2025-05-31-accounts

SALVATION CLINIC INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES

Trustees’ Annual Report and accounts: Salvation Clinic International Ministries (SCIM)

Aim and purposes

Salvation Clinic International Ministries (SCIM) has the responsibility of cooperating with the incumbent, the Reverend E.K Agyapong, in promoting the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical.

Objectives and Activities

SCIM is committed to enabling as many people as possible to worship at our church and to become part of our parish community at Samuel Cody School. Our services and worship put faith into practice through prayer and scripture, music and sacrament.

When planning our activities for the year, the incumbent and SCIM have considered the Commission’s guidance on public benefit and, in particular, the specific guidance on charities for the advancement of religion. In particular, we try to enable ordinary people to live out their faith as part of our parish community through:

Worship and prayer; learning about the Gospel; and developing their knowledge and trust in Jesus. Provision of pastoral care for people living in the parish. Missionary, evangelism and outreach work.

Achievements and Performance

Worship and Prayer

In SCIM we are keen to offer a range of services during the week and over the course of the year that our community find both beneficial and spiritually fulfilling. For example, we provide free counselling services for married and singles annually on Zoom. This is quite popular with the youth within our parish. Last year’s edition, we engage some from the USA who found it to be very useful.

This year we have been successful in welcoming more families into our church and have agreed a new style of Family Worship on the morning of the 3rd Sunday each month. It is called Jeans and T-shirt Sunday. This breaks the traditional formal dress up many do not want to do and opens the parish to more in the community.

We also have communion service worship on the 1st Sunday of each month. It is pleasing to be able to report that these arrangements are well received since they came into operation.

In addition, a great deal of time and thought was spent during the year on making best use of the new online services. Many have said how much easier it is to follow the services now that they are streamed live on the internet. We are also using the podcast platforms. This has particularly attracted followership out the country.

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All are welcome to attend our regular services. At present there are 62 parishioners on the Church Electoral Roll, 8 of whom are not resident within the parish. Four names were added during the year and 3 was removed because they moved away from the parish. The average weekly attendance, counted during October, was 40, but this number increased at festivals.

As well as our regular services, we enable our community to celebrate and thank God at the milestones of the journey through life. Through baptism we thank God for the gift of life, in marriage public vows are exchanged with God’s blessing and through funeral services friends and family express their grief and give thanks for the life which is now complete in this world and to commend the person into God's keeping. We have celebrated 1 baby naming and christening and held 2 memorial services for parents of parishioners who passed away in their home countries overseas with funerals in our church and 1 for the passing of a brother of parishioner who was a minister of the gospel. The church supported in various forms in kind and deed.

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Pastoral Care

The welfare team has visited members who were admitted at the hospital during the year. This included Bro Prince, Sis Sherridon and Sis Lynette who were visited by the Lead Pastor and the welfare team. Further follow up were made via Zoom to consolidate the initial spiritual and psychological assistance offered.

Some individual interactions had to be done due to the nature of the issues raised. These interactions are over coffee and tea or lunch to create a relax atmosphere for discussion. Shopping and gifts and donations were given to them on behalf of the church. Dedications were done thanking God for the gift of new homes and car dedications. There were 3 house dedications and 4 car dedication.

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Mission and Evangelism

The Mission and Evangelism Committee are to be congratulated for their efforts. They successfully conducted revival and outreach programs in the community. An outdoor nativity set up was put together and we invited churches around to bring the joy and cheer Christmas brings to the community. This was organised at the Farnborough city centre. The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary were present to share some security and safety tips with the community.

The committee also successfully organised the Christmas dinner and members of the community were invited. It was a time of fellowship with people of different cultures and races coming together within the community.

Following previous year’s success, another Fashion Show was organized in conjunction with the local council. It had an Afro Caribbean theme and was well patronized and the proceeds of the stalls were donated to local charities.

The annual Founder’s Day sports event was also a success. It was held at the St George V Park. This is an annual event opened to the community. It has grown in popularity that the council demonstrated interest in the event as template to use elsewhere. Various actives such as the sack race,50m dash, five-a-aside football tournament were competed in with medals given. The event was also a time to learn about various cultures as the food prepared for refreshments came from different cultures. Further the church was involved in this year’s remembrance parade. Rev Coleen led the prayers at the war memorial where the whole town had gathered this was later on followed by a candle lighting service at the military cemetery in Aldershot in the evening.

Ecumenical Relationships

The church is a member of Ithxus Church Council and has been relating with the over 2000 churches that form part of it. As a member of the council, the church engages in the annual gathering. This relationship presented the church with various guest speakers on different conferences. One such conference organised for the community is The Daughter of Destiny Conference. This annual conference seeks to educate women in all matters that affect the woman, socially, economically and psychologically. The conference is opened to all in the community including non-parishioners. This year we had an increase in attendance especially from the non-members in the local community. We also had local entrepreneurs joining to showcase their wares.

The Church also participated in the programs organized by other local churches. Notable among them was the Fijian Church week long prayer and fasting program

Financial Review

Total receipts on unrestricted funds were £72,106 for the 12 months to May 2025. Gift Aid will be claimed in due course.

£6,565 was spent to provide the Christian ministry of missions, outreach and evangelism. £64452 was spent on the overhead cost of running the

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office and mission base.

The net result for the period was an excess of receipts over payments of £1,089 on unrestricted funds Adding bank and deposit balances brought forward at the beginning of the period, the balances carried forward at 31 May 2025 on unrestricted funds totalled £10,939.

Reserves policy

It is policy to maintain a balance on unrestricted funds (if possible), which equates to at least three months unrestricted payments, equivalent to £15,000, to cover emergency situations that may arise from time to time. The balance of £10,939 held on unrestricted funds, after designations, at the year end did not match this target.

Volunteers

We would like to thank all the volunteers who work so hard to make our church the lively and vibrant community it is. In particular we want to mention our associate pastors Abraham and Senior Pastor Boafo, and Pastor Linda Renee, the resident Missionary Prophetess Coleen, and Elder Marfo who have worked so tirelessly on our behalf, Dr Rosemond who has helped us administratively, Bro Brown in the transport department and all the other volunteers for their valuable contribution to our ministry and for keeping the church running.

Structure, governance and management

The method of appointment of Church Board of Trustees(CBT) is set out in the Church Constitution. At SCIM the membership of the (CBT) consists of the incumbent (our lead Pastor), associate pastors, church administrator and ordained elders. All those who attend our services / members of the congregation are encouraged to register on the Electoral Roll and can be appointed to the CBM.

The CBM members are responsible for making decisions on all matters of general concern and importance to the parish including deciding how the funds of the CBM are to be spent.

The full CBT met 11 times during the period with 100% attendance. Given its wide responsibilities, the CBT has a number of committees each dealing with a particular aspect of parish life. These committees which include worship, mission, outreach, evangelism and welfare are all responsible to the CBT and report back to it regularly with minutes of their deliberations being received by the full CBT and discussed as necessary.

Administrative information

Salvation Clinic is situated in Samuel Cody school in Farnborough, Hampshire. The correspondence address is 1 Douglas Place, Romayne Close,GU14 8PE.Farnbourough Hampshire.

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Approved by the CBT on 8[th] January 2024 and signed on their behalf by Reverend

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 MAY 2025

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The attached notes form part of these financial statements

Independent Examiner’s Report to the Church Board Trustees

I report on the accounts for the period ended 31 MAY 2025 which are set out on pages 4-5

Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner

The charity's trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year (under section 43(2) of the Charities Act 1993 (the Act)) and that an independent examination is needed.

It is my responsibility to:

examine the accounts (under section 43 of the Act),

to follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 43(7)(b) of the Act), and to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.

Basis of independent examiner’s report

My examination was carried out in accordance with General Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a ‘true and fair’ view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.

Independent examiner's statement

In the course of my examination, no matter has come to my attention:

1. which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in, any material respect, the requirements:

2. to keep accounting records in accordance with section 41 of the Act; and to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the 1993 Act; have not been met; or

2. to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached .

Name : Brian Blewett Address: 13 Cedar Avenue Blackwater

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Camberley, Surrey

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