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2021-03-31-accounts

SMETHURST MINISTRIES TRUST

Registration Number 1043713

Income and Expenditure Account

For the Year Ended 31st March 2021

Income
Less Expenditure
Gifts and Donations
Motor Expenses
Bank Charges
Missions and Conferences
Office Costs
Postage
Repairs and Maintenance
Insurance
Books and Resources
Wages and Pension
Telephone
Utilities
Total Expenditure
Excess to Capital Account
2019
£38,778.26
£38,778.26
£13,296.12
£3,311.01
£583.40
£8,567.24
£344.64
£169.69
£2,640.22
£676.84
£302.59
£9,867.45
£1,522.64
£2,056.61
£43,338.45
-£4,560.19
2020
£50,992.78
£50,992.78
£3,681.90
£1,640.37
£540.16
£6,571.18
£195.35
£160.80
£2,771.77
£1,278.35
£156.92
£10,792.45
£951.80
£2,232.91
£30,973.96
£20,018.82
2021
£112,628.70
£112,628.70
£41,703.69
£5,281.34
£509.20
£5,766.84
£2,402.38
£268.11
£6,214.49
£2,999.66
£295.24
£10,822.20
£1,988.87
£2,112.92
£80,364.94
£32,263.76

SMETHURST MINISTRIES TRUST

Registration Number 1043713

Balance Sheet
As at 31st March 2021
Balance Sheet
As at 31st March 2021
Capital Account
Balance as at 31st March
Income over Expendiure
Current Assets
Cash at National Westminster Bank
Savings Account National Westminster Bank
Current Liabilities
American Express Credit Card
Natwest Mastercard
Net Current Assets
2019
£6,672.38
-£4,560.19
£2,112.19
£2,108.63
£3.56
£2,112.19
£2,112.19
2020
£2,112.19
£20,018.82
£22,131.01
£22,127.45
£3.56
£22,131.01
£22,131.01
2021
£22,131.01
£32,263.76
£54,394.77
£56,453.17
£3.56
£56,456.73
£693.57
£1,368.39
£2,061.96
£54,394.77

SMETHURST MINISTRIES TRUST

40 Rudyard Road, Brighton East Sussex, BN2 6UB

A Registered Charity 1043713

Annual Trustees Report For the Year Ended 31st March 2021

This year 2020/2021 was a tough year but still a very fruitful year again with a little local travel, but with no overseas travel due to the Covid-19 restrictions. The fruitfulness resulted as a result of local people who were trained and equipped by us in the past, stepping forward to do the mercy missions to the poor, the elderly, and needy communities in the UK and Ukraine.

freed up funds and resources to be sent to people and projects of need through the year.

Ukraine is in lockdown as a result of the spread of COVID-19 around the world. In the Odessa region of Ukraine, 552 children who were accommodated in orphanage boarding schools that we support with basic medicines take care of themselves. The local teams we have trained, got into action trying to find these orphans and are working together with Child Protection Services to seek to meet the needs of these children as best possible with survival packs of basic food, hygienic toiletries and medicines, and temporary accommodation. We found out that hundreds more children were in this dire situation and have been reaching out to help them.

Money for medicines, blankets, shoes and warm clothing were again provided by compassionate donors and sent to trained workers, where children were helped with provisions and resources to help them to survive the winter, with adequate heating and medicines. Many orphanages in Ukraine have been struggling in the icy cold winter months, and once again many children with low immune systems, were sick.

months. A number of children, who have phenylketonuria (PKU) have needed supplements and food, free of

Education, reading and study materials were again still a great need to supply this year, even more so since the orphanage boarding schools we are involved with, were closed. In years past while conducting mercy missions to the country areas in the Odessa Province and communities in the country towns near the Chernobyl Region, we trained local teams on how to conduct mercy missions, while we provided them with the funds to acquire the necessary provisions. In this COVID crisis period, these local trustworthy teams, whose leaders are known to us personally, have proved themselves indispensable and reliable. Having audit many projects myself , I do checks on them continuously and have not found fault with their dealings.

the Odessa Province and providing for the orphans and homeless children there. This facility is watched over by have been brought in over the COVID period, and over the last year an urgent need arose to increase the size of the House of Hope to be five times bigger in capacity. This was approved by the local Odessa Council and with donations that concerned and compassionate people have given, we have been able to provide for the building and furnishing costs to eventually house and care for over 150 children and teenagers.

undertook to meet the needs of feeding schemes and winter heating for the House of Hope and remote orphanages. In Ukraine the orphans needed a lot of help with personal needs once again with the provision of medicines, toiletries, clothes, blankets and school materials. There is an orphanage of brain-damaged babies pampers, catheters and vital supplements and vitamins to boost their immune systems.

Family Needs in UK and Eastern Europe

The seminars we conducted in the early part of 2020 were again appreciated by the poor and isolated who were struggling with relationship and family issues. We were able to help families in the UK and Eastern Europe with problems in home relationships, marriage breakdowns and needy teenagers and children. Seminars were very popular once again to equip and train counsellors to help others in times of crisis. Some of these seminars have been translated into other languages.

This year was a season of great challenge as well as encouragement to us to be able to help many needy families and orphans.

Signed on behalf of the trustees,

D.C. Smethurst

David C. Smethurst

(HARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts sects.on A Independent Examiners Report l R•port to th• trust••sl I m•mb•rs ol SMETHURST MINISTRIES TRUST On accounts for the year ended 31.03 2021 Charity no lif any) 1043713 S•t out on pag•s ', I reF#Nt to me trustees on ￿ examinalion of the accounts of the a￿e chanty Trusf) lor the year en(led R•sponslbillts•s and basls of r•port As the chanty's tntstees. you are resPY￿1bIe lor the preparatlon ol the accounts In acccrfOan￿ wlth Ihe requIren￿ts of the Charltles Acl 2011 11he Acr) I reF(Vt in resttct of e￿￿alk)n of the Trusfs accounts carrle(l our uThJer section 145 01 the 2011 Acl aThJ In carying out my examination. I have follo￿1 all the applicabk DIrect#￿S gfven ty the Charty Comrtsslon uTrler section 145{5Mb) ol the Act Ind•p•nd•nt I have CoMp￿ted my examinatt.on I confl￿n thal matertal matters have •xamln•rfs stat•m•nt c(xme lo nry attention In connection wrth the examination whlch gfves cause lo beI￿ve that In. any matenal resixt Ihe accounting record5 were not kept In ￿0[dance vrith section 1 of the Cl￿rrt￿5 Acl. or the ￿COUnts d*J not accord vmh me accounb"ThJ records,. or the accounts 0￿￿ not compty wlh Ihe applicable requIre￿nts concemiThJ Ihe form and conlenl ol accounts sel out In the CharilEs (Accounts and Repjts) Regulations 2CQ8 olher If￿n any requirerrenl that the ￿cOUnt5 gNe a 'lnJe and lair view vffiKh ts not a matter conshjered as part ol an iThJepenOent examination. I have no concems aTrJ have co￿￿ across Th) other rnattets in conneclK>n vthh Ihe examinats.on lo whKh attention shoukl be drawn in this report i orAIRtlo enatjle a proFer un(lerstandiTrJ ol Ihe accounts to be reache(l. Signed: Dat•: 10 01.2022 Nam•: R•l•vant prof•ssional Project MaroJer Addre5S: 40 Rudyard Road. Brmjhton BN2 6UB IER Oct 2018