2023-09-30-accounts - True Jesus Church (Forest Hill)

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Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period end date 01 Oct 2022 30 Sept 2023

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

Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year
Mr Chun Bong Li	Religious Affairs Officer
Mr Ming-Yi Chien	General Affairs Officer	Appointed 1stJan 2023
Ms Shavella Fei PengLoh	Financial Affairs Officer
Mr Michael J Parrett	Evangelical Planning Officer
Ms Sheau-Harn Lin	Religious Education 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)

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)	Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)	Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)
Type of adviser Name Address




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. trust, association, company)

(eg. appointed by, elected by)

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:

policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
relationship with any related parties;
trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.

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Section C Objectives and activities

The objectives of the Church are as follows:

Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document

 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.

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.

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.

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 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)

You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

policy on grantmaking;
policy programme related investment;

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.

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.

The Church is to undertake further evangelism and spiritual convocations to promote the gospel, actively seeking lost sheep and to encourage members to grow in the stature of Christ in line with our stated objectives.

There are plans to undertake refurbishment works to the external elements of the church building.

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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 £31,137 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)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:

the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
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) Mr Chun Bong Li Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Religious Affairs Officer etc)

Date 26th July 2024

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Independent examiner's report on the accounts

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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 2023 Charity no 1158740 ended (if any) Set out on pages 10 - 11 (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 30 / 09 / 2023.

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 examiner's statement

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:

accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or
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.

Date: 26[th] July 2024 Signed: Name: Ms Szu Yu Huang (if any): Address: Flat 1, 114 Canbury Park Road Kingston-Upon-Thames KT2 6JZ

Signed: Name: Ms Szu Yu Huang Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any):

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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)	No (ifany)	CC16a

	Receipts andpayments accounts
	For the period from	01/10/2022	To	30/09/2023


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	40,757	40,734	-	81,491	46,409
RE	910	-	-	910	510
Bible and Hymn Book Sales	-	-	-	-	21
	-		-	-	-
*Sub total*(Gross income for AR)	41,667	40,734	-	82,401	46,940

A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).
	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-
*Sub total*	-	-	-	-	-

*Total receipts*	41,667	40,734	-	82,401	46,940

A3 Payments
Insurance	-	-	-	-	3,612
Phone	390	-	-	390	349
Pastoring, visiting and travel expenses	210	-	-	210	284
Food	1,342	-	-	1,342	744
RE,library& audio	722	-	-	722	479
Bible,hymns and churchpublication	-	-	-	-	90
Sundryconsumables	686			686	1,003
Sundrynonconsumables	491	-	-	491
EPGgospel leaflet and advertising	1,024			1,024	467
Water,heat and light	5,463			5,463	3,874
UKGA contribution	9,948			9,948	16,855
Students spiritual convocation/ YTTC expenditure				-	187
Travel expenses	36			36
Refurbishment & maintainance	2,318	-	-	2,318	-
RE outing/ activities	7,668	-	-	7,668	-
**Sub total **	30,298	-	-	30,298	27,944

A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table)
	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-
**Sub total **	-	-	-	-	-

*Totalpayments*	30,298	-	-	30,298	27,944

*Net of receipts/(payments)*	11,369	40,734	-	52,103	18,996
A5 Transfers between funds	-	-	-	-	-
A6 Cash funds lastyear end	19,768	78,640	-	98,408	79,412
*Cash funds thisyear end*	31,137	119,374	-	150,511	98,408

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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period

Categories	Details	Unrestricted funds	Restricted funds	Endowment funds
		to nearest £	to nearest £	to nearest £
B1 Cash funds	General	31,137	-	-
	Building	-	119,374	-
		-	-	-
	*Total cash funds*	31,137	119,374	-
	(agree balances w ith receipts and payments account(s))	OK		OK
		Unrestricted funds	Restricted funds	Endowment funds
	Details	to nearest £	to nearest £	to nearest £
B2 Other monetary assets		-	-	-
		-	-	-
		-	-	-
		-	-	-
		-	-	-
		-	-	-

	Details	Fund to which asset belongs	Cost (optional)	Current value (optional)
B3 Investment assets			-	-
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	Details	Fund to which asset belongs	Cost (optional)	Current value (optional)
B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use			-	-
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	Details	Fund to which liability relates	Amount due (optional)	When due (optional)
B5 Liabilities			-
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			-
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Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees	Signature	Print Name		Date of approval
		Mr Chun Bong Li		24th July 2024

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