## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period**
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## Section A
## Reference and administration details
**Charity name** Walls of Salvation
**Other names charity is known by** n/a **Registered charity number (if any)** 1186570 **Charity's principal address** 11 Sachfield Drive Chafford Hundred Essex **Postcode RM16 6QJ**
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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## **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)**
**Name Dates acted if not for whole year**
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## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|
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|**Type of adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|||
||Andrew Blakey|TBA|
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## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
## **Section B Structure, governance and management**
## **Description of the charity’s trusts**
Type of governing document
Constitution
- (eg. trust deed, constitution)
Charity Incorporated Organisation Foundation How the charity is constituted
- (eg. trust, association, company)
Trustee selection methods
Appointed By Trustees
- (eg. appointed by, elected by)
## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about:
- policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
## **Risk Management**
The board includes individuals with people, financial management and administrative skills, who are responsible for ensuring that adequate controls are in place for keeping accurate records and for safeguarding the future of the charity.
- the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
- relationship with any related parties;
- trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
## **Section C Objectives and activities**
The object of the trust is, for the public benefit, the advancement of Christian faith in Essex and in such other parts of the United Kingdom and the world as the charity trustees may from time decide. **Summary of the objects of the** The charity aims to help people find faith in Jesus and to develop their **charity set out in its** faith. Advancing Christianity by the day-to-day practises of the Christian **governing document** faith, including Pastoral Care in the context of the Christian faith which is the wellbeing of the whole person and Outreach by the presentation of the Christian gospel and an invitation to follow the precepts of the gospel. (Continued…)
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|**Summary of the main**
**activities undertaken for the**
**public benefit in relation to**
**these objects (include within**
**this section the statutory**
**declaration that trustees have**
**had regard to the guidance**
**issued by the Charity**
**Commission on public**
**benefit)**|(Continued….)
As a Christian organisation we have worked with others to support
people in the community both locally and abroad. Demonstrating our faith
in action and by our attitude to others. Many families have been
benefitted.
In the locality we have worked with Foodbank, feeding the homeless
project and Operation Christmas Child. Overseas we have supported a
church in India, Israel, Rwanda, Uganda and Sri-Lanka with time and
finance in the relief of poverty, access to education and Christian
teaching.
Internally we have encouraged people to explore their faith, it’s
relationship and outworking in their lives. We celebrate when people
recognise God’s interest in their everyday life and that of those they
interact with day by day.
We have also extended our help to children in Romania by giving Easter
shoe box gifts for 100 children in Bucharest in Addition to the feeding
Widows and Orphans programme and feeding the homeless in South
India and Sri-Lanka in the COVID period and further on.
We have also conducted medical camps in Rwanda and Uganda thereby
teaching and educating people to have awareness about health living
and prevention of conditions like High Blood pressure and diabetes and
so on. We have had feeding programs in Uganda.
We have taken time to encourage people in becoming disciples of the
Lord Jesus and follow in His ways, encouraging and helping the people
who are unable to help themselves.
Changing people’s lives for the better by having discipleship programme,
helping people in addictions come out of it and have a clean life. Also, we
have had people advancing in their faith and taking Baptisms in our
Church and in the river Jordan in Israel.|
|---|---|
March **2012**
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## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)**
There are no paid staff within the organisation, All work on projects and supporting other organisations is voluntary.
You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about:
- policy on grantmaking;
- policy programme related investment;
- contribution made by volunteers.
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Section D Achievements and performance The Church is growing both in Chafford Hundred and Brentwood in **Summary of the main** Essex and is looking at expanding to another area in Essex in the **achievements of the charity** coming year. **during the year** Walls of Salvation and Brentwood Tamil Church websites are updated to reflect current position with regards to licenses and registrations. We have also planted a Tamil church in the Brentwood area in Essex and is growing in numbers. Walls of Salvation have also registered with Tech-Trust to obtain access to Microsoft and Google charitable services. Walls of Salvation has secured its CCLI memberships to use songs of worship in its services. Our licence with the Information Commissioners Office (ICO)is renewed. **Working with community** . Helped 100’s of Widows and Orphans families with food provisions across the globe. Meals on Wheels provided to over 100 orphans daily in Chennai in conjunction with Hosanna TV. We have been feeding more than hundreds of people everyday food on the streets through the feeding the poor program in conjunction with Hosanna TV in Chennai and other parts of India. **Supporting community groups** with volunteer time These groups included • The new Homeless feeding project in Grays, Essex • Christians against Poverty by befriend those receiving advice. • Operation Christmas Child by collection of shoe boxes and sorting and packing of donated boxes. A group of volunteers travelled to Churches in South India and SriLanka to support the work of many Churches among the poor and needy, building on the links that members of the trust have built over decades. Also run health camps and medical camps with the help of volunteer doctors who are part of our congregation.
The Church is growing both in Chafford Hundred and Brentwood in **Summary of the main** Essex and is looking at expanding to another area in Essex in the **achievements of the charity** coming year. Walls of Salvation and Brentwood Tamil Church websites are updated to reflect current position with regards to licenses and registrations. We have also planted a Tamil church in the Brentwood area in Essex and is growing in numbers. Walls of Salvation have also registered with Tech-Trust to obtain access to Microsoft and Google charitable services. Walls of Salvation has secured its CCLI memberships to use songs of worship in its services. Our licence with the Information Commissioners Office (ICO)is renewed. **Working with community** . Helped 100’s of Widows and Orphans families with food provisions across the globe. Meals on Wheels provided to over 100 orphans daily in Chennai in conjunction with Hosanna TV. We have been feeding more than hundreds of people everyday food on the streets through the feeding the poor program in conjunction with Hosanna TV in Chennai and other parts of India. **Supporting community groups** with volunteer time These groups included • The new Homeless feeding project in Grays, Essex • Christians against Poverty by befriend those receiving advice. • Operation Christmas Child by collection of shoe boxes and sorting and packing of donated boxes. A group of volunteers travelled to Churches in South India and SriLanka to support the work of many Churches among the poor and needy, building on the links that members of the trust have built over decades. Also run health camps and medical camps with the help of volunteer doctors who are part of our congregation. Travelled to Israel as a group of 11 and helped return of the Jews (Aliyah return centre) in Galilee Israel. Distributed back to school packs for students returning to school after coming to Israel and making it their home. Walls of Salvation 14th Anniversary celebrated, we had our “Jesus Ark - Family camp” for the second year and people were rejuvenated also had embraced the mission and the vision of the Church and ministry. Brentwood Tamil Church successfully celebrated the second anniversary this year. We have had many come to the Lord and confirmed their Faith with Baptisms. **Section E Financial review Financial Review: Brief statement of the** The trustees have approved an annual budget and agreed to **charity’s policy on reserves** maintain an adequate bank balance to cover all recurring costs for a full financial year. For the year ended 31 December 2024, the charity’s total income amounted to **£58,766** (2023: £79,142) (2022: £65,115), while total expenditure was **£70,232** (2023: £72,021) (2022: £53,436). This resulted in a **deficit of £11,466** for the year (2023: surplus of £7,121) (2022: surplus of £11,679)
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Although the year concluded with a deficit, the accumulated surpluses from prior years have enabled the charity to maintain a **bank balance of £17,232 as at -31 December 2024** . This provides a sound financial base for the forthcoming year, and the trustees consider the charity to be in a **stable financial position** .
The trustees have reviewed the charity’s current financial position, together with forecasts for the next 12 months, and are satisfied that the charity **remains financially solvent and able to meet its obligations as they fall due** .
**Reserves Policy:**
The trustees have established a policy to maintain reserves at a level sufficient to ensure the charity can continue its operations and meet its ongoing commitments in the event of unforeseen circumstances. The reserves are intended to cover at least **12 months of core operating and administrative costs** , thereby providing financial stability and sustainability.
As at - **31 December 2024** , the charity held **reserves of £17,230** , which the trustees consider to be **adequate and in line with the charity’s policy** . Trustees routinely assess reserves based on financial performance, future plans, and risk evaluations.
**Details of any funds materially** None **in deficit**
## **Further financial review details (Optional information)**
The principal funding sources for the charity is currently by way of You **may choose** to include donations and gifts from the congregants through their offerings online, additional information, where and in the Church during service. relevant about:
- the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
- • how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
- • Investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.
**Section F Other optional information**
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## **Section G Declaration**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
|**Signature(s)**
**Full name(s)**
**Position (eg Secretary,**
**Chair, etc)**
**Date**|||
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||Gururaj Iyengar|Liviu Cristescu|
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Chair of Trustees|Trustee|
||16/10/2025||
||16/10/2025||
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## REPORTS & ACCOUNTS
Year Ending December 2024
CONTENTS: Gururaj Iyengar Company Information Independent Examiners Report CC16a Signed by Trustees Trustees Annual Report (TAR) Statement of Financial Activities
Gods Camp, 11 Sachfield Drive, Chafford Hundred, Essex – RM16 6QJ CHARITY REGISTRATION NO: 1186570 WWW.WALLSOFSALVATION.UK; Tel:02039944444
## **Walls of Salvation Church**
**Trustees Annual report and financial statement for the Year Ended 31December 2024**
## **Company Information**
**Charity Name:** Walls of Salvation Church **Trustees:** Pastor Gururaj Iyengar (Chair) Pastor Obinna Madunagu (Trustee) Brother Liviu Cristescu (Treasurer) **Governing Document:** Constitution – Charity Incorporated Organisation Foundation **Charity Commission No:** 1186570 **Registered Office Address:** Gods Camp, 11 Sachfield Drive Chafford Hundred Essex – RM16 6QJ **Bankers:** Lloyds Bank PLC High Street Grays Essex – RM17 **Accountants:** AGA Accountants LTD 102 Beehive Lane ILFORD Essex – IG4 5EG
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||**Walls of Salvation**|**Walls of Salvation**|**Walls of Salvation**|**Walls of Salvation**|**Walls of Salvation**|**1186570**|**1186570**||**CC16a**|
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||**Receipts andpayments accounts**||||||||||
||**For the period**
**from**||01/01/2024||||31/12/2024||||
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|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||||||
||**Unrestricted**
**funds**||**Restricted funds**||**Endowment**
**funds**||**Total funds**||**Last year**||
||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||
|**A1 Receipts**|||||||||||
|DONATIONS(TITHES AND OFFERINGS)|**47,814**||**-**||**-**||**47,814**||**57,469**||
|GIFT AID TAX RECLAIM|**9,052**||**-**||**-**||**9,052**||**14,423**||
|VEHICLE FUND|**1,900**||**-**||**-**||**1,900**||**7,250**||
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**58,766**||**-**||**-**||**58,766**||**79,142**||
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|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|||||||||||
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||||
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||
|**_Sub total_**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||
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|**_Total receipts_**|**58,766**||**-**||**-**||**58,766**||**79,142**||
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|**A3 Payments**|||||||||||
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MOTOR EXPENSES|**1,473**||**-**||||**1,473**||**3,579**||
|EQUIPMENT EXPENSES|**3,970**||**-**||||**3,970**||**5,305**||
|ISRAEL TRIP|**5,269**||**-**||||**5,269**||**13,125**||
|SUNDRY PURCHASE|**342**||**-**||||**342**||**1,950**||
|ADVERTISEMENT|**1,700**||**-**||||**1,700**||**891**||
|BANK CHARGES|**70**||**-**||||**70**||**458**||
|TELEPHONE|**2,617**||**-**||||**2,617**||**1,559**||
|PRINTING,STORAGE & STATIONERY|**320**||**-**||||**320**||**280**||
|INSURANCE|**4,002**||**-**||||**4,002**||**1,987**||
|SUBCONTRACTOR|**1,160**||**-**||||**1,160**||||
|OVERSEAS TRAVEL EXPENSES|**5,558**||**-**||||**5,558**||**3,579**||
|WEBSITE CREATION AND MAINTENANCE|**318**||**-**||||**318**||**500**||
|CHARITY EVENTS / DONATIONS|**2,760**||**-**||||**2,760**||**6,145**||
|TV MINISTRY|**1,546**||**-**||||**1,546**||**1,421**||
|MINISTERS LOVE OFFERING|**1,450**||**-**||||**1,450**||**1,288**||
|CHURCH MEETINGS AND STAY|**904**||**-**||||**904**||**3,873**||
|REFRESHMENT AND FOOD|**4,342**||**-**||||**4,342**||**2,478**||
|FAMILY CAMP & SPORTS|**4,755**||**-**||||**4,755**||||
|CHURCH EXPENSES AND MAINTENANCE|**3,053**||**-**||||**3,053**||**745**||
|UTILITY BILLS|**4,172**||**-**||||**4,172**||**676**||
|CLEANING|**672**||**-**||||**672**||**120**||
|SOFTWARE SUBSCRIPTIONS|**1,355**||**-**||||**1,355**||**1,451**||
|REFUNDS|**2,573**||**-**||||**2,573**||**4,199**||
|CHURCH ELECTRICALS|**1,441**||**-**||||**1,441**||**645**||
|FEES AND TRAINING|**1,294**||**-**||||**1,294**||**1,408**||
|TRAVEL EXPENSES|**460**||**-**||||**460**||**815**||
|RETURNS|**450**||**-**||||**450**||||
|FUEL EXPENSE|**5,706**||**-**||||**5,706**||**4,544**||
|**_Sub total_**|**63,732**||**-**||**-**||**63,732**||**63,021**||
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|**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|||||||||||
|CAR PURCHASE|||**-**||**-**||**-**||**9,000**||
|Mini Bus Purchase|**6,500**||**-**||**-**||**6,500**||||
|**_Sub total_**|**6,500**||**-**||**-**||**6,500**||**9,000**||
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|**_Totalpayments_**|**70,232**||**-**||**-**||**70,232**||**72,021**||
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|**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**|**-**
**11,466**||**-**||**-**||**-**
**11,466**||**7,121**||
|**A5 Transfers between funds**|**-**||**-**||||**-**||**-**||
|**A6 Cash funds lastyear end**|**28,696**||**-**||||**28,696**||**21,575**||
|**_Cash funds thisyear end_**|**17,230**||**-**||**-**||**17,230**||**28,696**||
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|**Categories**|**Details**||||**Unrestricted**
**funds**||**Restricted funds**||**Endowment**
**funds**|
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|**B1 Cash funds**|CASH IN BANK AS AT 31/12/2024||||**17,230**||**-**||**-**|
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||**_Total cash funds_**||||**17,230**||**-**||**-**|
||(agree balances with receipts andpayments account(s))||||OK||||OK|
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**funds**||**Restricted funds**||**Endowment**
**funds**|
||**Details**||||**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**|
|**B2 Other monetary assets**|VIDEO CAMERA 1||||**724**||**-**||**-**|
||ATEM MINI PRO BROADCASTER||||**489**||**-**||**-**|
||HOLY LAND WIRELESS||||**443**||**-**||**-**|
||IPAD & YAMAHA S950 KEYBOARD||||**1,840**||**-**||**-**|
||HOLY LAND BATTERY||||**70**||**-**||**-**|
||SPLIT AIR CONDITIONER||||**1,450**||**-**||**-**|
||YAMAH SX 900 KEYBOARD||||**1,700**||**-**||**-**|
||YAMAHA DTX M 2||||**500**||**-**||**-**|
||**Details**||||**Fund to which asset**
**belongs**||**Cost (optional)**||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
|**B3 Investment assets**|||||||**-**||**-**|
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**belongs**||**Cost (optional)**||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
|**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**|VW TOURAN CAR||||VEHICLE FUND||**9,000**|||
||FORD TRANSIT MINI BUS||||VEHICLE FUND||**6,500**||**-**|
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||**Details**||||**Fund to which**
**liability relates**||**Amount due**
**(optional)**||**When due**
**(optional)**|
|**B5 Liabilities**|||||||**-**|||
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|Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees|Signature||||Print Name||||Date of approval|
||||||**Gururaj Iyengar**||||**16/10/2025**|
||||||**Liviu Cristescu**||||**16/10/2025**|
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## **Walls of Salvation Church**
## **Trustees Annual report for the Year Ended 31December 2024**
## **Objects of the Charity**
The object of the trust is, for the public benefit, the advancement of Christian faith in Essex and in such other parts of the United Kingdom and the world as the charity trustees may from time decide.
The charity aims to help people find faith in Jesus and to develop their faith. Advancing Christianity by the day-to-day practices of the Christian faith, including Pastoral Care in the context of the Christian faith which is the wellbeing of the whole person and Outreach by the presentation of the Christian gospel and an invitation to follow the precepts of the gospel.
## **Ensuring our Work `delivers Our Aims**
We review our aims, objectives and activities each year. This review looks at what we achieved and the outcomes of our work in the previous twelve months. The review looks at the success of each key activity and the benefits they have brought to these groups of people we are set out to help. The review also helps us ensure our aims, objectives and activities remained focused on our stated purposes. We have referred to the guidance contained in the `Charity Commission’s general guidance on public benefit when reviewing our aims and objectives and in planning our future activities. In particular, the trustees consider how planned activities will contribute to the aims and objectives they have set.
## **Main activities undertaken for the public benefits**
As a Christian organisation we have worked with others to support people in the community both locally and abroad. Demonstrating our faith in action and by our attitude to others. Many families have been benefitted. In the locality we have worked with Foodbank, feeding the homeless project and Operation Christmas Child. Overseas we have supported a church in India, Israel, Rwanda, Uganda and Sri-Lanka with time and finance in the relief of poverty, access to education and Christian teaching. Internally we have encouraged people to explore their faith, it’s relationship and outworking in their lives. We celebrate when people recognise God’s interest in their everyday life and that of those they interact with day by day. We have also extended our help to children in Romania by giving Easter shoe box gifts for 100 children in Bucharest in Addition to the feeding Widows and Orphans programme and feeding the homeless in South India and Sri-Lanka in the COVID period and further on. We have also conducted medical camps in Rwanda and Uganda thereby teaching and educating people to have awareness about health living and prevention of conditions like High Blood pressure and diabetes and so on. We have had feeding programs in Uganda.
We have taken time to encourage people in becoming disciples of the Lord Jesus and follow in His ways, encouraging and helping the people who are unable to help themselves. Changing people’s lives for the better by having discipleship programme, helping people in addictions come out of it and have a clean life. Also, we have had people advancing in their faith and taking Baptisms in our Church and in the river Jordan in Israel.
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## **Walls of Salvation Church**
## **Trustees Annual report for the Year Ended 31December 2024**
## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)**
There are no paid staff within the organisation, all work on projects and supporting other organisation’s is voluntary.
## **Main Achievements of the Charity**
The Church is growing both in Chafford Hundred and Brentwood in Essex and is looking at expanding to another area in Essex in the coming year. Walls of Salvation and Brentwood Tamil Church websites are updated to reflect current position with regards to licenses and registrations. We have also planted a Tamil church in the Brentwood area in Essex and is growing in numbers. Walls of Salvation have also registered with Tech-Trust to obtain access to Microsoft and Google charitable services. Walls of Salvation has secured its CCLI memberships to use songs of worship in its services. Our license with the Information Commissioners Office (ICO)is renewed.
**Working with community** . Helped 100’s of Widows and Orphans families with food provisions across the globe. Meals on Wheels provided to over 100 orphans daily in Chennai in conjunction with Hosanna TV. We have been feeding more than hundreds of people everyday food on the streets through the feeding the poor program in conjunction with Hosanna TV in Chennai and other parts of India.
**Supporting community groups** with volunteer time these groups included:
The new Homeless feeding project in Grays, Essex
Christians against Poverty by befriend those receiving advice.
Operation Christmas Child by collection of shoe boxes and sorting and packing of donated boxes.
A group of volunteers travelled to Churches in South India and Sri- Lanka to support the work of many Churches among the poor and needy, building on the links that members of the trust have built over decades. Also run health camps and medical camps with the help of volunteer doctors who are part of our congregation. Travelled to Israel as a group of 11 and helped return of the Jews (Aliyah Return Centre) in Galilee Israel. Distributed back to school packs for students returning to school after coming to Israel and making it their home. Walls of Salvation 14th Anniversary celebrated, we had our “Jesus Ark -Family camp” for the second year and people were rejuvenated also had embraced the mission and the vision of the Church and ministry. Brentwood Tamil Church successfully celebrated the second anniversary this year. We have had many come to the Lord and confirmed their Faith with Baptisms.
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## **Walls of Salvation Church**
## **Trustees Annual report for the Year Ended 31December 2024**
## **Financial Review**
The trustees have approved an annual budget and agreed to maintain an adequate bank balance to cover all recurring costs for a full financial year.
For the year ended 31 December 2024, the charity’s total income amounted to **£58,766** (2023: £79,142) (2022: £65,115), while total expenditure was **£70,232** (2023: £72,021) (2022: £53,436). This resulted in a **deficit of £11,466** for the year (2023: surplus of £7,121) (2022: surplus of £11,679). Although the year concluded with a deficit, the accumulated surpluses from prior years have enabled the charity to maintain a **bank balance of £17,232 as at -31 December 2024** . This provides a sound financial base for the forthcoming year, and the trustees consider the charity to be in a **stable financial position** . The trustees have reviewed the charity’s current financial position, together with forecasts for the next 12 months, and are satisfied that the charity **remains financially solvent and able to meet its obligations as they fall due** .
## **Principal Funding Sources**
The principal funding sources for the charity is currently by way of donations and gifts from the congregants through their offerings online and in the Church during service.
## **Reserves Policy:**
The trustees have established a policy to maintain reserves at a level sufficient to ensure the charity can continue its operations and meet its ongoing commitments in the event of unforeseen circumstances. The reserves are intended to cover at least 12 months of core operating and administrative costs, thereby providing financial stability and sustainability.
As at -31 December 2024, the charity held reserves of £17,230, which the trustees consider to be adequate and in line with the charity’s policy. Trustees routinely assess reserves based on financial performance, future-plans, and risk evaluations.
## **Risk Management**
The board includes individuals with people, financial management and administration skills, who are responsible for ensuring that adequate controls are in place for keeping accurate records and for safeguarding the future of the charity.
## **Organisation**
The trustees are responsible for maintaining proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the charities commission’s accounting standards.
This report has been prepared by the Order of the Trustees:
## **Pastor Gururaj Iyengar**
## **Chairman Trustee**
**16 October 2025**
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## **Trustees Annual report for the Year Ended 31December 2024**
**Statement of Financial Activities (Including Receipts & Payments) Account for the Year Ended 31Dec 2024**
||**Receipts**|**Receipts**|**and payments accounts**|**and payments accounts**|**and payments accounts**||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**For the period**||**01/01/2024**|**31/12/2024**|||
||**from**||||||
|**Section A Receipts and**|**payments**||||||
||**Unrestricted**
**funds**||**Restricted**
**funds**|**Endowment**
**funds**|**Total**
**funds**|**Last year**|
||**to the**|**nearest**|**to the nearest**|**to the nearest**|**to the nearest**|**to the nearest**|
|**A1 Receipts**
DONATIONS (TITHES AND OFFERINGS)||**£**
**47,814**|**£**
**-**|**£**
**-**|**£**
**47,814**|**£**
**57,469**|
|GIFT AID TAX RECLAIM||**9,052**|**-**|**-**|**9,052**|**14,423**|
|VEHICLE FUND||**1,900**|**-**|**-**|**1,900**|**7,250**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|
|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**58,766**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**58,766**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**79,142**|
|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|
|**-**
**-**|**-**
**-**|**-**
**-**|**-**
**-**|**-**|
|**_Sub total_**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**||**58,766**|**-**|**-**|**58,766**|**79,142**|
|**A3 Payments**
MOTOR EXPENSES||**1,473**|**-**|**-**|**1,473**|**3,579**|
|EQUIPMENT EXPENSES||**3,970**|**-**|**-**|**3,970**|**5,305**|
|ISRAEL TRIP||**5,269**|**-**|**-**|**5,269**|**13,125**|
|SUNDRY PURCHASE||**342**|**-**|**-**|**342**|**1,950**|
|ADVERTISEMENT||**1,700**|**-**||**1,700**|**891**|
|BANK CHARGES||**70**|**-**|**-**|**70**|**458**|
|TELEPHONE||**2,617**|**-**|**-**|**2,617**|**1,559**|
|PRINTING, STORAGE & STATIONERY||**320**|**-**|**-**|**320**|**280**|
|INSURANCE||**4,002**|**-**|**-**|**4,002**|**1,987**|
|SUBCONTRACTOR
OVERSEAS TRAVEL EXPENSES|
|**1,160**
**5,558**|**-**
**-**|**-**
**-**|**1,160**
**5,558**|**3,579**|
|WEBSITE CREATION AND MAINTENANCE||**318**|**-**|**-**|**318**|**500**|
|CHARITY EVENTS / DONATIONS||**2,760**|**-**|**-**|**2,760**|**6,145**|
|TV MINISTRY||**1,546**|**-**|**-**|**1,546**|**1,421**|
|MINISTERS LOVE OFFERING||**1,450**|**-**|**-**|**1,450**|**1,288**|
|CHURCH MEETINGS AND STAY||**904**|**-**|**-**|**904**|**3,873**|
|REFRESHMENT AND FOOD||**4,342**|**-**|**-**|**4,342**|**2,478**|
|FAMILY CAMP & SPORTS
CHURCH EXPENSES AND MAINTENANCE|
|**4,755**
**3,053**|**-**
**-**|**-**
**-**|**4,755**
**3,053**|**745**|
|UTILITY BILLS||**4,172**|**-**||**4,172**|**676**|
|CLEANING||**672**|**-**||**672**|**120**|
|SOFTWARE SUBSCRIPTIONS||**1,355**|**-**|**-**|**1,355**|**1,451**|
|REFUNDS||**2,573**|**-**|**-**|**2,573**|**4,199**|
|CHURCH ELECTRICALS||**1,441**|**-**|**-**|**1,441**|**645**|
|FEES AND TRAINING||**1,294**|**-**|**-**|**1,294**|**1,408**|
|TRAVEL EXPENSES||**460**|**-**|**-**|**460**|**815**|
|RETURNS
FUEL EXPENSE|
|**450**
**5,706**|**-**
**-**|**-**
**-**|**450**
**5,706**|**4,544**|
|**_Sub total_**
**A4 Asset and investment**||**63,732**|||**63,732**|**63,021**|
|**purchases, (see table)**|||||||
|CAR PURCHASE||**-**|**-**||**-**|**9,000**|
|Mini Bus Purchase||**6,500**|**-**||**6,500**||
|**_Sub total_**||**6,500**|**-**||**6,500**|**9,000**|
|**_Total payments_**||**70,232**|**-**||**70,232**|**72,021**|
|**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**|**-**|**11,466**|**-**||**- 11,466**|**7,121**|
|**A5 Transfers between funds**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|
|**A6 Cash funds last year end**||**28,696**|**-**||**28,696**|**21,575**|
|**_Cash funds this year end_**||**17,230**|**-**||**17,230**|**28,696**|
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## **Trustees Annual report for the Year Ended 31December 2024**
**Statement of Financial Activities (Including Assets & Liabilities) Account f or the Year Ended 31 Dec 2024**
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|---|---|---|---|---|
|Assets and Liabilities|
|Unrestricted|Restricted|Endowment|
|Categories|Details|funds|funds|funds|
|to nearest £|to nearest £|to nearest £|
|B1 Cash funds|CASH IN BANK AS AT 31/12/2024|17,230|-|-|
|-|-|-|
|-|-|-|
|Total cash funds|17,230|-|-|
|(agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))|
|Unrestricted|Restricted|Endowment|
|funds|funds|funds|
|Details|to nearest £|to nearest £|to nearest £|
|B2 Other|VIDEO CAMERA 1|724|-|-|
|ATEM MINI PRO BROADCASTER|489|-|-|
|monetary assets|
|HOLY LAND WIRELESS|443|-|-|
|IPAD & YAMAHA S950 KEYBOARD|1,840|-|-|
|HOLY LAND BATTERY|70|-|-|
|SPLIT AIR CONDITIONER|1,450|-|-|
|YAMAH SX 900 KEYBOARD|1,700|-|-|
|YAMAHA DTX M 2|500|-|-|
|TOTAL MONETARY ASSETS|7,216|
|Fund to which|Cost|Current value|
|Details|asset belongs|(optional)|(optional)|
|B3 Investment|-|-|
|assets|-|-|
|-|-|
|-|-|
|-|-|
|Fund to which|Cost|Current value|
|Details|asset belongs|(optional)|(optional)|
|B4 Assets|VW TOURAN CAR|VEHICLE FUND|9,000|
|FORD TRANSIT MINI BUS|VEHICLE FUND|6,500|-|
|retained for the|
|charity’s own use|- -|- -|
|-|-|
|-|-|
|-|-|
|-|-|
|-|-|
|Fund to which|Amount due|When due|
|liability relates|(optional)|(optional)|
|Details|
|B5 Liabilities|-|
|-|
|-|
|-|
|-|
|Signed by one or two|
|trustees on behalf of|Signature|Print Name|Date of approval|
|all the trustees|
|Gururaj Iyengar|16/10/2025|
|Liviu Cristescu|16/10/2025|
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