## **WARRIORS OF PRAISE INTERNATIONAL CHURCH** ## **ANNUAL TRUSTEES’ REPORT & ACCOUNTS FOR YEAR ENDING 31[ST] DECEMBER 2022** Warriors of Praise International Church – Annual Report & Accounts Y/E 31[st] December 2022 1 of 7 ## **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 10 Shearwater Court, Crawley West Sussex RH11 0SH Bankers Barclays Bank Plc 10-12 The Martletts, Crawley RH10 1ES Warriors of Praise International Church – Annual Report & Accounts Y/E 31[st] December 2022 2 of 7 ## **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 objective in 2022 was to re-establish prayer meetings, Sunday services and other activities that had been seriously disrupted and curtailed during the Covid pandemic. Regular Sunday gatherings for worship had been resumed at Broadfield in Crawley during 2021 but restoring outreach activities, as well as our program to overhaul associated policies and procedures proved a much greater challenge during 2022 than expected. ## **Pastoral Care** Pastoral care during 2022 continued to be led by Pr. Frank with support from Church Trustees and volunteers. ## **Achievements and Performance** During the early part of 2022 and following completion of a wide-ranging training program attended by Trustees, Pastors and volunteers, plans were developed to refine the Church’s Vision and Mission Statements. These Statements now provide a much clearer focus on where and how best we can direct available resources. ## **Safeguarding** The Church is a subscriber to Thirtyone:eight (formerly Churches' Child Protection & Advisory Service). Warriors of Praise International Church – Annual Report & Accounts Y/E 31[st] December 2022 3 of 7 ## **Public Benefit** Trustees continue to have due regard for the guidance on public benefit published by the Charity Commission and within the scope of the Church’s stated objectives, they endeavour to comply fully therewith. ## **Governance** Matters of Church doctrine and ministry are the direct responsibility of the Senior Pastor, working with the Trustees. 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. ## **Financial Review** Total receipts for the full year ended 31[st] December 2022 amounted to £4,506 (2021: £6,915). 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 2022 amounted to £4,612 (2021: £3,060), of which £3,737 (2021: £1,721) was for the hire of premises to conduct public worship services. There was no expenditure on capital equipment during the year. The net cash balance at 31[st] December 2022 was £9,842 (2021: £9,948). ## **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 £9,842 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. 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. Warriors of Praise International Church – Annual Report & Accounts Y/E 31[st] December 2022 4 of 7 Offerings, tithes & The full amount of all money collected or received on behalf of the Church other income: is required to be paid or transferred as soon as possible into the Church Bank account. Where appropriate the following information is recorded. - the name of the donor/payor, - the full amount received, - 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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