## **CENTRE OF HOPE INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES (UK)** 

**TRUSTEES' ANNUAL REPORTS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31ST MARCH 2025** 

**CHARITY NUMBER 1205674** 



## **Centre of Hope International Ministries (UK)** 

**Trustees' Annual Report for the period ended 31 March 2025** 

|**Contents**|**Page**|
|---|---|
|Adminstrative Information|**1**|
|Report of the Trustees|**2 - 3**|
|Independent examiner's Report|**4**|
|Receipt and Payment Account|**5 - 6**|
|Notes forming part of the Accounts|**7**|





**Centre of Hope International Ministries (UK)** 

**Trustees' Annual Report for the period ended 31 March 2025** 

## **Reference & Administration Information** 

|**Charity Name:**|**Centre of Hope International Ministries (UK)**|
|---|---|
|**Charity Registration Number :**|1205674|
|**Registered Office and**|Houghton Regis Baptist Church|
|**Operational Address:**|Hammersmith Gardens|
||Houghton Regis|
||Dunstable|
||Bedfordshire|
||LU5 5RG|
|**Trustees:**|Janet Kariuki|
||Jackline Marigu|
|**Independent Examiner**|TPC Consult (UK)  Ltd|
||Unit A|
||82 James Carter Road|
||Mildenhall|
||IP28 7DE|
|**Bankers:**|Lloyds Bank|



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**Centre of Hope International Ministries (UK)** 

## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period ended 31 March 2025** 

The Trustees, are pleased to present the annual report together with accounts for the period ended 31 March 2025 

## **Structure, Governance & Management** 

The Charity was registered with the Charity Commission on the 10th November 2023 as a Chairitable incorporated Organisation- CIO. It adopted the CIO Foundation model Constitution. New trustees are appointed based on the procedures laid down in its constitution. 

## **Members of the Board of Trustees** 

Members of the Board of Trustees, and trustees for the purpose of charity law, who served during the year and up to the date of this report are set out on page 1. 

## **Objectives & Activities** 

The charity is established  with a primary objective: 

a. To advance the Christian Faith for the public benefit in accordance with the Statements of belief appearing in the schedule. 

## **Public Benefit** 

The trustees declare that they have complied with their duty to have due regard to the guidance on public benefit published by the commission in exercising their powers or duties. 

These objectives are charitable and we operate mainly for the public good and benefits. The charity achieves its objectives by organising several church meetings within the year, and this is open to the public and  its members to learn of the Christian faith. Also to be empowered to impact their local communities positively. 

## **Achievements & Performance** 

The charity was able to work strategically and in partnership to organise events, conferences and  meetings to promote its main object Major events during the year are: 

* The Weekly Sunday and Mid-week services were held continously throughout the year. Attendance inluding those attending for the first time was satisfactory. The feedback was excellent 

- The various extra prayer meetings and evangelisn outreaches were also held during the year. 

The Charity is family and community focused, as a result, most of our programmes are tailored towards the holistic development and support of the family unit. Programmes were held for the benefit of the community. 

## **Financial Review** 

The Trustees have adopted the Receipt and payments method in preparing the accounts. 

The principal funding sources for the charity is currently from individuals by way of Donations through Sunday and other church service activities. 

The total receipt for the period under review was £21,294  and the total  payments made was £14,455 with a net receipts / (Payments) of £6,838 

During the year the charity received donations in the form of Tithes and Offerings from Church attendees. 

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**Centre of Hope International Ministries (UK)** 

**Trustees' Annual Report for the period ended 31 March 2025** 

## **Reserve and Investment Policy** 

It is the objective of the charity to ensure unrectricted funds are kept at a level which provides sufficient funds to cover management, administration and support costs on an on-going basis. 

## **Risk Management** 

The Trustees have conducted a review of the major risks which the charity is exposed, in particular those to operations and finances of the charity. The Trustees review the risk regularly at their meetings and are satisfied that systems are in place to mitigate the Charity's exposure to major risks. 

Appropriate Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks, supported by relevant training and regularly reviewed policies are made for all those who work with children or other vulnerable groups within the Charity. Where appropriate, systems have been established to mitigate the risk the charity faces. Significant external risks to funding have led to the development of a strategic plan which will allow for the diversification of funding activities. Internal control risks are minimised by the implementation of procedures for authorisation of all transactions. 

## **Statutory Notes to the Accounts** 

## **Particulars of Any Outstanding Guarantee Given by the CIO** 

There is no  potential liability under a guarantee given by the CIO which is outstanding at the date of the statement of assets and liabilities 

## **Particulars of Any Outstanding Debt** 

There is no money which is owed by the CIO at the date of the statement of assets and liabilities and which is secured by an express charge on any of the assets of the CIO 

## **Declaration** 

In accordance with charity law, as trustees, we certify that: 

So far as we are aware, there is no relevant information of which the charity's accountants are unaware; and as the trustees of the charity we have taken all steps that we ought to have taken in order to make ourselves aware of any relevant information and to establish that the Charity's  accountants are aware of that information. 

## **Approval** 

This report was approved by the board of Trustees and signed on their behalf by: 

Date: 23rd March 2026 

Jackline Marigu Trustee 

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## **Centre of Hope International Ministries (UK)** 

## **Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of Centre of Hope International Ministries (UK)** 

I report on the accounts of the above Charity for the period ended 31 March 2025 set out on pages 5 to 7 

## **Respective responsibilities of trustees and independent examiner** 

The Trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity's trustees  consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act) and that independent examination is needed. 

It is my responsibility to: 

- examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Act 

* to follow the procedures laid down in the general Direction given by the Charity commission (under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act, and * to state whether particular matters have come to my attention. 

## **Basis of independent examiner's statement** 

My examination was carried out in accordance with general directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a 'true and fair' view and the report  is limited to those matters set out in the statement below. 

## **Independent examiner's statement** 

In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention: 

1.Which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements: 

• To keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the 2011 Act; and 

• To prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and to comply with the accounting requirements of the 2011 Act have not been met; or 

2.To which in our opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. 

----------------------------------------------------                   Date 23/03/ 2026 Chioma John-Musa FFA FIPA TPC Consult (UK) Ltd Unit A 82 James Carter Road Mildenhall IP28 7DE 

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**Centre of Hope International Ministries (UK)** 

## **Accounts for the period ended 31st  March 2025** 

## **Receipts and payments** 

|**Receipts and payments**||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Receipts**|**Unrestricted**<br>**to the nearest**||**Restricted funds**<br>**to the nearest £**||**Endowment**<br>**to the nearest £**||**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**||**Last year**<br>**to the nearest £**|
|Tithe|8,381||-||-||8,381||-|
|offering|5,893||-||-||5,893||-|
|Others|7,020||-||-||7,020||-|
||-||-||-||-||-|
||-||-||-||-||-|
||-||-||-||-||-|
||-||-||-||-||-|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**21,294**||**-**||**-**||**21,294**||**-**|
|||||||||||
|**Asset and investment sales**||||||||||
|**Loan Repayment**|-||||||||-|
|Loan Received from external founder|-||||||||-|
|**_Sub total_**<br>**_Total receipts_ **<br>**Payments**|**-**||||||||**-**|
|||||||||||
||||||||||**-**|
|||||||||||
|Rent and Venue hires|1,790||-||-||1,790||-|
|Music and Choir|180||-||-||180||-|
|Equipments Music & Technical|665||-||-||665||-|
|<br>Travel & Subsistence|335||-||-||335||-|
|Media and Internet cost|516||-||-||516||-|
|Professional Fees|400||-||-||400||-|
|Conference and Event|2,184||-||-||2,184||-|
|Refreshment|433||||||433||-|
|Motor Expenses|1,700||||||1,700||-|
|Ministry Outreaches|2,861||||||2,861||-|
|Wages|1,662||||||1,662||-|
|Administration|1,227||-||-||1,227||-|
|Honorarium|350||-||-||350||-|
|Insurance|153||-||-||153||-|
||-||-||-||-||-|
||-||-||-||-||-|
||-||-||-||-||-|
||-||||||-||-|
||-||-||-||-||-|
|**_Sub total_ **|**14,455**||**-**||**-**||**14,455**||**-**|
|||||||||||
|**Asset and investment purchases**||||||||||
||**-**||||||||**-**|
||**-**||||||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**-**||||||||**-**|
|**_Total payments_ **<br>**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**<br>**Transfers between funds**<br>**Cash funds last year end**<br>**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||||||
||||||||||**-**|
|||||||||||
||**6,838**||||||**6,838**||**-**|
||-||||||-||-|
||-||||||-||-|
||**6,838**||||||**6,838**||**-**|



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## **Centre of Hope International Ministries (UK)** 

## **Accounts for the period ended 31st  March 2025** 

|**Categories**<br>**Signed by on behalf of all the**<br>**trustees**<br>**Liabilities**<br>**Assets retained for the charity’s**<br>**own use**<br>**Other monetary assets**<br>**Investment assets**<br>**Cash funds**|**Details**|**Details**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|**Restricted funds**<br>**to nearest £**|**Restricted funds**<br>**to nearest £**|**Endowment funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||Opening Cash Balance||-||-||-|
||<br>Closing Cash Balance||6,838||-||-|
||||-||-||-|
||**Signature**<br>**Details**<br>Accounting Fee<br>Loan to Church<br>Church Equipments<br>Musical Equipments<br>**Details**<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>(agree balances with receipts and<br>payments account(s))<br>**Details**<br>**Details**||**6,838**||**-**||**-**|
||||||||OK<br>**Endowment funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
||||||||**-**|
||||||||**-**|
||||||||**-**|
||||||||**-**|
||||||||**-**|
||||||||**-**|
||||||||**Current value**<br>**(optional)**|
||||||||**-**|
||||||||**-**|
||||||||**-**|
||||||||**-**|
||||||||**-**|
||||||||**Current value**<br>**(optional)**|
||||||||**-**|
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||||||||**When due (optional)**|
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||||||||**Date of approval**|
||||Jackline||Marigu||**23/03/2026**|
||||Tru||stee|||



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**Centre of Hope International Ministries (UK)** 

## **Notes to the financial statements for the period ended 31 March 2025** 

## **(a)  Basis of Accounting** 

The accounts have been prepared using the receipt and payment method in accordance with Charities Act 2011. 

## **(b)  Fund Accounting** 

Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the charity. Restricted funds are subjected to restrictions on their use as  imposed by the donor or through the terms of an appeal. Designated funds are unrestricted funds earmarked by the Trustees for particular purposes. 

Receipts are classified under Tithes, offerings , and Other donations, because as a church these are the main types of donation given by individuals 

## **(c) Staff** 

The Charity has no employee during the the accounting period under review. All its work has been managed by Volunteers during this financial year. 

## **(d) 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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