## TLC Church Bristol
## Trustees Report 2025
Year ending 31[st] March 2025
## Structure & Governance
TLC Church Bristol, is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation [CIO], registered with the Charity Commission in England and Wales under reference number 1209222. The CIO was registered on the 22 July 2024.
At the date of this report, the Trustees were:
**Derick Mulubwa*** – Chair. Health and Safety and Risk Assessment lead.
**Mona van Wyk** – Data Protection lead
**Terence Morgan*** – Safeguarding lead
**Stephen Lewis* -** Senior Minister
## **David Eduardo Mont Lay**
All of the Trustees served from the date of incorporation until the Balance Sheet date and beyond.
Some of the Trustees also serve as Trustees on other UK Charities as indicated with an *. Conflicts of interest are managed robustly if there is an overlap between charities.
The Trustees fulfil their statutory role as guided by the Charity Commission, and have agreed a range of policies and procedures which are implemented within the Charity.
The Safeguarding; Complaints and Privacy policies can be viewed on the charity’s website. www.tlcbristol.church
## Objectives & Activities
As at the date of this report the Objects were:
_**The objects of the CIO are to advance the Protestant faith in Bristol and surrounding areas in accordance with the Statement of Faith for the public benefit through the holding of prayer meetings and religious education, public celebration of religious festivals, outreach and pastoral care in the community.**_
It should be noted that these Objects were amended on the 1 November 2025 in agreement with the Charity Commission, and the current Objectives are:
**The objects of the CIO are to advance the Protestant faith in Bristol, the surrounding areas, and, from time to time, other parts of the United Kingdom and the world, in accordance with the Statement of Faith, for the public benefit. This will be achieved through (but not limited to) the holding of prayer meetings and religious education, the public celebration of religious festivals, outreach and pastoral care in the community, and through charitable acts of giving and support, both locally and internationally.**
The principal activity of the charity is to hold weekly church services on a Sunday morning, and two mid-week prayer meetings in private homes.
The weekly church service is held in a room rented from a local hotel.
The Trustees have reviewed the Charity Commission guidance on Public Benefit and are satisfied that the charity provides services which satisfy the Charity Commission’s requirements.
## Achievements & Performance
Since the charity was established, the donor base has grown from an initial 25 to a maximum of 95. On a weekly basis between 45-55 people regularly meet on a Sunday morning.
An Elders board is established and provide for the pastoral needs of the congregation.
Teaching from the Word of God is shared amongst several congregation ministers, and a few external speakers have been invited to contribute to the life of the church.
As part of the supporting outreach of the church, financial contributions were made at Christmas 2023 to a charity working with homeless men, a charity supporting prostitutes working in Bristol, and four children from a family connected with donors within TLC whose mother was murdered.
On a monthly basis the whole church stays after the Sunday service to share a meal together. This, and all the church services, are open to all, and we have had a few residents of the hotel join us on occasion.
## Financial Review
The charity does not own property, and the only assets owned by the charity are office and sound equipment, some of which was donated to the charity.
The charity has entered into a four-week rolling contract with the hotel and have advised them that we will be in attendance until further notice, however that is with the provision that we can give four weeks’ notice if we were to stop using the hotel as a venue.
The charity pays two lead ministers. One is paid for two days a week, one for one day a week. The charity also pays a bookkeeper one day a week for financial record keeping and related administration. All three are paid via invoice and the charity does not run a payroll system, nor does it employ anyone directly.
The charity has no other contracts or ongoing liabilities.
The lead ministers travelled to an overseas conference as part of their spiritual development, and the cost was covered by the charity.
The Charity has a Reserves Policy which calls for a minimum of three months Reserves to cover ongoing contractual obligations. Currently the Reserves greatly exceed this level, however these are held with the specific view to:
- Distribute to those in need, and as agreed by the Elders Board.
- Contribute and cover future property related costs, as the church looks to developing a property of its own.
**Stephen Lewis** Trustee
Report end
**Charity Name No (if any) TLC Church Bristol 1209222 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 7/22/2024 3/31/2025
|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|**A1 Receipts**
Donations
**45,290**
Designated funds
**130**
Othre income
**547**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**45,967**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total receipts_ 45,967**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_
**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Restricted**
**funds**|**to the nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**45,290**
**130**
**547**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**45,967**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**45,967**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**|
|||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**45,290**|**-**|
||||**130**|**-**|
||||**547**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|
||||**45,967**|**-**|
||||||
|||**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**||
||||**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|
||||||
||**-**|**-**|**45,967**|**-**|
## **A3 Payments**
|**A3 Payments**|||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Sub-Contractors|**17,136**||**-**||**-**||**17,136**||**-**||
|Missions|**1,511**||**-**||**-**||**1,511**||**-**||
|Gifts and Donations|**1,839**||**-**||**-**||**1,839**||**-**||
|Rent|**7,325**||**-**||**-**||**7,325**||**-**||
|Vehicle Repair and Servicing|**480**||**-**||**-**||**480**||**-**||
|Travelling|**5**||**-**||**-**||**5**||**-**||
|Hotel and Accommodation|**134**||**-**||**-**||**134**||**-**||
|Overseas Travelling|**2,429**||**-**||**-**||**2,429**||**-**||
|Office Stationery|**80**||**-**||**-**||**80**||||
|Internet Charges|**520**||**-**||**-**||**520**||||
|Repairs and Renewals|**55**||**-**||**-**||**55**||||
|Cleaning|**23**||**-**||**-**||**23**||**-**||
|Bank Charges and Interest|**54**||**-**||**-**||**54**||**-**||
|General Expenses|**1,628**||**-**||**-**||**1,628**||**-**||
|DBS/CRB checks|**516**||**-**||**-**||**516**||**-**||
|Refreshments|**309**||**-**||**-**||**309**||**-**||
|Subscriptions|**455**||**-**||**-**||**455**||**-**||
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||
|**_Sub total_ **|**34,499**||**-**||**-**||**34,499**||**-**||
||||||||||||
|**A4 Asset and investment**|||||||||||
|**purchases, (see table)**|||||||||||
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||||
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||||
|**_Sub total_ **|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||
||||||||||||
|**_Total payments_ **|**34,499**||**-**||**-**||**34,499**||**-**||
||||||||||||
|**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ **|**11,468**||**-**||**-**||**11,468**||**-**||
|**A5 Transfers between funds**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||
|**A6 Cash funds last year end**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||
|**_Cash funds this year end_ **|**11,468**||**-**||**-**||**11,468**||**-**||
## **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**|**Details**
Nat West Bank
Barclays Bank
Barclays bank
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Office equipment and IT
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))|**to nearest £**
**56,326**
**1,854**
**90**
**58,270**
Agreement Error
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Unrestricted
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**|**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**220**
**220**
Agreement Error
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**1,930**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**|**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||OK|
|||||**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
|||||**1,930**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**When due**
**(optional)**|
||||**-**||
||||**-**||
||||**-**||
||||**-**||
||||**-**||
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees
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approval|
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