## **Trustees’ annual report (including Directors’ report) for the period**
## **From: Period start date: April 2, 2024 To: Period end date April 1, 2025**
## **Charity name:Holy Ghost Fire Center**
## **Charity registration number:1197926**
## **Company number:AR23-CIO-DEF1-11a**
## **Objectives and activities**
||SORP reference||
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|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**To advance the Christian faith through**
**having a place for worship and gathering**
**for worship and the holding of prayer**
**meetings, lectures, public celebration of**
**Christian festivals, producing and or**
**distributing literature to enlighten others**
**about the Christian Religion.**|
|Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or services
identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|**The church was established in April 2023**
**on its current site and now has a formal**
**membership of approximately eight (8) in**
**number.**|
|Statement confirming whether
the trustees have had regard
to the guidance issued by the
Charity Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**The trustees aim to provide well furnished**
**premises to cater for the wide range of**
**activities undertaken in the building.**
**During the year the church has employed**
**full and part time workers to achieve its**
**objectives.**|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
SORP reference **None for now as we are focusing on growing first .** Para 1.38 Policy on grant making
|Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|**This is part of the task we are hoping to**
**undertake in the future when we have**
**become stronger and established.**|
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|Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**The church welcomes everyone who is**
**coming to be a part of our spiritual**
**activities and it supports them without**
**asking for money. However, the church**
**welcomes free donations in the forms of**
**offering and tithes according to the**
**Christian religion and faith, but no one is**
**forced to give or donate anything. During**
**this period, a total sum of £500 was**
**realised through voluntary donations from**
**members in order to execute some of the**
**goals of the ministry like supporting**
**members that are going through difficult**
**situations. Out of the £500 that came in,**
**£400 was spent on running services and**
**providing other needs that were used for**
**the ministry and to support members who**
**needed our support to get foods and**
**clothing.**|
|Other||**Membership is eight (8)**|
## **Achievements and performance**
|Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|**During the year, the church welcomed**
**Additional members-Reading voluntary**
**action, held its general meeting. These**
**activities are principally providing advice,**
**giving charities and similar public bodies**
**with the support and information needed**
**for those organisations to help people**
**disadvantaged by poverty,age,ill-health,**
**disability, financial hardship and similar**
**issues.**|
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## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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Achievements against
objectives set|
Para 1.41|
**The spiritual objectives of the charity is**
**being achieved as it has been a centre for**
**spiritual support and growth. Our aim is to**
**ensure everyone who comes is supported**
**to grow in their Christian faith and we**
**have been making progress in that**
**direction. We have been able to support**
**some of our members through difficult**
**times, we provided financial and food**
**support to some families that welcomed**
**new babies and they were happy to have**
**received such gifts donation from the**
**ministry.**|
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|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|**Our primary focus is not on raising money**
**but to ensure people grow. In the**
**formative years of the ministry, there was**
**no fundraising but this year, some**
**members and volunteers including the**
**trustees made voluntary contributions**
**and donations to help the charity**
**actualise some of its goals and we are**
**proud we made some progress in**
**supporting members that welcomed new**
**babies to their families.**|
|Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|**Currently, the charity is not in a good**
**financial position to make some**
**investments into businesses or bonds in**
**order to raise money. Hopefully when the**
**charity grows bigger, we would consider**
**making investments that would generate**
**future funds for the charity.**|
|Other||**Future goals for the next year.**
**To continue to be committed with the**
**things of our Lord Jesus Christ, for the**
**word of God said in Matthew 7:8 blessed**
**are those are pure in heart for they shall**
**see the kingdom of God.**|
## **Financial review**
|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end of
the period|Para 1.21|**From inception, there hasn't been**
**fundraising the ministry has been about**
**supporting people spiritually and**
**emotionally.**|
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|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**The charity shall have a bank account**
**opened in its name to hold and save every**
**fundraising activity or offerings and tithes**
**.**
**The charity bank account details are.**
**Barclays bank**
**AccNo- 03419584.**
**Sort code-201817**|
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|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**Currently there is £100 in reserve having**
**spent £400 out of the £500 that was**
**realised through donations and voluntary**
**contributions.**|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**We have £100 in reserve now.**|
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**Not applicable**|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**The uncertainties we have is if it**
**continues for too long without any**
**voluntary financial support or income**
**from members it could threaten our**
**continued existence. We do hope we**
**would be able to raise funds as we grow**
**in number.**|
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|The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|**The charity’s principal sources of funding**
**is individual free will donations, tithes and**
**offerings.**|
|Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|**Currently, we have not been able to make**
**any investments into businesses to raise**
**funds. This is an option we would**
**consider in due time .**|
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|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**The principal risk facing the charity is**
**financial stability, the lack of financial**
**support and free will donations is the**
**major risk as we will not be able to**
**support members financially should they**
**require any kind of financial assistance in**
**difficult times. Also, we will not be able to**
**acquire our own physical facilities.**
**Currently, we contributed £500 and much**
**of the donations came from us the**
**pioneers/founders of the charity. We bear**
**much of the financial burden and the risk**
**is that if people are not able to support us**
**financially, we would be unable to get our**
**own property and also support a large**
**number of people in the community who**
**come to us for help in times of crises.**|
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|Other||**We are Christian church, we gather**
**together to worship our Lord Jesus**
**Christ, touching people's lives and**
**studying the Word of God and follow the**
**supernatural divine direction of God**
**Almighty.**|
## **Structure, governance and management**
|Description of charity’s trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document:
for example,trust deed,
memorandum and articles of
association etc|Para 1.25|**Deed of trust.**|
|How is the charity
constituted?
for example limited company,
unincorporated association,
CIO|Para 1.25|**Trust**|
|Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled to
appoint one or more trustees|Para 1.25|**Trustees where appointed at the general**
**meeting of the charity.**|
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## **Additional information (optional)**
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|Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|Para 1.51|**Everything is done by voluntary**
**memberships and people are trained in**
**the doctrine of the Bible. The Bible is the**
**main material we use to teach people, we**
**use it to teach the principle and person of**
**Jesus and to model his peaceful, caring ,**
**loving and compassionate personality and**
**implore everyone to behave like Christ.**|
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|The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the charity
works|Para 1.51|**The organisational structure is the Lead**
**Pastor (trustee), other trustees and**
**members of the charity. The Lead Pastor**
**(Uche Ikejiaku) takes decisions as**
**appropriate And approved by the trustee**
**members, he is responsible for preaching,**
**bible study and organising church**
**services on Sundays . Presently , the**
**charity is not networking with any third**
**party or wider network.**|
|Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|**The charity presently has not affiliations**
**or relationships with any related parties.**|
|Other||**The charity is looking forward to acquiring**
**its own property in the future.**|
## **Reference and administrative details**
|Charity name|**Holy Ghost Fire Center.**|
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|Other name the charity uses|**__________**|
|Registered charity number|**1197926**|
|Charity’s principal address|**105 Croft Street Swansea SA1 1QD**|
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**whole year**|**Name of person (or body)**
**entitled to appoint trustee (if**
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||Pastor Uche
Ikejiaku|Lead Pastor|For the period
02/04/2024 -
01/04/2025|-------|
||Nkechinyere
Ikejiaku||For the period
02/04/2024 -
01/04/2025|--------|
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## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved
**Director name Pastor Uche Ikejiaku Nkechiyere Ikejiaku**
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
|**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|
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|**Pastor Uche Ikejiaku**|||
|**Nkechinyere Ikejiaku**|||
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## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
|Description of the assets held
in this capacity|Not applicable|
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|Name and objects of the
charity on whose behalf the
assets are held and how this
falls within the custodian
charity’s objects|Not applicable|
|Details of arrangements for
safe custody and segregation
of such assets from the
charity’s own assets|Not applicable|
## **Additional information (optional)**
**Names and addresses of advisers (optional information)**
**Type of Name Address adviser**
**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (optional information)**
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
## **Other optional information**
## **Declarations**
**The company has taken advantage of the small companies’ exemption in preparing the report above.**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report (including directors’ report) above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees/directors**
**Signature(s)** Signed
**Full name(s)** Pastor Uche Ikejiaku
**Position (for example** Lead Pastor/Trustee **Secretary, Chair, etc)**
**Date** 13/02/2026