## BETHEL PRAYER HOUSE CAMBERLEY 

**A NNUAL R EPORT AND RECEIPT & PAYMENT ACCOUNT 2022 / 23** 

Registered charity in England and Wales Charity number - 1161705 




## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** 

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|**From**|Period start date|||**To**|Period end date|||
||**06**|**04**|**2022**||**05**|**04**|**2023**|



## Section A                        Reference and administration details 

> **Charity name BETHEL PRAYER HOUSE CAMBERLEY Other names charity is known by** 

> **Registered charity number (if any) 1161705** 

**Charity's principal address** Queen Mary Avenue Camberley **Postcode GU15 3BH** 

## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|1<br>2<br>3<br>4<br>5<br>6<br>7<br>8|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year**|**Name of person (or body)**<br>**entitled to appoint trustee (if**<br>**any)**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||Santa Bahadur Gurung|Chair|||
||Dev Bahadur Thapa|Trustee|||
||Tara Bahadur Ale|Trustee|||
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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**|
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|NA||
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## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** 

|**Type of adviser**<br>**Name**<br>**Address**|**Type of adviser**<br>**Name**<br>**Address**|**Type of adviser**<br>**Name**<br>**Address**|
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|NA|||
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## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** 

NA 

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## **Section B              Structure, governance and management** 

**Description of the charity’s trusts: -** Bethel Prayer House is a local church based in Camberley, United Kingdom. Our mission is to spread awareness of Lord Jesus, and to make him known through the preaching of the gospel. We love and value every person because the Lord cares for everyone equally and we strive to follow these teachings through charitable donations and community work.  In everything we do, we seek to glorify God (Jesus) and edify man. 

Type of governing document 

FOUNDATION MODEL CONSTITUTION 

- (eg. trust deed, constitution) 

How the charity is constituted 

CIO 

- (eg. trust, association, company) 

New trustees are appointed by the existing trustees according to the Trustee selection methods charity’s governing document. 

- (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; 

   - As set out in the constitution 

   - Current trustee Structure 

   - As per the constitution if and when required 

   - The Board of trustees must have at least three members and is responsible for setting strategies and policies and ensuring that these are implemented. All trustees give their time freely, and no trustee remuneration will be paid. The Trustees maintains sound risk management and internal control systems. 

- relationship with any related parties; 

- trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. 

## **Section C                    Objectives and activities** 

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

The object of the CIO is to advance the Christian faith for the public benefit in accordance with the statement of beliefs and practices in the schedule attached to the constitution referred to above in Camberley and in such other parts of the United Kingdom or the world as the charity trustees may from time to time think fit 

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The trustees review all activities each year to ensure the church follows the Charity Commission’s general guidance on public benefit and their guidance on the advancement of Christian faith as defined by our Constitution. 

**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 conducts regular meetings and fellowships ~~s~~ uch as prayer, worship, and teaching the Christian faith to both adults and children and elderly in accordance with the constitution. The Church contributes to missionary work abroad and in the UK. It also give gifts to individuals -not church members - who are engaged in full time missionary work or retired from such activities as are set out in the objects and constitution of the CIO. 

All the trustees have read the guidance issued by the charity commission on public benefit and uphold them accordingly. The trustee are responsible for overseeing the charities policies on:- 

- Complaints handling 

- Conflicting interests 

- Risk management 

- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries 

- Volunteer management 

## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** 

- The Church does not have any policy on grant making. 

- The Church does not have any policy programme related investment. 

- All the church activities are conducted by volunteers. The church does not have any paid employees. 

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

- policy on grantmaking; 

- policy programme related investment; 

- contribution made by volunteers. 

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Section D                      Achievements and performance 

**Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year** 

At Bethel prayer house, our achievements and performances are rooted in prayer and faithful commitment of our church members.  The past year has seen the local church continue serving faithfully in the face of considerable challenge. Worsening economic pressure, rising living cost, conflict and natural disaster have added additional hardship and forced our church members into being adaptive and highly responsive in immediate need while also looking forward to long term solutions. 

Regardless, the Church was able to open all Sunday’s for weekly services, all Tuesday’s for prayer meetings, all Friday’s for youth meeting and all Saturday’s for sister meeting throughout the year. The church was able to impact more than a 100 people either through in person attendance or online services. 

During the financial year, we were able to donate significantly to the churches in Nepal for their charitable activities. We were also able to donate gifts to individual who were in full time service to God and various ministries in the UK for Youth convocation and a Holy convocation. 

The Church was able to provide a three-day ministry service in Cyprus, 1 week ministry service in Malta and Israel. 

The church had a various church outing and youth outing during the year where almost all the church members participated. The church was able to provide support either in prayers or fellowship to all the needing individuals throughout the year. 

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## **Section E                    Financial review** 

## **Brief statement of the** 

**charity’s policy on reserves** 

The trustees policy is to hold a reasonable working reserve to protect the church in unforeseen circumstances. The terms of our lease agreement for the ageing building we occupy also require us to maintain it and meet the running costs. The amount of reserves held as of 05/04/2023 is £132,357.00. The trustees aim to buy a property in near future so as to provide accommodation to the people in need. 

**Details of any funds materially in deficit** 

## NA 

## **Further financial review details (Optional information)** 

- Our funds mainly come from tithes and offerings from church members residing in the UK in the form of cash or bank transfers through regular giving on every Sunday or one-off donations. People also donate anonymously through offerings on Sunday Church services. The church opens all Sunday throughout the year. The church did not conduct any fundraising activities during the year. 

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

- the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising); 

- All monies collected are recorded for accounting purpose. All 

- • how expenditure has donations and church activities are made to advance the Christian supported the key faith for the public benefit in accordance with the constitution. objectives of the charity; • Currently there is no any investment policy however the trustees are looking to review this in near future **.** 

- • 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) Full name(s)** Mr Santa Bahadur Gurung **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Chair **etc) Date** 05/01/2024 

March **2012** 

**TAR** 

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**Independent examiner's report on the accounts** 


## **Section A                        Independent Examiner’s Report** 

|**Report to the**<br>**trustees/members of**<br>**On accounts for the year**<br>**ended**<br>**Set out on pages**<br>**Responsibilities and**<br>**basis of report**<br>**Independent**<br>**examiner's statement**<br>**Signed:**<br>**Name:**<br>**Relevant professional**<br>**qualification(s) or body**<br>**(if any):**<br>**Address:**<br> <br>|**BETHEL PRAYER HOUSE CAMBERLEY**|**BETHEL PRAYER HOUSE CAMBERLEY**|**BETHEL PRAYER HOUSE CAMBERLEY**|
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||**05 April 2023**|**Charity no**<br>**(if any)**|**1161705**|
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||I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above<br>charity**“BETHEL PRAYER HOUSE CAMBERLEY”**for the year ended<br>**05/04/2023**.<br>As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation<br>of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act<br>2011 (“the Act”).<br>I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out<br>under section 145 of the 2011Act and in carrying out my examination, I have<br>followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under<br>section 145(5)(b) of the Act.<br>I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have<br>come to my attention (other than that disclosed below *) in connection with<br>the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material<br>respect:<br>•<br>accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of<br>the Act or<br>•<br>the accounts do not accord with the accounting records<br>I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection<br>with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a<br>proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.<br>*_Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply._<br>**Date:**05/01/2024<br>SANGEETA Gurung|||
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||SANGEETA GURUNG|||
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1 

**October 2018** 

**IER** 




|**BETHEL PRAYER HOUSE CAMBERLEY**|**BETHEL PRAYER HOUSE CAMBERLEY**|**1161705**||
|---|---|---|---|
|**Receipts andpayments accounts**|||**CC16a**|
|**06.04.2022**<br>**For the period**<br>**from**|**To**|**05.04.2023**||



## **Section A Receipts and payments** 

|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest**<br>**£**<br>**38,512**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**38,512**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**38,512**<br>**6,238**<br>**8,279**<br>**5,809**<br>**40**<br>**2,043**<br>**2,428**<br>**87**<br>**265**<br>**1,260**<br>**-**<br> **26,448**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **-**<br>**26,448**<br>**12,064**<br>**-**<br>**120,293**<br>**132,357**|**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**38,512**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**38,512**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**38,512**<br>**6,238**<br>**8,279**<br>**5,809**<br>**40**<br>**2,043**<br>**2,428**<br>**87**<br>**265**<br>**1,260**<br>**-**<br>**26,448**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**26,448**<br> <br>**12,064**|**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**38,512**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**38,512**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**38,512**<br>**6,238**<br>**8,279**<br>**5,809**<br>**40**<br>**2,043**<br>**2,428**<br>**87**<br>**265**<br>**1,260**<br>**-**<br>**26,448**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**26,448**<br> <br>**12,064**|**Last year**<br>**to the nearest £**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Tithes and offerings|**38,512**||**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**38,512**||**50,717**|
|Gift aid|**-**|||**-**||**414**|
||**-**|||**-**||**-**|
|Interest income|**-**|||**-**||**-**|
||**-**|||**-**||**-**|
||**-**|||**-**||**-**|
||**-**|||**-**||**-**|
||**-**|||**-**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_<br>_AR)_|**38,512**|||**38,512**||**51,131**|
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|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**<br>**(see table).**|||||||
||**-**||**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**-**|||
||**-**|||**-**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**|**-**|||**-**||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**<br>**A3 Payments**|||||||
||||**-**|**38,512**||**51,131**|
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|Churchprovisions|**6,238**||**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**6,238**||**5,979**|
|Charitable activities|**8,279**|||**8,279**||**30,599**|
|Church activities|**5,809**|||**5,809**||**-**|
|Repair and maintenance|**40**|||**40**||**712**|
|Insurance|**2,043**|||**2,043**||**1,876**|
|Utilities|**2,428**|||**2,428**||**1,383**|
|Bank charges|**87**|||**87**||**68**|
|Membershipfee|**265**|||**265**||**219**|
|Administartion expenses|**1,260**|||**1,260**||**634**|
||**-**|||**-**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**26,448**|||**26,448**||**41,470**|
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|**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases, (see table)**|||||||
||**-**||**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**-**|||
||**-**|||**-**|||
|**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||**-**||**-**|
|**_Total payments_**<br>**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**<br>**A5 Transfers between funds**<br>**A6 Cash funds last year end**<br>**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||||
||||**-**|**26,448**||**41,470**|
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||**12,064**|**-**|**-**|<br>**12,064**||**9,661**|
||**-**|**-**|**-**<br>**-**|**-**||**-**|
||**120,293**|**-**||**120,293**||**110,632**|
||**132,357**|**-**|**-**|**132,357**||**120,293**|



CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 

1/5/2024 

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

|**Categories**<br>**B1 Cash funds**<br>**B2 Other monetary assets**<br>**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**<br>**B5 Liabilities**<br>**B3 Investment assets**|**Details**<br>**Details**<br>Saving account<br>Current account<br>Cash-in-hand<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>(agree balances with receipts and payments<br>account(s))<br>**Details**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**132,357**<br>**-**<br>**132,357**<br>OK<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**liability relates**|**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>OK<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Amount due**<br>**(optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**Last year**<br>**to nearest £**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||**-**|
|||||**120,293**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**120,293**|
|||||TRUE|
|||||**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**Current value**<br>**(optional)**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**Current value**<br>**(optional)**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**When due**<br>**(optional)**|
||||**-**||
||||**-**||
||||**-**||
||||**-**||
||||**-**||



Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees 

|Signature|Print Name<br>SHANTA BAHADUR GURUNG<br>TARA BAHADUR ALE|Date of<br>approval|
|---|---|---|
||SHANTA BAHADUR GURUNG|05.01.2024|
||TARA BAHADUR ALE|05.01.2024|



CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 

1/5/2024 

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