THE REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD, IMMANUEL SANCTUARY
Report of the Trustees for the Year Ended 31 March 2024
Our Aims and Objectives
Purpose and Aims
Ensuring Our Work Delivers Our Aims
The Focus of Our Work
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Working with other Christian agencies and Churches in Kent to advance the preaching of the Gospel.
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Provision of Pastoral Care for Congregants and other members of the community
How Our Activities Deliver Public Benefit
Our main activities and who we try to help are described below. All our charitable activities focus on the advancement of the Christian religion and the relief of poverty and sickness.
a. Ministering every week to the spiritual needs of the people through bible study, prayer meetings, counselling sessions and healing meetings.
- b. Our focus as a ministry and church is the outreach for souls.
Who used and benefited from our Services?
Our Church Services are presented with both the regular congregant and the visitor or seeker in mind.
We minister to the physical, mental and spiritual needs of the whole men in processes and procedures of Christianity.
We have also helped relief poverty and hardship amongst both regular and irregular congregants who are suffering from a period of financial hardship due to unemployment and lack of financial resources.
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Provision of Weekly Church Services on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday to minister to the
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Provision of Special Events and Meetings to meet the specific needs of target groups in the
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Focusing on the Material needs of certain members undergoing difficult financial situations.
Our main objectives for the year continued to be the advance of the Christian religion and the objects of the charity are:
The company is a charity with a primary objective to reach the lost for Christ in South East
a). To advance the Christian faith in accordance with the statement of belief appearing in the
b). To relieve persons who are in conditions of need or hardship or who are aged or sick and to
We review our aims, objectives and activities each year. This review looks at what we achieved
Financial Review
The Charity has been hugely successful in raising a total income of £ 54,048.69 only.
Principal Funding Sources
The principal funding sources for the charity are currently by way of Donations and Gifts from congregants through the offering basket passed during Church services and through and standing orders. We have exercised our right to reclaim the tax on the donations and gifts received from the congregants and this has proved a steady and growing source of additional income.
Recruitment and Appointment of Trustees
The trustees who are also charity trustees for the purposes of charity law are in charge of the strategic direction of the charitable trust. Under the requirements of the Declaration of Trust the trustees are elected to serve for a period of three years after which they must be re-elected at the next Annual General Meeting.
All trustees give their time voluntarily and receive no benefits from the charity.
Due to the nature of Church work, trustees appointed have been so selected on the basis of their faith, strength of Character, skills set in the area of management and growth, and commitment to the vision of the charity.
Trustees Induction and Training
Most trustees are already familiar with the practical work of the charity having been members of the Church for a number of years. Additionally new trustees would be invited as required and encouraged to attend a series of short training sessions to familiarise themselves with the charity and the context within which it operates. These would be jointly led by the Chair of Trustees and the pastor in charge.
o The Obligations of Trustees
o The Main documents which set out the operational framework for the charity including the
Declaration of Trust
o Resourcing and the current financial position as set out in the latest published accounts.
o Future plans and objectives.
Risk Management
The Trustees have identified the major strategic risks to which The RCCG - Immanuel Sanctuary are and established controls and actions to mitigate them. Each year, risk and established controls and actions to mitigate them. Each year, risk assessments are carried out and are subject to continual review and monitoring. The Trustees take all appropriate steps to moderate and manage the inevitable operational risks to which staff and assets of The RCCG - Immanuel Sanctuary are exposed.
Competence based training for Volunteers; employers liability insurance, monitoring of new legislative requirements are examples of steps taken. In particular there are policies and procedures for children and vulnerable adult protection and for health and safety risks. Furthermore a risk register is to be established and updated at least annually.
Responsibilities of the Trustees
Charity law 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 charitable trust as at the balance sheet date and of its incoming resources and applications of resources, including income and expenditure, for the financial year. In preparing those financial statements the Trustees should follow best practice and:
o Select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
o Make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent
o Prepare the financial statements on the on-going basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue on that basis.
The Trustees are responsible for maintaining proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and enables them to ensure that the financial statements comply with Companies Act 2006. 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.
Members of the Board of Trustees
Members of the Board of Trustees, and trustees for the purpose of charity law, who served during the year and up to the date of this report are set out on page 1.
This report has been prepared,
By order of trustees:
Dr Adenike Akinmolayan
Chairperson Board of Trustee
10 May 2024