## **Trustees’ annual report for the period 31 DECEMBER 2025** **From: 1 JANUARY 2025 To: 31 DECEMBER 2025** **Charity name: GRACE GOSPEL CHURCH LEEDS UK Charity registration number: 1162497** ## **Objectives and activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**To advance the Christian faith in**
**accordance with the statement of beliefs**
**in the schedule contained in the**
**constitution in Leeds and in such parts of**
**the UK and the world as the trustees**
**think fit.**| |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|
**The core activities of the church**
**are centred around the sharing of**
**the Gospel message which takes**
**place through fellowship, prayer,**
**bible study and regular worship.**

**Provision of spiritual help and**
**encouragement, especially but not**
**exclusively to the Ethiopian and**
**Eritrean people.**

**Efforts are also made to meet the**
**practical needs of others, often**
**asylum seekers, particularly by**
**providing transport, food and**
**clothes where needed.**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**The Trustees have had regard to the**
**guidance issued by the Charity**
**Commission on public benefit and are**
**satisfied that the activities of the charity**
**satisfy the requirement for public benefit**
**and are consistent with the objects of the**
**charity.**| ## **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||| |---|---|---| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**Volunteers are essential for the operation**
**and activities of the church and charity. It**
**is difficult to quantify their contribution,**
**but without their input the work of the**
**charity would not be possible.**| |Other||| ## **Achievements and performance** |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|**These are some the activities and**
**achievements of the church during the**
**reporting period:**

**Conducted regular worship**
**meetings at church with excellent**
**attendance**

**Bible study programmes though**
**the week in different areas of**
**Leeds**

**Organised Prayer and fasting**
**sessions through the year**

**Organised conferences by inviting**
**guest speakers to empower and**
**share God’s love and grace with**
**the church and the wider**
**community**

**Children Ministry – serves children**
**according to their age groups**

**Pastoral care and counselling**

**Organised Baptism services**

**Training programs to equip the**
**church members**

**Outreach and evangelism**| |---|---|---| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: Para 1.41 Achievements against objectives set Para 1.41 Performance of fundraising activities against objectives set Para 1.41 Investment performance against objectives Other ## **Financial review** |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**Income during the year of £36,650 (2024:**
**£45,509) Expenditure during the year**
**£38,195 (2024: £41,031) Deficit for the**
**year £1,545 (Surplus 2024: £4,478)**| |---|---|---| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**The aim of the charity is to operate with**
**at least one month’s reserves in hand.**
**The reserves at the end of the period**
**were £3,520 (2024: £5,065)**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£3,520**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**Not applicable**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**Not applicable**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**Not applicable**| **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|**Tithes and offerings**
**Gifts from Churches**
**Gift Aid**| |---|---|---| |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|| |||| Other ## **Structure, governance and management** **----- Start of picture text -----**
Description of charity’s
trusts:
Type of governing document: Para 1.25 Constitution whose voting members are
for example, trust deed, charity trustees
memorandum and articles of
association etc
How is the charity Para 1.25 Charitable Incorporated Organisation
constituted?
for example limited company,
unincorporated association,
CIO
Trustee selection methods Para 1.25 Appointed by existing Trustees
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
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**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: Para 1.51 Policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees Para 1.51 The charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works Para 1.51 Relationship with any related parties Other ## **Reference and administrative details** |Charity name|**Grace Gospel Church Leeds UK**| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|**1162497**| |Charity’s principal address|**Moortown Baptist Church**| **2014 King Lane Leeds LS17 6AA** ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** **----- Start of picture text -----**
Dates acted if not for whole Name of person (or body) entitled
Trustee name Office (if any)
year to appoint trustee (if any)
Rev Terefe Chairperson
1 Tadesse
Teklemariam
Pastor Ashanafi Secretary
2
Tezera Mekuria
Evangelist Berhanu Member
3
Mergia Damote
Mrs Denenesh Member
4
Gossaye Rufa
Mrs Bizunesh Member
5
Kebede
Mrs Firehiwot Treasurer
6
Alemayehu
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
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– 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|None| |---|---| |Name and objects of the
charity on whose behalf the
assets are held and how this
falls within the custodian
charity’s objects|Not applicable| |Details of arrangements for
safe custody and
segregation of such assets
from the charity’s own assets|Not applicable| ## **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 **Not applicable** ## **Other optional information** ## **Declarations** **The company has taken advantage of the small companies’ exemption in preparing the report above.** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report (including directors’ report) above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees/directors** |**gned** **on behalf of the charity’s trustees/directors**|**e charity’s trustees/directors**|**e charity’s trustees/directors**|| |---|---|---|---| |**Signature(s)** Revd Terefe Tadesse
Teklemariam
Mrs Firehiwot Alemayehu
**Full name(s)** Revd Terefe Tadesse
Teklemariam
Mrs Firehiwot Alemayehu
**Position (for example**
**Secretary, Chair, etc)**
Chair
Treasurer
**Date** 15/06/2026|Revd Terefe Tadesse
Teklemariam
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from|o,,ra,rorul|To|31t12t2025|| |Section A Receipts and payments||||||| |||Unrestricted
funds|Restricted
funds|Endowment
funds|Totalfunds|Last year| |||to the nearest
€|to the nearest!|to the nearestt|to the nearestf|to the nsarost €| |A1Receipts||||||| |TITHESANDOFFERINGS||28,030|||28,030|41,054| |GIFTS FROM CHURCHES||4,8fi|||4,811|1,938| |GIFTAID||3,810|||3,810|2,517| |RENTAL INCOME||||||| |Sub
income||||||| ||AR)|36,650|||36,650|45,509| |A2Asset and investment||||||| |sales,(seetable).||||||| |Subtotal||||||| |Total receipts||36,650||I
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go.esoI|45,509| |43||||||| |CHURCH AND OFFICE RENT||||||6,773| |CHURCH PRMISES COSTS||10.s35|||10.535|| |GIFTS ANDIIII{ISTRYTO NEEDY||||||674| |OFFICE EXPENSES||3.690|||3.690|765| |RAVEL EXPENSES||||||| |ACCOUNTANCY AND PAYROI.L||750|||750|1.046| |CQNFERENCE AND ADVERTISING||||||| |||8,132|||8,132|3,226| |CHURCH ITEMS||1,996|||1,996|1,062| |SALARIES AND PENSIONS||6,240|||6,240|17,474| |HUNSLET BAPTIST CHURCH||||||| |RENOVATION||2.898|||2.898|6.377| |INSURANCE||691|||691|679| |COSTS OF CHARITABLE||||||| |ACTIVITIES||3,263|||3,263|2,554| |Subfofal||38,t95|||38,'tS5|41,031| |A4Asset and investment||||||| |purchases,(seetable)||||||| |Subtotal||||||| |Total payments||38,195|||38,19s|41,031| |Netofreceipts/{ payme|nts)|1,545|||1,545|4,478| |A5Transfersbetweenfunds||||||| |A6 Cashfundslastyearend||5,065|||5,065|587| |Cashfundsthisyear|end|3,520|||3,520|5,(m5| ## **GRACE GOSPEL CHURCH LEEDS UK** ## **Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees of Grace Gospel Church Leeds UK For the Year Ended 31 December 2025** I report on the accounts of the Charity for the year ended 31 December 2025 ## **Respective Responsibilities of Trustees and Examiner** As the charity’s trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts; you consider that the audit requirement of Section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 (the Act) does not apply. It is my responsibility to state, on the basis of procedures specified in the General Directions given by the Charity Commission under Section 145(5)(b) of the Act, whether particular matters have come to my attention. ## **Basis of Independent Examiner’s Report** My examination was carried out in accordance with the general directions given by the Charity Commissioners. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and the seeking of explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and, consequently, I do not express an audit opinion on the view given by the accounts. ## **Independent Examiner’s Statement** In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention: 1) Which gives me reasonable cause to be believe that, in any material respects, the requirements - a) To keep accounting records in accordance with S130 of the 2011 Act; and - b) To prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and to comply with the accounting requirements of the 2011 Act have not been met; or 2) to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. ## **.....................................................** **Mebrahtom Kidane MAAT DAS FINANCIALS Member of AAT Suite 4 Unity Business Centre 26 Roundhay Road Leeds LS7 1AB** **Date: 09 June 2026**