## **NEWHOPE MINISTRIES TRUST Annual Report for the year to 31 March 2025** 

New Hope Ministries Trust (Leeds) is registered with the Charities Commission (No 1070796) and 

constituted by Deed of Trust.  The charity, whose objects are below, is administered by the Trustees, namely; Mr John Sloan (chair) 

Dr Myra Sloan 

Dr Clive Pleasance 

Mr Jon Francis 

Mr James Sloan 

In addition, Mrs Pamela Francis acts as a professional accountant for the charity, and sits with the Trustees. 

The objects of the charity are 

1. To advance the Christian faith in such parts of the United Kingdom or the world as the Trustees may from time to time think fit. 

2. To relieve persons who are in conditions of need or hardship or who are aged or sick and to relieve the distress caused thereby in such other parts of the United Kingdom or the world as the Trustees may from time to time think fit 

3. To promote and fulfil such other charitable purposes beneficial to the community in parts of the United Kingdom or the world as the Trustees may from time to time think fit. 

The website, www.newhope.co.uk is regularly updated to give information about the overseas work and current projects.  The charity receives and passes on donations for the support of work in Uganda and Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a Christian worker in Canada, and an aid worker serving in Asia. We no longer support any other work or individual. The aid to the latter two is being phased out and will cease during 2025/26. 

## Bankers 

HSBC. 

## Independent Examiner 

Mr Duncan Meredith.  He has acted as our Independent Examiner for some years and has not raised any concerns over the operation of the charity, nor the integrity of our finances. 

## Voluntary help 

The Trustees and other helpers work without remuneration. 

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## Risk management 

The Trustees keep the Trust’s risk management under review, particularly with regard to fraud overseas, and a number of policies exist to achieve this. 

## Serious incidents 

There have been no incidents relating to the charity to report in the past year. 

## Overview 

The work overseas is predominantly in the DRC, comprising a small hospital, a feeding programme, and a school. We still support the training of a headmistress in Western Uganda, but she is now in her final year. Funds for Uganda and DRC are difficult to send, but we are now allowed to send through HSBC, albeit at a £17 fee.  We have also used Wise and Paysend. Love Congo, a charity, is no longer run by Mr James Sloan. This could seriously limit our ability to send money, particularly to DRC, but we wait to see how this affects us. All payments are all strictly recorded. 

Regarding the small hospital in DRC, since we formally opened the clinic in November 2018, we have now added an operating theatre, a pre-delivery building and a well providing clean water.  Following a major fund-raising event in May 2025 we purchased a mobile X-ray machine.  We will take this out in February 2026 and carry out training. 

## Financial summary 

Monies are held and administered through one HSBC bank account and reported in the statement in the annex to this report. The income for all our work is mostly from regular monthly gifts and generous individual donations, often following an update on the work, plus proceeds from occasional charitable fundraising events. Expenditure covers the cost of overseas trips, regular support of the clinics, and the meeting of specific needs. 

Signed by Dr John Sloan, Chair of Trustees,4th December 2025 

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FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Independent examiner's
report on the accounts
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On accounts for the year
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Set out on pagas
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above
charity {"the Trust") for the year ended 31 / o z 12.0 IS
Responslbllltles and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation
basis of report of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act
2011 ("the Act").
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out
under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I
have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission
under section 145{5)(b) of the Act.
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have
come to my attention
') in connection with
the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material
respect..
accounting records were not kept in accordanc8 With section 130 of
the Act or
the accounts do not accord with the accounting records
Independent
examiner's statement
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection
with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a
proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Please delete th8 words in the brackets if they do not apply.
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Date:
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October 2018

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Independent examination of charity accounts.. directions and guidance for
examiners).
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any items that the
examiner wishes to
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