## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From 01/10/2022 Period start date To 01/09/2023 Period end date** ## **Charity name: RIVER OF LIFE COMMUNITY CHURCH** ## **Charity registration number: 1159005** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|The main goal is to advance the Christian
Faith for the benefit of the public in
accordance with the charity's “Statement of
Faith.” This includes a variety of religious
activities and efforts to prevent or relieve
poverty among the general population or
humanity. The charity accomplishes this by
providing financial grants to individuals and
offering religious services, guidance,
counseling, and information.| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|The trustees and leadership team of RLCC
receive regular updates from the Charity
Commission to stay informed about their
duties and responsibilities as a charity
dedicated to serving the public benefit
(PBI).
Trustees have undergone online training
provided by the Charity Commission and
our safeguarding cover Thirtyone:eight.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Other ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|We continued to hold our Sunday
gatherings and regular Tuesday and
Thursday meetings, along with occasional
men's and women's meetings on Saturdays
at our rented venue. In addition, the women
organised outings open to the general
public, including activities such as ten-pin
bowling. At our rented premises, meetings
often included shared meals to foster
fellowship among existing congregants and
to connect with the wider community.
Similarly, the men organised similar
gatherings, also sharing meals to engage
with the broader community.
Participation in our online Tuesday Bible
Study steadily increased, attracting
individuals from beyond our city. We also
experienced a considerable increase in in-
person attendance in Sunday services.
Additionally, there was a consistent
presence of virtual attendees from outside
the UK, which contributed to the growth of
our online community.
We maintained regular communication with
members of our congregation and the
wider community, providing support such
as grocery shopping and hospital visits as
needed. We continued to provide
transportation to and from church for our
weekly and Sunday meetings. Additionally,
we maintained house visits for prayer,
counseling, and fellowship, using
FaceTime or telephone when in-person
visits were not possible. Our commitment
to offering prayer, counsel, and
encouragement remained steadfast,
particularly to those facing illness or loss.| Our outreach program, “Leading Soles,” continued to collect shoes, clothing, scarves, and sleeping bags for individuals experiencing homelessness and others in need, particularly during colder seasons. These items were distributed in collaboration with Sheffield Community Church, who provided dinner, while we distributed our contributions as wrapped gifts during the Christmas season. ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
Achievements against
objectives set|
Para 1.41|| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|At the end of November 2023
We had £737 cash funds available.| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|No reserve policy in main account.
Building Fund for purpose of one day
getting our own building.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£585 in Building Fund| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|The Trustees have no concern about the
charity continuing as a going concern.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|
Para 1.47|
The Charity’s ability to maintain its
operations depends on the financial
contributions provided by attendees of
church services and other supporters.| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|The serving trustees ensure that potential
trustees are qualified to serve by confirming
their eligibility status. Candidates must
provide written confirmation of their
eligibility and disclose any existing or
potential conflicts of interest. Additionally,
candidates are informed about any
exclusions, and if the charity works with
children or vulnerable adults, relevant
checks from the appropriate authority will
be conducted.| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|CONSTITUTION| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION
(CIO)| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|Trustee nominations follow Charity
Commission guidelines. Prospective
trustees must show dedication to furthering
the charity's mission and possess the skills
needed for effective governance. Their
appointment requires screening and
approval by current trustees. All applicants
must undergo mandatory safeguarding
training and maintain an up-to-date DBS
check through our affiliation with
Thirtyone:eight.| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:||| |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Para 1.51|Trustees receive copies of the Charity's
governing documents, including its vision,
mission statement, and the most recent
annual report with financial statements.
New trustees are provided with Charity
Commission materials outlining their roles
and responsibilities, including guidelines on
essential trustee duties and effective
charity practices. They also review and
acknowledge various church policies such
as safeguarding, data protection, lone
working, complaints procedures, and
volunteer management through a signing
process.| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|The governance of the charity is overseen
by the Trustees, who must consist of a
minimum of three members. The Senior
Minister currently holds an ex-officio
position as a Trustee of the charity.
Operational responsibilities are managed
by a leadership team comprising the Lead
Minister, Associate Pastor, Chair of
Trustees, Finance Director, Administrator,
and Worship Director. The appointment of
employees is solely determined by the
Charity Trustees.
Given the employment of only one part-
time Minister, our charity heavily relies on a
dedicated group of volunteers. These
volunteers actively contribute across
various facets of the charity's daily
operations, including music and hospitality.| |||We are also members of NVCO, (The
National Council for Voluntary
Organisations), which makes up to date
guidance available to us.
Opportunities for volunteer involvement are
available to anyone interested, as we
believe in engaging everyone in our
mission.
Our charity has been affiliated with
Churches in Communities International
(CIC) since 2018. CIC, headquartered at
St. Paul's House in Bromley, Kent, and
registered under charity number 1139043,
serves as an umbrella organization
providing accreditation, recognition, and
support to independent churches,
ministries, chaplains, and networks. CIC is
also a member of the Evangelical Alliance,
the Free Churches Group, and Churches
Together in England.| |---|---|---| |Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|RIVER OF LIFE COMMUNITY CHURCH| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|1159005| |Charity’s principal address|58 CROFT DRIVE
MAPPLEWELL, BARNSLEY
SOUTH YORKSHIRE
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Norman Muntanga|Chairperson|10/09/2023|| ||Anne Christine Hill|Administrator||| ||Amira Stambuli|Treasurer||| ||Ropa Muntanga||10/09/2023|| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved ## **Director name** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity **Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** **Type of Name Address adviser** ## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **Other optional information** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s) Full name(s)** Norman Kapeyo Muntanga **Position (eg Secretary,** Chairperson **Chair, etc)** **Date** 22/07/2024 ||**Charity Name**|**Charity Name**|**Charity Name**|**No (if any)**|**CC16a**| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**Receipts andpayments accounts**||||| ||**For the period**
**from**|01/10/2022
Period start date|**To**|30/09/2023
Period end date|| |**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 £**| |
WEEKLY / MONTHLY OFFERINGS|**21,004**|**515**|**-**|**21,004**|**19,689**| |DONATIONS|**4,900**|**-**|**-**|**4,900**|**4,470**| |EMMAUS SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY|**5,565**|**-**|**-**|**5,565**|**5,214**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**31,469**|**515**|**-**|**31,469**|**29,373**| ||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|||||| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**|||||| ||**31,469**|**515**|**-**|**31,469**|**29,373**| ||||||| |
STAFF LIVING ALLOWANCE|**3,800**|**-**|**-**|**3,800**|**4,750**| |STAFF SALARY NI & SUPERANUATION|**16,369**|**-**|**-**|**16,369**|**16,497**| |REFUNDED|**350**|||**350**|| |PENSION|**598**|**-**|**-**|**598**|**549**| |RENT OF PREMISES|**2,930**|**-**|**-**|**2,930**|**3,030**| |TRAINING HMRC & 318 & CIC|**40**|**-**|**-**|**40**|**220**| |PRINTING AND STATIONARY|**148**|||**148**|**83**| |VISITING SPEAKERS|**370**|||**370**|**238**| |BANK CHARGES|**187**|||**187**|**132**| |WEBSITES & LOGO|**621**|||**621**|**1,421**| |CIC SUBSCIPTIONS|**360**|||**360**|**360**| |ONLINE STREAMING|**167**|||**167**|**43**| |CCLI SUBSCRIPTION|**123**|||**123**|**117**| |EMMAUS TEACHERS|**2,150**|||**2,150**|**-**| |318 SAFEGUARDING SUBSCRIPTION|**145**|**-**|**-**|**145**|**129**| |INSURANCE|**323**|**-**|**-**|**323**|**308**| |EQUIPMENT|**652**|**-**|**-**|**652**|**64**| |EVENTS/GRADUATION|**1,087**|||**1,087**|| |DONATIONS|**60**|||**60**|**60**| |GENERAL OUTGOINGS|**149**|||**149**|**50**| |TRANSFERS TO MAIN ACCOUNT|**300**|**300**|**-**|**300**|**-**| ||**30,929**|**300**|**-**|**30,929**|**28,051**| ||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|||||| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| |CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||| ||**30,929**|**300**|**-**|**30,929**|**28,051**| ||||||| ||**540**|**215**|**-**|**540**|**1,322**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| ||**540**|**215**|**-**|**540**|**1,322**| |||1|||22/07/2024| CCXX R2 a￿￿unt8 ISSI 2210712024 ## **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
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**|**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||HSBC COMMUNITY ACCOUNT|**198**|**-**|**-**| ||EMMAUS SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY|**342**|**-**|**-**| ||HSBC BUSINESS MONEY MANAGER||**215**|**-**| ||**_Total cash funds_**|**540**|**215**|**-**| ||**Details**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))|OK|OK|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||**-**|**4,000**| ||GENERAL EQUIPMENT||**-**|**800**| ||CHAIRS||**-**|**1,050**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||**Details**|**Fund to which**
**liability relates**|**Amount due**
**(optional)**|**When due**
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approval| |||ANNECHRISTINE HILL||22/07/2024| |||Administrator / Trustee||| CCXX R3 accounts (SS) 22/07/2024 3 ## **Independent examiner’s report to the trustees of River of Life Community Church Charity number:** My report on my light examination of the accounts of the River of Life Community Church for the year ended 30 September 2023 will be made available to the Trustees of the same charity. ## **Responsibilities and basis of report** The charity trustees of River of Life Community Church are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’). ## **Independent examiner’s statement** I have completed my light examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination causing me to believe that in any respect the accounting records of the Charity were not kept in line with Charity Commission Guidelines. I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Signed: ## Name: **PETER MDLULI** Relevant professional qualification or membership of professional bodies (if any): ## **Currently studying 2[nd] year Engineering at Sheffield Hallam University.** Address: **31 ROCKLEY CLOSE, GRANGE-WOOD, CHESTERFIELD** Date: **24/07/2024**