2022-03-17-accounts

Annual Report and Accounts for the period from 18 March 2021 to 17 March 2022

Cambridge Inter-Collegiate Christian Union (CICCU) Registered Charity number: 1080230

Trustees’ Annual Report for year ending 17 March 2022

Objectives and Activities

Summary of the purposes of the charity as set out in its governing document

Recognising Christ’s commission to make disciples of all nations we, in God’s strength, seek the advancement of the Christian faith as revealed in the Bible by verbally presenting the person and work of the Lord Jesus Christ to members of the University. As a vital support to this we seek to unite and strengthen those who desire to serve Christ. We seek to be in God’s work worldwide through his church. Therefore, the CICCU exists “to make Jesus Christ known to students in Cambridge.”

Summary of the main activities in relation to those purposes for the public benefit

As a Christian Union, we’re convinced that Jesus’ earthly life, death on the cross, and subsequent resurrection is tremendously good news: it offers everyone the promise of rescue from the consequences of our rebellion against God and the certain prospect of eternal life in perfect relationship with Him. We want everyone to hear about it! So CICCU runs events designed to introduce students to the historical figure of Jesus Christ, and to address their questions about his relevance to life today. In February 2022, continuing an annual practice of hosting evangelistic outreach weeks, we held a week of events on the theme of ‘Pursuit: what are we searching for?’. The week involved a series of lunchtime and evening events, as well as two dinners for international students. Each of these events offered students from a wide range of backgrounds the opportunity to hear how the good news about Jesus found in the Bible relates to our pursuit of meaning, community, perfection, justice and hope. The talks are accessible at https://www.youtube.com/@CICCUTalks

In support of our outreach events, CICCU holds weekly meetings intended for Christians, at both university and college levels. These meetings involve fellowship, sung praise, and Bible teaching, helping us to excite, equip and encourage one another as we unite around the aim of proclaiming the message of Christ. We also hold a yearly “Big CICCU

Getaway”, where we typically spend three nights away together with the same aims as our weekly meetings. This year the getaway took place in January 2022, and was well-attended by a wide range of people involved in the CU. Our weekly central and college-based meetings were able to return to being fully in-person post-covid, and ran as usual through term. In line with recent tradition in the CU, one of our weekly central meetings focused on global mission, enabling our members to hear about the worldwide work going on in the church, and to give them the opportunity to consider how they can be involved in this themselves.

CICCU also encourages its members to read the Bible one-to-one with their friends, sharing the difference Jesus has made in their own lives. We want to cultivate a culture of excitement about Jesus, where Cambridge Christians feel able to talk about him out of the deep joy that comes from knowing him personally.

We know that in all of this, we need God’s help. We believe prayer needs to be at the centre of what we do as a Christian Union, so we also hold weekly prayer meetings for members at which we pray for our university, colleges, and one another, as well as world events.

Public benefit

We confirm that the trustees have had regard to the guidance on public benefit as they oversee the activities of the charity.

Achievements and Performance

We held events through the year according to the pattern outlined above, with the majority of the events being widely publicised and wellattended.

In September 2021 we hosted a conference for incoming students to Cambridge University. This took the form of a three-day residential and gave freshers the opportunity to build friendships before arriving in Cambridge and to explore what it looks like to live and speak for Jesus at university. As part of this, we explained the importance for Christian students of attending and serving a local church during their time at university, and many freshers chose to join a local church when they arrived in Cambridge.

As a result of our events, and through the work of the Holy Spirit, many members of the University heard the Gospel of Jesus Christ proclaimed, and some have come to know a personal relationship with Him for themselves.

Financial Review

The majority of CICCU’s income is from the donations of alumni of Cambridge University and from students. During the year ending 17 March 2022 expenditure returned to levels that were seen pre-COVID, as in person events were able to be held again. The trustees decided to increase the grant making to other charities and Christian Unions (CUs) that have similar aims and objectives to ours, in order to make good use of the income gained during the COVID pandemic that could not be put into in person events. All CUs had to have a reference from a UCCF staff worker and had to sign the doctrinal basis. The CICCU has many donors so the risk of donations dropping considerably is low.

We hold £2000 of reserves to service costs in the instance that donations fall below a sustainable level.

Structure, Governance and Management

CICCU is governed by a constitution and is constituted as an unincorporated association.

New trustees are nominated by the current trustees and then ratified by a vote of the General Committee.

Reference and Administrative details

Name of the charity: Cambridge Inter-Collegiate Christian Union

Other name the charity uses: CICCU

Registered charity number: 1080230

Trustees for Period: Keziah Heasman President Benjamin Pymer Vice-President Dorothy Burrows Vice-President Max Haughton Secretary Joshua Erlebach Treasurer Abigail Gilbart-Smith Prayer Secretary Samuel Wong International Secretary Weiyi Tan Events Secretary Current Trustees: Peter McCartney President Zack Schofield Vice-President Lucy Williams Vice-President Lydia Pike Secretary Ruth Bradford Treasurer Inyoung Baek Prayer Secretary Joel Chang International Secretary Rosie Bridgwater Events Secretary

The above report was approved by the trustees on 3[rd] January 2023 and is signed on behalf of all the trustees:

………………….. Peter McCartney President

………………….. Ruth Bradford Treasurer

Cambridge Inter Collegiate Christian Union (CICCU)

Receipts and Payments accounts

For the period from 18 March 2021 to 17 March 2022

Section A Receipts and payments

	Unrestricted funds	Restricted funds	Total funds	Last year
	to the nearest £	to the nearest £	to the nearest £	to the nearest £
Receipts
Income from donations of individuals	34,751	964	35,715	43,383
Income from church grants	-	-	-	300
Income from charitable activites	25,880	-	25,880	4,169
Income from other trading activities	5,045	-	5,045	295
Investment income	0	-	0	3
**Total reciepts **	65,676	964	66,640	48,150
Payments
Getaways	20,902	-	20,902	-
Events week	9,655	-	9,655	5,997
Grants	7,479	964	8,443	-
Charity running costs	3,277	-	3,277	2,796
Central events	18,422	-	18,422	5,344
College events	1,894	-	1,894	-
**Total payments **	61,629	964	62,593	14,136
Net of receipts/(payments)	4,047	-	4,047	34,013
Transfers between funds	-	-	-	-
Cash funds last year end	79,131	-	79,131	45,118
Cash funds this year end	83,179	-	83,179	79,131

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period

Details Cash Funds (assests) Cash in bank Total cash funds	Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to the nearest £ 83,179 -
	83,179 -

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Unpresented Cheques (assests) nil
Unpresented Cheques (liabilities)
nil
Volunteer Expenses Due (liabilities) 599.47
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Signed on behalf of all the trustees:

………………….. Peter McCartney President Date: 3[rd] January 2023

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Ruth Bradford
Treasurer
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Date: 3[rd] January 2023

Notes to the accounts

Reserves are held separately within the accounts as a designated fund.

A correction for the previous period has been applied in the account to reflect the omission of the income and expenditure for 1st March - 17th March 2021 from the Mission Account, revising the previous period receipts and current period opening balance.

Most funds received, paid, and held during the financial year 18[th] March 2021 – 17[th] March 2022 are part of the unrestricted general fund.

A restricted fund was operated this year to run a giving appeal for Wycliffe Bible Translators.

Receipts categories:

Donations of individuals – charitable donations from private individuals, both from its members ('Internal Donations') and former members who have graduated ('External Donations'). Current and former members are informed of CICCU's financial situation through finance letters issued three time a year.

Church grants – grant payments received from churches that share the aims of the charity.

Charitable activities - income from activities CICCU runs in the course of discharging its charitable purposes.

Other trading activities – income generated other than from CICCU’s core activities.

Investment income – bank interest.

Payments categories:

Getaways – costs of the annual retreat events

Events week – costs of the annual main event mission week to which all members of the University are welcome.

Grants – donations made to organisations that share the charity’s aims.

Charity running costs – day-to-day administrative overheads of the charity.

Central events – costs of regular intercollegiate events outside of the main event mission week, that the charity runs for its members and the wider membership of the University.

College Events – costs of regular events run at a college level, that the charity runs for its members and the wider membership of the University.

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