THE FATHER'S LOVE MINISTRY
TRUSTEES REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENEDED 30 OCTOBER 2024
CONTENTS
TRUSTEE'S REPORT OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCES STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS
THE FATHER'S LOVE MINISTRY
TRUSTEE'S REPORT
YEAR ENDING 30 OCTOBER 2024
TRUSTEES
PASTOR SONNY GARA (CHAIRPERSON)
PASTOR HABIL M. MAKOMEREH
PASTOR ANDREA V. COWELL
PASTOR RURAMAI GARA (SECRETARY)
CHARITY REGISTERED NUMBER:
1196389
The Trustees submit their annual report. (The Financial Statements for The Father's Love Ministry for the year ended 30th October 2024 already submitted online)
The Trustees confirm that the annual report and financial statements of the church comply with current statutory requirements, the requirements of the church's governing document and the provisions of the Statement of
Recommended Practice (SORP) "Accounting and Reporting by Charities" issued in March 2005.
THE OBJECTIVES OF THE CHARITY
The advancement of Christian Faith in the UK for the benefit of the public through preaching and teaching of Christian doctrine and principles.
PUBLIC BENEFIT STATEMENT
In determining how best to pursue these objectives the Trustees have taken on board the charity commission's general guidance on public benefit and in particular it's supplementary public guidance on the advancement of religion for public benefit. The Father's Love Ministry continues to pursue these objectives by operating from its registered address. (21 Ridgway Road, Luton, BEDFORDSHIRE LU2 7RP)
EVANGELISM & OUTREACH
Evangelism was carried out throughout the year, and once again one on one street witnessing in the community intensified, salvation flyers were distributed in the neighbourhood, town centre, community parks and witnessed a hunger for the Word and message of salvation. Most people requested prayer during the street witnessing. The meetings, Bible study, prayer, worship continue to take place at the registered address where people are free and welcome to join.
COUNSELLING
This was made available free of charge mainly by the Pastor (Chairperson), either in person or through telephone. We witnessed people’s lives being touched by the power of God as they received godly counsel as scriptures were shared from the Holy Bible. Most families found peace and comfort through counselling and prayers in their season of loss of a loved one and when there was sickness in the family. Home visits were carried out at the request of the individuals who willingly opened their doors for prayer, and fellowship and through which hope was restored back.
VOLUNTEERS
The Church is grateful for its Trustees who are involved in service provision and above all giving their time in prayer also, offering their unwavering guidance throughout during trustee meetings. This working together provides stability, transparency and accountability as we seek to further the Gospel of Jesus Christ and see lives transformed.
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ACHIEVEMENTS and OBJECTIVES
The process of planning, development and implementation have continued in the last year, during which the church has been successful spiritually in ministering to the needs of different people both in showing love through sharing the gospel and giving food to the hungry while on the outreach mission within our neighbourhood and communities. We have reaching out to the bereaved, offering prayer, sharing the words of comfort from the Bible and through this, lives were transformed both young and old from different backgrounds. We have helped people embrace biblical principles that enable them to see life through the eyes of the Word of God. Street evangelism continued with the distribution of Salvation leaflets as part of our evangelism tools in reaching our communities with the gospel of Jesus Christ. Lives were touched in a practical way during evangelism as not only the gospel, prayer, leaflets given but our hearts went out for the homeless where food, blankets, bathing towels and toiletries were given to Noah Enterprise for the Homeless.
FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS
The church continues to aim, as part of fulfilling its main objectives, to secure a facility that will equip, help develop the whole man, young and old, spiritually, mentally and physically as we continue to advance towards the goal of proclaiming the Gospel of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ in a manner that is relevant to the lives of families and individuals in our communities and in the UK as a whole today. We believe there is hope to fully serve the communities and see people's lives transformed.
FINANCIAL REVIEW
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of The Charities Act giving 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.
The Trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records, which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
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STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT
The constitution
- The Father's Love Ministry falls under the Constitution of the Charitable Incorporated Organisation whose only voting members are its Charity Trustees and is a registered charity number 1196389.
Method of appointment or election of Trustees
- As stated in the governing document, apart from the first Trustees, all other Trustees were appointed by a resolution passed at a properly convened meeting of the Charity Trustees. The appointment of trustees took serious regard to skills, knowledge and experience required for the effective administration of the CIO.
Organisational structure and decision making
- The Church is organised so that the trustees meet regularly to manage its affairs. No decision was taken at a meeting unless a quorum was present and any decisions made were done, with at least two or three trustees signifying their agreement for the decision to be effected and in cases of zoom meetings, a copy of the minutes detailing the discussed proposals was sent after the meeting to each trustee who would in turn after authenticating by their signature return to the office within the stipulated time.
This Report was approved on behalf of The Father's Love Ministry Trustees on 27th of August 2025
Pastor Ruramai Gara (Trustee/ Secretary)
Signed: ruramai gara
Dated: 27/08/2025
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| Charity Name | No (if any) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Father's love Ministry | ||||
| Receipts andpayments accounts | CC16a | |||
| For the period from |
01/11/2023 Period start date |
30/10/2024 Period end date To |
| Section A Receipts and payments | Section A Receipts and payments | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A1 Receipts | Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ 1,120 - - - - - - - 1,120 - - - 1,120 365 165 100 - - - - - - 630 - - - 630 490 - 893 1,383 |
Restricted funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
Endowment funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
Total funds to the nearest £ 1,120 - - - - - - - 1,120 - - - 1,120 365 165 100 - - - - - - 630 - - - 630 490 |
Last year to the nearest £ |
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| Donations Legacies and Grants | 1,120 | 1,000 | ||||
| - | - | |||||
| - | - | |||||
| - | - | |||||
| - | - | |||||
| - | - | |||||
| - | - | |||||
| - | - | |||||
| Sub total(Gross income for AR) |
1,120 |
1,000 | ||||
| A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). |
||||||
| - | ||||||
| - | - | |||||
| ~~Sub total~~ | - | - | ||||
| Total receipts A3 Payments |
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| 1,000 | ||||||
| Telephone,internet andpostage | 365 | - | ||||
| Printing, postage, stationery and computer supplies |
165 |
- | ||||
| Grants and donationspaid | 100 | - | ||||
| - | - | |||||
| - | - | |||||
| - | - | |||||
| - | - | |||||
| - | - | |||||
| - | - | |||||
| **Sub total ** | 630 | - | ||||
| A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) |
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| - | ||||||
| - | ||||||
| **Sub total ** | - | - | ||||
| Total payments Net of receipts/(payments) A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds this year end |
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| - | ||||||
| 490 | - | - | 490 | 1,000 | ||
| - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 893 | - | - | 893 | - | ||
| 1,383 | - | - | 1,383 | 1,000 |
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
27/08/2025
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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 |
Signature rurarai gara Details Details Cash at bank Details Details Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Details |
Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ 1,383 - - - - - 1,383 - 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 Ruramai Gara |
Endowment funds to nearest £ |
|---|---|---|---|
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| OK | |||
| Endowment funds to nearest £ |
|||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| Current value (optional) |
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| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| Current value (optional) |
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| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| When due (optional) |
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| Date of approval |
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| rurarai gara | Ruramai Gara | 27/08/2025 | |
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
27/08/2025
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