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2023-12-31-accounts

Alive Believers Centre

259-261 Boaler Street Liverpool L69DH

. Reg Charity 1119924

Financial Statements

31 December 2023

Alive Believers Centre Reg.Charity1119924

Financial Statements

For the Year Ended 31 December 2023

Contents

Page
Contents 2
Administrative Information 3
Trustees’ Report 6
Structure of the Charity 6
Structure of Administration 6
Significant Issues &Landmark 7
Future Projection 10
Declaration & Signature 11
Independent Examiners’ Report 12
Statement of Financial Activities 13
Balance Sheet 14
Notes to the Financial Statements 16

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Alive Believers Centre Reg.Charity1119924

Alive Believers Centre is also known as Rainbow Community, derived from our multi-culturality and diversity

Registered Charity Number:

1119924

Period of the Report 01 January 2023 – 31 December 2023

Charity’s Principal Address Charity’s Place of Operation 259-261 Boaler Street 259-261 Boaler Street Fairfield/Kensington Fairfield/Kensington LiverpoolL69DH LiverpoolL6 9DH

Charity’s Contact Details Telephone: 0151-261-9161 Email:alive.believers@yahoo.co.uk

Description of the Charity

The Charity’s objectives are:

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Rainbow Community Services

Rainbow 50 Plus Older People Rainbow Kids & Teens Club Rainbow Community Choir

Rainbow Youth Forum

259-261 Boaler Street Liverpool L6 9DH United Kingdom alive.believers@yahoo.co.uk

2023 Highlights

Chair-based Exercises Health & Wellbeing Talks Healthy Eating at a Budget Action Against Children Exploitation Telephone Befriender Service Keep Kensington Clean

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Alive Believers Centre Reg.Charity1119924

Trustees and Governance

Names of Trustees Dates during which Office Held the named trustee acted (if not for the whole period covered by the report)

Dr Abel Kehinde Adegoke- Chairman Dr Olaposi Simeon Kehinde Dr Victor Ebenuwa Dr Babatunde Ogunbiyi- Secretary

Trustees are appointed at Annual General Meetings. Trustees have the authority to co-opt other people as trustees during the year for the remainder of the year.

Bankers Lloyds TSB Liverpool Law Courts PO Box 1000 BX1 1LT

Independent Examiners TAMACS Management Accounting Solutions 12 Ashleigh Drive Sheffield S12 2SA

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Alive Believers Centre Reg.Charity1119924

Trustees Report for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

Organisational Structure, Activities and Achievements

Structure of the Charity

Trustees and the Cardinal Objectives of the Charity

Board of Trustees remains the first administrative level in Alive Believers Centre. Trustees are made up of members listed on page 5 of this report. They design, set and coordinate policies, strategies, activities and administrative structure for running the charity. They are drawn from a wide spectrum of society, especially . mental and physical health to reflect the nature and functions of the charity

The cardinal objective of Alive Believers Centre, as stipulated in its charter agreed at a General Meeting on 6 October 2010 is to Promote Health & Wellbeing of Children, Youth, Adults & Older Peoplewithout distinction or discrimination in terms of sex, age, sexual orientation, race, political or religious affiliation, or other opinions. Trustees therefore promote activities geared towards the development of a total person, by providing members of the public opportunities to improve their wellbeing through health &wellbeing, social, and economic activities; as well as recreational and educative services spanning various aspects of living. The board continues to achieve its objectives by appointing trained professionals and volunteers within the community and the society in general, who design, deliver and maintain activities approved by Trustees for the attainment of its objectives set . out on page 3 of this report

Structure of Administration

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Alive Believers Centre Reg. Charity 1119924 Trustees Report (continued)

Significant Issues & Landmarks

Although health authorities globally have declared COVID-19 as a past pandemic, its effects are still with us as a community that supports children and vulnerable adults. Long Covid that dissipated our energies in 2021 continued into 2022 and 2023, making it imperative for us to give health and wellbeing of our community a greater attention. We owe a depth of our gratitude however to Liverpool City Council, which as usual gave moral and financial support that empowered us to tackle Long Covid, especially as related to Community’s Critically Extremely Vulnerable People. We opened our doors throughout 2022 and 2023 without any interruption whatsoever. Our activities also received a boost as a result of the funding we obtained from our local Council which madeour volunteers and service users heave a sigh of relief and continue to repose confidence in our services in spite of Long Covid. We shifted our traditional methods of delivering our services in 2023. We pushed the boundaries with unconventional innovations departing significantly from our conventional methods. Our private donors too showed so much confidence in our ability to deliver our flexible and complex approaches by funding some of our activities. We requested financial support from donors who were willing to fully fund some of our critical events that draw the community such as International Year of Women, Men’s Focus Convention, and Kids & Teens Day of Variety Shows. We obtained financial and other information from groups funding events, especially because some private funding covered programme, costumes and refreshments fully paid for by the donors. Ironically, some items were without vendors’ price tags, and thus couldn’t be reflected in the accounts. These donations have reduced the burden of writing bids for funfairs, which are essential for holistic living; giving us opportunity to concentrated more on health initiatives.

Rather than bringing our traditional Luncheon Meetings back after they faced a very serious decline during and post-Covid, we looked in the direction of individuals, groups and Food Supermarkets, such as COSTCO who gave us food items costing about a quarter of our budget for Poverty Alleviation Project brought about by the rising cost of living. Although we couldn’t resume a sit-in luncheon for the needy in our community, they still come to the Centre in drones to seek after hot meals as we were providing pre-Covid. We have now changed our method to frozen fully-prepared hot meals which the people take home and warm before consumption. The strategy now is to continue to seek for appropriate funding on one hand, and intensify our plea to food and drinks donors on the other hand. Thus, rather than closing down the luncheon club entirely, we now serve take-aways to the needy who are persistent on getting food support, especially because Kensington Food Bank had closed doors altogether when Covid struck, and has yet found no sustainable means of reopening the service. Similarly, during and post-Covid decline in health of Older People that has made many of them to become home-bound, necessity drew us into Online method of delivering some of our strategic health activities such as Chair-based Exercises and Pilate. Happily, this initiative has gained ground, and we have incorporated it into our mode of delivering some of our services.

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An important discovery is that the Online activities initiative has enabled us to widen the scope of our service beyond our traditional boundaries. We are now being inundated with request for Telephone Be-frienders Service, a specialised service not yet significantly tapped into by many other charities around Kensington and Fairfield ward of Liverpool. Efforts, therefore are in top gear to obtain grants from our traditional and new funders to enable us intensify the provision of on-site and online Exercises Health and Wellbeing activities, such as Health Talks, Group Dynamics meetings on the Zoom, Telephone Befriending Services and door-to-door delivery of hot meals to homebound Older People. Apart from Liverpool Council, National Lottery Community Fund, Liverpool Community Voluntary Service (LCVS), All Churches Trust, our Trustees and a host of other individuals have helped us to continue to grow our services to humanity, which include in the main, Older People, Youth and Kids and Teens. Our struggle to obtain a vehicle that can transport food items from Elsmere Port to our centre, and the search for committed individuals with drivers’ licence to commute to Elsmere Port once a week continues. This will enable us to continue to get uninterrupted help from COSTCO Stores (through OASIS Food Project).The pattern of responsiveness to our service and the excitement with which members of the community respond to our regular surveys, questionnaires and consultations are unprecedented. Although we were unable to attract new fundings in 2023, we continued to operate with the hope that 2024 would bring greater support and opportunities from funders and philanthropic individuals. Funds continued to be the limiting factor in 2023, preventing us from executing many of the lofty ideas proposed by beneficiaries who are facing great health challenges. Nevertheless, these are being kept in view.

Appreciation and Acknowledgements

In spite of dearth of adequate funds to execute our objectives, our volunteers continued to provide invaluable service. The rate and pace of work these groups delivered to the community is unquantifiable. Liverpool City Council, National Lottery Community Fund, COSTCO Stores (through our benefactors, the OASIS), and LCVS have been very helpful in supporting us to fulfil our agenda of providing safe space for our community people. Feedback from participants in our activities, onsite and online showed that the projects we embarked upon in 2023 were beneficial, useful and result-oriented. We thank community members who donated food items. We recognise our Councillors in Kensington/Fairfield ward who have continued to show interest in our sustainability as a Centre and has kept on supporting us to gain access to critically good practices to sustain the work.

Some Important Statistics

Post-Covid experiences of our Older People (Rainbow 50+ Group) has been challenging. Nevertheless, with appropriate level of exercises, opportunities to eat Healthy Hot Meals, consistent Health Talks and availability of our Telephone Befrienders, in comparison with 2022, none of our Older People died in 2023. Rather, we experienced exponential growth in the number of people accessing our services, especially our online Telephone Befrienders Service and Health Talk Online. 20% more people benefitted directly from our online activities and through referrals from Health Watch, Liverpool City Council, Citizens Advise Bureau, Life Rooms and some private individuals. Our volunteer base has also grown by 15% between 2022 and 2023. 8

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Clinically Extremely Vulnerable Older People’s Mid-Project Celebration
GP Practice Workshop A Memory Game Session
An Art & Craft Session A Gentle Exercise Session
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Important Changes

There are no significant changes in 2023 because our Human Resources unit continued to demonstrate seriousness at recruitment break through. Our Volunteers and management team also give more time at no extra cost to the charity. Many more volunteers donated their volunteers’ stipend/transport fare to keep the work progressing. Our critical problems continued to be lack of funds to execute laudable activities that our community members are requesting for. We anticipated the employment of sessional workers, especially in the aspect of Janitorial, reception, cleaners and online activity coordinators. This couldn’t materialise because of lack of funds. The task of re-introducing the Clinically Extremely Vulnerable older people back to live events in our Centre was ongoing throughout 2023. This is against the background of the increase in ageing population of Kensington/Fair field community. We undertook intensive volunteers training in 2023, in response to volunteers, acceptance of bigger responsibilities.

Future Projections

Trustees directed that we should prioritise feedbacks from participants in our activities, going forward because of the tremendous benefits we received from the previous feedbacks that launched us into bigger service. Activities that support Health and Wellbeing of our participants have been stressed as our focus in the next charity agenda. Trustees have now directed that we stretch concentration on our four main activities that have proved vital for re-introducing the community to life after the 2020-2022 pandemic to cover Youth, Kids & Teens, and Older People. These include Telephone Befriender Service, Health Talks, Healthy Eating on a Budget and various levels of Exercises. Trustees’ directives include writing funding bids to cover inter-generational activities, both Onsite and Online. Our website is now being re-designed to create good participation of the community at large in our various activities. In 2023, we acquired some equipment, and we are thinking of seeking fund to acquire more gadgets towards driving our services in the Online direction for the future. It’s anticipated that this will enable us develop our Online Health Talks in a wider global arena. We are also exploring means of collaborating with more charities, larger diversities, as well as national and international professionals for Online Delivery of our Services. As envisioned in 2021, trustees are working hard to upgrade our organisation into an Incorporated Charity.

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Statement of Trustees’ Responsibilities

In compliance with the requirements of Charity Commission in England and Wales, we have prepared financial statements for the year 2022 which give true and fair view of the charity’s financial activities during the year and show its financial position at the end of the year. In preparing those financial statements, we have:

We have kept accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy the financial position of the charity and which enable the external examiners to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Statement of Recommended Practice (revised 2005).We have also safeguarded the assets of the charity and taken reasonable steps to prevent and detect fraud and other irregularities.

External Examiners

TAMACS Management Accounting Solutions have agreed to continue to offer themselves for appointment as external examiners of the charity.

Signature and Declaration

I declare, in my capacity as a trustee, that:

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Abel Kehinde Adegoke (Chairman Board of Trustees) 01April 2024

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Independent Examiner’s Report on the Accounts

Independent Report to the trustees of Alive Believers Centre on the accounts for the year ended 31 December 2023 set out on pages 13 to 21

Respective Responsibilities of Trustees and Examiner

I am responsible for:

Basis of Independent Examiner’s statement

My examination was carried out in accordance with General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. I also include consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit; consequently, I do not express an audit opinion on the accounts.

Independent Examiner’s Statement

In the course of my examination, no matter has come to my attention:

(i) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the trustees have not met the requirements to ensure that:

Signed Dated: 25 April 2024

Name: Titus Abayomi FCA, ACMA, CGMA, MSc.

Address 12 Ashleigh Drive, Sheffield S12 2SA

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Alive Believers Centre Reg. Charity 1119924

Statement of Financial Activities

For the Financial Year Ended 31 December 2023

NOTE Y/E December 2023
£
Voluntary Income
1A
54,891.93
Restricted Fund
1B
9,660.00
Other Income
1C
49,785.30
Total Income
114,337.23
Resources Expended
Service Costs
5
69,237.06
Support Costs
5
40,727.96
Governance Costs
5
200.00

Total Resources Expended 110,165.02

Net Movement in Funds
4,172.21
Funds Brought Forward
256,204.30
260,376.51
2022
£
53,449.86
40,520.00
44,705.17
138,675.03
66,723.67
35,673.80
200.00
102,597.47
36,077.56
220,126.74
256,204.30
2022
£
53,449.86
40,520.00
44,705.17
138,675.03
256,204.30

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Alive Believers Centre Reg. Charity 1119924

Balance Sheet

as at 31 December 2023
Schs 31st December 2023
£
Furniture, Fittings
& Equipment
2
6,356.00
Prepayment RBS (Boaler Street) 341,094.00
Loans (Re Boaler Street) 4
93,705.00
247,389.00

Current Assets:
Cash in Hand & at Bank
25,519.00

Total Current_Assets
25,519.00
Less Creditors & Accruals 4
5,261.00

_Net Current Assets

20,258.00
Net Assets
274,003.00

Charity Current Account
Balance B/F
269,831.00

Excess of Income
Over Expenditure (Projects) 4,172.00
Total Fund
6 274,003.00
274,003.00
Unrestricted Fund
-
2022
£
8,126.00
223,035.00
57,720.00
57,720.00
19,050.00
38,670.00
269,831.00
233,753.00
36,078.00
269,831.00
269,831.00
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Alive Believers Centre Reg.Charity1119924 Notes to the Financial Statements

For the Financial Year Ended 31 December 2023

  1. Basis of Preparation of Financial Statements

Basis of accounting

These accounts have been prepared on the basis of historic cost convention in accordance with:

Change in basis of accounting

• There has been no change to the accounting policies (valuation rules and methods of accounting) since 2007 accounting period. Change to previous accounts

Incoming resources

Recognition of incoming resources

These are included in the Statement of Financial Activities (SoFA) when:

Incoming resources with related expenditure

Where incoming resources have related expenditure (as with fundraising or contract income) the incoming resources and related expenditure are reported gross in the SoFA.

Grants and Donations

Grants and donations are only included in the SoFA when the charity has unconditional entitlement to the resources.

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Tax reclaims on donations and gifts

Incoming resources from tax claims are included in the SoFA at the same time as the gift to which they relate.

Contractual income and performance related grants

These are only included in the SoFA once the related goods or services have been delivered.

Gifts in kind

Donated services and facilities

These are only included in incoming resources (with an equivalent amount in resources expended) where the benefit to the charity is reasonably quantifiable, measurable and material. The value placed on these resources is the estimated value to the charity of the service or facility received.

Volunteer help

The value of any volunteer help received is not included in the accounts but is described in the trustees’ annual report.

Investment Income

This is included in the accounts when receivable.

Expenditure and Liabilities

Liability recognition

Liabilities are recognised as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to pay out resources.

Governance costs

This includes costs of the preparation and examination of statutory accounts, the costs of trustee meetings and cost of any legal advice to trustees on governance or constitutional matters.

Support costs

These include central functions and have been allocated to activity cost categories on a basis consistent with the use of resources, e.g. allocating property costs by floor areas, or per capita, staff costs by the time spent and other costs by their regular usage measurement.

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Assets

Tangible fixed assets for use by the charity

Land nil Buildings 50 years straight line Plant, fixtures fittings, and equipment 4 years reducing balance Motor Vehicles 4 years reducing balance

Investments

Investments on a recognised stock exchange are valued at market value at the year end. Other investments assets are included at trustees’ best estimate or market value.

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Statement of Financial Activities
Schedules for the Financial Year Ended 31 December 2023
1. Income 2023 2022
A. Voluntary Income £ £
Donations 54,891.93 53,449.86
54,891.93 53,449.86
B.Restricted Income: (cf. Note 6)
Critically Extremely Vulnerable Project32,080.00
Liverpool Council CEV B/F(2023) 9,660.00 22,420.00
LCVS Healthy Eating at Budget Project
-
1,000.00
Beat Loneliness – Award for All b/f - 4,600.00
Hope Beyond All Churches Trust b/f
-
12,500.00
9,660.00
40,520.00
C.Other Income
Gift Aid 16,547.30 32,705.17
Facilities Usage by others 1,175.00 7,500.00
Events Sponsorship/Food Donations32,063.00 4,500.00
Total Other Income
49,785.30 44,705.17
Total Income
114,337.23
138,675.03

2. FurnitureFittings&Equipment

2. FurnitureFittings&Equipment
Cost (As at 01/01/2023)
Addition in 2023
Cost (As at 31/12/2023)
Depreciation
Depreciation(As at 01/01/2023)
Depreciation for the Year (25% Red)
Depreciation (As at 31/12/2023)
Net
(As at 31/12/2023)
2023
£
62,189.46
349.00

62,538.46
54,063.26
2,118.80
56,182.06
6,356.40
2022
£
62,189.46
-
62,189.46
51,354.53
2,708.73
54,063.26
8,126.20







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3. Debtors & Prepayments

Deposit towards 259 Boaler Street up to 31/12/20233 41,094.00

  1. Creditors (Re: Boaler Street Contribution)

Accountancy Charges (Governing 200.00)

Property Loan:
Royal Bank of Scotland
Rev Dr Johnson Abimbola
Rev Dr Adedoyin Abimbola
Bro Kunle Abimbola
Bro Akin Abimbola
Bro Jide Abimbola Jr
Sis Bade Olusunmade
Dr Babatunde Ogunbiyi
Loan Total

Liverpool Council CEV Project
-
Creditors & Accruals
Paypal Purchases Pre-2022
2022 PayPal Purchases O/S
2023 PayPal Purchases O/S
Total O/S Paypal Purchases
Rainbow Community
(Legal Charges)

Governance Costs - £200*
Accruals Total
2023
-
46,628.97
19,000.00
13,025.60
5,500.00
5,000.00
1,350.00
3,200.00
93,704.57


-
-
2,999.46
1,686.57
4,686.03
375.00
200.00
5,261.03

2022
-
60,154.57
29,000.00
13,025.60
5,500.00
5,000.00
1,350.00
3,200.00
117,230.17
9,660.00
5,815.62
2,999.46
-
8,815.08
375.00
200.00
19,050.08















*Governance Costs is £200 payable to External Accountant

5. Resources Expended

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Charitable Activities Y/E December

Services Costs
2023
2022
Staff Expenses – Alive Centre 16,013.72 18,824.85
Restricted Funds Expenses (Note 6):
Beat Loneliness - Award for All - 4,600.00
Hope Beyond All Churches Trust - 12,500.00
LCC CEV Project Fund– Note 6b 9 ,660.00 -
22,420.00
LCVS Healthy Eating at a Budget - 1,000.00
Event Sponsorship/Food Donation 32,063.00
Programs & Events **
9,457.07
4,430.42
Welfare& Training
2,043.27
2,948.40
69,237.06 66,723.67
Y/E December
Support Costs
2023
2022
£ £
Rent (Payable thro the Coop) 18,000.00 15,760.00
Repairs & Maintenance
4,381.11
6,143.60
Transport &Travelling
825.14
953.60
Printing, Postage & Commun 1,532.77 809.23
Publicity
690.18
-
Electricity, Water &Gas
10,306.4
36,242.77
Insurances
2,157.83
2,135.97
Fees, Charges and Licences 304.00 444.24
Bank Charges 411.70 475.66
Depreciation
2,118.80
2,708.73
40,727.96 35,673.80

6. Expenses on Restricted Funds

6. Expenses on Restricted Funds
Note 6a. Award for All Fund (1/11/2021-31/10/2022)
Beat Loneliness Project for Rainbow 50+ Older People: B/F from 2021
2023 2022
Cooking Demonstration Materials @ £200/Month - 1,409.20
Project Wages:
Telephone Befriender Supervisor
- 1,650.00
Project Coordinator
- 1,200.00
Volunteers Stipend
- -
Telephone Befriender Air time Credit @ £5/Phone/Week - 720.00
Room Hire
- 240.00
Publicity & Stationery
-
76.80
- 5,296.00

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Note 6b. LCC - Critically Extremely Vulnerable Note 6b. LCC - Critically Extremely Vulnerable Older People’s Project Older People’s Project
Expenditure Head Total Fund 2022 2023
Advertising/ marketing 250.00 250.00 -
Equipment 2,610.00 2,610.00 -
Overheads 3,000.00 2,000.00 1,000.00
Training 240.00
240.00 -
Staff Time:
1 Befriender Lead/Volunteer Coordinator
(7 hrs/wk £15/hr x 52wks) 5,460.00 3,640.00 1,820.00
1 Sessional Fitness Instructor (12 hours/month @ £15/hr x 10 months)
1,800.00 1,200.00 600.00
1 Online Activity coordinator (10 hrs/wk x £18/hr x 52 weeks)
9,360.00 6,240.00 3,120.00
1 Older Peoples’ Lead (10 hrs /wk x 52 wks @ £18/hour)
9,360.00 6,240.00 3,120.00
32,080.00 22,420.00 9,660.00
Note 6c. LCVS Healthy Eating on a Budget Fund (1/11/2021-31/10/2022) Note 6c. LCVS Healthy Eating on a Budget Fund (1/11/2021-31/10/2022)
Beat Loneliness Project for Rainbow 50+ Older People: £
Total Fund - Cooking Demonstration Materials (Supplement Fund) 1,000.00
7. 2023 Outstanding Invoices (Paid by PayPal)
Repairs
235.98
Printing Station Communications
709.41
Publicity
690.18
Training
51.00
1,686.57

8. Restricted Funds

Alive Reserved Fund Portfolio £274,003 – Trustees resolved in 2009 that 85% of voluntary income (as at 2022 £269,831) be set aside as ‘Capital Redemption Reserve Fund’ meant for procuring Boaler Street property gradually, thus reducing the interest of Royal Bank of Scotland annually.

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