# **R rt of the Trustees epo** 

# **and** 

# **Unaudited Financial Statements for the Period ended 31st M 2023 ay** 

**For** 

**Zion Christian Fellowship Bury St Edmunds United Kingdom** 

**Charity number: 1184192** 

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## **Zion Christian Fellowship Bury St Edmunds United Kingdom** 

**CONTENTS** 


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|Trustees Annual Report|-|3 – 4|
|Receipts and Payment Account|-|5|
|Statement of Assets and Liabilities|-|6|

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## **Zion Christian Fellowship Bury St Edmunds** 

## **Trustees’ Annual Report** 

## For the period ended 31st May 2023 

The trustees have pleasure in presenting their report together with the financial statements for the period ended 31st May 2023 

## **Reference & Administrative Information** 

Charity Name : Zion Christian Fellowship Bury St Edmunds Charity No : 1184192 Address : Christ Church, Lawson Place 

Bury St. Edmunds 

IP32 7EW 

Number          : 07367778977 

: zcfpastor@gmail.com 

Trustees (Church Council) 

Saji Thomas – Chairman Rev Joshva John                                           - Trustee Rev Shiju Niravel Thankachan - Trustee 

Other Trustees who served during the year 

None 

## Structure, Governance & Management 

## **Constitution** 

This Charity is a Christian organization. It is governed by its constitution which was adopted on 01[st] July 2019. AICC was granted charitable status by the Charily Commission. 

## **Appointment of Trustees** 

Trustees are elected at the Annual General Meeting. 

## **Management** 

The trustees are responsible for the strategic direction and governance of the organisation whilst day-to-day running. We also have several volunteer leaders to assist on a rota basis. 

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## **Zion Christian Fellowship Bury St Edmunds** 

## **Objectives & Activities** 

## **Charitable Purposes** 

1.  The advancement of the Christian faith 

2. The relief of those in need by reason of age, ill health, disability, financial hardship or other hardships 

## **Activities in detail** : 

We have set out in this report, the main activities undertaken by the organization as outlined by ZIONCHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP objects set out in its governing document. In doing so, we have had due regards to the public benefit guidance published by the charity commission. Sunday Service: Every Sunday, we conduct corporate community worship, which is one of the major activities of the organization. One of the key goals of conduction Sunday services for the community to gather to worship and to motivate the members to build up their spiritual, moral, and social life. Through these services, we can support the people in need via prayer, counselling and emotional upliftment which enabled them to work towards resolving their problems and predicaments. Mission Work: Along with the mission work, we have also initiated and supported community building activities in these locations. Concomitantly we are also supporting one missionary in the United Kingdom. Sunday School Primary focused on children. A well-established syllabus is followed to impart Christian values and to root them in the Christian faith and address their concerns in a very comfortable and safe environment. Youth Ministry This ministry targeted at the youths and young adults in the community. Community Support The charity has extended its philanthropic help various members of the community in times of their dire needs as per the guidance of the trustee board. 

We have set out in this report, the main activities undertaken by the organisation ln order to carry out the as outlined by ZION CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP objects set out in its governing document. In doing so, we have had due regards to the public benefit guidance published by the charity commission. Sunday Service: Every Sunday, we conduct corporate community worship, which is one of the major activities of the organization. One of the key goals of conduction Sunday services for the community to gather to worship and to motivate the members to build up their spiritual, moral, and social life. Through these services, we can support the people in need via prayer, counselling and emotional upliftment which enabled them to work towards resolving their problems and predicaments. Mission Work: Along with the mission work, we have also initiated and supported community building activities in these locations. Concomitantly we are also supporting one missionary in the United Kingdom. Sunday School Primary focused on children. A well-established syllabus is followed to impart Christian values and to root the min the Christian faith and address their concerns in a very comfortable and safe environment. Youth Ministry This ministry targeted at the youths and young adults in the community. Community Support The charity has extended its philanthropic help various members of the community in times of their dire needs as per the guidance of the trustee board. 

## **Financial Review** 

Gross income for the year is £9,728.05. The resources expended are £9,396.77 Therefore the surplus for the year is £331.28 

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||**ZION CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP CHURCH**|**ZION CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP CHURCH**|**ZION CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP CHURCH**|**ZION CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP CHURCH**|**ZION CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP CHURCH**|**CC16a**|<br> <br> <br> <br>|
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||**Receipts andpayments accounts**|||||||
|||**For the**<br>**period**|Period<br>start date|||||
||||01-06-2022|**To**|31-05-2023|||
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|**Section A Receipts andpayments**||||||||
|||**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**|**Restricted**<br>**funds**|**Endowment**<br>**funds**|**Total funds**|**Last year**||
|||**to the nearest**<br>**£**|<br>**to the**<br>**nearest £**|**to the nearest**<br>**£**|**to the nearest**<br>**£**|**to the nearest £**||
|**A1 Receipts**||||||||
|Offering||**2,295.34**|**-**|**-**|**2,295.34**|**1,005.35**||
|Tithe||**3,825.00**|||**3,825.00**|**970.00**||
|Donation||**832.00**|**-**|**-**|**832.00**|**300.00**||
|Other Income||**2,775.71**|**-**|**-**|**2,775.71**|||
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR) _<br>||**9,728.05**|**-**|**-**|**9,728.05**|**2,275.35**||
|~~**A2 Asset and investment sales,**~~<br>**(see table).**||||||||
|**_Sub total_**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||
|**_Total receipts_ **||**9,728.05**|**-**|**-**|**9,728.05**|**2,275.35**||
|**A3 Payments**||||||||
|Rent||**1,843.00**|**-**|**-**|**1,843.00**|**1,050.00**||
|honorarium to visiting preachers||**1,250.00**|**-**|**-**|**1,250.00**|**100.00**||
|Refreshment||**1,341.38**|**-**|**-**|**1,341.38**|||
|Electronics||**1,573.50**|**-**|**-**|**1,573.50**|**1,040.00**||
|Insurance||**143.18**|**-**|**-**|**143.18**|||
|Other expenses||**3,245.71**|**-**|**-**|**3,245.71**|||
|Printing & Stationery||||||**245.00**||
|Professional Charges||||||**80.00**||
|Office cost|||**-**|**-**|**-**|**129.00**||
|Bank charges||||||**0.08**||
|**_Sub total_ **||**9,396.77**|**-**|**-**|**9,396.77**|**2,644.08**||
|**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases, (see table)**||**-**||||**-**||
|**_Sub total_**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||
|**_Total payments_ **||**9,396.77**|**-**|**-**|**9,396.77**|**2,644.08**||
|**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**||**331.28**|<br>**-**|**-**|**331.28**|**-368.73**||
|**A5 Transfers between funds**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||
|**A6 Cash funds last year end**||**756.82**|<br>**-**|**-**|**756.82**|**1,125.55**||
|**_Cash funds this year end_**||**1,088.10**|<br>**-**|**-**|**1,088.10**|**756.82**||



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|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities**||||
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|**Categories**|**Details**||**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**|**Restricted**<br>**funds**|**Endowment**<br>**funds**|
||||**to nearest £**|**to nearest £**|**to nearest £**|
|**B1 Cash funds**|Cash/ Cheques in hand|||**-**|**-**|
||Cash at bank||**1,088**|**-**|**-**|
||**_Total cash funds_**||**1,088**<br><br>|**-**|**-**|
||(agreebalances withreceipts<br>andpayments account(s))||OK<br>|OK|OK|
||||**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**|**Restricted**<br>**funds**|**Endowment**<br>**funds**|
||**Details**||**to nearest £**|**to nearest £**|**to nearest £**|
|**B2 Other monetary assets**|||**-**||**-**|
|||||**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|**-**|
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||**Details**||**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs **|**Cost (optional)**|**Current value**<br>**(optional)**|
|**B3 Investment assets**||||**-**|**-**|
|||||**-**|**-**|
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||**Details**||**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs **|**Cost (optional)**|**Current value**<br>**(optional)**|
|**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**||||**-**|**-**|
|||||**-**|**-**|
|||||**-**|**-**|
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||**Details**||**Fund to which**<br>**liability relates**|**Amount due**<br>**(optional)**|**When due**<br>**(optional)**|
|**B5 Liabilities**||||**-**||
|||||**-**||
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|Signed by one or two trustees on<br>behalf of all the trustees|Signature||Print Name||Date of approval|
||||Saji Thomas|||
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