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2022-12-31-accounts

ANNUAL REPORT: 2022

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From the Pastors Desk

Welcome to 2023!

CLF Life Centre, the good, all knowing all wise almighty God is TRULY LEADING US! How glad I am to herald this good news to us all. These are exciting days we are in as God’s children. After much prayer and consultation with the Presbytery, we feel strongly that the Lord is leading us to centralise CLF UK in order for us to fulfill our mission and vision as an apostolic church; to make disciples of Jesus Christ.

I want you to know how much I continually remember you before our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, and appreciate you all, even our partnership in the gospel. Together we share and tell more of Gods story. Thank you for the many ways you have proclaimed and demonstrated the love of Christ. Your love and support to me and my family. This is who we are. A Christ Centered people, grounded in the scriptures and unified in our shared mission. Our mission is to join God in His mission to see more disciples making a difference in their sphere of influence.

The landscape we face as believers currently, and especially post COVID pandemic, has helped to highlight the state of the church and the individual believer. For example, many churches face new dilemmas such as individualism and people not coming to Church and staying at home.

However, our mission remains the same and unchanged as we continue to work with our sister Churches under the umbrella of City Faith Ministries Trust (CFMT) aka Christian Life

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Fellowship (CLF). We need to return to the basics, live out our values and make a difference thereby advancing the kingdom of God. We cannot falter in our mission in these dark times. Why? Because we are the only hope for the world, and our Lord Jesus Christ is counting on us to arise and shine for His Glory has come upon us.

This is the time, especially the times that we are in, for us as a church to work together to advance God’s Kingdom and love one another. We cannot afford to leave anybody behind. We need to sit together. Rise together. Walk together.

It is a privilege serving you. Once again, thank you all for the cooperation, giving, and support in advancing the Kingdom of God. I want to take this opportunity especially to thank all the workers for their continued dedication, faithfulness and hard work throughout 2022.

Lastly, I would like to remind us all of what we stand for as part of the Ekklesia of God - live with God's purpose. Love God supremely and, our neighbours as myself. Be excellent in all we think and do. Make Jesus the centre of our hearts and lives. Always collaborating, thereby bringing, and keeping the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. Be holy even as God is holy. Keep, maintain and guard our integrity at all times. Stewarding with eternity will be at forefront in all we do. Because all of us will one day stand before God to give an account of what He gave us, and what we did with our lives.

God Bless

Pastor John

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T a b l e o f C o n t e n t s

From the Pastors Desk ........................................................................................................................ 2 The Trustees ........................................................................................................................................ 5 Structure, Governance and Management .............................................................................................. 6 Trustee Induction and Training .............................................................................................................. 6 Our Mission ........................................................................................................................................... 7 Our Vision .............................................................................................................................................. 7 Our Core Values .................................................................................................................................... 8 Highlights ............................................................................................................................................... 8 Challenges ............................................................................................................................................. 9 Use of Volunteers .................................................................................................................................. 9 UK Corporate Activities ........................................................................................................................ 10 CLF Global Activities and Initiatives ..................................................................................................... 10 Projects in 2021 ................................................................................................................................. 11 Leadership Development ..................................................................................................................... 13 Ministries ............................................................................................................................................. 14 Missions .............................................................................................................................................. 15 Highlights of 2021 ................................................................................................................................ 16 Major Challenges in 202 ...................................................................................................................... 17 Financial Review .................................................................................................................................. 18 Legal and Administrative Information ................................................................................................... 19 Accountants' and Independent Examiner's Report ............................................................................... 20

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The Trustees

The Trustees are pleased to present their report and CLF LC’s financial statement for the Year Ended 31 December 2022. The trustees confirm that the annual report and financial statements comply with the current statutory requirements, the requirements of the governing document and the Statement of Recommended Practice, Accounting and Reporting by Charities and the applicable accounting standard FRS102.

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Structure, Governance and Management

CLF LC is registered with the Charity Commissioners (No. 1168879) and constituted by a constitution. CLF Life Centre (CLF LC) is affiliated to City Faith Ministries Trust (CFMT) (No.1045627).

CLF Life Centre is an international community of New Testament believers committed to exalt the person and revelation of Jesus Christ as revealed in the bible and living a lifestyle centered on Him and His will. We are a member of the Evangelical Alliance UK (No. 241723)

Trustee Induction and Training

All trustees are already familiar with the practical work of the charity having served in this capacity for over 4 years.

The charity constitution provides for a minimum of three Trustees and there is no maximum number of charity trustees that may be appointed. Where there is a need for new Trustees, these would be identified and appointed by the current Trustees. The chair of Trustees is responsible for the induction of any new Trustee which involves awareness training of a Trustee's duties and responsibilities, the governing document, administrative procedures, the history and ethos of the charily. A new Trustee will also receive a copy of the previous year’s annual report and a copy of the Charily Commission leaflet 'The Essential Trustee: What You Need to Know’.

At present CLF Life Centre has five Trustees from a variety of professional backgrounds relevant to the activities of the charily.

The Charity employs one full time pastor.

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The object of the charity as set out in the constitution is to:

Advance the Christian faith in accordance with the Statement of beliefs appearing in the Statement of Faith of the charity.

As part of their pastoral remit our Pastor, executive team, Life Groups leaders and heads of departments look after the spiritual wellbeing of the members which includes the regular conduct of baby dedications, marriages, funerals and counselling.

Our Mission

We exist because of The Great commission of our Lord Jesus summarized in Matthew 28:18 to 20, which mandates us to make disciples of Jesus Christ.

Our Vision

Our vision is to make disciples of Christ by encouraging them to be “Difference Markers’” full of the life of God and spirit filled to bring hope and deliverance to the world. We will fulfil this mandate (to make disciples of Jesus Christ) by:

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Our Core Values

Our core values are those ideals we are unwilling to compromise as we fulfil our vision. They are derived from our mission:

Highlights

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Overall, 2022 was still a challenging year for the body of Christ and the nation as a whole due to COVID-19. Life Centre leadership continued to strengthen its members through prayer and life groups meetings, midweek services and online fellowships.

Challenges

Aside from this, beyond the normal pastoral and administrative issues of an organisation like ours, there were no other major challenges that we had to address.

Use of Volunteers

CLF LC consider its volunteers as one of its main resources in both faith and community work.

The Charity encourages all its members to be involved in voluntary activities and now have over twenty volunteers (including all the trustees) who regularly give of their time. All members who work with children and vulnerable groups are always DBS checked.

We carry out a wide range of activities in pursuance of its charitable aims. The trustees consider that these activities, summarised below, provide valuable benefits to the public both in the U.K and abroad.

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All our activities are available to Christians and non-Christians, members and non-members alike.

In addition to our initiatives and activities, we also partnered with and/or supported the following organisations as they sought to fulfil their given vision/mission:

Lambeth Foodbank

Moree Church

Please refer to the Missions section to see our further contributions.

CLF Global activities and initiatives

Apostolic Forums took place for leaders in Sierra Leone and Kenya with Pastors John Dompreh and Peter Mensah. In Sierra Leone the yearly worship concert took place in Apantao, alongside the Smart child project.

Projects in 2022

A Youth empowerment program as well as a farming project took place. In October we saw the opening of the CLF School project which was dedicated to Pastor Joseph Boadu.

Main active components in 2022

Church Planting

We believe Church planting to be the most effective method of obeying the Great Commission of Jesus Christ through world evangelism and the discipleship of every born-again believer within the context of a church community.

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Local Churches

As at 31st December 2022, CLF Churches comprised of:

UK – 6: Greenwich, Life Centre (Lambeth), Medway, Kings House (South Woodford), Genesis (Enfield) and Scotland.

Ghana – 16 churches in 3 Districts:

Central District: Asafo, Ekroful, Mahodwe, and Moree

Accra District: Alogboshi, Kotobabi, Teacher Mante, Kasoa, and Macedonia

Eastern District: Habitat, Afiasa, Appapam, Koforidua, Moseaso, Abomosu, and Osino

Kenya – 2:

Nairobi – Buruburu and Uthiru.

Sierra Leone – 12: Port Loko (the Headquarter Church), Maforki, Ropolon, Tiama, Benga, (Kagboroh), Kambia Makama, Masiaka, Youth Church (Port Loko), Youth

Church (Bo), Mopalla, Bengeh, and Bambuibu. CLF continues to have affiliations with the Sierra Leone Armed Forces Chaplaincy.

Liberia – 1 Polotorie (Monrovia)

India – 1 Chennai

Andre Pradesh – 9 congregations all named CLFI Centre, in 9 hamlets: Ramesh (3), Solomom (3), Dora (2), Santosh (1) supervised by Gospel Torch. Each congregation is distinguishable by the pastor’s name.

The Gambia – 1 Kotu Fellowship

Republic of South Africa (RSA) – 1 Fresh Start Sada

Overall, in 2022, CLF had 46 Churches spread across 8 countries.

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Leadership Development

CLF has a seven-stage discipleship strategy to equip our members from new believers to ordained ministers as part of our Membership Discipleship Program (MDP). This strategy is further enhanced through our Bible school (Christian Life Training Institute (CLTI), and various training initiatives and seminars as outlined below:

Christian Life Training Institute (CLTI)

CLTI is the Bible School initiative of CLF. It aims to serve our mission and vision to make disciples of Jesus Christ by equipping our members and the wider body of Christ with a Christ centred perspective to life and ministry.

CLTI offers two flagship courses – Ministerial Training Course (MTC) for the spiritually mature, and Christian Discipleship Course (CDC) for believers who desire to be equipped as Disciples of Christ. CLTI also offers other short courses in a variety of subjects and is currently established in the following countries:

United Kingdom:

Ghana:

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Ministries

The Ministries component within CLF consists of various initiatives and services whose remit and scope of operation goes beyond the CLF family to the wider body of Christ and/or the general community within society. The following were the active ministries in 2022:

• Inside Out : A ministry to prisoners and ex-prisoners to encourage them in their spirituality; and support them in a productive alternative after prison. In 2022, face to face meetings resumed although there was still no access to prison since the COVID pandemic. (Leader Alison Smith)

• International Christian Women’s Network (ICWN). A ministry to women in the body of Christ and beyond. In 2022 ICWN continued to host Women of the Watch and mentoring groups for women. (Leader Sheron Ankrah)

• Omega Generation . A youth ministry empowering teenagers and young adults to a radical and relevant commitment to discipleship and missions. There were no active missions in 2022 (Leader Peter Mensah)

• Abiding In Christ (AiC) - Mission trips for women aimed at empowering them to empower their worlds using the tools of training, evangelism, and discipleship. In February 2022, Kim Grant (London, England) ministered alongside Elizabeth Wekesa, (Buruburu, Kenya) and Marilyn Mensah, (Accra, Ghana). A mission was held in Ghana in October 2022, under the theme “Healing, mind, body, soul and spirit”. The team were joined by a UK team to carry out street evangelism, prison, and hospital outreach as well as hosting workshops. (Leader: Marilyn Mensah).

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women through skills training, business development and personal well-being. (Leader Afriyie Donkor)

• DOTK: A global CLF women’s ministry dedicated to empowering Christian women within the body of Christ. Our aim is to empower women to maximize their potential through wholehearted pursuit of God and His kingdom purpose for their lives. It also seeks to facilitate its mandate through Women’s gatherings and prayer initiatives as well as equipping women in singleness, marriage, and for leadership in the Church and marketplace. (Leader Sheron Ankrah)

• Stronger Men Ministries (SMM). A men’s ministry to empower men to be strong in spirit, strong in leadership and stronger together. In 2022 SMM continued to host its major Summit and mentoring forums online. It also hosted online Men’s Prayer gatherings throughout the year (Leader Peter Mensah)

Missions

The primary corporate mission’s effort of CLF comes under Christian Life Mission (CLM) formerly Christian Life Ministries) in partnership with CLM Trust. CLM Trust is a registered charity committed to world evangelism, church planting, leadership development, and social action. In 2022 CLM was responsible for the following initiatives:

The remit of these missions varied from strengthening churches spiritually, ministering in church services and seminars, leadership development, to providing welfare support.

• Supporting churches and church leaders : CLM continues to provide spiritual and resource support to churches and church leaders in the UK, Ghana, Kenya, India, and Sierra Leone.

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Highlights of 2022

The highlights of 2022 are those achievements and activities in 2022 within the UK that we felt emphasised the corporate progress of CLF during that year. These included:

• Congregation leader’s meetings, online International Pastors and Ministers & Apostolic forums. These ran from January 27th and throughout the year on the last Thursday of each month

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Financial Review

CLF LC ended the year with a deficit on general funds of £1,293 (2021 deficit £10,546) the details of which can be seen in annexed financial statements (and notes) for the period.

The Trustees are very thankful to all the members (and other stakeholders) for their' continuous generosity which enables the Charity to maintain its vast array of charitable activities (for its size) in this harsh economic climate. The Trustees will continue to consider value for money against impact when delivering the charities strategic objectives.

Investment Policy

Aside from retaining a prudent amount in reserves each year, the Trustees will consider appropriate money-market investments over the near and medium future. Where general reserves grow beyond a target level equivalent to 9-month operation costs more long-term investments will be explored

Legal and Administrative Information

Trustees Mr. Harold Williams
Mr. Emmanuel Kodua
Mr. Philip Ankrah
Ms. Joy Campbell
Mr. AkinloluAdedayo OladapoAdeagbo
Ex-Officio Trustee Kwame John Dompreh
Charity Registration No 1168879
Principle Office: Unit 7 Warwick House
Overton Road
London
SW97JP
Accountant Leanbase Ltd
Company No. 12122543
Registered office address:89F Denmark Hill
London
SE5 8AA
Bankers NatWest Bank Plc
HSBC Bank Plc
Pentecostal Credit Union

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Approved by the Trustees and signed on its behalf by:

(Trustee/Treasurer) 26 October 2023

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Accountants' and Independent Examiner's Report  See attached document

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CLF LIFE CENTRE 1168879
Receipts and payments accounts CC16a
Period start date Period end date
For the period
To
from 01.01.2022 31.12.2022
Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
Total funds Last year
funds funds funds
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
A1 Receipts
Tithes & Offering 74,943 - - 74,943 64,311
Gift Aid Recovered 6,524 - - 6,524 16,041
Other Income 13,031 - - 13,031 7,119
Food Bank 12 - - 12 -
Bank Interest - - - -
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Sub total (Gross income for AR) 94,510 - - 94,510 87,470
A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).
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Sub total - - - - -
Total receipts 94,510 - - 94,510 87,470
A3 Payments
Honoraria 1,800.00 - - 1,800 750.00
Church Rental - ABT 760.00 - - 760 15,000.00
Visual & Media Cost 851.60 - - 852 12,017.58
Dept: Sound 428.85 - - 429 0.00
Dept: Finance 3,695.55 - - 3,696 1,061.93
Dept: Ushering & Protocol 600.17 - - 600 0.00
Dept: Worship Dept 143.66 - - 144 0.00
Dept: Childrens Ministry 11.25 - - 11 0.00
Dept: Media 4,334.21 - - 4,334 3,918.86
Dept: Catering 2,509.02 - - 2,509 0.00
Dept: Admin 1,479.74 - - 1,480 1,215.89
Database 379.41 - - 379 546.00
CLF Publishing House (3 Books) 0.00 - - - 274.67
Donation to CLM 4,065.22 - - 4,065 4,238.04
Pastorial Care Travel Abroad 737.94 - - 738 0.00
Hospitality 0.00 - - - 274.19
Dept :Life Group 366.75 - - 367 153.00
Donations to Head Office 5,093.18 - - 5,093 2,963.37
Prayer 1,000.00 - - 1,000 0.00
Pastor Gross Salaries On Costs (pensions, employers NI, etc) 33,334.11 - - 33,334 32,189.63
Pastorial Care Car Fuel 324.60 - - 325 0.00
Pst Exp : Retreats & Courses & Book 150.00 - - 150 150.00
Pastorial Assistant Care Exp 60.00 - - 60 0.00
Pastorial Expenses Other 7,141.07 - - 7,141 4,317.90
Bereavement Fund 300.00 - - 300 3,308.45
Other Ministries 151.87 - - 152 307.12
Other Ministries ( School Ghana) 200.00 - - 200 351.98
Insurance - Trustees And Professional Ideminity 663.06 - - 663 644.15
Subs & Pubs & Software 0.00 - - - 245.17
Telephone & Fax 2,084.65 - - 2,085 2,269.54
Website Costs 169.51 - - 170 160.95
Office Rent 12,339.29 - - 12,339 11,568.44
Sundry Expenses - - - 0.00
Bank Charges 2,188.52 - - 2,189 90.00
Church rental Kings Avenue School 3,040.00 - - 3,040 0.00
Church rental-Harris Academy(SchoolSpace) 5,399.40 - - 5,399 0.00
Pensions Costs - - - 0.00
Sub total [ 95,803 ] - - 95,803 98,017
A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see
table)
- - - -
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Sub total [ - ] - - - -
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Total payments
Net of receipts/(payments)
A5 Transfers between funds
A6 Cash funds last year end
Cash funds this year end		 95,803
- 1,293
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117,554
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116,261 117,554
Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
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trustees
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