# ## |Summary
ofthe objects
charity set out in its|Summary
ofthe objects
charity set out in its|Summary
ofthe objects
charity set out in its|ofthe|The objects ofthe charity are to advance the Christian
religion
in the
United
Kingdom
and Spain and
in such other countries as the Trustees
shall from time to time
in their absolute
discretion
think fit.|| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |governing|document||||| |||||During this year the trustees
have raised funds to give grants to
Paraclete
Christian
Training
Centre
in Kuwadzana,
Zimbabwe
to use to|| |||||pay salaries for those employed
by the training
centre
in its Bible School,
creche and secondary
school and also to pay bursaries
for those children
at the school whose families cannot afford their school fees. Occasional|| |||||funds for food aid were also sent to be distributed
by Centre staff or
passed on to a local church.|| |||||Because ofthe Coronavirus
pandemic,
it was not possible for trustees to
visit the Training
Centre during
the year. However,
contact has been|| |||||maintained
with the leaders of the Centre
in Zimbabwe.
Whilst|| |Summary
ofthe main
activities
undertaken
for the
public benefit in relation to
these objects (include within
this section the statutory
declaration
that trustees
have
had regard to the guidance||||recognising
the difficulties
of operating
in the current economic situation,
the finances ofthe Centre are fairly healthy
and the staff and pupils
in
good heart. The secondary
school has expanded
its pupil numbers
and
in
October opened a new science lab, for which
PCNI gave a grant.
Overseas
aid from PCNI and others is still vital to the viability ofthe
Training
Centre. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic
the Training
Centre and
school had to close temporarily
on occasion.|| |issued
by the Charity
Commission
on public
benefit)||||The trustees
have also continued
to oversee the running
ofThe English
Church
in Benidorm,
a spiritual
home for many English-speaking
visitors,
whether
short or long term. The Church has been meeting
when Covid-
19restrictions
permit
but have had to be suspended
from time to time.
Revd Alan Robertson
continued
to arrange services
until Revd Trevor|| |||||Ramsey and his wife Maggie took over pastoral
responsibility
at the
beginning
ofSeptember.
Two ofthe Trustees attended
a Service of|| |||||induction
in September.
Since then, activities at the church have been|| |||||growing,
with good attendance
at services and Bible studies
and|| |||||evangelistic
activity
in the neighbourhood
ofthe church. A new website|| |||||was launched
for the English Church. The Trustees are grateful to the
Board ofSkandinaviska
Turistkyrkan
Benidorm
for continuing
to rent their
building
to the English Church.|| |||||The trustees
have had regard to the guidance
issued
by the Charity
Commission
on
ublic benefit.|| |Additional|details ofobjectives|||and activities (Optional
information)|| |||||The trustees'
policy on grant making
is only to give grants to
organisations
with which they have a personal
connection.|| ||~|~|||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||~
~|~||| |Summary
ofthe main
achievements
ofthe charity
during the year||||Twenty-eight
students
are in receipt of bursaries
for their secondary
school education
at the Training
Centre and
it is vital that the charity
continues
to raise funds for the operating
costs ofthe school and the
centre; so we continue to support as best we can, both financially
and|||| |||||prayerfully.
One former student|is also receiving
a bursary|for university|| |||||education.|||| |||||The English
Church
in Benidorm|continues
to minister to|the|needs of| |||||both residents
and visitors. Services are well attended
on||the|whole,| |||||despite the effects of Brexit and|the Covid-19 pandemic.|Revd Alan|| |||||Robertson's
oversight
ofthe ministry
was much appreciated|||and Trevor| |||||and Maggie Ramsey have built|on this and brought
their own||| |||||enthusiasm
to the task.|||| |||||The charity's
website was updated
and re-launched,
so as to|||inform| |||||potential
donors better about our work and needs.|||| |a|||||||| ||~||||||| |||||The charity's
policy is to maintain|sufficient reserves to cover||6 months'| |Brief statement
charity's
policy|||ofthe
on reserves|expenditure
for the work ofthe English Church.
No reserves are required
to be maintained
for Zimbabwe,
as all gifts are passed
on regularly.|||| |Details|ofany funds materially||||||| |in deficit|||||||| |Further|financial||review details|(Optional
information)|||| |||||The charity raises funds
primarily|through
donations
from|concerned|| |||||individuals
and churches.|||| |a|~|||~ - . .
~|||| |The trustees declare that they||||have approved
the trustees'
report above.|||| ## ## ## ## |~||-|~|.|~|~.||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||||||Restricted|||||| |||||||Unrestricted
funds||Restricted
funds|funds
converted
from|||Total funds|Last year|| ||||||||||euros|||||| |||||||to the nearest|5|to the nearest 5|to the nearest||6|to the nearest'|to the|nearest f| |Receipts||||||||||||||| |Donations|||||||230|||||230||1,173| |Legacy||||||||||||||| |Bank interest|||||||220|||||220||283| |Zimbabwe
general donations||||||||7,517||||7,517||16,859| |Zimbabwe
donations|for||bursaries|||||8,782||||8,782||9,224| |Spain donations||||||||3,190||||3,190||1,396| |Spain donations
(euros)||||||||||11,028||11,028||8,899| |Spain
—other income||||||||||1,269||1,269||| |Spain
—Exchange rate||variation|||||||||113|113||231| |Total receipts|||(Gross income||for
AR)||450|19,489||12,410||32,349||37,603| |Payments||||||||||||||| |Administration|||||||709|||||709||702| |Zimbabwe
donations|to Training|||Centre||||10,639||||10,639||11,817| |Zimbabwe
bursaries|and||education|||||10,080||||10,080||5,796| |Zimbabwe
other||||||||||||||| |Spain - flights etc.||||||||2,780||||2,780||284| |Spain - church related||costs||||||3,972||11,178||15,150||12,041| |Website|||||||252|||||252||126| |||Total payments|||||961|27,471||11,178||39,610||30,766| |Net ofreceiptsl(payments)|||||||511|7,982||1|232|7,261||6,837| |Transfers
between|||funds|||||||||||| |Cash funds last|year end||||||1,216|37,889||4,005||43,110||36,273| |Cash funds|||this year end||||705|29,907||5,237||35,849||43,110| ||~|a|~|~|~|||~|~|~|~|~|~||~|~ ~||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||||||||||Unrestricted||||Restricted|Restricted|| |||||||||||||funds||||funds|funds|| ||||||||||||||||||converted|| ||||||||||||||||||from euros|| |||||||||||||to nearest||f||to nearest 6|to nearest|5| |Cash|funds||||CAFCash||acount|||||||705||4,046||| ||||||Skipton|Building|||Society|||||||10,237||| ||||||Shawbrook||Bank|||||||||15,624||| ||||||Santander||||||||||||4,991|| ||||||Cash in|hand||—Spain||||||||||246| |||||||||||Total|cash funds|||705||29,907|5,237|| ## ##