## BETHESDA HOUSE OF MERCY 

## Charity Registration Number 1167229 

Report of the Trustees and Financial Statements 

## Period of accounts 

Start date: 1er May 2020 End Date: 30th April 2021 

Charity Address 

118 Norwood High Street West Norwood London SE27 9NH 



BETHESDA HOUSE OF MERCY INDEX OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT YEAR ENDED 30TH APRIL 2021 

|Content|Page||
|---|---|---|
|Trustees Annual Report|3 - 4||
|Statement of Financial Activities||5|
|Balance Sheet|7||
|Notes to the Account||8 - 9|
|Independent Examiner’s report||10|





## **TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNT OF BETHESDA HOUSE OF MERCY – CHARITY NO** 1167229 

Trustees’ Annual Report for the year ended April 30th 2021 The trustees, who double as Directors of the charity for the purpose of the Companies Act, submitted their annual reports and  the  financial  statements  for  the  year  ended  30th  April 2021. The trustees have adopted the Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP), Accounting and Reporting by Charities, issued in March 2005 in preparing the annual report and financial statements of the charity. 

Structure, Governance and Management 

Governing Document 

Bethesda  House  of  mercy  a  charitable  company  limited  by guarantee and a registered charity governed by its memorandum & articles of Association. Charity number: 1167229.  Company number: CE007270. In the event of company being wound up members are required to contribute an amount not exceeding £1. 

Appointment and Recruitment of management Committee 

The directors of the company are also charitable trustees for the purposes of charity law and under the company’s articles are known as members of management committee. Under the requirements of the Memorandum and Articles of Association members of the management committee must be appointed from  members  of  the  company,  although  persons  with  a particular skill to contribute to the company may be co-opted to attend and contribute to management committee meetings but shall not be entitled to vote. 

Trustee Induction and Training 

All  Management  Committee  members  must  go  through  an induction  process  at  the  start  of  their  work  with  Family Restoration Centre. This process aims to familiarise them with the aims, objective and structure of the organisation, as well as the  policies  and  the  procedure  which  are  likely  to  be  of relevance to their work. 



The Management Committee meets approximately every three months, with day-to-day management delegated to a salaried Coordinator to supervise and assist when necessary in different areas of charity’s work. 

## Objectives and activities 

Bethesda House of mercy’s aims and objectives are: 

 To advance the christian faith in the United Kingdom and in the world for the benefit of the public through the holding of prayer meetings.  The relief of the physical and mental sickness of persons in need by reason of addiction to substance, in particular by the provision of counselling and support.  To advance the education of the public in the subject of religious studies. 

## VOLUNTEERS GAINED AS MUCH AS THEY GAVE 

Volunteers make 80% of Bethesda House of Mercy and, without them; our work will pretty much grind to halt. But they don’t just create capacity. The fact that they are volunteers has a value in itself. It can be a huge comfort for our clients, at a stressful  and  lonely  time,  to  know  that  someone  is  helping them because they want to. Our people will volunteer if they didn’t take something away from the experience them self, and indeed we wouldn’t ask them to. At Bethesda House of Mercy we  genuinely  recognize  volunteering,  not  only  as  a  unique opportunity  to  paid  work,  but  also  as  an  opportunity  to  be active citizens in our local neighbourhoods, enjoy and share common values, and the satisfaction that we are contributing to stronger communities. Most importantly, though, our volunteers also tell us so. 

## FUTURE PLANS 

In the coming years, Bethesda House of Mercy will continue in its  activities  but  continue  to  strive  to  get  accreditation  to provide other training that will better families. 



## FINANCIAL REVIEW 

The charity has been able to secure funding to enable it to meet its objectives for at least a year from the date of approval of this report. The charity had income for the year of £8,430.00. RESERVE POLICY: 

The charity aims to hold £800 in reserve for contingencies such as  redundancies  and  urgent  repairs  or  in  case  of  sudden withdrawal of funding. 

## RISK ASSESSMENT 

The management committee continues to keep under review the major risk to which the charity may be exposed. These have been identified as: 

## EXTERNAL RISK: 

The significant external risk is that of funding. The management  committee  has  developed  a  reserve  policy  to address any sudden withdrawal of core funding and we are seeking to increase our reserves in future years. 

## INTERNAL RISK: 

Internal risk is minimised by the implementation of procedures for authorisation of all transactions and projects and to ensure consistent quality of service for all operational aspects of the charitable company. These procedures are kept under constant review by the management committee to ensure they continue to meet the needs of the charity. 

## TRUSTEES 

Bethesda House of Mercy is a charity governed by a Trust Deed and trustees are selected by appointment only. The trustees are responsible for overseeing the charity’s activities and deciding how the funds are spent. The day to day running of the charity is left to the Senior Managing Officer of the Charity who works in collaboration with an administrative staff, some part time staffs, volunteers and people on placement for academic and work experience reasons. The trustees who served during the year ended 30th April 2021: 



Name  of  Senior  Executive  Manager/  Chairman:  Miss. Aloua Raymone Wandama 

Name of current trustees: 

Miss. Aloua Raymone Wandama 

Mr. Armand Okoubi 

Ms. Sophie Grattier Mr Ridy Ngimbi-Luzolo 

Responsibilities of the trustees 

Company  laws  requires  the  trustees  to  prepare  financial statements for each financial year which gives a true and fair view of the state of the affairs of the charitable company as at the  balance  sheet  date  and  of  its  incoming  resources  and application of resources including income and expenditures for the  financial  year.  In  preparing  the  financial  statement,  the trustees should follow best practice and; 

- Select suitable accounting policies and apply them 

- consistently 

- Make  judgement  and  estimates  that  are  reasonable  and prudent 

- Prepare the financial statement on the going concern basis unless  it  is  inappropriate  to  assume  that  the  company  will continue on that basis. 

The trustees are responsible for maintaining proper accounting records which discloses with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charitable company and to enable them to ensure that the financial statement comply with the Company  Act  2006.  The  trustees  are  also  responsible  for safeguarding  the  assets  of  the  charitable  organisation  and hence  for  taking  reasonable  steps  for  the  prevention  and detection of fraud and other irregularities. 

This report has been prepared in accordance with the special provision of part VII of the Company Act 2006 relating to small companies. 

Approved by Trustees and signed on their behalf by: 



## Ridy Ngimbi-Luzolo (Chairman) 

## Date: 13/06/2023 

## BETHESDA HOUSE OF MERCY CHARITY NO 1167229 

Statement of Financial Activities for Account Ending Period 30th April 2021 

||Unrestricted|Unrestricted|Restricted Total for 2021|Restricted Total for 2021|Restricted Total for 2021|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||Total for 2020||||
||Funds|<br>Funds||||
|Income Resources||£|£|£|£|
|Grants||0,000.00|0.00|00.00||
|0,000.00||||||
|Funds Carried Forward||200.00||0.00          200.00||
|600.00||||||
|Fundraising and Donations||5,000.00|0.00|5,000.00||
|6,900.00 Membership and Trustees||||||
|contribution|1,700.00<br>0.00|||1,700.00|2,000.00|
|Sales and fees||1,400.00|0.00|1,400.00||
|0,000.00||||||
|Building funds||00,000.00|0.00|00,000.00||
|00,000.00||||||
|Gift Aid 2015||00,000.00|0.00|00,000.00||
|00,000.00||||||
|Bank Interest||130.00||0.00          130.00||
|200.00||||||
|Total Income Resources|8,430.|00 0.00||8,430.00||
|9,700.00||||||





|Resources Expended|Unrestricted|Unrestricted|Unrestricted|Restricted Total for 2021|Restricted Total for 2021|Restricted Total for 2021|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Total for 2020|||||||
||Funds||Funds||||
||£||£|£||£|
|Wages||00,000.00||0.00|00,000.00||
|00,000.00|||||||
|Payroll Service||0.00||0.00|0.00|0.00|
|Travel and subsistence||250.00|||0.00          250.00||
|350.00|||||||
|Broadband|141.00|||0.00|141.00||
|210.00|||||||
|Workshop and Training||0.00||0.00|0.00|0.00|
|Volunteer expenses||4,400.00||0.00|4,400.00||
|4,800.00|||||||
|Rents and rates|2,100.00||0.00|2,100.00||2,200.00|
|Insurance|130.00|||0.00|130.00||
|300.00|||||||
|Repairs, cleaning|410.00|||0.00|410.00||
|422.00|||||||
|Website|189.00|||0.00|189.00||
|224.00|||||||
|Postage, stationary||50.00||0.00|50.00||
|86.00|||||||
|Accountancy fees|200.00|||0.00|200.00||
|300.00|||||||
|Bank interest and charges||153.00|||0.00          153.00||
|275.00|||||||
|Total resources expended||75,152.00||0.00|75,152.00||
|98,189.90|||||||
|Net Incoming Resources:|3,798.00||0.00|10,415.06|||
|Funds Carried Forward:||3,798.00||0.00|10,415.06||