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2022-11-30-accounts

WORSHIP HILL CHURCH

Financial Statements for the year ended 30 November 2022

Contents Page
Trustees and Professional Advisors 2
Trustees Report 3-5
Independent Examiner Report 6
Statement of Financial Activity 7
Statement of Financial Position 8
Notes to the Financial Statements 9-12

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Charity Registration No: 1195958 Company registration No: 12336454

Trustees and Professional Advisors Principal Office:

73 Butterys Thorpe Bay Southend On Sea SS1 3DT

Trustees:

Tonderai Chinomona Ratidzo Rungano Simbisai Makumbe

Directors

Tonderai Chinomona Ratidzo Rungano Julias Tinashe Mahuni

Bankers:

1 Churchill Place London E14 5HP

Independent Examiners:

Bilberry Accountants Limited Chartered Accountants Kingsgate, 62 High Street Redhill RH1 1SG

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Trustee Report

Structure, Governance and Management

The Worship Hill Church is a company limited by guarantee and is governed by a memorandum and articles of association under the Companies Act and dated 20 October 2006.

Organisation and decision-making structure .

There are a minimum of three Directors and one Trustee who meet approximately three to four times a year to consider all aspects of the company's activities and to monitor progress on the company's business plan. This plan helps Directors/Trustee to work towards a shared and sustainable vision, agreeing priorities and appropriate activities to achieve these.

Communication with church members is conducted through tailored mailing, email, newsletter, and the website.

Trustee induction

Following election as a Trustee, an induction session is held including explanations of the roles and responsibilities of trustees and directors.

Governing Bodies

The Directors & Trustees are responsible for:

The Board

The Trustees and the Directors who served during the year are set out on page 1 of this report.

Trustees' Responsibilities

Company law requires the Trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and of the surplus or deficit of the charity for that period. In preparing those financial statements the Trustees have: -

Declaration by the charity Trustees in relation to the independent examination:

So far as each Trustee is aware, there is no relevant information, defined as “Information needed by the charity's independent examiner in connection with preparing their report", of which the charity's independent examiner was unaware; and each Trustee has taken all steps that he ought to have taken Page 4 of 12 to make himself aware of any relevant matters and to ensure that the charity's

independent examiner is aware of such information. Such steps include making inquiries of other Trustees and independent examiner and other steps required by the Trustee's duty to exercise due care and skill.

The Trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2006.

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Objectives & Activities

The advancement of the Christian religion according to the Holy Scriptures as contained in the confession of Faith set out in the Schedule hereto in the United Kingdom, and to such parts of the world, as the Trustees may from time to time determine. To relieve sickness and financial hardship, and to promote and preserve good health by the provision of funds, goods, items or services and counselling support and prayers in the UK, or other parts of the World, as the Trustees may from time to time determine. To promote for the benefit of the community the provision of facilities for education, recreation or other leisure time occupation of individuals who have need of such facilities by reason of their youth, infirmity or disablement, financial hardship or social and economic circumstances or for the public at large in the interests of social welfare and with the object of advancing education and improving the conditions of life.

Our activities are mainly supporting the homeless and people with mental issues. We’re also supporting the youth by creating activities that will take them out of drugs, and gun crimes

Achievements & Performance

Advancing the Christian faith by holding the traditional Sunday Services throughout the year. Services are open to the public. Church Services and bible studies are held on Sundays. Midweek meetings and bible studies are held on Wednesdays and Fridays, respectively.

We have two ministries that are arms that link us with the community.

  1. Hill Mental Support: We support people whose mental health is affected by challenges of life. We do this by providing counselling and weekly food supplies.

  2. Hill Musical School: A musical school in the making where the youths are taken out from the streets by giving them music which can give them more productive lives

Social Support and Community impact

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Donations

The church continues to make life changing donations. They partnered through our Hill Mental Support with Southend Emergency Fund and with The National Lottery Community Fund in distributing weekly food parcels to about 30 families.

Emphasis on Youth Empowerment

We have started amongst other things, the Hill Musical School which we believe will empower the Youths in the area of music. There has not been much development in this period in this ministry due to financial constraints.

Financial review

The Statement of Financial Activities shows total revenues of £32,332 . Detailed sources of income are shown in note 2-3. Total expenditure was £45,834 .

Reserves' Policy

The Charity needs reserves to enable it to progress to completion both its long-term projects and to protect its current activities, to allow the Charity to meet its responsibilities and ensure that it continues to operate on a going concern basis. The Charity has examined the needs, risks and challenges faced in both the short and medium term, along with relevant financial forecasts and have formulated a policy to meet those needs. During the year the Trustees have reviewed the reserves policy to reflect the level of reserves required to cover fluctuations in the timing of income. The policy is to hold between 3 months' and 6 months of budgeted income. This range is between £5 000 and £10 000 . The free reserves of the charity met this target.

Trustee (Position): Chairman/Director

By order of the Board of Directors/Trustee

Name: Tonderai Chinomona Signature: T J Chinomona Date: 10/11/23

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Independent Examiner's Report

The Management and Board of Trustees of Worship Hill Church Life who are registered as a charity, appointed me to independently examine their trustees' report, financial reports and the accompanying notes.

Responsibilities of Management and Board of Trustees

My Responsibility

To carry out procedures such as analytical reviews, comparing the published reports to the financial records kept by the charity and enquiring from those tasked with the governance of the charity any matters that need clarity.

I also considered the disclosures of material facts in the financial reports and the going concern of the charity.

The nature and extent of my examination did not provide appropriate and adequate audit evidence and therefore no audit opinion is provided in this report.

Independent Examiner's statement

In the course of my examination, no matters came to my attention which give me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements:

For and on Behalf of Bilberry Accountants Ltd Chartered Accountants

13[th] December 2023

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Statement of Financial Activity For the year ended 30 November 2022

Note
Incoming Resources
Voluntary Income
2
Other Income
3
Total Income Resources
Charitable Expenditure
Community Building
4
Church Governance
5
Church Running
Total Resources Expended
Net movement in Funds
Fund balance brought forward
Fund balance carried forward		 30-Nov
2022
£
27,832
4,500
32,332
8,399
840
36,595
45,834
(13,502)
48,867
35,365		 30-Nov
2021
£
24,256
13,773
38,029
11,711
840
43,058
55,609
(17,580)
66,447
48,867

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Statement of Financial Position As at 30 November 2022

Note
Fixed Assets
Tangible assets
6
Current Assets
Cash at bank and in hand
7
Current Liabilities
Creditors amounts falling due within one year
Trade and other creditors
8
Net current Assets
NET ASSETS
CHARITY FUNDS		 30-Nov
2022
£
24,519
11,686
11,686
(840)
10,846
35,365
35,365		 30-Nov
2021
£
26,659
23,048
23,048
(840)
22,208
48,867
48,867

The financial statements of Worship Hill Church, registration number 1195958 were approved by the Trustees on 13[th ] December 2023.

Approved on behalf by:

Ratidzo Rungano Trustee

Tonderai Chinomona

Trustee

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Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ended 30 November 2022

1. Accounting Policy

a) Basis of preparation

The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention and are in accordance with trust law, applicable accounting standards and the Statement of Recommended Practice, “Accounting and Reporting by Charities”, issued in March 2005.

b) Fund accounting

Unrestricted funds are general funds that are available for use at the trustees’ discretion in furtherance of the objectives of the charity. Restricted funds are those donated for use in a particular area or for specific purposes, the use of which is restricted to that area or purpose.

c) Incoming resources

Voluntary income, including donations, gifts and legacies and grants that provide core funding or are of a general nature, are recognised where there is entitlement, certainty of receipt and the amount can be measured with sufficient reliability.

Investment income is recognised on a receivable basis.

Income from charitable activities includes income recognised as earned (as the related goods or services are provided) under contract where there is entitlement, certainty of receipt and the amount can be measured with sufficient reliability.

d) Resources expended

Expenditure is recognised when a liability is incurred. Funding provided through contractual agreements and performance related grants are recognised as goods or services supplied.

Other grant payments costs of generating funds are those costs incurred in attracting voluntary income, and those incurred in trading activities that raise funds.

Governance costs include those incurred in the governance of its assets and are primarily associated with constitutional and statutory requirements.

Support costs include central functions and have been allocated to activity cost categories on a basis consistent with the use of resources, e.g. allocating office property costs by floor areas, management and human resources costs by the number of staff, and finance and IT costs by work done.

e) Donated Goods and volunteer and other donated services.

Donated goods are recognised in different ways dependent on how they are used by the charity:

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resources and resources expended when they are distributed. They are valued at the amount the charity would have had to pay to acquire them.

The charity has not received any goods for use by the charity itself. The value of services provided by volunteers is not incorporated into these financial statements. Where services are provided to the charity as a donation that would normally be purchased from our suppliers this contribution is included in the financial statements at an estimate based on the value of the contribution to the charity.

f) Taxation

Irrecoverable VAT is not separately analysed and is charged to the statement of financial activities when the expenditure to which it relates is incurred and is allocated as part of the expenditure to which it relates.

Tax recovered from voluntary income received under gift aid is recognised when the related income is receivable and is allocated to the income category to which the income relates.

g) Tangible fixed assets and depreciation

Tangible assets are stated at cost and depreciated over their useful economic lives at the following rates:

Fixture and fittings 5 years Equipment 5 years Computers 5 years

Where the recoverable amount of a tangible asset is found to be below its net book value, the asset is written down to its recoverable amount and the loss on impairment is charged to the relevant expenditure category of the statement of financial activities.

Where an asset is not primarily used to generate income, its impairment is assessed by reference to its service potential on its initial acquisition. The charity currently has no tangible fixed assets to which impairment provisions apply.

2. Voluntary income

Tithe
Love offering
3. Other Income
Restricted donations
Designated donations		 2022
£
26,170
1,662
27,832
2022
£
4,500
0
4,500		 2021
£
22,288
1,968
24,256
2021
£
4,175
9,598
13,773

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4. Community building
Community building
5. Church governance
Accountancy and independent examination fees		 2022
£
8,399
8,399
2022
£
840
840		 2021
£
11,711
11,711
2021
£
840
840

6. Property Plant and Equipment

5
Property &
Equipment
£
Cost
At 1 December 2021
10,600
Additions
6,100
Disposals
At 30 November 2022
16,700
Depreciation
At 1 December 2021
2,320
Charge during the period
3,340
Disposals
At 30 November 2022
5,660
Net Book Value
At 30 November 2021
8,280
At 30 November 2022
11,040
7. Cash and cash equivalent
Cash at bank and in hand		 5
Furniture
and fixtures
3,909		 5
5
Computers
Musical
Instruments
£
£

1,475
19,113		 Total
£

35,097
6,100
3,909
1,475 19,113
41,197
782 295
5,823

295
3,823
8,438

8,240
782
590 9,646
16,678
3,909
3,127
1,180
13,290

8859,467
26,659

24,519
2022
£
11,686
11,686		 2021
£
23,048
23,048

Restricted fund balance included in the cash at bank is £276.20 (2021- £4,175)

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8. Trade and other creditors

Accountancy and independent examination fees 2022
£
840
840		 2021
£
840
840

9. Capital commitments

There was no capital commitment in 2022 ( 2021: Nil )

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