**TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNT** ## **FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31 DECEMBER 2021** ## **Registered Number 1128714** ## **Trustees’ Report** RCCG New GATE trustees present their statutory report with the financial statement for the year ended **31st December 2021.** The report has been prepared in Compliance with Part IV of the Charities Act 2005. Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with the accounting policies and Comply with the charitable Accounting and Reporting FRS102, by Charities Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP 2005) ## **Charity Information** ## **The Trustees are:** 1. Pastor ADEBAYO ADEMUYIWA DACOSTA 2. Pastor AYODELE ILEASU OGUNNUBI **Church Address** : Unit 12A Fenlake Industrial Estate, Fenlake Road, Bedford, Bedfordshire. MK42 0HB United Kingdom. **Phone:** 01234 217174 **E-mail:** admin@rccgnewgate.co.uk **Website:** www.rccgnewgate.co.uk ## **Parish Pastor** : OLUFEMI AWOLEYE ## **Method of Appointment or Election of Trustees** The management of the charity is the responsibility of the Trustees who are elected by resolution or appointed and co-opted under the Trust Deed or the contribution that they will make to the governance of the organisation and the skills they will contribute. A formal induction is carried out including of the Charity Commission’s Guidance and Governing document and policies of the Charity existing board members. Here are the elected trustees as at 30 September 2021 ## **Pastor ADEBAYO ADEMUYIWA DACOSTA** 111 Dargets Road Walderslade Chatham Kent, ME5 8BS ## **Pastor AYODELE ILEASU OGUNNUBI** 19 Noble Close Milton Keynes MK15 8AF ## **Policies Adopted for the Induction and Training of Board** **of Trustees** The induction process for any newly appointed member of the Board of Trustees Comprises of an initial meeting with the Board of Trustees where the powers and responsibilities of the Trustees are clearly explained. To further enhance the governance skills of Trustees, they are registered to different training events, conferences and seminars. This ensures strict compliance to relevant regulations. ## **Organisational Structure, Governance and Management** **Constitution** RCCG New GATE is a charitable organisation, The charity is set up with special charitable articles with the Charity Commission as a charity in its right. Whilst the church has an inspirational spiritual leader, the church has members who service as trustees of the charity in accordance with Charities Ac 2006. The governing of the Charity is entirely the responsibility of the Trustees and is independent and free from any external influence. The Board of Trustees meets to manage its affairs and must submit accounts on an annual basis to the Charity Commission and must comply with charity. Trustees have responsibilities of good governance by ensuring the overall direction, effectiveness, supervision and accountability of the charity as follows: - agreeing the purpose of the charity and that the charity makes a difference by advancing the object of the charity - agreeing broad strategies to carry out the charity’s purpose effectively including ensuring that policies and activities achieve those objectives - accounting for the charities performance - that the charity is well run and efficient - that problems are identified early and dealt with appropriately - preservation of the reputation and integrity of the sector - compliance with law and regulation making sure the charity is run in a way that is legal, responsible and effective. However, the Board of Trustees must ensure good governance as they rely on many different people to be able to govern well – staff and in particularly, the chief officer, volunteers, advisors and others with interest or stake in the charity RCCG New GATE was birthed in Bedford ## **Objectives of the Charity and Main Activities** - Advancing the Christian faith through various programmes in United Kingdom for the benefit of the public through the holing of prayer meetings, lectures, public celebration of festivals, producing and for distributing literature on the Christian faith to enlighten others about the Christian religion. - To relieve persons who are in conditions of need or hardship and to relieve cause poverty in Bedfordshire and other part of United Kingdom. ## **Subordinate** - To work strategically to identify needs and to give hope to the distressed, the oppressed, disillusioned, less privileged or whosoever is in need of hope. - To establish new church parishes, small groups and community centres house fellowships and to assist those families in distresses - Set up Pastor coach network, musical training for young people and to procure suitable investment properties to generate - Raise a generation of people ready for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and reflecting His glory. - Set up nurseries, after school clubs, summer schools and youth projects and media activities for young people - Support individuals, groups and agencies working in communities - To sustain and develop multi-cultural forum as an organisation which meets the needs of the local majority and minority ethnic population through Biblical teachings - Provision of mentorship, and equip members to become responsible leaders/ ministers for ministry ## **To achieve the above objectives:** - At RCCG New GATE, we put together adequate administrative and financial support team - We built a wider network of relationship within the local community and collaborative work with other churches and charities - Raise funds within the church to support and meet financial burden for those who are in need. Gave financial support and hardship money to those who required and genuinely deserved to be assisted. - Running marriage and other counselling operations - Running ICT and specialist programs that empower the members and community at large. - Other activities that raise standard and profiles of attendees, mem’s and singles programs. - Inviting business people to train members and community people - Worship and Praise seminars. - Where appropriate did hospital ministration - We reach out to the community in the Form of Evangelism, Leadership Training we are able to meet those that not only lack faith but need Welfare assistance in one way or another. - Found an in genuine way of assisting members and non-members during the lockdown - Pastoral Counselling – continued on line during the long lockdown. ## **Risk Analysis and Management:** The Board of Trustees has considered the risk to which the charity is exposed and systems have been established to minimise those risk and minimise the impact on charity. Internal procedures and controls are established which are reviewed regularly to ensure compliance at all times. ## **Responsibilities of the Trustees** The Charity Act 2005 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 as at balance sheet date and of its income resources and application of resources, including income and expenditure, for the year then ended. In preparing these financial statements which give a true and fair view, the Trustees should follow best practice and: 1. Select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently 2. Make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent 3. State whether applicable accounting standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the notes to the account The trustees are responsible for keeping accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and also to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charity Act 2005. 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. Thanks **Pastor Olufemi Awoleye** **RCCG NEWGATE CHURCH BEDFORD 1128714** **Receipts and payments accounts For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 1/1/2021 12/31/2021 ee ee ee **Section A Receipts and payments Unrestricted Restricted Endowment Total funds funds funds funds to the nearest to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ £** |**Section A Receipts and payments**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest**
ee ee|**Endowment**
**funds**
ee ee|**Total funds**| |---|---|---| |**to the nearest £**
**to the nearest**
**£**|**to the nearest £**|**to the nearest £**| |**A1 Receipts**
Building fund
**8,220**
**-**
**-**
**8,220**
Gift aid HMRC
**13,307**
**-**
**-**
**13,307**
Other income
**1**
**-**
**-**
**1**
Tithes and Offerings
**25,250**
**-**
**-**
**25,250**
Welfare Fund
**700**
**-**
**-**
**700**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**47,477**
**-**
**-**
**47,477**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Total receipts_ 47,477**
**-**
**-**
**47,477**
**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_
**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
—~~———~~||| |**A3 Payments**
Accountancy fees & commissions
**1,531**
**-**
Admin expenses
**5,097**
**-**
Allowance
**7,200**
**-**
Church retreat
**-**
Contributions
**-**
Depreciation
**-**
Donations
**1,895**
**-**
Lease Payments
**22,735**
Honourarium Expenses
**-**
Light & Heat
Motor expenses
Telephone and Broadband
**1,131**
Professional fees
**-**
Repairs
**2,042**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**1,531**
**5,097**
**7,200**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**1,895**
**22,735**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**1,131**
**-**
**2,042**| |Rent of Banner||**-**| |Rent of Hall||**-**| |Stationery||**-**| |Welfare Fund||**-**| _**Sub total**_ **[ 41,631 ] - - 41,631 A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) - - - - - - - -** _**Sub total**_ **[ - ] - - -** — _**Total payments**_ ~~———~~ **41,631 - - 41,631** _**Net of receipts/(payments)**_ **5,847 - - 5,847 A5 Transfers between funds - - - - A6 Cash funds last year end - - - -** _**Cash funds this year end**_ ~~SSS~~ **5,847 - - 5,847** ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** ||||**Unrestricted**||**Restricted**| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |**Bank**|**Balance**||**funds**||**funds**| |**B1 Cash funds**|Closing Balance|
**_Total cash funds_**|**to nearest £**
**5,847**
**-**
**-**
**5,847**|


|**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**| ||(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))||OK|OK|| ||||**Unrestricted**||**Restricted**| ||||**funds**||**funds**| |**B2 Other monetary assets**|**Details**
Equipment||**to nearest £**
**1,084**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|




|**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**| |**B3 Investment assets**|**Details**||**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**|**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|| |**B4 Assets retained for the**|**Details**||**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**|**Cost (optional)**
**-**|| |**charity’s own use**||||






|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**| ||||**Fund to which**||**Amount due**| |**B5 Liabilities**|**Details**||**liability relates**|



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**(optional)**| |Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees||Signature|Print|Name|| ||Ayodele Ogunnubi||AYODELE|OGUNNUBI|| **----- Start of picture text -----**
CC16a
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## **Last year** ## **to the nearest £** **8,982 13,121 17,539 - - - 39,642** **39,642** **1,512 6,549 380 600 1,800 5,000 800 1,041 900 1,100 19,682** **19,682 19,960 - - 19,960** ## **Endowment funds** **to nearest £ - - - -** OK **Endowment funds to nearest £ - - - - - -** **Current value (optional) - - - - -** **Current value (optional)** **When due (optional)** **----- Start of picture text -----**
Date of
approval
1/18/2023
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## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** ## **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report** **Report to the** Charity Name **trustees/ members** RCCG Newgate Church Bedford **of** 31 December 2021 **Charity** 1128714 **On accounts for the no (if year ended any)** **Set out on pages** RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURE (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets) I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31 **/ 12 / 2019** . **Responsibilities and** As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the **basis of report** 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 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. **Independent** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material **examiner's** matters have come to my attention (other than that disclosed **statement** below *) in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:  accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or  the accounts do not accord with the accounting records I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. * _Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply._ **Signed:** Emmanuel VinKabb **Date:** 18/01/2023 Po | **Name:** Emmanuel Vin-Kabb PO **Relevant** ACCA **professional** 1 **IER** **October 2018** **qualification(s) or body (if any):** **Address:** Unit 133, 548-550 Elder house Elder Gate Milton Keynes, MK9 1LR ## **Section B Disclosure** Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners). 2 **IER** **October 2018** There are no disclosures to be made. ## **Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** . 3 **IER** **October 2018**