2021-03-31-accounts - Believers Place

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BELIEVERS PLACE

Annual Report and Accounts for the Year Ended 31 March 2021

Registered Charity Number: 1167175

Believers Place

Report and Accounts for the Year Ended 31 March 2021

Trustees Anabel Uvietobore Maureen Ashinz Simon E. Ose

Registered Charity Number 1167175 Address First Floor The Warehouse Cottage Street Brierley Hill DY5 IRE Bankers HSBC Bank Plc Merry Hill DY5 1SW

Believers Place

Report and Accounts for the Year Ended 31 March 2021

The trustees present their report along with the financial statements for the year ended 31 March, 2021.

ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE

Believers Place is a charitable incorporated organisation. The trustees adopted the constitution on 18 May 2016. Believers Place is established for charitable purposes for the public benefit and entered onto the Register of charities on 18 May 2016, Registered Charity Number 1167175.

GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT

The trustees meet on a regular basis. The board of trustees have a broad range of skills represented in education, social work and service to the community.

The Board of Trustees have overall responsibility for the direction, management and control of the charity. The board shall comprise of no fewer than three members, maximum of twelve members. At the period end there were three members, all of whom are unpaid.

The board have the power to appoint a member at any time to fill a casual vacancy or as an addition to the existing members. Members would be appointed according to their relevant skills, competencies and experience.

A member can retire at any point by resigning his office in writing. The charity trustees will make available to each new charity trustee, on or before his or her first appointment:

(a) a copy of this constitution and any amendments made to it; and (b) a copy of the CIO’s latest trustees’ annual report and statement of accounts.

If the CIO is wound up, the members of the CIO have no liability to contribute to its assets and no personal responsibility for settling its debts and liabilities.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES

For the public benefit, the advancement of the Christian religion throughout England and Wales by encouraging and facilitating its practice among existing followers or adherents, providing places of worship, raising awareness and understanding of Christian beliefs, carrying out devotional acts, missionary and outreach work.

ACHIEVEMENT, PERFORMANCE AND VOLUNTEERS

In the financial year ended 31 March, 2021:

Our main focus and activity was evangelism on the streets in our local community and we held several outreach work, activities and events. The aim of this programme and approach was to convert non-believers to become believers, and thereby bring them into the church every Sunday in the next year.

We engaged in outreach activities aimed at meeting the spiritual needs of members in our local community by providing food and clothing for the homeless, addicts and families experiencing financial hardship.

Then we also held Church services, fellowships and other meetings to support the spiritual growth of members and advance the Christian faith.

We had a total of 11 committed volunteers throughout the year.

As part of our core values, we operate to demonstrate the unconditional love and compassion of Jesus Christ by reaching out to help those individuals and families in crisis. We are committed to improving the quality of life of people irrespective of religion, race, gender, age and sexual orientation.

PUBLIC BENEFIT

Under the Charities Act 2011, charities are required to demonstrate that their aims are for the public benefit. The two key principles which must be met in this context are, first, that there must be an identifiable benefit or benefits; and secondly, that the benefit must be to the public, or a section of the public. Charity trustees must ensure that they carry out their charity's aims for the public benefit, must have regard to the Charity Commission's guidance, and must report on public benefit in their Annual Report.

The charities board of trustees regularly monitors and reviews the success of the organisation in meeting its key objectives. The Trustees confirm, in the light of the guidance, that these aims fully meet the public benefit test and that all the activities of the charity, described in the Report of the Trustees, are undertaken in pursuit of these aims.

The charity trustees have complied with their duty to have due regard to the guidance on public benefit published by the Charities Commission.

FINANCIAL REVIEW

The charities total incoming resources for the year £870. The total resources expended by the charity £635 which represent the costs incurred to enable the charity to carry out its operations. The charity had a net of receipt of £235.

RESERVES AND GOING CONCERN

In line with our Christian values, we believe in the exercising of Faith in the area of provision. The trustees will continue to act prudently in the financial management of the charity and aim to develop a policy on reserves in the next financial year. Our reserve policy will be to maintain sufficient reserves at all time.

RISK MANAGEMENT AND INTERNAL CONTROL

The Trustees have overall responsibility for ensuring that the organisation operates an appropriate system of controls, financial and otherwise, to provide reasonable assurance that the charity is operating efficiently and effectively, proper records are maintained and financial information, used within the charity or for publication is reliable and that the charity complies with relevant laws and regulations.

They do this by reviewing the up to date financial information of the charity including a review of its financial procedures and identifying and managing risks that the charity is exposed to.

SERIOUS INCIDENTS

The Trustees confirm that there are no serious incidents to report regarding operations in 2021.

PLANS FOR FUTURE PERIODS

We will continue to advance the Christian religion by encouraging and facilitating its practice among existing followers or adherents, providing places of worship, raising awareness and understanding of Christian beliefs, carrying out devotional acts, missionary and outreach work. Our aim is to spread the good news of the gospel so souls can be saved.

TRUSTEES RESPONSIBILITIES IN RELATION TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Law applicable to charities in England and Wales requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the charity's financial activities during the year and of its financial position at the end of the year. In preparing those financial statements, the trustees are required to:

select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
make judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
state whether applicable accounting standards and statements of recommended practice have been followed subject to any departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements; and
prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in business.

The trustees are responsible for keeping accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

Approved by the trustees on 30[th] January, 2022 and signed on their behalf by

Anabel Uvietobore Trustee

	Charity Name Believers Place	Charity Name Believers Place	Charity Name Believers Place	No (if any) 1167175	CC16a
	Receipts andpayments accounts
	For the period from	Period start date 1-Apr-20	To	Period end date 31-Mar-21

Section A Receipts and payments
A1 Receipts	Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ 870 - - - - - - - 870 - - - 870 635 635 - - - 635 235 - 555 790	Restricted funds to the nearest £	Endowment funds to the nearest £	Total funds to the nearest £	Last year to the nearest £
Other Income	870	- - - - - - - - -	-	870	825
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	-		-	-	-
	-		-	-	-
	-		-	-	-
	-		-	-	-
	-		-	-	-
	-		- -	- 870	- 825
*Sub total*(Gross income for AR)	870

A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).
	-	- - -	-	-
	-		- -	- -	- -
*Sub total*	-
*Total receipts* A3 Payments
		-	-	870	825

Room hire		- - - - - - - -	-	-
Lectern			-	-
Chairs and Tables			-	-
Printingand Stationery			-	-
Equipment			-	-
Furniture			-	-
Evangelism Materials	635		-	635	615

			-	635	615
*Sub total*	635

A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table)
	-	- - -	-	-
	-		- -	- -	-
*Sub total*	-
*Total payments* *Net of receipts/(payments)* A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end **Cash funds this year end **				635
		-	-		615

	235	- - -	- -	235 -	210 -
	-
	555		-	555 790	345
	790	-	-		555

CCXX R1 accounts (SS)

30/01/2022

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

Details *Total cash funds* (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Details Details Details Furniture Chairs and Tables Lectern Details Signature a.uvietobore	Restricted funds to nearest £	Endowment funds to nearest £
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		Date of approval
a.uvietobore		30/01/2022

CCXX R2 accounts (SS)

30/01/2022