## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
## **From**
**Period start date To 02 July 2024 Period end date 01 July 2025**
## **Charity name:**
## **Charity registration number:**
## **Objectives and Activities**
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|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|To advance education in accordance with
the Christian faith
To help those in need and financial hardship|
|Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or services
identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|Holding regular church meetings to worship
God and to train, teach and care for those
who attend the church; to equip them as
effective Christians.
Preaching the gospel, and planning and
implementing an on-going strategy of
evangelism.
Providing pastoral support and care (and
practical support and provision where
appropriate) for those who attend.
Facilitating and equipping teams of
volunteers to run church activities, to care for
one-another and to share the gospel with
others.|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18||
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
SORP reference **n/a** Para 1.38 Policy on grant making **n/a** Para 1.38 Policy on social investment
including program related investment **n/a** Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers **n/a** Other
## **Achievements and Performance**
||SORP reference||
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|Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|Main achievements include helping the poor
with clothing items, technology and food
items.
The charity has brought food and clothes to
the poor in different towns/cities and villages
in Sierra Leone, Kenya, Jamaica and
Guinea.|
|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|where relevant about:|
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|Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|**n/a**|
|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|**n/a**|
|Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|**n/a**|
Other
## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|Total income for the 12 months ending 1st
July 2025 was £90,244 and spend was
£90,037.|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|There are no reserves.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|Nil|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|Unexpected year of growth in the church
with more giving than previous year.|
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|N/A|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|No going concern issues.|
## **Financial Review**
During the year ended 1[st] July 2025, Bethesda House of Grace recorded total income of £90,244 and total expenditure of £90,037, resulting in a surplus of £207.
## **Income**
Donations: £86,244
Fundraising event: £4,000
Total income: £90,244
Donations remained the main source of funding, supported by one fundraising event during the year.
## **Expenditure**
Total expenditure: £90,037
Expenditure was applied in furtherance of the charity’s objectives, including charitable activities and operational costs.
## **Surplus**
The charity reported a surplus of £207 for the year.
## **Reserves Policy**
The charity aims to maintain sufficient reserves to ensure continuity of its activities and to manage unforeseen expenses. At year end, reserves were modest, reflecting the charity’s approach of utilising funds to support its charitable objectives.
## **Going Concern**
The trustees consider the charity to be a going concern, with continued reliance on donations and fundraising.
## **Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47||
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|Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46||
|Other|||
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|n/a|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|Unincorporated Association|
|Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|T|
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|Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|Para 1.51||
|The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51||
|Other|||
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|Bethesda House of Grace Ministries|
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|Other name the charity uses|BHGM|
|Registered charity number|1142559|
|Charity’s principal address|Albrighton Community Centre,
London,
SE22 8AH|
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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
**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year**
## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets n/a 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
## **Additional information (optional)**
## **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
## **Other optional information**
## **Declarations**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s)** B.CONTEH **Full name(s)** BAYOH CONTEH **Position (eg Secretary,** TRUSTEE **Chair, etc) Date** 28/MAY/2026