Charity registration number: 1173461 Christian Faith Fellowship UK Annual POrt and Financiat Statoments for thg Yo4T End 31 January 2025
Chrlstlan Faith Fellowshlp UK Content8 Reference and Administrative Details Trustees, Report 2to7 Independent Examineg8 Report Statement of Financial Activitie8 Balance Sheet 10 Notss to the Financial Ststements 11 to 12
Chrlstian Faith Fellowship UK Reference alld Adminljtradve Detalls Truste Tina8be Bare Manuel Bare Prlndpal Offle¢ 27 Millbank Northampton NN3 5HJ Charlty Rrylitratlon Number 1173461 Accountant G A Harri8 & Co Ltd Brulimar Hou8¢ Jubilee Road Middleton M8nch¢8ter M24 2LX Page I
Cbrlsdan Falth Fellowshl UK Tru8tee8' Re ort 2024-25 Cbristion Faith Fellow8hip UK tru8tK board has i re8ponsibility for the advancement of the Christian faith in thc United Kingdom for th¢ benefit of the public throu8h the holding of prayer mting8, lecturesj public celebration of Chri8tian festivals, and prnducindl8triblltills Christian material on Christian faith to enlighten othor8 about Jesus Chri8L The Cbristian Faith Fellowship UK ttwtee8 board 18 8180 8pKifically SpOnSible for en8urAng the availability of place8 of worship and partAcul8rly the current rent¢d PTVmi8e8 at Shutlanger Villa8¢ Hall, Ob'ectlvej and Actlvldei The Chri8tian Faith Fellowship UK trustee board 18 comrnitted to enablfin8 as many people a8 possible to worship at our place of a88¢mbly and bKome part of the local community of b¢liover8. Th¢ tsustse board maintsins an overview of worship and prayer within thc local ommunity. Mini8ter8 within the tN8t¢e board invitc and liaise with other Chri8tiaD groupa and ministries in the United Kingdom and abroad to ensll that the local community b¢ncfits from the preaahln8 of th¢ Word. Wh¢ll plannin8 our activitie& for the year. the incumbent and the Cbristian Falth FowShiP UK ustee board have tsken into consideration thc Commi88ion'8 gUIdae on public benefit and particularly the specific 8uidance on chariti¢8 for the advancement of r¢li8ion. We ty to encourag¢ and enable ordinary peoplc to follow the teachings of the Word of (lod as written in th¢ bible and to have the libty to practise their faith through the following: Prayer and worship of the Lord Chri8L Readln8 and ]i8tenin8 to the Bible and Bennons from the propbet of the day. Developin8 the conJmuDity faith and trust in Jesus through knowl¢dg¢. Provi8ion of pastoral care for pwle livin8 within the local nUllity. Carrying out mi88ionary and outrcaGh work in th¢ UK andAfri Page 2
Achlevements and erfornianee Thc Cbri8tiall Faith Fellovthip UK offer o ran8e of 8ervice8 durin8 the ck and over the cour of the y¢ar and our cornmunity finds thi8 both beneficial and 8piritually upliftin8 and profoundly fulfillillg. Every Wednesday eveniti8 the mini8ter or an invited guest preBidc8 over dcvotional wor8hip and prayer. Thi8 midweek 8ervice 18 part of the Spiritual rcinforcemcnt bthvccn the nill weekend meetin88. Friday evening 8ervice8 pmvidc th¢ community with an opportunity to reflect and be intimate with the creator. The Friday evenin8 prayer 8ervice8 include exhortation from the ministor. During the year Cbristian Faith Fellow8hip UK r¢801ved to ahift the 0rational ba8e to Shutlan8er village. The committee viewed thi8 a8 a mean8 to Teach additional communities unfanuliar with the gospel me88a8e. Membership h88 remained unchanged during the year under review, but it ha8 been ob8erved that exi8tin8 members and ¢on8regants ha b¢en m¢xc grounded and have become 8tron8er pillar8 of th¢ church. The churcb continued to host 8i8ter UPS for Sunday worthip. Thi8 provid¢d a welcome environm¢nt for unity, brotherly love and kindn¢88 which are nece888ry in the building of good communiti. Tho thuffh al80 ntInued to h08t Vi8itin8 parithioner8 and offered h¢alingi coun8¢11in8 and prayer8 to the Community. Christian FAith Fellowship UK alao 8tsrngtb¢n faith in the community by ¢anyin8 Out r¢8ulaT holy c(n7ununioJL The 8¢Thlce8 aloo help member8 to refiect oll their b¢haviour8 and relation8hip with Cbri8t. The church a180 promot¢d and r¢InfO¢d the li8tenlng of taped 8ennon8 from th¢ prophet of th¢ a8¢. Sunday School for children wa8 r¢introduc¢d to catsr for th¢ incr¢a8in8 number of thildren bein8 bom in the chUh. Th¢ Sunday school l¢8son8 are a w¢l¢ome forum for the young pwple to di8GU88 and 8tudy the bible by 8haring lesBoll8 and ¢XP¢Ti4x¢e8. Th¢ little children introduced to children's bibl¢ stOTie8 a8 they learn about heroe8 of the faith whil¢ they play and learn. Chri3tian Faith Fellow8hip UK planned to conduct outreach 8ervice8 in the locality of Shutlan8er villa8¢. The door-to-door outreach vthich include8 pa88in8 of leatlet8 about the gospel. The chur¢h a180 continued to conduct 'zoom' s¢rYAc¢8 to rcach out to beli¢r further away )m the n¥XV locality of Shutlan8er villa8¢. Th¢8e zoom maetings were a180 uB¢fi¥l in obtaining preachin8 8ervice8 th)m di8tant tcathwj and evangeli8t8 including th08e from ovmea8. Special trips were conducted for Southern AfrieA outreach durin8 th¢ month of Au8U8t 2024. IA)cal community activitie8 carricd out ID th¢ village of Shutlan8er. Thi8 required transportation and th¢ boaThl allow the use of a vebicle wbile paying for loan ovw a full month. The Christian Faith Fellowship UK welcom¢8 everyone to our Wedne8day and Friday prayer 8ervice8 a8 well a8 our Sunday worship aervice. The movement to Shudan8er had the gffect of restorAng childr¢n'8 Sunday cla8sc& to more room. There was 8 ri8e in the number of Midweek churnh attendaw¢ du¢ to th¢ maillt¢nanc¢ of virtual m¢otin89. Pa8e 3
Board of Tru8teei. The tru8tse board has three membffl3. The board acts a8 an important link b¢tween church and other external bodie8 which would be Condurtillg busine88 with Christian Faith Fellow8hip UL One tru8t¢e r¢sld from the board and was injmediately replaced by another one. Shutlan er Vllla e Hall. Christian Faith F¢llow8hip UK has now moved to Shutlanger Vill88e Hall in Shutlan8er. Northampton. The movement re8uIts from shilbn8 of the clwity operntional area. Chri8tian Faith Fellow3bip UK has sts7k a Cordial w01n8 relationship with the management of Shutlanger Village Hall which ha8 re8erv¢d slots on all Sundays for our community wor8hip 8ervice8. Although Shudanger Village Hull ill used for many other activities, it is now being reserved for Christian Faith Fell0V2P UK every Sunday, Friday evening and every New Year'8 Eve. R¢lation8 with the Shutlanger VAlla8e Hall management are vwy cordial, and liaigon ij WTrcntly throu8h e rnai18 and the occasional Sunday mornin8 liai80n vi8its. The hall wa8 rec¢ntly r¢storoa and the original church bdl r¢pairnl. Pa8toral Cor The church service i8 divided into a Sunday 8chool servic¢ and th¢ maln preachlns 8erylc¢. is alm at the childr¢n and young people, it is bein8 attend by the whole church because of the nature of the variou8 bible le880D8 di88$¢d during the clas8. Dwin8 th¢ year under review a total of eight children att¢lld th¢ Sunday school cla88es. We w¢r¢ particularly pleased to be able to offer bibl¢ INJon8 to the enthusia8tic group, and th¢ir individual ¢ontribution8 mad¢ the whole experi¢nc¢ very rewardin8. Special attention wa8 being paid to the revived c]Jildren'8 Sunday 8chool in line with the 5CriPtLire of PrOvb5 22.6. Br Bare would give le880n8 reflting on tho good charact•3rs of the bible and th¢ diff¢r¢nt exp¢ri¢)nce8 of molly of the charactrTS whith help mouLd good behaviour in young p¢opI¢. The church elder Brother Bare ha8 taken it upon himself to continue providin8 tran8POrt for th08¢ member8 who need tran8POrt a88iBtance. A88i8tanc¢ in rent payments wa8 a180 provided for Some desperate member8. Th¢ ye4r has b¢en a very bu8y on¢ in offering Mcoura8¢m¢nt to thc dio¢ouTaged and bringin8 r¢li¢f to th¢ dressed. Social a¢tiviti¢8 have mainly been in the Northampton area where the majority of members now reside and offer their commurrity 8ervices. The charity embarked on over8eaB VAgits to communitig8 which had previou81y obtaincd 8881Stance. ChTiStian Faith Fell0V1p UK fellowship organised a church retreat within Northampton8hire. Thi8 wa6 de8i8oed to cement our bond8 and improve our spiritual well-being and experience8. Some member8 of our fellow8hip cannot attend church 8ervice8 due to sickne8s and other rea8ons beyond thcir control. Brother Bare visited those member8 in need of Bupport and tos¢thw with other member8 celebrated con]munion in the home4. P48e 4
M18slon and Evan ellsm Chri8tian Faith Followsbip UK continued to uphold th¢ value8 of 8ivins and living for on¢ another. Th¢ foll0v1P believe8 in the continuation of the Book of Acts where the spirit of God was always present atlloD8 the believer8. During the year under rcview Christian Faith Fellow8hip continued to 8upport mi88ionary work by giTring f]nancial contributions to outreach serviGp8. Th¢ 8ervice8 and support were directed toward8 capaclty buildin8 in the local A total of £900.00 wa8 donated to this cau8e. It 18 our de8ire aj thc Christian Faith Fellowship UK to spread the gospel 8tsrtin8 tb¢ local area of Luton and 8preadin8 a8 far a8 the Word would reach. Durins the year the church continued to carry out outreach 8treet withe88ing and trnct distribution in Luton town city centre. Thi8 exercise ha8 been growing with oacb foray. Th¢ Ghurth prillt gospcl tracts and po8ter8 for di8tribution durin8 the witneB$ing. Reladonihl 8 wlth other ehurehe•. Christian Faith Fcllowthip UK 18 an independent Christian grn)up which link8 cloKly with oth Pentecostal aud believer8 in th¢ 0ri8inal wipture8. A8 a non-denominational chwch w¢ wel¢om¢ and wlah to fellow8hip with all who call them8elve8 Chri8tian8. W¢ continue to hold combined meetin88 with other churche8 both in Luton and fiwther afiel(L Revival meetin88 were held with the Revealed Word CburGh in Wolverhampton. Chri8tian Faith Fellowship UK wa8 al80 abl¢ to 80 to DonGast¢r to f¢llow8hip with the Voic¢ of God outreach pro8ramrne. Anclal Revlew Total rec¢ipt8 on unre8trict¢d Ilmd8 durlng the year under revi¢w w¢r¢ £11,807, chthtable expcnditure18 £18,035 L¢aving a deficit for the year of £6,227, and an overall deficit on the unr¢8trA¢t¢d fund of £7,188 Althougb the charity'8 reserve8 pollcy sets a target of malntalnln8 unre8tr1cted reserv¢g eqUivalt to three month8 of unrestricted expenditure (£6,000). the charity closed the year with a 1Iu8t account balance of £274, which is loW the desired level. The tru8tee8 are aware of thia Position and have tsk¢Jn activ¢ 8t¢ps after the year end to improve co8h level8. A 8¢Ti¢S of fuDdr&isin8 initiAtive8, in¢ludin8 community events and tar8etsd offerin88• have been Undtak¢ll with the aim of increasing uzwtricted fimda and rebuilding available ca8b toward8 the level required under the reserv policy. The tsu8tse8 continue to monitor financial perforniance cIo8dy to en8urn that progre88 io made in 8trengthenin8 the charity'8 financial p08itio Voluntee We would like to thAnk all th¢ voluDtKro who work 80 hard to mak¢ our churnh the lively and vibrant community that it 18. Spwial mention mu8t be made of Andrew Mlundira who took ov th¢ Sunday School teachin8. We would al80 like to make a Bpecial mention of our church band whose contribution durin8 outreach Services ha8 be imm¢nse. The church band has been a wonderful ¢ompon¢nt of our Sunday worship 8¢rvices as well. I would also lik¢ to thank the elder sisters for their unwav¢rAn8 8UPPOrt and contnbution in makin8 food for visitors and ent¢rtainin8 Strall8¢r8. Page 5
Structllre overnanee and malla ¢menL The of appointment of the trustco board 18 Sct out in the Cllli8ti8n Faith Fellowship UK Con8titsti0Th At Christian Faith F¢llow8hip member8hip consists of a trustee board of at least thtte per8ollB. The leader of the church 18 also a memb¢r of the trngt¢¢ board. Deaco1 are elected by the memb¢Jr8 of th¢ con8re8ation wh08e montherthp is d¢tern]] by their attendancc to worship 8¢rvi¢e8. The tru8te¢ board is respon8ibl¢ for making deci8ion8 on all matter8 of general concern and importance to the church includin8 deciding on how th¢ fimds of the church are Spent. Th¢ tsu8tee board met three times durin8 the y¢ar with a 100% attendance. The trustee board 18 pr¢8ently in char8e of all church pro8ramm¢8 due to the pre80nt 8mall size of member8hip. Dutie8 will be dclegated to committees a8 the Publlc bene Eacb of thc activities mentloned above ha8 a direct benefit to part8 of the 8¢nd public. Th¢ trustees Confirni that they have complied with th¢ requirem¢nts of 8ection 17 of the ChaTitie8 Act 2011 to have due re8ard to the public benefit guidance publi8hed by the Charity Commission for En8land and Walei. Prlnel at rlgki and uncertalnd¢J Reduced th)nationB G¢neral risk8 include an economic downts In the county which mi8bt affect the generality of the church wld thereby aff¢ctin8 the donor8, 8ivin8. Page 6
StAtement of Truitee81 Res Onb1cl The tru8tee8 ar¢ responsible for preparing th¢ trustees, report and the financial 8tatffjnents in occordance with the United Kingdom Accountin8 Standard8 (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice) and applicable law and r¢gulations. Comp8ny law rwuire8 the tru8tee8 to prepare financial 8tatements for fuwicial year. Undcr compauy law the trn8tse8 mu8t not approve the fmancial 8tatmientJ uDI¢s8 they are 8ati8fied that they give a tn and fair view of the 8tate of affairs of thc cbaritable company and of its incomin8 resource8 and applieAtion of re80urceB, including its income and expenditure, for that peTiO(L Jn pryarin8 these financial stat¢ments, th¢ ttu8tse8 ere required to: . Selcct 8Uitable accounting policiH and apply them con818tcndy. Follow the chltieS SORP metbod3 alld principles. Make judgements and e8timate8 that are reasonabl¢ and prudent. Stste whether applicable UK Accounting Standard8 have been follow4 SUbjt to any material departures diloSed and explainol in the financial stat¢rnents; and Prepare the financial 8tatsrnont8 on th¢ 8oin8 concern ba818 unl¢88 It is inappropriate to pre8ume that th¢ ¢haritablc company will Continue in bu8ine85. The tN8teeB are reapon8ibl¢ for keeping adequate accountin8 reco that are 8uffiGient to how and explaill the charitable compan>O8 tranwtion8 and di8cIo8e with reasonable accuwy at any tim¢ the financial position of th¢ charitable company. They ar¢ al80 r¢Bponsibl¢ for 8af¢8uardin8 the a$J¢t8 of the Qharitable company and hence for taking rea80nabl¢ 8tsp8 for the pr¢v¢ntion and detectAon of fraud alld other irr¢8ularitie8. The annua] report approved by the tru8tee8 of the charlty on 20111125 and 818ned on Its behalf by: Manuel Bare TnL8tee
Independellt Ex&mln¢rli Report to the trusts of ChriitiAn Faith Fellowshlp UK I report to the charity tntstee8 on my exotnination of the accounts of the L1pally for the y¢ar end¢d 31 January 2025. Re8ponilbJHdu and ba811 of report A8 the clwitys trustees of the company you are re8pon8ible for the preparntion of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charitie8 Commi8810n. Havin8 8atisfied my8¢lf that the accounts are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my exaMiOn of your charity'8 accounts a8 carried out under 8e¢tion 145 of the Charitie8 Act 2011 ('thc 2011 Act,). In carrying out my ¢xamination I have followed the direction8 8iV¢ll by the CbaTity Commission und¢r 8¢Gtion 145(5) (b) of th¢ 2011 A¢L Independent MIller,1 itAtemeDt I have completed my examinatioll and I confirni that no matter8 have come to my atttiOn ill connection wlth the examination giving me 8¢ to b¢li¢ve that in Any mat¢rial rnspect: l. accounting record8 were not kept in respect of the Company aB required by 8ecdon 3 86 of the 2006 Act; or 2. th¢ UnIS do not aOrd with th08e records; or 3. the account8 do not Lymiply with the accounting requirement8 of section 396 of the 2006 Act othcr than any rwuirmlmt that the account8 give a 'true and fair, view which 18 not a matt¢r ¢on8idered as part of an ind¢p¢nd¢nt uamination: or 4. the a¢count8 have not been prepared in 0rd¢ with the method8 and principle8 of the Statement of Recomrnmded Prnctice for accounting and reportillg by ¢hariti¢8 [applicablc to chwiti¢8 pr¢paTing th¢ir acoount8 in accordance with th¢ Financial Reportin8 Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ittland (FRS 102)]. I have no concerns and have come acTO8S no other matter8 in connection wlth the examination to which att¢lltion Bhould bc drawn in thi8 report in ordw to enable A proper und¢r8tanding of the accountj to be reached. 27 Nov 2025 Gary HaTfi8 G A HarriB & CoLtd Pa8e 8
Chrfjtlan Pilth F•lltyw•hlp UK al•t•m•nt 01 Flnan¢lal Actlvlll•• Forth• y•ar •nd•d 31•t January 1023 2025 Unre•trlcbJ Fund• 2026 Total Fund• 2024 Totsl Fund• INGOMING RE8OURCE8 Inoornlng MOUTCM frnm g•n•rnt•d lund• Voluntsry Incorn• 11,807 11.807 10,070 Tol•l Ineomlng r••ourc 11,807 15 070 RE8OURCE8 EXPENDED Ch•rft•bl• •cIltI•l Qov•ffllnq ao•t• 18,030 18,030 20.e Total r••ourc•• •xp•nMd 18 995 18,090 NET INCOMING RE8OURCE4 7,188 7,188 6,270 Fund• bvought forw•rd from Pr•ou• p•rlod 8,827 8,827 Je7 TOTAL FUNDJ CARRIED FORWARD 14015 CONTINUING OPERATION8 I Incemlng re•ourc6• and r••ourc•• •xp•nd•d arfm from ¢ontlNlng •13tlvltl••, Thg nDte8 form part pf tlwe flnatxknl 8t4iernts Posg 9
Chrf•tl•n Falth F•llow•hlp UK Balanc• •hgot For th• y••r •nd•d 31•t January 202J 2025 Total Fund• 2tr24 Total Funds PIXED A88Ff8 Tanglble a88•ts 2,333 CURRENT 8ErS Caih at b•nk 273 8,481 273 e,481 CREDITOR8 Amounts falllng due wlthln on? year. Ar%ntanaY NET CURRENT UABILrnE8 207 6,981 TOTAL A88ET8 LE88 CURRENT UABILmi8 2,128 9,314 CREDITOR8 Amount• falllng du• after one yaAr NET 8T0 FUND8 Unre8trlctod fundi 2,128 9,314 TOTAL FUND8 2,128 9.314 The flnancl81 gtatemvth wara approvod by th• Board of Truite89 on 26111r2020 and w•re •1gn6d on Its bthaif by., ON BEHALF OF THE BO*JID: The note8 ft>rni part of these Ilnan¢ial tststements Paga 10
Chrf8tlan Falth F•llow•hlp UK Not•• to th• Flnan¢lal 8tat•m•nts For th• y••r •nd•d 31•t J•nu•ry 2024 ACCOUPrnNQ POUCIE8 Accountlng ¢onv•nilon Tho fln8naclal 8tatements havo b8•n prnpamd undarthe hl8torlcal c08t convanllon and In accordanc8 wlth the 4tatomont of recommended pralCe. Ac¢ountlng and Reportlng by ¢harltle8 preparfng ihelr accoun1$ In a(wrdon¢e wlth th• Flnanclal ReportlrvJ Standard applloable In th8 UK and Republlc ol Ireland {FRS 102) Illu on 18 July 2014 and wlth the Charltle8 Act 2D11 Flnanclal rnporung •tsnd•rf numb•r I Exempdon ha• been tak from propartrrfJ a ca8h flow •t8tom•nt on th• ground8 that the charfty quallfle• aj a 8rnall tharty. Incomlng r••ourc All Incomlng r88ourcu ar• Included on the 8tsternent of Flnanclal AGllvltle8 when the charfty181ogally endtle to the Inry)mo and tho wnourrt can bo quantfflod wlth rea•aonable accurary. R••ourc•• •xp•nd•d E4>endlture 1$ a¢(¢unted ftjr on an a¢¢nJ818 bull and ha8 bg8n claumod undgr th• h•8dlngs that aggr•gat• all ¢xAts rn18ted to the Lytegory. Whern COBts cannot be dlr• attrtbuted to partlcular h88dlng8 they have be Alloeatsd to actlvld•8 on a ba•18 nI111•nt wlth tho u•• of mourco•. T•xatlon Th• ¢h•rlty IJ •x•mpt from tsx on It• thjrltablo •thltlw, Fund •ccountlng Unr••trfcted fundi can be u•ed In Aryxsrdanc8 wlth tha charttable objectlvu at the dlBcrntlon of the IN•teop. R••trtct•d fund8 can cnly be for partIlr rn8trfctod purpo•e• wlthln the obJoiX8 cf lh• ol8y. R••trfcllon whn •poomod by tho donry or wh•n fund• ar• rnhad for partlc4Jlar r8•lrl(1od purpo•e•. Further explonatlon of tha natur• and purp0 of aach aaoh fijnd li Indud•d In th• notm to fln•nd•l •lalement8. VOLUNTARY INCOhlE 2026 Unrutrldod Funds 2026 Total Fund4 2024 Total Fund• Donatk>n8 Loan r¢pay 11,807 11,807 16,070 CHARITABLE ACTNITIE8 2025 UnreJtrlci8d Fund8 2025 Totsl Fund• 2024 Total Funda Catemng & Hojpltallty EqulpmonL Rqpalrn & Renthv818 Grants glven Ornce & Ganernl Admln Flnance Costs Ronl & Room hlro Fuol Trav81 & Accommodatlon Car Hlre Deprnclatk>n motor 2,7 740 1,233 1,781 2,7 4,288 1,238 2,L)00 2.385 18 2.299 1e2 7,494 1,233 1,781 3.835 887 s,e11 413 1,000 434 387 5,811 413 1,[)00 20,882 Pege11
Chrf•thn F•lth FoU•Y•h1P UK Not•• to th• FlnmclAI 8lat•m•nt•- Gonllnu•d Forth• ymr •nd•d 31•t Jffiu•ry ¥J2J 2025 unsl0t•j Fundi 2026 Totsl Fundj Total Funds GOVERNANGE CO AOCOlIan 980 980 TRU8TEE8 EXPEN8E8 Ther• w•r• M) TruBt•M' •xperA•J pald forth• yeir 31•1 Jjnuiry 2025 TANGIBLÉ FIXED A88Ern Vehlclo C08T At111 F•bruiry 2024 Addlllt) Dl•po•olB At 31•1 JInry 2020 5,000 5000 DEPRECIATION At1it Febru•ry 2024 Dew •old a•••t Chirg• for lh• >w•r At 31•t Janu•ry 2020 1,087 1000 1000 NEf BOOK VALUE At 31st Jinuiry 2020 2.238 At 31•t Jonuary 2024 MOVEMENT IN FUND8 Unv••lrfC fund• G•n•MI lund N•t mov•m•nl In fund• A•ql 3110112020 0110212024 9,314 7.188 2,128 TOTAL FUND8 Unr••trlol•d fund• G•nerJl fund IrmIng reJour¢8• In furKI8 TOTAL FUND8 11.807 18,1396 7,188 7.188 P0 12