General Assembly of Our Lord Jesus Christ Inc.
Annual Report
2021
Charity No: 284747
Location
Mount Olive Apostolic Church
Temple Bar, Willenhall, WV13 1SD
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Contents
| ❖ | Legal & Administrative details | Page 3 |
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| ❖ | Reports of the Trustees | Page 2 -5 |
| ❖ | Statement of Financial Activities | Page 5 |
| ❖ | Independent Examiner’s Report | Page 6 |
| ❖ | Balance Sheet | Page 7 |
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Governing Document
General Assembly of Our Lord Jesus Apostolic Inc. Temple Bar, Willenhall, West Midlands, WV13 1SD is registered with the Charity Commissioners (No: 284747) and constituted by the of Trust
Governing bodies The Trustees are responsible for:
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❖ Appointing the members of the administrative committee
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❖ Policies and Procedures for induction and training of Trustees
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❖ Organisational structure
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❖ Select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently
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❖ Observe the methods and the principles of the charities SORP
The Trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and enable them to ensure that the accounts comply with the Charities Act 1993, the Charity (Accounts and Reports) Regulations and the provisions of the trust deed. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and therefore responsible of taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
Trustee’s Report
Board of Trustees
Bishop Floyd Downie - Chair Appointed to Chair – 14[th] December 2019 Elder Keith Nelson - Secretary Appointed to Secretary – 14[th] December 2019 Missionary Augustine Nelson - Treasurer Evangelist Garfield Gardner - Trustee Minister Godfrey Williams - Trustee Appointed – 14[th] December 2019 Missionary Angela Downie - Trustee Appointed – 14[th] December 2019
Objectives
Our objective is to advance the Christian faith by teaching the doctrines and beliefs of the apostles and to establish churches throughout the UK. We aim to achieve this goal through the holding of worship services, our in-depth bible studies and through regular prayer and fasting.
We, as followers of God have been commissioned to continue in the reconciliation of the world to God. We endeavour to reconnect men and women by the examples laid down in the scriptures. To do this correctly we must follow the examples set before us in God’s Holy Word. From this great commission we strive to establish the truth of the scriptures to all and remove all man-made interpretations and deceptions of the Word of God. We also strive to establish the truth about oneself according to the Word written and promote how God can work within all of us. Through this revelation we can establish the role and responsibility of every believer within God’s plan. We aim to
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be a positive influence within the community through the spreading of the gospel of Jesus Christ to everyone everywhere and providing support when possible.
Goals
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❖ To build a strong youth empowerment program that can impact society positively. To achieve this the charity will increase the number of meetings and activities such as bible study, outdoor evangelism, career guidance, empowerment seminars and social interaction trips.
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❖ To increase the frequency of formal church meetings such as bible study and intersession. This provides an opportunity to interact with more people and fulfil our purpose.
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❖ To actively work in partnership with other charities to reach more disadvantaged members of the community.
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❖ To empower those in leadership positions by organising and attending training and leadership seminars.
Volunteers
- ❖ Individual members from the churches and within the community helped with Charities activities during the year, and the Trustees of the church would like to take this opportunity to express heartfelt thanks for the invaluable support, donations and any contributions made to the Charity.
Reserve Policy
- ❖ The Charity Committee requires charities to determine and explain their policy for free reserves. The trustees have reviewed its free reserves policy and have turned its entire unrestricted funds into an emergency reserve to enable to meet its obligations in the event of a shortfall in income or sudden upturn in expenditure.
Risk management:
- ❖ The trustees continue to assess and monitor the risks to which the charity is exposed and to ensure appropriate controls are in place to provide reasonable assurance against fraud and error.
Activities and Achievements
Apostolic Worship and Activities
In February we host a three-day youth event and have attendees’ from around the country and overseas. This includes ministering to our congregation through preaching the Word of God and uniting in song and praise. We encourage the youth to compose songs relevant to the chosen theme and perform their songs to the glory of God.
Due to the pandemic, we suspended all church-based gatherings and introduced various on online services for a different range of age groups. Sunday online services, Bible Studies, Youth Days, Coffee Mornings and Morning Prayers. Where would have our normal church national meetings we held online scaled down versions which was well received.
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Community Activities
We held weekly Zoom coffee mornings in replacement of our weekly day centre activities. This was embraced by the regular attendees who would come on and have different discussions insuring we were trying to prevent isolated. They were able to share their thoughts over a drink with one another. For those who were in isolation from Covid, we were able to do their weekly shopping and provided them with food parcels free of charge. This is still on going.
Future Plans:
As soon as possible we intend to resume normal activities and incorporate some of the new Zoom opportunities into our weekly programmes.
We intend to maintain our existing range of spiritual and community-based activities. With the approach to foster a new partnership with the community and to further develop our community projects in collaboration within the localised areas.
God-willing we hope to continue with the necessary refurbishment due to the growth of the church and general age-related wear and tear through the increasing use of the church facilities.
Financial Review
- ❖ The total incoming resources for the year amounted to £110,455K and the total resources expended amounted to £121,570K leaving a net overspend for the year of -£11,115K The balance of funds as of 31[st] December 2021 was +£39,398K
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Independent Examiner’s Report
General Assembly of Our Lord Jesus Christ Apostolic Inc. Charity no 284747
To the trustees of General Assembly of Our Lord Jesus Christ Apostolic Inc.
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity for the year ended 31/12/2020.
As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
The charity’s gross income does not exceed £250,000 therefore, it is not a requirement for me to be qualified to undertake the examination by being a qualified member of any certified bodies.
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination to cause me any concern in any material respect in relation to:
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❖ the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or
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❖ the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or
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❖ the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair’ view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Date: 22[nd] September 2021
Rosemary Lewis 159 Yale Road
Willenhall
West Midlands WV13 2J
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| Charity Name | No (if any) | ||
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| General Assembly of Our Lord Jesus Christ Inc. 284747 |
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| Receipts andpayments accounts | CC16a | ||
| For the period from Period start date 01/01/2021 |
To Period end date 31/12/2021 |
Section A Receipts and payments
| Section A Receipts and | payments | |||||
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| A1 Receipts | Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ 90,958 90,958 - - - 90,958 102,073 |
Restricted funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - |
Endowment funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - |
Total funds to the nearest £ 90,958 - - - 90,958 - - - |
Last year to the nearest £ |
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| Charitable Receipts | 90,958 | 65,240 | ||||
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| - | ||||||
| Sub total(Gross income for AR) | 90,958 | 65,240 | ||||
| A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). |
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| - | ||||||
| - | - | |||||
| Sub total | - |
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| Total receipts A3 Payments |
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| 90,958 | 65,240 | |||||
| 102,073 - - |
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| Charitable Payments | 102,073 | - | - | 102,073 | ||
| - | - | - | - | |||
| - | - | - | - |
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| - | - | - | - | ||||||
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| Sub total | 102,073 | - | - | 102,073 | - |
A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table)
| A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) |
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| - | - | - | - | ||||||
| - | - | - | - | ||||||
| Sub total | - | - | - | - | - |
| Total payments | 102,073 | - | - | 102,073 | - | ||||||
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| Net of receipts/(payments) | - 11,115 | - | - | - | 11,115 | 65,240 | |||||
| A5 | Transfers between funds | - | - | - | - | - | |||||
| A6 | Cash funds last year end | ||||||||||
| 50,513 | - | - | 50,513 | - | |||||||
| Cash funds this year end | 39,398 | - | - | 39,398 | 65,240 |
Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
| Categories unds |
Details |
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| Banked | |
| Cash | |
B1 Cash funds
Total cash funds
(agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))
| Unrestricted funds to nearest £ 38,898 500 - 39,398 OK Unrestricted funds |
Restricted funds to nearest £ - - - - OK Restricted funds |
Endowment funds to nearest £ |
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| - | ||
| - | ||
| - | ||
| - | ||
| OK | ||
| Endowment funds |
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B2 Other monetary assets
B3 Investment assets
B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use
B5 Liabilities
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees
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to nearest £ - - - Fund to which asset belongs Fund to which asset belongs Fund to which liability relates |
to nearest £ - - - Cost (optional) - - - Cost (optional) - - - Amount due (optional) - - - |
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| Signature | Print Name Floyd Downie Keith Nelson |
Date of approval |
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| Floyd Downie | 22/09/2022 | |
| Keith Nelson | 08/10/2022 |
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