
## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** 

Period start date Period end date 01 April 2024 31 March 2025 **To** 

**From** 

## Section A 

## Reference and administration details 

**Charity name** Ruach City Church **Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any)** 1204959 **Charity's principal address** 110 Streatham Hill London **Postcode** SW2 4RD 

## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

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||Paul Brightly-<br>Jones|Chair of Trustees|||
||Sarah Henry|Trustee|||
||Dorothea Hodge|Trustee|||
||CraigLyn - Cook|Trustee|23 February 2025||
||Jennifer Francis|Trustee|23 February 2025||
||Paul Brice Kouassi|Trustee|23 February 2025||
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## **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)** 

**Name Dates acted if not for whole year** 

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|Section B|Structure, governance and management|
|Description of the charity’s trusts|
|Charitable Incorporated Organisation|
|Type of governing document|
|(eg. trust deed, constitution)|
|Association|
|How the charity is constituted|
|(eg. trust, association, company)|
|Trustee must be appointed by a resolution passed at an AGM or a general|
|Trustee selection methods|
|meeting of the Members.|
|(eg. appointed by, elected by)|
|Additional governance issues (Optional information)|
|Ruach City Church is a CIO registered in England and Wales. The|
|You|may choose|to include|
|governing document is a Constitution of Association dated 2023.|
|additional information, where|
|relevant, about:|
|The responsibilities of Trustees of Ruach City Church are:|
|• policies and procedures|- To ensure that the organisation complies with its governing document,|
|adopted for the induction and|charity law, company law and any other relevant legislation or regulations.|
|training of trustees;|- To ensure that the organisation pursues its objects as defined in its|
|governing document.|
|• the charity’s organisational|- To ensure the organisation uses its resources exclusively in pursuance|
|structure and any wider|of its objects.|
|network with which the charity|- To contribute actively to the Board of Trustees' role in giving firm|
|works;|strategic direction to the organisation.|
|• relationship with any related|- To safeguard the good name and values of the organisation.|
|- To ensure the effective and efficient administration of the organisation.|
|parties;|
|- To ensure the financial stability of the organisation.|
|• trustees’ consideration of|- To protect and manage the property of the charity and to ensure the|
|major risks and the system|proper investment of the charity's funds.|
|and procedures to manage|
|them.|Risk Management|
|The major activities and issues of the ministry are subject to review at|
|Trustees' meetings. Where there are issues which have a material risk|
|identified, all reasonable steps are taken to mitigate that risk.|

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**Section C Objectives and activities** 

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|**Summary of the objects of the**<br>**charity set out in its**<br>**governing document**<br>**Summary of the main**<br>**activities undertaken for the**<br>**public benefit in relation to**<br>**these objects (include within**<br>**this section the statutory**<br>**declaration that trustees have**<br>**had regard to the guidance**<br>**issued by the Charity**<br>**Commission on public**<br>**benefit)**|During this financial period, the charity had dormant accounts.<br>The governing scheme defines the charity’s objects as being:<br>To advance the Christian religion in accordance with the Statement of<br>Faith in the United Kingdom and the world; and<br>the relief of those in need by reason of age, disability, ill-health, financial<br>hardship or such other economic or social disadvantage in the United<br>Kingdom and the world.|
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||The objects of the CIO are, for the public benefit: -<br>Advance the Christian religion in accordance with the Statement of<br>Beliefs in the Constitution in the United Kingdom or elsewhere;<br>Relieve people who are in conditions of need, distress or who are aged<br>or sick in the United Kingdom or elsewhere;<br>Advance education based on Christian principles and in accordance with<br>the said Statement of Beliefs in the United Kingdom or elsewhere.<br>In furtherance of these objects, the Trustees have complied with the duty<br>in Section 4 of the Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to the Charity<br>Commission's published guidance concerning the operation of the Public<br>Benefit requirement under the Act.|



## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** 

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You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: 

- policy on grantmaking; 

- policy programme related investment; 

- contribution made by volunteers. 

Section D 


## Achievements and performance 

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## Section D 

**Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year** 

## Achievements and performance 

The CIO was dormant during this financial period. 

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**Section E** 

## **Financial review** 

During this period, the charity had dormant accounts. No transactions **Brief statement of the** took place during this financial period. **charity’s policy on reserves** 

**Details of any funds materially in deficit** 

## **Further financial review details (Optional information)** 

No transactions took place during this financial period You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about: 

- the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising); 

- how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity; 

- investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted. 

**Section F Other optional information** 

Ruach City Church activities are expected to commence under this constitution. 

## **Section G Declaration** 

**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** 

**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** 

|**Signature(s)**<br>**Full name(s)**<br>**Position (eg Secretary, Chair,**<br>**etc)**<br>**Date**||Paul Brightly - Jones (Jan 16, 2026 14:13:17 GMT)<br>Paul Brightly-Jones||
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||<br>Paul Brightly-Jones|||
||<br>Chair of Trustees|||
||<br>16 January 2026|||



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|**RUACH CITY CHURCH**|**RUACH CITY CHURCH**||**1204959**|
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|**Receipts and payments accounts**||||
|**For the period**<br>**from**|01-Apr-24|**To**|31-Mar-25|



## **CC16a** 

|**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||
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|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest    £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> <br> <br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> <br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**|**Last year**<br>**to the nearest £**|
|Donations and Legacies|**-**||**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|
|Grant Income|**-**|||||
|Income tax reclaimable|**-**|||||
|Other Rental Income|**-**|||||
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|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_<br>_AR)_|<br> <br>**-**||||**-**|
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|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**<br>**(see table).**||||||
|Sale of Investments|**-**||**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**-**|
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|**_Sub total_**|<br>**-**||||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**<br>**A3 Payments**||||||
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|<br>Staff Costs|**-**||**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|
|Ministries|**-**|||||
|PropertyCosts|**-**|||||
|Finance Charges|**-**|||||
|Overheads|**-**|||||
|Professional fees|**-**|||||
||**-**|||||
||**-**|||||
||**-**|||||
|**_Sub total_**|**-**||||**-**|
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|**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases (see table)**||||||
|**,**<br>Purchase of Fixed Assets|**-**||**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**||
||**-**|||||
|**_Sub total_**|**-**||||**-**|
|**_Total payments_**<br>**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**<br>**A5 Transfers between funds**<br>**A6 Cash funds last year end**<br>**_Cash funds this year end_**||||**-**||
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||**-**||<br>**-**<br> <br>**-**|**-**<br>**-**|**-**<br>**-**|
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CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 

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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** 

|**Categories**<br>Signed by one or two trustees on<br>behalf of all the trustees<br>**B5 Liabilities**<br>**B3 Investment assets**<br>**B2 Other monetary assets**<br>**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**<br>**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**<br>Other Investments<br>**Details**<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>(agree balances with receipts and payments<br>account(s))<br>Trade Debtors<br>Cash at bank and in hand<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>Freehold land and buildings<br>Furniture, fixture and fittings<br>Motor vehicles<br>Computers and equipment<br>Tax payable<br>**Details**<br>Trade Creditors<br>Other Creditors<br>Signature<br>~~Paul Brightly-Jones (Jan 16, 2026 14:16:38 GMT)~~<br>Paul Brightly-Jones|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>OK<br>OK<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**liability relates**<br>**Amount due**<br>**(optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>Print Name<br>Paul Brightly-Jones|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
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||||Date of<br>approval|
||<br>Paul Brightly-Jones|Paul Brightly-Jones|16/01/2026|
||~~Paul Brightly-Jones (Jan 16, 2026 14:16:38 GMT)~~<br>|||



CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 

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