## **Trustees’ Annual Report** **For the period from** 01-April-2023 **To** 31-March-2024 **Charity name: Life Abundant Pentecostal Church** **Charity registration number: 1181849** ## **Objectives and Activities** |**Objectives and Activities**||| |---|---|---| ||SORP
reference|| |Summary of the purposes of the
charity as set out in its governing
document|Para 1.17|The objects of the CIO are for the benefit of the public,
(a) to advance the Christian faith in accordance with the
Statement (as stated in the Charity’s Governing document) in
such ways and in such parts of the United Kingdom or the
World as the Church Council, from time to time, may think fit.
(b) to relieve sickness and financial hardship and to promote
and preserve good health by the provision of funds, goods or
services of any kind including through the provision of
counselling and support in such parts of the United Kingdom
or the World as the Church Council, from time to time, may
think fit; and
(c) to advance education in such ways and in such parts of the
United Kingdom or the World as the Church Council from time
to time maythink fit.| |Summary of the main activities in
relation to those purposes for the
public benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or services
identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|**Special Events:**
• We had the Annual Fasting Prayer from 05thto 09thApril 2023.
Pastor Johnson Memana was the guest speaker during these
meetings. We had baptism service on Sunday, 09thApril 2023.
Dr Wessly Lukose and Pastor Bennitt Abraham gave leadership
to the baptism service.
• We had ‘Youth Sunday’ on 21stMay 2023, where the Youth of
the church led the entire Sunday service. This provided a
platform for the youngsters of the Church to plan and execute
the meeting.
• We had the Church outing on 29thMay 2023 at Rutland Waters,
Leicestershire. This enabled all the members of the Church,
including adults and kids, to meet, connect and relax with
games, food, and other activities.
• A Church orientation meeting was organised on 09thJune 2023
to train the new and existing leaders.
• We took part in a Mission Seminar, ‘Let there be Light’
organised by Transformation Church, Birmingham from 04thto
07thAugust 2023. Evangelist Asghar Ali was the Resource
Person.
• We organised a Missionary Trip to William Carey Baptist Church
in Moulton, Northampton for all the children of our church on
05thAugust 2023. This gave them an insight into the life of
William Careyand his missionarycommitment.| - We have participated in ‘God Loves You Tour’ on 26[th] August 2023 in London, which was organised by Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA). This is an evangelistic ministry by Franklin Graham to spread the Good News of Jesus Christ through hundreds of outreaches around the world. - We had a Combined Fellowship with Birmingham Pentecostal Fellowship at Whetstone Baptist Church, Leicester on 16[th] September 2023. This was aimed at strengthening the fellowship with two churches and to know new members of both the churches more personally. - A ‘Church Weekend Away’ at Barnstondale Centre, Wirral was organised by the LAPC Youth Team from September 29th to October 1st, 2023. Connecting with all the families and spending quality time strengthened our bond during the 3-day outing. - • The Mission Team of LAPC organised a ‘Mission Sunday’ on 22[nd] October 2023. Katie Johnson from Christians against Poverty (CAP) and Katie Okafor from Bible Society were the guest speakers for this event. A special offering was taken to support various mission works. - • We had ‘Family Sunday’ on 21[st] January 2024. Pastor Sam Jacob was the guest speaker. - • We took part in ‘One Step Closer,’ a leadership and Apologetics training organised by Transformation Church, Birmingham from 22[nd] to 24[th] February 2024. Mr Abdu Murray from USA was the Resource Person. - **Children Ministry:** - Sunday School was held every Sunday from 4-5 PM. Sunday School had students from Foundation year to Year 12 with relevant curriculum. We catered for students even above Year 12 as many expressed interests in learning more about theological topics. 65 children were taught in the LAPC Sunday school, and 25 teachers were actively involved in delivering the Sunday School lessons. - **ABLAZE** - Ablaze is a ministry aimed at our children aged between 4 and 17. It is a dynamic and an interesting place for the young hearts to grow and nurture in God’s Word with confidence. We provide a safe, spiritual, and fun environment where God’s Word comes to life through various programs tailored to the needs of different age groups. Activities include games, crafts, action songs, teaching sessions, storytelling, prayer, and worship, watching videos and many more. We also encourage team-building activities to teach the importance of teamwork and to establish the culture of respect, trust, and value. - ABLAZE takes place on the fourth Sunday of every other month at Stoneygate Baptist Church, Leicester. - **Youth Ministry:** - The Youth Team organised youth meetings at Stoneygate Baptist Church, Leicester on the third Friday of every month. Youth meetings enhanced the confidence of the Children by exhibiting their talents. - The youth of the Church attended the Summer Youth camp ‘Kindle 2023’ at Cefn Lea Wales, from 22[nd] to 25[th] August 2023. KINDLE is a youth Christian Movement, whose aim is to contribute towards the rich heritage of Christian spirituality in |||this nation. The youth of the Church engage in various teams
and lead numerous activities.
**Women's Ministry:**
• The women of the church meet on Zoom every third Thursday
of the month for prayer, fellowship, and spiritual edification.
**Financial Support to Other Charities:**
• We have extended financial support to a few charities,
organisations, and individuals.
• We partner with**Open Hands**, a charity based in Leicester to
meet the needs of the homeless and hungry in Leicester city.
Apart from financial support to this charity, we also provided
essential food items to the needy through Open Hands.
• We partner with**Christians Against Poverty (CAP)**, a Christian
charitable company in the United Kingdom and provide
financial support.
• We partner with**Christian Aid,**a relief and development agency
of 41 Christian churches (Protestant, Catholic and Orthodox) in
the UK and Ireland. We provide financial support to them.| |---|---|---| |Statement confirming whether
the trustees have had regard to
the guidance issued by the
Charity Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|Yes, the Trustees had considered the Charity Commission’s
guidance on public benefit.
As Trustees, we are focussed that all the main activities of the
Charity are undertaken in line with the Objects of the CIO and are
meant for public benefit.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP
reference|| |---|---|---| |Policyongrant making|Para 1.38|NA| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|NA| |Contribution made by volunteers|Para 1.38|All income of the Charity is through voluntary contributions
by its members.| |Other||| ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP
reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary
of
the
main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to the
circumstances of its beneficiaries
and any wider benefits to society
as a whole|Para 1.20|~~•~~ The Charity could provide support to numerous homeless
and hungry in Leicester City through our partnership with
Open Hands in Leicester.
• The Charity continues to support other charities in the UK
like Christians Against Poverty and Christian Aid by offering
support in varied ways to the disadvantaged and differently
abled people.
• Through the Church activities, our youth have been able to
grow in their spiritual and personal lives. They could display
their skillsets, which provided opportunities for them to
learn, to lead group sessions and be involved in various
team-building activities, which aided the youths in
improvingtheir skills for collaboration and teamwork.| - Focussed education for the children and teens has been conducted regularly for their spiritual, moral and character formation. - The Church members were confident in organising and designing various events. These opportunities improved their leadership and team-building skills. ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against objectives
set|Para 1.41|| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives set|Para 1.41|| |Investment performance against
objectives|Para 1.41|| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s financial
position at the end of the period|Para 1.21|The CIO was able to meet the financial needs for the year
while maintaining the balance and holds healthy reserves to
meet the ongoingneeds of the CIO.| |Statement explaining the policy
for holding reserves stating why
they are held|Para 1.22|Life Abundant Pentecostal Church’s Reserves policy is to
maintain a sufficient level of reserves to enable operating
activities, considering the potential risks and contingencies
that may arise from time to time. The Trustees review the
policy annually and the Church Council is authorised to take
necessary steps and policies to use the reserves in line with
the Model constitution of the Assemblies of God, Great
Britain.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£30,000 as of 31stMarch 2024| |Reasons for holdingzero reserves|Para 1.22|**NA**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**NA**| |Explanation of any uncertainties
about the charity continuing as a
goingconcern|Para 1.23|**NA**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |The charity’s principal sources of
funds(includinganyfundraising)|Para 1.47|| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and objectives
including any social investment
policyadopted|Para 1.46|| |A description of the principal risks
facingthe charity|Para 1.46|| |Other||| **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed,royal charter)|Para 1.25|CIO Foundation Constitution (‘Association’ Model
Constitution)| |How is the charity constituted?
(e.g unincorporated association,
CIO)|Para 1.25|Charitable Incorporated Organisation (“the CIO”)| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of any
person or body entitled to
appoint one or more trustees|Para 1.25|The Senior Minister and other Trustees shall nominate and
appoint new Trustees from time to time.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Policies and procedures adopted
for the induction and training of
trustees|Para 1.51|| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider network
with which the charity works|Para 1.51|Trustees – Deacons – Team Leaders – Team Members
Current Teams in place are Administration, Mission and
Charity, Worship Team, Prayer Ministry, Finance, Media,
Women Ministry, Youth Ministry, Children’s Ministry and
Hospitality.
**Partnership**
The Church partners with Assemblies of God GB, which is one
the largest mainstream Pentecostal movements in the UK.
Each church in this movement is requested to donate 3% of
their regularly received offerings from their members to their
national office in Deva Centre, Manchester.
The Church partners with other UK- based charities such as
Open Hands Trust (Leicester), Kindle Community Limited,
Birmingham Pentecostal Fellowship, Christians Against
Poverty and Christian Aid.| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Life Abundant Pentecostal Church| |---|---| |Other name the charityuses|LAPC| |Registered charitynumber|1181849| |Charity’s principal address|32 Grove Road
Leicester
LE8 6LN| **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |**Trustee name**|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not**
**for wholeyear**|**Name of person (or body) entitled to**
**appoint trustee(if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |Dr Wessly Lukose||Chair of Charity|||| |Mr Biju Matthew|||||| |Mr Joy Thomas|||||| |Dr Shebu Lukose|||||| |Mr|Jacob Roy||||| ||Corporate trustees – names of the directors at||||| ||**Director name**||||| ||NA||||| ||Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity||||| ||**Trustee name**||**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**||| ||NA||||| ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** |Description of the assets held in this capacity|NA| |---|---| |Name and objects of the charity on whose
behalf the assets are held and how this falls
within the custodian charity’s objects|NA| |Details of arrangements for safe custody and
segregation of such assets from the charity’s
own assets|NA| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**| |---|---|---| |**Type of adviser**
**Name**
**Address**||| |**For advice on compliance,**
**reporting for Charity**
**Commission and Companies**
**House**|Sebastian and Daughters Ltd
(Independent Examiner)|17 Neals Corner,
2 Bath Road, Hounslow, Middlesex,
TW3 3HJ| |**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**||| |NA||| **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **NA** **Other optional information NA** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s)** Mr Biju Matthew **Full name(s)** Dr Wessly Lukose **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Chair of Trustee Trustee **etc)** **Date** ¢hwrEly Na¥Bg EABUNDANT PENTECOSTAL ¢HiIR¢H (if -ryl 1181849 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a Forthe I￿0d PeFyyI f'a'a ir23 IunLts Tfrtalfumds L9￿y￿r f•th•fthir06t£ b)thE A1 ROCO 33,935.Ni I3￿35 Fasthig ppygl 1.301 475 Ch*lty &Allslth7 FA[YthyC¢rNribuUO￿j Suthyofferfry OthBrr4AY*Io 95￿.rxj 9.$90 42.035 a,￿9 31231 42,035.(￿1 20,282.27 728 R•tstsi Inwm¢ #o (570 134 £13.833 1303$ Fwrt 80 s>ft*a9kn 38,622.831 st￿ total(Gro8s thcom8 trAR) 47lfS 125,W 2 Assfy¢ ano In￿sImOnt (Soe table). Sub totel Totalmeeipts 118.65 41.815 166A65 121D3S A3 Paym¢nts £18.LWI £11.4011 1$Aie s.￿0 11.401 Rgtptsloxpon5e¥ l￿al oxpensBs £3831 £272 145 272 187 U87 17¥ 5,47S £C4.652 14852 737 GU¢fOr￿s1￿r9rnln1SI9l RefreEh￿￿tS 3.760 1,100 AOG Subgcnpb £L1231 £681 1,12> 670 Y5 116 Sub tof 40.$11 A4A55Pt and Invesknerrt pur¢hasBS, {wt•l)l•l Sub total Totalpayments 67,908 67,9118 40,516 ¥V•tof r•e•lptslpayments) 50.742 68,47S 3tt,8O7 13.074 47.e15 68875 200.133 317XZJ 98,$57 84,S19 Ascash tunds lastyear end 2¥1.74D 330297 147.2t1 231.740 trf¢tsd ndowmont funds CateuTts Dfjtslls d8 io nMr151£ tonprnt 1 Cash fund6 11.75• 31Y223 Totsl ¢*sh 13.Q74 J17,223 OK Urwpslrictsd lund8 OK Restricted funds OK Endowmtsnt funds Det to to n￿reSt F￿nd￿)￿tACh Detaltg Cwr&ntVobJ loptl¢nthll ets STddri B4Ass•ts rotalned lorthe ch•lty'$ own use Ca earmm ca￿e5 P￿Tra￿¥￿r& Caè*s mplrfier, SJeaker& $4&¥ocths P￿orth￿r& C 24 34D Futsd knTAknth enduo loptlon Syd by0￿(r￿¥0*￿teesc￿ behatr Pir￿ N3 Dat6of¥pro¥ 2>101￿0?5 Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trusteesl members of LIFE ABUNDANT PENTECOSTAL CHURCH On accounts for the year ended 31 March 2024 Charity no (if any) 1181849 Set out on pages (remember lo include the page numbers of additional sheelsl Respective The charity's Irustees aTe responsible for the preparation of the acGounls. The responsibilities of charity's trustees consider that an audit is not required for thi5 year under section trustees and examlnèr 144121 of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act) and that an independent examination is needed. It 15 My responsibility to.. examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Act. lo follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 14515llbl of the 2011 Act, and to slate whether particular matters have come to my attention. Basls of independent My examination was carried out in accordan￿ with general Directions given by the examiner's statement Charity Commission. An examinab'on 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 the trustees concerning any sueh matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the eviden￿ that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is gwen as to whether the accounts present a 'true and fair, view and the rÈport is limited lo those mallers set out in the statement below. Independent In connection with my examination, no matter has Come lo my attention lolher than examiner's statement that disclosed below ') l. which gives me reasonable cause to believe Ihat in, any material respect, the requirements.. to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the 2011 ACL and to prepare accounts which accord with the accounts'ng records and comply with the accounting requirements of the 2011 Act have not been mel ', or 2. to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable 8 proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Please delgte the words in the brackets if they do not apply. Signed: Date: 2510112025 Sebastian Machukattu Devasia Relevant professional qualificatlonls) or body lif any): Association of Chartered Certified Accountants Qaughteys Ltd nts Address: 17 Neals Corner, 2 Bath Road Hounslow , Middlesex TW3 3HJ rtered Ger 17 Ne3 ow, 2 Balh 9263 IER TEL: O Section B Disclosure Only complete if the examiner needs lo highlight material problems. Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose. IER