
## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

**From: 01/01/2020    Period start date - To: 31/12/2020 Period end date** 

## **Charity name: AGAPE LIFE PROJECT** 

## **Charity registration number: 1186712** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

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|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para<br>1.17|We are ardent followers of Jesus Christ and we<br>seek to promote the Christian faith through the<br>provision of charitable services. The object of the<br>CIO is<br>“To advance the Christian faith throughout<br>England and Wales mainly but not exclusively by<br>developing the capacity and skills of the members<br>of the community in such a way that they are<br>better able to identify, and help meet, their needs<br>and to participate more fully in society”|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or<br>services identified in the<br>accounts.|Para<br>1.17 and<br>1.19|Purpose 1: Advancement of the Christian Faith<br>Activities:<br>prayer and worship sessions, bible study and<br>open discussions on thematic issues, evangelism,<br>and festivals<br>Purpose 2: Developing capacity and skills of<br>members of the community in such a way that<br>they are better able to identify, and help meet,<br>their needs and to participate more fully in society.<br>Activities:<br>Adopt a school initiative: With this initiative we<br>partner with a different school every year to<br>support pupils in the graduating classes (GCSE<br>and A Levels) with role models and inspirational<br>career related talks.<br>Mock Interview Workshops: We run capability-<br>based interview workshops and mock interview<br>sessions for people new to the world of work or<br>those who are seeking new employment or even<br>promotion. One key focus will be to build<br>confidence in participants and in their ability to<br>excel.<br>Life and Employability Skills Workshops: In these<br>workshops we focus attention on those core skills,|





|||behaviours and attitudes people need to get on in<br>life and thrive in the workplace too. We will also<br>incorporate leadership skills and attitudes<br>expected of leaders in the curriculum for these<br>workshops.|
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|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public<br>benefit|Para<br>1.18|As trustees we have had due regard to the Charity<br>Commission guidance on public benefit and have<br>carefully focussed our activities on fulfilling this<br>guidance, as shown in the listed activities we were<br>able to do in spite of the Covid19 pandemic<br>constraints that characterised our first year of<br>being established.|



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

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|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**N/A**|
|Policy on social investment<br>including program related<br>investment|Para 1.38|**N/A**|
|Contribution made by<br>volunteers|Para 1.38|**N/A**|
|Other||**N/A**|



## **Achievements and Performance** 

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|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Para 1.20|The year 2020 had a constraining impact on our<br>ability to effectively carry out our planned<br>activities.<br>We were constrained to virtual meetings and<br>virtual workshops. We were not well-prepared for<br>this, but eventually got the hang of it and we ran:<br>•<br>Sunday Worship sessions,<br>•<br>one-to-one counselling sessions,<br>•<br>prayer sessions and also<br>•<br>issued our daily tweets “God’s Word for<br>Today” and “Reflection on God’s Word for<br>Today”.<br>We participated and encouraged participation at<br>events to celebrate faith festivals such as –<br>Christmas, Easter, Diwali, Ramadan, Chinese<br>New Year, Hanukkah, Passover.<br>We also raised our profile by participating in<br>virtual early career events and other programmes<br>organised by other organisations.|





## **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** 

|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|Our charity is yet to realise its potential and our<br>financial position reflects this.|
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|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|We currently do not have a policy for holding<br>reserves.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|Nil|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|Charity is not in position to hold any reserve yet.|
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|N/A|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23|There are no known uncertainties why our<br>charity will not continue as a going concern.|





## **Additional information (optional)** 

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|The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)|Para 1.47|Voluntary donations|
|Investment policy and<br>objectives including any<br>social investment policy<br>adopted|Para 1.46|**N/A**|
|A description of the principal<br>risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|The principal risk we face is not attracting<br>sufficient financial patronage to fully carry out<br>our functions as we desire.|
|Other|||



## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|<br>Para 1.25|Our charity is governed by a constitution<br>modelled after the Charity Commission<br>Foundation Model Constitution|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|The charity is Charitable Incorporated<br>Organisation (CIO) where the trustees are the<br>only members.|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled<br>to appoint one or more<br>trustees|Para 1.25|Based on our constitution the existing trustees<br>are responsible for recruiting new trustees who<br>are appointed for a period of 4 years. In fulfilling<br>this responsibility, we pay due regard to the<br>skills, knowledge and experience needed for<br>the effective administration of our charity. We<br>look out for people in the community who share<br>our faith and aspirations to serve others.|



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|Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction<br>and training of trustees|Para 1.51|We invite potential trustees to attend a meeting<br>as observers to gain some insight into our<br>charity.<br>Upon acceptance of appointment by new<br>trustees we share with the new trustees the<br>constitution of the charity and the latest<br>Trustees Annual report and Statement of<br>Accounts, along with other relevant documents<br>and policies, including relevant Charity<br>Commission publications.<br>We pay particular attention to reminding all<br>trustees of their responsibility regarding<br>demonstration of public benefit through our<br>activities.|
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|||We encourage new trustees to network with<br>other trustees to familiarise themselves with<br>their oversight duties, roles and responsibilities<br>towards the success of the trust.|
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|The charity’s organisational<br>structure and any wider<br>network with which the<br>charity works|Para 1.51|As a recent start-up the charity trustees are fully<br>responsible for the general control and<br>management of the business of the charity.<br>All trustees work on voluntary basis without<br>remuneration or financial benefits whatsoever.|
|Relationship with any<br>related parties|Para 1.51|Our charity works in voluntary collaboration with<br>similar groups in promoting and advancing the<br>Christian faith and serving the community.|
|Other|||



## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|Agape Life Project|
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|Other name the charity uses||
|Registered charitynumber|1186712|
|Charity’s principal address|7 Bell Yard, London WC2A 2JR|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|1<br>2<br>3<br>4<br>5<br>6<br>7<br>8<br>9<br>10<br>11<br>12<br>13<br>14<br>15<br>16<br>17<br>18<br>19<br>20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**<br>**to appoint trustee(if any)**|
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||Michael Kehinde|Chair|||
||Maryam Olatunde-<br>Kehinde||||
||Omotayo Ayeni|Treasurer|||
||Adesola Tikare|Secretary|||
||Magdalene<br>Funmilayo Houston||||
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Corporate trustees – names of the directors at the date the report was approved 

**Director name** 

Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity 

**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** 



## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** 

Description of the assets held in this capacity N/A Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the N/A assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and N/A segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets 

## **Additional information (optional)** 

## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** 

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**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** 

## **Exemptions from disclosure** 

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details 

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## **Declarations** 

**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** 

**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** 

|**Signature(s)**<br>**Full name(s)**<br>**Position (eg Secretary,**<br>**Chair, etc)**<br>**Date**|||
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||Michael Kehinde||
||<br> <br>Chair||
||22 March 2021||
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**Charity Name No (if any) AGAPE LIFE PROJECT 1186712 Receipts and payments accounts** 

## **CC16a** 

**For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 01/01/2020 31/12/2020 

## **Section A Receipts and payments** 

|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest      £**<br>**325**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> <br> <br>**325**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **-**<br>**325**<br>**200**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **200**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **-**<br>**200**<br>**125**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**125**|**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> <br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> <br>**-**|**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**325**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**325**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**325**<br>**200**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**200**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**200**<br>**125**|**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**325**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**325**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**325**<br>**200**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**200**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**200**<br>**125**|**Last year**<br>**to the nearest £**|
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|**_Total payments_**<br>**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**<br>**A5 Transfers between funds**<br>**A6 Cash funds last year end**<br>**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||||
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CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 

27/03/2021 

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|**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**||
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|**Categories**<br>**B3 Investment assets**<br>**B2 Other monetary assets**<br>**B1 Cash funds**<br>Signed by one or two trustees on<br>behalf of all the trustees<br>**B5 Liabilities**<br>**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**|**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>(agree balances with receipts and payments<br>account(s))<br>**Details**<br>BANK BALANCE<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>Signature|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**125**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**125**<br>**-**<br>OK<br>OK<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**liability relates**<br>**Amount due**<br>**(optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>Print Name<br>Michael Kehinde|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
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CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 

27/03/2021 

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