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Trustees' Annual Report for the period
Period start date Period end date 01 Oct 2021 30 Sept 2022
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Section A Reference and administration details
Charity name True Jesus Church (Forest Hill)
Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any) 1158740 Charity's principal address 11 David’s Road London Postcode SE23 3EP
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
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Trustee name | Office (if any) | Dates acted if not for whole year |
Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany) |
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| Michael J Parrett | Religious Affairs Officer |
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| Ms Shavella F P Loh |
Evangelical Planning Officer |
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| Ms Lucca Lin | Religious Education Officer |
Appointed 1stJan 2020 | ||
| Mr Chun Bong Li | General Affairs Officer |
Appointed 1stJan 2020 | ||
| Ms Hua Qin Fang | Financial Affairs Officer |
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Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)
Name Dates acted if not for whole year
Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)
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Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)
Section B Structure, governance and management
Description of the charity’s trusts
Type of governing document
Trust Deed dated 15/02/2014
- (eg. trust deed, constitution)
Unincorporated How the charity is constituted
- (eg. trust, association, company)
Election in accordance with Trust Deed Trustee selection methods
- (eg. appointed by, elected by)
Additional governance issues (Optional information)
You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:
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policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
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the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
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relationship with any related parties;
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trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
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Section C Objectives and activities
| Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit) |
The objectives of the Church are as follows: •To provide a place of worship for the members of the True Jesus Church in London. •To worship the one true God in accordance with the Old and the New Testaments of the Holy Bible. •To preach the full gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ unto the world. •To prepare for the Lord's second coming. |
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| These objectives are met through regular meetings for worship where they are preached to the congregation. In shaping our objectives for the year and planning our activities, the trustees have considered the charity commission guidance on public benefit. During the covid pandemic, regular physical meetings for worship were not possible due to local government restrictions. These were replaced with combined online worship sessions with affiliated True Jesus Churches in the south of England. Our main activity is to preach the salvation grace of Christ Jesus, the one True God. The benefit is for those who believe, to gain eternal life in the future. The Church provides a place of worship for the followers and any truth seeking friends in London. The Church also holds regular services on Saturday for the followers to keep the Sabbath. In setting objectives and planning for activities, the Trustees have given due consideration to general guidance published by the charity commission relating to public benefit. |
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Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)
The Church Committee operates a policy to contribute a proportion of its income to the UKGA. The level of contribution is suggested by the UKGA and is currently about 30% of the total general offerings received by the church.
You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:
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policy on grantmaking;
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policy programme related investment;
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contribution made by volunteers.
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Section D Achievements and performance
Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year
The Church has increased in membership and has generally strengthened the faith of its members in line with the objectives outlined above and by such activities as fellowships, religious teachings, convocations and publications. Despite government lockdowns due to the covid pandemic, the Church has been able to maintain and strengthen the faith of its members through online services and fellowships.
The Church is to undertake further evangelism and spiritual convocations to promote the gospel, actively seek lost sheep and to encourage members to grow in the stature of Christ in line with our stated objectives.
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Section E Financial review
The reserves are currently held in cash, which the Church Brief statement of the Committee feels is appropriate given the volatility of the stock charity’s policy on reserves market in recent years. The Church Committee keep this policy under review.
The free reserves are the total unrestricted funds less the designated property funds. The free reserves are £19,768 at year end. This represents more than 12 months of operational costs. The Church Committee considers this level of reserves to be satisfactory given the necessity to continually maintain the church building.
Details of any funds materially in deficit
Further financial review details (Optional information)
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the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
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how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
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investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.
Section F Other optional information
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Section G Declaration
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.
Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees
Signature(s) Full name(s) Michael John Parrett Religious Affairs Officer Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Date 26/07/2023
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Independent examiner's report on the accounts
Section A Independent Examiner’s Report
Report to the trustees/ Charity Name members of True Jesus Church (Forest Hill)
On accounts for the year 30 Sept 2022 Charity no 1158740 ended (if any) Set out on pages 10 - 11 (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)
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I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 30 / 09 / 2020.
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Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation basis of report of the 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 the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
Independent I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have examiner's statement come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
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accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or
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the accounts do not accord with the accounting records
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Signed: Date: 26/07/2023 Name: Jingjing Chen Relevant professional Accounting Associate qualification(s) or body (if any): Address: 77 Belvedere road Bexleyheath Da7 4ny
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Section B Disclosure
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight 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 .
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| True Jesus Church(Forest Hill) | True Jesus Church(Forest Hill) | True Jesus Church(Forest Hill) | True Jesus Church(Forest Hill) | True Jesus Church(Forest Hill) | 1158740 | 1158740 | CC16a | ||
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| Receipts andpayments accounts | |||||||||
| For the period from |
01/10/2021 | To | 30/09/2022 | ||||||
| Section A Receipts and payments | |||||||||
| Unrestricted funds |
Restricted funds |
Endowment funds |
Total funds | Last year | |||||
| to the nearest £ |
to the nearest £ | to the nearest £ | to the nearest £ | to the nearest £ | |||||
| A1 Receipts | |||||||||
| General Offerings | 29,170 | 17,239 | - | 46,409 | 46,118 | ||||
| RE | 510 | - | - | 510 | |||||
| Bible and hymn book sales | 21 | - | - | 21 | |||||
| Gift aid | - | - | 10,210 | ||||||
| Sub total(Gross income for AR) |
29,701 | 17,239 | - | 46,940 | 56,329 | ||||
| A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). |
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| - | - | - | - | - | |||||
| Sub total | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| **Total receipts ** | 29,701 | 17,239 | - | 46,940 | 56,329 | ||||
| A3 Payments | |||||||||
| Insurance | 3,612 | - | - | 3,612 | 1,788 | ||||
| Phone | 349 | - | - | 349 | 325 | ||||
| Pastoring, visitingand travel expenses | 284 | - | - | 284 | 41 | ||||
| Food | 744 | - | - | 744 | 116 | ||||
| RE library& audio | 479 | - | - | 479 | 111 | ||||
| Bible, hymns and churchpublication | 90 | - | - | 90 | - | ||||
| Sundrynonconsumables | 1,003 | - | - | 1,003 | 351 | ||||
| EPGgospel leaflet and advertising | 467 | - | - | 467 | - | ||||
| Water, heat and light | 3,875 | - | - | 3,874 | 1,969 | ||||
| UKGA contribution | 16,855 | - | - | 16,855 | 5,852 | ||||
| Students spiritual convocation/YTTC expenditure |
187 | - | - | 187 | - | ||||
| Refurbishment | - | - | - | - | 41,162 | ||||
| **Sub total ** | 27,944 | - | - | 27,944 | 51,714 | ||||
| A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) |
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| Equipment | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| **Sub total ** | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| **Totalpayments ** | 27,944 | - | - | 27,944 | 51,714 | ||||
| Net of receipts/(payments) | 1,757 | 17,239 | - | 18,996 | 4,615 | ||||
| A5 Transfers between funds | |||||||||
| A6 Cash funds lastyear end | 18,011 | 61,401 | - | 79,411 | 74,797 | ||||
| Cash funds thisyear end | 19,768 | 78,640 | - | 98,407 | 79,411 |
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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment Categories Details funds funds funds to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £ B1 Cash funds General 19,768 - Building 78,640 - - - - Total cash funds 19,768 78,640 - (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) OK OK OK Unrestricted Restricted Endowment funds funds funds Details to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £ B2 Other monetary assets Fund to which Current value Details asset belongs Cost (optional) (optional) B3 Investment assets Fund to which Current value Cost (optional) Details asset belongs (optional) B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use Fund to which Amount due When due Details liability relates (optional) (optional) B5 Liabilities Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all Date of Signature Print Name the trustees approval Michael John Parrett 26/07/2023
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