2021-07-31-accounts

Trustees’ Annual Report Proclaim Trust

From: 1[st] August 2020 To: 31[st] July 2021

Charity registration number: 1076342

Objectives and Activities

Summary of the purposes of the charity as set out in its governing document	The advancement of the Christian faith.
Summary of the main activities in relation to those purposes for the public benefit, in particular, the activities, projects or services identified in the accounts.	The main activities of Proclaim Trust undertaken for the public benefit are: - Communicating the relevance of Christianity - Training churches / mentoring Evangelists - Prisons Ministry - Drugs Education in schools - Distribution of resources to advance the message of Christianity
Statement confirming whether the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit	The Trustees have taken the Charity Commission’s public benefit guidance into account when making any decisions, in particular the guidance on charities for the advancement of religion.

Staff and Volunteers

Staff and Volunteers
Contribution made by staff	During 2020 to 2021, Proclaim Trust had one full-time and four part time staff members, two of whom are self-employed, who contributed towards the running of the ministry.
Contribution made by volunteers	During 2020 to 2021, Proclaim Trust had two volunteers, who contributed towards the running of the ministry.

Achievements and Performance

Summary of the main achievements of the charity, identifying the difference the charity’s work has made to the circumstances of its beneficiaries and any wider benefits to society as a whole.

Covid-19 has impacted Proclaim Trust’s ministry since March 2020. Many in person events have been postponed. While some in-person events were allowed between August 2020 to July 2021, Barry Woodward also undertook a number of online events with churches and prisons during this time. Proclaim Trust’s main achievements during August 2020 to July 2021 were: - 21 in person church outreach / parachurch and 22 online church / parachurch outreach events. At the majority of events people who attended were invited to make a commitment to the Christian faith; were welcomed by the church whether or not this was the case; were offered different types of support depending on the individual organisation; and offered prayer for any needs they had. An example of the events that took place include an in-person event in the north of England where 15 people made a commitment to faith. A number of residents attended from the local Salvation Army. One resident who had recently experienced a life changing event said that he had asked Jesus into his life and it was a fresh start for him. He was going to attend a discipleship course. - 9 in-person prison / young offenders and 13 prison broadcasts took place, which produced positive responses from prisoners and staff. Prisoners’ lives were changed due to the spiritual experience of becoming a Christian and/or due to the role model of the speaker, Barry Woodward. On the 19thJuly 2020, during Covid 19, a recorded message of Barry’s life transforming testimony of hope was broadcast by the National Prison Radio into all 50% of the prisons in England and Wales, which had the potential to reach tens of thousands of prisoners. Stories include those of a prisoner who read Once an Addict, Barry’s autobiography, while in solitary confinement in prison. This was instrumental in their journey to becoming a Christian whilst in prison. Barry met them at an outreach event, where they made a recommitment. They said the book kick started their journey, but then went ‘off track’ for a while. This person got back on track again and saw some amazing changes in their family life moving forward. Since working in partnership with prisons Proclaim Trust has been receiving letters from prisoners writing about the impact of the message from Barry Woodward. Every letter is replied to, this has continued throughout Covid 19.

Proclaim Trust has also distributed over 50,000	Proclaim Trust has also distributed over 50,000	Proclaim Trust has also distributed over 50,000	Proclaim Trust has also distributed over 50,000	Proclaim Trust has also distributed over 50,000
copies of Barry Woodward’s autobiography to
prisons throughout the UK between				2007 - 2020.
This story is of 15 years of heroin/drug addiction					that
was turned around as	a result of his experience in a
church. This story educates people				and gives hope
to people who are in similar positions. The usual
model for this outreach is that the Trust send Once
an Addict books free of charge due, on the whole, to
sponsorship of the books, and Barry Woodward
offers to follow this up with a speaking event in the
prison. During Covid 19 the Trust has continued					to
send free copies of Once an Addict				into prisons
upon request.
- Proclaim hosted our	eighth FIXED			Conference
online. FIXED is an annual conference for addicts,
ex-addicts, recovering	addicts and those with a heart
for addicts. Individuals, recovery agencies and
churches joined online. Some hosted Facebook
Watch Parties. Altogether 12,000			people watched
the conference during	the day and afterwards. Forty-
seven people responded to the Gospel message,
these were a mix of people online and those who
attended the Watch Parties.
- In May 2015 Proclaim launched			and hosted the
Evangelists’ Network.	This teaching, equipping and
networking event is for emerging Evangelists and
experienced Evangelists. During 2020 – 2021, three
Evangelists Network events took place online with a
good attendance of between 10		and 25 new,
emerging and established Evangelists attending.
One-to-one mentoring was undertaken with several
of these via zoom too.
For 2021 to 2022 some events are still planned to be
in-person, and some will be online.				The projected
plan is to engage in the following:
- Online prison events – 9
- In person prison events – 35
- Online church / parachurch events – 3
- In person church / parachurch events – 71
Proclaim Trust will also in 2021		- 2022:
- Host our ninth FIXED Conference.				This conference
will either be online or	in-person depending on the
pandemic situation and government				guidance.
- Aim to continue to distribute further copies of Barry
Woodward’s autobiography to prisoners in the UK.
- Host 2 more Evangelists’ Networks online or in-
person.

Financial Review

Financial Review
Review of the charity’s financial position at the end of the period	For the year ended 31stJuly 2021 Proclaim Trust had the following Income and Expenditure: Income: £103,595 Expenditure: £94,282 The balance brought forward is: £110,170 There were nil Fixed assets. Due to Covid19 gifts from individuals and churches have decreased. Grant options are regularly reviewed. £16,000 in grants were obtained between 2020 and 2021. The £110,170 balance brought forward includes £97,276 of the legacy from 2019.
Statement explaining the policy for holding reserves stating why they are held	Proclaim Trust’s reserve policy is to keep a minimum of £10,000 in the bank account on a month-to-month basis to cover events or situations that may happen (contingencies and risks).
Amount of reserves held	£10,000
Reasons for holding zero reserves	N/A
Details of fund materially in deficit	N/A
Explanation of any uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going concern	N/A

Structure, Governance and Management

Description of charity’s trusts:
Type of governing document	Trust deed
How is the charity constituted?	Trust
Trustee selection methods including details of any constitutional provisions e.g. election to post or name of any person or body entitled to appoint one or more trustees	Proclaim Trust follow an informal process, meeting with each candidate and inviting those that are suitable and interested to observe a board meeting and meet the Trustees.
Trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them	The Trustees have given consideration to the major risks to which the charity is exposed and satisfied themselves that systems or procedures are established in order to manage those risks.

Reference and Administrative details

Charity name	Proclaim Trust
Other name the charity uses
Registered charity number	1076342
Charity’s principal address	Proclaim Trust TOPS Business Centre 22, Hind Hill Street, Heywood Greater Manchester OL10 1AQ

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany)
1 Howard Smith	Chair
2 DougClark
3 Frank Robinson
4 Rod Williams
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Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

Barry Woodward - Director

Declarations

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s) Full name(s) Rod Williams

Position (eg Trustee Secretary, Chair, etc) ~~ee~~ Date 5/3/2022

PROCLAIM TRUST CHARITY NO: 1076342 ACCOUNTS FOR YEAR ENDED 31st JULY 2021

PROCLAIM TRUST - CHARtrY NO: 1076342 RECEIPTS AND PAYMEKfs ACCOUNTS For 12 months from 01108120 to3V07121 Y/E3V07/20 TOTAL Funds Funds Recelpts Gifts from Churches & Or8anisations Glfts from Individua15 Sales of CDS. DVDS & Books Gift Aid Receipts Other- unrestricted Other- DESIGNATED FUNDS Prisons Project Prison Ministry Funds HXED Conference Evangelists Network Qther- ￿Stricted 29.620 15.058 185 29,620 38.710 17.122 3,691 1337 2.306 1,625 185 35,434 35,434 1,276 1.494 6.831 9.974 715 1.276 1,494 6,831 9,974 715 8.479 Total Recelpts 83.305 1.276 19,014 103.595 Payments Wages Wages- Prisons Project Wa8es. Prison Ministry Funds Wages- Other restricted Glfts to Churchestindi¥idua15lother Cff8anisatrons Publicity/webslte Communications ComMunicatk￿S- Pr150ns Project Resources Resoiirces - Prftsons Prolect Resources- Prlson Ministry Funds Trainin8 Ministry expenses Ministry expense5- Pdson Mlnlstry Funds Offlce expensesloverheads Office expenseslo¥erheads- Prlsons Profrert Office expensesloverhèad5- Min15try FIXED conference Evangelist network Other 49.319 49.319 51,323 59 2.250 2250 1526 3,535 1.227 3,535 L227 150 3,401 1,715 1,715 1119 7,719 195 195 19.388 19.388 14.571 450 S.426 5,426 11571 L872 197 197 Total Payments NET RECEIPT51(PAYMENTS) Transfer between funds 11,738 7.276 94.282 9,313 109.313 49,S17 761 1.276 2(K) 2.561 -724 7.476 9.313 -29.517 8alan¢e blfml at 011(W20 Balance clfwd at 31107121 310 98.( 97276 2.547 l(Kl.857 13Q.374 2.871 10.023 110.170 Sl8ned M beh&¥ ol all thÈtru%t¢¢s Rod Williams 241112022

PROCLAIM TRUST - CHARITY NO: 1076342

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~~[|~~| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||£|£|£|£||£| |Cash Funds|||||||| |Yorkshire Bank||2,871|9,375|10,023|22,269||14,232| |Hampshire Trust|||87,901||87,901||86,625| |Other monetary assets|||||||| |Paypal account||60|0|52|112||0| |Unbanked cheques & cash||0|0|0|0||0| |Debtors and prepayments||613|0|0|613||3,734| |Fixed assets|||||||| |Office equipment NBV||0|0|0|0||0| |Total Assets||3,544|97,276|10,075|110,895||104,591| |Liabilities|||||||| |Creditors||3,313|0|8|3,321||2,521| |Total Liabilities||3,313|0|8|3,321||2,521|

Signed on behalf of all the trustees Signature: Name: Rod Williams Date of approval: 24/1/2022

CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES, Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner s Report Rèport to the trusteesl i ? AD C U h l members of . On accounts for the year ended i 31" JULY 2021 Charity no lif any) 1016 54£ Set out on pages I report to the tnjstees on my examination of the accounts of the above chanty I"Ihe Trust.) for the year ended R•8ponBlbllltlé8 and As the ¢harity trustees of the Trust. you are responsible for the preparation basis of report of the accounts in a¢¢ordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (llhe Acr) I report in res[￿1 of my eXaMinat￿n of the Trust's accounts carried out urthr section 145 of 2011 Act and in carying out rny examination, I have followed the appli¢able Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 14515)IbTr of the Act. I have c¢xnpleted my examination. I confi'mi that no materi81 matters have come lo my attention (other than that disclosed below ') in connection wilh the examinalion which gives me cause to belleve that in, any material respect: accour￿ng records %4we not kept in accordance with secticn 130 Of the Ad or the accounts do not accord Ihe aGGounting records Independent examiner's 8tatement I have no concerns and have come auoss no other matters in connection with the examination lo which attention should be drawn in order lo enable proper understanding of the aGGounts lo be reacw. Please delete Ihe words in the brackels rf they do not apply. Slgned: Date: riR Name: Relevant professional I qualification(s) or body <rf any): t- CC/4 F-FA/f IP/t Address: Lo CLOSE rNrykE srE m18 gsj IER October 2018

Section B Disclosure Only complete if the examiner needs to highlTrghl matters of con￿rn (see CC32, Independent examination of charty accounts.. directions and guidance for examiners). Glve here brlef delails of any item8 that the examlner wishes to disclos•. IER October 2018