## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From 20/04/2022 Period start date To 20/04/2023 Period end date** ## **Charity name: Empowerment Worship Centre** ## **Charity registration number: 1200254** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|The advancement of the Christian faith for
the public beneft through the
pronouncement of the Gospel of Jesus
Christ.| |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|Teaching the word of god, promoting the
welfare of members and the local
community, caring for the needy, aged,
widows and orphans and developing
human resource through education while
winning souls and preparing them for the
soon comingof Christ.| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Other ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |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|Empowerment Worship Centre held a
‘Worship in the Park’ event in August 2023
where members from around the UK met in
London to worship, fellowship, play games
and get to know one another. We also held
a Sunday Service with an exhortation,
worship and the opportunity for our
members to network.
We gathered over 300 people in East
London, including families, passers by and
people from the community including
students new to the country, residents
struggling to find friends and meet new
people, families wanting a safe, Christian
environment for the children and more.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
Achievements against
objectives set|
Para 1.41|| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|The charity received donations through
tithes and offerings. As we have yet to
officially open and launch the church, our
expenditure has been low. Our only
expenditure has been for Worship in the
Park and our Sunday Service, as well as
regular outgoing costs for our email
account and workspace.| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|We hold reserves in order to enable us to
cover the financial costs for eventually
launching the church.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|We hold just under £5000 in reserves.| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|N/A| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|N/A| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|We had planned to launch our London
church in 2023, which did not go ahead.
We hope to do so in 2024.| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|
Para 1.47|| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Constitution**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**CIO**| |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|| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|
Para 1.51|| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Empowerment Worship Centre| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|EWC| |Registered charity number|1200254| |Charity’s principal address|167-169 Great Portland street, 5th Floor, London, W1W 5PF| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Gideon Danso|||| ||Genevieve Stein|||| ||Jessica Hagan|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved ## **Director name** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity **Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets n/a held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **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 trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s) Full name(s)** Jessica Hagan **Position (eg Secretary,** Trustee **Chair, etc)** **Date** 01/06/2024 ||**EMPOWERMENT WORSHIP CENTRE**
|**EMPOWERMENT WORSHIP CENTRE**
|**EMPOWERMENT WORSHIP CENTRE**
|**1200254**|**CC16a**| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**For the period**
**from**|4/20/2022|**To**|4/20/2023|| ||||||| |**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||| |**A1 Receipts**
Donations
**7,228**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**7,228**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total receipts_ 7,228**
**A3 Payments**
Worship in the Park - Picnic Equipment
**249**
Worshipin the Park - Food & Drinks
**1,000**
Worship in the Park - Hotel & Transportation
**1,445**
Worshipin the Park - Instrumentalist Fee
**1,500**
Worshipin the Park - Hall Hire
**3,450**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ 7,644**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total payments_ 7,644**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ - 416**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**-**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**-**
**_Cash funds this year end_ - 416**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_
**A2 Asset and investment sales, (see**
**table).**
**A4 Asset and investment purchases,**
**(see table)**||**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Restricted**
**funds**|**to the nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**7,228**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**7,228**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**7,228**
**249**
**1,000**
**1,445**
**1,500**
**3,450**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**7,644**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**7,644**
**- 416**
**-**
**-**
**- 416**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| ||||**-**|**7,228**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**7,228**|**-**| ||||||| ||||**-**|**-**|| ||||**-**|**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**|**-**| ||||||| ||||**-**|**7,228**|**-**| ||||||| ||||**-**|**249**|**-**| ||||**-**|**1,000**|**-**| ||||**-**|**1,445**|**-**| ||||**-**|**1,500**|**-**| ||||**-**|**3,450**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**7,644**|**-**| ||||||| ||||**-**|**-**|| ||||**-**|**-**|| ||||**-**|**-**|**-**| ||||||| ||||**-**|**7,644**|**-**| ||||||| |||**-**|**-**|**- 416**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**|**- 416**|**-**| |**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the**|**end of the period**|| |---|---|---|---| |**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of
all the trustees|**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Black Pulpit
**Details**
Signature
Jessica Hagam
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))|**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Agreement Error
OK
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
Unrestricted
**148**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
Jessica Hagan
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**|**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**When due**
**(optional)**| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||Date of
approval| ||Jessica Hagam|Jessica Hagan|6/1/2024| |||||