**DEBRE KIDUSAN ABUNE AREGAWI TIGRAYAN ORTHODX TEWAHEDO CHURCH LEEDS (UK)**
## **MELVERN ROAD, ST. LUKES CHURCH, HOLBECK LEEDS LS11 8PD**
## **Registered Charity Number: 1198361**
## **REPORT AND ACCOUNT**
**YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024**
ANJUM'S ACCOUNTANTS
## **DEBRE KIDUSAN ABUNE AREGAWI TIGRAYAN ORTHODX TEWAHEDO CHURCH LEEDS (UK**
## **MELVERN ROAD, ST. LUKES CHURCH, HOLBECK LEEDS**
## **REPORT AND ACCOUNTS**
## **YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024**
||**Index**||
|---|---|---|
|**Item**|**Description**|**Page**|
|1|Information|1|
|2|Trustees’ Report|2|
|3|Statement of Trustees’ responsibilities|3|
|4|Statement of Financial Activities|4|
|5
|
Balance Sheet|5|
|6|Notes to the Accounts|6-7|
**DEBRE KIDUSAN ABUNE AREGAWI TIGRAYAN ORTHODX TEWAHEDO CHURCH LEEDS (UK)**
## **MELVERN ROAD, ST. LUKES CHURCH, HOLBECK LEEDS**
||**YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024**|
|---|---|
|**Trustees**|Rev Areiya Silasie Asefa|
||Mr Yemane Gebresadiq|
||Mr Yonas Abay|
||Mr Samuel Nayzgi|
||Mr Biniam Shishay|
||Mr Kibrom Kidane|
||Mr Zelalem Teshale|
|**Charity Number**|1198361|
|**Bankers**|Lloyds Bank A/C No.59179163|
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## **DEBRE KIDUSAN ABUNE AREGAWI TIGRAYAN ORTHODX TEWAHEDO CHURCH LEEDS (UK)**
## **MELVERN ROAD, ST. LUKES CHURCH, HOLBECK LEEDS**
## **REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES**
## **YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024**
The trustees present their annual report together with audited accounts for the year ended 31 December 2022.
## **PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES**
Advancing the Orthodox Tewahedo Christian faith in accordance with the doctrines, dogma and principles of the Orthodox Tewahedo Church in Tigray.
## **ACKNOWLEDGEMENT**
The trustees wish to thank all those who have contributed towards the running of the charity, and all the bodies which provided grants and donations for the charity in order to achieve its principal aims.
The following grants and donations were received from the funders in the year ended 31 December 2024.
|Grant
Fees||**2024**
47,831
16,888|
|---|---|---|
|||64,719|
## **RESULTS**
Statement of Financial Activities is set out on page 8 of the this report.
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## **DEBRE KIDUSAN ABUNE AREGAWI TIGRAYAN ORTHODX TEWAHEDO CHURCH LEEDS (UK)**
## **MELVERN ROAD, ST. LUKES CHURCH, HOLBECK LEEDS**
## **REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES**
## **YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024**
## **STATEMENT OF TRUSTEES’ RESPONSIBILITIES**
Under the Charity Act 1993, the trustees are required to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and of its results for that period. In preparing those financial statements, the trustees are required to:-
- select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently
- make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent
- prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume
- that the charity will continue.
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 ensure that any statement of account complies with the regulations under section 42(1) of the Charities Act 1993. They are also responsible for safeguarding the charity’s assets and hence take reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
## **BY ORDER OF THE TRUSTEES**
Rev Areiya Silasie Asefa
Mr Zelalem Teshale
## Mr Kibrom Kidane
**29 October 2025**
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## **BRE KIDUSAN ABUNE AREGAWI TIGRAYAN ORTHODX TEWAHEDO CHURCH LEEDS (U**
## **MELVERN ROAD, ST. LUKES CHURCH, HOLBECK LEEDS**
## **STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES**
## **YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024**
|**INCOMING RESOURCES**
Donations
Fees
Others
**RESOURCES EXPENDED**
Direct charitable Expenditure
**Other Expenditure**
Fundraising costs
Management and administration
Property costs in excess of valuation
Total Expenditure
Net movement in funds
for the year
Total fund brought forward
Total fund carried forward
Total Incoming Resources|**Unrestricted**
**Notes**
**Funds**
**1**
16,888
-
16,888
**2**
**3**
-
**4**
4,194
**5**
-
4,194
12,693
5,558
**6**
18,251|**Unrestricted**
**Notes**
**Funds**
**1**
16,888
-
16,888
**2**
**3**
-
**4**
4,194
**5**
-
4,194
12,693
5,558
**6**
18,251|**2024**
**Restricted**
**Funds**
47,831
-
47,831
8,548
-
-
-
8,548
39,283
25,542
64,826||**Total**
47,831
16,888
-|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**1**
**2**
**3**
**4**
**5**
**6**|||||
||||||64,719|
||||||8,548
-
4,194
-|
||||||12,742|
||||||51,976
31,100|
||||||83,077|
There were no recognised gains or losses for 2022 year other than those included in the statement of financial activities.
The notes on pages 6 to 8 form part of these accounts.
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## **BRE KIDUSAN ABUNE AREGAWI TIGRAYAN ORTHODX TEWAHEDO CHURCH LEEDS (U**
## **MELVERN ROAD, ST. LUKES CHURCH, HOLBECK LEEDS**
|**Notes**
**FIXED ASSETS**
Tangible Assets
**CURRENT ASSETS**
Bank and cash
Prepayments
**CURRENT LIABILITIES**
**7**
Accruals
**NET CURRENT ASSETS**
**LONG TERM LIABILITIES**
Bank loan
**8**
**FUNDS:**
Unrestricted
Restricted
**YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024**|1,213
1,213
82,514
82,514
650
650
81,864
83,077
-
83,077
18,251
64,826
83,077
**2024**|1,213
1,213
82,514
82,514
650
650
81,864
83,077
-
83,077
18,251
64,826
83,077
**2024**|
|---|---|---|
|||1,213|
|||81,864|
|||83,077
-|
|||83,077|
|||18,251
64,826|
|||83,077|
## **Approved by the trustees on**
## **29 October 2025 and signed on their behalf**
**Trustee Trustee** Rev Areiya Silasie Asefa Mr Zelalem Teshale
## **Trustee**
Mr Kibrom Kidane
The notes on pages 6 To 8 form part of these accounts.
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## **DEBRE KIDUSAN ABUNE AREGAWI TIGRAYAN ORTHODX TEWAHEDO CHURCH LEEDS (UK)**
## **MELVERN ROAD, ST. LUKES CHURCH, HOLBECK LEEDS**
## **NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS**
## **YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024**
## **1 Accounting policies**
- 1.1 Basis of preparation of accounts
The accounts are prepared under the historical cost convention. Adjustments on revaluation of fixed assets from time to time are made in the accounts.
The accounts have been prepared in accordance with the statement of recommended practise for charity accounts.
The charity has taken advantage of the exemption in financial reporting standard No. 1 from the requirement to produce a cashflow statement on the grounds that it qualifies as a small charity.
- 1.2 Tangible fixed assets
Tangible fixed assets are stated at revaluation amount on an open market value basis.
- 1.3 Donations and grants are accounted for as received by the charity. Where the funding is specifically for spending in a subsequent accounting period then the relevant proportion is deferred and included in creditors amounts due within one year.
- 1.4 Other income
Other income represent sales of publications and other items, and the hire of kitchen and hall.
- 1.5 Fundraising costs
Fundraising expenditure comprises costs incurred in inducing organisations and people to contribute financially to the charity's work.
- 1.6 Expenditure on management and administration of the charity.
Administration includes all expenditure not directly related to the charitable activity or fundraising ventures. This includes costs of renting and running office premises, staff salaries for administration staff and audit fees.
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## **BRE KIDUSAN ABUNE AREGAWI TIGRAYAN ORTHODX TEWAHEDO CHURCH LEEDS (U**
## **MELVERN ROAD, ST. LUKES CHURCH, HOLBECK LEEDS**
## **NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS**
## **YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024**
**2** Direct charitable expenditure
|Volunteers
Confrernce
Room Hire
Stationary
Advertising
Source Training
Cleaning & canteen
**3**
Fundraising costs
Travelling Costs
Publicity
**4**
Management and administraion
Bank charges
Premises Costs
Professional fees
Accountancy fees
Insurance
Telephone
Depreciation
**5**
Net movement in funds for the year
The net movement in funds for the year is after charging:|**2024**
2,374
-
1,705
-
4,469|**2024**|
|---|---|---|
||8,548||
||-||
||-||
||3,330
-
650
-
214||
||4,194||
||58,151||
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## **DEBRE KIDUSAN ABUNE AREGAWI TIGRAYAN ORTHODX TEWAHEDO CHURCH LEEDS (UK)**
## **MELVERN ROAD, ST. LUKES CHURCH, HOLBECK LEEDS**
## **NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS**
## **YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024**
|**6**
Staff costs
No remuneration was paid to trustees in the year. The staff costs were
Wages and salaries
**7**
Creditors: amount falling ue within onne year
Bank overdraft
Accruals
**8**
Ultimate Controlling Party||**2024**
-
-
650
650||-|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||**2023**|
|||||-|
|||||-
600|
|||||600|
||||||
The charity is under the control of the trustees.
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## **EBRE KIDUSAN ABUNE AREGAWI TIGRAYAN ORTHODX TEWAHEDO CHURCH LEEDS (U**
## **MELVERN ROAD, ST. LUKES CHURCH, HOLBECK LEEDS**
|**INCOME**
Donations
Services
Interest
**EXPENDITURE**
Satff costs
Loan Paid
Administration expenditure|**2024**
47,831
16,888
-|
|---|---|
||64,719|
||2,374
-
4,194|
||6,568|
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