
## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

## **From:** 06/04/2023 To 05/04/2024 

## **Charity name:** GOOD TIDINGS BIBLE CHURCH 

## **Charity registration number:** 1177694 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

||SORP reference||
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|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|The main purpose of the charity is to<br>advance the Christian faith for the benefit<br>of the public in accordance with the<br>principles and practices of Good Tidings<br>Bible Church.|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or<br>services identified in the<br>accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|The main activities of the charity for the<br>public benefits are as follows:<br>1.<br>Establishing and operating a church,<br>offering regular public place of<br>worship, prayer, Bible study and<br>teaching.<br>2.<br>Nurturing the spiritual growth and<br>development  of  Christian  disciplines<br>among members by holding meetings<br>and corporate worship.<br>3.<br>Undertaking religious ordinances such<br>as baptisms and sharing holy<br>communion.<br>4.<br>Providing<br>information<br>regarding<br>Christian faith, beliefs, and practices.<br>5.<br>Providing pastoral care to members to<br>nurture spiritual development and<br>counselling.<br>6.<br>Relieve poverty and distress created<br>by unexpected circumstances among<br>needy persons or groups in the<br>society.<br>7.<br>Undertaking  other  activities  that  are<br>consistent and beneficial to the<br>community as may be charitable under<br>the laws of England and Wales.|





|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public<br>benefit|Para 1.18|The trustees have considered the guidance<br>produced by the Charity Commission on<br>the provision of public benefits and they<br>confirm that public benefit has been<br>provided by:<br>1. Providing regular public worship open<br>to all|
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|||2.<br>Conducting pastoral work including<br>counselling, visiting, and praying for the<br>people in the community<br>3.<br>Teaching Christianity through sermons,<br>seminars, conferences, and<br>workshops.<br>4.<br>Serving people of all ages and<br>perspectives, from caring and helping<br>people of all backgrounds grow in their<br>faith and connect to the community.<br>5.<br>Providing instant food, cupboard<br>essentials, tea and coffee including<br>warm clothes to members of the<br>community.|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|Not Applicable|
|Policy<br>on<br>social<br>investment<br>including<br>program<br>related<br>investment|Para 1.38|Not Applicable|
|Contribution made by<br>volunteers|Para 1.38|Volunteer’s contributions have really<br>helped the charity in making sure our<br>objectives and activities of the church are<br>as effective as they need to be. Over the<br>years, the church has provided the<br>ministry of hospitality to both members as<br>well as visitors coming to worship at our<br>church, creating a warm and welcoming<br>space where people feel at home, where<br>strangers become friends and family.|





Other Not Applicable 

## **Achievements and Performance** 

||SORP reference||
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|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society.|Para 1.20|The trustees recognise that these are<br>difficult to measure but believe that<br>2021/22 was a positive year in the life of<br>the church and its members.<br>People professed faith in Jesus Christ<br>during  the  year  and  some  reaffirmed<br>their faith in Christ.<br>Many people have been inspired<br>through  our  activities,  thereby  making<br>positive impact and contribution to the<br>community we are part of.<br>The average attendance at our worship<br>services,  conferences,  workshops,  and<br>seminar has increased during the year<br>as well.<br>This is a sign that our charity has made a<br>huge impact in the lives of people in our<br>community bringing in so many hopes at<br>these unprecedented times by making sure<br>the hungry are fed all week alongside<br>counselling and any other kind of help at<br>our disposal.|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

||Achievements against<br>objectives set|Para 1.41|Not Applicable||
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|Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives<br>set|Para 1.41|Not Applicable|
|Investment performance<br>against objectives|Para 1.41|Not Applicable|
|Other||Not Applicable|



## **Financial Review** 

|Review of the charity’s<br>financial  position  at  the<br>end of the period|Para 1.21|The income the charity used in carrying out<br>its activities is received as voluntary<br>donations from within its own trustees and<br>members of the congregation. There is no<br>wider appeal made for funds during the<br>financial year. The income for the year was<br>£8087 while the expenditure was £6676|
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|Statement explaining the<br>policy<br>for<br>holding<br>reserves stating why they<br>are held|Para 1.22|The trustees have established a<br>reserves policy to enable the church to<br>function  effectively  in  the  event  of  a<br>decline in its income.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£1000|
|sReasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|Not Applicable|
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|Not Applicable|
|Explanation<br>of<br>any<br>uncertainties about the|Para 1.23|Not Applicable|





charity continuing as a going concern 

## **Additional information (optional)** 

You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|The charity’s principal<br>sources<br>of<br>funds<br>(including any fundraising)|Para 1.47|Voluntary  donations  by  the  trustees  and<br>members of the Church|
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|Investment  policy  and<br>objectives<br>including<br>any  social  investment<br>policy adopted|Para 1.46|Not Applicable|
|A description of the principal<br>risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|Not Applicable|
|Other||Not Applicable|



## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:||Good Tidings Bible Church|
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|Type of governing document|Para 1.25|The Charity is governed by constitution<br>which established the objects and power of<br>the charitable organisation|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?|Para 1.25|Good Tidings Bible Church is a registered<br>CIO foundation, registered on the 26 March|





|||2018, with registration number 1177694|
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|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions<br>e.g., election to post or<br>name of any person or<br>body entitled to appoint one<br>or more trustees|Para 1.25|The  trustees  of  Good  Tidings Bible<br>Church are recruited and appointed base<br>on eligibility which is as follows:<br>(a)<br>The charity trustee must be a<br>natural person.<br>(b)<br>No individual may be appointed as<br>a charity trustee of the CIO:<br>•<br>if he or she is under the age of 16<br>years; or<br>•<br>if he or she would automatically<br>cease to hold office under the provisions<br>of clause [12(1)(e]).<br>(c) No one is entitled to act as a charity<br>trustee whether on appointment or on any<br>re-appointment until he or she has<br>expressly acknowledged, in whatever way<br>the charity trustees decide, his or her<br>acceptance of the office of charity trustee.<br>[(d) At least one of the trustees of the CIO<br>must be 18 years of age or over|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction<br>and training of trustees|Para 1.51|Not Applicable|
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|The charity’s organisational<br>structure and any wider<br>network with which the<br>charity works|Para 1.51|Not Applicable|
|Relationship<br>with<br>any<br>related parties||Not Applicable|





||Para 1.51||
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|Other||Not Applicable|
|**Reference and Administrative details**|||
|Charity name|Good Tidings Bible Church||
|Other name the charity uses|||
|Registered charity number|1177694||
|Charity’s principal address|Unit 3, Broadcasting House<br>Newport Road<br>Middlesbrough<br>TS1 5JA||



## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if**<br>**not for whole**<br>**year**|**Name of person (or**<br>**body) entitled to**<br>**appoint trustee (if any)**|
|---|---|---|---|
|Pastor Ojiugo Duru|Chair|||
|Pastor Jude Duru||||
|Tracy Musa|Secretary|||
|Miss Edah Chanda||||
|Mr Mark John Jude||||
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**Corporate trustees – names of the directors at the date the report was approved** 

**Director name** 

**Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity** 

**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** 



## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** 

|Description of the assets<br>held in this capacity|Not Applicable|
|---|---|
|Name  and  objects  of  the<br>charity on whose behalf the<br>assets  are  held  and  how<br>this fall within the custodian<br>charity’s objects|Not Applicable|
|Details of arrangements<br>for safe custody and<br>segregation of such assets<br>from the charity’s own<br>assets|Not Applicable|



## **Additional information (optional)           Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** 

|**Type of**|**Name**|**Address**|
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|**adviser**|||
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## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** 

## **Exemptions from disclosure** 

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details 



## **Other optional information** 

## **Declarations** 

**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** 

**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** 

T.O MUSA TRACY OKAINEMEN MUSA Secretary 

## **Signature-** 

## **Full name(s)-** 

**Position(e.g Secretary, Chair, etc)-** 

**DATE** - 5/04/2024 



||**Charity Name**<br>**GOOD TIDINGS BIBLE CHURCH**|**Charity Name**<br>**GOOD TIDINGS BIBLE CHURCH**|**Charity Name**<br>**GOOD TIDINGS BIBLE CHURCH**|**No (if any)**<br>**1177694**|**No (if any)**<br>**1177694**|**No (if any)**<br>**1177694**|**CC16a**|
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||**For the period**<br>**from**|Period start date<br>06/04/2023|**To**||Period end date<br>05/04/2024|||
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|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||||
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest**<br>**£**<br>**7,149**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**7,149**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**7,149**<br>**-**<br>**1,375**<br>**200**<br>**49**<br>**263**<br>**668**<br>**805**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**3,360**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**3,360**<br>**3,789**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**3,789**|**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**||**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**7,149**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**7,149**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**7,149**<br>**-**<br>**1,375**<br>**200**<br>**49**<br>**263**<br>**668**<br>**805**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**3,360**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**3,360**<br> <br>**3,789**||**Last year**<br>**to the nearest £**|
|VoluntaryDonations|**7,149**||||||**5,082**|
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||**-**||||||**-**|
||**-**||||||**-**|
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|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_<br>_AR)_|**7,149**||||||**5,082**|
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|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**<br>**(see table).**||||||||
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|**_Sub total_**|**-**||||||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**<br>**A3 Payments**||||||||
||||||||**5,082**|
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|Venue Hire|**-**||||||**1,429**|
|Hospitality|**1,375**||||||**1,543**|
|honorarium|**200**||||||**300**|
|Transport|**49**||||||**233**|
|Advertisement / Publications|**263**||||||**181**|
|Equipment|**668**||||||**835**|
|Repairs & Maintenance|**805**||||||**-**|
|Charges & Insurance|**-**||||||**13**|
||**-**||||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**|**3,360**||||||**4,534**|
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|**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases, (see table)**||||||||
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|**_Sub total_**|**-**||||||**-**|
|**_Total payments_**<br>**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**<br>**A5 Transfers between funds**<br>**A6 Cash funds last year end**<br>**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||||
||||||||**4,534**|
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||**3,789**|**-**|**-**||<br>**3,789**||**548**|
||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**3,789**|**-**|**-**||<br>**3,789**||**548**|



CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 

02/12/2023 

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|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**||
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|**Categories**<br>Signed by one or two trustees on<br>behalf of all the trustees<br>**B5 Liabilities**<br>**B3 Investment assets**<br>**B2 Other monetary assets**<br>**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**<br>**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>(agree balances with receipts and payments<br>account(s))<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>Signature<br>OM Tracy|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**1,000**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**1,000**<br>**-**<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**liability relates**<br>**Amount due**<br>**(optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>Print Name<br>TracyOkainemen Musa|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
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||||Date of<br>approval|
||OM Tracy|TracyOkainemen Musa|02/12/2023|
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CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 

02/12/2023 

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