Celestial Church of Christ T rustees report for January 2020– December 2020
Celestial Church of Christ Amazing G race parish (AGP) is a registered charity in England and wales with board of T rustees. AGP community p roject funded mainly with the generosity of the Church members p rior to Covid 19.
The spiritual g rowth of our church is managed by our shepherd in charge. Our church is a small family church, **we buil** d **ou** r **foun** d **ation on the teaching of ou** r **Lo** rd **Jesus Ch** r **ist “Love Go** d **an** d **Love you** r **neighbou** r **as you** r **self”** . We support every member of our church as a community, members and community issues a re attended to. Our church is a gateway for safeguarding Vulnerable people in our community.
## **Ou** r **Policies**
- Safeguarding policy (young and da ult)
- Financial Policy
- Health and Safety policy
- Charity operation policy
- GDPR Policy
- Volunteers’ policy
- Prevention of Covid 19 policy
##
## COVID 19 PANDEMIC
The church could not ignore the sufering of our community (Southwark) we provided and delivered food Hampers. Covid 19 afected everyone globally, but its impact on BAME g roup is huge. The needs for the food packs g rew that the church could not cope fnancially with it . With the help of community Southwark we applied for diferent Covid19 food rg ants. We worked with Pecan food bank, local GP, Southwark c risis referral system. Many people f rom BAME background especially African uses foodbank for help, mainly because they do not cater for their special diet needs, fear and shame. COVID 19 increased the demand of our service by 500%. The impact on p riority g roups (low earners, lone parents, pensioners, Refugees, people with no recourse to public fund and those with medical conditions o r disability) is huge therefore we p rovided 3 meals for d3 ays per week.
We supported 10920 people Distributed 112000 Kilograms of food Nappies 445 packs Baby formula 58 tins Christmas Hampers 100 Christmas lunch 24 delivered to over 75 years isolated homes.
The support we p rovide g rew f rom food to holistic support like e ducating, referring and rp oviding language support the family, the service is diverse and inclusive. 46% of our service users a re Muslims and 43% Christians and 11% p refer not to say.
COVID19 Response food rp oject with the help of six volunteer drivers we provided essentials food and non food items like tissues, sanitary pads, washing soap with 3 meals for d2 ays and a minimum of 5 f resh f ruits and vegetables were delivered to vulnerable people in the community of Southwark, this was a life saving for many people we supported.
We p rovide a safe place for the children by running Summer Food and Fun Club working in collaboration with Southwark and Lambeth council to p rovide Summer Club for the Children of the family we support with food. We used eatwell guide to encourage the children about healthy eating, we encourage healthy eating at low cost, we p rovide sample ingredients for them to t ry at home.
Collaborating with Southwark public health, Clinic commissioning g roup we organised two webinars about vaccination p roviding a platform for the community to ask question about Covid19 vaccination for vaccine hesitant. This supported the uptake of the vaccine among BAME community we work with.
We o rganised employment support for those looking for work. The church building became a community hub for vulnerable people.
Group we support a re:
- No recourse to public fund (NRPF)
- Lone Parents
- Elderly
- Health conditions / disability
- Welfare benefts
- Low income
- Refugees
## **CELESTIAL CHURCH OF CHRIST AMAZING GRACE PARISH ACCOUNTS 31ST DECEMBER 2020**
**EMMANUEL STEPHENS & CO. CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS, BUSINESS ADVISERS & CONSULTANTS 62 BEECHWOOD ROAD, LONDON E8 3DY**
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**CELESTIAL CHURCH OF CHRIST AMAZING GRACE PARISH Report and Accounts for the year ended 31st December 2020**
**CHARITY REGISTRATION NUMBER IN ENGLAND AND WALES** 1146389
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## **CELESTIAL CHURCH OF CHRIST AMAZING GRACE PARISH**
## **Reports and Accounts For The Year Ended 31st December 2020**
|**CONTENTS**||
|---|---|
|Charity Information|1|
|Trustees Report|2|
|Accountant's Report|3|
|Statement of Financial Activities|4|
|Balance Sheet|5|
|Notes to Accounts|6 - 7|
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## **CELESTIAL CHURCH OF CHRIST AMAZING GRACE PARISH**
## **Charity Information**
## **THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE:**
Mr. Enitan Shonibare Trustee Mrs. Elizabeth Akinsanya Trustee Rebecca Akinsanya Trustee Melvin Shoyeju Trustee Leah Adejinmi Trustee
## **Charity Registration No:**
1146389
## **BUSINESS OFFICE**
33 Sternhall Lane London SE15 4NT
## **BANKERS**
Lloyds Bank Camden Town Branch 140 Camden High Street Camden Town London NW1 ONG
## **ACCOUNTANTS**
EMMANUEL STEPHENS & CO. 62 BEECHWOOD ROAD LONDON E8 3DY
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## **CELESTIAL CHURCH OF CHRIST AMAZING GRACE PARISH REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES TO MEMBERS OF THE CELESTIAL CHURCH OF CHRIST AMAZING GRACE PARISH**
The Trustees present their report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2020. Celestial Church of Christ Amazing Grace Parish is a registered charity with the overall mission of spreading the Christian faith, alleviating poverty and reaching out to those that are marginalised in the society at large. We started the year with a spirit-filled service with the motive of continuous soul-winning for the Kingdom of Christ.
Th church activities for the year in review are classiffied into standard, special and inter parish. The standard activities are are regularly held weekly ,monthly and annually, they are part of the Church calender worldwide and are observed by all parishes including Amazing Grace parish
The special activities are home grown activities that are designed to meet the needs of the members of the parish including the parish cantata, the summer feast , a special grand command music performance to include special artists from Europe and Africa.
Inter parish activities are related activities and special proprammes of sister parishes and other denominations for which the parish regularly gets invited to particiate or as a guest. They include revival programmes and seminars.
Mrs Elizabeth Akinsanya Date
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## **CELESTIAL CHURCH OF CHRIST AMAZING GRACE PARISH**
## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF CELESTIAL CHURCH OF CHRIST AMAZING GRACE PARISH**
I report on the accounts of the Trust for the period ended 31st December 2020, which are set out on paged 3 to 6.
## **RESPECTIVE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE TRUSTEES AND EXAMINER**
As the Charity's Trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the Account: you consider that the audit requirement of section 43(2) of the Charities Act 1993 ("the Act") does not apply. It is my responsibility to:
. Examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Act;
. to follow the procedure s laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5) of the 2011 Act;
. to state whether particulat matters have come to my attention.
## **BASIS OF INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT**
My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners. 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 connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention:
1. Which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements:
- to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the 2011 Act, and
- to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and to comply with the accounting requirements of the 2011 Act.
have not been met: or
2. to which, in my opinion, attention be drawn to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
## **Emmanuel Stephens & Co.**
Chartered Accountants, Business Advisers & Consultants 62 Beechwood Road London E8 3DY
## **CELESTIAL CHURCH OF CHRIST AMAZING GRACE PARISH**
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## **Statement of Financial Activities for the year ended 31st December 2019**
||||**2020**|||**2019**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||Notes|Unrestricted|Restricted|Total||Total|
|||£|£|£||£|
|**Incoming Resources**|||||||
|Tithes, Offerings &|1||||||
|Similar Incoming Resources||68,677|149,429|218,106||96,491|
|Other Income|||||||
|Gift Aid Repayments||**9,237**|**-**|9,237||9,484|
|**Total Incoming Resources**||**77,914**|**149,429**|**227,343**||**105,975**|
|**Charitable Resources Expended**|||||||
|Direct Charitable expenses|2|-|97,077|97,077||-|
|Fundraising Publicity|3|-|-|-||-|
|Management & Administration|4|71,274||71,274||125,511|
|**Total Resources expended**||**71,274**|**97,077**|**168,351**||**125,511**|
|Net Incoming Resources for the year||6,640|52,352|58,992|-|19,536
|
|Funds Brought Forward||1,103|-|1,103||20,639|
|Fund Balances carried forward||**7,743**|**52,352**|**60,095**||**1,103**|
All disclosures relate to the continuing operations. There are no recognised gains or losses other than those disclosed above.
## **CELESTIAL CHURCH OF CHRIST AMAZING GRACE PARISH**
**Balance sheet as at 31st December 2020**
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|||**2020**|||**2019**||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||Notes|**£**|**£**|**£**||**£**|
|**FIXED ASSETS**|||||||
|Other tangible Fixed Assets|9|880|||1,320||
||||880||1,320|1,320|
|**CURRENT ASSETS**|||||||
|Cash in Hand/ Bank||84,949|||13,655||
|Prepayment for New Bulding||-|||-||
|||84,949|||13,655||
|**CURRENT LIABILITIES**|||||||
|Amount falling due within one year|6|(500)|||(500)||
|NET CURRENT ASSETS|||84,449|||13,155|
|**LONG TERM LIABILITIES**|||||||
|Amount falling due more than a year|||||||
|Loan|||(25,234)|||(13,372)|
|TOTAL ASSETS|||**60,095**|||**1,103**|
|ACCUMULATED FUNDS|||||||
|Unrestricted|7||7,743|||1,103|
|Restricted|8||52,352|||-|
||||**60,095**|||**1,103**|
Approved by the Trustees and Signed on their behalf:
Mrs Elizabeth Akinsanya Date
## **CELESTIAL CHURCH OF CHRIST AMAZING GRACE PARISH**
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## **Notes to the financial statements for the period ended 31st December 2020**
## **ACCOUNTING POLICIES**
The accounts have been prepared in compliance with the statement of Recommended Practice (SORP): Accounting for Charities.
## **1. GRANTS, DONATIONS ETC**
These are recognised in full in the Statement of Financial Activities in the period in which they are received.
## **2. DIRECT CHARITABLE EXPENDITURE**
This comprises all expenditure directly related to the objects of the of the charity. It also includes the expenditure in support of that activity where material.
|in support of that activity where material.||
|---|---|
|Donations
Motor Expenses|**2020**
**2019**
£
£
-
-
-
-|
||-
-|
## **3. FUND RAISING AND PUBLICITY**
This comprise the costs incurred in connection with the management of the charity's assets. These costs are organisational as opposed to project administration costs. They include costs for complying with the constitutional and statutory requirements.
## **4. MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION**
|Rent
Telephone/Fax
Choir Expenses
Church Expenses
Repairs & Maintenance
Professional fees
Bank Charges
Insurance
Harvest Expenses
Evangelism
Depreciation
Accountancy fees
Charity Projects|**2020**
**2019**
£
£
40,900
46,607
744
744
5,540
4,450
5,760
8,914
-
20,055
5,210
19,096
720
596
5,565
3,202
5,965
9,907
-
-
440
440
500
500
97,007
11000|
|---|---|
||168,351
125,511|
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## **5.DEPRECIATION**
This has been provided at the following rates in order to write off the assets over their estimated useful lives
|Musical Equipment
Fixture & Fittings
**6. LIABILITIES**
Current Liabilities
Accountancy Fees
**More Than 1 year**
Loans|20%
20%
**2020**
**2019**
£
£
500
500|
|---|---|
||500
500|
||25,234
13,372|
## **7. UNRESTRICTED FUNDS**
These are grants and donations received or receivable for the objects of the charity without restrictions as to purpose but are available as general funds.
## **8. OTHER FIXED ASSESTS**
Restricted funds are used for the purpose as specified by the donor. Expenditure that meets these criteria is identified to the fund.
## **9. FIXED ASSETS**
|**Cost/Valuation**
At 1 January 2020
Additions
At 31st December 2020
**DEPRECIATION**
At 1 January 2020
Charge for the year
At 31st December 2020
**Net Book Value**
At 31st December 2020
At 31st December 2019|**Musical**
**Equipment**
**Motor Van**
**Fixtures &**
**Fittings**
**Total**
£
£
£
£
4,219
2,200
650
7,069
0
-
-
-|
|---|---|
||4,219
2,200
650
7,069|
||4,219
880
650
5,749
0
440
0
440|
||4,219
1,320
650
6,189|
||0
880
0
880|
||0
1,760
0
1,760|
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## **CELESTIAL CHURCH OF CHRIST AMAZING GRACE PARISH ACCOUNTS 31ST DECEMBER 2020**
**EMMANUEL STEPHENS & CO. CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS, BUSINESS ADVISERS & CONSULTANTS 62 BEECHWOOD ROAD, LONDON E8 3DY**
1
**CELESTIAL CHURCH OF CHRIST AMAZING GRACE PARISH Report and Accounts for the year ended 31st December 2020**
**CHARITY REGISTRATION NUMBER IN ENGLAND AND WALES** 1146389
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## **CELESTIAL CHURCH OF CHRIST AMAZING GRACE PARISH**
## **Reports and Accounts For The Year Ended 31st December 2020**
|**CONTENTS**||
|---|---|
|Charity Information|1|
|Trustees Report|2|
|Accountant's Report|3|
|Statement of Financial Activities|4|
|Balance Sheet|5|
|Notes to Accounts|6 - 7|
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## **CELESTIAL CHURCH OF CHRIST AMAZING GRACE PARISH**
## **Charity Information**
## **THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE:**
Mr. Enitan Shonibare Trustee Mrs. Elizabeth Akinsanya Trustee Rebecca Akinsanya Trustee Melvin Shoyeju Trustee Leah Adejinmi Trustee
## **Charity Registration No:**
1146389
## **BUSINESS OFFICE**
33 Sternhall Lane London SE15 4NT
## **BANKERS**
Lloyds Bank Camden Town Branch 140 Camden High Street Camden Town London NW1 ONG
## **ACCOUNTANTS**
EMMANUEL STEPHENS & CO. 62 BEECHWOOD ROAD LONDON E8 3DY
4
## **CELESTIAL CHURCH OF CHRIST AMAZING GRACE PARISH REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES TO MEMBERS OF THE CELESTIAL CHURCH OF CHRIST AMAZING GRACE PARISH**
The Trustees present their report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2020. Celestial Church of Christ Amazing Grace Parish is a registered charity with the overall mission of spreading the Christian faith, alleviating poverty and reaching out to those that are marginalised in the society at large. We started the year with a spirit-filled service with the motive of continuous soul-winning for the Kingdom of Christ.
Th church activities for the year in review are classiffied into standard, special and inter parish. The standard activities are are regularly held weekly ,monthly and annually, they are part of the Church calender worldwide and are observed by all parishes including Amazing Grace parish
The special activities are home grown activities that are designed to meet the needs of the members of the parish including the parish cantata, the summer feast , a special grand command music performance to include special artists from Europe and Africa.
Inter parish activities are related activities and special proprammes of sister parishes and other denominations for which the parish regularly gets invited to particiate or as a guest. They include revival programmes and seminars.
Mrs Elizabeth Akinsanya Date
5
## **CELESTIAL CHURCH OF CHRIST AMAZING GRACE PARISH**
## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF CELESTIAL CHURCH OF CHRIST AMAZING GRACE PARISH**
I report on the accounts of the Trust for the period ended 31st December 2020, which are set out on paged 3 to 6.
## **RESPECTIVE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE TRUSTEES AND EXAMINER**
As the Charity's Trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the Account: you consider that the audit requirement of section 43(2) of the Charities Act 1993 ("the Act") does not apply. It is my responsibility to:
. Examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Act;
. to follow the procedure s laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5) of the 2011 Act;
. to state whether particulat matters have come to my attention.
## **BASIS OF INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT**
My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners. 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 connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention:
1. Which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements:
- to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the 2011 Act, and
- to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and to comply with the accounting requirements of the 2011 Act.
have not been met: or
2. to which, in my opinion, attention be drawn to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
## **Emmanuel Stephens & Co.**
Chartered Accountants, Business Advisers & Consultants 62 Beechwood Road London E8 3DY
## **CELESTIAL CHURCH OF CHRIST AMAZING GRACE PARISH**
6
## **Statement of Financial Activities for the year ended 31st December 2019**
||||**2020**|||**2019**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||Notes|Unrestricted|Restricted|Total||Total|
|||£|£|£||£|
|**Incoming Resources**|||||||
|Tithes, Offerings &|1||||||
|Similar Incoming Resources||68,677|149,429|218,106||96,491|
|Other Income|||||||
|Gift Aid Repayments||**9,237**|**-**|9,237||9,484|
|**Total Incoming Resources**||**77,914**|**149,429**|**227,343**||**105,975**|
|**Charitable Resources Expended**|||||||
|Direct Charitable expenses|2|-|97,077|97,077||-|
|Fundraising Publicity|3|-|-|-||-|
|Management & Administration|4|71,274||71,274||125,511|
|**Total Resources expended**||**71,274**|**97,077**|**168,351**||**125,511**|
|Net Incoming Resources for the year||6,640|52,352|58,992|-|19,536
|
|Funds Brought Forward||1,103|-|1,103||20,639|
|Fund Balances carried forward||**7,743**|**52,352**|**60,095**||**1,103**|
All disclosures relate to the continuing operations. There are no recognised gains or losses other than those disclosed above.
## **CELESTIAL CHURCH OF CHRIST AMAZING GRACE PARISH**
**Balance sheet as at 31st December 2020**
7
|||**2020**|||**2019**||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||Notes|**£**|**£**|**£**||**£**|
|**FIXED ASSETS**|||||||
|Other tangible Fixed Assets|9|880|||1,320||
||||880||1,320|1,320|
|**CURRENT ASSETS**|||||||
|Cash in Hand/ Bank||84,949|||13,655||
|Prepayment for New Bulding||-|||-||
|||84,949|||13,655||
|**CURRENT LIABILITIES**|||||||
|Amount falling due within one year|6|(500)|||(500)||
|NET CURRENT ASSETS|||84,449|||13,155|
|**LONG TERM LIABILITIES**|||||||
|Amount falling due more than a year|||||||
|Loan|||(25,234)|||(13,372)|
|TOTAL ASSETS|||**60,095**|||**1,103**|
|ACCUMULATED FUNDS|||||||
|Unrestricted|7||7,743|||1,103|
|Restricted|8||52,352|||-|
||||**60,095**|||**1,103**|
Approved by the Trustees and Signed on their behalf:
Mrs Elizabeth Akinsanya Date
## **CELESTIAL CHURCH OF CHRIST AMAZING GRACE PARISH**
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## **Notes to the financial statements for the period ended 31st December 2020**
## **ACCOUNTING POLICIES**
The accounts have been prepared in compliance with the statement of Recommended Practice (SORP): Accounting for Charities.
## **1. GRANTS, DONATIONS ETC**
These are recognised in full in the Statement of Financial Activities in the period in which they are received.
## **2. DIRECT CHARITABLE EXPENDITURE**
This comprises all expenditure directly related to the objects of the of the charity. It also includes the expenditure in support of that activity where material.
|in support of that activity where material.||
|---|---|
|Donations
Motor Expenses|**2020**
**2019**
£
£
-
-
-
-|
||-
-|
## **3. FUND RAISING AND PUBLICITY**
This comprise the costs incurred in connection with the management of the charity's assets. These costs are organisational as opposed to project administration costs. They include costs for complying with the constitutional and statutory requirements.
## **4. MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION**
|Rent
Telephone/Fax
Choir Expenses
Church Expenses
Repairs & Maintenance
Professional fees
Bank Charges
Insurance
Harvest Expenses
Evangelism
Depreciation
Accountancy fees
Charity Projects|**2020**
**2019**
£
£
40,900
46,607
744
744
5,540
4,450
5,760
8,914
-
20,055
5,210
19,096
720
596
5,565
3,202
5,965
9,907
-
-
440
440
500
500
97,007
11000|
|---|---|
||168,351
125,511|
9
## **5.DEPRECIATION**
This has been provided at the following rates in order to write off the assets over their estimated useful lives
|Musical Equipment
Fixture & Fittings
**6. LIABILITIES**
Current Liabilities
Accountancy Fees
**More Than 1 year**
Loans|20%
20%
**2020**
**2019**
£
£
500
500|
|---|---|
||500
500|
||25,234
13,372|
## **7. UNRESTRICTED FUNDS**
These are grants and donations received or receivable for the objects of the charity without restrictions as to purpose but are available as general funds.
## **8. OTHER FIXED ASSESTS**
Restricted funds are used for the purpose as specified by the donor. Expenditure that meets these criteria is identified to the fund.
## **9. FIXED ASSETS**
|**Cost/Valuation**
At 1 January 2020
Additions
At 31st December 2020
**DEPRECIATION**
At 1 January 2020
Charge for the year
At 31st December 2020
**Net Book Value**
At 31st December 2020
At 31st December 2019|**Musical**
**Equipment**
**Motor Van**
**Fixtures &**
**Fittings**
**Total**
£
£
£
£
4,219
2,200
650
7,069
0
-
-
-|
|---|---|
||4,219
2,200
650
7,069|
||4,219
880
650
5,749
0
440
0
440|
||4,219
1,320
650
6,189|
||0
880
0
880|
||0
1,760
0
1,760|
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