CHRIST COMMUNITY CHURCH - LONDON CHARITY NO. 1179227
Annual Report
And
Financial Statements
Of
Christ Community Church - London (CCC)
From 01 Oct 2024 to 30 September 2025
Charity Number: 1179277
CHRIST COMMUNITY CHURCH - LONDON CHARITY NO. 1179227
Contents
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| Legal and administrative information | 1 |
| Trustees' report | 2-4 |
| Statement of financial activities | 5 |
| Balance sheet | 7 |
| Notes to the financial statements | 8-12 |
| Independent Examiner’s report | 13 |
CHRIST COMMUNITY CHURCH - LONDON CHARITY NO. 1179227
Legal and administrative information
Registered Charity Number:1179277
Business Address: 81 Cornwall Square Kennings way London SE11 4JW Registered Office: 81 Cornwall Square Kennings way London SE11 4JW Board of Trustees: Tesfaye Assegedew Lemma Alemayehu Shiferaw Altaye Dr Ephrem Sahlu Chair Hermela Getahun
Bankers: Lloyds Metro
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CHRIST COMMUNITY CHURCH - LONDON CHARITY NO. 1179227
Trustees Report
Year ended 30 September 2025
The Trustees present their first report and the financial statements for the year ended 30 September 2025. The report has been prepared in accordance with the requirement of the standard recommended practice.
Structure, governance and management
Governing Document
The organisation is Charitable Incorporation Organisation and its governing documents is CIO Foundation Constitution registered on 20 July 2018.
Appointment of Trustees
The Board has five members of Trustees of the Charity Trustees. The appointment of trustees is done in accordance with the governing documents. They receive no financial incentives except what is eligible for a Trustee. The Elders (A leadership team comprising a mixture of elected and appointed mature individuals referred to as the Core Leaders) manage the day to day administrative and spiritual activities of the Charity, supported by a team of volunteers.
Organisational Structure
The Board of Trustees consists of four people. They meet on a quarterly basis to monitor the working progress of the Church. The responsibility for running the church’s day to day administrative and spiritual activities and ensuring the provision of services rests on the Elders/Core Leaders of the Church. The Trustees are responsible for ensuring that the church delivers the services specified and that key performance indicators are met.
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CHRIST COMMUNITY CHURCH - LONDON CHARITY NO. 1179227
Trustees Report
Year ended 30 September 2025
Objectives and activities
Key objectives
The objectives of the charity are:
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1) To advance the Christian faith for the benefit of the public in accordance with the Statements of Faith, particularly but not exclusively, through the provision of Christian education, prayer meetings and pastoral support.
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2) To relieve sickness and poverty and to promote general health and wellbeing through the provision of funds, goods or services of any kind, including counselling and practical advice and support;
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3) To advance education of the general public in the area of Christian faith.
Achievement and Performance
In the current reporting period, the Church branched out into East London despite the challenges faced with the departure of key people in that part of the city.
However, with others stepping up, the Church decided to build on the momentum created to plant a local missional community at the beginning of 2025. This arrangement has now become permanent despite the logistical challenges faced with monthly support from central CCC in the area of worship and ministry of the Word. The rest of CCC continues to meet centrally in Kings Cross.
In the west, having exhausted all avenues, it was decided not to go ahead with the planned merger with Westbourne Grove Church (WGC). There were some significant and insurmountable obstacles identified and after open conversations with West CCC members, it was decided not to pursue the merger. Our excellent relationship with WGC continues.
During this same period, a local home group/cell was formed in the West of the city. This group meets in Hayes becoming a key focal point for growing and developing leaders and discipling younger believers.
CCC’s annual family retreat took place in September 2025. This year’s Church Family retreat focused on encouraging confidence in the reliability of scriptures and equipping new worship ministers (5 ministers joined the worship team in September 2025). Our guest speaker was Ruth Norris who is Academic Dean and the Theology & Biblical Studies track Leader at Kings School of Theology, the Forge network’s official training establishment.
A new admin team was set up in this current reporting period after the withdrawal/departure of a key person in admin. The team covers five categories shared across six people with quarterly planning meetings to sync and coordinate the team. The admin categories are as follows:
- Church Diary & Event Management
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Communication
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Governance, Compliance & Networking
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Subscription & Membership Systems (management & support)
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Finance & Reporting
Training and Equipping
Alongside the equipping and encouragement that took place at the annual Church Family retreat, this past reporting period saw an acceleration of equipping and training for those in ministry.
A Stewards Away Day in March 2025 focused on planning the branching out of smaller missional communities in different parts of the city as per CCC’s long term vision.
In July 2025 a workshop in the Ministry of The Word was delivered by Nick Baratt – a former pastor at Romney Marsh Community Church.
In August 2025 another Stewards Away pressed into the important topic of example and influence for those in leadership roles.
And finally, a Stewards Away Day in November 2025 sought to encourage those serving with a scriptural understanding of the glory of the new covenant Ministry.
Pastoral care
The regular weekly worship, prayer and local gatherings have continued throughout this reporting period. The pastoral care of the congregation continues to be delegated to those in leadership roles of local cells. The cell and local core leader have been supported and encouraged in this task.
Individual pastoral outreach and meetings have also continued for those in need and struggling in the faith or staying connected with a view to encouraging them in the faith.
Prayer ministry continued on Wednesday evenings offered both in person and online. Early in 2025, another weekly prayer service was introduced on Friday mornings. This was to encourage members with their personal prayer lives and with a view to support them establish rhythms of prayer. The vision was to provide a less intimidating platform to engage in and for individuals to grow their individual prayer lives. Uptake has been very limited.
The current reporting period also saw the establishment of a men’s and women’s ministry/network with leaders appointed and meeting rhythms agreed.
The men’s ministry meets monthly on a Saturday morning and the focus/theme for this reporting period has been Emotional maturity. The Women’s ministry on the other hand meets quarterly, focusing on women's role in the body of Christ and discovering their identity in Christ.
The Christianity Explored course for those who join the CCC family, those who desire to reinforce their foundations in the faith or those simply enquiring was delivered from March to June 2025.
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Five members of CCC underwent water baptism in July 2025.
Inter-church relationships
The Forge network of churches’ regular quarterly leaders’ meeting and annual wider leadership and servants’ meetings continued during this year too.
There have also been multiple conversations among Forge Church leaders seeking to develop a leadership team to lead the sphere, expanding the current leader’s capacity to serve the network better. CCC through the lead minister has been increasingly involved in these strategic planning initiatives.
Forge will be holding their second ever network-wide camp in summer 2026. All CCC members are being actively encouraged and supported to attend this camp in order to consolidate relationships and raise the network’s profile among all church members.
In this current reporting period, a completely new front for networking has come to light. The Alliance of Ethiopian evangelical Churches in Europe (AEECE) approached CCC’s lead minister with a request for support in creating a Europe-wide network of second generation Ethiopian and Eritrean immigrant believers. This request was accepted and conversations held on the nature and objective of such a network.
A vision to form a continent-wide gospel partnership among second generation Ethiopian and Eritrean believers with a passion to see all nations reached with the gospel of Jesus Christ was unanimously agreed on. It was also agreed that this partnership would be made up of 4 principal constituents which represented its objectives too:
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Networking, Fellowship & Mutual encouragement
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Cross pollination and experience sharing
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Leadership development (intentional & structured)
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Joint mission and outreach initiatives
It is planned to share the vision with the second-generation ministry leaders of the AEECE member Churches at a weekend gathering in Frankfurt, Germany in March 2026.
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Trustees Report
Year ended 30 September 2025
Financial Report
Total receipts on unrestricted funds during 12 months of reporting were £74,814 (2024 £44,747). £63,562 (2024 £60,272) was spent to provide the church services. The net result for the year was deficit of £11,857 (2024 excess of £15,525) on unrestricted funds. Adding the balance brought forward at the start of the year, the balance carried forward as at 30 September 2025 on unrestricted fund totalled £68,423.
Going Concern
The CCC Trustees consider there are no material uncertainties related to events or conditions that cast significant doubt on the Charity’s ability to continue for the foreseeable future and have therefore adopted the going concern basis in preparing these financial statements.
Reserves Policy
It is Christ Community Church policy to maintain a balance on unrestricted funds, which equates to at least three months unrestricted payments equivalent to £18,000 to cover emergency situations that may arise from time to time. This policy reviewed by the Trustees on an annual basis as part of the charity's budgeting processes.
Volunteers
The Trustees Board would like to thank all the volunteers who worked so faithfully to make the church the vibrant community that it is.
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Annual accounts for the period ending 30 September 2025
Christ Community Church
Statement of financial activities for the Year ended 30 Sep 2025
| Recommended categories by activity Notes Incoming resources (Note 3) Income and endowments from: Donations,tiths and love gifts Note 3 Charitable activities Gif Aid Other Interest Resources expended Expenditure on: Raising funds Charitable activities Note 4 Separate material item of expense Other Net gains/(losses) on investments Extraordinary items Other gains/(losses) Reconciliation of funds: Total Total Total funds brought forw ard Total funds carried forward Net income/(expenditure) before investment gains/(losses) Net income/(expenditure) Transfers between funds Other recognised gains/(losses): Net movement in funds |
Unrestricted funds Restricted income funds Endowment funds £ £ £ |
Unrestricted funds Restricted income funds Endowment funds £ £ £ |
Unrestricted funds Restricted income funds Endowment funds £ £ £ |
Total funds Prior year funds £ £ |
Total funds Prior year funds £ £ |
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| 44,858 - 28,822 1,739 |
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44,858 - 28,822 1,739 - |
41,355 - - 2,656 736 |
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| 75,419 | - |
- | 75,419 | 44,747 | |
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| 63,562 - |
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- - |
63,562 - |
60,272 - |
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| 63,562 | - | - | 63,562 | 60,272 | |
| 11,857 | - | - | 11,857 | (15,525) | |
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| 11,857 | - | - | 11,857 | (15,525) | |
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- - |
- - |
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| 11,857 | - | - | 11,857 | (15,525) | |
| 56,566 | - | - | 56,566 | 72,091 | |
| 68,423 | - | - | 68,423 | 56,566 |
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Christ Community Church-London
Balance sheet as at 30 September 2025
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Restricted
Unrestricted income Endowment Total this
funds funds funds year Prior year
Notes £ £ £ £ £
Fixed assets F01 F02 F03 F04 F05
Intangible assets - - - - -
Tangible assets Note 5 1,542 - - 1,542 1,218
Heritage assets - - - - -
Investments - - - - -
Total fixed assets 1,542 - - 1,542 1,218
Current assets
Stocks - - - - -
Debtors & Prepayment - - - - -
Investments - - - - -
Cash at bank and in hand Note 6 66,881 - - 66,881 55,348
Total current assets 66,881 - - 66,881 55,348
Creditors: amounts falling due
within one year Note 7 - - - - -
Net current assets/(liabilities) 66,881 - - 66,881 55,348
Total assets less current liabilities 68,423 - - 68,423 56,566
Creditors: amounts falling due
after one year - - - - -
Provisions for liabilities - - - - -
Total net assets or liabilities 68,423 - - 68,423 56,566
Funds of the Charity
Endowment funds - - -
Restricted income funds - - -
Unrestricted funds Note 8 68,423 - 68,423 56,566
Revaluation reserve -
Total funds 68,423 - - 68,423 56,566
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The notes at pages 8 to 12 form part of these accounts.
Approved by the trustees on 28 June 2026 and signed on their behalf by:
Dr Ephrem Sahlu ……………… ………………………………………………………………..
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Notes to the Accounts
(a) Basis of preparation
1. Accounting Policies
These accounts have been prepared under the historical cost convention with items recognised at cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant note(s) to these accounts. The accounts have been prepared in accordance with:
The Statement of Recommended Practice Accounting and Reporting by Charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) issued on 16 July 2014
the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and with Charities Act 2011
1.1 Going concern
Based on the projection of the charity performance, the board of trustees is of the opinion that Rehoboth Church London has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.
1.2 Changes to accounting estimates
No changes to accounting estimates have occurred in the reporting period.
1.3 Material prior year errors
No material prior year error has been identified in the reporting period (3.47 FRS 102 SORP).
2. INCOME
All income is recognised once the charity has entitlement to the income, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount of income receivable can be measured reliably.
Donations, are recognised when the Trust has been notified in writing of both the amount and settlement date. In the event that a donation is subject to conditions that require a level of performance before the charity is entitled to the funds, the income is deferred and not recognised until either those conditions are fully met, or the fulfilment of those conditions is wholly within the control of the charity and it is probable that those conditions will be fulfilled in the reporting period.
The charity hasn’t yet received any legacy. However, if there is a Legacy gift, it will be recognised on a case-by-case basis following the granting of probate when the administrator/executor for the estate has communicated in writing both the amount and settlement date. In the event that the gift is in the form of an asset other than cash or a financial asset traded on a recognised stock exchange, recognition is subject to the value of the gift being reliably measurable with a degree of reasonable accuracy and the title to the asset having been transferred to the charity.
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Interest on funds held on deposit is included when receivable and the amount can be measured reliably by the charity; this is normally upon notification of the interest paid or payable by the bank.
3. Analysis of income
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Analysis Unrestricted Restricted Endowment Total funds 2024
funds income funds
funds
£ £
Donations Donations,church offerings,tiths and love
and gifts for the period 44,858 - - 44,858 41,355
legacies: Gift Aid 28,822 - - 28,822
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Legacies
General grants provided by
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government/other charities
Membership subscriptions and
sponsorships which are in substance
donations - - - -
Donated goods, facilities and services - - - - -
Other(Members offering) 1,739 - - 1,739 2,656
Total 75,419 - - 75,419 44,011
TOTAL INCOME 75,419 - - 75,419 44,011
Analysis of Expenditures
Restricted
Prior year
Unrestricted income Endowment Total funds
2024
funds funds funds
Analysis £ £
Expenditure on Incurred seeking donations - - - - -
raising funds: Incurred seeking legacies - - - - -
Total expenditure on raising funds - - - - -
Hall Rent for prayer gatherings 17,305 - - 17,305 21,189
General expenses 3,043 - - 3,043 3,984
Charitable Funding 1,071 - - 1,071 3,529
Expenditure on Refreshment and other expenses 4,723 - - 4,723 5,501
charitable Transport 4,816 - - 4,816 3,964
activities Insurance 572 - - 572 547
Training costs
9,591 9,591 8,328
Internet, zoom and other expenses 2,542 - - 2,542 2,480
Community building & Empowerment 19,385 - - 19,385 14,536
Misc - -
Total expenditure on charitable activities
63,048 - -
63,048 64,056
TOTAL EXPENDITURE 63,048 - - 63,048 64,056
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4. Analysis of Expenditures
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5. Tangible fixed asset
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Freehold land Choir Gown Plant, office Music Total
& buildings equipment equipment
At the beginning of - - 911 2,937 3,848
the year
Additions - - 838 838
Revaluations - - - - -
Disposals - - - - -
Transfers - - - - -
At end of the year - - 911 3,775 4,686
5.2 Depreciation and impairments
Basis RB RB RB RB RB Reducing
Balance
("RB")
Rate 25%
At beginning of the - - 354 2,276 2,630
year
Disposals - - - - -
Depreciation - - 139.25 375 514
Impairment - - - - -
Transfers - - - - -
At end of the year - - 493 2,651 3,144
5.3 Net book value
Net book value at the - - 557 661 1,218
beginning of the year
Net book value at the - - 418 1,124 1,542
end of the year
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6. Cash at bank and in hand
| 2025 £ |
2024 £ |
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| Short term cash investments(less than 3 months maturity date) | - | - |
| Bank Current Account_metro | 46,579 | 16,159 |
| Bank Deposit Account-Lloyeds | 775 | 347 |
| Lloyds deposit A/c | 19,528 | 28736 |
| New deposit intransit | - | 10,106 |
| Other | - | - |
| Total | 66,881 | 55,348 |
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NOTE 7. CHARITY FUND
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Fund Fund
balances balances
Type PE, EE Purpose and brought Gains and carried
R or UR * Restrictions
forward Income Expenditure Transfers losses forward
Fund names £ £ £ £ £ £
Unristricted Fund UR 56,566 75,419 63,562 - - 68,423
- - - - - -
Other funds N/a N/a - - - - - -
Total Funds 56,566 75,419 63,562 - - 68,423
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Independent examiner’s report to the trustees on the unaudited financial statement.
I report on the account of Christ Community Church London for the year ended 30 September 2024 set out on pages 5 to 11.
Respective responsibilities of trustees and independent examiner
The charity’s trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act), and that an independent examination is needed. It is my responsibility to examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Act, to follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5) (b) of the 2011 Act; and to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
Basis of independent examiner’s statement
My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a ‘true and fair view’ and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.
Independent examiner’s statement
In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention:
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which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements: · to keep proper accounting records in accordance with section 386 of the Company Act 2006; and
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to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records, comply with the accounting requirements of section 396 of the company Act 2006 and with methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities have not been met; or
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to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached
SolgSelassie
Independent examiner
Solomon Gebreselassie
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