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## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

**From Period start date:  02/07/2021 To Period end date: 01/07/2022** 

## **Charity name: Bethesda House of Grace Ministries** 

## **Charity registration number: 1142559** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

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|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|The Bethesda House of Grace Ministries is a<br>Christian charity founded in July 2010.<br>Based in the UK, we also have partners in<br>Africa. We are dedicated to addressing the<br>needs of children, the elderly, families,<br>young people, and positively contributing to<br>as many communities as possible in the UK<br>and Africa.|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or services<br>identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|The main activities include physical help, we<br>provide aid in different areas such as<br>educational, medical, business, vocational,<br>and generally the development of people;<br>assistance is therefore geared through<br>different means in order to attain such<br>development. These means including our<br>feeding programmes, care for the elderly<br>and child sponsorship.|
|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public<br>benefit|Para 1.18|Bethesda House of Grace’s Trustees are<br>committed to maintaining and increasing as<br>many people to worship with us as possible.<br>There are many activities throughout the<br>week, which enable the different members to<br>put their faith into practise, including Bible<br>Studies, Prayer Lines and Study Sessions.<br>Throughout the year, the Trustees have<br>considered the Commission’s guidance on<br>public benefit and the specific guidance on<br>charities for the advancement of religion. We<br>aim to allow ordinary people to live out their<br>faith as part of our parish community<br>through:<br><br>Worship and prayer, learning about<br>the gospel and developing their<br>knowledge and trust in Jesus<br><br>Missionary work in different countries<br>including Sierra Leone, Kenya<br><br>Guidance and support to those|





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around the community To continue doing this, it is important to maintain the structure that we have here at Bethesda House of Grace Ministries. 

## **Achievements and Performance** 

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|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Para 1.20|This year, we achieved many things inside<br>and outside of the church. We were able to<br>move over all of our meetings/services to be<br>available via Zoom links allowing the<br>community to have more accessibility to us<br>as a Church.<br>We have been successful in welcoming<br>multiple new faces into the church and we<br>have dedicated last Friday of the month<br>service in person where we look at Bible<br>Studies. As this is limited to once a month,<br>people are more likely to be there.<br>We were able to distribute some common<br>items to schools in Kenya and Sierra Leone<br>whilst teaching some of the schoolchildren<br>the works of Jesus.|



## **Financial Review** 

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|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|The charity ended the year with a position of<br>1k, with 26k received as income and<br>expenditure at 25k.|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**n/a**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**n/a**|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|**n/a**|
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|**n/a**|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23|As the charity continues to spend less<br>money than generated year on year, we do<br>not see any reason the charity will continue<br>to be a going concern|



## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Trust deed|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|Unincorporated Association|





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||Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled<br>to appoint one or more<br>trustees|Para 1.25|Trustees are selected by members of the<br>congregation and then are appointed<br>separately by the Pastors of the church. This<br>allows for all members to have involvement<br>in the decisions of the church.|
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## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|Bethesda House of Grace Ministries|
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|Registered charity number|1142559|
|Charity’s principal address|ALBRIGHTON COMMUNITY CENTRE<br>37 ALBRIGHTON ROAD<br>LONDON<br>SE22 8AH|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

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||Pastor Bayoh||Wholeyear||
||Marion Esiee<br>Koroms||Whole year||
||Mariatu Turay||Wholeyear||
||Carolyn Janice<br>Jeffers||Whole year||
||Nabiatu Turay||Wholeyear||
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– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved 

**Director name** 

Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity 

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## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** 

Description of the assets The charity doesn’t have assets on behalf of others. held in this capacity Name and objects of the n/a charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for n/a safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets 

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## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** 

**Type of Name Address adviser** 

**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** 

## **Exemptions from disclosure** 

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details 

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## **Other optional information** 

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## **Declarations** 

**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** 

**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** 

|**Signature(s)**<br>**Full name(s)**<br>**Position (eg Secretary,**<br>**Chair, etc)**<br>**Date**|||
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||Nabiatu|Turay|
||<br>Trustee||
||01.05.2023||
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