## **United Baptist Church UK** 

**Charity Registration Number: 1191770** 

# **Trustees Annual Report for the Period Ending 30/09/2022** 

## **Trustees** 

## **The trustees for the church are:** 

Edward Mutema 

Juliet Nkomo 

Gareth Mutema 

Dannie Gwenzi 

## **Funding** 

The church gets its funding from the membership who support the activities of the church voluntary. It is planned that we register with HMRC for us to get back taxes on all donations by the membership. The amount might not be a huge figure but will certainly go a long way. 

## **Achievements and Performance** 

The pandemic has no doubt had a negative impact on our activities and has made us come up with new ways of communicating the Gospel of Jesus Christ. The online meetings are going on well and are now able to meet every Sunday instead of once in two weeks and are seeing an increase in the number of views on our Facebook page. We continue to meet in 



person the first Sunday of the month at Little Ilford Baptist Church. 

Our support for activities in Zimbabwe through United Baptist Church in Zimbabwe (UBCZ) continues, and is happy of the impact this is making to the local communities. 

The online platform has made it possible for the church to support families who lost their loved ones given how wide spread the membership is. 

## **Attendance** 

Attendance in person on the first Sunday of the month remains low at around ten members. It is understandable that some live far away from our meeting place and continue to encourage people to tune in live on our Facebook platform every Sunday. 

## **Future Activities and Plans** 

1. We plan to have bi-annual meetings where we expect members to attend in person. 

2. We are to acquire equipment for recording and broadcasting to improve the online activities experience, as for now we depend on members’ personal gadgets of which we are very grateful, God bless you all. 

3. We plan to work with and or support local charities in your communities and would like to ask members to recommend such to the church leadership for consideration. This can open doors for us to make a difference in the communities we reside. 

4. We are to register with the HMRC for the church to claim tax rebates on all donations made by the membership. 

5. We are to continue our support for activities in Zimbabwe through our mother church UBCZ. 



6. Members are encouraged to come up with ideas on activities the church can take on as the world is moving faster than we think. 

Thank you, may God bless us all and continue to enable us to share the gospel.