# **R rt of the Trustees epo** **and** **Unaudited Financial Statements for the** **Period ended 31st December 2023** **For** **Agape Christian Fellowship Manchester United Kingdom** **Charity number: 1197463** 1 ## **Agape Christian Fellowship Manchester United Kingdom** |**CONTENTS**|| |---|---| |Trustees Annual Report
Receipts and Payment Account
Statement of Assets and Liabilities|-
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7| 2 # **Agape Christian Fellowship Manchester** # **Trustees’ Annual Report** ## For the period ended 31st December 2023 The trustees have pleasure in presenting their report together with the financial statements for the period ended 31st December 2023 ## **Reference & Administrative Information** Charity Name : Agape Christian Fellowship Manchester Charity No : 1197463 Address : 33 Eastern Circle Manchester M19 1QD Telephone Number: 07859014314 Web: www.agapecf.co.uk Trustees (Church Council) Tomy Kurian – Chairman Sheenu Mathews Mathew - Trustee Toni George - Trustee Blessen Moolakadayil Mathaikutty - Trustee Daniel Varughese -Trustee ## **Constitution** This Charity is a Christian organization. It is governed by its constitution which was adopted on 12 January 2022. ACF was granted charitable status by the 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 organisation whilst day-to-day running. We also have several volunteer leaders to assist on a rota basis. 3 ## **Agape Christian Fellowship Manchester** ## **Objectives & Activities** Charitable purposes 1. The advancement of the Christian faith 2. The relief of those in need by reason of age, ill health, disability, financial hardship, or other hardships ## **Activities** Church Activities 2023 • Church Worship Service: Every Sunday from 9:45 AM to 12:00 PM, our Sunday worship service was conducted in the main hall of South Manchester Family Church, located at Kings burn Hall, Burnage. • Intercessory Prayer: In 2023, we gathered on the Zoom platform for intercessory prayer sessions every Monday and Friday evening from 8:15 PM to 9:00 PM, and on Saturday mornings from 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM. • Fasting Prayer: Fasting prayers were held on the last weekend of every month, from Friday through Sunday. • Sunday School: Sunday school sessions occurred every Sunday from 12:15 PM to 1:00 PM following the worship service. • Evangelism: Committed to spreading the Gospel to unreached individuals and our neighbours, we conducted outreach ministries at Manchester Piccadilly on Saturday, May 20th, and in the Stockport city center on the evening of December 17th. • Youth Meetings: Youth meetings took place following the worship service on the second Sunday of each month. • Ladies Fellowship: The Ladies Fellowship met on the second Saturday of every month. • Brothers Fellowship: Similarly, the Brothers Fellowship gathered on the second Saturday of each month. • Mission Sunday: Our Mission Sunday (SOZO) event was celebrated on May 21st, 2023. - Family Sunday: We observed Family Sunday on March 19th. • Anniversary: The anniversary of our Sunday school and youth group was commemorated on Saturday, November 18th, 2023. • Church Trips: From July 7th to 9th, 2023, we organized a church trip to Tyn Y Nant Christian Centre in Wales. Additional trips included a one-day outing to Stepping Stone Dovedale on Saturday, April 15th, and a beach trip to Formby Beach on July 17th. - Noel (Musical Evening): We hosted a musical evening on December 16th. 4 • Charity Support: Our church continuously supported the following UK charities: Tearfund and the British Red Cross. Throughout the financial year, we also supported many sick and impoverished individuals in accordance with the wishes and contributions of our members. Our efforts supported various causes and individuals including Bible Translation, Brother Sachin, Nilambur Charity, and the AG Church building project in Kottayam. ## **Electronics and equipments** The charity holds the following equipments and electronic accessories by the end of the period. Electronic Keyboard - 1 Electric Guitar 1 Bass Guitar 1 Electric Drums- 1 Speakers: 3 Main speaker 1 floor monitor speaker 1 portable speaker 1 mixer 5 Wired mics 2 wireless Mics ## **Other electronic Accessories :** 1 XLR snake cables *XLR cables and line cable for mics and instruments 1 Keyboard pedal 1 Electric Drums pedal 1 Electric Guitar Pedal Mic stands Extension cables 1 Projector 1 monitor (not properly working) Display Dock HP Colour laser jet MEP M283 5 ## **Financial Review** Gross income for the year is £42,867.15. The resources expended are £30,276.60 Therefore the surplus for the year is £12590.55. 6 |**AGAPE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP**|**AGAPE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP**|**AGAPE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP**|**AGAPE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP**|**AGAPE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP**|**CC16a**| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||| |**Receipts and payments accounts**|||||| ||**For the period**|Period start|||| |||01/01/2023|**To**|31/12/2023|| ||||||| |**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||| ||**Unrestricted**
**funds**|**Restricted**
**funds**|**Endowme**
**nt funds**|**Total**
**funds**|**Last year**| ||**to the nearest**
**£**|
**to the nearest**
**£**|
**to the**
**nearest £**|**to the**
**nearest £**|**to the nearest**
**£**| |**A1 Receipts**|||||| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| |Offering|**11,670.65**|**-**|**-**|**11,670.65**|**10,822.52**| |Tithe|**22,946.00**|**-**|**-**|**22,946.00**|**18,917.61**| |Donations
|**4,035.00**
|**-**
|**-**
|**4,035.00**
|**4,075.00**
| |Other Income|**4,215.50**|**-**|**-**|**4,215.50**|**616.00**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR) _|**42,867.15**|**-**|**-**|**42,867.15**|**34,431.13**| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
~~**(see table).**~~|||||| |**_Sub total_**|~~**-**~~
**-**|~~**-**~~
**-**|~~**-**~~
**-**|~~**-**~~
**-**|~~**-**~~
**-**| |**_Total receipts_**|**42,867.15**|**-**|**-**|**42,867.15**|**34,431.13**| |**A3 Payments**|||||| ||||||| |Rent|**10,670.00**|**-**|**-**|**10,670.00**|**5,065.00**| |Pastor's allowance|**3,646.02**|**-**|**-**|**3,646.02**|**2,851.00**| |Charity expenses|**5,153.54**|**-**|**-**|**5,153.54**|**5,237.00**| |StationeryExpense|**439.64**|**-**|**-**|**439.64**|**632.97**| |Food & Snacks|**3,573.56**|**-**|**-**|**3,573.56**|**1,467.18**| |Safeguarding & Zoom|**341.93**|**-**|**-**|**341.93**|**437.68**| |Office Equipment|**871.38**|**-**|**-**|**871.38**|**2,731.34**| |Other expenses|**1,047.62**|**-**|**-**|**1,047.62**|**1,539.63**| |Church Trip Expenses|**3,264.65**|**-**|**-**|**3,264.65**|**393.53**| |Sunday School Anniversary expenses|**1,177.86**|**-**|**-**|**1,177.86**|**1,322.06**| |Bank charges|**90.40**|**-**|**-**|**90.40**|**-**| |Insurance & gift card|||||**1,114.40**| |**_Sub total_ **|**30,276.60**|**-**|**-**|**30,276.60**|**22,791.79**| |**A4 Asset and investment**|**-**|||**-**|**-**| |**_Total payments_**|**30,276.60**|**-**|**-**|**30,276.60**|**22,791.79**| ||||||| |**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**|**12,590.55**|
**-**|**-**|**12,590.55**|
**11,639.34**| |**A5 Transfers between funds**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| |**A6 Cash funds lastyear end**|**35,517.13**|
**-**|**-**|**35,517.13**|**23,877.79**| |**_Cash funds this year end_**|**48,107.68**|
**-**|**-**|**48,107.68**|
**35,517.13**| 7 |**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities**||| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |**Categories**|**Details**||**Unrestric**
**ted funds**|
**Restricted**
**funds**|**Endowment**
**funds**| ||||**to nearest £ **|**to nearest £**|**to nearest £**| |**B1 Cash funds**|Cash/ Cheques in hand||**3,467**|**-**|**-**| ||Cash at bank||**44,641**|**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**|**-**| ||**_Total cash funds_**||**48,108**
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payments account(s))||OK
|OK|OK| ||||**Unrestric**
**ted funds**|
**Restricted**|**Endowment**| ||**Details**||**to nearest £ **|**to nearest £**|**to nearest £**| |**B2 Other monetary assets**|||**-**||**-**| |||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**|**-**| ||||||| ||**Details**||**Fund to**
**which asset**
**belongs**|
**Cost**
**(optional)**|**Current value**
**(optional)**| |**B3 Investment assets**||||**-**|**-**| |||||**-**|**-**| ||||||| ||**Details**||**Fund to**
**which asset**
**belongs**|
**Cost**
**(optional)**|**Current value**
**(optional)**| |**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**|||||**-**| |||||**-**|**-**| |||||**-**|**-**| ||||||| ||**Details**||**Fund to**
**which**
**liability**
**relates**|**Amount due**
**(optional)**|**When due**
**(optional)**| |**B5 Liabilities**||||**-**|| |||||**-**|| ||||||| |Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees|Signature||Print Name||Date of
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Receipts and Payment Account
Statement of Assets and Liabilities|-
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7| 2 # **Agape Christian Fellowship Manchester** # **Trustees’ Annual Report** ## For the period ended 31st December 2023 The trustees have pleasure in presenting their report together with the financial statements for the period ended 31st December 2023 ## **Reference & Administrative Information** Charity Name : Agape Christian Fellowship Manchester Charity No : 1197463 Address : 33 Eastern Circle Manchester M19 1QD Telephone Number: 07859014314 Web: www.agapecf.co.uk Trustees (Church Council) Tomy Kurian – Chairman Sheenu Mathews Mathew - Trustee Toni George - Trustee Blessen Moolakadayil Mathaikutty - Trustee Daniel Varughese -Trustee ## **Constitution** This Charity is a Christian organization. It is governed by its constitution which was adopted on 12 January 2022. ACF was granted charitable status by the 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 organisation whilst day-to-day running. We also have several volunteer leaders to assist on a rota basis. 3 ## **Agape Christian Fellowship Manchester** ## **Objectives & Activities** Charitable purposes 1. The advancement of the Christian faith 2. The relief of those in need by reason of age, ill health, disability, financial hardship, or other hardships ## **Activities** Church Activities 2023 • Church Worship Service: Every Sunday from 9:45 AM to 12:00 PM, our Sunday worship service was conducted in the main hall of South Manchester Family Church, located at Kings burn Hall, Burnage. • Intercessory Prayer: In 2023, we gathered on the Zoom platform for intercessory prayer sessions every Monday and Friday evening from 8:15 PM to 9:00 PM, and on Saturday mornings from 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM. • Fasting Prayer: Fasting prayers were held on the last weekend of every month, from Friday through Sunday. • Sunday School: Sunday school sessions occurred every Sunday from 12:15 PM to 1:00 PM following the worship service. • Evangelism: Committed to spreading the Gospel to unreached individuals and our neighbours, we conducted outreach ministries at Manchester Piccadilly on Saturday, May 20th, and in the Stockport city center on the evening of December 17th. • Youth Meetings: Youth meetings took place following the worship service on the second Sunday of each month. • Ladies Fellowship: The Ladies Fellowship met on the second Saturday of every month. • Brothers Fellowship: Similarly, the Brothers Fellowship gathered on the second Saturday of each month. • Mission Sunday: Our Mission Sunday (SOZO) event was celebrated on May 21st, 2023. - Family Sunday: We observed Family Sunday on March 19th. • Anniversary: The anniversary of our Sunday school and youth group was commemorated on Saturday, November 18th, 2023. • Church Trips: From July 7th to 9th, 2023, we organized a church trip to Tyn Y Nant Christian Centre in Wales. Additional trips included a one-day outing to Stepping Stone Dovedale on Saturday, April 15th, and a beach trip to Formby Beach on July 17th. - Noel (Musical Evening): We hosted a musical evening on December 16th. 4 • Charity Support: Our church continuously supported the following UK charities: Tearfund and the British Red Cross. Throughout the financial year, we also supported many sick and impoverished individuals in accordance with the wishes and contributions of our members. Our efforts supported various causes and individuals including Bible Translation, Brother Sachin, Nilambur Charity, and the AG Church building project in Kottayam. ## **Electronics and equipments** The charity holds the following equipments and electronic accessories by the end of the period. Electronic Keyboard - 1 Electric Guitar 1 Bass Guitar 1 Electric Drums- 1 Speakers: 3 Main speaker 1 floor monitor speaker 1 portable speaker 1 mixer 5 Wired mics 2 wireless Mics ## **Other electronic Accessories :** 1 XLR snake cables *XLR cables and line cable for mics and instruments 1 Keyboard pedal 1 Electric Drums pedal 1 Electric Guitar Pedal Mic stands Extension cables 1 Projector 1 monitor (not properly working) Display Dock HP Colour laser jet MEP M283 5 ## **Financial Review** Gross income for the year is £42,867.15. The resources expended are £30,276.60 Therefore the surplus for the year is £12590.55. 6 |**AGAPE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP**|**AGAPE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP**|**AGAPE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP**|**AGAPE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP**|**AGAPE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP**|**CC16a**| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||| |**Receipts and payments accounts**|||||| ||**For the period**|Period start|||| |||01/01/2023|**To**|31/12/2023|| ||||||| |**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||| ||**Unrestricted**
**funds**|**Restricted**
**funds**|**Endowme**
**nt funds**|**Total**
**funds**|**Last year**| ||**to the nearest**
**£**|
**to the nearest**
**£**|
**to the**
**nearest £**|**to the**
**nearest £**|**to the nearest**
**£**| |**A1 Receipts**|||||| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| |Offering|**11,670.65**|**-**|**-**|**11,670.65**|**10,822.52**| |Tithe|**22,946.00**|**-**|**-**|**22,946.00**|**18,917.61**| |Donations
|**4,035.00**
|**-**
|**-**
|**4,035.00**
|**4,075.00**
| |Other Income|**4,215.50**|**-**|**-**|**4,215.50**|**616.00**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR) _|**42,867.15**|**-**|**-**|**42,867.15**|**34,431.13**| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
~~**(see table).**~~|||||| |**_Sub total_**|~~**-**~~
**-**|~~**-**~~
**-**|~~**-**~~
**-**|~~**-**~~
**-**|~~**-**~~
**-**| |**_Total receipts_**|**42,867.15**|**-**|**-**|**42,867.15**|**34,431.13**| |**A3 Payments**|||||| ||||||| |Rent|**10,670.00**|**-**|**-**|**10,670.00**|**5,065.00**| |Pastor's allowance|**3,646.02**|**-**|**-**|**3,646.02**|**2,851.00**| |Charity expenses|**5,153.54**|**-**|**-**|**5,153.54**|**5,237.00**| |StationeryExpense|**439.64**|**-**|**-**|**439.64**|**632.97**| |Food & Snacks|**3,573.56**|**-**|**-**|**3,573.56**|**1,467.18**| |Safeguarding & Zoom|**341.93**|**-**|**-**|**341.93**|**437.68**| |Office Equipment|**871.38**|**-**|**-**|**871.38**|**2,731.34**| |Other expenses|**1,047.62**|**-**|**-**|**1,047.62**|**1,539.63**| |Church Trip Expenses|**3,264.65**|**-**|**-**|**3,264.65**|**393.53**| |Sunday School Anniversary expenses|**1,177.86**|**-**|**-**|**1,177.86**|**1,322.06**| |Bank charges|**90.40**|**-**|**-**|**90.40**|**-**| |Insurance & gift card|||||**1,114.40**| |**_Sub total_ **|**30,276.60**|**-**|**-**|**30,276.60**|**22,791.79**| |**A4 Asset and investment**|**-**|||**-**|**-**| |**_Total payments_**|**30,276.60**|**-**|**-**|**30,276.60**|**22,791.79**| ||||||| |**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**|**12,590.55**|
**-**|**-**|**12,590.55**|
**11,639.34**| |**A5 Transfers between funds**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| |**A6 Cash funds lastyear end**|**35,517.13**|
**-**|**-**|**35,517.13**|**23,877.79**| |**_Cash funds this year end_**|**48,107.68**|
**-**|**-**|**48,107.68**|
**35,517.13**| 7 |**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities**||| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |**Categories**|**Details**||**Unrestric**
**ted funds**|
**Restricted**
**funds**|**Endowment**
**funds**| ||||**to nearest £ **|**to nearest £**|**to nearest £**| |**B1 Cash funds**|Cash/ Cheques in hand||**3,467**|**-**|**-**| ||Cash at bank||**44,641**|**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**|**-**| ||**_Total cash funds_**||**48,108**
|**-**|**-**| ||(agree balances w ith receipts and
payments account(s))||OK
|OK|OK| ||||**Unrestric**
**ted funds**|
**Restricted**|**Endowment**| ||**Details**||**to nearest £ **|**to nearest £**|**to nearest £**| |**B2 Other monetary assets**|||**-**||**-**| |||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**|**-**| ||||||| ||**Details**||**Fund to**
**which asset**
**belongs**|
**Cost**
**(optional)**|**Current value**
**(optional)**| |**B3 Investment assets**||||**-**|**-**| |||||**-**|**-**| ||||||| ||**Details**||**Fund to**
**which asset**
**belongs**|
**Cost**
**(optional)**|**Current value**
**(optional)**| |**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**|||||**-**| |||||**-**|**-**| |||||**-**|**-**| ||||||| ||**Details**||**Fund to**
**which**
**liability**
**relates**|**Amount due**
**(optional)**|**When due**
**(optional)**| |**B5 Liabilities**||||**-**|| |||||**-**|| ||||||| |Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees|Signature||Print Name||Date of
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