MRS. W S BAYLISS
11 MARLBOROUGH CRESCENT LONG HANBOROUGH WITNEY OXON OX29 8JP TEL: 01993 883120
## **Independent Examiner’s Report to the trustees of EPIC – registered charity no: 1057592**
I report on the accounts of the charity for the year ended 31[st] July 2022 as set out on the attached two pages.
## **Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner.**
As the Charity’s trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts; you consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144(2)) of the Charities Act 2011 and that an independent audit is needed.
It is my responsibility to:
- Examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Act;
- Follow the procedures laid down in the General Direction given by the Charity Commissioners section 145(5)b of the 2011 Act and
- State whether particular matters have come to my attention
## **Basis of independent examiner’s report:**
My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the Charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and consequently I do not express an audit opinion on the view given by the accounts.
## **Independent examiner’s statement.**
In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention.
(1) Which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material aspect the requirements
- To keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the 2011 Act and
- To prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records Have not been met; or
- (2) To which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Mrs. W S Bayliss 29[th] October 2022
## **EPIC - REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER 1057592**
**Statement of Financial Activities for the year to 31/07/2022**
|**Income**
Receipts
Interest
**Total Income**
**Expenditure**
Administration
Travel & Motor Expenses
Rent
Wages & PAYE
Trip Expenses
Vsitor Expenses
**Total**
**Fund Expenditure**
Gifts via transfer
Gifts via Trips
Church Fund Gifts
**Totals**
**Net Income**
Fund Balances Forward
Interfund Transfers
**Fund balances carried forward**|**31/07/2022**
**Undesignated**
**Restricted or**
**Total**
**Funds**
**Designated funds**
44976
140982
185958
0
**44976**
**140982**
**185958**
1092
1092
1177
1177
1440
1440
156
2196
2352
1678
1678
1168
**5534**
**3373**
**8907**
19965
114366
134331
1171
1171
26876
26876
**21135**
**141242**
**162377**
**18306**
**-3632**
**14674**
6856
15755
22611
0
**25162**
**12123**
**37285**|**31/07/2021**
**Undesignated**
**Restricted or**
**Total**
**Funds**
**Designated funds**
17895
76659
94554
0|
|---|---|---|
|||**17895**
**76659**
**94554**|
|||1055
1055
543
224
767
1440
1440
156
2410
2566
0|
|||**3194**
**2634**
**5828**|
|||21446
36989
58434
0
28361
28361|
|||**21446**
**65350**
**86795**|
|||**-6745**
**8675**
**1930**
13601
7080
20681
0|
|||**6856**
**15755**
**22611**|
## **EPIC - REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER 1057592**
## **Balance sheet for year to 31/07/2022**
## **Notes 31/07/2022**
## **31/07/2021**
## **Assets**
|Current Account
Deposit Account
Cash
**Assets**
**Represented By :**
Undesignated Funds
1a
Restricted Funds
1b
Churches Funds ( Restricted )
1c|26464
10821
37285
37285
37285
25162
1302
10821
**37285**|11008
11603
22611|11008
11603
22611|
|---|---|---|---|
||||22611|
||||22611|
||||6856
4152
11603|
||||**22611**|
## **Notes :**
- 1a Funds held which are unrestricted .
- 1b Funds held for restricted use
- 1c Funds held which are restricted for Churches abroad .
## **EPIC – Chairman’s Report: 2021-2022**
## **Mission Statement:**
_European Partners in Christ (EPIC) exists to promote links between churches in Britain and Eastern Europe, providing spiritual and material support through prayer, fellowship, teaching and financial aid, enabling church buildings to be available as centres of Christian worship and witness._
**Trustees:** Rodney Sexton (Chair) Bryan Hilton (Treasurer), Sheila Hilton, Maureen Morris, and Heather Sexton
## **EPIC employee:** Chris Fox.
## **- Review of the 12 months: August 2021 July 2022**
The principle aim of EPIC is as outlined in previous annual reports: to link churches in the UK with churches in Eastern Europe on a one-to-one basis, and to support the English churches, once they are linked, by helping to arrange exchange visits and to provide information and updates on what is happening with the churches in Europe. In similar fashion the churches in Eastern Europe are given support materially, spiritually and by the mutual visits. New links are no longer established but EPIC continues to fulfil a vital role in servicing the current links and in identifying various needs within the European churches as they arise.
Donations come from UK churches supporting their partner churches, from churches giving into the general fund and from individual donors. There has been in increase in support for various projects undertaken by Eastern European churches; for example, in the construction of buildings and work amongst young people and refugees.
During the year in view, restrictions imposed due to the coroner virus pandemic were eased. This enabled Chris Fox to make visits once more to partner churches in Eastern Europe, all of which have survived the pandemic and continue to function.
An added dimension to the work of EPIC has been the extra financial support given to partner churches, as they, in turn, have supported refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine. We have given considerable funds to three churches, two in Romania and one in Poland. Money was given to buy a passenger van so that food, clothes and medical aid could go into Ukraine and refugees brought out and helped with obtaining visas and flights to the UK, and to other European countries. In addition, we have been helping a residential school for deaf children in Ukraine with practical things such as hearing aids, a commercial dishwasher, and a generator, as well as gifts for all the children at Christmas.
Apart from a special appeal regarding Ukraine, income this year has been sufficient to maintain the same level of support as in previous years. The amount of money distributed to churches and individuals in Romania, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Poland, and Bosnia was £86,796.00. The need in many areas remains great. A summary of financial activities for the year to July 31[st] , 2022, and a financial statement for the same period accompany this report.
Ways of promoting EPIC include speaking engagements, regular reports and letters to churches, magazine articles and newsletters.
Rodney Sexton
Chair, EPIC Trustees
MRS. W S BAYLISS
11 MARLBOROUGH CRESCENT LONG HANBOROUGH WITNEY OXON OX29 8JP TEL: 01993 883120
## **Independent Examiner’s Report to the trustees of EPIC – registered charity no: 1057592**
I report on the accounts of the charity for the year ended 31[st] July 2022 as set out on the attached two pages.
## **Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner.**
As the Charity’s trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts; you consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144(2)) of the Charities Act 2011 and that an independent audit is needed.
It is my responsibility to:
- Examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Act;
- Follow the procedures laid down in the General Direction given by the Charity Commissioners section 145(5)b of the 2011 Act and
- State whether particular matters have come to my attention
## **Basis of independent examiner’s report:**
My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the Charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and consequently I do not express an audit opinion on the view given by the accounts.
## **Independent examiner’s statement.**
In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention.
(1) Which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material aspect the requirements
- To keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the 2011 Act and
- To prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records Have not been met; or
- (2) To which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Mrs. W S Bayliss 29[th] October 2022
## **EPIC - REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER 1057592**
**Statement of Financial Activities for the year to 31/07/2022**
|**Income**
Receipts
Interest
**Total Income**
**Expenditure**
Administration
Travel & Motor Expenses
Rent
Wages & PAYE
Trip Expenses
Vsitor Expenses
**Total**
**Fund Expenditure**
Gifts via transfer
Gifts via Trips
Church Fund Gifts
**Totals**
**Net Income**
Fund Balances Forward
Interfund Transfers
**Fund balances carried forward**|**31/07/2022**
**Undesignated**
**Restricted or**
**Total**
**Funds**
**Designated funds**
44976
140982
185958
0
**44976**
**140982**
**185958**
1092
1092
1177
1177
1440
1440
156
2196
2352
1678
1678
1168
**5534**
**3373**
**8907**
19965
114366
134331
1171
1171
26876
26876
**21135**
**141242**
**162377**
**18306**
**-3632**
**14674**
6856
15755
22611
0
**25162**
**12123**
**37285**|**31/07/2021**
**Undesignated**
**Restricted or**
**Total**
**Funds**
**Designated funds**
17895
76659
94554
0|
|---|---|---|
|||**17895**
**76659**
**94554**|
|||1055
1055
543
224
767
1440
1440
156
2410
2566
0|
|||**3194**
**2634**
**5828**|
|||21446
36989
58434
0
28361
28361|
|||**21446**
**65350**
**86795**|
|||**-6745**
**8675**
**1930**
13601
7080
20681
0|
|||**6856**
**15755**
**22611**|
## **EPIC - REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER 1057592**
## **Balance sheet for year to 31/07/2022**
## **Notes 31/07/2022**
## **31/07/2021**
## **Assets**
|Current Account
Deposit Account
Cash
**Assets**
**Represented By :**
Undesignated Funds
1a
Restricted Funds
1b
Churches Funds ( Restricted )
1c|26464
10821
37285
37285
37285
25162
1302
10821
**37285**|11008
11603
22611|11008
11603
22611|
|---|---|---|---|
||||22611|
||||22611|
||||6856
4152
11603|
||||**22611**|
## **Notes :**
- 1a Funds held which are unrestricted .
- 1b Funds held for restricted use
- 1c Funds held which are restricted for Churches abroad .