HAPPY CHURCH - THE CHRISTIAN ACTION FAITH MINISTRIES

Registered charity 1000059 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as "HAPPY CHURCH" THE CHRISTIAN ACTION FAITH MINISTRIES

THE PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES UNDERTAKEN BY THIS CHARITY INCLUDE SUNDAY AND MIDWEEK SERVICES, TEACHING SEMINARS, SPIRITUAL RETREATS, COUNSELLING SERVICES AND AN OUTREACH MINISTRY TO LONDON PRISONS

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION BY THE PUBLICATION AND PROCLAMATION OF THE GOSPEL OF THE GRACE OF GOD AS REVEALED IN THE HOLY SCRIPTURES IN ORDER TO EXTEND THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ELSEWHERE AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE

Area of benefit: UNITED KINGDOM AND ELSEWHERE

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £11,307 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £1,166,982 to £1,155,675. Despite this deficit, the trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern, supported by unrestricted funds of £1,155,675 and cash holdings of over £1 million.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2021)

Reported reserves equal ~3.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 99.5% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr IRENE ACQUAH-HAYFORD
• Dr MAXWELL EMMANUEL ADDO
• Dr Suzanne Maria Nti
• JONATHAN OKHIRIA AINABE · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev DAVID ADOM ANTWI
• Selasi Okudzeto

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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