## The Bridge Christian Fellowship Temple Fortune
Report and Accounts Year ended 31 December 2022
1 Lamb's Passage, London EC1Y 8AB www.stewardship.org.uk
## **THE BRIDGE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP TEMPLE FORTUNE**
## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022**
## **LEGAL & ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS**
ADDRESS FOR CORRESPONDENCE 54 Bridge Lane London NW11 0EH GOVERNING DOCUMENT Declaration of Trust dated 20 April 2009 CHARITY REGISTRATION NUMBER 1130219 TRUSTEES Betty Hicks David Hicks Kyuwon Park Tony Pearce Alan Rumsey (resigned March 2022) Daniel Bishop Clayton Wells Esther Ameyaw Dennis Wardle Richard Adams (resigned March 2022) Christopher Beckingham BANKERS CAF Bank 25 Kings Avenue West Malling Kent ME19 4TA INDEPENDENT EXAMINER Ajay Rajani FCIE Stewardship 1 Lamb's Passage LONDON EC1Y 8AB **INDEX** Page 1 Legal & Administrative Details Pages 2-3 Trustees' Report Page 4 Independent Examiner's Report Page 5 Receipts and Payments Account Page 6 Statement of Assets & Liabilities Page 7-8 Notes to the Accounts
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## **THE BRIDGE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP TEMPLE FORTUNE**
## **REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES**
## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022**
The Trustees have pleasure in submitting the Report and Accounts for the year.
## **Objects of the charity**
In brief summary the Trust's objects, as set out in its governing document, are to: a) advance the Christian faith and to undertake any other connected charitable work b) relieve sickness and financial hardship c) advance education
The charity seeks to achieve these objectives through holding regular services for Christian worship open to the general public in the Temple Fortune area of London. The fellowship provides facilities for families, including Sunday school and crèche for babies. The charity also makes grants to other organisations and individuals to help achieve these objectives.
In carrying out its activities in the year under review, the Trustees have had regard to the public benefit guidance issued by the Charity Commission, and are satisfied that the charity's activities are all for the public benefit.
## **Government**
The policy and operating decisions of the charity rest with the Trustees who meet regularly to monitor the activities of the Trust.
Trustees are elected and co-opted under the terms of the Trust Deed. Regular reviews are held to identify any expertise gaps within the Board of Trustees and appointments are made where required to strengthen the Board of Trustees, subject to all Trustees’ approval.
## **Review of Activities**
The church has continued to meet regularly during 2022, with a morning service at 11am and an evening service at 6.30pm. These services have been well attended and appreciated by those who come. The morning service has a Sunday school for children and a youth meeting for teenagers. Some new members have been added to the church. We have also continued to broadcast the services via livestreaming with good numbers visiting. Recordings of our talks are available on our website www.bridgelane.org.uk and are regularly visited by people around this country and abroad. We have held regular midweek meetings for Bible Study and prayer, as well as a Friday evening youth club.
We have continued our evangelism when possible, with distribution of leaflets locally and in a wider region of north London and Boreham Wood.
We give regular support to a number of overseas ministries, involved in evangelism and Bible teaching, including in Bolivia, Papua New Guinea, Israel, Greece, Serbia and the USA.
The work has been overseen by our elders and deacons, who hold regular bi-monthly meetings to discuss the work and deal with any problems and arrange help for members with social or spiritual needs. We have kept the building in a good standard of maintenance, including painting the exterior of the church. The finances of the church have been kept in order and we maintain a healthy reserve fund for the future.
Our work is open to the general public.
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## **THE BRIDGE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP TEMPLE FORTUNE**
## **REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES continued**
## **Financial Review**
The Church continues to raise the funds that it needs to carry on its activities from within its own membership and congregation. No wider public appeal was made for funds during the year. Income for the year was £121,437 (2021 £104,646) and expenditure was £118,909 (2020: £83,708). Consequently the surplus for the year was £2,528 (2021: £20,938).
The charity's cash balances at the year end amounted to £172,090 of which £282 was restricted.
The financial results for the year, together with a summary of the accounting policies adopted, are set out in the accompanying financial statements.
## **Reserves Policy**
The Bridge Christian Fellowship’s policy is to ensure that it holds sufficient reserves (being unrestricted cash) to run the basic operations of the charity for a minimum of three months. At the balance sheet date, the Trustees estimate this would require reserves of £30,000. The Charity’s unrestricted reserves at the end of the reporting period were above this level, at just under £172,000. This is significantly in excess of the minimum requirement and the excess is being held because the charity might need to fund accommodation for a potential church pastor in the future.
## **Trustees' Responsibilities**
Charity law requires us as Trustees to prepare financial statements for each accounting year which record the receipts and payments of the charity for the year.
We are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and enable us to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011.
We also have a responsibility to safeguard the assets of the charity and to take reasonable steps to prevent fraud or any other irregularities.
## **Approval**
This report was approved by the trustees and signed on their behalf by:
## **Tony Pearce**
Tony Pearce - trustee
Date: 23 November 2023
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## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT**
## **TO THE TRUSTEES OF**
## **THE BRIDGE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP TEMPLE FORTUNE**
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of The Bridge Christian Fellowship Temple Fortune ('the charity') for the year ended 31 December 2022 on pages 5 to 8 following.
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the charity trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the 2011 Act’).
I report in respect of my examination of the charity’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act.
## **Independent examiner’s statement**
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 charity as required by section 130 of the Act; or 2. the accounts do not accord with those records.
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.
## **Ajay Rajani**
Ajay Rajani FCIE Stewardship 1 Lamb's Passage London EC1Y 8AB
Date: 27 November 2023
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## **THE BRIDGE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP TEMPLE FORTUNE**
## **RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT**
## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022**
|Notes
**_Receipts_**
Gifts received
Interest received
CD & DVD Sales
Other
**_Total Receipts_**
**_Payments_**
2
3
**_Total Payments_**
Transfers between funds
**Net Movement in Funds**
Cash funds as at last year end
**Cash funds at this year end**
A
Net
receipts/
(payments)
before
transfers
Payments
in
relation
to
charitable
activities undertaken directly
Grants paid in relation to charitable
activities undertaken by others|Unrestricted
Funds
117,222
348
78
-
117,647
89,228
25,891
115,119
2,528
-
2,528
169,280
171,808|Restricted
Funds
3,790
-
-
-
3,790
120
3,670
3,790
-
-
-
282
282|2022
£
121,012
348
78
-
121,437
89,348
29,561
118,909
2,528
-
2,528
169,562
172,090|2021
£|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||104,260
7
310
69|
|||||104,646|
|||||57,884
25,824|
|||||83,708|
|||||20,938
-|
|||||20,938
148,623|
|||||169,562
|
The notes on pages 7 and 8 form part of these accounts.
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## **THE BRIDGE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP TEMPLE FORTUNE**
## **STATEMENT OF ASSETS & LIABILITIES**
## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022**
|**A**
**Cash funds**
Cash at bank
Offerings received but not banked
**B**
**Other monetary assets**
**C**
**Liabilities**
Fee for preparing and independently
examining the accounts
Amounts owed in respect of payroll
Debts owed to the charity|Unrestricted
funds
£
168,193
3,615
171,808
-
1,020
1,979
2,999|Restricted
funds
£
282
-
282
-
-
-
-|2022
£
168,475
3,615
172,090
-
1,020
1,979
2,999|2021
£|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||169,176
386|
|||||169,562|
|||||-|
|||||858
404|
|||||1,262|
## **D Assets retained for charity's own use**
The charity does not own any property; the property used by the charity is leased from the Church Growth Trust for a peppercorn rent.
The charity owns some equipment and fittings; the current value of these assets is minimal.
The accounts were approved by the trustees and signed on their behalf by
## **Tony Pearce**
date 23 November 2023
Tony Pearce - trustee
The notes on pages 7 and 8 form part of these accounts.
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## **THE BRIDGE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP TEMPLE FORTUNE**
## **NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS**
## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022**
## **1 Accounting Policies**
The accounts have been prepared on a receipts and payments basis and comprise a statement that shows the charity's receipts and payments, a statement that summarises the charity's assets and liabilities and related notes. The accountancy profession have determined that only accounts prepared in accordance with applicable accounting standards present a 'true and fair' view and, as these receipts and payments accounts have not (and cannot) be prepared in accordance with accounting standards, these accounts do not present (and are not intended to present) a 'true and fair' view of the charity's financial activities and state of affairs.
Unrestricted funds are funds which are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the charity. Restricted funds are donations which are to be used in accordance with specific restrictions imposed by donors; they include donations received from appeals for specific activities or projects.
|Unrestricted
Funds
£
**2**
**Payments in relation to charitable activities undertaken directly**
Employment & consultancy costs (see note 4)
56,084
Property costs (see note 2a)
6,156
Ministry (including guest speakers)
11,317
Maintenance of buildings & equipment
8,758
Administration
1,748
Accounts administration
4,307
Fee for independent examination
858
89,228
**2a**
**Property costs**
Rent
Insurance
Cleaning
Water, electricity & gas
**3**
**Grants paid in relation to charitable activities undertaken by others**
Grants to support UK and overseas mission
Wycliffe Bible Translators
-
Kehilat Haderech
1,700
Amutat Mayim Chaim Chinam
1,800
Reasons for Hope
1,700
New Tribes Mission
2,900
Nations Trust
1,000
Stand With Us
-
Bible Ventures
-
Other smaller grants to institutions
3,370
Grants to individuals
10,556
23,026
Grants to individuals to help relieve hardship
2,865
25,891|Restricted
Funds
£
-
-
120
-
-
-
-
120
-
-
3,000
-
-
-
-
-
670
3,670
-
3,670|Total
2022
£
56,084
6,156
11,437
8,758
1,748
4,307
858
89,348
350
838
1,673
3,294
6,156
-
1,700
4,800
1,700
2,900
1,000
-
-
4,040
10,556
26,696
2,865
29,561|Total
2021
£|
|---|---|---|---|
||||35,307
2,966
9,431
3,889
1,302
4,148
840|
||||57,884|
||||350
1,075
191
1,350|
||||2,966|
||||1,300
1,500
3,100
1,200
2,890
-
1,100
1,000
520
6,380|
||||18,990
6,834|
||||25,824|
## **4 Employees and consultants**
Most of the charity's activities are carried out by volunteers. The charity employs Christopher Beckingham as a ministry trainee and Kyuwon Park as associate pastor; in addition the charity makes payments to another charity "Light for the Last Days" ('LLD') for Tony Pearce who serves as senior pastor. The following amounts were payable for their services:
|Tony Pearce: payments to LDD
Kyuwon Park: employment benefits
Christopher Beckingham: employment benefits
Adjustments for amounts owing and for payments to other individuals|2022
£
12,877
28,656
15,552
(1,001)
56,084|2021
£
12,264
23,043
-|
|---|---|---|
|||35,307|
All three individuals also serve as trustees. The above payments were made for their roles as church workers (not for serving as trustees) and these payments are permitted by the charity's governing document.
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## **THE BRIDGE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP TEMPLE FORTUNE**
## **NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS**
## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022**
## **5 Restricted funds**
|**Restricted funds**|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|Mission Support fund
Hardship fund
Evangelistic Material fund
Ukraine fund|Brought forward
31 Dec 2021
250
32
-
-
282|Receipts
3,000
-
120
670
3,790|Carried forward
Payments
31 Dec 2022
(3,000)
250
-
32
(120)
-
(670)
-
(3,790)
282||
|||||282|
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