LiFe Triumphant Chu(ch Omaoh 62a Old Mountfield Road, Ornagh, Co Tyi'one, BT797EG. Life Triumphant Church Full Gospel Alliance REPORT & FINANCIAL STATEMENTS th YEAR ENDING 5 APRIL 2023
CHARITY NUMBER: _ NIC 102263 Reference and Administrative Details CHARITY NAME Life Triumphant Church Full Gospel Alliance, which is also known as LTC Omagh. CHARITY NUMBER- NIC 102263 th Registered in Northern Ireland by the Charity Commission on 9 February 2016. PRINCIPAL ADDRESS CHURCH ADDRESS OUTREACH CENTRE ADDRESS 62a Old Mountfield Road Omagh BT79 7EG Co Tyrone 45 Market Street Omagh BT78 IEL Co Tyrone 51 Market Street Omagh BT79 OAA Co Tyrone th CHARITY TRUSTEES AS OF 5 April 2023 Mr Graham McElhinney Mrs Pamela McElhinney Mr Alan Hutchin50n Chairman Secretary Trustee Accountant/ Independent Examiner Rodney Hamill BSC. FCA. TEP. Chartered Accountants and Registered Auditors 28- 30 Old Mountfield Road, Omagh, Co. Tyrone, BT79 7BJ, Bank Ulster Bank Da Vinci Complex Culmore Road Londonderry BT48 8J B
OBJECTIVES The object of our organi5ation as set out in our Constitution is: l. To spread and propagate the full Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ and primarily, but not, exclusively the Fundamental Truths; 2. To demonstrate the full Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ by the relief of people who by reason of their disability, age, infirmity, sickness, social or economic circumstances or caring responsibilities have a need of health, social care or other related community services or recreational facilities by the provision of information, advice, support and other services and facilities calculated to relieve those needs,. and 3. To demonstrate the full Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ by the advancement of education in such ways as may from time to time be charitable. HOW WE HAVE CARRIED OUTOUR OBJECTIVES Looking back on year ending 5th April 2023 we are confident that we have carried out our stated objectives as detailed above. We are thankful to be out the other side of Covid 19 however 2022/2023 has brought its own challenges with the cost-of-living crisis and the war in the Ukraine. We have worked hard at community engagement and encouraging people to return to church. We continued to meet on Zoom weekly for our Tuesday Night Prayer meetings. This allows more people to "attend" On a Thursday evening we hold home group and open up our home for those from the community to come in who want to learn more about God and be encouraged. The last Sunday of every month we hold a sharing and communion service and then in the evening we open up the Outreach Building for people to drop in for tea & coffee and a chat. th On the 12 of June we celebrated our 8th birthday as a church. This was attended by different Sections of the community. th On the 13 November we had a guest speaker, Toby Avery Director of RHEMA UK & Ireland speak at our morning service. Flourish, our ladies outreach continLted to meet monthly. On the 14th of November we welcomed guest speaker Michele Avery, director of RHEMA UK & Ireland to speak at our monthly meeting. We also held movie nights, virtual reality evening, coffee evenings, themed events around Valentine's Day, Easter & Christmas. At the end of November, we met together to "Dec the Halls" and put-up Christmas decoration5 in our church building and the Outreach building. This brought a sense of Christmas cheer. We had our annual th Christmas lunch at the Millstone Restaurant on Sunday 11 December after our morning service. That evening we held our first carols service for 2 years. It was a lovely candlelight service with festive refreshments served afterwards. At the end of January, we had 3 days of prayer in preparation for Vision Sunday on the 5th of February 2023. At that service the pastors brought a plan of what lay ahead for the church for the next year. On the 22. of February we held a volunteer training day to refresh volunteers on policie5 and procedures. We also had training from a Dementia navigator who shared with us how to communicate effectively with those diagnosed with dementia who avail of our food bank. On the 23rd of February we held a Pancake Thursday home group where we sampled delicious home- made pancakes with lots of toppings to choose from.
The USPCA continues to supply food to us for dogs & cats so we could distribute to those who needed it for their animals. We are very thankful to Asda for the opportunity to have a trolley dedicated for shoppers who can donate food and toiletry items to the REACH Food Bank. This trolly is emptied weekly and all food is used for our daily food bags. Asda also gave us permission to hold three "Christmas Hamper Food Drive" days where we handed out a'wanted" list which had specific items listed which would be used for our Christmas Hampers. We have seen a demand in clients requesting hygiene products a5 these items have increased in price significantly. We now have a special area set aside where clients can choose items they need when they came to the food bank. This was a much-needed addition to our food bags. We have been so overwhelmed by the generosity of the public, Sainsburys, FODC, schools, churches, and several local businesses for their support during this challenging time. We are experiencing a huge increase in asylum seekers from other parts of the European Union using our services, this has created some challenges with the language barrier, but we are thankful that we've been able to help them and to also signpost them to other agencies for help also. At Christmas time we always provide Christmas Hampers for several agencies in our area. This year we had more churches partner with us than last year to make up hampers and they were distributed to the th agencies two weeks before Christmas, We held a "Hamper Making day" on Monday 12 December where several agencies and our volunteers came together help make up hampers for the community. This brought so much joy to many families when they received them. We were able to distribute 400 Christmas hampers. We have regular visitors to church on Sunday which brings people hope and encouragement and which helps spreads the full Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. All age groups and all religions regardless of their social or economic standing were made very welcome at all our services, The public benefit has been achieved as people who joined our online services and in person services noticed a change personally in their lives and their circumstances as a result of the advancement of religion in their lives. People's knowledge of the bible has increased, and this has given them a sense of hope for a brighter future. We continue to receive offerings on as Sunday, and we have seen an increase in people giving electronically into our church bank account. Any offerings received were, used to cover the cost of any expenses incurred by Life Triumphant Church and the REACH Food Bank. Total income less expenses in th the year amounted to a surplus of £4,023. Total reserves for the year-end 5 April 2023 were £32,656. The REACH Food Bank continues to have a huge impact within our community. We continue to supply food to single parents, unemployed and employed, youths and families from all walks of life. Our food bank is now well established and our location is easily accessible by all. Weekly we gave out on average food bags to approximately 50 people in need and at Christmas time we made up Christmas hampers for an extra 400 people, this increases year after year. We have seen an escalation in food poverty which has increased dramatically and we are thankful that we are able to support, offer advice and give information to help relieve those in need. We continue to work closely with Social Services, Mental Health Teams, Housing Executive, First Housing, Probation Service, Action for Children, General Practitioners, Health Visitors, and many more statutory agencies that refer vulnerable people to ourselves for food and also to befriend them. We have been able to help as many disadvantaged people as possible that have come across our paths and improve their quality of living regardless of who they are or what social class they are from. The public benefit for relief
of those in need by reason of youth, age, ill health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage has been achieved. There was no harm or possibility of harm outweighed by our stated benefits. There were no private benefits flowing from our stated purposes. Our charity adheres to it5 Constitution as its governing document. There have been no new trustees appointed in the last year and all trustees are willing to remain trustees for the foreseeable future. The trustees all declare that they have had regard to the Commission's guidance on Public benefit and have reported on the activitie5 above, which has furthered its purposes for the public benefit. Appro ed by the trustees at our annual general meeting 13th January 2024 and signed on their behalf by: Graham McElhinney CHAIR of TRUSTEES lifeti'iumphantchurch.com Winning the Lost, Empowerlng the Believer, Serving the Community