Living water Arabic Church End of Year Report and Accounts
Year ending 31[st] December 2020
Charity Information
Trustees: Nadia Abdelseed Adel Ekladious Raymon Eskandar (Chairman) Mervat Metry Sameh Metry Samir Suliman New trustees are appointed by the existing trustees. Governing Document: “Foundation” Model Constitution Charity Registration Number: 1182877 Registered Office: 23 Gosling Close Greenford UB6 9UE Bankers: HSBC
Objects
The objects of the CIO are:
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To advance the Christian faith for the benefit of the public in accordance with the statement of faith (stated in the charity CIO constitution) in such ways and in such parts of the United Kingdom or the World.
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Such other charitable purposes as shall, in the opinion of the Trustees, further the work of the church.
Aims and Objectives
The central tenet of Living Water Arabic Church is that the Christian Faith itself brings immediate benefit to its followers, hence the purpose of the church is to promote this faith. There is however a requirement on Christians to demonstrate their faith in very practical ways, and in the context of Living Water Church this is worked out by providing a supportive community for Arabic speaking people living in London. Many of these people have been displaced from Middle-Eastern countries through war and persecution and the community of the church meets a very real need for them and their families.
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Activities in 2020
Activities in 2020 were constrained by the COVID pandemic, but it was possible to continue many regular activities on Zoom. A summary of the activities in 2020 is as follows:
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The church weekly main service continued to be held at 2pm every Sunday, with a 45 minutes worship time, 45 minutes sermon and communion.
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Children and youth ministry in the church continued to thrive, serving over 50 children and young people, from 1-19 years old in three different age groups. One of the church members became an apprentice in the diocese of London. During the lockdown we were holding 3 Zoom meetings a week for each age group.
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Live-streaming of Sunday service on Al Horreya Christian Arabic TV, Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) and on the Church YouTube and Facebook pages continued with an estimated 10,000 people watching the services.
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A group Bible study was held every Friday evening. This was a discipleship meeting studying different courses, such as Alpha, the Prayer Course and many more.
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The church has a dedicated prayer team who met weekly on Zoom.
Plans for 2021
These are of course subject to COVID restrictions, but the provisional plans are:
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The launch of an Internet radio channel on which will be the broadcast the recordings from the “In His Presence” worship meetings which have been recorded over several years. The aim is to have a new studio to record more programmes such as daily devotions, bible teaching and youth programmes.
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The hire of a hall for a year for Youth activities such as Friday Movie Night, Saturday Youth Club, Toddler Club and Sunday Youth Church.
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Youth conference at the end of May.
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The resumption of filming of the “In His Presence” programmes at the TBN London studio during the first week of October.
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Haggai Leadership training classes on Zoom for the whole month of June.
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Annual weekend away during the last weekend of August.
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Holding of a series of evangelistic revival meetings during November.
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Financial Review
Reserves Policy
The church does not have a reserves policy, but spending is controlled to ensure there is no deficit on the accounts.
Funds in Deficit
There are no funds in deficit in the current accounting period.
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Receipts and Payments
Note
From 01 January 2020 01 January 2019 To 31 December 2020 31 December 2019
| General - General fund (Unrestricted) Fund | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income and endowments | ||||
| Donations and legacies | ||||
| Gift Aid - Bank | 3,500 | — | ||
| Donation | 31,912 | 11,916 | ||
| Giving through church boxes | 1,609 | 9,683 | ||
| Tax recoverable on Gift Aid | 1,750 | — | ||
| Total Donations and legacies | 38,772 | 21,599 | ||
| Other income | ||||
| Job Retention Sheme | 1,616 | — | ||
| Total Other income | 1,616 | — | ||
| Total income and endowments | 40,388 | 21,599 | ||
| Expenditure | ||||
| Raising funds | ||||
| Costs of fetes & other events | 1,800 | 152 | ||
| Total Raising funds | 1,800 | 152 | ||
| Expenditure on charitable activities | ||||
| Giving to missionary societies | 6,800 | 500 | ||
| Home mission | 1,600 | 1,400 | ||
| Salary of parish administrator | 21,313 | 3,907 | ||
| Vicar's telephone | 946 | 538 | ||
| Parish training and mission | — | 7,386 | ||
| Church running - insurance | 471 | 468 | ||
| Magazine expenses | 71 | — | ||
| Website expenses | 720 | 420 | ||
| Sundays TV Broadcast | 6,675 | 6,447 | ||
| Total | Expenditure on charitable activities | 38,598 | 21,068 | |
| Total expenditure | 40,398 | 21,220 | ||
| Excess of Income and endowments over Expenditure | (10) | 378 | ||
| Brought forward balance | 12,577 | 12,199 | ||
| Total carried forward balance | 12,567 | 12,577 |
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Statement of Assets and Liabilities
As at 31[st] December 2020
| Previous | ||||
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| Balance | balance | |||
| Cash at bank and in hand | ||||
| 6501: Bank current account | - Asset | |||
| General fund | Unrestricted | 12,567.58 | 12,577.73 | |
| 12,567.58 | 12,577.73 | |||
| Cash at bank and in hand | 12,567.58 | 12,577.73 | ||
| Grand Total | 12,567.58 | 12,577.73 | ||
Approved by the Trustees and signed on their behalf on the 28[th] April 2021:
Raymon Eskander.
Chairman
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