Strong Tower Christian Centre Charity Commission Number: 1179480. Trustees, Annual Report and Account: 31 March 2024 The trustees present their report and accounts for the year ended 31 March 2024. Trustses Pastor Daniel Ikechukwu Kamalu Mr Fred Kiyaga Pastor Nkeiru Anita Kamalu Charity Registered Addres8'. 6 South Street Havercroft Wakefield WF4 2EZ Solicitors: Edward Connor Solicitors 39 The Point Market Habrborough LE16 7QU Banker Barclays Bank 69 Albion Street Leeds LS15AA Church Address: Portobello Community Centre, Portobello Road WF2 7JJ Back round Strong Tower Christian Centre exists to share the love of Jesus Christ to as many in and outside of the city of Wakefield. We encourage our church members to love one another and maintain intimacy with our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ as instructed in the Holy Scriptures. For now, and in the future, the church has decided to continue with combining face- to-face meetings and online meetings across all the events and programmes being held to allow greater reach. The church embarked on several evangelism campaigns aimed at spreading the gospel of Christ with the members of the public. The Church continues to operate from the Portobello Community Centre where it reaches out to many residents in the city of Wakefield with the good news of the gospel of Christ. Charity Activities and achievements Activrties carried out by the Strong Tower Christian Centre includes: Normal Church Events: The Church activities comprises face to face service and online seNI￿s. Evangelism Outreach: The structure of our outreach programme now includes one-to-one evangelism and group evangelism to reach a wider audience with spread of the love of Jesus in the city. Summer Family Day Outlng.. The Church hosted various family day outings in Wakefield as a way of reaching out to the community while bonding in love. Church Leaders weekly Prayer Meeting: The church continued to engage with other churches in prayers sessions and hosting of events for the churches together initiatives. The prayer meetings have continued to be held online. Workshops, yearly retreat and joint Christmas Carols were held amongst church leaders in the city which shows the unity and bond amongst church leaders. Annual Christmas party: The Church had her Annual Christmas party in December 2023 where the members of the public were invited to experien the love of Christ. Risk Management The Church has been working closely with the Management of the Portobello Community Centre in identifying, reviewing and mitigating risks at the place of worship being a public place. Volunteers The church experienced a drop of some of the volunteers due to relocation. New volunteers were added after having completed training. The charity appreciates the dedication and commitment of volunteers and friends of the church who under the direction of the of the church leaders perform several tasks in order to assist in fulfilling its objectives. Financial Review In view of the fact that the income of the charity was less than £10,000, the charity has prepared the re￿Ipts and payment account in compliance with the Charity Commission's governing document. Funding The church has entirely funded by members donations, offerings and tithes. Summary of Accounts The summary of the account is as follows: Receipts: £8,123.15 Payments.. £10 172.55 Balan￿.. £ -2049.40 Future Plans The church Trustees are currently discussing on reaching more members of the community with the good news of Christ. Vvhich means in future, bigger worship space would be needed to accommodate the increase of new members and their families. To this end, consideration would be given to identifying and creating income generating streams for the church in order to meet its strategic goals. Public benefit The Trustees, strategy for achieving the objectives as stated in the charity's constitution, for the public benefit is to advanTr the Christian faith in the United Kingdom via the proclamation of the gospel of Jesus Christ whilst complying with the Public Benefit guidance published by the Charity Commission. Our achievements as to how we fulfilled these objectives are detailed within this report. Signed on behalf of the Trustees by.. Pastor -Daniel Kamalu Date.. 3110112025 |**Strong Tower Christian Centre**|**Strong Tower Christian Centre**||**No (if any)**||| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |**Receipts and payments accounts**|||||**CC16a**| |**For the period**
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