Strong Tower Christian Centre
Charity Commission Number: 1179480 .
Trustees’ Annual Report and Account: 31 March 2025
The trustees present their report and accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025.
Trustees
Pastor Daniel Ikechukwu Kamalu
Mr Fred Kiyaga
Pastor Nkeiru Anita Kamalu
Charity Registered Address :
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
LS1 5AA
Church Address:
Portobello Community Centre,
Portobello Road
WF2 7JJ
Background
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 faceto -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 is still operating 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
Activities carried out by the Strong Tower Christian Centre includes:
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Normal Church Events: The Church activities comprises face to face service and online services throughout the week
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Evangelism Outreach: With focus on the growth of both the old and the new believer, The church adopted a new approach to evangelism that has the advantage of maturing fresh believers who join through the evangelism funnel and enlightening those who are struggling in their Christian journey.
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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 Strong Tower Christian Centre would be hosting The Watchman on the Wall prayer meeting on Good Friday in 2026. This is a rotational prayer initiative that happen amongst church leaders in the city.
Gift Sharing for Christmas : The Church launched the Gift Sharing initiative in 2024 to support the Annual Christmas Party.
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
Three new volunteers were added to the team of volunteers 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 receipts and payment account in compliance with the Charity Commission’s governing document.
Assets
The church purchased a new PA system, 4 microphones, guitar and drum kit for enhanced worship experience.
Funding
The church was entirely funded by members donations, offerings and tithes.
Summary of Accounts
The summary of the account is as follows:
Receipts: £4,566.48
Payments: £11,032.35
Balance: £ -6465.87
Future Plans
The church is now searching for a much bigger worship space with access to full control of the facility for stability and growth.
Public benefit
The Trustees’ strategy for achieving the objectives as stated in the charity’s constitution, for the public benefit is to advance 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:
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Pastor —Daniel Kamalu
Date: 11/02/2026
| Charity Name | No (if any) | |||
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| Receipts and payments accounts | CC16a | |||
| For the period from |
Apr-24 | Mar-25 To |
| Section A Receipts and payments | Section A Receipts and payments | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A1 Receipts | Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ 4,566 - - - - - - - 4,566 - - - 4,566 11,032 - - - - - - - - 11,032 - - 11,032 - 6,466 - - - 6,466 |
Restricted funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
Endowment funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
Total funds to the nearest £ 4,566 - - - - - - - 4,566 - - - 4,566 11,032 - - - - - - - - 11,032 - - - 11,032 - 6,466 |
Last year to the nearest £ |
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| 4,566 | 8,123 | |||||
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| Sub total(Gross income for AR) |
4,566 | 8,123 | ||||
| A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). |
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| Sub total | - | - | ||||
| Total receipts A3 Payments |
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| 8,123 | ||||||
| 11,032 | 4,686 | |||||
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| **Sub total ** | 11,032 | 4,686 | ||||
| A4 Asset and investment purchases (see table) |
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| **Sub total ** | - | - | ||||
| Total payments Net of receipts/(payments) A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds this year end |
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| 4,686 | ||||||
| - 6,466 | - | - | - 6,466 | 3,437 | ||
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| - 6,466 | - | - | - 6,466 | 3,437 |
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
17/02/2026
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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 Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees B5 Liabilities B3 Investment assets B2 Other monetary assets B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use B1 Cash funds |
Details Details Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Details Details PA System Microphones Guitar Drum Kit Details Signature DKAMALU |
Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - - - Agreement Error OK Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) Unrestricted Funds - Unrestricted Funds - Unrestricted Funds - Unrestricted Funds - - - - - - Fund to which liability relates Amount due (optional) - - - - - Print Name Daniel Kamalu |
Endowment funds to nearest £ |
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| OK | |||
| Endowment funds to nearest £ |
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| Current value (optional) |
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| When due (optional) |
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| Date of approval |
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| DKAMALU | Daniel Kamalu | 11/.02/2026 | |
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
17/02/2026
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