2023-01-31-accounts

ELEVATE FAMILY CHURCH

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31[ST] JANUARY 2023

CHARITY NUMBER: 1198801

ELEVATE FAMILY CHURCH ROUGHMOOR SOCIAL HALL SWINLEY DRIVE PEATMOOR SWINDON SN5 5AP

INDEX Page Index 1 Trustee’s Report 2 – 3 Receipts and Payments Account 4 Statement of Assets and Liabilities 5 Notes on the financial Statements 6

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ELEVATE FAMILY CHURCH

TRUSTEES’ REPORT YEAR ENDED 31[ST] JANUARY 2023

The trustees are pleased to present their report for the year ended 31[st] January 2023 for the charity, Elevate Family Church with charity number 1198801.

The Trustees of the charity are: Benjamin Hayford Gabriel Manteh Ben Amankwaa

The principal address of the charity is : Roughmoor Social Hall Swinley Drive, Swindon SN5 5AP

STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT

The Charity governing document is a CIO – Foundation Constitution registered 3[rd] May 2022.The Charity is governed by a board on which the trustees are represented. It meets regularly to review, plan activities and monitor the financial position.

OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES

The Objects of the organisation are first to advance the Christian faith in accordance with the statement of beliefs for the benefit in the United Kingdom and in such other parts of the world as the trustees may think fit from time to time . The trustees confirm that they have had due regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit before deciding what activities the charity should undertake.

ACHIEVMENTS AND PERFORMANCE

The Organisation continues to hold successful meetings through the year in which individuals were equipped and educated on the principles and doctrines of the Christian faith. The organisation also continues to hold outreach meetings during the year in which individuals had the opportunity to hear the message of the Christian faith. This has produced good results in reaching and helping members of the community.

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FINANCIAL REVIEW

The income of the charity is above £10,500. This is a fair amount for this year of the charity the costs have been well managed over this period. The organisation is still in a good position to manage its costs. The main cost of the organisation was paying for the equipment it uses for its meetings.

RESERVE POLICY

It is the policy of the Charity to maintain unrestricted funds, which are the reserves of the charity at about 3 months of unrestricted expenditure. This provides sufficient funds to cover any emergency expenditures that may arise from time to time. The charity will seek to maintain this level throughout the year.

RISK MANAGEMENT

The charity have assessed all the major risks to which the charity is exposed to, in particular those related to operations and finances of the charity, and are satisfied that systems are in place to mitigate exposure to major risks.

TRUSTEE RESPONSIBILITIES

Under the Charities Act 2011, the trustees are required to prepare a statement of accounts for each accounting year which gives a true and fair view of the state of the church. They are required to:

1. Select suitable accounting policies and apply them consistently.

2. Make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent.

3. State whether the applicable accounting standards have been followed.

4. Prepare financial statements on an ongoing basis.

They are responsible for keeping proper records which disclose with reasonable accuracy the finances of the church at any time and to ensure that such accounts comply with the Charities Act 2011.They also have a responsibility to safeguard the assets of the church and to take reasonable steps to detect fraud or other irregularities.

Approved by the Trustees on 16[th] February 2024 and signed on their behalf by:

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ELEVATE FAMILY CHURCH

ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st January 2023

**1 **	Receipts & Payments Account (General Purpose Fund)	Receipts & Payments Account (General Purpose Fund)
	Income Receipts	£/ 2023
	Donations	7022
	Interest	0
	Total Receipts	7022
	Direct Charitable Expenditure
	Hall Hire	1692
	Media Supplies	1868
	Professional fees	504
	Refreshments	464
	Admin	285
	Advertising	425
	Church events	816

Other Expenditure Equipment Instruments Total Payments Net Receipts/(Payments) for the year Loan received Cash Funds brought forward Cash Funds at the end of the year	6054 2934
	2934 8988 -1966 3500 0
	1534

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ELEVATE FAMILY CHURCH

**2 **	Statements of Assets and Liabilities at 31st January 2023	Statements of Assets and Liabilities at 31st January 2023
	Monetary Assets
	Cash Funds	Unrestricted Funds
		£/2023
		£
	Cash at hand and in bank	1469
	Petty Cash	65
	Total Cash Funds	1534
	Assets Retained for the
	Charity's Own use
	Non-monetary Assets and Liabilities
	Musical Instruments
	Equipments	2934
	Fixtures & Fittings
		2934
	Liabilities
	Bookkeeping	280

These accounts were approved by the trustees and signed on their behalf by:

Trustee Name: Ben Amankwaa Signature:

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ELEVATE FAMILY CHURCH

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st January 2023

ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of Accounting

These accounts have been prepared on the receipts and payments basis with all revenue and expenses shown on a cash basis. Non-monetary assets are shown at estimates of the value at the end of the year.

Funds

The CIO has a general unrestricted fund that receives voluntary donations from attendants at the services.

The CIO has no outstanding guarantees to third parties no any debts secured on the asstes of the CIO

Public Benefit

The charity acknowledges its requirement to demonstrate clearly that it must have charitable purposes or aims that are for public benefit.Details of how this is achieved are provided in the Trustees report. The trustees confirm that they have paid due regard to the Charity Commission guidance on public benefit before deciding what activities the charity should undertake.

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