BETHESDA HOUSE OF MERCY
Charity Registration Number 1167229
Report of the Trustees and Financial Statements
Period of accounts
Start date: 1er May 2021 End Date: 30th April 2022
Charity Address
118 Norwood High Street West Norwood London SE27 9NH
BETHESDA HOUSE OF MERCY INDEX OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT YEAR ENDED 30TH APRIL 2022
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| 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 2022 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 2022. 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 £8,100.00. RESERVE POLICY:
The charity aims to hold £200 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 2022:
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;
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Select suitable accounting policies and apply them
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consistently
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Make judgement and estimates that are reasonable and prudent
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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: 27/06/2023
BETHESDA HOUSE OF MERCY CHARITY NO 1167229
Statement of Financial Activities for Account Ending Period 30th April 2022
| Unrestricted | Unrestricted | Restricted Total for 2022 | Restricted Total for 2022 | Restricted Total for 2022 | |
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| Total for 2021 | |||||
| Funds | Funds |
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| Income Resources | £ | £ | £ | £ | |
| Grants | 0,000.00 | 0.00 | 00.00 | ||
| 0,000.00 | |||||
| Funds Carried Forward | 330.00 | 0.00 330.00 | |||
| 250.00 | |||||
| Fundraising and Donations | 5,000.00 | 0.00 | 5,000.00 | ||
| 6,900.00 Membership and Trustees | |||||
| contribution | 1,700.00 0.00 |
1,700.00 | 2,000.00 | ||
| Sales and fees | 1,100.00 | 0.00 | 1,100.00 | ||
| 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 | 100.00 | 0.00 100.00 | |||
| 200.00 | |||||
| Total Income Resources | 8,230. | 00 0.00 | 8,123.00 | ||
| 8,430.00 |
| Resources Expended | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | Restricted Total for 2022 | Restricted Total for 2022 | Restricted Total for 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total for 2021 | ||||||
| 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 | 150.00 | 0.00 150.00 | ||||
| 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 | 2,300.00 | 0.00 |
2,300.00 | 2,200.00 | ||
| Insurance | 130.00 | 0.00 | 130.00 | |||
| 300.00 | ||||||
| Repairs, cleaning | 410.00 | 0.00 | 410.00 | |||
| 422.00 | ||||||
| Website | 170.00 | 0.00 | 170.00 | |||
| 224.00 | ||||||
| Postage, stationary | 99.00 | 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 | 8,150.00 | 0.00 | 8,150.00 | |||
| 8,100.00 | ||||||
| Net Incoming Resources: | 80.00 | 0.00 |
80.00 | |||
| Funds Carried Forward: | 80.00 | 0.00 | 80.00 |