CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Indep8nd8nt oxamlnor'8 report on tho ac¢ounts Soctlon A R•part to Ihe trubte•i THE REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD REDEMPTION LIGHT PARISH On JE¢ounl•fof th•y•ar •nd•d 30 September 2024 Charty no 1114nyl 1133323 set4)on p•u• )1 I repmlo Ihviiu&tees on my8x8minalionof the attounts of thE •bove ch4riiy I'lhe TruBI'I loi tha year anded 30 log I X23. RMpon•lbllW•i ond A8 Ihv thprityifuBleeB oftheTw•l. YOU w• roswni181¢r1he pr8watn b•ts ol r•port ollhè QCCQLffila In W¢V•e the r•4ulrèmeTrl• ollhe ChAdll••Act 2011 fihe A1. I rew In respect ol my exam1nTr of th• Tru.0 a¢¢ounls csirfod out und&r 8oCtion 145 ol Iho 2011 Act and In ¢arryiw QLrt my 8X1n8110n. I hBv• t10 the appIlble Dif•cgionJ gNen by the Cb•rtty Commwion urtdor 8eeiion 1451$11tyl olthe Aci. I hv• com10d my •XAminolknn I conlmi IhAtno mttlai m•ttern h•v• coffle lo my ¥ttontion Ivlherlhan that diKIo8ed bolow'l In connedW ¥th Ihfr examinalion Which gNes mo ¢¥ug8 tc belie¥t Ihol m. any rnaten re• accountin9 wrd5 were nut kept hi HcctydEnLvllh •Ktion 120 of Ihe or the Ar£ounlB do Dot AccordwllMIM 4¢¢wntlng reconll Ind•wnd•mt •xaffllnr'B itsm•nt I hiv• no cCernI und h•v• corno acrots no h•r mAttor• In c¢tyrrttl% wllhlhfr exarnindlion to vthich 8ttentlon Should t drawn In crfe4rto onat4fr prDpw undsr818ndiry of the a¢¢ouni8 io bo rexhed ' 8eB88 dothie Ihfy bvords In th8 br&¢krf$ If they do nL* 81on•d.. O•l•: 28 JULY 2024 Nam•'. AGNES LINDIWE TEMBO R•lv¢•nt wof•••lonAI 9¥•IHIc4tlty41l or body AkT, Addm•A'. sts) Octob•r 2018
Orty CDrnrte rfthe exanunei needslonighlwi m8MeY$ol¢orKern CC32. Independentexninatlon of ch8rity accwnts direthanj and wid4rK•foi examin1. G0 h•r• brl•ll•till• or any 1¢gmxth¥lth• •X4mln•r¥AshHto ¢101* Octob•r 2018 IER
Section A
Trustees' Annual Report for the period
| Period start date | Period start date | Period end date | Period end date | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | 10 | 2023 | 30 | 09 | 2024 | ||
| From | To |
Reference and administration details
Charity name
THE REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD REDEMPTION – REDEMPTION LIGHT PARISH
Other names charity is known by
Registered charity number (if any) 1133323
Charity's principal address 50 STANLEY ROAD NORTH
RAINHAM ESSEX Postcode RM13 8AX
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
| 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 |
Trustee name | Office (if any) | Dates acted if not for whole year |
Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (if any) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MRS GRACE OKOJIE |
|||||
| MR FRANK EBOSETALE IBHAWAEGBELE |
CHAIR | ||||
| MRS KEKELWA ABIGAIL MWESEKA |
|||||
| Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian | trustees) | ||||
| Name | Dates acted if not for whole year | ||||
TAR
1
Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) Type of adviser Name Address Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information) Section B Structure, governance and management
Description of the charity’s trusts
TRUST DEED Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) TRUST How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) The management of the charity is the responsibility of the Trustees who are Trustee selection methods elected and co-opted under the terms of the Trust deed. (eg. appointed by, elected by)
Additional governance issues (Optional information)
The Church is run by the Parish Pastor and with assistance from junior You may choose to include ministers co-opted by him. The board of Trustees meets periodically to additional information, where review and evaluate the performance of the Charity in line with its set relevant, about: objectives.
-
policies and procedures The Charity works with both Redeemed Christian Church of God adopted for the induction and (RCCG) parishes and other Christian organisations who share mutual training of trustees; objectives of meeting both the spiritual and physical needs of people as
-
taught by Christ.
-
the charity’s organisational structure and any wider Risk assessments both to operational and financial aspects of the network with which the charity church have been reviewed and the trustees are satisfied with systems works; in place to mitigate exposure to any major risks.
-
relationship with any related parties;
-
trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
Section C Objectives and activities The principal activity is the propagation of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. The Church also caters for the social needs of the community by providing assistance to the less privileged citizens of our community.
Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document
TAR
2
A summary of the objectives of the charity as set out in its governing document.
The charity is a Christian church of God working in conjunction with the wider Christian body to influence the community to God through Jesus Christ by training and developing people within our communities with an attitude of faith, hope and love. In order to achieve this we; ~ meet every Sunday for fellowship in song, reading and teaching the Bible doctrines
~ meet every Friday for Prayers & Deeper Bible studies and ~ we also have other departmental meetings through the week/ Summary of the main activities weekend i.e. Choir, Youths etc undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)
Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)
In accordance with RCCG, we have endeavoured to meet our financial obligations through contributions to the RCCG Central Office funds and also World Evangelical Mission. We have also supported numerous RCCG parish launches and milestone celebrations both materially and human resource.
You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:
-
policy on grantmaking;
-
policy programme related investment;
-
contribution made by volunteers.
TAR
3
Section D
Achievements and performance
Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year
The church has continued to evangelise within our immediate community and this has continued to yield results in attendance.
The church organised various social events including Christmas party for both the community and congregants which were well attended.
TAR
4
Section E Financial review
The trustees ensure reserve policy of over three month's fixed Brief statement of the operational costs is available at any given time. This will be reviewed charity’s policy on reserves from time to time in line with the charity's risk exposure Details of any funds materially NOT APPLICABLE in deficit
Further financial review details (Optional information)
You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:
-
the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
-
how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
-
investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.
Section F
Other optional information
Section G Declaration
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.
Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees
Signature(s)
Full name(s) KEKELWA MWESEKA
Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) TRUSTEE Date 28/07/2024
TAR
5
Charity Name No (if any) THE REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD 1133323 REDEMPTION LIGHT PARISH CC16a Receipts and payments accounts For the period Period start date Period end date To from 10/1/2023 9/30/2024
Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment Total funds Last year funds funds funds to the nearest to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ £
A1 Receipts
A1 Receipts |
Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ |
Restricted funds to the nearest £ |
Endowment funds to the nearest £ |
Total funds to the nearest £ |
Last year to the nearest £ |
|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TITHES & OFFERINGS | 83,710 | - | - | 83,710 | 75,911 | |||||
| - | - | - | - | - | ||||||
| - | - | - | - | - | ||||||
| - | - | - | - | - | ||||||
| - | - | - | - | - | ||||||
| - | - | - | - | - | ||||||
| - | - | - | - | - | ||||||
| - | - | - | - | - | ||||||
| Sub total(Gross income for AR) |
83,710 | - | - | 83,710 | 75,911 |
| A2 Asset and investment | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| sales, (see table). | ||||||||||||
| - | - | - | - | |||||||||
| - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Sub total | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||
| Total receipts | 83,710 | - | - | 83,710 | 75,911 | |||||||
| A3 Payments | ||||||||||||
| ADMIN COSTS | 4,827 | - | - | 4,827 | 5,655 | |||||||
| CHURCH PROJECTS/ EVENTS | 6,460 | - | - | 6,460 | 6,321 | |||||||
| GRANTS & DONATIONS | 22,266 | - | - | 22,266 | 20,846 | |||||||
| HONORARIUM | - | - | - | 2,120 | ||||||||
| INSURANCE | 2,040 | - | - | 2,040 | 2,040 | |||||||
| PASTORAL EXP | 4,800 | 4,800 | 4,800 | |||||||||
| RENT | 1,560 | 1,560 | 1,560 | |||||||||
| TRAINING & CONF | 1,300 | 1,300 | 2,500 | |||||||||
| WELFARE | 10,732 | 10,732 | 13,338 | |||||||||
| PROFESSIONAL FEES | - | 1,015 | ||||||||||
| - | ||||||||||||
| - | ||||||||||||
| - | ||||||||||||
| - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Sub total | 53,985 | - | - | 53,985 | 60,195 |
| PROFESSIONAL FEES Sub total |
, - 53,985 |
, - 53,985 |
- - |
- - |
- - |
, - - - - - 53,985 |
, 1,015 - 60,195 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) |
- - - 53,985 29,725 - 192,655 222,380 |
||||||
| - | - | - | - | ||||
| - | - | - | - | ||||
| Sub total Total payments Net of receipts/(payments) A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds this year end |
- | - | - | - | - | ||
| - | 60,195 | ||||||
| 29,725 | - | - | 29,725 | 15,716 | |||
| - | - | - | - | - | |||
| 192,655 | - | - | 192,655 222,380 |
176,939 | |||
| 222,380 | - | - | 192,655 |
| Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period | Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period | Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period | Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period | Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period | Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Categories | Details | Unrestricted funds to nearest £ |
Restricted funds to nearest £ |
Endowment funds to nearest £ |
||
| B1 Cash funds | CASH AT HAND AND IN BANK | 222,380 | - | - | ||
| - | - | - | ||||
| - | - | - | ||||
| 222,380 | - | - | ||||
| (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Details |
OK Unrestricted funds to nearest £ |
OK Restricted funds to nearest £ |
OK | |||
| Endowment funds to nearest £ |
||||||
| B2 Other monetary assets | - | - | - | |||
| - | - | - | ||||
| - | - | - | ||||
| - | - | - | ||||
| - | - | - | ||||
| - | - | - | ||||
| Current value (optional) |
||||||
| B3 Investment assets | - | |||||
| - | ||||||
| - | ||||||
| - | ||||||
| - | ||||||
| Current value (optional) |
||||||
| B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use |
- | |||||
| - | ||||||
| - | ||||||
| - | ||||||
| - | ||||||
| - | ||||||
| - | ||||||
| - | ||||||
| - | ||||||
| When due (optional) |
||||||
| B5 Liabilities | ||||||
| Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees |
Date of approval |
|||||
| 7/28/2025 |