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Trustees' Annual Report

for the year ended 31 March 2022

Bethel House of Prayer · Part of Bethel International Ministries · Registered Charity No. 1181909

Reference and Administrative Details

Charity name: Bethel House of Prayer

Also known as: part of Bethel International Ministries

Registered charity number: 1181909

Charity structure: Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO)

Principal address: 3 Princes Drive, Pontefract, WF8 4SP

Governing document: Constitution of the CIO, as adopted

Trustees

The following served as charity trustees during the year and up to the date of this report:

Name	Role	Date of appointment
BONNY IYPE	Chair	31 January 2019
AMARESH VELAMURI	Trustee	01 February 2019
SONIA IYPE	Trustee	01 February 2019
SHALET EDISON	Trustee	01 February 2019

Structure, Governance and Management

Bethel House of Prayer is constituted as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation. The charity is governed by its trustees, who meet regularly to oversee the running of the fellowship and are supported by a small team of volunteers.

Objects and Activities

The objects of the charity are the advancement of the Christian faith and such other charitable purposes as the trustees may from time to time determine, for the public benefit.

During the year, the charity's activities consisted of:

• Sunday worship service

• Sunday School for children

• Wednesday evening prayer meeting

The trustees confirm that they have had regard to the Charity Commission's guidance on public benefit in exercising their duties.

Achievements and Performance

The charity continued to hold its regular pattern of Sunday worship, Sunday School and Wednesday prayer meetings throughout the year, welcoming a multicultural congregation reflecting the diversity of the local community. The trustees are grateful to the volunteers who supported these activities.

Financial Review

The charity had no incoming resources and no resources expended during the year. The charity held no funds at the start of the year and held no funds at the end of the year.

The trustees confirm that the charity has no material financial transactions to report and no reserves policy is required at this time, given the charity's current level of activity.

Structure and Reserves Policy

As the charity has not yet received or expended funds, the trustees have not adopted a formal reserves policy. This will be kept under review as the charity's financial activity develops.

Trustees' Responsibilities Statement

The trustees are responsible for preparing the Trustees' Annual Report and the accounts in accordance with applicable law and regulations. Charity law requires the trustees to prepare accounts for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and of its financial activities for that year.

The trustees confirm that, as far as they are aware, there is no relevant information of which the charity's examiner is unaware, and each trustee has taken all steps that they ought to have taken to make themselves aware of any relevant information and to establish that the examiner is aware of that information.

Approved by the trustees on 29 July 2026 and signed on their behalf by:

Name: BONNY IYPE

Position: Chair of Trustees

Receipts and Payments Accounts

for the year ended 31 March 2022

A. Receipts

Receipts	£
Donations and gifts	0.00
Gift Aid recovered	0.00
Other incoming resources	0.00
Total receipts	0.00

B. Payments

Payments	£
Charitable activities	0.00
Governance costs	0.00
Other expenditure	0.00
Total payments	0.00

C. Statement of Balances

Balances	£
Cash funds at start of year	0.00
Total receipts (from A)	0.00
Total payments (from B)	0.00
Cash funds at end of year	0.00

D. Statement of Assets and Liabilities at the End of the Year

The charity held no monetary assets, no investment assets, no other assets, and had no liabilities at the end of the year.

Approved on behalf of the trustees:

Name: BONNY IYPE (Chair of Trustees) Date: 29 July 2026