## ||||||The objects ofthe charity are to advance the Christian
religion
in the|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Summary
pf the pbjects
charity set put in its||||pf 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.|| ||||||Three trustees
visited the Training
Centre
in January 2023. Whilst|| |Summary|ofthe main||||recognising
the difficulties
of operating
in the current economic situation,|| |activities
undertaken
for the
public benefit in relation to
these objects (include within|||||the finances ofthe Centre are fairly healthy
and the staff and pupils
in
good heart. The secondary
school has expanded
its pupil numbers
and
building
new classrooms.
Overseas
aid from PCNI and others is still|is| |this section||the statutory|||important
to the Training
Centre. The Bible School has reopened
after|| |declaration||that trustees||have|the pandemic
and is going well.|| |had regard||to the guidance||||| |issued by|the Charity||||The trustees
have also continued
to oversee the running
ofThe English|| |Commission||on public|||Church
in Benidorm, a spiritual
home for many English-speaking
visitors,|| |benefit)|||||whether
short or long term. Revd Trevor Ramsey and his wife Maggie|| ||||||continue
to exercise pastoral
responsibility.
Two ofthe Trustees
visited|in| ||||||August 2022. The Covid-19 pandemic
and Brexit both affected|| ||||||attendance
for a time, but this is picking
up now. Activities
at the church|| ||||||have been growing,
with good attendance
at services and Bible studies|| ||||||and evangelistic
activity
in the neighbourhood
of the church. The|| ||||||Trustees are grateful to the Board of Skandinaviska
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 public 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.|| |~|~||~
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~|| |---|---|---|---|---| |Summary
ofthe main
achievements
ofthe charity
during the year|||Twenty 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
who received a bursary
for university
education
has|now| ||||completed
his studies
and gained a degree.|| ||||The English Church
in Benidorm
continues
to minister to the needs|of| ||||both residents
and visitors. Services are well attended
and Trevor|and| ||||Maggie Ramsey's
oversight
of the ministry
is much appreciated|| |||The charity's
policy is to|maintain|maintain|sufficient|reserves|reserves|to|cover 6 months'| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Brief statement
charity's
policy|ofthe
on reserves|expenditure
for the work ofthe English Church.
to be maintained
for Zimbabwe,
as all gifts are|||||No reserves are required
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.|||||||| |||~ -
~|||||||| |The trustees declare that they||have approved
the trustees'||report above.|||||| ## ## ## ## ||||||||||Restricted|Restricted|||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||||Unrestricted
funds|Restricted
funds||funds
converted
from|||Total funds|Last year| ||||||||||euros||||| |||||||to the nearest|to the nearest
K||to the nearest||6|to the nearest 6|to the nearest
K| |Receipts|||||||||||||| |Donations||||||520||||||520|230| |Bank interest||||||106||||||106|220| |Zimbabwe
general donations|||||||14,184|||||14,184|7,517| |Zimbabwe
donations||for bursaries||||||7,476||||?,476|8,782| |Spain donations||||||||2,293||||2,293|3,190| |Spain donations
(euros)||||||||||17,536||1T,536|11,028| |Spain - other income|||||||||||||1,269| |Spain - Exchange rate variation|||||||||||276|2?6|113| |Total receipts|||(Gross income||for
AR)|626|23,953|||1T,812||42,391|32,349| |Payments|||||||||||||| |Administration||||||756|||||||709| |Zimbabwe
donations||to|Training|Centre|||10,941||||||10,639| |Zimbabwe
bursaries|and education|||||||9,899||||9,899|10,080| |Zimbabwe
other||||||||1,992||||1,992|| |Spain - flights etc.||||||||678|||||2,780| |Spain - church related||costs||||||6,612||15,753||22,365|15,150| |Website||||||73||73||||146|252| |||Total payments|||||30,195|||15,?53||46,777|39,610| |Net ofrecei||ptsl(payments)||||203||6,242||2„059||4,3&6|7,261| |Transfers
between|||funds||||||||||| |Cash funds last|year end|||||705|29,907|||5,237||35,&49|43,110| |Cash funds|||this year end||||23,665|||7,296||31,463|35,&49| ||e|s|~|||||~|~ e|~|~|~|~ e||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||||||||Unrestricted||Restricted|||Restricted| |||||||||||funds|||funds||funds| ||||||||||||||||converted| ||||||||||||||||from euros| |Cash|funds|||NatWest||Bank||||to nearest|E
502|to|nearest|K
3,401|to nearest 6| |||||Skipton||Building||Society|||||10,264||| |||||Shawbrook|||Bank||||||||| ||||||||||||||10,000||| |||||Santander|||||||||||| ||||||||||||||||7,249| |||||Cash|in|hand - Spain|||||||||| ||||||||||||||||47| |||||||||Total cash funds|||502||23,665||'F,296| |Print|Name|Date of|Date of| |---|---|---|---| |||a|roval| |||f~|la)2.X| ## ##