WARRIORS OF PRAISE INTERNATIONAL CHURCH
ANNUAL TRUSTEES’ REPORT & ACCOUNTS FOR YEAR ENDING 31[ST] DECEMBER 2020
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Administrative information
Charity name Warriors of Praise International Church Trustees Tracy Katushabe Angela Luzinda Alan Blackman Senior Pastor Frank Ntabaazi Charity number 1183713 Registered Office 4 Dampier Walk, Crawley West SussexRH11 9JT Bankers Barclays Bank Plc 90-92 High Street Crawley RH10 1BP
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Aim and purposes
Warriors of Praise International Church (the Church) was registered as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation on 4[th] June 2019 with two aims;
firstly, to advance the Christian religion for the benefit of the public through the holding of prayer meetings and lectures, public celebration of religious festivals, producing and/or distributing literature on the Christian religion to enlighten others about the Christian religion, and the broadcasting of messages of an evangelistic and teaching nature and
secondly, to provide or assisting in the provision of facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation or other leisure time occupation of individuals who have need of such facilities by reason of their youth, age, infirmity or disability, financial hardship or social circumstances with the object of improving their conditions of life.
Objectives and Activities
The Church’s immediate objective in 2019 was (a) to regularise and sustain prayer meetings, Sunday services and weekly youth groups that had previously been established under the same name at Crawley in West Sussex and (b) to develop outreach and evangelical activities both nationally and internationally. By the start of 2020 most of these objectives had either been realised or were in the early stages of development.
Initial work by Trustees and Pastors to improve policies and procedures for Church governance and compliance with best practice in areas such as Gospel ministry, safeguarding, data protection and financial accountability continued during the early part of 2020. However, the impact of Covid 19 regulations on all areas of Church activity was considerable and from March 2020 many regular functions had to be suspended until April 2021 when legal restrictions began to ease. Trustees and Pastors, together with several Church members were able to use some of 2020 for training and strategic planning but progress towards the Church’s stated objectives was severely handicapped.
Pastoral Care
Pastoral care is led by Pr. Frank with active support from the Church Trustees and volunteers who maintain regular contact with members of the congregation and respond to various individual needs as they arise.
Achievements and Performance
The regular local activities of the Church are based at Broadfield Youth & Community Centre in Crawley where, except for the period of Covid 19 restrictions, services have been held every Sunday.
The Church is a subscriber to Thirtyone:eight (formerly Churches' Child Protection & Advisory Service).
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Public Benefit
The Trustees remain mindful of their duty to have due regard for the guidance on public benefit published by the Charity Commission and within the constraints of Covid 19 restrictions have endeavoured to comply fully therewith.
Governance
Matters of Church doctrine and ministry are the direct responsibility of the Senior Pastor, working with the Trustees.
The Trustees meet regularly together and also with the Senior Pastor to oversee and direct the activities of the Church. Pre Covid work to facilitate greater delegation of tasks to appointed committees or suitable members of the Congregation was resumed towards the end of 2020 and it is now hoped this will be largely implemented during 2021.
The Church is registered with the Charity Commission under its Association Model form of constitution for a CIO. The constitution requires a minimum of 3 and a maximum of 12 eligible trustees who have the power to admit or expel members. One third of Trustees retire by rotation at each AGM and may be reappointed or replaced by a majority vote of members.
Financial Review
Total receipts for the full year ended 31[st] December 2020 amounted to £3,810. There was no grant income and receipts during the period were made up almost entirely from tithes, donations and cash collections. There were no restricted donations or endowments and all receipts were therefore unrestricted funds.
Total expenditure for the full year to 31[st] December 2020 amounted to £2,458 of which £1,018 was for the hiring of premises. There was no expenditure on capital equipment during the year.
The net cash balance at 31[st] December 2020 was £6,092 (2019: £4,740).
Reserves policy
It is the Church’s policy to maintain a balance on unrestricted funds (if possible), equivalent to at least six months unrestricted payments for planned regular activities. The main purpose of this reserve is to cover unforeseen or emergency situations that may arise from time to time. The Trustees consider that the balance of £6,092 held as unrestricted funds at the yearend is more than sufficient to meet this requirement.
Financial Controls
The Church endeavours to maintain strict financial controls and has adopted the following policies.
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Church Expenditure:
All Church income & expenditure is strictly accounted for.
No single Trustee, Pastor or Member is able to make a financial commitment on behalf of or in the name of the Church. All payments and other financial commitments require the approval of at least two Trustees.
Offerings, tithes & other income:
The full amount of all money collected or received on behalf of the Church is required to be paid or transferred as soon as possible into the Church Bank account.
Where appropriate the following information is recorded.
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the name of the donor/payor,
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the full amount received,
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any restrictions or instructions attached to donations (e.g. for support of a particular project, the purchase of a piece of equipment or for use in a specified area of the Church’s work). Any money received without notified restrictions is used solely to support the mission of the Church.
All donors/payors are requested to make cheques payable to “Warriors of Praise International Church” or encouraged to make payments by direct transfer to the Church bank account
Cash donations should be placed in the collection basket at Church Services.
Where reasonably practical, all Church officers are asked to avoid personally accepting cash payments intended for the Church or for Church activities.
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CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND ANC WALES Warriors of Praise International Church 1183713 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period from To D110112020 31I1Y2020 Section A Receipts and payments UnrestEiCted funds Restricted fund¥ Endowment fund8 Tot•1 funds Last yur trj tt•ar4st totm n•ar4st to th• IL•aMst£ toth• tri•aMst£ ¥J tm Mar•st E A1 Receipt8 Volunlaryreceipls-pre Egislralion Volunlaryreceipts-p051 iegislrabon oth rectyS 4729 4589 ?.810 J.810 fOTa ross Income AR) 3,810 3,810 10.340 A2 Asset and Inv08tment sale4 (seè tablèl. tora Totsl receiprs 3.810 A3 Payments Costs of ChantaL4e act111 2h68 2,459 537 Sub tt>ial 2,461 4537 A4 Asset anil investmèAt urchase8 see tab Fixed as5et5 1.070 1,070 2,469 5,608 of receiprs/{payments) AS Transfer8 between funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds rhis year end 1,352 1,352 6,092 6,092 4740 Warriors of Praise IntÈrnational Church-Annual Report & Accounts YIE 31tt DÈcÈmber 2020 6of7
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