## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts**
**Section A Independent Examiner’s Report Report to the trustees/** Charity Name **members of** Kingdom Apostolic Empowerment Centre **On accounts for the year** 06/04/2023 – 05/04/2023 **Charity no** 1194041 **ended (if any) Set out on pages** (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended **DD / MM / YYYY** .
**Responsibilities and** As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation **basis of report** of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
**Independent** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have **examiner's statement** come to my attention (other than that disclosed below *) in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
- accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or
- the accounts do not accord with the accounting records
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. * _Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply._
**Signed:** Johnallison **Date:** 14/01/2024 **Name:** Mr. John Gilbert Allison
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**October 2018**
**IER**
**Relevant professional** Mortgage Adviser **qualification(s) or body (if any): Address:** 58 Kimmeridge Road Cumnor, Oxford OX2 9RF
## **Section B Disclosure**
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).
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**October 2018**
**IER**
## **Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** .
In my capacity as the 'Independent Charity Account Examiner,' I have thoroughly reviewed the financial records pertaining to the fiscal year spanning from 6[th] April 2022, to 5[th] April 2023. The examination indicates a positive financial trajectory for the charity, signalling potential growth in the coming years.
Throughout the specified period, the organization garnered a total income of £204,015, sourced from donations, members' offerings, and tithes (equivalent to one-tenth of members' income contributed to the church). Simultaneously, the total expenditure amounted to £138,145, with allocations made towards diverse initiatives, including member welfare, foodbanks, youth training, wellbeing programs, personal growth endeavours, and rent payments.
The financial reporting provided a lucid breakdown of income sources and an itemized list of expenditures, facilitating a comprehensive understanding. However, to enhance the overall robustness of financial practices, it is imperative for the organization to continue to maintain meticulous documentation and record-keeping standards. This will not only substantiate financial transactions but also contribute to heightened accountability and ease in the verification process. Ensuring adherence to such practices will fortify the transparency and reliability of the charity's financial operations.
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**October 2018**
**IER**
**Charity Name No (if any) Kingdom Apostolic Empowerment Centre 1194041 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 06/04/2022 05/04/2023
|**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**68,600**
**60,385**
**75,030**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**204,015**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**204,015**
**42,250**
**23,525**
**14,970**
**20,850**
**16,700**
**2,700**
**17,150**
**138,145**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**138,145**
**65,870**
**-**
**-**
**65,870**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**68,600**
**60,385**
**75,030**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**204,015**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**204,015**
**42,250**
**23,525**
**14,970**
**20,850**
**16,700**
**2,700**
**17,150**
**138,145**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**138,145**
**65,870**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**|
|Donations|**68,600**|||||**-**|
|Offering|**60,385**|||||**-**|
|Tithes|**75,030**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**204,015**|||||**-**|
||||||||
|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|||||||
||**-**||||||
||**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**|**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**|||||||
|||||||**-**|
||||||||
|Welfare|**42,250**|||||**-**|
|Food banks|**23,525**|||||**-**|
|Costs of communityactivities|**14,970**|||||**-**|
|Well-being& Mental healthprojects|**20,850**|||||**-**|
|Youth training and empowerment
programmes|**16,700**|||||**-**|
|Personalgrowthprogrammes|**2,700**|||||**-**|
|Rentpayments|**17,150**|||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**138,145**|||||**-**|
||||||||
|**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|||||||
||**-**||||||
||**-**||||||
|**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||||
|||||||**-**|
||||||||
||**65,870**|**-**|**-**|**65,870**||**-**|
||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|
||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|
||**65,870**|**-**|**-**|**65,870**||**-**|
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
15/01/2024
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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**||
|---|---|---|---|
|**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**|**Independently checked by:**
Signature
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**113,870**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**65,870**
**-**
OK
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
Dr. Francis Appiah
Mr. John Gilbert Allison|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||OK|
||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
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||||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
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**(optional)**|
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approval|
|||Dr. Francis Appiah|14/01/2024|
||**Independently checked by:**|Mr. John Gilbert Allison|**14/01/2024**|
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
15/01/2024
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## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period**
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## Section A Reference and administration details
**Charity name Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any)** 1194041
Kingdom Apostolic Empowerment Centre
**Charity's principal address** 6 Oakwood Way Oxford **Postcode OX2 9RW**
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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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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**Name**
**Address**|||
|**Independent Accounts**
**Examiner**|Mr. John Gilbert
Allison|58 Kimmeridge Road,
Cumnor
Oxford
OX2 9RF|
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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)
CIO Association How the charity is constituted
- (eg. trust, association, company)
Appointment Trustee selection methods
- (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;
- 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**
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## **Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document**
The main objective of our charity is to advance the Christian religion in Oxfordshire and surrounding areas for the public benefit in accordance with the statement of faith.
We serve our community by:
1. providing a regular place of worship and prayer
2. the provision of such facilities and services as are appropriate for the church, to enable it to fulfil its mission to the members of the church, visitors to the church and the local community and the wider community
3. the provision of facilities for Christian training and service 4. the support and provision of Christian evangelism and outreach 5. the provision of assistance to the wider Christian church in its ministries.
**Summary of the main activities undertaken for the** 6. undertaking other activities that are consistent with promoting **public benefit in relation to** Christianity. **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)**
## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)**
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The CIO has the power to:
You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about:
- policy on grantmaking;
- policy programme related investment;
- contribution made by volunteers.
(1) Borrow money and to charge the whole or any part of its property as security for the repayment of the money borrowed. The CIO must comply as appropriate with sections 124 and 125 of the Charities Act 2011, if it wishes to mortgage land. (2) Buy, take on lease or in exchange, hire or otherwise acquire any property and to maintain and equip it for use. (3) Sell, lease or otherwise dispose of all or any part of the property belonging to the CIO. In exercising this power, the CIO must comply as appropriate with sections 117 and 119-123 of the Charities Act 2011. (4) Employ and remunerate such staff as are necessary for carrying out the work of the CIO. The CIO may employ or remunerate a Charity Trustee only to the extent that it is permitted to do so by Clause 6 (Benefits and payments to Charity Trustees and connected persons) and provided it complies with the conditions of that Clause.
- (5) Deposit or invest funds, employ a professional fund-manager, and arrange for the investments or other property of the CIO to be held in the name of a nominee, in the same manner and subject to the same conditions as the Trustees of a trust are permitted to do by the Trustee Act 2000.
## Section D Achievements and performance
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## Section D Achievements and performance
Despite the removal of COVID-19 restrictions, the lingering effects of the **Summary of the main** pandemic persistently impact our communities. Within our Church, we **achievements of the charity** have warmly embraced newcomers and remain committed to their **during the year** guidance, education, and spiritual growth throughout this period. We have also extended our support to families facing basic necessities challenges, and we've diligently directed those in need towards appropriate sources of assistance.
In the realm of spiritual enrichment, our weekly Bible teachings and studies have persisted seamlessly through Zoom. These engaging sessions are skilfully led by Pastor Ajiri Oletu and have sparked vibrant discussions and meaningful dialogues.
Furthermore, our connections with neighbouring churches, particularly the Ambassadors of Christ Evangelistic Ministries in Didcot, have remained steadfast throughout the year. We've continued to share fellowship and have actively contributed to their preaching efforts.
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## **Section E Financial review**
## **Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves**
The charity has a reserve policy of leaving 4 months of income to address any unexpected need that may arise.
**Details of any funds materially in deficit**
N/A
## **Further financial review details (Optional information)**
Principal source of funds was from members’ offerings and tithes, and You **may choose** to include general donations. We generated £204,015.00 through this means within additional information, where this financial period. And the funds were used to meet all the charitable relevant about: activities we embarked on, to a total of £138,145.00
- 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**
## **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)** Dr. Francis Appiah **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Chair **etc) Date** 14/01/2024
March **2012**
**TAR**
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