SMETHURST MINISTRIES TRUST
Registration Number 1043713
Income and Expenditure Account
For the Year Ended 31st March 2023
| Income Gift Aid 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 |
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 |
2022 £68,835.02 £68,835.02 £46,073.15 £2,153.12 £565.72 £1,813.69 £1,644.95 £328.64 £5,308.79 £1,807.82 £12.86 £10,823.80 £558.77 £2,385.85 £73,477.16 -£4,642.14 |
2023 £49,037.03 £3,371.79 £52,408.82 £42,428.72 £3,248.15 £603.03 £5,665.03 £1,265.03 £243.22 £8,422.11 £1,660.80 £526.23 £10,815.00 £1,824.08 £2,461.02 £79,162.42 -£26,753.60 |
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SMETHURST MINISTRIES TRUST
Registration Number 1043713
Balance Sheet
| Balance Sheet | Balance Sheet | Balance Sheet | ||
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| As at 31st March 2023 | ||||
| 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 |
2021 £22,131.01 £32,263.76 £54,394.77 £56,453.17 £3.56 £56,456.73 £693.57 £1,368.39 |
2022 £54,394.77 -£4,642.14 £49,752.63 £50,507.12 £3.58 £50,510.70 £97.77 £660.30 |
2023 £49,752.63 -£26,753.60 |
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| £22,999.03 £23,966.89 £0.01 £23,966.90 £806.58 £161.29 |
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| £2,061.96 £54,394.77 |
£758.07 £49,752.63 |
£967.87 £22,999.03 |
SMETHURST MINISTRIES TRUST
40 Rudyard Road, Brighton East Sussex, BN2 6UB
A Registered Charity 1043713
Annual Trustees Report
For the Year Ended 31st March 2023
This year 2022/2023 was again a busy year and a very fruitful year with a lot of local and European travel to make up local people who were trained and equipped by us in the past, They stepped up to do mercy missions to the destitute, the elderly, and needy communities in the UK and Europe.
Latvia and Ukraine were in lockdown as a result of the COVID-19 restrictions and Ukraine is now isolated due to the present war situation. So, we have helped supply the needs of refugees and homeless people and orphans who are now taking shelter in parts of Europe. The local teams we trained in humanitarian work are busy helping orphans and refugee families in Germany and Norway.
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 in the locations we have worked in previously. This caused a lot of concern, but
Education, reading and study materials were again still a great need to supply this year, and many children have studied well and passed their school examinations in these relocated European countries. In the years past while conducting mercy missions to the country areas in the Odessa Province we trained local teams on how to conduct mercy missions, and counselling of the destitute and bereaved. In this crisis situation, these local trustworthy teams have proved themselves indispensable and reliable in operating on their own in the House of Hope facility in the Odessa province.
During the Christmas season, we were able to provide warm meals and educational gifts for the children in Germany, Norway and Latvia, as well as winter heating and medical supplies. Personal needs once again are the provision of medicines, toiletries, clothes, blankets and school materials.
Family Needs in UK and Europe
The seminars we conducted in the 2022 and 2023 period, were again appreciated by the destitute and isolated who were struggling with relationship and family issues. We were able to help families in the UK and Europe with problems in home relationships, marriage breakdowns and needy teenagers and children. More online seminars are still very popular 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 year of great challenge as well as encouragement to us to be able to help many needy families, children and orphans to do more than just survive. We have helped them to progress.
Signed on behalf of the trustees,
David C. Smethurst
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