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2022-12-31-accounts

THE GOOD SHEPHERD INTERNATIONAL MISSIONS UK

ANNUAL REPORT

AND

STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2022 CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION CIO NUMBER : 1151791

THE GOOD SHEPHERD INTERNATIONAL MISSIONS UK CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION

CONTENTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2022

Page
Legal and Administrative Information 3
Trustees' Report 4 to 6
Independent Examiner's Report on the Accounts 7
Statement of Receipts and Payments 8
Statement of Assets and Liabilities 9
Notes to the Accounts 10 to 12

THE GOOD SHEPHERD INTERNATIONAL MISSIONS UK CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION

LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

CIO NUMBER

1151791

COMPANIES HOUSE REG. NUMBER CE000369

WORKING NAMES

TGSIM

START OF FINANCIAL YEAR 01 January 2022 END OF FINANCIAL YEAR 31 December 2022

TRUSTEES AT 31 DECEMBER 2021 Pastor Romwel P Azores Ruby Borja Poldina Huggins

The existing trustees appoint any new trustees following the provisions laid out in the Charity's governing instrument.

GOVERNING INSTRUMENT

Charitable Incorporated Organisation Foundation registered 26th April 2013

REGISTRATION DATE 26 April 2013:CIO registration

OBJECTS

a) The principal object of the church is for the advancement of the Christian faith in accordance with the statement of faith and to relieve sickness and financial hardship and to promote and preserve good health by the provision of funds, goods or services in such parts of Portsmouth, the United Kingdom or the world as the trustees from time to time may think fit.

b) To relieve sickness and financial hardship and to promote and preserve good health by the provision of funds, goods or services of any kind, including through the provision of support in such parts of Portsmouth, the United Kingdom or the world as the trustees from time to time may think fit.

CORRESPONDENCE ADDRESS 2 Second Avenue Cosham Portsmouth PO6 3JB PRIMARY BANKERS Natwest Bank Plc Portsmouth, Commercial Road Branch 130 Commercial Road Portsmouth PO1 1EJ

INDEPENDENT EXAMINER

Tim Schofield, LLb, ACA 10a Leigh Rd Havant Hants PO9 2ET

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THE GOOD SHEPHERD INTERNATIONAL MISSIONS UK CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION

TRUSTEES' REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2022

TRUSTEES REPORT

For the year ended 31st December 2022

The trustee has pleasure in submitting the report and accounts for the year 2022.

Charitable Objects

A.The principal object of the church is for the advancement of the Christian faith in accordance with the statement of faith and to relieve sickness and financial hardship and to promote and preserve good health by the provision of funds, goods or services in such parts of Portsmouth, the United Kingdom or the world as the trustees from time to time may think fit.

B. Summary of main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects. The church is not a building, but a gathering of people of different race, ages, and background whose lives have been transformed by Jesus Christ, the Son of God. The bible reveals that the church is a community of people, being well taught and cared for, by loving and serving Jesus Christ and committed to love one another and to be a blessing to others.

TGSIM UK Church, its trustees, elders, leaders and members are committed to these biblical principles, to help people to know, love and follow Christ.

To achieve these objectives, the church seeks to be a friendly and welcoming community. It provides a variety of activities which are open to the membership and to the community in general. Our aim is to show the love of Jesus Christ in both word and deed and to bring people into a closer relationship with Him thereby promoting growth and discipleship and to help the new members in the church to integrate into fellowship, via small groups which meet regularly in the homes of some members. Pastoral care of the church community is also enabled through these small groups.

During the year, TGSIM UK has continued to demonstrate Christian Faith in action by serving the community in which it operates through the following activities.

1.Sunday afternoon service has continued to provide a central focus for the community, bringing together the many members of the church family in worship. Central to the work and witness of the church is the provision of regular public services of Christian fellowship. These services normally take place each Sunday at 2pm. Providing relevant biblical preaching/teachings and activities for children and youth during Sunday school. Followed by fellowship to promote love, support and encouragement as a body of Christ.

  1. Communion or the Lord’s supper is also observing every first Sunday of the month, an ordinance instituted by the Lord Jesus Christ, primarily designed to stimulate in the believer’s hearts remembrance of the person and work of Jesus and to be observed till He come again.

3.Providing pastoral work including praying/visiting the sick/bereaved family, and counselling by our charity pastor and elders.

4.Conducting one on one and small group discipleship, training and attending conference to promote spiritual growth and to train new leaders who will take care and lead people to Christ.

5.Providing Community outreach activities like family day and sports fest evangelism.

6.Supporting overseas Pastoral missions.

7.Operating weekly cell groups meeting within the City of Portsmouth and other neighboring places.

Achievements and performance

A. Events

The charity held different events, maintaining the objective for the advancement of the Christian faith, to care and support for every individual and families.

The 12th year thanksgiving church anniversary was held on the 4th of December, we were able to celebrate this glorious day of many blessings upon our church, thanking God for His faithfulness and His good graces for sustaining us through.

Under the provision and guidance of our loving God, through the leading of our Charity Pastor Romwel Azores alongside with the leaders and committed members of the congregation, the life and work of the church has continued to flourish.

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Varied events like Father’s Day, Mother’s Day, Easter Sunday, Family Day, Evangelism Sport's fest, and Pastor's appreciation were successfully held with newly invited people in the community, we truly honor God in each event and glorifying His name, that made it truly victorious and significant. Sharing lives and the love of Christ to the people in the community through the word of God that was preached by our pastor on every event that was held. God brought us together, to be one in Him that we might bring light to the world. Giving thanks to God for making every possible success of the different events that were held this year.

Members are also encouraged to take an appropriate part in the spiritual and practical tasks involved in the furtherance of the charitable objectives.

We are thankful and grateful to our minister who preach the Word every Sunday and two(2) elders who were also assigned to preach on a scheduled basis, to the Worship leaders and members who lead the congregation to worship the Lord , to the media/ technical team who looks after the sound and video, to those who host the service every Sunday, and to every ministries and individual that are involved. To God be all the glory.

The charity was able to continue the online service via zoom and fb live streaming to share the gospel to other parts of the world.

Committed members have joined different ministries and leaders were encouraged in serving the Lord and to develop their leadership skills.

B. Training and Discipleship

It has been wonderful to see the members of the church continuously growing in the faith, grace and in the knowledge of God for the last twelve (12) months.

Group activities and one on one discipleship is in progress as we aim for more members to fully mature in Christ, serving God with love and passion.

Youth and Children are being trained according to their gifts and willingness in order for them to serve the people in the church as well as in the community.

The Church was able to help members to identify their spiritual gifts and to utilise them to show their love for God and also to provide services in the community.

New people were added to cell groups and eventually were retained members of the church and committed to support the church ministry according to their gifts.

99% of the church members are actively attending bible study cell groups and have publicly professed their faith through the ordinance of water baptism. This year we have four (4) adults and one (1) youth who were baptized in water, in the name of the Father and of the son and of the Holy Spirit

The cell groups are helping to fulfil the vision of Christ for the church, to win the world for Jesus. This can only be achieved when all believers become disciples themselves. The small group setting of a cell group is a practical means to see this discipleship happening, and to reach out to the lost and to nurture new believers. We are also called to love one another, care for one another, teach and encourage one another, exhort, admonish, and restore one another.

We are grateful for the guidance and support of our church pastor who is mainly responsible for providing pastoral care for the congregation, equipping, and also discipling committed members of the church.

Church elders and cell leaders willingly offer voluntarily help for the pastoral care, discipling potential leaders and organization of different activities and the role of administration. Several workers were added and are voluntarily serving in the church.

C. Mission

The charity pastor was able go to Philippines this year for a mission together with his family to physically visit, support and minister to TGSIM churches in the Philippines.

We were able to reach out to people in other countries via FB live streaming and via zoom and they were able to join us in our Sunday church service and cell group bible study.

The charity has provided financial support to TGSIM churches in the Philippines on a regular basis to aid in serving their people in the church as well as in their community.

The charity continues to offer financial help as part of the benevolence support to our regular members and to their immediate family as per the charity benevolence protocol.

Trustees Responsibilities

The trustees are aware of the guidance and public benefit published by the charity commission and we believed that the activity of the church provided significant public benefit in accordance with the charity commission guidance. It has always been the desire of the church to welcome new faces into our fellowship and to reach out as many people

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as possible in our community through various activities and through the gospel to help people find spiritual faith and peace.

Governance

Sunday school teachers are holding DBS certificate and the charity is under the child protection policy produced by "thirtyone eight".

Reserves Policy

The Trustees have established a policy whereby reserves held by the charity should be maintained at a level that represents three months of normal expenditure to meet its obligations to employee and sustain its operations during that period.

Financial Review

The charity activities are financially supported, mainly from the tithes and offerings of the church members.

Building fund donation has been received by the charity with the amount of 29,858 deposited in the charity business reserve account.

CONCLUSION

In summary, we continue to be grateful for God’s provision and to trust Him for provision for the future and our faithful stewardship under His direction.

Responsibiities of Trustees

Charity law requires the Board of Trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true andfair view of the state of affairs of the charity and of its incoming resources and resources expended for the period. In preparing those financial statements, the Board of Trustees should follow best practice and are required to;

The Board of Trustees is responsible for maintaining proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 1993. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities and to provide reasonable assurance that:-

The systems of internal control are designed to provide reasonable but not absolute assurance against material misstatement o. r loss.

Approved by the Trustees o..n.. 11th October 2023

Signed on their behalf by Trustee Romwel Azores

Printed Name: Romwel azores; Ruby R. Borja

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Report to the trustees/ members of The Good Shepherd International Missions UK on the accounts for the year ended 31st December 2022.

Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner

The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity’s trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 (the Charities Act) and that an independent examination is needed.

It is my responsibility to:

Basis of independent examiner’s statement

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 the 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:

  2. to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; and

  3. to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the Charities Act

have not been met; or

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

Tim Schofield

10a Leigh Rd Havant Hants PO9 2ET

Date: 10th October 2023

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THE GOOD SHEPHERD INTERNATIONAL MISSIONS UK STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2022

Notes
RECEIPTS
Donations & Legacies
2a
Investment Income
2b
Charitable Activities
2c
TOTAL RECEIPTS
Costs of Charitable Activities
3
TOTAL PAYMENTS
NET
INCOMING/(OUTGOING)
RESOURCES
TRANSFERS BETWEEN
FUNDS
4
NET MOVEMENT IN FUNDS
RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS:
Balances Brought Forward
BALANCES CARRIED
FORWARD		 Unrestricted
Funds
Restricted Funds
Total 2022
Total 2021
£
£
£
£
73,148
0
73,148
42,992
35
-
35
1
-
-
0
-
73,183
0
73,183
42,993
42,273
42,273
34,302
42,273
0
42,273
34,302
30,910
0
30,910
8,691
0
0
0
0
30,910
0
30,910
8,691
19678
-
19678
10,986
50,588
0
50,588
19,677

All of the Charity's operations are classed as continuing operations.

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The notes form part of these financial statements, found on pages 10 to 12

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THE GOOD SHEPHERD INTERNATIONAL MISSION UK CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2022

CASH AT HAND AND IN BANK
Bank Current Account
Business Reserve Account
Assets
Representedby:
General Funds
Restricted Funds
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Assetsretained for the Charity's own use:
Equipment
Liabilities:
Independent Examiner's Fee		 Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
Total
Funds
Funds
31-Dec-22
31-Dec-21
£
£
£
£
11,290
11,290
13,064
39,298
39,298
6,614
50,588
0
50,588
19,678
50,588
0
50,588
19,678
50,588
50,588
19,678
0
0
0
50,588
0
50,588
19,678
7,688
7,688
7,688
0
0
888

TRUSTEES RESPONSIBILITIESIN RELATION TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Charity Law requires the Trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which comply with the regulations set out in the Charities Act 2011. The Trustees have elected to take advantage of the provisions that apply to small charities and have prepared a Receipts and Payments Account and Statement of Assets and Liabilities which are set out on pages:- 8 to 9.

Approved by the Trustees on 11[th] October 2023

Signed on their behalf by Trustees Romwel Azores

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THE GOOD SHEPHERD INTERNATIONAL MISSION UK CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2022

1. BASIS OF ACCOUNTING

The accounts have been prepared under the “Receipts and Payments” basis as prescribed by the Charity Commissioners, and they meet the appropriate legal requirements.

2. RECEIPTS
Note
a) Donations & Legacies
Tithes & Offerings
~ Online
~ Plate
Gift Aid Recovered
Savings Fund income
Mission Fund income
Building Fund
b) Investment Income
Interest Received
c) Other Receipts
Refunds		 Unrestricted
Funds
Restricted
Funds
Total 2022
Total
2021
£
£
£
£
30,088
30,088
34,054
2961
2,961
530
8,441
8,441
6,470
550
550
638
1,250
1,250
1,300
29,858
29,858
-
73,148
0
73,148
42,992
35
35
1
35
0
35
1
-
-
-
-
0
0
0
0

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THE GOOD SHEPHERD INTERNATIONAL MISSION UK CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2022

Costs of Charitable Activities

Note
Gifts
~ Love
~ Benevolence
Ministry
~ Events (zoom costs)
~ Worship
Mission
~ Philippines (typhoon
victims)
~ Outreach
Support
Rent
Salary
Nest Pension
Gift Aid Reclaim Costs
CCPAS
Supplies/Other
Church Supplies
Equipment
Stewardship
Mission Fund
Savings Fund
Miscellaneous expense
Governance costs:-
Independent Examiner Fee		 Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
Total
Funds
Funds
2022
2021
£
£
£
£
1,190
1,190
650
2,187
2,187
1,175
0
4,136
4,136
2,429
1,490
1,490
1,256
0
3,725
3,725
3,523
1,121
1,121
1,962
0
5,379
5,379
1,961
-
0
-
1,243
1,243
1,243
843
843
396
-
0
129
318
318
52
87
87
378
386
386
-
16,923
16,923
16,920
1,250
1,250
550
550
600
1,067
1,067
308
0
378
378
1,320
0
42,273
0
42,273
34,302

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THE GOOD SHEPHERD INTERNATIONAL MISSIONS UK CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS (continued) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2022

2. RESTRICTED FUNDS

The Charity held a Restricted Building Fund created in this period (nil in previous financial period).

5. STAFF COSTS AND NUMBERS

Gross Salary:
Pastor
Employer's National Insurance Costs
Employer's Pension Contributions		 TOTAL
2022
£
16,800
1,100
840

18,740		 TOTAL
2021
£
16,800
1,100
840

18,740

Average number of employees who were engaged in each of the following activities:

TOTAL TOTAL
2022 2021
Charitable Activities 1 1

The Church employs a full time Pastor of the Church who is responsible for providing pastoral care for the congregation and to other people, equipping and discipling committed members of the Church. No employee received emoluments in excess of £60,000. Staff are paid through the PAYE scheme but this is administrated by Stewardship Services.

6. TRUSTEES AND OTHER RELATED PARTIES

Pastor Romwel P Azores received payments in respect of his gross remuneration as detailed above. No other payments were made to trustees/members or any persons connected with them during this financial period. No other material transaction took place between the organisation and a trustee or any person connected with them. (2021 - None)

7. RISK ASSESSMENT

The Trustees actively review the major risks which the charity faces on a regular basis and believe that maintaining the free reserves stated combined with the annual review of the controls over key financial systems carried out on an annual basis will provide sufficient resources in the event of adverse conditions. The Trustees have also examined other operational and business risks which they face and confirm that they have established systems to mitigate the significant risks.

8. RESERVES POLICY

The Trustees have considered the level of reserves they wish to retain, appropriate to the charity's needs. This is based on the charity's size and the level of financial commitments held. The Trustees aim to ensure the charity will be able to continue to fulfil its charitable objectives even if there is a temporary shortfall in income or unexpected expenditure. The trustees will endeavour not to set aside funds unnecessarily.

9. PUBLIC BENEFIT

The Charity acknowledges its requirement to demonstrate clearly that it must have charitable purposes or ‘aims’ that are for the public benefit. Details of how the charity has achieved this are provided in the Trustees report. The Trustees confirm that they have paid due regard to the Charity Commission guidance on public benefit before deciding what activities the charity should undertake.

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