re provides cooked meal: breakfast and lunch, Laundry seryices and Shower services and lathes. e Centre also serve as a sign Flost for other seThice providers such as the Waltham Forest Drug and Team, Turnin8 Point, etc. ment of Trustees, Responsibilities -slee5 are responsible for preparing the trustees, report and financial statements in rtance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom a5ty Accepted Accounting Practice). The Charities Act requires the Trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and of the surplus or deficit of the for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the trustees a requested to: )et suitable accounting policles and then apply them consistentlv,. judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent,.
7_e whether applicable accounting standards and statements of recommended practice have been It*ed. subject to any departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements- '. e the fir)ancial statements on ihe going concern tmsiswnless it ts Inapp7Dpriate tty presum r the charity will continue&)operatian. Trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records, which disclose with reasonable .racy at any time the financial position of the charity and to enable them to ensure that the frar731 statements comply with the Charities Art. They are also responsible for safeguarding the aSseiS of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud r¢ other irregularities. -d)(9 7f c4ashade Ajiboye Trustee
Annual Report and Financial Statements
31 August 2023
A registered Charity; Charity Number 1108499 (England and Wales)
| Reports | |
|---|---|
| Reference and Administrative | |
| Details | 1 |
| Financial Statements | |
| Statement of Financial Activities | 9 |
| Balance Sheet | 11 |
| Basis of accounting | 12 |
| Notes to financial statements | 14 |
Trustees
As at date of financial statements approval Folashade Ajiboye (Chair) Yemi Atanda Mark Amadi
Church Pastor: Mark Amadi
Registered office Fountain of Peace Ministries
Fountain House Arcany Road, South Ockedon. RM15 5SX
Charity number 1108499 (England and Wales)
Bankers: HSBC Bank 190 Deptford High Street London SE8 4RQA
Trustees
The following trustees are currently in office and served throughout the year, except where shown.
Changes in the year
Trustee
Mark Amadi is the only trustee that received any remuneration in respect of their duties as a fulltime pastor and head of the church from the Church during the year (2022 – 2023). He is the Church Pastor.
OBJECTS, AIMS, OBJECTIVES AND PRINCIPAL ACITIVITES
The objectives of FOP are:
To advance the Christian religion for the public benefit in accordance with the doctrines of our Lord Jesus Christ, through the holding of prayer meetings, lectures, evangelism, distributing of literature and tracts, broadcasting, education, community social work and such charitable means as the trustees consider appropriate.
The relief of poverty by such charitable means as the trustees consider appropriate. The principal activities of the church are Christian worship; Christian outreach program is to increase Christian awareness and to spread the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ and the development of the whole man, spiritually, mentally, healthily and physically. The Ministry has quite a few ministries and host of volunteers who assist in helping us achieve our objectives.
The charitable and fund-raising activities in the organization are borne out of the mission statement. The mission which inter alia is to “empower all nation, all creed, and all race and changing lives for Gods kingdom”. The strategy for realizing these objectives is stated in “term of giving to the different core ministries of the church.
Among these ministries are the: Administrative College (Church administrative management) Believers’ College (New Entrants and Welfare) Children Ministry Faculty of Nehemiah Faculty of Research and Development Fountain Financial College Fountain Pastoral Leadership Academy Gabriel Chancery Men Ministry Royal college of Ministers (Academic College) Royal Fountain Choir School of Apologetics (Bible Study) School of Retreat Women Ministry See our website: www.fountainofpeace.org for more details
Activities and Achievements in the period
The charity ministers and renders services to the needs of various social and cultural groups within and outside the church. FOP holds it services and most of its social supports works at a leased premise at 3 Staffa Road, Leyton, London, E10 7PY.
FOP provides forum for empowerment and development for members to be equipped educationally, socially and spiritually through its center of excellence.
FOP offers various counselling and prayer sessions to the needy, unemployed and educational and makes referral whenever the need arises.
Fountain of Peace Ministries has continued to introduce programs geared towards the development of the whole man and the community.
FOP is able to reach members of the community using different methods of empowerment, such as leafleting (Gun and Knife crime flyers, Crime Prevention) programmes (Leadership, Team- Playing and Career Development Programmes) Concerts and events (such as “Atmosphere for Empowerment” “ Kingdom Joy Conference”, AlphaFest” etc.). During the year in review, the ministry was also able to carry out empowerment programmes using the different leadership lectures covering issues that are core to the development and advancement of members and the community at large
During the year under review, legal/immigrations lectures in conjunction with solicitors from the community were organised, which contributed immensely to people understanding the Law and the environs
We are happy to say these programmes have been 100% successful. These have created positive impact in social, spiritual, economic, career and character development to break the stronghold of poverty and unemployment amongst members and the public.
Spiritual & evangelical Achievement
Fountain of Peace under the year in review has produced and is still producing great ministers of God who are impacting the community in social works
FOP has one of the highest levels of innovation and translational prophecy substratum within the Christendom
FOP witnessed a high level of converting spirituality into strategic entrepreneurial development thereby empowering all to live a fulfilled life as stated by God FOP serves as satellite Prayer line station of United Christian Broadcasting (UCB)
Ecumenical Achievements
Visited hospitals and care homes where gifts were presented.
The Family Day event was a huge success as it also attracted members of the public and formed a source of revenue to small businesses.
Social and Community Outreach Programme Achievements.
The Fountain Day Centre has since its existence created positive influence in Hackney and Waltham Forest Borough.
The center offers social services such as rehabilitation, social and emotional, counselling services, vocational and educational, developmental legal, nurse services and life skill support programmes.
The Centre provides cooked meal; breakfast and lunch, Laundry services and Shower services and supply clothes.
The Centre also serve as a sign post for other service providers such as the Waltham Forest Drug and Alcohol Team, Turning Point, etc.
Statement of Trustees' Responsibilities
The trustees are responsible for preparing the trustees’ report and financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
The Charities Act requires the Trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and of the surplus or deficit of the charity for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the trustees are requested to:
Select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently; Make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
State whether applicable accounting standards and statements of recommended practice have been followed, subject to any departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements; Prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in operation.
The Trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records, which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act. They 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.
Folashade Ajiboye Trustee
The Purpose of the System of Internal Control
The system of internal control is designed to manage risk to a reasonable level rather than to eliminate all risk of failure to achieve policies, aims and objectives; it can therefore only provide reasonable and not absolute assurance of effectiveness. The system of internal control is based on an on-going process designed to identify and prioritize the risks to the achievement of charity’s policies, aims and objectives, to evaluate the likelihood of those risks being realized and the impact should they be realized, and to manage them efficiently, effectively and economically. The system of internal control is in place in Fountain of Peace Ministries for the year ended 31 August 2023 and up to the date of approval of the annual report and financial statements.
Capacity to Handle Risk
The Trustees has reviewed the key risks to which the charity is exposed together with the operating, financial and compliance controls that have been implemented to mitigate those risks. The trustees are of the view that there is a formal on-going process for identifying, evaluating and managing the charity’s significant risks that has been in place for the year ending 31 August 2023 and up to the date of approval of the annual report and financial statements. This process is regularly reviewed by the board of trustees.
INCOME STATEMENT
| UNRESRICTED | RESTRICTED | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NOTES | GENERAL FUNDS |
GENERAL FUNDS | TOTAL FUNDS | TOTAL FUNDS | |
| 2023 | 2022 |
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| £ | £ | £ |
£ | ||
| Incoming Resources from | |||||
| General Funds | |||||
| Voluntary Income | 2 | 38,689 | 38,689 |
31,819 |
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| Other Government Grants | 3 | 32,654 |
32,654 | 34,529 |
|
| Tithe & Offering | 4 | 123,474 |
123,474 | 188,831 |
|
| Income from charitable activities | 85,904 | 85,904 | 81,596 |
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| TOTAL INCOMING RESOURCES | 242,032 | 38,689 | 280,721 | 336,775 | |
| RESOURCES EXPENDED: COST | |||||
| OF GENERATING | |||||
| VOULUNTARY INCOME | |||||
| CHARITIES ACTIVITIES | 5 | 240,456 | 240,019 |
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| GOVERNANCE COSTS | 6 | 700 | 4,200 |
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| 241,156 | 244,219 |
NET INCOMING before transfers, & other gains and loses
| NET INCOMINGbefore transfers, & other gains and |
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|---|---|---|
| loses | 39,565 | 92,556 |
| 39,565 | 92,556 | |
| NET MOVEMENT IN FUNDS | ||
| Fund Balances brought forward | ||
| as at 1 September 2022 | 439,773 | 347,217 |
| Fund Balances carried forward | ||
| as at 31st August 2023 | 479,338 | 439,773 |
| BALANCE SHEET | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2022 | |
| £ | £ | |
| CURRENT ASSETS | ||
| CASH AT BANK & IN HAND | 255,295 | 439,773 |
| PREPAYMENTS (Deposit towards purchase of | ||
| building) | 224,043 | |
| Total Current Assets | 479,338 | 439,773 |
| LIABILITIES | ||
| CREDITORS: amounts falling due within one year | ||
| Net Current Assets | 479,338 | 439,773 |
| Total Assets less Current Liabilities | 479,338 | 439,773 |
| NET ASSETS | 479,338 | 439,773 |
| Pension Scheme Asset/(Liabilities) | ||
| NET ASSETS excluding pension liability | 479,338 | 439,773 |
| Total Net Assets | 479,338 | 439,773 |
|---|---|---|
| Represented by: | ||
| FUNDS AND RESERVES | ||
| Restricted Funds | 118,267 | 220,000 |
| Unrestricted Funds | 361,071 | 219,773 |
| Reserves | ||
| Total Reserves | 479,338 | 439,773 |
The financial statements on pages 9 to 16 were approved by the Trustees and signed on their behalf by:
Folashade Ajiboye Trustee
Approved on: August 2024
NOTES TO THE ACCOUNT
Basis of Accounting
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention and in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006. Applicable accounting standards and SORP 2005 have been followed in these financial statements.
Incoming resources Grants receivable
Grants are included in the statement of financial activities on an accrual's basis. The balance of income received for specific purposes but not matched to relevant expenditure during the period is shown in the restricted income fund on the balance sheet. For grants provided to fund fixed assets, this includes the net book value of assets acquired.
Gifts in kind
Gifts in kind provided to the Church are recognised in the statement of financial activities at their value to the Church, as determined by the trustees, in the period in which they are receivable, and where the benefit is both quantifiable and material.
Interest receivable
Interest receivable is included within the statement of financial activities on an accruals basis. Resources expended and the basis of apportioning costs Resources expended are recognised in the period in which they are incurred and include irrecoverable VAT. They have been classified under headings that aggregate all costs relating to that activity.
Allocation of costs
In accordance with the SORP 2005, expenditure has been analysed between the Church’s charitable activities and governance. Items of expenditure which involve more than one cost category have been apportioned on a reasonable, justifiable and consistent basis for the cost category concerned.
Governance costs
Governance costs include the costs attributable to the Church’s compliance with constitutional and statutory requirements, including audit, strategic management and trustee’s meetings and reimbursed expenses.
Tangible fixed assets All assets costing more than £1,000 and with an expected useful life exceeding one year are capitalised.
Depreciation is charged on a straight-line basis beginning in the year in which the asset is brought into use at the following annual rates:
Furniture and fittings 20% p.a. ICT Equipment 33% p.a.
Where fixed assets have been acquired with the aid of specific grants, they are included in the balance sheet at cost and are depreciated over their expected useful economic life. The related grants are credited to a restricted fixed asset fund (in the statement of financial activities and carried forward in the balance sheet). The depreciation on such assets is charged in the statement of financial activities over the expected useful economic life of the related asset on a basis consistent with the depreciation policy.
Fund accounting
The unrestricted general fund represents those monies which are freely available for application towards achieving any charitable purpose that falls within the Church’s charitable objects.
Restricted funds comprise monies raised for, or their use restricted to, a specific purpose, or contributions subject to donor-imposed conditions.
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| VOLUNTARY | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| INCOME | 2023 | 2022 | ||
| Unrestricted Funds | Restricted Funds Total Funds (£) Total Funds (£) | |||
| Donations | 38,689 | 38,689 | 31,819 | |
| 38,689 | 31,819 | |||
| GOVERNMENT | ||||
| GRANTS | 2023 | 2022 | ||
| Unrestricted Funds | Restricted Funds Total Funds (£) Total Funds (£) | |||
| HMRC- GIFT AID | 32,654 | 32,654 | 34,529 | |
| 32,654 | 34,529 |
4.Tithe and Offering
| 2023 | 2022 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Unrestricted Funds Restricted Funds Total Funds (£) | Total Funds (£) | ||
| TITHE & OFFERING | 123,474 | 123,474 | 188,831 |
| 123,474 | 188,831 |
5. CHARITIES ACTIVITIES
| 2023 | 2022 | |
|---|---|---|
| £ |
£ | |
| Audio visual & IT expenses | 6,017.99 | 3,017 |
| General administration | 7,828.24 | 13,992 |
| Insurance | 1,827.17 | 3,222 |
| Leadership training and development | 1,900 | 3,600 |
| Legal fees | 7,636 | 3,500 |
| Missionary activities | 1,426.68 |
10,657 |
| Power and light | 6,963 | 6,308 |
| Printing & communications | 2,547 | 2,100 |
| Programmes & events | 15,583.33 | 39,914 |
| Rent | 136,911.15 | 90,256 |
| Repair & maintenance | 1,143 | 5,320 |
| Salaries & wages | 31,590 | 34,750 |
| Transportation | 7,183 | 6,503 |
| Water & Waste Management | 3,500.29 | 3,700 |
| Welfare | 12,990 | 7,060 |
| Social, Community Integration & Other | ||
| Charitable Expenses | 1,427 | 6,120 |
| 246,473.85 | 240,019 |
| 6. | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2022 | ||
| GOVERNANCE COST |
£ | £ | |
| Legal Fees | 3,500 | ||
| Auditors Remuneration | 700 | 700 | |
| 700 | 4,200 | ||
| 7. | |||
| 2023 | 2022 | ||
| £ |
£ | ||
| (Deficit)/surplus on continuing operations | 33,547 | 92,556 | |
| after depreciation of assets & valuation | |||
| Depreciation | |||
| Interest Receivable | |||
| (Increase)/Decrease In Debtors | |||
| Increase/ (Decrease) In Creditors | |||
| Net Cash Flow from Operating Activities | 33,547 | 92,556 |
| 8. Prepayments | £ | |
|---|---|---|
| Acquisition Cost (Deposit) | 205,233 | |
| Legal fees | 11,810 | |
| Land Registration | 7,000 | |
| Total Tangible Assets | 224,043 |
INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2023 VIDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF FOUNTAIN OF PEACE MINISTRIES JIEFKr. on the finanaal statements of the church for the year ended 31 August * accompanyin8 notes which are set out on pages 9 to 16. IESPECnVE RESPONSIBILITIES OF TRUSTEES AND EXAMINER E churchs Trustees are responsible for the preparation of the financial i*mts, and they consider that an audit is not ryuired for this year unaer . 144(?) OE the Clwrities ALt 3)1 l (the 2011 Act) ,that afft independent e¥-on is needed. mi" rèiponsibility to: . crLe the financial statements under section 145 of the 2011 Act; . xkn. the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Lrru'>>ion under 14-{i)(b) of the 2011 Act; and <ate i%"hether particular matters have come to my attention. S OF INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT Jér aamination was carried out in accordance with the general Directions given charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting kept by the church and a cOmparin of the financial Statements ..ted ivith those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items .Y 10sureS in the finanaal statements and seeking explanations from you as "ti concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not Tside all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no -Trion is given as to whether the financial statements present a 'true and fair VYo- and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.
EXAMINER'S STATEMENT ith MN" examination, no matter has come to my attention: -e* me reasonable cause to beliei'e that in any materÉal respect the • &iiiunting records in accordance with sectton 130 of the 2011 Act: and • e tinanaal statements which accord with the accounting records and _ WIT thè accounting requirements of the 2011 Act have not been met: or KS •• fv-_" n in mi. opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enhan a tanding of the finanaal statements. Datthl: 13 Xoirember 2024. FCCL FC LEN D.INIELS CONSULTING LTD a[b)ur Lane io