**Charity Registration No:** 1170741 **Company Registration No:** CE009378
# **HUDDERSFIELD DEBERE TSEHAY KIDIST KIDANE MIHRET ETHIOPIAN ORTHODOX TEWAHEDO CHURCH**
**Trustees' report and financial statements**
**For the year ended 31 March 2024**
**Contents**
## **HUDDERSFIELD DEBERE TSEHAY KIDIST KIDANE MIHRET ETHIOPIAN ORTHODOX TEWAHEDO CHURCH**
**For the year ended 31 March 2023**
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|---|---|
|Legal and administratve informaton|1|
|Accountng policies|2|
|Statement of fnancial actvites|3|
|Balance Sheet|4|
|Notes to the fnancial statements|5-6|
## **HUDDERSFIELD DEBERE TSEHAY KIDIST KIDANE MIHRET ETHIOPIAN ORTHODOX TEWAHEDO CHURCH**
**For the year ended 31 March 2023**
**Legal and Administrative Information**
## **Status**
The Church registered as a charity with the Charity Commission in December 2016. It is governed by its constitution.
|Trustees:||
|---|---|
||Adonias Teshome|
||Ababa Andom|
||Amanuel Tesfaye|
||Yohanes Fekadu|
||Zenebu Hailu Dubale|
||Letebrhan Gebreslasie|
||Samuel Kassa Ferede|
||Azalech Abate|
||Migbar Lakew Negussie|
|Vice chairperson:|Zenebu Hailu Dubale|
|Company number:|CE009317|
|Charity number:|1170741|
|Registered ofce:|1 Parkwood Road|
||Parkwood Methodist Church|
||Huddersfeld|
||HD3 4TT|
|Bankers:|**Lloyds Bank**|
||Kings Head|
||Cloth Hall St|
||HUDDERSFIELD|
||HD1 2EA|
# **HUDDERSFIELD DEBERE TSEHAY KIDIST KIDANE MIHRET ETHIOPIAN ORTHODOX TEWAHEDO CHURCH**
**For the year ended 31 March 2023**
**Notes to the Financial Statement**
## **Accounting Policies**
## **1 Basis of Preparation**
The financial statements have been prepared under historical cost convention and in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard.
## **2 Fund Accounting**
General funds are available for use at the discretion of the directors in furtherance of the general objectives of the charity and have not been designed for other purposes. Donations, legacies, and interest on deposits are accounted for in the year in which they are received.
## **3 Resources Expended**
Resources expended are accounted for on an accrual basis and have been classified under headings that aggregate all costs related to the category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings, they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources.
## **4 Depreciation**
Depreciation has been computed to write off the cost of tangible fixed assets over their expected useful lives using the following rates: - Fixture, Fittings & Equipment - 15%
## **5 Capital Costs**
Including costs related to buying new assets and costs that add value to an existing asset that will last for more than one tax year.
## **HUDDERSFIELD DEBERE TSEHAY KIDIST KIDANE MIHRET ETHIOPIAN ORTHODOX TEWAHEDO CHURCH**
**For the year ended 31 March 2023**
## **Statement of Financial Activities**
|**Notes**
**Incoming Resources**
Voluntary Income
**1**
Income from Church Actvites
**2**
**Total Incoming Resources**
**Resources Expended**
Charitable Expenditure
**3**
Governance Costs
**4**
Capital Costs
**5**
**Total Expenditure**
Funds Available on 1 April
**Net Movement in Funds**
**Funds Balance on 31 March 2024**|**2024**
**£**
**36,755**
**15,577**
**52,332**
**11,884**
**17,813**
**15,540**
**45,237**
**17,012**
**7,095**
**24,107**|**2023**
**£**
36,986
2,112|
|---|---|---|
|||39,098
6,064
1,763
135,264|
|||143,091
121,005
(-)103,993|
|||17,012|
## **HUDDERSFIELD DEBERE TSEHAY KIDIST KIDANE MIHRET ETHIOPIAN ORTHODOX TEWAHEDO CHURCH**
**For the year ended 31 March 2022**
**Balance Sheet**
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2024 2023
£ £ £ £
Assets
Tangible Fixed Assets 4/5 144,025 142,406
Current Assets
Cash at Bank and in Hand 29,104 23,012
29,104 23,012
Net Current Assets 29,104 23,012
Net Assets 173,129 165,418
Accumulated Funds
Balance Brought Forward 23,012 23,012
Excess of Income over Expenditure 7,095 0
As at 31 March 30,107 23,012
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The trustees acknowledge their responsibilities for:
(i) ensuring that the charity keeps proper accounting records.
(ii) preparing financial statements which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity as at the end of the financial year and of its Net movement in funds for the financial year in accordance with the requirements of the charity commission.
Approved by the trustees and signed on its behalf.
Name - Adonias Teshome Position - Secretary of the PCC Signature - Date: 31-01-2025
## **HUDDERSFIELD DEBERE TSEHAY KIDIST KIDANE MIHRET ETHIOPIAN ORTHODOX TEWAHEDO CHURCH**
**For the year ended 31 March 2022**
**Notes on Financial Statements (Continued)**
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2024 2023
£ £
1 – Incoming Resources
Voluntary Income
Donations 12,107 12,390
Building Fund 3,581 260
Collection (Open Plate) 21,067 24,336
36,755 36,986
2 – Activities for Generating Funds
Income from Church Activities
Church Services 240 340
Membership Fees 400 402
Magazines, Books, Raffles 14,937 1,370
15,577 2,112
Other Income - -
Total Incoming Resources 52,332 39,098
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## **HUDDERSFIELD DEBERE TSEHAY KIDIST KIDANE MIHRET ETHIOPIAN ORTHODOX TEWAHEDO CHURCH**
## **For the year ended 31 March 2022**
## **Notes on Financial Statements (Continued)**
|**Resources Expanded**
**3 – Church Services**
Allowance
Transport
Food and Consumables
Annual Feast Service
Rent
**4 – Church Actvites**
Magazines and Books
Printng, Statonary and Post
Hiring Charges
Insurance
Legal and Professional Fees
Utlites
Sundry Expenses
Building Repairs and Decoraton
Depreciaton Expenses
**5 – Capital Costs**
Purchase of Church Premises
Major Renovaton Costs
**Total Resource Expanded**|**2024**
**£**
**4,527**
**986**
**292**
**3,999**
**2,080**
**11,884**
**-**
**-**
**384**
**-**
**-**
**2,268**
**-**
**15,161**
**(13,921)**
**17,813**
**-**
**15,540**
**15,540**
**45,237**|**2023**
**£**
1,100
1,020
46
2,017
1,880|
|---|---|---|
|||6,064
-
-
192
-
-
311
-
(1,260)|
|||1,763
123,211
12,053|
|||135,264|
|||143,091|