## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period**
Period start date Period end date Day **01** Month **04** Year **2022** Day **31** Month **03** Year **2023 To**
**From**
## Section A Reference and administration details
GLORY AND FIRE MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL
**Charity name Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any) 1171914**
**Charity's principal address 2-6 CAUDWELL STREET**
**BEDFORD Postcode MK429AD**
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
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|||**Amina Dikedi-**
**Ajakaiye**||**02 March 2017**||
|||**Marsha Mungo-**
**Okolie**||**02 March 2017**||
|||**Christina**
**Emmanuel-Odiachi**||**23 February 2023**||
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**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) Type of adviser Name Address**
## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
## **Section B Structure, governance and management**
## **Description of the charity’s trusts**
CONSTITUTION Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) TRUST How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) APPOINTED BY EXISTING BOARD Trustee selection methods (eg. appointed by, elected by)
## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about:
- policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
- the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
- relationship with any related parties;
- trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
## **Section C Objectives and activities**
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**Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document**
The Trustees present their report and financial statements of Glory and Fire Ministries International for the year ended 31st March 2023. The trustees confirm that the Trustees' report and financial statements of the charity comply with the statutory requirements of the Charities Act 2011, the Charity's governing document and the provisions of the Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) Accounting and Reporting by charities issued in 2005.
**Structure, Governance and Management:** The management of the Charity is vested in the Church leadership supported by the Board of Trustees. One member was added to the Board of Trustees Structure. No changes were made to Glory and Fire Ministries Intl’s supplemental deed dated January 2013. There were no changes to the object of the Charity.
**Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)**
## **OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES**
The Charity’s objectives are for the public benefit: 1. The advancement of the Christian religion through worship, prayer, regular bible study and training. 2. Service - provision of pastoral care to the congregation; 3. Relief of poverty among its members, the community, and the UK 4. Missionary activities - developing confidence in evangelism and in capacity to spread the Word of God and faith to all
## **THE BOARD**
The board of trustees is well resourced. The trustees bring to Glory and Fire Ministries International a broad range of skills and experience that gives the needed direction to the Charity. Trustees held several board meetings during the year virtually and in person.
## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)**
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You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about:
- policy on grantmaking;
- policy programme related investment;
- contribution made by volunteers.
## Section D Achievements and performance
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## Section D Achievements and performance
## **Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year**
## **KEY ACHIEVEMENTS**
The financial year 2022/2023 saw the charity continue to deliver on its public benefit goals. In line with its objectives various inhouse programmes were held including church services, counselling, and training.
The charity’s flagship programme, the Lynn Otti’s Free Food Shop (LOFFS) saw an uptake in its services. We extended our community reach with a notable increase in the number of families served in 2022 -2023. Overall a successful awareness drive. The charity was powered by the input and dedication of volunteers who worked relentlessly to ensure it was a successful year.
A number of training sessions were held for departmental leaders and volunteers. The commitment and tenacity of volunteers and the wider church family ensured that the charity had a successful year, fulfilling its objectives.
## **FUTURE PLANS**
The trustees have the following plan:
- To extend the reach of the church’s services and activities
- To extend the mandate and coverage of the LYNN OTTI’S FREE FOOD SHOP ( **LOFFS)**
- To extend current Church Workers Training to the wider Christian community in Bedfordshire and the UK. Foster inter-denominational corporation through international Christian conferences.
## **PUBLIC BENEFIT**
The Trustees confirm that they have referred to the Charities Commission's guidance on public benefit when reviewing the charity's aims, objectives and activities and are satisfied that they fully meet it.
## **Risk Management**
The Trustees have assessed the major risks to which the charity is
exposed regarding safety, the operations, and finances of the charity, and are satisfied that there are systems in place to mitigate our
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## **Section E Financial review**
## **Financial Review**
**Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves**
- Reserves policy. At the end of the financial year, the charity holds a total Cash at Bank of £29,345
- which is unrestricted funds.
• Principal funding sources. The charity’s main source of fund this year has been through tithes, offerings and voluntary donations from its members.
• Salaries and wages - One employed staff member on salary. The charity also engages the services of volunteers. No trustee was remunerated during this financial year.
**Details of any funds materially in deficit**
## **Further financial review details (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about:
- the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
- how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
- investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.
## **Statement of Trustee's Responsibilities**
The Trustees are responsible for preparing the Annual Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations. Charity law requires the Trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law the Trustees have elected to prepare the financial statements in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (United Kingdom Accounting Standards and applicable law). The financial statements are required by law to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Church and of the surplus or deficit of the Church for that period.
In preparing these 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;
- Prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the Church will continue in operation.
The Trustees recognize their responsibilities to keep proper accounting records that 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 Charity Act 2011. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities. The appended financial statements have been prepared on the accruals basis and have been examined by an independent examiner, whose report is also appended.
## **Section F Other optional information**
## **Section G Declaration**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
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**Signature(s)**
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|**Full name(s)**
**Position (eg Secretary, Chair,**
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**Date**|Amina Dikedi-Ajakaiye||
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Trustee||
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|**GLORY AND FIRE MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL**|**GLORY AND FIRE MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL**|**GLORY AND FIRE MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL**|**1171914**|
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|**Receipts andpayments accounts**||||
|**For the period**
**from**|**01/04/2022**|**To**|**31/03/2023**|
**CC16a**
|**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||||
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|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest**
**£**||**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**|
|VOLUNTARY RECEIPTS - collections at
services|**45,383**||**-**||**-**||**45,383**||**57,350**|
|GIFT AIDS|**9,902**||**-**||**-**||**9,902**||**17,502**|
|OTHER RECEIPTS|**57,826**||**-**||**-**||**57,826**||**11,133**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
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||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|
**113,111**||**-**||**-**||**113,111**||**85,985**|
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|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**||||||||||
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|**_Sub total_**|**-**||||||||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**||||||||||
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|COST OF CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES|**96,283**||**-**||**-**||**96,283**||**94,869**|
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|**_Sub total_ **|**96,283**||**-**||**-**||**96,283**||**94,869**|
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|**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**||||||||||
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|**_Sub total_ **|**-**||||||||**-**|
|**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||||||
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||**16,828**||**-**||**-**||**16,828**||**- 8,884**|
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||**12,517**||**-**||**-**||**12,517**||**11,335**|
||**29,345**||**-**||**-**||**29,345**||**2,451**|
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
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|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at**|**the end of the period**|**the end of the period**|**the end of the period**|**the end of the period**||
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|**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**|Cash at the bank as of March 2023
**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**||**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**29,345**
**-**
**-**
**29,345**
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**||**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
OK
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
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**funds**
**to nearest £**|
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**(optional)**|
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||**Details**||**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**||**Cost (optional)**||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
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||Signature
**Details**||**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
AMINA DIKEDI-AJAKAIYE||||**When due**
**(optional)**|
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CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
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## **NOTES TO THE RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS FOR THE PERIOD 01-APR-2022 TO 31-MAR-2023**
|**Note 1**
**Voluntary Income**
**Activities for generating**
**fund**
**Note 2**
**Cost of Charitable Activities**
Governance Costs|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**This Year**
**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**Last Year**
**Analysis**
**£**
**£**
**Analysis of Receipts (Incoming Resources)**|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**This Year**
**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**Last Year**
**Analysis**
**£**
**£**
**Analysis of Receipts (Incoming Resources)**|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**This Year**
**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**Last Year**
**Analysis**
**£**
**£**
**Analysis of Receipts (Incoming Resources)**|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**This Year**
**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**Last Year**
**Analysis**
**£**
**£**
**Analysis of Receipts (Incoming Resources)**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||Tithes||20,328|28,027|
||Other regulargivings||25,055|29,323|
||Other ActivityGiving||46,330|0|
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||**Total**||**91,713**|**57,350**|
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||HMRC Charities||9,902|17,503|
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||**Total**||**9,902**|**17,503**|
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||Repayments/Refunds||11,498|13,424|
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||**Total**||**11,498**|**13,424**|
||**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**This Year**
**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**Last Year**
**Analysis**
**£**
**£**
**Analysis of Payments (Resources Expended)**||||
||Building,service charge,rates,insurances||54,924|51,981|
||Legal Fees||2,921|0|
||LOFFS(FormerlyBread Project)||470|1,552|
||Welfare||3,501|6,478|
||Utilities||1,839|3,163|
||Church Office / OperatingExpenses||13,956|4,521|
||Other MinistryExpenses||9,781|3,082|
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||Total||**87,392**|**70,777**|
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||Examination/Professional Fees||678|1,224|
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||Total||**678**|**1,224**|
CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Independent examinerfs report on the
accounts
Section A
Independent Examiner's Report
Report to the truste081
m6mber8 of
GLORY AND FIRE MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL
On accounts for the year
ended
31 March 2023
Charlty no
{If any)
1171914
Set out on pages
I report to th8 trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above
charity {"the Trust") for the year ended
A8 the ¢harity'8 trust8e8, you are responsible for the preparation of the
accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011
('the Act.).
Re8ponslbllttl•• and
basls of report
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried OLrt
under s8Ction 145 of the 2011 Acl and in carrying out my examination, I
have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commi88ion
under section 145(5){b) of th8 Act.
Indopondant tTha charity's gro88 income exceeded £250,000 and l am qualSfied to
oxamlner's ¥tatsment undertake th8 examination by being a qualified member of [insert name of
applicable listed bodylj. Delete I l Mnot applicable.
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters hav8
come to my attention in connection with the examination (othèr than that
disclosed below ') which gives me cause to believe that In, any material
respect..
the accountlng records were not kept in accordance with 88Ction 130
of the Charities Act., or
the accounts did not accord wf(h the accounting records,. or
the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements
conceming the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities
(Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement
that the accounts give a 'true and fair, view which is not a matter
considered as part of an independenl examination.
I have no concerns and hav8 Come across no other matters in connection
with Ihe examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in
order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Please dglete the words in the brackets if they do not apply.
Date:
Signod:
31 January 2024
Name:
R Mrtchell
IER
Oct 2018
Relevant professional
qualification(s) or body
(11 any):
Arr
Addmss:
The Manor House
Station Road
Felsted CM6 3EZ
Section B
Disclosure
Only complete if the examiner needs lo highlight material matters of concern
(see CC32, Independenl examination of charity accounts.. directions and
guidance for examiners).
Glvfj hero brlof detalls of
any Itam8 that the
8xamlner wl8he* to
disclo80.
Expenditure has been di8¢ussed and there will be a focus on a reduction to
mat¢hlbe188S than Income.
sturgess and Co Ltd
Ac¢ounttsnts
The Hanor Hovse
st•tlon R08d, Felsted Cmé 3eZ
01371532451
IER
Oct 2018
IER
Oct 2018