Regblwod CknTIty N•. 1179133
Celestial Church of
Christ Oasis of Grace
(Christ Church)
Trustees. Rq)ort and Accounts
for the Year FJMled 31 D￿nber 2021

CelL'Sti'al CliurL'h Ill. Christ O:Isis ol. Crqce (Chi'i%t Cliiirch)
Trus1i'¢'5' RL'port
ITJ(l .-liciiuDts liir ilii, I'i':Ii' r.1iilL'(1311)L'LI'nibi'i' ?1121
COIYTENTS
PAGE
Legal and Athninistrative Detsils
TTh￿teeS, Report
Independent Examiners, Report
Statement of Financial Activities
Balance Sheet
Notes to the Accounts
io
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C.eli'sti:Il cliiii.ch of Clirist Oiqsis of Grqce (Christ Cliiirch)
'rriistL'I'S' Ileiiori 'iTI(l .-li¢ounls I'ur thL I'eJr F.iiile(l .11 DI'LLiiII)LJr •ll? A
REFERENCE ADMINIrnTIVE D￿All3 OFTHg ciLwrY, rrs TRUSTEL8 AND
ADVJSKRS FOR THE YEAR ENDED31 DECEMBER2011
l. Ms Natslia Blagrove
l Ms Patri¢i8 Isaacs
3. Mr Solomon Aiao
4. Ms Mary Laniyan
5. Mr Ayo ljidakinro
Ms Eli&ibeth Ab¢
7. Ms Vic￿ria Olabmde
Ch•rlty I￿Stered Nwmber
1179133
Dlte of eh#rft*ble r¢pstr4tiou
10 July 2018
PrlnelpAI olll¢e
Utili 20 Bellin￿ TTrdinB Estht¢
Franthorne Way.
Ca￿or
London SE6 3BX
Mr Solouxm Almo
Ind¢p¢nd*nt ts*mlners
NF fllwlcj￿ Solutions L
B•nk¢n
Barclays Bank
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CL,lesliAI C.'liurili ijf Clirist Oa5i.s of CJraee (Clirist Churih)
'rru5tL'I'5' Ri'poj-t 4ind .4icouiits for ihe l'ear Eiided_l l Deceniber 2021
The Boanl of Trustees, vkno the trustec9 frx charity law Pury￿ Submit their annual report and
the financial statements of Celestial Church of Christ 0&8is of Glace (Christ Church) forthe year
ended 31 Decanber 202I. The Board of T￿￿￿$ cOnfiTn￿ that the annual re￿1 and financial
s¢al¢menls of th¢ ajarity ￿pIY with current 51atutory requir￿￿ the JEquirements of th¢
Charitys gov¢rnin8 doCu￿t the pmvisiow of the Stst¢Dfrt of Re¢0￿¢Dded Practice (SORP)
'Ac¢owitmg arwj Rewting by Clwities (revised 2CN)5)'.
Sirurthrfy goverllance and maDagemeDt
Tbe 7 Trustees Are:
Ms Natalia Blagrove
Ms Patricia Isaacs
Mr Solotnon Alao
Ms Mary Ianiyan
Mr Ayo ljidakinro
Ms Elizabeth Abe
Ms Victoria olotunde
The Tn￿tee8 play a prinwy tole in en8￿[D8 govern￿ and fimcti(Thing of thc fouDdation. The
Board's role. fullctioos aDdTesponMliilities aft qu[* cleady defin
The Charity cwYent]y hag a dedicated tram ofAdvisory b08TdD)embcr8 in the UK wbo have helped to
Governkng documettt:
C¢l¢stial Chutth of CbTi51 Oasis of GTace (C￿]St Church) is Clwitable itrotpornted OTganisation
which re￿Cted on 10 July 2018. The cknity is governed by its Consti￿ortwh1C￿ is dated 6
July 2018.
The membus of the Genernl Trnste¢ Board tr¢ tnLSt¢es forthe P￿p￿ of charity law. New tr1￿CeS
may be appoittted by r¢sollltioA of a meeiing of the knLStets.
Much of the charitys work focuses U￿ft th¢ promotion of th¢ Christian religion and the nllming and
maillteDallce of IL% place of WOTsbip and the si￿￿rt of the less aeedy within the community, in and
The GeneAI Trustee BoaTd seek8 to eTh8ure that the needs ofthis wp are appropriately reflected
through the diy￿sity ofthe fnJ5tcc ithy. To Cob￿¢£ the ￿tential t￿￿1 of the cbarity Iw.
through networking with voluntary OWi2*ioDS athiv¢ iti th¢ sector. sougbt to identify thosc who
would b¢ willing to l)ecome metnbu5 of the charity a￿j usc thcir ovmexpuicnce to assist the charity.
Rbk M*n*geT￿l.
We are committed to a rK)licy of identifylli& monitoring and managingthe risks th8t might adversely
affect the activiti￿ in which we are involvuL In this coniexL risk is defmed as the p)tential to fail to
achieve clwity objectives and for los4 and reput8tjoj￿I, inherent in the environment in
which we opernte in the nature of the tYaDsactiong Utmleth.
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Celestial Church of Clirist Oasis ()f Grace (Christ ChiirLh)
TrusiL'L'S' Reptsrt and .4cciiuiits lor tIiL I'car Etided 31 DecLniber 211?1
TRUSIEL81 REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED31 DECEMBEIi 2•21
The principle risk of the charity bas been its de￿d￿ on voh]ntary incotne. TnL%*e5 bave initiated
various processes to mitiggte such risK so that the charity h&g suffici¢DI nxrv¢ in the ev¢Dt of
advetse condition{s).
The tn￿e¢S have 41so a•min¢d othu opaational knd bll8itiess risks which they faee and eonfim) that
they have tsken strps to mitigate the Si￿lf]¢￿t risks.
Publle B*n*fltr
Th¢ Tn￿1¢¢5 hav¢ ￿MplI¢d with th¢ duty in Sectii)n 4 of the Ch8rilie8 A¢t 2[￿ and have paid du¢
regard to public benefit whcn PTep8Tmg this r¢porL Th¢ ben¢frt wovidcd to the public is consistent
with the aims of thc charity in U
ObJe¢dves and Ictlvltlu:
l. l To advance thc Christian faith for Ik benefit of the public in accordance with the Btstement of
beliefs in such ways and in such parts ofthe Uniled Kingdom &8 the tnLstres from tim¢ to time may
thiDk fit including pr(Knoting an undeT*ath8 of equal treatmeDt of all.
1.2 The relief ofpoverty and improved the publi¢ specifically ID th¢ local
ommunity of Demford 8JMI St Mongo's ￿eW Crn&& This h8s also extend￿ ￿ other local are85 Such
as Rushey Green and CeDtral Lond￿ by PToviding goods 8nd fLwd to individualg in neat
2021 continues to be a ch8llenginE year due to thc worldwide pandcmic in 2021 and the in beginnin8
of2021 our servi¢es were conducted online. Ia additio￿ daily morning gDd evening prayers were
held online and continu￿* 8ivin8 mcmbm th¢ opprtunity to reach out lo e&h other after ea¢h
session via z(J)m. Where pennitted. the Shephenl in ¢harge made provisio￿8 for those who were in
need to rtyeive support of food ilenks on a TEgulaT b￿75. This wJs 4150 to th¢ St Mun80'S
community.
On 18 June 2021. we received thc keys to our new church building. The new building was not fit for
pu￿ we were not therefore able lo we it in Ats current slate. W¢ had to A substantial
amount of renovation work including rc-wiring of the buildin& I￿4￿11￿tion of fre alorn4 fre
deteet¢)rs and safety lightings. Onte the building was made safe, we were able to move in and
continue with the other improvement Works including the fittin8 and layin8 of nvw CgTPet in th¢
Buditorium. This generO￿41Y paid for through Contrib￿]0￿9 and fund rnising from ourrnember&
When the Governmcnt restrictions wert lifte<l we held our first service on 20 July and this a
naming ceTcmony for a new born baby iw. In aCc(ffd￿ with guid¢line5, Covid m¢aS￿ wcre put
in place by rnainkning social distancing wld providing h•nd sanitism for our members and visitors.
Our annual Juvenile Harvest week ￿l¢b was held on 6 June 2021 was held online.
Th¢ ￿ Adult Thanksgiving s¢rYic¢ took place on the church premises. This w&% well attended by our
membeTS and visitorJ and we foc￿ on the c￿￿nunity by feeding aDd clothing the horne1￿5. We
distributed pre P￿ed cwked f(MyI and non.perishable gc￿S and drinks to the r￿Y in Deptford
where there is a large tM)pulatioD ofhom¢le&% pe(yl
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accuslorned to the reg￿n￿hlY and Tr￿s￿¢S * ways of this but
1.3 The tnkn must use the i￿ome and m•y us¢ th¢ capital of the Church in I￿(mI￿)lIng the objects.
Flnand•l revlew:
The largest contributiort to the charity for the ycar came from geMa] offering& The chariry has begun
its charttable ￿lIvi￿￿ fri)m June 2018 and c(m￿l￿ueS kn do ￿. .
The Chwity cwteDdy aitTh8 kn de5igiw* th¢ totsl fiKtMI recei￿1 expen5e5 for the main objective of
th¢ ¢harity.
Plans for hrtutt perlods:
The Charity plans to devel￿ VaTio￿ fundrrising stratsgy to itKlude rnagy nwk¢ting. Besides m&85
markering and evats, the clwity 15 airning to achieve its tgrgcts through securing donatio1￿ from
willing iodividuals. A devekyment tx)aTd DUY be Inated to help inch¥k th avcnu¢s offiuMJrrising
to be included in the yearly We are Iwking at pur¢hosing tt¢w chairs and upgra&ng the
heating in the Dew church Tr￿lIdiD8.
ststement of Bo*rd of Trngtea, re¥p)B￿li¢S
acCor￿c with applicable law azMI United Kingkn GencTrlly Accqtrl A¢toynting Fr￿1¢e.
Charity18w oppli¢able to charitie5 in Engl•tsWWaks requirts Board of TnLStees to prepare
financial statements for finall￿ year wlxicb gives a aTrl fair vi¢w of the slate of affaiTS of
the ChaTity and of the surPh￿ or deficit of the Charity for tl•t perÈ(NL In preparing thl￿ financial
statements the B(4nl of Tn￿le¢S hve:
S¢le¢ted suitable accojjnting ￿lICIeS and 8N)lied them coTh%istendy.
Made Jud￿ents estimates that art re&80nable and Prudent.
Stated wlther applicable ￿ll￿tIng stsndaTth have be¢n followe4 gthj¢¢t to any ma*rial
departWC5 discloscd atxl explained in thc financial sthtrments" aTrxl
presume that the Clwity will contsnue in lI￿ration).
The Board of TnJsteGs oveTall rw)nsibility fir eTksuring thai the Clwity h&5 an appropriate
system of colltrol& fill￿￿1￿1 and other￿. llry are akn reS￿n$1b￿ for keepiD8 prow a￿u￿g
retords which dISck￿ with rewnabl¢ at atry tinR tk financial wysition of th¢ Clwity and
¢nabl¢ them to ensure ihat the financial swements comply with the ChaTities Ath 1993. Th¢y are also
Teswnsible for safcguardsng the of the Charity and hen￿ fw tskin8 leas(￿4b]e sty for th¢
de*ction and pr¢vcn¢ion of frdud and other iTregulaTiti¢S.
The Board of Trustees is reS[￿￿￿bIe f(ff the mainten8nce and integrity of the and financial
inf(*mation. t£gislation in the Unitd Ksngikn governing the jxepaTr￿ atKI diSsell￿ of
finaDci#I ststements may differ fr(xn legisltitioD iti otheriurisdictions.

CL.IL'Stial Cliiii'Lli of CliriNt C)J%i% of (Jl*fL. (Clii-i%i L"liiircli)
TRIISTEES. REPORT FnKTIIF.IEtR £I%DEfgJi DECL%III£K2111
Sthicmeni ofdi5c105ure ofinfLYm*ion lo irAq￿t￿mIncy
We. ihe Trusie¢s of ihc Clwii) i¥ho kld office * ihe dwe of Jppfoval ofihese fiDaTrEial SIJIEmenis
as sei out on page 2 each ¢onfim). so far as ive afe J%we.. thal".
There is no releYJnt infomh*son0f￿tthts examiffj ale
an(1 Ive hav¢
tJken all IhL 51¢ps tho1 K oughl lo ha¥¢ wken as l-Iusl¢L'S lrt ordcr oun¢l¥¢s &iyai¢
of any rel¢vanl informaiion and ¢0 ¢Moblish ilwl thr charli￿$ Inde￿ndent exAmiii¢r iy JlVaT¢
ofihal infonnaiion.
Indcpendcllt Ex#miner:
-Th¢ Charily's indcpendenl cxamincr. NF Flnanclal Svlutlon5 Ltd. has indiLalid I1￿11 %yilliiiyii%% lo
offer Ihcmsclv¢s for appoinimeni.
Thi5 r¢port IV￿ approved by the Tru51¢¢5 vn Jnd on iIKir I￿.1￿1(￿Y:
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CL'leslial ChurLh ofciirist Oa515 of Grace (Christ Churih)
TritstLCS Ropori aiid .4eLouiils for tht. I'L*#r Ended 31 Deceml)er ?1121
I r¢p)rt on th¢ financial ststem¢nts of the clwity fortheyear ended 31 2021 whith the
Stat¢nKntof Fitiati¢i21 Adiviti¢s¥ttd Balanee Sh¢¢t with tK
Thi5 rrport is Jnadc soletyto the chariW5 Tr• as a body. in accordancc with Section 145 of the Charities
A¢t 2011 and T¢gul#tiorysJJ*k widcrs¢dioD 154 of thatAeL My work h&% bt£D ￿bd￿¢0 50 thatl mighi sta
to tb¢ charity's TTWt¢¢s thoK mattct5 1 am requI￿d to ststc to thctll ID indqrndcrtt examin¢es T¢W)rt aod for
no othtr PWFrf)s¢. To the fullest rJtellt witted by law. I do not acttpt oraswme Ye4)￿SIbilIty kn aDyoDe other
tban the charity and th¢ charity&TnLSttcs L4 a tKMly. exami￿110￿ work.
audÈt is not n4uircd for thts ycarutth5ed1(￿ 144(2) ofth¢ (jwitiu Art 2011 (th¢ A¢t) and that an
It is my resp0D￿￿lIIty to:
Examine the accou￿ (under Seaion 145 of tht Ch&itsts A£tX'
To follow th¢ prw&kn laidth>wn the DIwti￿￿glwett by th¢ (Iwity C￿mi￿￿one
{und¢r Seoion 14515)(b) of the Ch•ilies Ad): and
Basls of IndepeDdMt LT*ml*erfs report
compari50rt of lh¢ #eLM)uDL5 p￿ll￿d wlth th<>se ￿)Id& It also includes collsyAerntion of any thiusual items or
opinion is Siven a5 towbether the Pre￿ 4.1￿ f•ir' view and th¢rep)tt is limitd lo those
matters set oul in the sts¢eM￿ below.
IDd¢pt#dellt
l) whicb giv¢s mc Tt&oDable caus¢ kn believe that ID any material r¢spwt th¢ T¢quirem¢llts:
to keep aceowiting TrLords in accorda￿¢ with seaion 130 of the ACL. and
to prepare financial swementswhi¢h a￿Ord th¢ 8¢ry>ynting re￿r￿s and wmply with the
hav¢ notb¢¢p mel" or
2) to whiclL ID Opini￿ atte￿100 51h)ukl be dr4Wts iti (thtoejabk a of the
fmancial syatements to be rea¢hthL
Sign￿.
Da*d. 14 Noven]ber 2022
BJsthlyan ILA G & Rodrlgo ( BxAc¢oun£aocy. MBiAC4SU FFAIFIPA)
On behalf ofNF Flnanctal Soludons Ltd
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T•t•l F••th TLrt￿
21
2020
77J
40,6U
8.470
•1
49.114
Direct charitsble exptTrJi
3Q965
7Y34•
34•
31.829
Nd
17285
1SJ96
ZYJYD
7•

Collslijl C'hiir¢li lif ci?ris1 (lasis nf (Jritc ICITiisl Cliiirchi
SATJI DECEJIBERlnl
lJlg
31.845
21Jn
33J45
1gSH
32.611
Juli
27AII
&17•
6.170
TOTALFII,%ThS
bchllf. by..
D*¢r.
)TFSTrITiIEf¥y.L%YIALSTAIF.IlTrd
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I. ACCOUNTING POIJCKS
Thr fin*Dcial ststemertts hve been pryared uTh4er the ht￿OrICal cost ¢onv¢tttiofy with the
excepuon of invethew whith are iftch¥W at va￿￿. Jnd in acwdaDce with the
FinancMI Rc[￿1￿8 SwKI•Td fry Smaller EDlili￿ (effcdivc April 2008). The
siat¢meDts h•v¢ b¢¢a ID aCt0rd￿Ce with the Str￿ment of Reccffnme¥kded Practice
(SORP).'Accounlingand Rc￿8 by Cb￿"ts￿. ￿bltshcd in Marth 2￿3 and 4>plicabk
unling 51#nd•rds.
Gener•1 are ullr¢srri¢*d fimd5 which •vaiW>k foT uye It the discrelioD of the
Trusttts in fllrthtt￿ ofthe ge￿￿1 d¥ittti¥es of the clwity I￿1 whicb baw¢ w bE¢n
des18r￿ted for other
R¢striett41 funds are which are ro be used in accorda￿£ with specific restrictitins
Im[￿ by whicb bave bten by th¢ ehanty for Pffiicylu Thc cx)gty
of Aisin¥ thinist¢rn8 such fiD)ds th￿8*1 a841n￿ sFcific fund. Tr Aim and ufj¢
olwh r¢stricttd fu￿1 art %¢t oul ID the no*s to ¢bc fuwncial slatcments.
IJ ltteoml¥ r*•otyrtt•
All incomin8 resixirces are Included in thc Sts*mcni of finkncwl artivitits whrn the charity
h•s eotjilemeni ￿ the fund& cgnainty of receiw the be nxLqured with
$uificient rEliability.
L%Jnai¢d S*TViC¢S or f*ilitie4 which c(allPTbse dor*ted ser¥w ve In¢l￿1ed ill iti¢(*ne At A
valuaiion which is •n ¢siimal¢ of the fuwKiJl ¢oA iKvne by th¢ where such • ¢oJt is
quorttfi8ble and m¢awr8bl¢. No is rwtsed Whe￿ there is no fina￿1¢1 cost bom¢
by * thi￿ wty.
ltt¢ome TrLX)ver*ble iti rel•tiOA io th)llati￿ ￿e1ved Gift Aid or detdj of eovenattt
li r&￿iSed * the time ofthe b)ll￿1￿L
IA
¢ateBorics thai a¥yepie all costs for 8lJocalioD io xliviiies. Wbere CLW5 camjoi be dIr￿dY
attributed to puticular tctivitK& they ￿ve be¢n 411(Katea r)n i basis consi51enl with the we of
Fundrnising wsts are those in seeking voluntsry C(￿trIb￿l0￿3 not include the
s¢s of disseramaoog infon￿lOn in 4upp)rt of th¢ dwir*bk ¥u￿111¢& sUp￿rt COSL5 are
those c4Jsts incuThed dircctly in SUPW*l ofexpayjihrr ￿ thr ob￿cl5 vlthc charity include
requirements.
Grants ￿y￿b￿ #re Ch￿e1 iti the ye4rwhen the offtt is n￿le exe4x in where th¢
offer is cor#litionaL such grants being ye¢0gnts￿ as ex[￿dir￿re WIKD the conditiotts
Attaching are fidfi114yJ. Grants offered subject to cmdttioos which hav¢ be￿ at the
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Celi'stial Churih of Cliriiit C)asis of CJr'aLc' (Clii"ist Clillrch)
I'rusl¢LI5' RL'port and ,l¥counts fvr the I'L'Ar Ended J I DLCI'Eiiber ju? I
. VOLuNfARY INCOME
2•21
2020
6U33
aDd wetfare fuod*
170
R¢nt
8750
77￿1
49,114
SUPPORT COSTS
2021
Rent
Dortatie
Evenls
Trnvel & Subglrf•w¢
StOrn8e
EquipmMt
31297
934
9.r26
13,450
650
lJ77
7,670
1785
2244
3.932
Diocese
Telephone
PTif>iing & SINtiL
Pn'¢5t'$ ￿￿$t$
Depreciaiioo
Sundry up¢n
130
1.030
582
25.714
3.043
279
1,157
T•tsl wpport ¢•
. GOVERNANCE Costs
2021
202•
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Celestial Church of Christ Oasis of Grace (Christ Church)
Trustee5' RLport 'ind .4ccount5 for the l'ear Ended 31 De¢enibLr 2U21
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL$fATEM￿ FOR THE YEARENDED 31 DECEMKER2021
2•2•
1&9)7
Deptti*i¢m 3.043
Nd Ixwjk v¥h* 13.864
DEBTORS:
202•
11943
J.728
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