## **Oasis Church / Jubilee Christian Centre - Annual Report 2023**
## **Introduction**
Oasis Church has been based at St Barnabas Church Centre in Hereford since 2017.
Our focus for ministry extends beyond the city of Hereford, across the County and beyond. We partner with other churches in our city and county in various initiatives as well as investing into overseas missions through a number of individuals and charitable organizations who are engaged in Christian mission and relief work in nations throughout the world.
## **Aims and Activities**
Our main aim as a church family is to represent Jesus Christ and reproduce followers of Christ. We aim to present the message of Jesus Christ and live out our faith in ways that are consistent with this message and are of benefit to local communities, offering them the opportunity to explore faith for themselves and discover the relevance of the Christian message for their lives. We also work in partnership with other churches and agencies in seeking to achieve our aims.
## **Services / Gatherings**
Throughout 2023, Sunday services continued, along with other associated activities. Various groups have continued to meet in person and online.
We also continued to host a Filipino community and three others from the south of India, who hold their services at St Barnabas on a regular basis.
We were also involved in helping to facilitate City Praise, a gathering in Hereford Cathedral, which provides an opportunity for people from across various denominations to join together in worship and prayer.
## **Mission Support**
We continued to invest into overseas missions through a number of individuals and charitable organizations who are engaged in Christian mission and relief work. Among others, we continue to support a man who works with indigenous tribes in northern Malaysia, a couple who have planted a church and are reaching out to communities in Belgium and a ministry that has built and continues to run several children’s homes in India. We have also continued to support a church in Bathore, Albania. One of our members takes trips to Albania to encourage the growing church community there.
We also helped to support several individuals and families through times of financial crisis.
## **Water Carriers**
Water Carriers is the name given to a discipleship course written by one of our members, primarily designed for children, young people and families in developing countries. This project was launched in 2019 and in spite of the lockdown, this ministry continued its remarkable growth up to the present day with an increasing number of nations throughout Africa and Asia in particular, using this course to support families and churches in their spiritual growth.
Water Carriers is now being used in over 30 countries, including several nations where Christians are actively persecuted. In some cases, people are risking their freedom and even their lives to share their faith in Christ and encourage families in their spiritual growth. The demand for more copies this material continued to grow throughout 2023; and we have been able to show video reports and other feedback from a number of nations, sharing the stories of lives changed through this course.
## **Thank you**
The Trustees want to thank everyone for their continued support throughout the year. Thank you to those who have given financially to support the ongoing ministry of Oasis Church and in particular your donations which have helped people here in the UK and across the nations of the world. Thank you for putting your faith into action and using your gifts and available resources in creative ways to share the love of Christ and serve others. Your partnership is greatly appreciated.
**JUBILEE CHRISTIAN CENTRE 1143454**
## **Receipts and payments accounts**
## **CC16a**
**For the period** 01/01/2023 31/12/2023 **To from**
## **Section A Receipts and payments**
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Restricted funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Restricted funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Cash Tithes and Offerings|**73,672**||**-**||**-**||**73,672**||**61,449**|
|Gift - Sale of Chapel|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**268,913**|
|HMRC Gift Aid|**10,073**||**-**||**-**||**10,073**||**8,612**|
|Misc Income|**3,038**||**-**||**-**||**3,038**||**1,500**|
|Bank Interest|**7,364**||**-**||**-**||**7,364**||**918**|
|Appeals and Fundraising|**-**||**40,414**||**-**||**40,414**||**44,883**|
|Refunds|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**695**|
|Hall Hire|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**3,655**|
|Lettings|**4,336**||**-**||**-**||**4,336**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**98,483**||**40,414**||**-**||**138,897**||**390,625**|
|||||||||||
|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**||||||||||
||**-**|||||||||
||**-**||||||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**|**-**||||||||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**||||||||||
||||||||||**390,625**|
|||||||||||
|
Staff Costs|**25,000**||**-**||**-**||**25,000**||**25,000**|
|Utilities and Insurance|**5,811**||**-**||**-**||**5,811**||**7,914**|
|General Expenses|**5,741**||**-**||**-**||**5,741**||**2,853**|
|Hall Hire and Premises Expenses|**18,621**||**-**||**-**||**18,621**||**14,640**|
|Motor Expenses|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**3,375**|
|Bank Charges|**97**||**-**||**-**||**97**||**72**|
|BuildingExpenses|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|Missions,Gifts and Ministries|**36,166**||**38,371**||**-**||**74,537**||**64,381**|
|Outreach & Caretaking|**-**||||||**-**||**-**|
|Resources|**-**||||||**-**||**-**|
|Equipment|**-**||||||**-**||**-**|
|Youth,Children,and Resources|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**91,436**||**38,371**||**-**||**129,807**||**118,235**|
|||||||||||
|**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**||||||||||
|**Equipment**|**2,936**||||||||**5,503**|
||**-**|||||||||
|**_Sub total_ **|**2,936**||||||||**5,503**|
|**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||||||
||||||||||**123,738**|
|||||||||||
||**4,111**||||||**6,154**||**266,887**|
||**-**||||||**-**||**-**|
||**503,781**||||||**503,781**||**236,894**|
||**507,892**||||||**509,935**||**503,781**|
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
30/10/2024
1
## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
|**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**|Signature
Shipping Container, Fridge Freezer, Audio
~~Equipment 2022~~
Sound System
**Details**
Kitchen Equipment 2017
Furniture 2017
Audio Visual 2017
Macbook Pro
Drums, Mower, etc 2021
Bank Accounts
Cash
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Mini Bus
Computer Equipment 2017|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**507,564**
**2,043**
**328**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**507,892**
**2,043**
OK
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which asset**
**belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which asset**
**belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
Unrestricted
**5,365**
Unrestricted
**4,083**
Unrestricted
**386**
Unrestricted
**1,766**
Unrestricted
**8,398**
Unrestricted
**2,486**
Unrestricted
**1,945**
Unrestricted
**5,503**
Unrestricted
**2,936**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
|---|---|---|---|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||OK|
||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**When due**
**(optional)**|
|||||
|||||
|||||
|||||
|||||
|||||
||||Date of approval|
|||||
|||||
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
30/10/2024
2
## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts**
**Section A Independent Examiner’s Report**
**Report to the trustees** Charity Name JUBILEE CHRISTIAN CENTRE **On accounts for the year** 31[st] DECEMBER 2023 **Charity no** 1143454 **ended (if any) Set out on pages** 1-2 (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 31/12/2023. **Responsibilities and** As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the **basis of report** 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 all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
**Independent** The charity’s gross income exceeded £250,000 and I am qualified to **examiner's statement** undertake the examination by being a qualified member of AAT.
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
- the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or
- the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or
- the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair’ view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.
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.
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Date: 27/10/2024
Signed:
Name: PHILIP ROWBERRY
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1
**Oct 2018**
**IER**
FMAAT FCCA
## **Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any):**
**Address:** SME HOUSE UNIT 1 HOLME LACY INDUSTRIAL ESTATE HEREFORD, HR2 6DR
## **Section B Disclosure**
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).
**Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** .
2
**Oct 2018**
**IER**