Registered Charity Number: - 1198324
FAITH TABERNACLE CHURCH KETTERING a Charitable Incorporated Organisation
## TRUSTEES’ REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR END 31 MARCH 2025
**Faith Tabernacle Church Kettering 3 Alexandra Street Kettering Northamptonshire contactus@faithtabernaclechurch.co.uk**
**FAITH TABERNACLE CHURCH KETTERING**
**CONTENTS**
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
TRUSTEES' REPORT-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3 INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------6 RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------7 NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -----------------------------------------------------------------------------10
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**FAITH TABERNACLE CHURCH KETTERING**
**TRUSTEES' REPORT**
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
## **Trustee report**
## **01 April 2024 to 31 March 2025**
## **A. SUNDAY SERVICE**
The Sunday service is currently being held at Praise community Church, 3 Alexandra Street, Kettering NN16 OSX. We moved to the current premises from August 2024 on a hire agreement.
Prior to that we temporarily had to have our meeting at Southfield school, Kettering after we were asked to vacate from SDA church in Kettering. We have been blessed by God with the provision of our current premises at 3 -5 Alexandra Street, Kettering NN16 OSX.
## **B. SUNDAY SCHOOL**
Sunday school is being regularly held between 09:30am to 10:30am. The Sunday school has been blessed with regular and committed teachers, students and continues to be led by Head teacher Mrs Shilpa Lukose. Safeguarding procedures have been followed and teachers have had their DBS checks, and we are registered with Thirtyone:eight Organisation.
## **C. YOUTH MEETING**
Sister Ruth Biji is the youth secretary and continues to take responsibility for the Youth Meetings. As we now have our own church building to use, this will become a regular monthly activity. Special 1 day Hebrew Bible study day- This Was held on 20/04/2024 by Pastor/DR Paulson Pulikottil. Kerygma -25 May 2024
28 July 2024-Sunday church meeting at Wicksteed Park and fellowship
## **Bible study**
Regular bible study continues to be led by pastor Finney Mathew on every Tuesday between the hours of 20:30 to 21:30. This continues to be a great blessing to all who attend regularly. This is done via the Zoom platform.
## **Regular Baptism Class**
Baptism classes take place on Wednesdays through the zoom platform.
## **FTC-Barbeque**
This was held at the residence of Pastor Godly Mathew’s residence. It was a great time to fellowship and spend time together as families.
## **Cottage meetings**
We have been able to have regular cottage meetings on a weekly basis at residence of our brethren and sisters of our church.
## **Fasting Prayer**
Fasting prayer have been taking place on a regular basis.
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**FAITH TABERNACLE CHURCH KETTERING**
**TRUSTEES' REPORT**
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
## **Church Choir**
The church choir is being led by Sr Blessy Godly. Members of the church choir take turns on Sundays to worship God.
FTC brothers Meeting
Koinonia-was held on 5 April 2024
## **Watchnight service**
Combined Watch night service was held at FTC, 3 -5 Alexandra Street, Kettering. It was a great time to share God’s goodness and his protection all through the past year.
## Visiting guest pastors
We had the visiting guest pastors to share the word of God and it was a great opportunity to listen to their testimonies. There are some pastors ministered to our church during this period physically and/or through the zoom platform.
## **Ladies Meetings**
Ladies prayer meetings have been taking place on a regular basis and is a blessing to all those who attend. Greater participation of sisters is being encouraged by the team.
**Children’s worship** - Children are given the opportunity to lead worship once every 6 weeks. This has been a blessing to the children and to the church as they spend time learning song’s and playing instruments.
## **Church Finances**
Our Church treasurer Br Sunil Varghese maintains the church accounts meticulously and we thank Sunil Br for his commitment. The current signatories are Br James Chacko, Br Sunil Varghese.
## **Social media handles:**
Our social media handles include Face Book page and a new email. We bought a domain and designed a new logo for FTC. Website was designed by Br Ash Shaji.
## Gratitude
We genuinely express my sincere gratitude to all the members of the church for your valuable prayers, cooperation, and support in visible and invisible ways for the effective functioning of our church. We express my gratitude and thanks to our Senior pastors Godly Mathew and Pastor Finney Mathew for their leadership and their great passion to serve the King of Kings and to shepherd the flock that God has entrusted them with. We are truly blessed to have them as our pastors.
We sincerely thank all the members of our church who continue to work with their God given talents and abilities to bless our church. May God richly bless you and reward you for you commitment and work.
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**FAITH TABERNACLE CHURCH KETTERING**
**TRUSTEES' REPORT**
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
Glory to God
Above all, we give Glory, honour and praise to our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ for his faithful and gentle care, love, protection and direction for all through the past year and since the outbreak of Covid-19. To whom be the honour, Glory and Power.
## Submitted with prayer
For Faith Tabernacle Church, Kettering.
## **NAMES OF THE CHARITY TRUSTEES WHO MANAGE THE CHARITY**
Dr Shebu Lukose Chair Elson Hanson Trustee Pr. Godly Mathew Trustee
## **DECLARATION**
**The Trustees declare that they have approved the Trustees' Report above.** Signed on behalf of the Charity's Trustees
**Signature(s): Full** Dr Shebu Lukose Elson Hanson **Name(s): Position(s):** Chairperson Trustee 17 Jan 2026 17 Jan 2026 **Date:**
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**FAITH TABERNACLE CHURCH KETTERING**
**INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT**
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
We report on the accounts of the charity for the year ended 31st March 2025.
## **Respective responsibilities of Trustees and Examiner:**
The charity’s trustees are responsible for the preparation of 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 Act) and that an independent examination is needed.
It is our responsibility to examine the accounts (under section 43(3)(a) of the 1993 Act), to follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners (under section 43(7)(b) of the Act), and to state whether particular matters have come to our attention.
## **Basis of independent examiner’s report:**
Our 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 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 below.
## **Independent examiner’s statement:**
In connection with our examination, no matter has come to our attention:
which gives us reasonable cause to believe that, in any material aspect, the requirements to keep accounting records in accordance with section 41 of the 1993 Act; and to prepare accounts which record with the accounting records and to comply with the accounting records of the 1193 Act have not been met; or to which, in our opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Jaison Varghese Zachariah Vectra Management Consultancy
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**FAITH TABERNACLE CHURCH KETTERING**
**RECEIPT AND PAYMENT**
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Categories**
**Receipts**
Donation and gifts
Offering
Other
Tithe
**Total receipts**
**Payments**
Insurance
Bank charges
Legal/professional
fees
Rent collection,
property repairs and
maintenance charges
Charity management
& administration
Charity running cost
Printing and
stationery
Accountants fees
License fees
Refreshments
Honorarium to Guest
Pastors
Equipment
Contributionto AoG
Salaries
Subscriptions
Pensions
**Total Payments**||||||||**Last year**
2,573.74
3,654.59
-
22,860.00
**29,088.33**
-
-
1,350.00
3,514.00
1,280.34
9,894.07
261.53
-
1,235.00
872.15
1,076.99
889.17
172.50
13,571.45
106.45
390.06
**34,613.71**|
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||**Unrestricted funds**||||**Total funds**||||
||||||||||
||||||||||
||||||||||
|||500.00|||500.00||||
||||||||||
|||4,160.21|||4,160.21||||
||||||||||
|||2,080.00|||2,080.00||||
||||||||||
|||21,048.49|||21,048.49||||
|||**27,788.70**|||**27,788.70**||||
|||**27,788.70**|||**27,788.70**|||**29,088.33**|
||||||||||
||||||||||
||||||||||
||||||||||
|||288.24|||288.24||||
||||||||||
|||71.40|||71.40||||
|||-
7,945.70
1,340.89|||-
7,945.70
1,340.89||||
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||||||||||
|||6,012.80|||6,012.80||||
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||||||||||
||||||||||
|||300.00|||300.00||||
||||||||||
|||-|||-||||
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|||410.00|||410.00||||
|||600.00|||600.00||||
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||||||||||
|||2,055.49|||2,055.49||||
||||||||||
|||90.00|||90.00||||
|||26,000.04|||26,000.04||||
||||||||||
|||227.94|||227.94||||
||||||||||
|||-|||-||||
|||**45,342.50**|||**45,342.50**|||**34,613.71**|
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**RECEIPT AND PAYMENT**
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Net of
receipts/(payments)
Cash funds last year end
**Cash funds this year end**||||||(5,525.38)
24,007.00
**18,481.62**|
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||(17,553.80)||(17,553.80)||||
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||18,481.62||18,481.62||||
|||**927.82**||**927.82**|||
|||**927.82**||**927.82**||**18,481.62**|
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**RECEIPT AND PAYMENT**
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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|---|---|---|
|**Categories**
**Details**
**Cash funds**
Unity Trust Bank
Cash in hand
**Total Cash Funds**
**Details**
**Liabilities**
Accountancy fees
payable
Other taxes and
social security
**Total**||**Restricted income**
**funds**
-
-
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
300.00
313.09
**613.09**|
||**Unrestricted funds**||
||||
||||
||837.40||
||||
||703.51||
||||
||**1,540.91**||
||||
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||**Fund to which asset**
**belongs**||
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||Unrestricted Funds
Unrestricted Funds||
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The financial statements were approved by the Board on 17-Jan-2026 and signed on its behalf by:
Dr Shebu Lukose Chairperson
Elson Hanson Trustee
17 Jan 2026
17 Jan 2026
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**NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS**
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
## **1. Accounting Policies**
The principal accounting policies adopted by the Charity, which is a public benefit entity, in the preparation of the accounts are as follows.
## **1.1 Basis of preparation**
These accounts have been prepared under the historical cost convention, as modified by the inclusion of charitable properties and fixed asset investments and investment properties at valuation.
These accounts have been prepared in accordance with “Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting - Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)” (effective 1 January 2019) (Charities SORP (FRS 102)), the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the Charities Act 2011.
These accounts are presented in pounds sterling and rounded to the nearest pound.
## **1.2 Going concern**
The Trustees have prepared financial projections, taking into consideration the current economic conditions and have, at the time of approving these accounts, a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the accounts.
## **2. Income from Donations and Legacies**
||**Analysis**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**|**Total funds 2025**|**Total funds 2024**
**£**
2,573.74
3,654.59
-
22,860.00
**29,088.33**
**Total funds 2024**
**£**
3,514.00
**3,514.00**
3,514.00|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||**£**|**£**||
||Donation andgifts|500.00|500.00||
||Offering|4,160.21|4,160.21||
||Other|2,080.00|2,080.00||
||Tithe|21,048.49|21,048.49||
||**Total**|**27,788.70**|**27,788.70**||
||**3. Expenditure on Raising**|**Funds**|||
||**Analysis**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**|**Total funds 2025**||
|||**£**|**£**||
||Rent collection, property
repairs and maintenance
charges|7,945.70|7,945.70||
||**Total**|**7,945.70**|**7,945.70**||
|||7,945.70|7,945.70||
||||||
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**NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS**
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
## **4. Expenditure on Charitable Activities**
||**Analysis**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**||**Total funds 2025**|**Total funds 2025**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||**£**||**£**||
||Insurance|288.24||288.24||
||Bank charges|71.40||71.40||
||Legal/professional fees|-||-||
||Charity management &
administration|1,340.89||1,340.89||
||Charityrunningcost|5,747.42||5,747.42||
||Printingand stationery|-||-||
||Honorarium to Guest Pastors|600.00||600.00||
||Contribution to Ass. of God|90.00||90.00||
|||**8,137.95**||**8,137.95**||
||**5. Support Costs**|||||
||**Analysis**|||**Total funds 2025**||
|||||**£**||
||**Support Costs**|||||
||Refreshments|||410.00||
||Equipment|||2,055.49||
||**Governance Costs**|||||
||Accountants fees|||300.00||
||License fees|||-||
||Salaries|||26,186.22||
||Subscriptions|||227.94||
||Employer Pension|||79.20||
|||||||
||**6. Cash at bank and in hand**|||||
|||||**Total funds 2025**||
|||||**£**||
||UnityTrust Bank|||837.40||
||Cash in hand|||703.51||
||**Total**|||**1,540.91**||
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**NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS**
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
## **7. Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year**
||||**Total funds 2025**|
|---|---|---|---|
||||**£**|
||Accountancyfeespayable||300.00|
||SalaryPayable||-|
||Pension Payable||-|
||Other taxes and social security||313.09|
||**Total**||**613.09**|
||**8. Charity funds**|||
||**funds**|||
||**General**|||
||**Fund**|||
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