## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year **From** 01 04 2023 **To** 31 03 2024 ## Section A Reference and administration details **Charity name** Bethesda Shalom **Other names charity is known by** **Registered charity number (if any)** 1182981 **Charity's principal address** Bethesda Shalom 80 New Road Willenhall **Postcode** WV13 2DA ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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4|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Paul M. Williams|Pastor/Chair||| ||Dr. David Donovan|||| ||Nathiena Williams|||| ||Aaron Sheldon|||| ## **Section B Structure, governance and management** ## **Description of the charity’s trusts** Type of governing document CIO Foundational Constitution (eg. trust deed, constitution) Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) How the charity is constituted - (eg. trust, association, company) Elected by existing Trustees Trustee selection methods - (eg. appointed by, elected by) **TAR** March **2012** 1 ## **Section C Objectives and activities** **Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document** To advance the Christian Faith for the benefit of the public through encouraging and facilitating the practice of Christianity in agreement with the Statement of Faith. This includes the provision of a place of meeting for the public worship of God via preaching/teaching of the Bible, communion, prayer, praise, fellowship, and almsgiving; including evangelistic outreach and discipleship. - To engage in and encourage regular public worship of God, having as central the person of Jesus Christ, the Bible, preaching, teaching, prayer, worship and fellowship. **Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)** - To instruct people of all ages in the Word of God through sound teaching and godly preaching so as to encourage and equip believers to live worthy of the high calling in Christ Jesus in all matters of faith and conduct. - - To hold fast to the truth of God’s Word, endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace, in humility and selfsacrifice, preferring one another in love. - - To provide a fellowship where the love of Christ is expressed through personal ministry, discipleship, encouragement, discipline, service, forgiveness and practical care. - - To always remember our persecuted Brethren in prayer and to express the love of God towards them in endeavouring to meet their needs practically and financially by supporting ministries that reach out to them in love. - - To proclaim the Gospel of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, leading those who repent and believe in Him for salvation into Membership in the local Church. - - To baptise believers and make disciples of Jesus Christ out of every nation. - - To encourage and train believers in the employment of their gifts and talents in the service of Christ. - To support the ministry of the wider fellowship of Churches who also hold fast to the historic and orthodox Christian Faith. - - To support the work of missions in proclaiming the Gospel of Jesus Christ. - - To express the love of God in practical ways to all those in need but especially to the poor, widows and orphans. **TAR** March **2012** 2 Section D Achievements and performance **Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year** Bethesda Shalom has seen God’s continued hand of blessing throughout 2023-24 with Members continuing to come from as far afield as WEM, Stourport and Birmingham. Those in regular attendance are around 40 people. As a Church, we continue to place the person of Jesus Christ as central to our gathering together as one Body in Christ, this is reflected in the strong preaching of God’s Word, Bible study, discipleship classes and the partaking of the Lord’s Supper weekly. In addition to meeting the needs of people locally, Bethesda Shalom reaches out nationally and globally via its website and YouTube channel. The Church’s YouTube channel has hundreds of videos uploaded with many hundreds of people worldwide, watching the weekly sermons and downloading the podcasts and articles from the website monthly. 2023-24 marks the third full year spent together as a congregation in the new Church building located in Willenhall Town Centre. We have seen new members added with many more visitors passing through on a Sunday to join the service. Prayer continues to be a fundamental vision of the Church as we call on the Lord to turn back the current tide of apostasy within the land and to revive His Church, beginning with our own lives. To that end, an increasing handful of Members currently meet five times a week to pray. **This year saw an amazing miracle of God’s providence as a gift of £96,911.65 was given by a couple to pay in full the outstanding loan to this exact amount. Originally when undertaking the restoration of the Church from a state of dereliction, four years ago. The Trustees prayerfully were led to secure a loan of £100K to help finance the internal works in the Chapel. Within three years, this loan has been paid in full, leaving the Charity completely debt-free to the glory of God! We are most thankful! It could not have come at a better time as the Church celebrated its tenth anniversary in April 2024.** Bethesda Shalom continues to support other ministries monthly via financial giving. These include New Foundations (a medical mission to the Niger Delta), Bryce Homes (an orphanage in Hatti caring for orphans and widows), Messianic Testimony (a UK mission to the Jewish people), Barnabas Fund (a Christian aid relief charity) and Christian Institute (a Christian UK based pressure group). In addition to these ministries, we also support two overseas ministers whilst providing help to struggling Members within our home congregation. The annual Sanctuary Conferences continue to be a great blessing. More than a hundred people convened together from across the UK for the purpose of seeking the face of God. We look ahead to the year 2024-25 with great anticipation as we continue to be faithful to God’s Word and prayer, endeavouring to walk in more fervent love for one another, looking for a sovereign outpouring of God’s Spirit. **TAR** March **2012** 3 ## **Section E Financial review** ## **Brief statement of the** **charity’s policy on reserves** At the close of the financial year 2023/24, there are cash reserves of £10,000. A large portion of this is designated funds for the continued completion of the restoration work of the Church building. **Details of any funds materially in deficit** ## **Further financial review details (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about: - the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising); - how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity; - investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted. ## **Section F Other optional information** ## **Section G Declaration** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s) Full name(s)** Paul Matthew Williams **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Chair **etc)** **Date** 30/01/2025 **TAR** March **2012** 4 |**Charity Name**||**No (if any)**|| |---|---|---|---| |**Bethesda Shalom**||**1182981**|| |**Receipts and payments accounts**|||**CC16a**| |**For the period**
**from**|Period start date
01/04/2023|Period end date
**To**
31/03/2024|| ## **Section A Receipts and payments** |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest**
**£**
**10,541**
**119,153**
**490**
**13,693**
**3,226**
**700**
**36**
**-**
**147,840**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**147,840**
**2,700**
**13,430**
**5,179**
**15,656**
**1,224**
**3,180**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**41,369**
**10,353**
**106,515**
**116,868**
**158,236**
**- 10,397**
**20,487**
**10,090**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**10,541**
**119,153**
**490**
**13,693**
**3,226**
**700**
**36**
**-**
**147,840**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**147,840**
**2,700**
**13,430**
**5,179**
**15,656**
**1,224**
**3,180**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**41,369**
**10,353**
**106,515**
**116,868**
**158,236**

**- 10,397**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**10,541**
**119,153**
**490**
**13,693**
**3,226**
**700**
**36**
**-**
**147,840**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**147,840**
**2,700**
**13,430**
**5,179**
**15,656**
**1,224**
**3,180**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**41,369**
**10,353**
**106,515**
**116,868**
**158,236**

**- 10,397**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Gift Aid Donations|**10,541**||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**10,541**||**12,200**| |Non Gift Aid Donations|**119,153**|||**119,153**||**23,937**| |Conference Donations|**490**|||**490**||**1,760**| |Conference Bookings|**13,693**|||**13,693**||**12,949**| |HMRC Gift Aid|**3,226**|||**3,226**||**5,525**| |Miscellaneous|**700**|||**700**||**-**| |Interest|**36**|||**36**||**4**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**147,840**|||**147,840**||**56,375**| |||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).**||||||| |Asset Loan(The CharityBank)|**-**||**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**|||**-**||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**||||||| ||||**-**|**147,840**||**56,375**| |||||||| |
Maintenance,Repairs & Renewals|**2,700**||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**2,700**||**5,007**| |Conference Expenses|**13,430**|||**13,430**||**12,830**| |Utilities & IT|**5,179**|||**5,179**||**4,131**| |Missions,Evangelism,Aid & Support,Gifts|**15,656**|||**15,656**||**13,327**| |Bank,Insurance & Professional Fees|**1,224**|||**1,224**||**1,012**| |Sundries|**3,180**|||**3,180**||**5,185**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**41,369**|||**41,369**||**41,492**| |||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see**
**table)**||||||| |Providence Chapel Fixtures & Fittings|**10,353**||**-**
**-**
**-**|**10,353**||**14,261**| |Loan Repayments - The CharityBank|**106,515**|||**106,515**||**8,434**| |**_Sub total_ **|**116,868**|||**116,868**||**22,695**| |**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||| ||||**-**|**158,236**||**64,187**| |||||||| ||**- 10,397**|**-**|**-**|
**- 10,397**||**- 7,811**| ||||**-**
**-**|**-**||**-**| ||**20,487**|||**20,487**||**28,298**| ||**10,090**|**-**|**-**|**10,090**||**20,487**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 30/01/2025 1 |**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**|| |---|---|---|---| |**Categories**
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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))
HSBC Bank Account@310324
HSBC Bank Account@310324
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Loan - The CharityBank@310324
Signature|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**9,416**
**674**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**10,090**
**-**
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OK
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**funds**
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**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**Fund to which**
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**Cost (optional)**
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Paul M. Williams|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||**19,660**| ||||**827**| ||||**-**| ||||**20,487**| ||||Agreement
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