## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 01/09/2023 To 31/08/2024** ## **Charity name: Leicester Christian Tabernacle** ## **Charity registration number: 1185133** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**To advance the Christian faith in**
**accordance with the Statement of Faith**
**throughout England and Wales for the**
**public benefit, mainly but not exclusively**
**by**
**• Providing a place of worship**
**• Printing, circulating and publishing**
**Christian literature.**| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or services
identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|**The primary public benefit was providing**
**a place of worship. People were**
**encouraged to attend at least three**
**services per week on Tuesdays,**
**Wednesdays, and Sundays. Additionally,**
**special prayer meetings were held once a**
**month on Fridays. During services,**
**attendees enjoyed sermons based on the**
**Word of God, lively worship, and prayer**
**time. They also had the opportunity to**
**hear from visiting preachers from**
**London, Nottingham, and Newcastle.**
**Services provided a space for people to**
**offload their burdens, receive prayers,**
**and even obtain small financial support**
**for necessities like food, transportation,**
**or rent. The public also had access to a**
**vast collection of books, brochures, and**
**circular letters at the church to deepen**
**their knowledge, faith, and relationship**
**with God.**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**I can confirm that I have had regard to the**
**guidance issued by the Charity**
**Commission on public benefit**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Other ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|**This year, our church saw an increase in**
**attendance, especially on Sundays, with**
**over 70 people present. We celebrated**
**over 10 baptisms and rejoiced in**
**reaching people through our website.**
**Hundreds of sermons were recorded and**
**broadcasted via our YouTube channel to**
**reach a wider audience. We kept our**
**community informed through the What's**
**Up group and offered a dedicated prayer**
**service for people to bring their requests**
**and receive help from God. Additionally,**
**we provided brochures to strengthen the**
**faith of believers.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41| |---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|| |---|---|---| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**The total receipts of unrestricted funds**
**amounted to £30,223, which came**
**entirely from tithes and offerings. Of this,**
**£29,955 was spent on rent, electricity**
**bills, assistance for believers,**
**transportation and hotels for visiting**
**preachers, and other smaller costs**
**related to running the church. As of 31st**
**August 2024, the balances carried**
**forward on unrestricted funds totalled**
**£7,760, with £6,350 set aside as a**
**potential future deposit toward a new**
**worship hall.**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**Leicester Christian Fellowship aims to**
**maintain a positive balance on**
**unrestricted funds by the end of the**
**accounting period. This goal was**
**achieved in the 2023-2024 year. Of the**
**£7,760 in reserves, £6,350 is held as a**
**deposit for a future new worship hall.**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£6,350**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**N/A**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**N/A**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**There are no concerns**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |||| |---|---|---| |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||**The charity does not manage any trusts.**| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Written constitution**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**The charity is constituted as an**
**unincorporated association, governed by**
**a written constitution adopted by the**
**members. The charity is registered with**
**the Charity Commission for England and**
**Wales (charity number: 1185133).**
**The board of trustees are responsible for**
**the overall governance and strategic**
**direction of the charity. The constitution**
**sets out the process for the appointment,**
**retirement, and removal of trustees, as**
**well as the procedures for meetings and**
**decision-making.**
**The charity’s constitution also outlines**
**the charitable purposes for which its**
**assets must be used and provides for the**
**proper management and dissolution of**
**the charity in accordance with charity**
**law.**| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|**The charity in general meeting elects the**
**officers and the other trustees. The**
**trustees may appoint any person who is**
**willing to act as a trustee.**| |**Additional information (optional)**
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You may choose to include further statements|where relevant about:| |---|---|---| |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|Para 1.51|| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|| Other ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Leicester Christian Fellowship| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|1185133| |Charity’s principal address|Unit 2, Matrix House, 7 Constitution Hill, Leicester, LE1 1PL| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee(if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Sebastian
Suminski|Chair/Treasurer||| ||Guyshako L.
Samba|Trustee||| ||Bapete Mboliasa|Trustee||| ||Bill Malemba|Trustee||| ||Anthony Kitenge
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**Date**|Suminski|| |---|---|---| ||Sebastian Suminski|| ||
Chair/Treasurer|| ||10/05/2025|| ||10/05/2025|| |**Charity Name**||**No (if any)**||| |---|---|---|---|---| |**Leicester Christian**|**Tabernacle**|||| |**Receipts andpayments accounts**||||**CC16a**| |**For the period**
**from**|Period start date
01/09/2023|Period end date
**To**
31/08/2024||| |**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**30,223**
**-**
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**30,223**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**30,223**
**12,120**
**6,433**
**2,092**
**1,559**
**1,129**
**1,000**
**950**
**4,672**
**29,955**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**29,955**
**269**
**-**
**7,491**
**7,760**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
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**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**30,223**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**30,223**
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**to the nearest £**| |Tithes and Offerings|**30,223**||**-**
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**-**|**30,223**||**35,246**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
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**30,223**|||**30,223**||**35,246**| |||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**||||||| ||**-**||**-**
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**A3 Payments**||||||| ||||**-**|**30,223**||**35,246**| |||||**12,120**
**6,433**
**2,092**
**1,559**
**1,129**
**1,000**
**950**
**4,672**
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**29,955**
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**269**||| |Rent|**12,120**||**-**
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**-**|**12,120**||**12,120**| |Assistance for believers|**6,433**|||**6,433**||**5,473**| |Transporation costs ofpreachers|**2,092**|||**2,092**||**1,476**| |Electricity|**1,559**|||**1,559**||**1,597**| |Hotels' costs forpreachers|**1,129**|||**1,129**||**1,653**| |Transporation costs of believers|**1,000**|||**1,000**||**-**| |Special offerings forpreachers|**950**|||**950**||**1,305**| |Other|**4,672**|||**4,672**||**10,607**| |||||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**29,955**|||**29,955**||**34,230**| |||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**||||||| ||**-**||**-**
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**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||| ||||**-**|**29,955**||**34,230**| |||||||| ||**269**|**-**|**-**|**269**||**1,016**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**
**-**|**-**||**-**| ||**7,491**|**-**||**7,491**||**6,475**| ||**7,760**|**-**|**-**|**7,760**||**7,491**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 28/06/2025 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**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**
**Details**
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(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**
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SEBASTIAN SUMINSKI|**Endowment**
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**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**8,850**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**When due**
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approval| ||Suminski|SEBASTIAN SUMINSKI|10/05/2025| ||||| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 28/06/2025 2 ## **Independent examiner’s Report to the members of the Leicester Christian Tabernacle** I report on the accounts of the charity for the year ended 31st August 2024. ## **Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner** The charity’s trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity’s trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act) and that an independent examination is needed. It is my responsibility to: - examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Act; - to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act; and - to state whether particular matters have come to my attention. ## **Basis of independent examiner’s report** My examination was carried out in accordance with the general Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and, consequently, no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a “true and fair view” and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below. ## **Independent examiner’s statement** In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention: - (1) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements - to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the 2011Act; and - to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the 2011 Act have not been met; or - (2) to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Adam James MAAT