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TAAC Trustees' Annual Report for the period
Period start date Period end date 01 April 2022 31 March 2023
Section A Reference and administration details
Charity name TAAC (UK)
Other names charity is known by The Anointed Apostolic Church
Registered charity number (if any) 1174978
Charity's principal address 7 Hancock Road
South Norwood
London Postcode SE19 3JN
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
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Trustee name | Office (if any) | Dates acted if not for whole **year ** |
Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany) |
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| Mrs Eastlyn Blades | ||||
| Mr Colin Walker | ||||
| Mrs Thelma Walker | ||||
| Mrs Veronica Gayle | ||||
| Mrs Sylvannie Greenwood | ||||
| Mrs Pauline Roye |
Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)
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| N/A | |
Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)
| Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) | Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) | Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) |
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Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)
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Section B Structure, governance, and management
Description of the charity’s trusts
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| Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Trustee selection methods (eg. appointed by, elected by) |
Constitution |
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The Church has a leadership team, all Trustees are part of the church leadership. These are members of the church and active in the community, lead by example, respected the law, and are highly regarded by many. |
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Trustees are selected through open internal recruitment, assessment are based on commitment to our purpose, knowledge, skills, and experience required to be a Trustee. In addition, Trustees must demonstrate ongoing and proven qualities i.e., leadership skills, pastoral support and serving in the ministry/community. |
Additional governance issues (Optional information)
You may choose to include TAAC (UK) is a small charity. This year we are working in additional information, where partnership with the London City Mission (LCM) to engage more in relevant, about: community awareness, community and social activities, prison ministry, and door to door activities. • policies and procedures adopted for the induction and We continue with on-going biblical teachings on good character and training of trustees. values, as well as Godly principles. Serving in various ministries, • the charity’s organisational community involvement, networking with other churches/initiatives, structure and any wider whilst working flexible, accountable, and responsible. network with which the charity works. We continue to attend weekly bible teaching, applying the Word of • relationship with any related God our daily lives, encouraging others to do so and opportunities to parties. shares examples of this. • trustees’ consideration of Now weekly virtual coffee mornings and prayer meetings and well major risks and the system as monthly connect group in different areas teaching the Word of and procedures to manage them. God through interactive activities in social settings. TAAC UK has several policies and procedures, including a Safeguarding Officer.
We network with local and affiliated churches to support people in other communities and share resources where relevant. We are members of the Evangelical Alliance and works closely with the London City Mission (LCM).
Our Trustees are responsible for making decisions on all matters of general concerns and importance to TAAC UK.
All volunteers are DBS checked.
Section C Objectives and activities
To advance the Christian faith for the benefit of the public in accordance with the statement of beliefs in the constitution in the Summary of the objects of the UK or elsewhere. Mainly, but not exclusively, by the holding of in charity set out in its person or virtual prayers, meetings, lectures, Christian governing document celebrations, producing and/or distributing literature on Christian belief to enlighten others about our faith.
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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)
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Productive Year for TAAC UK . • Working in partnership in the community with LCM
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• We have worked with our neighbouring churches in supporting food aid and other community initiatives.
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• Providing financial support for families who fosters and care for children in need.
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• Providing food to the homeless and those desperately needing it.
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• Weekly coffee mornings for those in the community via zoom, sharing the word of God with them and having online and social fellowship and connections.
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• Visiting the lonely, isolated, sick, hospitalised and bed bound.
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• Monthly connect group meetings in various communities teaching the Word of God with a hot drink.
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• Supporting food distribution in the local community as and when
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• Sharing in fellowship via in person or virtual with other church families
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• Providing financial support to the disadvantaged and bereaved in our church, those connected to our fellowship and local community.
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• Supporting families from the community who have experienced trauma, loneliness, death, and sicknesses.
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• We have also improved on the resources in our church to ensure that our worship is inclusive to all. Breaking down barriers and blockages in communication.
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• We have provided counselling, coaching, and mentoring for those who request it.
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• Our Trustees and the volunteers have worked really hard to ensure that TAAC (UK) is active in the community and supporting the needs of the membership.
Post covid our membership has reduced, so we have now embarked on a period of “growth”. Since the lockdown not everyone had returned in person, we have additional community members attending and more virtual audiences.
We work in a dual role in that home fellowship and communion have now become part of our offerings, as several of our membership are housebound, dealing with social issues, struggled with long term sickness and are absent. This does have an impact on our financial stability, so we find that our donations have reduced.
Helping those in need is a demonstration of our faith. We have a mission team that helps with supporting needs both locally and internationally. We have supported children in need in Africa, Caribbean, and other areas in need i.e., Ukraine. Supported projects such as Missionary Jesus course, Too Good To Go for those people who cannot afford to buy food due to the cost-of-living increase, Operation Forgiveness in schools, Homeless, Big Winter Sleep out and Wrap up to recycle old coats to keep others warm.
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We had joint service with our Baptist neighbours in East Dulwich. We have Missionaries, Men’s, and Youth fellowship.
It was a great honour to recognise our Bishop and Evangelist who have worked tirelessly to support the community and our neighbours.
We continue to have baptismal service and engagement with others who do not attend our worship centre. We encourage our community to celebrate and give thanks to God throughout their life journey, for those who celebrated marriage anniversaries, weddings, christenings, and new birth. We support and mourn with those who have lost loved ones and continue to pray for them and their families.
We gather at church early to set up and for those who want to have private prayers.
We plan our activities for the whole year to enable everyone to get an opportunity to share and live out their faith in the way they wish to fellowship.
We have spent a lot of time developing how we share our service using various communication mode, virtual, media and visual aids. We have many feedback that the service is more engaging and easier to follow. We respect people’s time.
We have several planning meetings to ensure that our delivery is relevant and that we are impactful as a charity. We also ask for feedback to improve.
Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)
You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:
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policy on grant making.
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policy programme related investment.
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contribution made by volunteers.
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Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year
Main Achievements for TAAC UK in the year . Post covid our membership has reduced. Since the lockdown has been lifted, although not everyone had returned in person, we have additional community members attending our weekly services as well as engaging virtually via social media. We work in a dual role in that home fellowship and communion have now become part of our offerings, as several of our membership are housebound, dealing with social issues, struggled with long term sickness and are absent. This does have an impact on our financial stability, so we find that our donations have reduced.
Helping those in need is a demonstration of our faith. We have a mission team that helps with supporting needs both locally and internationally. We have supported children in need in Africa, Caribbean, and other areas in need i.e., Ukraine. Supported projects such as Missionary Jesus course, Too Good To Go for those people who cannot afford to buy food due to the cost-of-living increase, Operation Forgiveness in schools, Homeless, Big Winter Sleep out and Wrap up to recycle old coats to keep others warm. We had joint service with our Baptist neighbours in East Dulwich. We have Missionaries, Men’s, and Youth fellowship. We had a big baptism service earlier this year with over 12 people baptised as well as an engagement. We encourage our community to celebrate and give thanks to God throughout their life journey, for those who celebrated marriage anniversaries, weddings, christenings, and new birth. We support and mourn with those who have lost loved ones and continue to pray for them and their families. We gather at church early to set up and for those who want to have private prayers. We plan our activities for the whole year to enable everyone to get an opportunity to share and live out their faith in the way they wish to fellowship.
We have spent a lot of time developing how we share our service using virtual media and visual aids. We have many feedback that the service is more engaging and easier to follow. We respect people’s time. We have several planning meetings to ensure that our delivery is relevant and that we are impactful as a charity.
Section E Financial review
We do not have a reserve policy
Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves
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Details of any funds materially N/A in deficit
Further financial review details (Optional information)
You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:
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the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising).
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how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity.
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investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.
Our funding comes mainly from donations from our membership, and friends of TAAC (UK), giving their finances to support our objectives and the community.
We rely mainly on the goodwill of our volunteers and those wishing to improve the lives of people within our local communities.
Our church membership largely fund the charitable work that we do. Since the pandemic, our membership has been reduced largely due to long term sickness absence, impact of covid, other social challenges and economic hardship.
We have friends of TAAC (UK) who support our work with their time, attendance, and donations.
Section F Other optional information
We would like to thank our membership, the many dedicated volunteers, and friends of TAAC UK, who support us to achieve its mission. We couldn’t have been so impactful without them and certainly would not have been able to function without their support.
Section G Declaration
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.
Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees
Signature(s) Full name(s)[Eastlyn Blades ] Position (e.g., Secretary, Chair, Chair etc) Date 02.01.2024
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