## **Annual Church Trustee Report** 

## **- 01/01/2021 31/12/2021** 

## **Charity No. 1178817** 

**NewLife Church Sunderland** proved its dedication and commitments throughout the past year with core Christian values and continuing this year as well. Our service to our church members and communities are incredibly vibrant and admirable. The church was able to quickly adapt to the lockdown imposed during Covid pandemic and thereafter the easing of lockdown towards later end of 2021. This meant that till August 2021 most of our services were offered via Zoom platform and thereafter we slowly phased into in-person church attendance, strictly following the safety guidelines issued by the government. Sunday  service  in  our  church  led  by  our  pastor  enables  us  for  spiritual nourishment. Our worship is in our language (Malayalam, South Indian Language) but for the main sermon we also offer translation into English for the benefit of our children and other people who do not understand Malayalam. The spirit filled worship during the service is a divine refreshment for the coming week.  Every  Sunday  we  also  have  a  session  of  English  worship  before Malayalam. In this English worship we have introduced messages and presentations focused on different topics in the bible which enables children and teenagers to learn in depth about the bible and their spiritual empowerment. 

Our  Sunday  school  for  the  children  led  by  well  trained  teachers  deserves appreciation as they are building the new generation in Christian foundation. All Sunday school activities are in English and train the children aged between 5-16. This enables children to learn more about the bible and we are sure that this will have  a  major  positive  impact  on  children  on  their  spiritual  developments. Moreover, third Sunday of every month we have Young Peoples Association(YPA) meetings  which  enables  the  church  members  including  children  with  an opportunity to nourish and nurture their potential for the kingdom of God. In 2021 we organised an Online Vacation Bible School and reached out to children’s inside and outside church to help them with Christian training and networking, during long summer vacation. 

Every Friday, church organises an evening of bible study offering in depth study of  various  topics  from  bible,  covering  their  historical  significance,  spiritual symbolism,  practical  application  etc.  Members  participate  actively  in  weekly chain prayer on Saturdays where each member dedicates half an hour to pray for various needs of church and fellow church members and this is critical for the spiritual growth. We also have fasting prayer on first week of every month which is Friday to Sunday and is followed by Holy communion when in-person. In 2021 the church started weekly ladies prayer night on Wednesdays where ladies can get together via online platform to help them grow spiritually and be spiritually refreshed. 

We have our church members coming from Sunderland, Newcastle, Durham, and Gateshead making wider community involvement. In 2021 we had new members who came in these regions with relation to their job or higher studies and then became a part of our church family. Together with working class families we also 



have a strong student community within our church from various universities in north east. In 2021 church invested in the purchase of a 9-seater van to offer free pick-ups and drop offs to church members especially students who are on tighter budget and help with their travel to and from the church services. 

The church has regular contribution to charities such as Spring of Hope, which supports Pastors going to Indian villages evangelise. We receive regular updates from the relevant charities thanking us for our support. We also help and support some Indian Churches as part of our Indian Charity work. We were also able to support children in India with their studies financially. 

We  have regular  trustee meetings  with our  Pastor  and  all  our  activities  are assessed.  Any observed concerns, or improvements needed are addressed and then necessary changes are made for the benefit of the church and community as well. All our trustees are volunteers for the church and do not receive any financial benefits from the church. We are sure that our humble beginnings will be more productive and responsible for the church and the community in the future by the grace of God. 



|**NewLife Church Sunderland**|**NewLife Church Sunderland**|**NewLife Church Sunderland**|**NewLife Church Sunderland**|**1178817**||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS**||||||
||**For the**<br>**period from**|**1/1/2021**|**To**|**31/12/2021**||
|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted Restricted funds Endowment**<br>**to the nearest   to the nearest £**<br>**to the nearest £**|||**Total**<br>**to the nearest**||
|Tithes|**10,810**|**-**|**-**|**10,810**|**8,322**|
|Offerings|**1,476**|**-**|**-**|**1,476**|**723**|
|Gift Aid Claim|**5,405**|**-**|**-**|**5,405**|**-**|
|Mission Fund|**-**|**1,100**|**-**|**1,100**|**-**|
|Ladies Fund|**-**|**675**|**-**|**675**|**-**|
|Other Income|**199**|**-**|**-**|**199**|**540**|
||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_<br>_AR)_|**17,890**|**1,775**|**-**|**19,665**|**9,585**|
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|**A2 Asset and investment**<br>**sales**||||||
||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
|**_Sub total_**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**<br>**A3 Payments**||||||
||**17,890**|**1,775**|**-**|**19,665**|**9,585**|
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|<br>BuildingRent|**1,028**|**-**|**-**|**1,028**|**1,024**|
|Guest Pastor Gift|**1,199**|**-**|**-**|**1,199**|**1,618**|
|Support & CharityDonations|**3,900**|**-**|**-**|**3,900**|**4,866**|
|Audio / Visual Equipment & Licenses|**1,282**|**-**|**-**|**1,282**|**-**|
|Books & Stationary|**375**|**-**|**-**|**375**|**-**|
|Provisions|**531**|**-**|**-**|**531**||
|Vehicle Expenses|**1,187**|**-**|**-**|**1,187**|**-**|
|Mission Fund|**-**|**1,706**|**-**|**1,706**|**-**|
|Ladies Fund|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
|Miscellaneous|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**1,589**|
||**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**9,502**|**1,706**|**-**|**11,208**|**9,097**|
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|**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases, (see table)**||||||
||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
|Vehicle Purchase|**14,600**|**-**|**-**|**14,600**|**-**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**14,600**|**-**|**-**|**14,600**|**-**|
|**_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_**||||||
||**24,102**|**1,706**|**-**|**25,808**|**9,097**|
|||||||
||**-            6,212**|**69**|<br>**-**|**-        6,143**|<br>**488**|
||**-**|<br>**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
||**22,397**|<br>**-**|**-**|**22,397**|**21,909**|
||**16,185**|**69**|<br>**-**|**16,254**|**22,397**|



## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** 

|**Details**|**Unrestricted**<br>**to nearest £**|**Restricted**<br>**to nearest £**|**Endowment**<br>**to nearest £**|
|---|---|---|---|
|Bank Account|**16,185**|**69**|**-**|
|Cash in hand|**-**|**-**|**-**|



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|Signed by one or two trustees on<br>**B3 Investment assets**<br>**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**<br>**B5 Liabilities**<br>**B2 Other monetary assets**||**-**|**-**|**-**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||**Details**<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>(agree balances with receipts and payments<br>account(s))|**16,185**|**69**|**-**|
|||OK<br>|OK||
|||**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**||
|||**-**|**-**|**-**|
|||**-**|**-**|**-**|
|||**-**|**-**|**-**|
|||**-**|**-**|**-**|
|||**-**|**-**|**-**|
||**Details**|**Fund to which**|**Cost**||
||||**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|
||**Details**|**Fund to which**|**Cost**||
||Sound System|Unrestricted|**-**|**-**|
||Minibus van|Unrestricted|**14,600**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|
||**Details**|**Fund to which**|**Amount due**||
||||**-**||
||||**-**||
||||**-**||
||||**-**||
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