DocuSign Envelope ID: BCE1659C-8D3A-4A4F-BF33-A0FE4D549B05 ## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** Period start date Period end date 01 10 2019 30 09 2020 **From** **To** ## Section A Reference and administration details **Charity name** RIVER OF LIFE COMMUNITY CHURCH **Other names charity is known by** **Registered charity number (if any)** 1159005 **Charity's principal address** 58 CROFT DRIVE MAPPLEWELL BARNSLEY SOUTH YORKSHIRE **Postcode S75 6AN** **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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19|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee(if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Chrispen Shumba|Chair of Trustees||| ||Anne Christine Hill|Administrator /
Trustee||| ||Amirah Ashlyn
Stambuli|Treasurer / Trustee||| ||Matilda Kafwaliman
Phiri|Trustee||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)** **Name Dates acted if not for whole year** **TAR** March **2012** 1 DocuSign Envelope ID: BCE1659C-8D3A-4A4F-BF33-A0FE4D549B05 ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** **Type of adviser Name Address** ## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** Dr Alexander Phiri - Lead Pastor Trevor Hill - Associate Pastor ## **Section B Structure, governance and management** ## **Description of the charity’s trusts** CONSTITUTION Type of governing document CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION (CIO) How the charity is constituted - (eg. trust, association, company) The position of trustee is open to anyone committed to upholding the objects of Trustee selection methods the trust and who has the skills, knowledge and experience needed for the (eg. appointed by, elected by) effective administration of the CIO subject to vetting and the agreement of the existing trustees. Apart from the first charity trustees every trustee must be appointed (for a term of three years) by a resolution passed at a properly convened meeting of the charity trustees. ## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)** - The charity is governed by its trustees; the minimum number being three. - You **may choose** to include The ‘Senior Pastor’ for the time being (the office holder) shall automatically - additional information, where (ex-officio) be a charity trustee, for as long as he or she holds that office. - relevant, about:  policies and procedures The day to day running of the charity is carried out by the leadership. The leadership team comprises the Senior Pastor and Associated Pastor. The - adopted for the induction and Chair of trustees; Director of Finance; the Administrator and the Worship - training of trustees; Director also trustees. Employees are appointed by the Charities trustees. -  the charity’s organisational structure and any wider Any incoming employee or trustee are given a copy of the charities governing network with which the charity document plus the charities vision and mission statement. A copy of the latest works; Trustee’s Annual Report and accounts and minutes of trustee meetings. New trustees are given a welcome pack containing the latest Charity -  relationship with any related Commission Document which contains documentation regarding the role and parties; responsibility of a charity trustee. Also the ‘Essential Trustee: ‘What You Need To Know’ (CC3) and ‘The Hallmarks of an Effective Charity’. Safeguarding -  trustees’ consideration of Polices; RLCC is a member of Thirtyone:eight who provide Safeguarding - major risks and the system Training for trustees and group leaders. We are also a member of NCVO who - and procedures to manage provide information and training for volunteers. - them. ## **Section C Objectives and activities** **TAR** March **2012** 2 DocuSign Envelope ID: BCE1659C-8D3A-4A4F-BF33-A0FE4D549B05 |**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)**|To advance the Christian Faith for the benefit of the public in accordance
with the Charities ‘Statement of Faith’. This involves various religious
activities and the prevention or relief of poverty to the general public or
mankind. This is done by making grants to individuals and organisations
providing religious services and educational resources, advice,
counselling and information.| |---|---| ||All of our meetings were open to the general public before the lockdown
imposed on church gatherings due to the Corona Virus.
Meetings then continued to be open to the public but online via Zoom and
YouTube. It was noted that there was a definite increase in attendance to
the online meetings.
Regular Sunday Meetings were streamed on YouTube due to the closure
of the Methodist church during lockdown.
Worship and communion continued online together with prayer.
Individual contact with people for prayer, counsel or fellowship was done
via facetime or telephone. For the vulnerable care was taken to make
sure regular contact was made with them by members of the church, and
groceries and other needs were provided for them when necessary.
Weekly, Life Groups, Bible Study and Prayer Meetings continued via
Zoom. All the meetings were open to those from outside RLCC who
wanted to join us for fellowship, teaching, and personal prayer.| **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** sessions **TAR** March **2012** 3 DocuSign Envelope ID: BCE1659C-8D3A-4A4F-BF33-A0FE4D549B05 The Charity depends on donations from members of the public who attend church and other well-wishers. You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: - policy on grantmaking; - policy programme related investment; - contribution made by volunteers. ## Section D Achievements and performance **TAR** March **2012** 4 DocuSign Envelope ID: BCE1659C-8D3A-4A4F-BF33-A0FE4D549B05 |Section D|Achievements andperformance| |---|---| |**Summary of the main**
**achievements of the charity**
**during the year**|The restrictions brought on by the covid pandemic affected what
we could do as a charity. It was also limited because we could not
access our meeting hall.
We started a “Stay Free” course online mainly for young men
battling certain types of addiction.
A Friday evening bible study, initially for members of our
congregation was started which now includes people from other
churches and denominations within the UK, and abroad.
The leadership and members of the congregation volunteered for
shopping and collecting prescriptions for the elderly member(s) of
our congregation living alone or not able to go out.
Elderly members of the congregation who did not have access to
online meetings were asked if they would like to be part of a prayer
group. With their permission, weekly updates regarding church
and prayer requests were initiated via telephone in order to keep
them informed and included.
Christmas parcels were dropped on doorsteps for the elderly and
the children.
Leadership provided ongoing bereavement support to a lady who
lost her husband in the previous year.
Sunday services continued YouTube.
Tuesday Life Groups and Thursday prayers on Zoom. Members of
the community were able to join in.
Emmaus Bible School continued online.
A men’s meeting was held which was open to the public and joined
in by members of other churches.
The women’s meeting went online until we could meet in person.
Ongoing support and prayer was provided for women working from
home, with young children and those living alone.
Regular contact was kept throughout with families and individual
members of the church on Zoom and church WhatsApp groups.
We had no sharp rise in numbers in congregation but grew steadily
during this time.
For the safety of the congregation and public, risk assessments
were carried out to ready us for when we were to be allowed back
into the church building. Help and guidance was sought from the
Charity Commission.| **TAR** March **2012** 5 DocuSign Envelope ID: BCE1659C-8D3A-4A4F-BF33-A0FE4D549B05 ## **Section E Financial review** Our weekly donations are used for charitable purposes. The only reserve **Brief statement of the** at the moment is the Building Fund which is to be used for obtaining our **charity’s policy on reserves** own building. **Details of any funds materially** N/A **in deficit** ## **Further financial review details (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about: Our principal source of funds comes from weekly donations by church members and well-wishers. - 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** ## **Section G Declaration** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s)** Anne Christine Hill **Full name(s)** Chrispen Shumba **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Chair of Trustees Administrator / Trustee **etc) Date** 29/07/2021 **TAR** March **2012** 6 DocuSign Envelope ID: 065F8519-F73F-4A6D-8560-939871F37432 ||**River of Life Community Church**|**River of Life Community Church**|**River of Life Community Church**|**River of Life Community Church**|**No (if any)**|**No (if any)**|**CC16a**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||**Receipts and payments accounts**||||| ||**For the period from**||10/1/2019|**To**||9/30/2020|| ||||||||| |**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||| |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Endowment funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |WEEKELY OFFERINGS|**10,137 **||**687 **|**-**||**10,824**|**11,190**| |DONATIONS|**4,296**||**-**|**-**||**4,296**|**5,850**| |ESOT|**461 **||**-**|**-**||**461 **|**1,185**| |GIFT AID TAX CLAIM|**2,117**||**-**|**-**||**2,117**|**3,026**| ||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**| ||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**| ||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**| ||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**17,011**||**687**|**-**||**17,698**|**21,251**| ||||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).**|**-**
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||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**| |~~**_Sub total_**~~|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**|||||||| ||**17,011**||**687**|**-**||**17,698**|**21,251**| ||||||||| |STAFF LIVING ALLOWANCE|**3,600**||**-**|**-**||**3,600**|**1,800**| |STAFF SALARIES NI AND
SUPERANNUATION|**14,428**||**-**|**-**||**14,428**|**13,110**| |RENT OF PREMISES|**1,320**||**-**|**-**||**1,320**|**2,580**| |GENERAL SUPPLIES|**330**||**-**|**-**||**330**|**715**| |PRINTING AND STATIONERY|**153**||**-**|**-**||**153**|**322**| |VISITING SPEAKER EXPENSES|**221**||**-**|**-**||**221**|**380**| |WEBSITE|**107**|||||**107**|**101**| |CIC SUBSCRIPTION|**375**|||||**375**|**300**| |INSURANCE|**139**||**-**|**-**||**139**|**309**| |CCLI LICENSE|**120**|||||**120**|**44**| |DONATION TO OTHER ORGANISATIONS|**60**|||||**60**|**60**| |TRAINING EXPENSES|**130**||**-**|**-**||**130**|**648**| ||||||||| |EQUIPMENT|**596**||**-**|**-**||**596**|| |**_Sub total_ **|**21,579**||**-**|**-**||**21,579**|**20,369**| ||||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see**
**table)**|**-**
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**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||||| ||**21,579**||**-**|**-**||**21,579**|**20,369**| ||||||||| ||**- 4,568**||**687**|**-**||**- 3,881**|**882**| ||**-**|
|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**| ||**-**||**- **|**-**||**-**|**-**| ||**- 4,568**||**687**|**-**||**- 3,881**|**882**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 7/28/2021 1 DocuSign Envelope ID: 065F8519-F73F-4A6D-8560-939871F37432 ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all
the trustees
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own**
**use**
**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|**Restricted funds**
**to nearest £**|**Endowment funds**
**to nearest £**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||HSBC COMMUNITY ACCOUNT|**127**|**-**|**-**| ||HSBC BUSINESS MONEY MANAGER
ACCOUNT|**-**|**3,279**|**-**| ||ESOT ACCOUNT|**461**|**-**|**-**| ||**_Total cash funds_**|**588**|**3,279**|**-**| ||(agree balances with receipts and
payments account(s))
**Details**|Agreement Error|Agreement Error|OK| |||**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|**Restricted funds**
**to nearest £**|**Endowment funds**
**to nearest £**| |||**-**|**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**|**-**| ||**Details**|**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**|**Cost (optional)**|**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||**Details**|**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**|**Cost (optional)**|**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||MUSIC EQUIPMENT||**-**|**3,650**| ||GENERAL EQUIPMENT||**-**|**445**| ||CHAIRS||**-**|**1,050**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||**Details**|**Fund to which**
**liability relates**|**Amount due**
**(optional)**|**When due (optional)**| ||||**-**|| ||||**-**|| ||||**-**|| ||||**-**|| ||||**-**|| ||Signature|||| |||Print Name||Date of approval| |||CHRISPEN SHUMBA||7/28/2021| |||ANNE CHRISTINE HILL||**7/28/2021**| |||||| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 7/28/2021 2