Bethel Apostolic Church - Leeds
Charity number 1184993
Annual Report and Financial Statements
for the year ended 31 March 2023
Bethel Apostolic Church - Leeds
Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2023
| Contents | Page |
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| Trustees' report | 2 to 4 |
| Examiner's report | 5 |
| Receipts and payments account | 6 |
| Statement of assets and liabilities | 7 |
| Notes to the accounts | 8 to 9 |
Prepared by West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO
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Bethel Apostolic Church - Leeds
Trustees' report for the year ended 31 March 2023
Reference and administrative details of the charity, its trustees and advisors
The trustees during the financial year and up to and including the date the report was approved were: Name Position Dates
David Adams Chairman Thelma Stanley Treasurer Clinton Creighton Pastor Victor Stanley Brenda Adams Gaynor Weeks-Wade Sheila Wilkinson-Caine Raymond Campbell
Resigned 22 December 2022
Resigned 22 December 2022 Appointed 25 April 2023 Appointed 25 April 2023
Charity number
1184993
Registered in England and Wales
Registered and principal address
Bankers
43-45 Victoria Road Lloyds Bank Plc Leeds 2 The Headrow LS6 1AS Leeds LS1 6PN
Independent examiner
Rhys North ACA West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO Stringer House 34 Lupton Street Leeds LS10 2QW
Structure, governance and management
The charity is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) formed on 21 August 2019.
Method of recruitment and appointment of trustees
The trustees of the charity are the Bishop, Overseer, the Senior Elder, Senior Evangelist, Senior Missionary, the Senior Deacon, the Pastor and the Senior Church Usher.
The charity trustees may appoint new or replacement trustees agreed by a resolution.
Objectives and activities
The charity's objects
To advance the Christian Religion in accordance with the Christian Faith, primarily but not exclusively within Leeds and the surrounding area.
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Bethel Apostolic Church - Leeds
Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 March 2023
Objectives and activities (continued)
The charity's main activities
Bethel Apostolic Church provides facilities for public worship and meeting the spiritual needs of attendees. The key aim is to provide support and services for the benefit of the Leeds community and the surrounding area. Members of the church and other assemblies benefit from the religious education programme that is provided. All church services are open to the public. There are no restrictions on membership in terms of ethnic groups.
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The other activities of Bethel Apostolic Church include:
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l Enhancing the religious principle in accordance with the Christian principle that God must be exalted l Engaging in missionary work, pastoral work and training of men and women to teach the tenets of worship
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l Visiting and comforting the sick and undertake other outreach work within the wider community
Women’s Department
The above department is up and running. The aims and objectives of this department is for all female brethren to work together in unity to edify, encourage and support each other. All members are encouraged to use their spiritual gifting to fulfil their kingdom purpose.
The women’s department has a wellbeing team which strives to meet the needs ... physical/spiritual and social needs of its members.
The women’s department also has a planning team which is responsible for organising and coordinating social events.
Brotherhood Department
The above department is currently in operation and currently looking at ways to encourage all of the brothers in church to develop in their faith and in turn use their gifting to build up the kingdom of God.
Community Intervention
Following overall agreement from the trustees at Bethel Apostolic Church- Leeds, the church provides funding, as and when required, to the Bethel CYDC Support Initiative project. Bethel CYDC Support Initiative (BCSI) provides a support network to help with community issues. They consist of a team who set up various programmes and initiatives aimed at assisting individuals and groups who are facing challenges and obstacles.
Bethel Apostolic Church continues to hold weekly evangelical meetings which includes the following:
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l Worship Services
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l Children & Young People Sunday School
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l Bible Study
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l Prayer Meeting
Bethel Apostolic Church has recently hosted a Local District Evangelical Meeting – namely Brotherhood Day – whereby members from the local district joined together in worship.
Public benefit statement
In setting our objectives and planning our activities our Trustees have given serious consideration to the Charity Commission’s general guidance on public benefit and in particular the advancement of religion.
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Bethel Apostolic Church - Leeds
Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 March 2023
Achievements and performance
Weekly Meetings
As a result of the above much has been achieved spiritually/emotionally, as detailed below:
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Sunday Service – During the process of worshipping, members/visitors become closely connected to God. Similarly due to the teachings of sound doctrines they develop biblical knowledge as well as
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l become deeper in their faith. Also, due to participating in services members have had the opportunity to use their spiritual giftings, which in turn has built up one’s self esteem as well as enhanced one’s spiritual growth.
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l Bible Studies – This has been a source of learning, discussion about specific topics & development of ones’ faith.
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Sunday School – Due to biblical teachings the children and young people have an awareness of biblical
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l principals/precepts. This has afforded them the opportunity to grow spiritually as well as empowered them to develop good morals.
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Wednesday Prayer Meeting – During the process of individual and corporate prayer, members who
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l attend prayer meeting have gained spiritual strength, spiritual healing & deliverance
Hospitality/Catering
Bethel Apostolic Church, Leeds has an in-house team which provides meals at functions held at the church. This includes catering for Local District meetings as well as for our fellowship day which currently occurs on a quarterly basis. The above team have also introduced an outreach team which aims at providing for the needs of disadvantaged people. Members of the church, therefore, are encouraged to contribute items of food which will in turn be handed out to those in need.
Financial review
The net receipts for the year were £9,589, all relating to unrestricted funds.
Reserves policy
The charity's free reserves, at the year end, were £111,377.
The trustees originally agreed to allocate £20,000 to the reserves, based on historical operational costs of the charity. The main reason being to help manage the risks posed by any unexpected expenditure and unforeseen daily operational costs. Overall, this will provide a level of assurance that the trustees will:
Act in the interests of the charity Protect and safeguard the assets of the charity Act with reasonable care and skill
The trustees agreed that the reserve would be reviewed on a regular basis, as an integral part of the management of the financial activities of the charity. The review would consider whether it is reasonable to increase or decrease the level of the reserves.
The trustees subsequently agreed to increase the reserves to £40,000 and this is reviewed annually. A key factor is the level and cost of maintenance still required. The level of maintenance was reviewed by the trustees during the year. To keep the reserves at the agreed level, the trustees will:
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l Identify and complete any urgent and essential maintenance work
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l Provide support to special needs request from members
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l Provide donations to other charities
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l Provide gifts to members
The trustees recognise the actual level of reserves exceeds the target level of reserves as at 31 March 2023 but are aware that these will reduce given planned additional repairs and maintenance works to the church building in 2023/2024.
Approved by the board of trustees on 19/10/2023
Thelma Stanley (Trustee)
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Bethel Apostolic Church - Leeds
Independent examiner's report to the trustees of Bethel Apostolic Church
- Leeds
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the CIO for the year ended 31 March 2023, which are set out on pages 6 to 9.
Responsibilities and basis of report
As the charity trustees of the CIO you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('the Act').
I report in respect of my examination of the CIO's accounts as carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act. In carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
Independent examiner's statement
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
1 accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the Charities Act; 2 the accounts do not accord with those records.
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Rhys North ACA
23/10/2023
West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO
Stringer House 34 Lupton Street Leeds LS10 2QW
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Bethel Apostolic Church - Leeds Receipts and payments account for the year ended 31 March 2023
| Notes 2023 Total funds £ Receipts Offerings and donations (2) 50,227 Rental income 7,897 Loan repayments 300 Bank interest 38 Total receipts 58,462 Payments Donations and financial support for members 2,732 Donations to other charities 2,490 Loans to members 1,200 Insurance 3,589 Vehicle running costs 1,625 Utilities 6,188 Stationery 395 Telephone 412 Other administration costs 1,199 Fuel 1,504 Repairs and maintenance 22,786 Cleaning 815 Catering 1,882 Professional fees 898 Accountancy and independent examination 390 Material and resources 768 Instruments - Total payments 48,873 Net receipts / (payments) 9,589 Fund balances brought forward 101,788 Fund balances carried forward 111,377 |
2022 Total funds £ 42,734 7,146 970 2 50,852 9,761 1,236 969 4,191 2,840 3,760 471 331 591 218 29,482 389 452 330 390 482 1,188 57,081 (6,229) 108,017 101,788 |
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Bethel Apostolic Church - Leeds Statement of assets and liabilities
| as at 31 March 2023 2023 Unrestricted £ Cash funds Cash at bank 111,348 Cash in hand 29 Total cash funds 111,377 Debtors and prepayments Gift Aid Outstanding Member Loans Assets retained for the charity's own use 43-45 Victoria Road, Hyde Park LS6 1AS valued at £275,000. Ford Transit minibus Computer Digital Stage Piano Liabilities Independent Examination |
2023 Restricted £ - - - |
2023 Total £ 111,348 29 111,377 2023 £ 5,400 900 6,300 2023 £ 410 410 |
2022 Total £ 101,757 31 101,788 |
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The financial statements were approved by the board of trustees on 19/10/2023
Thelma Stanley (Trustee)
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Bethel Apostolic Church - Leeds
Notes to the accounts
for the year ended 31 March 2023
1 Accounting policies
Basis of accounting
The trustees have taken advantage of section 133 of the Charities Act 2011 and have prepared the accounts on a receipts and payments basis.
There has been no change to the accounting policies since last year.
No changes have been made to the accounts for previous years.
Taxation
As a charity the organisation benefits from rates relief and is generally exempt from income tax and capital gains tax but not from VAT. Irrecoverable VAT is included in the cost of those items to which it relates.
Fund accounting
Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the charity.
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Notes to the accounts continued for the year ended 31 March 2023
| Grants and donations General donations and offerings Bethel United Manchester Bethel United Sheffield Donations from trustees Gift aid claims |
2023 Total funds £ 30,138 288 - 12,230 7,571 50,227 |
2022 Total funds £ 28,214 2,325 1,350 7,589 3,256 42,734 |
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2 Grants and donations
3 Related party transactions
Trustee expenses
No trustee received any expenses during this year or the previous year.
Donations from trustees
During the year 5 trustees made unrestricted donations to the charity totalling £12,230 (2022: 5 trustees and £7,589).
Trustee remuneration and benefits
No trustee received any remuneration or benefit during this or the previous year.
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