All Nations Church Barkingside and Clayhall
Report and Accounts Year ended 31 August 2024
1 Lamb's Passage, London EC1Y 8AB www.stewardship.org.uk
ALL NATIONS CHURCH BARKINGSIDE AND CLAYHALL LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2024
ADDRESS FOR CORRESPONDENCE 123 Stradbroke Grove Ilford IG5 0DP
GOVERNING DOCUMENT
CIO - Foundation registered October 2021
CHARITY REGISTRATION NUMBER 1196151
TRUSTEES RESPONSIBLE FOR MANAGING THE CHARITY
Jonathan Albon (appointed November 2022) Keith Ferdinando Simon Percy Rickey Raja
BANKERS
Barclays Bank UK PLC
INDEPENDENT EXAMINER
Sarah Crispin ACA Stewardship 1 Lamb's Passage LONDON EC1Y 8AB
INDEX
Page 1 Legal and Administrative Details Pages 2-6 Trustees' Report Page 7 Independent Examiner's Report Page 8 Receipts and Payments Account Statement of Assets & Liabilities Pages 10-11 Notes to the Accounts Page 9
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Trustees’ Annual Report for the period
From 01 Sept 2023 Period start date To 31 August 2024 Period end date
Charity name: All Nations Church Barkingside & Clayhall
Charity registration number: 1196151
Objectives and Activities
Purpose of the Charity
The purposes of the Church are: the advancement of the Christian faith in accordance with the Basis of Faith, primarily, but not exclusively, within Redbridge, London and the surrounding neighbourhood; and such other charitable purposes as shall, in the opinion of the charity trustees, put into practice the Christian faith in accordance with the Basis of Faith, including but not limited to: the prevention and relief of need, hardship and sickness; the advancement of education; and the provision of facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation or other leisure time occupation of individuals who have need of such facilities by reason of their youth, age infirmity or disability, financial hardship or social circumstances with the object of improving their conditions of life; provided that the advancement of such purposes must be undertaken in a manner that is consistent with the Doctrinal Distinctives and Ethical Statements as may be adopted and amended by the Church from time to time.
Main Activities
All Nations Church Barkingside & Clayhall was founded in October 2021 with the express intention of advancing the Christian faith. Particularly, but not exclusively, to the inhabitants of the areas of Barkingside & Clayhall and the surrounding London Borough of Redbridge, as well as other charitable purposes consistent with the primary aim of the charity.
All Nations Church meets every Sunday at Fullwell Cross Library, 140 High Street, Barkingside, Ilford, IG6 2EA for a time of worship, prayer and teaching with Sunday school for children aged 3-11 years and a creche. The church met at 4pm in the afternoon until 5th May 2024 and from the 12th May, the service time was moved to 10.30am. Monthly church lunches were launched in October 2023.
In the same venue, other meetings and activities are held mid-week in order to engage meaningfully with the local community. These include; a fortnightly Fun and Bible Club to engage local primary school aged children; seminars and training courses to equip the congregation and advance the Christian faith, and a community hub drop-in offering a free space for people in the community to come, enjoy refreshments, games and conversations with others to meaningfully engage with the local community.
Charity Commission Guidance
In pursuing these aims, the trustees sought to comply with and follow the Charity Commission guidelines on public benefit.
Achievements and Performance
Over the course of the period, the church congregation has been steady. Some existing members moved on and new people joined as well as regular guests and visitors. We
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launched monthly fellowship lunches at the church and changed the service time from 4pm to 10.30am in May 2024 to increase opportunities for hospitality, outreach, discipleship and training in the afternoons and evenings.
The mid-week ministries that were established in the previous year continued. These included: 2 home groups in the local area; the Women’s Day time bible study group; a fortnightly Fun and Bible Club to engage local primary school aged children; seeker courses (HOPE Explored) introducing the basics of Christianity; seminars equipping Christians to think biblically about topical issues (e.g. an Autumn Bible School unpacking a biblical theological approach to mental health, anxiety, depression).
A joint Holiday Bible Club in collaboration with some other local churches was run in February 2024 for primary school aged children and enabled us to connect and serve new families in the local area, with a Holiday Bible Club Sunday service at All Nations Church.
The FIEC Centenary Mission Fund grant received in the previous financial year has enabled us to continue to build upon the cross-cultural ministry initiatives launched in the previous year. These included: a community hub drop in called the “All Nations Hot Spot”, meeting weekly on Wednesday mornings to offer a free space for people in the community to come, enjoy refreshments, games and conversations with others in order to meaningfully engage with the local community and for public benefit; the continued opportunity to have stalls at a local school in Clayhall and run school assemblies; the book table and door to door visitation with over 1200 homes visited and hundreds of literature and resources distributed. New community engagement ministries were also launched that included the Easter and Summer Craft Events that engaged with numerous new families in the area.
There were changes to our eldership with Simon Percy stepping down as an elder on 1 Jan 2024 to take up a new role as Pastor of another church in the UK. At the same time he stepped down as a Chair of Trustees but remains a trustee and Rick Raja stepped up as chair of trustees.
There were changes to our staffing too. Our 2 junior members of staff (self-funded, in partnership with Reach Global and Co-Mission) continued to develop our new website, social media, marketing and communications and grow our digital presence as a church including our members portal that has over 40 content resources for members. Our crosscultural women’s worker continued to build relationships in the local community. They officially finished their roles in February 2024 to pursue other ministry opportunities in the USA.
We recruited and appointed 2 new cross-cultural ministry trainees to join our staff team from 1 Sept 2023 to enable us to continue to grow existing ministries and implement new initiatives in the local area. Their appointments were possible with very generous grants from Sychar Fund and Co-Mission network as well as numerous other grants, churches and individuals. They had regular training with the Pastor in the area of cross-cultural mission and ministry start up.
With increased ministry came increased administration and so a part time administrator was appointed in 1 Nov 2023 to relieve some of the administrative burden from the eldership team, staff team and trustees. This enabled the launch of new training initiatives such as a preaching group, small group leaders training, the CCMT programme and spiritual leadership development.
Our Oak Hill student and his family finished their 3-year placement with us and were preparing to move to Southern Asia to pursue work and life.
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We became officially affiliated with the Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches on 1 Sept 2023 and applied for full membership with the Co-Mission Network.
Financial Review
The majority of unrestricted income during the year has come through generous donations and gifts from members of the church congregation. This has been supplemented by gifts from external churches and individual supporters.
In addition, a number of grants were obtained to support the salaries and training of our ministry trainees.
It is noted that the level of support from the founding churches has reduced in this financial year and will continue to taper to zero in the coming years as All Nations becomes more self-sufficient.
Income from giving was lower than budgeted for, however total expenditure for the year was also lower than budgeted. This resulted in an overall deficit for the financial year, however is not currently seen as a concern as the level of reserves held is above the figure required by the churches reserves policy (see next section).
Principal sources of funding are from external supporting churches, external supporters, external grants from organisations and trusts and internal congregational giving.
Reserves
Reserves are held in line with Charity Commission guidance so that the Charity is able to meet any expenditure commitments to which it has committed and ensure that staff contracts and housing arrangements are not immediately terminated.
Therefore, it was agreed at a trustees meeting held on 11th Oct 2023 that a minimum of £24,000 would be held in readily accessible cash accounts to cover 4 months of salary, rental costs that included church house and council tax and venue hire.
The balance of unrestricted funds held at 31st August 2024 is in excess of the £24,000 figure agreed by the Trustees and therefore the Charity is complying with its reserves policy.
There are no material uncertainties about the Charity’s ability to continue as a going concern.
Key Risks
That the level of external and internal giving to support the Charity drops due to the current economic climate.
Structure, Governance and Management
Governance
All Nations Church Barkingside & Clayhall is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) with the Charity Commission of England & Wales.
All Nations Church Barkingside & Clayhall has a Church Constitution and a Church Handbook.
Trustee Selection
Trustees are appointed in accordance with the charity constitution.
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According to the constitution, any person appointed as an Elder shall also be a charity trustee, any person appointed as the Church Treasurer shall also be a charity trustee.
The Elders shall be entitled to propose additional persons as charity trustees (“non-Elder trustees”), provided that the number of non-elder trustees shall be fewer than half the total number of charity trustees then in office.
All roles shall be appointed by the Church Members in accordance with the requirements set out in the Church Handbook
Organisation Structure
The oversight of the activities of the church are by the church elders: Rickey Raja and Keith Ferdinando who are also the trustees.
Simon Percy stood down as an Elder on 1st January 2024. He retains his role as a Church Trustee.
Whilst being an independent church and organisation of our own right, we do have growing fruitful partnerships with the Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches (FIEC), CoMission, London City Mission (LCM) and North East London A Passion For Life Churches.
Reference and Administrative details
| Charity name | All Nations Church Barkingside & Clayhall |
| Registered charity number | 1196151 |
| Charity’s principal address | 123 Stradbroke Grove Ilford IG5 0DP |
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
| 1 2 3 4 |
Trustee name |
Office | Dates acted (if not for whole year) |
Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee |
| Rickey Raja | Senior Pastor, Chair of Trustees |
14 October 2021- Present |
Charity Trustees and Church |
|
| Simon Percy | Trustee | 14 October 2021- Present |
Charity Trustees and Church |
|
| Keith Ferdinando |
Elder, Trustee | 26 July 2022- Present |
Charity Trustees and Church |
|
| Jonathan Albon |
Treasurer and Trustee |
29 November 2022-Present |
Charity Trustees and Church |
Declarations
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.
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Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees
Signature: Rickey B Raja Rickey B Raja (Feb 20, 2025 16:29 GMT)
Full name: Rickey Raja
Position: Chair of Trustees
Date: Feb 20, 2025
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INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT
TO THE TRUSTEES OF
ALL NATIONS CHURCH BARKINGSIDE AND CLAYHALL
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of All Nations Church Barkingside and Clayhall ('the charity') for the period ended 31 August 2024 on pages 8 to 11 following.
Responsibilities and basis of report
As the trustees of the charity you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the 2011 Act’).
I report in respect of my examination of the charity’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act.
Independent examiner’s statement
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect: 1. accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the 2011 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.
Sarah Crispin
Sarah Crispin (Feb 27, 2025 08:13 GMT)
Sarah Crispin ACA
Stewardship 1 Lamb's Passage LONDON EC1Y 8AB
Date: Feb 27, 2025
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ALL NATIONS CHURCH BARKINGSIDE AND CLAYHALL
RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2024
| Notes Income receipts Donations Gift aid receipts Legacies Grants from Woodford Evangelical Church Other grants Income from charitable activities Total receipts Payments 2 3 Total payments Transfers between funds 5 Net movement in funds Cash funds as at last year end Cash funds at this year end A Net of receipts / (payments) before transfers Grants paid in relation to charitable activities undertaken by others Payments in relation to charitable activities undertaken directly |
General Designated Funds Funds £ £ 40,969 - 13,705 - - - - - - - 9,000 - 63,674 - 71,536 - - - 71,536 - (7,862) - 2,040 - (5,822) - 57,294 - 51,472 - Unrestricted Funds |
Restricted Funds £ 7,859 - - - 55,498 - 63,358 54,159 2,651 56,810 6,548 (2,040) 4,508 2,201 6,709 |
2024 £ 48,829 13,705 - - 55,498 9,000 127,032 125,695 2,651 128,346 (1,314) - (1,314) 59,495 58,181 |
2023 £ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51,869 5,007 10,000 3,000 21,000 165 |
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| 91,041 | ||||
| 68,347 2,850 |
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| 71,197 | ||||
| 19,844 - |
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| 19,844 39,651 |
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| 59,495 |
The notes on pages 10-11 form part of these accounts.
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ALL NATIONS CHURCH BARKINGSIDE AND CLAYHALL
STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
AS AT THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2024
| A Cash funds Cash at bank with immediate access Cash at bank (90 day notice account) B Other monetary assets Gift aid due to charity Prepaid room hire C Liabilities Falling due within one year: Trade creditors Pension due Fee for Independent Examination Accrued expenses |
General Designated funds funds £ £ 26,473 - 25,000 - 51,473 - 1,415 - 3,605 - 5,019 - - - 472 - 1,108 - 229 - 1,808 - Unrestricted Funds |
Restricted funds £ 6,709 - 6,709 - - - - - - - - |
2024 £ 33,181 25,000 58,181 1,415 3,605 5,019 - 472 1,108 229 1,808 |
2023 £ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 59,495 - |
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| 59,495 | ||||
| 7,701 3,858 |
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| 11,559 | ||||
| - 108 720 81 |
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| 909 |
D Assets retained for charity's own use
| ets retained for charity's own use | |
|---|---|
| Electrical and kitchen equipment Computers and IT equipment |
2024 |
| 1,300 559 |
|
| 1,859 |
E Guarantees and secured debts
The charity has not given any guarantees and has not provided its assets as security for any liabilities.
The accounts were approved by the trustees and signed on their behalf
Rickey B Raja Feb 20, 2025 by _____ Rickey B Raja (Feb 20, 2025 16:29 GMT) date ____
Rickey Raja
The notes on pages 10-11 form part of these accounts.
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ALL NATIONS CHURCH BARKINGSIDE AND CLAYHALL
NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2024
1 Accounting policies
The accounts have been prepared on a receipts and payments basis and comprise a statement that shows the charity's receipts and payments, a statement that summarises the charity's assets and liabilities and related notes. The accountancy profession have determined that only accounts prepared in accordance with applicable accounting standards present a 'true and fair' view and, as these receipts and payments accounts have not (and cannot) be prepared in accordance with accounting standards, these accounts do not present (and are not intended to present) a 'true and fair' view of the charity's financial activities and state of affairs.
General funds are unrestricted funds which are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the charity. Designated funds comprise unrestricted funds that have been set aside by the trustees for particular purposes. Restricted funds are donations which are to be used in accordance with specific restrictions imposed by donors; they include donations received from appeals for specific activities or projects.
| 2 Payments in relation to charitable activities undertaken directly Employment costs Note 4 Minister accommodation costs Note 4 Venue hire Equipment Training, conference and events Resources and ministries expenses Cross-Cultural Ministry Trainee Insurance Governance, professional and legal fees Administration, IT and support 3 Grants and gifts paid to others Organisations: SIM International London City Mission FIEC Mission Grant Organisations < £1,000 Keith Ferdinando - Zambia Individuals (hardship fund) 4 Transactions with related parties |
General Designated funds funds £ £ 26,588 - 19,870 - 11,528 - 1,321 - 1,726 - 2,602 - - - - - 1,637 - 1,855 - 67,128 - 1,200 - 875 - 840 - - - 1,166 - 328 - 4,408 - Unrestricted Funds |
Restricted Funds £ 49,230 - 860 700 1,383 1,451 2,675 - - 11 56,310 - 500 - - - - 500 |
2024 £ 75,818 19,870 12,388 2,022 3,109 4,052 2,675 - 1,637 1,867 123,438 1,200 1,375 840 - 1,166 328 4,908 |
2023 £ |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General funds £ 26,588 19,870 11,528 1,321 1,726 2,602 - - 1,637 1,855 67,128 1,200 875 840 - 1,166 328 4,408 |
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| 19,606 16,669 14,071 2,163 8,323 4,463 - 168 1,201 1,683 |
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| 68,347 | |||||
| 1,200 1,050 - 600 - - |
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| 2,850 | |||||
Rickey Raja served as a church leader and was paid £20,350 [2022: £18,500] for serving in that capacity, not for serving as a trustee; these payments are permitted by the charity's governing document.
In addition the charity incurred expenditure totalling £19,870 [2022 £16,669] in respect of the provision of accommodation (which is customary for ministers) to Rickey Raja, who is a trustee, so that they could better perform their duties.
A payment of £1,166 was made to Keith Ferdinando, a trustee, for costs related to an overseas preaching mission to Zambia
No payments were made to any other trustees or persons related to them, except for reimbursement of expenses paid out on behalf of the charity.
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ALL NATIONS CHURCH BARKINGSIDE AND CLAYHALL
NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2024
| 5 Movement of funds General funds Restricted funds FIEC Mission grant AP4L Cross-Cultural Ministry Trainee Total funds |
Opening balance £ 57,294 57,294 7,036 15 (4,850) 2,201 |
Receipts £ 63,674 63,674 - 730 62,628 63,358 |
Payments £ (71,536) (71,536) (2,651) (758) (53,402) (56,810) |
Closing Transfers balance £ £ 2,040 51,473 2,040 51,473 - 4,385 120 108 (2,160) 2,216 (2,040) 6,709 - - 58,181 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 59,495 | 127,032 | (128,346) |
The FIEC (Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches) Mission grant was awarded for use as part of an evangelism project to Muslim and Asian communities in the Clayhall and Barkingside area.
The AP4L fund was supported by gifts and contributions from local churches within the northeast London passion for life mission group for the joint running of events, including a Holiday Bible Club during February half-term.
The Cross-Cultural Ministry Trainee fund was created for the purpose of employing trainee staff members, inclusive of salaries and study fees. The b/f deficit balance relates to funds paid out in the previous year in expectation of a grant which was subsequently received during the current year. The budgeting and funding request for these grants included costs for time spent with the ANCBC pastor, this totalled £2160, which was transferred from the restricted fund to the general fund to cover these costs.
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