report of the Trustees**||1||
|**Independent Examiner's Report**||2||
|**Statement of Financial Activities**||3||
|**Balance Sheet**||4||
|**Notes to the Financial Statements**|5|to|11|
|**Detailed Statement of Financial Activities**|12|to|13|
**CHRIST FOR THE WORLD**
## **REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020**
The trustees present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 December 2020. The trustees have adopted the provisions of Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019).
## **STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT**
## **Governing document**
The charity is controlled by its governing document, a deed of trust and constitutes an unincorporated charity.
## **REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS Registered Charity number**
1101305
**Principal address** Bowles Well Gardens Folkestone Kent CT19 6PQ
## **Trustees**
R Maasbach B J Stringer G Cornell P M Westwell
## **Independent Examiner**
Higson APS Limited 45 Queen Street Deal Kent CT14 6EY
Approved by order of the board of trustees on ............................................. and signed on its behalf by:
........................................................................ R Maasbach - Trustee
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## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF CHRIST FOR THE WORLD**
## **Independent examiner's report to the trustees of Christ For The World**
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of Christ For The World (the Trust) for the year ended 31 December 2020.
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the charity trustees of the Trust 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 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
## **Independent examiner's statement**
Since your charity's gross income exceeded £250,000 your examiner must be a member of a listed body. I can confirm that I am qualified to undertake the examination because I am a registered member of which is one of the listed bodies.
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by section 130 of the Act; or
2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or
3. the accounts do 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.
Peter Higson
Higson APS Limited 45 Queen Street Deal Kent CT14 6EY
Date: .............................................
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## **CHRIST FOR THE WORLD**
## **STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020**
|Unrestricted
fund
Notes
£
**INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM**
Donations and legacies
268,868
**Charitable activities**
Events
2,402
School of Life & Ministry
3,834
Other trading activities
2
32
Investment income
3
163
Other income
120
**Total**
275,419
**EXPENDITURE ON**
Raising funds
1,565
**Charitable activities**
Events
5,160
Direct Charitable Expenditure
258,614
School of Life & Ministry
184
Governance Costs
64,696
**Total**
330,219
**NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)**
(54,800)
**RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS**
**Total funds brought forward**
523,564
**TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD**
468,764|Restricted
funds
£
5,000
-
-
-
-
-
5,000
-
-
5,000
-
-
5,000
-
-
-|2020
Total
funds
£
273,868
2,402
3,834
32
163
120
280,419
1,565
5,160
263,614
184
64,696
335,219
(54,800)
523,564
468,764|2019
Total
funds
£
291,343
20,679
4,685
188
521
20
317,436
2,062
31,257
286,735
269
64,936
385,259
(67,823)
591,387
523,564|
|---|---|---|---|
The notes form part of these financial statements
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## **CHRIST FOR THE WORLD**
## **BALANCE SHEET 31 DECEMBER 2020**
|Notes
**FIXED ASSETS**
Tangible assets
7
**CURRENT ASSETS**
Debtors
8
Cash at bank and in hand
**CREDITORS**
Amounts falling due within one year
9
**NET CURRENT ASSETS**
**TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT**
**LIABILITIES**
**CREDITORS**
Amounts falling due after more than one year
10
**NET ASSETS**
**FUNDS**
13
Unrestricted funds
**TOTAL FUNDS**|Unrestricted
fund
£
732,044
8,864
141,720
150,584
(17,642)
132,942
864,986
(396,222)
468,764|Restricted
funds
£
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-|2020
Total
funds
£
732,044
8,864
141,720
150,584
(17,642)
132,942
864,986
(396,222)
468,764
468,764
468,764|2019
Total
funds
£
729,048
4,670
215,787
220,457
(22,831)
197,626
926,674
(403,110)
523,564
523,564
523,564|
|---|---|---|---|---|
The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees and authorised for issue on ............................................. and were signed on its behalf by:
............................................. R Maasbach - Trustee
............................................. B J Stringer - Trustee
The notes form part of these financial statements
Page 4
**CHRIST FOR THE WORLD**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020**
## **1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES**
## **Basis of preparing the financial statements**
The financial statements of the charity, which is a public benefit entity under FRS 102, have been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) 'Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019)', Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' and the Charities Act 2011. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention, as modified by the revaluation of certain assets.
## **Income**
All income is recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities once the charity has entitlement to the funds, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably.
## **Expenditure**
Liabilities are recognised as expenditure as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to that expenditure, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefits will be required in settlement and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all cost related to the category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources.
## **Tangible fixed assets**
Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life.
|Freehold property|- 2% on cost|
|---|---|
|Fixtures and fittings|- 25% on reducing balance|
|Computer & telephone equipment|- 25% on reducing balance|
## **Taxation**
The charity is exempt from tax on its charitable activities.
## **Fund accounting**
Unrestricted funds can be used in accordance with the charitable objectives at the discretion of the trustees.
Restricted funds can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the objects of the charity. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes.
Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the financial statements.
## **2. OTHER TRADING ACTIVITIES**
|**OTHER TRADING ACTIVITIES**|||
|---|---|---|
||2020|2019|
||£|£|
|Income from trading|32|188|
continued...
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**CHRIST FOR THE WORLD**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020**
## **3. INVESTMENT INCOME**
||2020|2019|
|---|---|---|
||£|£|
|Deposit account interest|163|521|
## **4. TRUSTEES' REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS**
Employee salaries includes amounts paid to Trustees under employment contracts as follows; R Maasbach - £29,870 (2019 £29,940).
## **Trustees' expenses**
£0 of travel expenses were paid to one of the Trustees during the year (2019 - £192).
## **5. STAFF COSTS**
The average monthly number of employees during the year was as follows:
## **6.**
|Employees
No employees received emoluments in excess of £60,000.
**COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES**
Unrestricted
fund
£
**INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM**
Donations and legacies
271,339
**Charitable activities**
Events
20,679
School of Life & Ministry
4,685
Other trading activities
188
Investment income
521
Other income
20
**Total**
297,432
**EXPENDITURE ON**
Raising funds
2,062
**Charitable activities**
Events
31,257
Direct Charitable Expenditure
266,731
School of Life & Ministry
269
Governance Costs
64,936
**Total**
365,255
**NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)**
(67,823)|2020
8
Restricted
funds
£
20,004
-
-
-
-
-
20,004
-
-
20,004
-
-
20,004
-|2019
8
Total
funds
£
291,343
20,679
4,685
188
521
20
317,436
2,062
31,257
286,735
269
64,936
385,259
(67,823)|
|---|---|---|
continued...
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## **CHRIST FOR THE WORLD**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020**
|**6.**
**COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL**
**RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS**
**Total funds brought forward**
**TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD**
**7.**
**TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS**
Freehold
property
£
**COST**
At 1 January 2020
783,864
Additions
-
Disposals
(22,561)
Impairments
-
At 31 December 2020
761,303
**DEPRECIATION**
At 1 January 2020
107,584
Charge for year
9,837
Eliminated on disposal
(9,154)
At 31 December 2020
108,267
**NET BOOK VALUE**
At 31 December 2020
653,036
At 31 December 2019
676,280|**ACTIVITIES - continued**
Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
fund
funds
funds
£
£
£
591,387
-
591,387
523,564
-
523,564
Fixtures
Computer
and
& telephone
fittings
equipment
Totals
£
£
£
488,844
66,133
1,338,841
32,994
5,289
38,283
(312,514)
-
(335,075)
9,291
-
9,291
218,615
71,422
1,051,340
445,672
56,537
609,793
17,987
3,347
31,171
(312,514)
-
(321,668)
151,145
59,884
319,296
67,470
11,538
732,044
43,172
9,596
729,048|
|---|---|
The Freehold Property was professionally valued in 2012 and had a market value of £740,000. The revaluation has been included in the figures above.
If this property was showing its Historical Cost, it would have a cost of £514,386 (2019 - £514,386) and accumulated depreciation of £179,368 (2019 - £169,081).
continued...
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## **CHRIST FOR THE WORLD**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020**
## **8. DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR**
|2020
£
Other debtors
4,782
Prepayments
4,082
8,864
**9.**
**CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR**
2020
£
Trade creditors
2,247
Taxation and social security
2,184
Other creditors
13,211
17,642
**10.**
**CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE AFTER MORE THAN ONE YEAR**
2020
£
Other creditors
396,222
**11.**
**LOANS**
An analysis of the maturity of loans is given below:
2020
£
Amounts falling due within one year on demand:
Mortgage
10,823
Amounts falling between one and two years:
Mortgage
10,823
Amounts falling due between two and five years:
Mortgage
32,469
Amounts falling due in more than five years:
Repayable by instalments:
Mortgage
352,930|2019
£
4,670
-
4,670
2019
£
5,855
2,777
14,199
22,831
2019
£
403,110
2019
£
10,823
10,823
32,469
359,818|
|---|---|
continued...
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**CHRIST FOR THE WORLD**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020**
## **12. SECURED DEBTS**
The following secured debts are included within creditors:
||2020|2019|
|---|---|---|
||£|£|
|Mortgage|407,045|413,933|
The mortgage is secured on the Freehold property at Bowles Well Gardens, Folkestone.
## **13. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS**
|**Unrestricted funds**
General fund
**TOTAL FUNDS**
Net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:
**Unrestricted funds**
General fund
**Restricted funds**
Restricted Fund
**TOTAL FUNDS**
**Comparatives for movement in funds**
**Unrestricted funds**
General fund
**TOTAL FUNDS**|At 1.1.20
£
523,564
523,564
Incoming
resources
£
275,419
5,000
280,419
At 1.1.19
£
591,387
591,387|Net
movement
At
in funds
31.12.20
£
£
(54,800)
468,764
(54,800)
468,764
Resources
Movemen
expended
in funds
£
£
(330,219)
(54,800)
(5,000)
-
(335,219)
(54,800)
Net
movement
At
in funds
31.12.19
£
£
(67,823)
523,564
(67,823)
523,564|
|---|---|---|
continued...
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## **CHRIST FOR THE WORLD**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020**
## **13. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued**
Comparative net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:
|Incoming
resources
£
**Unrestricted funds**
General fund
297,432
**Restricted funds**
Restricted Fund
20,004
**TOTAL FUNDS**
317,436
A current year 12 months and prior year 12 months combined position is as follows:
At 1.1.19
£
**Unrestricted funds**
General fund
591,387
**TOTAL FUNDS**
591,387|Resources
Movement
expended
in funds
£
£
(365,255)
(67,823)
(20,004)
-
(385,259)
(67,823)
Net
movement
At
in funds
31.12.20
£
£
(122,623)
468,764
(122,623)
468,764|
|---|---|
A current year 12 months and prior year 12 months combined net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:
|**Unrestricted funds**
General fund
**Restricted funds**
Restricted Fund
**TOTAL FUNDS**|Incoming
resources
£
572,851
25,004
597,855|Resources
Movement
expended
in funds
£
£
(695,474)
(122,623)
(25,004)
-
(720,478)
(122,623)|
|---|---|---|
Closing funds are represented by the following:
||**Income & Expenditure**|||
|---|---|---|---|
|**Year Ended**|**Surplus/(Deficit)**|**HistoricRevaluation Reserve**|**TOTAL**|
|31 December 2020|£137,789|£330,975|£468,764|
|31 December 2019|£192,589|£330,975|£523,564|
continued...
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**CHRIST FOR THE WORLD**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020**
## **14. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES**
There were no related party transactions for the year ended 31 December 2020.
## **15. RESTRICTED FUNDS**
During the year, a donation was received that was restricted to cover the wages of a staff member to oversee the refurbishment of part of the building.
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**CHRIST FOR THE WORLD**
## **DETAILED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020**
|**INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS**
**Donations and legacies**
Donations, gifts & offerings
Gift aid
Grants
**Other trading activities**
Income from trading
**Investment income**
Deposit account interest
**Charitable activities**
Events
School of Life & Ministry(SLM)
**Other income**
Exchange rate gain
**Total incoming resources**
**EXPENDITURE**
**Raising donations and legacies**
Advertising
**Other trading activities**
Purchases
**Charitable activities**
Wages
Rates and water
Insurance
Light and heat
Telephone, fax & broadband
Post, stationery & equipment
Sundries
Speaker, Alms & mission gifts
Travel & subsistence
Property maintenance costs
Events
Catering
Children's Ministry
Training & subscriptions
Carried forward|2020
£
235,012
26,866
11,990
273,868
32
163
2,402
3,834
6,236
120
280,419
1,565
-
163,429
1,168
6,851
7,886
4,013
27,217
1,198
6,814
2,401
7,238
5,160
2,459
1,769
-
237,603|2019
£
263,624
27,719
-
291,343
188
521
20,679
4,685
25,364
20
317,436
2,041
21
164,937
2,557
5,972
10,030
5,247
26,086
1,630
14,595
14,902
7,995
31,257
4,296
2,480
43
292,027|
|---|---|---|
This page does not form part of the statutory financial statements
Page 12
## **CHRIST FOR THE WORLD**
## **DETAILED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020**
|**Charitable activities**
Brought forward
School of Life & Ministry(SLM)
Freehold property
Depn of furniture & equipment
Depn of computer & tel equip
**Support costs**
**Governance costs**
Wages
Sundry finance costs
Accountancy
Legal & professional fees
Mortgage
Total resources expended
**Net expenditure**|2020
£
237,603
184
9,837
17,987
3,347
268,958
36,297
6,506
1,590
1,676
18,627
64,696
335,219
(54,800)|2019
£
292,027
269
9,715
14,390
1,860
318,261
39,073
1,848
2,070
2,717
19,228
64,936
385,259
(67,823)|
|---|---|---|
This page does not form part of the statutory financial statements
Page 13
**REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1101305**
## **REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES AND**
**UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS**
**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020**
## **FOR**
## **CHRIST FOR THE WORLD**
Higson APS Limited 45 Queen Street Deal Kent CT14 6EY
**CHRIST FOR THE WORLD**
## **CONTENTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020**
|||**Page**||
|---|---|---|---|
|**Report of the Trustees**||1||
|**Independent Examiner's Report**||2||
|**Statement of Financial Activities**||3||
|**Balance Sheet**||4||
|**Notes to the Financial Statements**|5|to|11|
|**Detailed Statement of Financial Activities**|12|to|13|
**CHRIST FOR THE WORLD**
## **REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020**
The trustees present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 December 2020. The trustees have adopted the provisions of Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019).
## **STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT**
## **Governing document**
The charity is controlled by its governing document, a deed of trust and constitutes an unincorporated charity.
## **REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS Registered Charity number**
1101305
**Principal address** Bowles Well Gardens Folkestone Kent CT19 6PQ
## **Trustees**
R Maasbach B J Stringer G Cornell P M Westwell
## **Independent Examiner**
Higson APS Limited 45 Queen Street Deal Kent CT14 6EY
Approved by order of the board of trustees on ............................................. and signed on its behalf by:
........................................................................ R Maasbach - Trustee
Page 1
## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF CHRIST FOR THE WORLD**
## **Independent examiner's report to the trustees of Christ For The World**
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of Christ For The World (the Trust) for the year ended 31 December 2020.
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the charity trustees of the Trust 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 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
## **Independent examiner's statement**
Since your charity's gross income exceeded £250,000 your examiner must be a member of a listed body. I can confirm that I am qualified to undertake the examination because I am a registered member of which is one of the listed bodies.
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by section 130 of the Act; or
2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or
3. the accounts do 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.
Peter Higson
Higson APS Limited 45 Queen Street Deal Kent CT14 6EY
Date: .............................................
Page 2
## **CHRIST FOR THE WORLD**
## **STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020**
|Unrestricted
fund
Notes
£
**INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM**
Donations and legacies
268,868
**Charitable activities**
Events
2,402
School of Life & Ministry
3,834
Other trading activities
2
32
Investment income
3
163
Other income
120
**Total**
275,419
**EXPENDITURE ON**
Raising funds
1,565
**Charitable activities**
Events
5,160
Direct Charitable Expenditure
258,614
School of Life & Ministry
184
Governance Costs
64,696
**Total**
330,219
**NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)**
(54,800)
**RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS**
**Total funds brought forward**
523,564
**TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD**
468,764|Restricted
funds
£
5,000
-
-
-
-
-
5,000
-
-
5,000
-
-
5,000
-
-
-|2020
Total
funds
£
273,868
2,402
3,834
32
163
120
280,419
1,565
5,160
263,614
184
64,696
335,219
(54,800)
523,564
468,764|2019
Total
funds
£
291,343
20,679
4,685
188
521
20
317,436
2,062
31,257
286,735
269
64,936
385,259
(67,823)
591,387
523,564|
|---|---|---|---|
The notes form part of these financial statements
Page 3
## **CHRIST FOR THE WORLD**
## **BALANCE SHEET 31 DECEMBER 2020**
|Notes
**FIXED ASSETS**
Tangible assets
7
**CURRENT ASSETS**
Debtors
8
Cash at bank and in hand
**CREDITORS**
Amounts falling due within one year
9
**NET CURRENT ASSETS**
**TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT**
**LIABILITIES**
**CREDITORS**
Amounts falling due after more than one year
10
**NET ASSETS**
**FUNDS**
13
Unrestricted funds
**TOTAL FUNDS**|Unrestricted
fund
£
732,044
8,864
141,720
150,584
(17,642)
132,942
864,986
(396,222)
468,764|Restricted
funds
£
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-|2020
Total
funds
£
732,044
8,864
141,720
150,584
(17,642)
132,942
864,986
(396,222)
468,764
468,764
468,764|2019
Total
funds
£
729,048
4,670
215,787
220,457
(22,831)
197,626
926,674
(403,110)
523,564
523,564
523,564|
|---|---|---|---|---|
The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees and authorised for issue on ............................................. and were signed on its behalf by:
............................................. R Maasbach - Trustee
............................................. B J Stringer - Trustee
The notes form part of these financial statements
Page 4
**CHRIST FOR THE WORLD**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020**
## **1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES**
## **Basis of preparing the financial statements**
The financial statements of the charity, which is a public benefit entity under FRS 102, have been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) 'Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019)', Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' and the Charities Act 2011. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention, as modified by the revaluation of certain assets.
## **Income**
All income is recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities once the charity has entitlement to the funds, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably.
## **Expenditure**
Liabilities are recognised as expenditure as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to that expenditure, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefits will be required in settlement and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all cost related to the category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources.
## **Tangible fixed assets**
Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life.
|Freehold property|- 2% on cost|
|---|---|
|Fixtures and fittings|- 25% on reducing balance|
|Computer & telephone equipment|- 25% on reducing balance|
## **Taxation**
The charity is exempt from tax on its charitable activities.
## **Fund accounting**
Unrestricted funds can be used in accordance with the charitable objectives at the discretion of the trustees.
Restricted funds can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the objects of the charity. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes.
Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the financial statements.
## **2. OTHER TRADING ACTIVITIES**
|**OTHER TRADING ACTIVITIES**|||
|---|---|---|
||2020|2019|
||£|£|
|Income from trading|32|188|
continued...
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**CHRIST FOR THE WORLD**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020**
## **3. INVESTMENT INCOME**
||2020|2019|
|---|---|---|
||£|£|
|Deposit account interest|163|521|
## **4. TRUSTEES' REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS**
Employee salaries includes amounts paid to Trustees under employment contracts as follows; R Maasbach - £29,870 (2019 £29,940).
## **Trustees' expenses**
£0 of travel expenses were paid to one of the Trustees during the year (2019 - £192).
## **5. STAFF COSTS**
The average monthly number of employees during the year was as follows:
## **6.**
|Employees
No employees received emoluments in excess of £60,000.
**COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES**
Unrestricted
fund
£
**INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM**
Donations and legacies
271,339
**Charitable activities**
Events
20,679
School of Life & Ministry
4,685
Other trading activities
188
Investment income
521
Other income
20
**Total**
297,432
**EXPENDITURE ON**
Raising funds
2,062
**Charitable activities**
Events
31,257
Direct Charitable Expenditure
266,731
School of Life & Ministry
269
Governance Costs
64,936
**Total**
365,255
**NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)**
(67,823)|2020
8
Restricted
funds
£
20,004
-
-
-
-
-
20,004
-
-
20,004
-
-
20,004
-|2019
8
Total
funds
£
291,343
20,679
4,685
188
521
20
317,436
2,062
31,257
286,735
269
64,936
385,259
(67,823)|
|---|---|---|
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## **CHRIST FOR THE WORLD**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020**
|**6.**
**COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL**
**RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS**
**Total funds brought forward**
**TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD**
**7.**
**TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS**
Freehold
property
£
**COST**
At 1 January 2020
783,864
Additions
-
Disposals
(22,561)
Impairments
-
At 31 December 2020
761,303
**DEPRECIATION**
At 1 January 2020
107,584
Charge for year
9,837
Eliminated on disposal
(9,154)
At 31 December 2020
108,267
**NET BOOK VALUE**
At 31 December 2020
653,036
At 31 December 2019
676,280|**ACTIVITIES - continued**
Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
fund
funds
funds
£
£
£
591,387
-
591,387
523,564
-
523,564
Fixtures
Computer
and
& telephone
fittings
equipment
Totals
£
£
£
488,844
66,133
1,338,841
32,994
5,289
38,283
(312,514)
-
(335,075)
9,291
-
9,291
218,615
71,422
1,051,340
445,672
56,537
609,793
17,987
3,347
31,171
(312,514)
-
(321,668)
151,145
59,884
319,296
67,470
11,538
732,044
43,172
9,596
729,048|
|---|---|
The Freehold Property was professionally valued in 2012 and had a market value of £740,000. The revaluation has been included in the figures above.
If this property was showing its Historical Cost, it would have a cost of £514,386 (2019 - £514,386) and accumulated depreciation of £179,368 (2019 - £169,081).
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## **CHRIST FOR THE WORLD**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020**
## **8. DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR**
|2020
£
Other debtors
4,782
Prepayments
4,082
8,864
**9.**
**CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR**
2020
£
Trade creditors
2,247
Taxation and social security
2,184
Other creditors
13,211
17,642
**10.**
**CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE AFTER MORE THAN ONE YEAR**
2020
£
Other creditors
396,222
**11.**
**LOANS**
An analysis of the maturity of loans is given below:
2020
£
Amounts falling due within one year on demand:
Mortgage
10,823
Amounts falling between one and two years:
Mortgage
10,823
Amounts falling due between two and five years:
Mortgage
32,469
Amounts falling due in more than five years:
Repayable by instalments:
Mortgage
352,930|2019
£
4,670
-
4,670
2019
£
5,855
2,777
14,199
22,831
2019
£
403,110
2019
£
10,823
10,823
32,469
359,818|
|---|---|
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## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020**
## **12. SECURED DEBTS**
The following secured debts are included within creditors:
||2020|2019|
|---|---|---|
||£|£|
|Mortgage|407,045|413,933|
The mortgage is secured on the Freehold property at Bowles Well Gardens, Folkestone.
## **13. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS**
|**Unrestricted funds**
General fund
**TOTAL FUNDS**
Net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:
**Unrestricted funds**
General fund
**Restricted funds**
Restricted Fund
**TOTAL FUNDS**
**Comparatives for movement in funds**
**Unrestricted funds**
General fund
**TOTAL FUNDS**|At 1.1.20
£
523,564
523,564
Incoming
resources
£
275,419
5,000
280,419
At 1.1.19
£
591,387
591,387|Net
movement
At
in funds
31.12.20
£
£
(54,800)
468,764
(54,800)
468,764
Resources
Movemen
expended
in funds
£
£
(330,219)
(54,800)
(5,000)
-
(335,219)
(54,800)
Net
movement
At
in funds
31.12.19
£
£
(67,823)
523,564
(67,823)
523,564|
|---|---|---|
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## **CHRIST FOR THE WORLD**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020**
## **13. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued**
Comparative net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:
|Incoming
resources
£
**Unrestricted funds**
General fund
297,432
**Restricted funds**
Restricted Fund
20,004
**TOTAL FUNDS**
317,436
A current year 12 months and prior year 12 months combined position is as follows:
At 1.1.19
£
**Unrestricted funds**
General fund
591,387
**TOTAL FUNDS**
591,387|Resources
Movement
expended
in funds
£
£
(365,255)
(67,823)
(20,004)
-
(385,259)
(67,823)
Net
movement
At
in funds
31.12.20
£
£
(122,623)
468,764
(122,623)
468,764|
|---|---|
A current year 12 months and prior year 12 months combined net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:
|**Unrestricted funds**
General fund
**Restricted funds**
Restricted Fund
**TOTAL FUNDS**|Incoming
resources
£
572,851
25,004
597,855|Resources
Movement
expended
in funds
£
£
(695,474)
(122,623)
(25,004)
-
(720,478)
(122,623)|
|---|---|---|
Closing funds are represented by the following:
||**Income & Expenditure**|||
|---|---|---|---|
|**Year Ended**|**Surplus/(Deficit)**|**HistoricRevaluation Reserve**|**TOTAL**|
|31 December 2020|£137,789|£330,975|£468,764|
|31 December 2019|£192,589|£330,975|£523,564|
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## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020**
## **14. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES**
There were no related party transactions for the year ended 31 December 2020.
## **15. RESTRICTED FUNDS**
During the year, a donation was received that was restricted to cover the wages of a staff member to oversee the refurbishment of part of the building.
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## **DETAILED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020**
|**INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS**
**Donations and legacies**
Donations, gifts & offerings
Gift aid
Grants
**Other trading activities**
Income from trading
**Investment income**
Deposit account interest
**Charitable activities**
Events
School of Life & Ministry(SLM)
**Other income**
Exchange rate gain
**Total incoming resources**
**EXPENDITURE**
**Raising donations and legacies**
Advertising
**Other trading activities**
Purchases
**Charitable activities**
Wages
Rates and water
Insurance
Light and heat
Telephone, fax & broadband
Post, stationery & equipment
Sundries
Speaker, Alms & mission gifts
Travel & subsistence
Property maintenance costs
Events
Catering
Children's Ministry
Training & subscriptions
Carried forward|2020
£
235,012
26,866
11,990
273,868
32
163
2,402
3,834
6,236
120
280,419
1,565
-
163,429
1,168
6,851
7,886
4,013
27,217
1,198
6,814
2,401
7,238
5,160
2,459
1,769
-
237,603|2019
£
263,624
27,719
-
291,343
188
521
20,679
4,685
25,364
20
317,436
2,041
21
164,937
2,557
5,972
10,030
5,247
26,086
1,630
14,595
14,902
7,995
31,257
4,296
2,480
43
292,027|
|---|---|---|
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## **CHRIST FOR THE WORLD**
## **DETAILED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020**
|**Charitable activities**
Brought forward
School of Life & Ministry(SLM)
Freehold property
Depn of furniture & equipment
Depn of computer & tel equip
**Support costs**
**Governance costs**
Wages
Sundry finance costs
Accountancy
Legal & professional fees
Mortgage
Total resources expended
**Net expenditure**|2020
£
237,603
184
9,837
17,987
3,347
268,958
36,297
6,506
1,590
1,676
18,627
64,696
335,219
(54,800)|2019
£
292,027
269
9,715
14,390
1,860
318,261
39,073
1,848
2,070
2,717
19,228
64,936
385,259
(67,823)|
|---|---|---|
This page does not form part of the statutory financial statements
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