## **R rt of the Trustees epo** # **and** **Unaudited Financial Statements for the Period ended 31[st] March** **2024** **For** ## **BETHESDA CAMBRIDGE TAMIL CHURCH** **BETHESDA CAMBRIDGE TAMIL CHURCH** _CHARITY NO_ **:** _1196405_ ## **BETHESDA CAMBRIDGE TAMIL CHURCH** |**CONTENTS**|| |---|---| |Trustees Annual Report
Independent Examiner’s Report
Receipts and Payment Account
Statement of Assets and Liabilities|-
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7| **BETHESDA CAMBRIDGE TAMIL CHURCH** _CHARITY NO_ **:** _1196405_ ## **BETHESDA CAMBRIDGE TAMIL CHURCH** ## **Trustees’ Annual Report** ## **For the Year Ended 31 March 2024** The trustees have pleasure in presenting their report together with the financial statements for the period ended 31 March 2024 ## **Reference & Administrative Information** ## Charity Name : **Bethesda Cambridge Tamil church** Charity No : 1196405 Address : 40 Villa Road Northstowe Cambridge CB24 1BU Telephone Number: 07969570701 Web: https://cambridgetamilchurch.com/ ## Trustees (Church Council) Jeswin Samuel - Trustee/Chairman Karthik Manohar - Trustee Thomas Rathan - Trustee Adelin Samuel - Trustee ## Other Trustees who served during the year None ## **Structure, Governance & Management** ## **Constitution** This Charity is a Christian church. It is governed by its constitution which was adopted on 14[th] November 2020 as amended on 20[th] October 2021. The Church was granted charitable status by Charity Commission. ## **Appointment of Trustees** Trustees are elected at the Annual General Meeting. ## Management The trustees are responsible for the strategic direction and governance of the Church whilst day-today running. We also have several volunteer leaders to assist on a rota basis. **BETHESDA CAMBRIDGE TAMIL CHURCH** _CHARITY NO_ **:** _1196405_ ## **BETHESDA CAMBRIDGE TAMIL CHURCH** ## **Objectives & Activities** ## Charitable purposes 1. the objects of the church are for the public benefit: to advance the Christian faith (in accordance with the statement of beliefs) in such ways and in such parts of the United Kingdom or the world as the trustees from time to time may think fit. 2. to relieve sickness and financial hardship and to promote and preserve health by the provision of funds, goods or services of any kind, including through the provision of counselling and support in such parts of the United Kingdom or the world as the trustees from time to time may think fit: 3. and to advance education in such ways and in such parts of the United Kingdom or the world as the trustees from time to time may think fit. ## **Activities** **Sunday worship** : The Sunday Worship is held at St. Thomas Hall, Ancaster Way, Cambridge CB1 3TT. The service includes praise and worship followed by sermon. Guest speakers are also invited to give sermon on some days. **Sunday school:** Sunday school takes place online and in-person. The children are split into different groups and follow a fixed curriculum. **Youth Meeting:** The Youth meeting is conducted every quarterly. There is a Youth prayer meeting every Friday evening **Ladies Prayer Meeting** : Prayer of intercession takes place every Wednesday night. **Men’s Prayer Meeting:** The men gather online every Tuesday for the Men’s Prayer Meet. ## **Church Council** : We have regular trustee/council meetings with our Pastor and all our activities are assessed. If any concerns or improvements needed are addressed and necessary changes made for the benefit of the church, community, and the nation. The church council consists of four members who are elected by the general body and the period of the council is two years. We have regular church council meetings with our Pastor and all our activities should be assessed and if any concerns, or improvements needed should be addressed and necessary changes will be made for the benefit of the church, community, and nation as well. The church accounts are handled by the treasurer and the accounts are checked and audited every six months by our pastor. ## **Charity and Mission Support in 2023/24:** In the year 2023/24, we were able to support many local charities and in India in their very demanding needs. Also helped many of those who are going through the financial struggles. In addition to this, we have supported many visiting pastors and guest speakers for their ministries and charitable works in India . **BETHESDA CAMBRIDGE TAMIL CHURCH** _CHARITY NO_ **:** _1196405_ ## **Independent Examiner's Report to the trustees of** ## **BETHESDA CAMBRIDGE TAMIL CHURCH** **(Charity number: 1196405)** I report on the receipt and payment accounts for the year ended 31st March 2024 set out on page 8 ## **Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner:** The charity’s trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity’s trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year (under section 43(2) of the Charities Act 1993(the 1993 Act) and that an independent examination is needed. ## **It is my responsibility to:** - examine the accounts under section 43 of the 1993 Act - to follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 43(7)(b) of the 1993 Act); and - to state whether matters have come to my attention. ## **Basis of the independent examiner’s report:** My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the Charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items of disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from the Trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a 'true and fair view' and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statements above. ## **Independent examiner’s statement:** In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention: - 1) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that, in any material respect, the requirements - to keep accounting records in accordance with section 41 of the 1993 Act: and - to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and to comply with the accounting requirements of the 1993 Act have not been met or - 2) to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Noble Dani George 22/01/24 Noble Dani George Oasis Accountancy Solutions Bristol BS34 7AB **BETHESDA CAMBRIDGE TAMIL CHURCH** _CHARITY NO_ **:** _1196405_ ||**BETHESDA CAMBRIDGE TAMIL CHURCH**|**BETHESDA CAMBRIDGE TAMIL CHURCH**|**BETHESDA CAMBRIDGE TAMIL CHURCH**|**BETHESDA CAMBRIDGE TAMIL CHURCH**|**BETHESDA CAMBRIDGE TAMIL CHURCH**|**CC16a**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**Receipts and payments accounts**|||||| |||**For the period**|Period start
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Date|| ||||01-04-2023|**To**|31-03-2024|| |||||||| |**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||| |||**Unrestricted**
**funds**|**Restricted**
**funds**|
**Endowment**
**funds**|
**Total funds**|**Last year**| |||**to the nearest**
**£**|
**to the**
**nearest £**|**to the nearest**
**£**|**to the nearest £**|**to the nearest £**| |**A1 Receipts**||||||| |Other Donations||**25,335.04**|||**25,335.04**|**26,835.00**| |Offering||**14,464.70**|
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**14,464.70**|**12,776.48**| |Donations & Tithes||**15,428.16**|
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**-**|
**15,428.16**|**27,261.80**| |**_Sub total_** _(Gross income for AR)_||**55,227.90**|
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**55,227.90**|**66,873.28**| |||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales, (see**
**table).**||||||| |||**-**|
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**-**|**-**| |**_Sub total_**||**-**|
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**-**|**-**| |||||||| |**_Total receipts_**||**55,227.90**|**-**|**-**|**55,227.90**|**66,873.28**| |||||||| |**A3 Payments**||||||| |||||||| |Rent||**3,634.98**|**-**|
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**3,634.98**|**1,801.80**| |insurance||**67.94**|**-**|
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**67.94**|| |Church equipments||**7,701.84**|**-**|
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**7,701.84**|**3,258.98**| |Missions||**15,700.00**|**-**|
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**15,700.00**|| |Legal Expenses||**395.00**|**-**|
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**395.00**|| |Pastoral Care||**14,500.00**|**-**|
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**14,500.00**|**12,000.00**| |Travel||**414.00**|**-**|
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**414.00**|**1,200.00**| |Utilities||**634.61**|||**634.61**|**47.97**| |Visiting preachers||**450.00**|||**450.00**|**600.00**| |Meals & Entertainment||**1,593.25**|**-**|
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**1,593.25**|**1,176.07**| |Charity expenses||**4,120.00**|**-**|
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**4,120.00**|**4,331.00**| |**_Sub total_**||**49,211.62**|**-**|
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**49,211.62**|**24,415.82**| |||||||-| |**A4 Asset and investment purchases,**
**(see table)**||||||| |**_Sub total_**||**-**|
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**-**|**-**| |||||||| |**_Totalpayments_**||**49,211.62**|**-**|**-**|**49,211.62**|**24,415.82**| |||||||| |**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**||**6,016.28**|**-**|
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**6,016.28**|**42,457.46**| |**A5 Transfers between funds**||**-**|**-**|
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**-**|**-**| |**A6 Cash funds lastyear end**||**42,457.46**|**-**|
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**42,457.46**|| |**_Cash funds thisyear end_**||**48,473.74**|**-**|
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**48,473.74**|**42,457.46**| |||||||| **BETHESDA CAMBRIDGE TAMIL CHURCH** _CHARITY NO_ **:** _1196405_ **----- Start of picture text -----**
Section B Statement of assets and liabilities
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
Categories Details funds funds funds
to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £
B1 Cash funds Cash/ Cheques in hand 46,512 - -
Cash at bank 1,962 - -
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( g Total cash funds p 48,474 - -
payments account(s)) OK OK OK
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
funds funds funds
Details to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £
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B2 Other monetary assets
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Fund to which Current value
Cost (optional)
Details asset belongs (optional)
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B3 Investment assets
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Fund to which Current value
Cost (optional)
Details asset belongs (optional)
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B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own
use - -
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Fund to which Amount due When due (optional)
Details liability relates (optional)
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B5 Liabilities
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Signature Print Name Date of approval
Pastor:
Jeswin Samuel 18-01-2025
BETHESDA CAMBRIDGE TAMIL CHURCH CHARITY NO : 1196405
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