TIIE AVOSTLES.
INTEIINATIONAL
LEWISHAM BIIANCH
by.
Kaxton Advisory
The Apth4tle*' l onlinuaéion l."hureh Inl+rna¢ional nraneh
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THE APOSTLES, CONTIINUATION CHURCH I,YTERNATIONAL LEWISHAM BIL4NCH
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST JULY 2024
The trustees of the charity present iheir report ii'ith ihe financial statements of the charity for the year
ended 3 1st July 2024. The trustees have adopled the provisions of the Statement of Recommended
Practice {SORP) 'Accounting and Reporting by Charities. issued in January 2021.
REFERENCE AIYD ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS
Registered Charity Nutnber
121M586
Registered office
Si. Marys Centre
LadyH'ell Road
London
SE13 7UW
Trustees
Pa.%l()r Kwasi Owusu
Ms Agartha Serwaah
Mr Gideon Anim Asare
Chainnan
Trustee
Trustee
Independent Examiners
Kaxton Advisory Ltd
Suite 6
The Generator Business Centre
Surrey
CR4 3FH
Bankers
HSBC UK
85 Lewisham High Sireet
Lewisham
London
SE13 6BE

STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMEIIT
Governing document
The charity is controlled by its governing document, the Constitution and constitutes a charity, as defined
by the Charities Aci 2011.
Membership of trustee board:
The trustees ot" the charity are also voluntary trnstees for the purposes of charity law and under the
charity's Constitution are known as members of the Trustees Board.
Induetion and training of trustees
All trustees are familiar with the praclical work of the church and have undertaken training to support
their role.
Organisational structure
The Trustee Board meels quarterly and a quarterly report is given al each nieeting. The Pastor has the
responsibility t.or the day to day operational management of the church supported by the Assistant Pastor
elected by the church.
Risk management
ThL Tru%leL's havL' a duty to identify and review the risks to which the charity is exposed and to ensure
appropriate controls are in place lo provide reasonable assurance against fraud and error.
IntLrnal control risks are minimiscd by thc implcmcnlation of proccdurcs for auihorisation of all
transactions and projects. Procedures and risk assessments are in place to ensure cornpliance with I Icalth
and Satcly of voluntccrs- mcmbcrs; childrcn- and visitors lo thc church.
OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES
The charity's objects and its principal activity were:
l. To advance Ihe Christian faiih in accordance with slatement of beliefs appearing in the scheduled
hereto in London and in such other parts of the United Kingdom or the world.
2. To relieve persons who are in condilions ot. need or hardship, are elderly or sick, to train Pastors and
to relieve the distress caused thereby in London and such other parts of the United Kingdom or the
world.
3. To promote and fulfil such other charilable purposes beneficial lo the community in London and in
such other parts of the United Kingdom or the world.

ACHIEVEMENT AND PERFORMANCE
Charitable activities
The results for the year and financial position of the charity are as shown in the annexed financial
statements.
The main areas of charitable activity are tailored io meet the requirements of the church and throughout
the year the church continued to provide a quality and caring service for members and the community
and their famil ies. The church under its charitable responsibilities of advancing the Christian failh has
increased membership over this period.
FINANCIAL REVIEW
Reserves policy
The trustees review the reserves of the charity annually and acknowledged that the level of fundingy at
present will put the Church in a position where it would not resort to its reseTh'es lo run the charity. When
we consider the growth in numbers and donation receipls policy implemented as recommended in the
tru%tee board, the trustees are confident Ihat the church should be in a position to 8UStain itself Inore
cffLLlively. It is Ihc Irustccs, policy lo gcncrally maintain rcscrvcs at a low ICVLI and to apply donation
receipts to funding its activities.
Prineipal funding 50urees
At present the majority of the church's funding continues to come from the tithes and collection of alms
and the special appeal of priority needs.
Funding for the church ministry activities comes from the members donation. The church finance
committee was responsible for the tinancial planning during the year. The church wa5 able to raise
£65,374 as against expenses of £55, 586 within the year resuliing in a surplus of £9,788.

STATEMEiYT "I'KUSTF.F.S RESPONSIBILITIES
Thc trust¢C3 Jrspvnsiblc for preparing ihe financial s￿￿ments in accordance vnth applicable law and
United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accr)unling Praclice (IJK GAAP).
Charity law requires the Iruslees to pre￿re financial stslements for each financial year. I Ina*.r thai l*w
the twstees have elected to prepare the financial Stalemenls in accordance with the United Kingdom
Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (Uniled Kingdom Accounting Sthndards applicable law).
The financial statementg are reqiiirp.d by law to Bive a true and fair view of the state of affairs of th¢
charitablc company and of th¢ SUTplus oi dvfiLiI uf the charitsbl¢ wKnpdny fui tha( period. In preparing
those financial statement& the irustees are required to
select suioble accouniing policies aThJ then apply them consistently.
make judgements and ¢sttmates that arc reasonabl¢ and prudent:
PTepare the financial statements on the gnin8 cnncern ha%t* unltrq il 1% inapprnpriatr presume
that the charitable company will continue in busines&
The trusttts art responsible for keeping proper accounting r¢wrds whi¢h dI￿105C with re&8onable
accurdcy ai any time the financial tK)sition ot the chan"¢able company and to enable thern to ensure thal
the financial stalements comply with the Charities Act 2011. They are also responsible for safeguarding
th¢ a33Cts of die ilialily ￿1￿ lici1¥¢ fur reasonable sieps for the prevention and deivLtiun ur rrdud
and other irregularities.
.STATEMENT AS TO DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION TO INDEPENDENT EXANIINERS
So far as the trustees are aware, there 1$ no ￿levant infomiation of which the cTrwiry'S independeni
extiminers ore unoware. ond eoch 1Th￿tee ho5 token oll the steps thot they ou8ht to hal'e tsiken a tr￿lee
in order to make them aware of any examinalion infoTmation and to establish thai the charir). S
independent examiners are awatt of that lnf0rn￿tion.
INDEPENDENT EXAMINERS
'Ihe independent examiner4 Kaxton Advisory Ltd., wlll be proFK)sed for re*appointmeni ai the
forthcoming Annual General Me￿Ing.
N BF.HALF OF THE BOARD:
Pasior Kwasi Owusu
Chgirnian
r March 2025

INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE CHURCH
COUNCIL OF THE APOSTLES, CONTINUATION CHLIRCH
INTERNA TIONAL LEWISHAM BRANCH
I rcport on the accounts of thc Church for the l'ear ended 3 1st JulN' 2024 w,hieh comprise the
Statement of Financial Activities, the Balance Sheet and relaled notes set out on pages 9 to 12
This report is made solely to the Ttwstees Board in accordance iviih Section 145 of the
C'harities Act 201 l. M!. w'ork ha5 been undcrtakcn so that I mighi state tu the charity's
trustees those marters l am required to slaie io them in an Independent F.iaminer's report and
for no other purpose. -I'o the fullest c.Ilent perniittcd b!. laii". I do not accept or assume
responsibility lo anyone other than the Church and ihe Church's irustees lor my examinaiion
Respective responsibilities of Trustees aDd Examiner
The Church's trustees are responsible for the preparalion ol'the accounts. The}, consider that
an audit is noi required for this )'ear (under SeLlion 144 ofihe Charilies Aci 201 I (the
Charilics Act)} and that an indcpcndcnl claminalion is nccdcd.
It is my rcsponsibilit!, to:
Examine the accounts {under Section 145 of ihe Charities Acl):
To follow the procedures laid doth'n irt the General Direciions gjiven by the Charity
C ommissioner (under Section 145(5)(bl of the Charities Acl}' and
To state ivheiher particular mailers have come io my atiention.
Ba818 of Independent Examiner's report
My examination was ca￿led oul in a¢¢ordart¢e M iih ihe General Dire¢iion$ 8iv¢n by the
Charil>' Commissioner.
An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept b%. the ChurL'h and a
comparison of the a¢¢ount5 presented M Ith those records. It also includes consideration ot any
unusual items or di5Llosures in the aLLounls and seeking explanations from You as Irustees
conceming an!. such malters.
The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence ihal ivould be required in an audit.
and conscqucntly" no opinion 15 givcn as to ii"hcthcr thc accounts prc5cnt a 'truc and fair viciv
and the report is limited to those malters set out in ihe statement below..

llldepmdellt Examiner's sthtemeDt
In connection with my examinatio￿ no matter h8s com¢ to my attention:
l. Which gives me Teasonable cause lo believe that in any material respect the requirements
. to keep accounting r¢wrds in ￿CordanCe with Section 130 of the Charities Act 'and
- to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting r#ordg a[￿ comply with the
attounting requirements of the Charities Act
have not been met" or
2. to whic14 in my opinion. attention should be drnwn in order to enable a proper
underslanding of the account5 ro be r￿h¢d.
EMMANUEL ASHILEY. ACC
KAXTON ADVISORY LTD
SUITE 6
THE GENERATOR BUSINESS CENfRE
SURREY
CR4 3FH
Signed:.

THE APOSTLES. CONTINUATION CHURCH INTERNATIONAL
LEWISHAM BRANCH
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST JULY 2024
2024
Total
Note
General
Regtrlcted
INCOMING RESOURCE
Voluntary Income
65,374
65,374
Total
6S,374
65,374
RESOURCES EXPENDED
Management and Administration
55,586
55,586
Total
55,586
55,586
Net Incoming Resources
9,788
9,788
Not Movement In Fund8
9.788
9,788
Balanc• Brought For4¥ard
Transfers
149.506
149,506
Balance Carried Forward
159,294
159,294

THE APOSTLES. CONTINUATION CHURCH INTERNATIONAL
LEWISHAM BRANCH
BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31ST JULY 2024
2024
Nots
NonluTr•nt A￿et¥
Fixed Ass*ts
15.260
16,260
Current Assots
Cash and Bank
144,633
144,633
Credltorn.. Amount fallirvj due within 1 year
N•t Currnnt A¥¥
144,034
N•t AM•t•
159,294
Fund8
Ceneral ReaofVC¥
159.294
159,294
Approved bythe board c￿n¢￿1 on .... ...
Ps. Kwasl Owusu
IPa£tor in Char8el
{Treastsr

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS-
I. ACCOUNTING POLICIES
The financial 5talements have been prepared in accordance with applicable accounting
standards and the Charities SORP.
Basis of Accounting".
ThL linanLial siaicmL'nl% havL bL'cn prLparL.d undcr ihc hisioriLal cosi conTrL'nlion cxLopt
tor the valuation ot" inveslmenl assets. which are show ai market i'alue. The financial
statements include all transactions. assets and liabilities t.or ￿,hICh the Chureh Council is
responsible in law. They do nol include (he accounts of church groups that owe their main
aftiliation to another body nor those that are infornial gatherings of church members.
Incoming Resources:
All incoming resources ar¢ included in th¢ slalemenl of financial activities when th¢ charity
is entitled to the income and the amount can be quantified with reasonable accurac),. -I'he
tollowing specific polici¢s ar¢ applied to particular ¢ateb?ori¢s of inconi¢.
Voluntary Income is received by way of collection of alms. lithes, special appeal for funds,
donations and bTifts and is included in full in the slaiement of financial activities when
reLeivable. Grants where enlitlemeni is nol condilional on the deli￿ery of speLilic
pLrlormancc by thc charil). arc recobTnized when the charity bccoines uncondilionally
entitled lo the byrant.
Donated services and facilities are included at Ihe value to the charity where this can be
quanlilied. The value ol. seTr'ices proN'ided by i'olunteers has not been included.
Gifts donatLd for rL8ale are included as incoming resources within the activities for
gieneratingTr lunds when they are sold.
Income from investment is included in ihe year in which it is receivable.
Resources Expended:
Expenditure is recognized on the accrual basis as a liability is incurred. Expenditure
included any VA"I' which cannot be fully recovered and is reported as part of the
expenditure to which it relates.
Costs of generating funds comprise the costs associaied with attracting voluntary income
and costs of trading for fundraising purtM)ses including the charity s shop.
Charitable expenditure coinprises of those costs incurred bv the charitr, in the delivery of
its activities and services for its beneficiaries. It includes both costs that can be allocated
directly Io such activities and those costs of an indirect nature necessary to support them.
Governance costs are those costs incurred in SUPFK)rt ol expenditure on the objects of the
charity and include projecl management.

THE APOSTLES. CONTINUATION CHURCH INTERNATIONAL
LEWISHAM BRANCH
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - 31ST JULY, 2024
2. INCOMING RESOURCES
2024
General
Funds
Reslricled
Funds
Total Funds
Voluntary Income
General Fund
General Offering
Tithes
WelfarelDonation
Thanksgiving
Harvestlconvention
23,488
11.367
23,440
5,473
1.6¢
23,488
11.367
23,440
5,473
1,606
65.374
65,374
Total
65,374
65,374
10

THE APOSTLES. CONTINUATION CHURCH INTERNATIONAL
LEWISHAM BRANCH
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - 31ST JULY, 20224
3. RESOURCES EXPENDED:
2024
Mana9Drnent& Adrnin
Rent
Charitable Donations
Pastoral Expenses
Welfare
Repairs & Maintenance
Accountancy fees
Bank Charges
Deprecialion
Vehicle Hire
19,230
10,970
11,000
9,030
soo
599
207
3,350
700
55.586
11

THE APOSTLES. CONTINUATION CHURCH INTERNATIONAL LEWISHAM BRANCH
NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS - 31ST JULY 2024
4: FIXED ASSETS
Com
uter Instruments
Fixtures & Fittin
s Minibus
Total
Cost
Additions
Disposal
Balance as at 31st July 2024
3,750
4,112
6,248
4.500
18,610
3,750
4.112
6,248
4,500
18,610
DepreciationlRate
As at 5th September 2023
Charge for the year
Balancé as at 31st July 2024
675
675
740
740
1,125
1,125
810
810
3,350
3,350
Net Book Value
As al 5th September 2023
As at 31st July 2024
3,075
3,372
5,123
3,690
15,260
12