## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
## **From 01.01.2023 Period start date To 31.12.2023 Period end date**
**Charity name:** The Church of God in Romford
## **Charity registration number:** 1188545
## **Objectives and Activities**
||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|The advancement of the Christian faith and
the advancement of other charitable
purposes as the Trustees shall decide all as
an expression of the Statement of Faith in
the Trust Model.|
|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|_Sunday Church Services_
We actively welcome people from the local
community to attend our events and
activities. There are now 13 church
members on the official roll. We have the
Sunday Breaking of Bread (a church
communion service) followed by
teaching/devotional/pastoral talks and/or
prayers every week.
We have Bible talks, singing and social time
for anyone who wishes to join in.
_Other Church Services_
The church meets regularly for prayer, Bible
teaching / discussion as arranged.
Craft Afternoons take place occasionally and
are supported by friends from the local
community.
Charity coffee mornings are held monthly for
friends in the local community to support a
local hospice and Macmillan Cancer Care.
In the summer months we have a family
barbecue.
Each month we usually hold one or two
informal Bible discussions for all ages to
enjoy.
_Youth Work (Public Benefit)_
The church has a strong tradition in youth
work, and has experienced and capable
youth leaders and workers.
We support work with other SE Churches of
God for Young Christians through the year,
meeting for social and religious activities.
_Summer Camp (Public Benefit)_
Our youth leaders give support to Summer
Youth Camps run by SE Churches of God at
Flaxlans Manor Farm near Swindon,|
|||Wiltshire. The camps include one week for
children aged 9+, and one week for young
people aged 17+, along with a team of youth
workers and their families.
_Charity Events (Public Benefit)_
We organise coffee mornings, craft making
events and barbecues to financially support
local and national charities, including
Ukraine.|
|---|---|---|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|_Statement of Public Benefit_
All Trustees are aware of the Charities Acts
public benefit requirements so that the
purposes and activities of the church are
geared to meeting those requirements as
well as the spiritual needs of the public as an
expression of the Statement of Faith in the
Trust Model.
The neighbouring community may benefit
from the promotion of the Christian faith and
the promotion of church fellowship to all. No
detriment is envisaged and no personal
benefits are envisaged, in particular none of
the Trustees receives any private benefit.|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38||
|Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38||
|Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|_Volunteers_
We are committed to using volunteers on
projects in a way to exercise the talents of
the people who comprise the Church of God
(viz. its members) and to recognise that it
has resources from which the surrounding
community, to which the Church of God
wishes to reach out, may benefit. It also
recognises that in certain circumstances,
volunteers from those connected with the
activities of the Church of God will be
valuable in completing the projects
successfully.
We value the resources that all volunteers
entrust to us. We respect that trust by
complying with all relevant laws and by
adopting good practice.|
|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|_Christian Advances_
The church carried out its services each
week during the year and maintained its
testimony in the neighbourhood in
accordance with the Statement of Faith. We
change the format of particular services, at
such times as Christmas and Easter to make
them more attractive to local families.
We continue to look for meaningful ways to
meet local, national and international need.
The church regularly provides financial
support for nominated charities.
_District Youth Activites (Young Christians;_
_Camps)_
The church in Romford supports all District
Events for young people, when there are
spiritual activities, the sharing of
experiences, and social activities including
the use of social media.|
## **Additional information (optional)**
## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
Achievements against Para 1.41 objectives set Performance of fundraising Para 1.41 activities against objectives set Investment performance Para 1.41 against objectives
## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
|---|---|---|
|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|The charity is well placed financially to
continue to operate and Trustees are
confident that the financial position is
stable. Cash Funds were £5136 at the year-
end. During the last 12 months payments
broadly matched receipts.
**Total Receipts**during the 12 month
period were £25,321.
**Total Payments**of £22,073 were virtually
the same as before.
Payments from Unrestricted Funds cover
General Expenses, Property Maintenance
and running Costs, Outreach and Youth
Activities. Payments closely match receipts.
Payments from Restricted Funds of
£17,000 again match the Receipts into
those same Funds as they are the
disbursement of the donations received for
a range of third-party and charitable funds
and to support full-time Christian
missionaries. The missionaries operate
world-wide with a particular focus on India,
Myanmar, Philippines, and Africa as well as
in the UK. Other funds are for a variety of
purposes, including supporting the
missionary work, providing such services
as mobile health clinics, assisting with
church building projects and relief
operations to areas affected by natural
disasters. In the UK funds support activities
aimed at youth, including summer camps in
South East England, and a Literature Fund
supports the printing, distribution and sale of
Christian books and literature world-wide.
**Assets**
The Trustees’ policy is to allocate asset
expenditure to the year in which it was
incurred. Therefore such assets as IT
equipment, fittings and fixtures are not
reflected as assets in the accounts.
They are considered by the Trustees to be
for the Charity’s own use and are
maintained and/or improved on a planned
basis and funded from unrestricted funds.
Trustees would fund any large projects by
specific appeals to donors.|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**Unrestricted Funds**in the accounts are
deemed to cover General Expenses,
Property Maintenance and running Costs,
Outreach & Youth activities.
It is the Trustees’ policy to slightly increase
these balances to cover emergency
situations that may arise from
time to time (see statement on Risk below).
The policy is reviewed annually at the AGM.
Cash at the year-end was £5,136.|
|||**Restricted Funds**cover Gifts to full-time
Christian missionaries, third party funds
and charities, as stated above.
Donors contribute to these funds in the
knowledge that Trustees do not have the
option of using them for other purposes.
The money is distributed throughout the
year as donations are received. The
Trustee’s policy is to maintain as low a
balance in these Restricted Funds as
possible.|
|---|---|---|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£5136|
|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|n/a|
|**Additional information (optional)**
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|The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|Receipts are regular donations received
from church members, either by standing
order, bank transfer, or cheque.
Additionally, small cash sums are received
through the collection box. Gift Aid
declarations allow substantial uplift (£4,177
for the tax year 2022-23) via Tax
Recovered from HMRC. Occasionally
donations are received on an ad-hoc basis
from the local community when attending
specific events.|
|Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|n/a|
|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|The Charity’s Risk Management Policy is
reviewed annually and the individual
components form part of the Business
Meeting Reviews.
Apart from safeguarding risks that are
managed via the protocols that are in
place, there is some financial risk which
could arise were there to be a sizeable
reduction in donations to unrestricted
funds. Although not considered likely at this
stage, Trustees have built up reserves by
some £1568 in this year, and will continue to
do so in the future.|
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
|Type of governing document|Para 1.25|CIO Foundation Model|
|(trust deed, royal charter)|||
|---|---|---|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|CIO Trust|
|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|Persons who are appointed Elders of The
Church of God in Romford by the biblical
protocol approved by the Churches of God,
and other nominees appointed in
accordance with the CIO Foundation Model
provisions.|
## **Additional information (optional)**
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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|_Church activities_
The day to day management of activities of
the Church is carried out by Trustees in
conjunction with other church members. The
Trustees hold Church Meetings every 6
months to review activities, consider general
financial undertakings, the updating on a
yearly basis of all Regulatory documents,
and make assessment of risks; the minutes
of which are formally adopted at the
Trustees meeting.
The Elders hold meetings on a regular basis
to review spiritual matters and pastoral care
and any interim issues. The Elders consider
appointments of Deacons and in conjunction
with South East England District/Diocese of
Elders of the Churches of God, the
appointment of Elders.
Management accounts are produced by the
Treasurer for each Church Review meeting
(as above). These include the most recent
year to date Receipts & Payments Account
and Balance Sheet, an update on Bank
balances and the main transactions in the
period since the last meeting.
Receipts and Payments accounts are
prepared annually and are subject to
independent examination. Church
members / donors are provided with a copy
of the Receipts and Payments Accounts
once signed off by Trustees at the AGM.
_Regulatory Documents_
The Church updates annually the suite of
Regulatory Documents and Policies
including Safeguarding for Children, Adults
and Adults at Risk, GDPR Policy, Privacy
Notice, and Consent Notices are in
operation. During this year we have
endorsed and incorporated the new policy|
|||required by Charity Commisioners regarding
Reporting of Serious Incidents.|
|---|---|---|
|Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|See above relationship with South East
England District/Diocese of Elders of the
Churches of God.|
|Other|||
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|The Church of God in Romford|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses||
|Registered charity number|1188545|
|Charity’s principal address|New Manor Hall
1b Manor Road
Romford
Essex
RM1 2RA|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
|1
2
3
4
5
6
7|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body)**
**entitled to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||Alexander William
Jarvis|Chair|||
||Andrew John
Merchant||||
||John David
Kernaghan||||
||David Parker|Secretary|||
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|Corporate trustees–names of the directors at the date the report was approved|Corporate trustees–names of the directors at the date the report was approved|Corporate trustees–names of the directors at the date the report was approved|
|---|---|---|
|**Director name**|n/a||
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## Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
|**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**||
|---|---|---|
|Alexander William Jarvis|||
|Andrew John Merchant|||
|John David Kernaghan|||
|David Parker|||
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## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets n/a held in this capacity Name and objects of the n/a charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for n/a safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
## **Additional information (optional)**
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
|**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|
|---|---|---|
|Treasurer|Graham John
Pearson Riley|Church Address|
|**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**|||
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
## **Other optional information**
## **Declarations**
**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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||Alexander William Jarvis|David Parker|
||Chair
Secretary||
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**Church of God in Romford**
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**Church of God in Romford**
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**Church of God in Romford**
|**No (if any)**
**1188545**|**CC16a**|
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||**For the period**
**from**|Period start date
1/1/2023|**To**|Period end date
12/31/2023||
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|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||
|**A1 Receipts**
Donations
**6,611**
Bank Interest
**31**
Tax reclaimed 6/4/22 to 5/4/23
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**6,642**
**-**
**-**
**Sub total -**
**Total receipts 6,642**
**A3 Payments**
General expenses
**5,074**
Gifts to full-time missionaries
Gifts to fellowshipfunds
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Sub total 5,074**
**-**
**-**
**Sub total -**
**Total payments 5,074**
**Net of receipts/(payments) 1,568**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**-**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**3,567**
**Cash funds this year end 5,135**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**Sub total**_(Gross income for AR)_
**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**||**to the nearest £**
**14,502**
**-**
**4,178**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**18,680**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**18,680**
**-**
**14,200**
**2,800**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**17,000**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**17,000**
**1,680**
**-**
**65**
**1,745**
**Restricted**
**funds**|**to the nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**21,113**
**31**
**4,178**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**25,322**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**25,322**
**5,074**
**14,200**
**2,800**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**22,074**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**22,074**
**3,248**
**-**
**3,632**
**6,880**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**|
||||**-**|**21,113**|**17,277**|
||||**-**|**31**|**2**|
||||**-**|**4,178**|**3,802**|
||||**-**|**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**25,322**|**21,081**|
|||||||
||||**-**|**-**||
||||**-**|**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|**-**|
|||||||
||||**-**|**25,322**|**21,081**|
|||||||
||||**-**|**5,074**|**5,269**|
||||**-**|**14,200**|**14,400**|
||||**-**|**2,800**|**2,400**|
||||**-**|**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**22,074**|**22,069**|
|||||||
||||**-**|**-**||
||||**-**|**-**||
||||**-**|**-**|**-**|
|||||||
||||**-**|**22,074**|**22,069**|
|||||||
|||**1,680**|**-**|**3,248**|**- 988**|
|||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
|||**65**|**-**|**3,632**|**4,620**|
|||**1,745**|**-**|**6,880**|**3,632**|
## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
|**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**|**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**Total cash funds**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))|**to nearest £**
**5,135**
**-**
**-**
**5,135**
OK
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**|**to nearest £**
**1,745**
**-**
**-**
**1,745**
OK
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**|**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||OK|
|||||**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**When due**
**(optional)**|
||||**-**||
||||**-**||
||||**-**||
||||**-**||
||||**-**||
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees
Signature
Print Name
Date of approval