BRINGING GOOD NEWS TRUSTEES REPORT AND ACCOUNTS FOR 12 MONTHS ENDED 31ST MARCH 2024
BRINGING GOOD NEWS 28 Holyrood Avenue Soulhamplon S017 1SH reg18tsrod charfty no. 1095430 Irlhomson10 googlom811.com 101: 023 80315634 Trustees report for the year ending 31 March 2024 Charitable objects The purpose of the charity És to Bring Good News to the poor. We partner with local people to positively advance the Christian faith. to actively relieve suffering for the poor especially orphans, to support self-sufficiency and to encourage others to care about the poor worldwide. The trustees believe they have complied with their duty to have due regard to the Charity Commission's public benefit guidance when exercising any powers or duties to which the guidance is relevant. Constitution and governance The charity is a charitable trust constituted under a declaration of trust, dated 3 December 2002. It is governed by a board of trustees, who meet regularly throughout the year to consider opportunities for giving based on metrics such as proximity to the charity, s objects, amount needed, availability of funds, capacity to exercise some ability to monitor application of the proceeds, and the impact of not providing the funds. During the year, following guidance from experts at the Charity Commission, the Charity has implemented a number of new policies and protocols. These new measures provide even greater reassurance that funds given by donors go to the right causes and also seek to minimise risk to trustees from visiting areas of the world that can pose significant hazards. In addition, the trustees considered whether the constitution of the Charity would benefit from any changes, given it was created over twenty years previously, but felt that the alleviation of suffering and spreading of Christian love were just as relevant now as they were then. New trustees are appointed by existing trustees based on a number of factors, which include ability to take an active role in the charity and sympathy for the charity, s objects. New trustees are able to see the constitution and latest accounts, attend trustee meetings and receive regular newsletters and emails. Trustee meetings are minuted to record work carried out in the prior period, new areas that trustees have become aware of where help is needed, specific fund requests, financial capacity for giving and reasons for decisions taken. The trustees who were involved with the charity over the year were: Mrs. M. Smith (Chairyerson) Mrs. H. Thomson (Treasurer) Mr. I. Thomson Mr I. Newton Mr. J. Symons
Activities during the year Overview A significant proportion of the Charity's focus this year has been proactively facilitating the spread of the gospel through pastor training, supporting Christian camps for youths and children, helping to build and extend churches, supporting Sunday schools for children raised in slavery in brick kilns. Similarly, much of the focus has been a mixture of proactive and reactive alleviation of suffering by helping free slaves, supporting the ability of women or communities to be self sufficient and providing humanitarian and medical aid to families following external events such as landslides, religious persecution or the continued war in Ukraine. Providing support continues to make a huge impact - one of the churches supported by the Charity in South Sudan now has insufficient space for the community of worshippers and we are supporting the building of an extension to help the typically 150 to 200 who have to stand outside to hear the message, Christian conferences for over l 00 pastors in the Nuban Mountains were extended due to interest and demand. 1,800 children attended Christian camps in Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, 500 children attended a Vocational Bible School in Pakistan over the summer, over 350 families in Nepal were supported when hot weather killed their staple crops and the provision of food, blankets, clothes and other support in Ukraine for those who are displaced remains a significant effort. Our ability to provide some relief tl]rough our partners who work on the ground is hugely welcomcd by both our partners and their recipients but as importantly, those we help realise that we care for them and of infinite greater value, that Jesus cares for them. We continue to spread the gospel message of hope wherever we work. 33.0 % (2023..19%) of our giving was to Africa- to South Sudan 25 %, villages in the Nuban mountains (6 % ) and Mozambique (2 % )' 60 % (2023.. 69%) of our giving was to Asia - to Pakistan (18 % ), Kyrgyzstan (IO/o), Tajikistan (22 % ) and Nepal (20 % )' and 7 % (2023. 12/(1) was to the Ukraine. Soutli Sudan and tlie Nuban Moiinlains In South Sudan and Nuba, we worked with five clergy supporting churches, two bible schools with 63 trainee pastors and helped facilitate conferences for pastors and for youths. We provided funds for churches, Bible Colleges and primary school infrastructure and teaching supplies. We supported teachers and helped print songbooks and Sunday School books. We helped fund a brick making machine, helped extend a church whose congregation had outgrown the cuent space, replaced a damaged church roof, helped start a farni and supported two fanning projects. Mozambique We supported a Zambian missionary couple whose work in Mozambique has seen great fruit, having now led to six church plants. We helped provide a house and supported one very traumatised lady and were pleased to see the progress of two self-sufficiency businesses helped by Bringing Good News.
Pakistan We helped provÉde funds to release a further eleven families from slavery (bringing the total number of families freed by 31 March 2024 because of the charity to 78). We provided support for 20 Sunday schools and l O brick kiln schools including funding books, desks, blackboards, school bags and support for teachers, salaries. We supported five medical missions, four sewing centres and provided sewing machines enabling employment for women on their graduation from the centres. We supported families so over twenty children could attend schools and helped fund students at university and a Christian Technical Training College. We have helped establish five churches providing infrastructure and pastor support and provided food, cooking utensils, medicine and blankets to a Christian community where l 00 homes and 26 churches were burnt and looted and hundreds of families displaced. In addition, we helped start businesses for those freed from slavery and supported a vocational bible school that saw 500 children attend from 18 Sunday schools. KYrzStan We provided funds for childrens, summer camps and Christmas food deliveries. Tajikistan We provided funds for sun]mer camps that saw 1,800 children attend and Christmas food programmes. We continue to support some very effective ministry, leadership and discipleship training with over 80 support groups now established across the country. In addition, we funded a youth conference. Much of our support continues to help refugees who have fled Afghanistan, including provision of medical supplies. Nepal We now provide support for six pastors and a number of existing churches. We supported pastor conferences and youth camps, helped a church acquire land and a pastor rebuild his collapsed roof. We helped 20 families with blankets, rice, oil and salt following a landslide and provided rice for 350 families after hot weather destroyed their crops. We helped instal a toilet and a water pump in one location and helped Christmas programmes that witnessed to 4,000 children in nine schools. We provided funding for wann clothes during the cold season. Ukraine We continue to provide support for pastors helping relief efforts during the war for refugees both inside and outside of the Ukraine, including transport, shelter, food, clothes and medication. In addition, one of the pastors helps support orphanats and orphans, the number of whom has sadly increased significantly as a result of the war. Assessing support To detennine first-hand the current priorities for giving, to provide personal support for those ministering in often difficult circumstances and to assess how effective Bringing Good News, support had been, trustees typically visit those receiving funds (subject to warfai'e and pandemic-related rcstrictions in the last few years). Trustee trips to Tajikistan, Pakistan, Nepal and South Sudan were undertaken in the course of the year. To complement the visits, beneficiaries of funds are required to sign a partnership agreement acknowledging the charity's expectations and agreeing to comply with monitoring requirements including providing regular reports including photographic evidence of where the funds have had an impact.
Financial review There are no specific policies determining the amount the charity wishes to hold by way of reserves. Funds are only committed when there is sufficient monies available and the financial balances of the charity will fluctuate from year to year accordingly. Restricted giving is monitored and donations only applied for the purposes to which they relate unless a specific need is no longer there, in which case the trustees would exercise discretion in applying such proceeds to an alternative cause. The trustees wish to thank every donor who has supported the charity's work over the year. Every gift, whatever its size, can make a tangible difference in spreading the gospel and providing help and hope for those facing hardship and poverty around the world. The trustees are satisfied that the charity is fulfilling its aims and objectives. Signed on behalf of the Trustees on 16 October 2024. Ian Thomson (Trustee)
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BRINGING GOOD NEWS BALANCE SHEET 12 MONTHS ENDED 31st MARCH 2024 2024 2023 Current Assets Sundry Debtors Cash al Bank and In Hand Sterling Cash and Current Accounts US$ Cash and Current Accounts 10,632 17,242 18,944 15,099 20,367 4,565 34,043 44,675 24,932 Total Current Assets 42,174 Credltors: amounts falling due within one year Sundry Creditors Total Current Liabilities Net Current Assets 44,675 42,174 Total Assets less Current Llabilities 44,675 42,174 Income Funds Unreslricled Funds General Fund UK General Fund USA 29,576 15,099 37,609 4,565 44,675 42,174 42,174 Total Funds 44,675
BRINGING GOOD NEWS ACCOUNTS FOR THE 12 MONTHS ENDED 31st MARCH 2024 NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS Accountin Policies.. Basis of Accountin These accounts have been prepared on the basis of historic cost in accordance with SORP FRS 102: the Statement of Recommended Practice - Accounting and Reporting by Charities. Chan e in Basisl Chan es to Previous Accounts.. There has been no change to the accounting policies (valuation rules and methods of accounting) since last year. Chan esto revious accounts.. No changes have been made to the accounts for the previous year. 2. Ex enditure.. Details of expenditure are shown in the Statement of Financial Activities. Grants Made: All gifts were to individuals or organisations to advance the Christian faith,. to alleviate suffering for the poor, to support self-sufficiency and to encourage others in the UK and overseas to care about the poor worldwide. Recipients where aggregate gifts exceeded £10,000 in the year to 31 March 2024 were.. Five pastors who oversee work in South Sudan and the Nuba Mountains in support of bible schools, a theological college, churches, pastor training, ministry and a primary school - £73k An organisation in Pakistan in support of schools, students and teachers, sewing centres, brick kiln families, Christmas programmes and freeing individuals from slavery - £42k', A second organisation in Pakistan in support of Sunday schools and schools, a sewing centre, medical missions, Christmas programmes and freeing people from slavery, including helping one establish a fruit business to enable them to have an income- £20k', Two pastors in Pakistan in support of caring for children, pastor training, planting churches and four businesses to assist with self-sufficiency - £35k. A pastor who oversees leadership and pastoral training and youth camps in Tajikistan - £20k' Another pastor in Tajikistan who has overseen medical and food relief programmes, leadership training, youth and adult ministry and youth camps - £14k- A pastor in Nepal who oversees church and children's activities and who co-ordinates other pastors, supporting them in evangelism and significant relief efforts- £29k', Another pastor in Nepal who oversees pastor conferences and helped establish and repair churches- £12k', A pastor in Ukraine who ministers to orphanages, internats and rescue centres providing food, medicines and other humanitarian aid during the war- £11k. Paid Em ees.. The Charity has no paid employees. Trustees: No Trustee has received any remuneration from the Charity. Tan ible Fixed Assets.. The Charity has no fixed assets. Investment Assets-. The Charity does not hold any investment assets. Debtors and Pre ments.. The Charity has no material debtors and prepayments other than outstanding gift aid related tax reclaims on gifts received during the year.
BRINGING GOOD NEWS ACCOUNTS FOR THE 12 MONTHS ENDED 31" MARCH 2024 NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS Creditors and Accruals.. The Charity has no creditors. 10. Endowment and Restricted Funds.. There are no endowment funds. 11. Movement of the Ma'or Funds.. Details of movements are shown on the Statement of Financial Activities. 12. Other Information: Contin ent Liabilities.. There are no contingent liabilities. Guarantees to Third Parties.. There are no guarantees to third parties. Loans received.. There are no loans secured on any assets. Loans ranted.. No loans have been made to any institution connected with the charity. Ex- ratia ments.. No ex-gratia payments were made to individuals during the year. 13. Declarations- Ade uac of assets to meet fund restrictions.. Sufficient resources are held in an appropriate form to enable each fund to be applied in accordance with the restrictions imposed. Branches.. The financial activities, assets and liabilities of all the Charity's branches have been included. Chan ein ear end.. The Trustees have not changed the year end nor the length of the Charity's financial year. Discontinued continuin and ac uired o other operations are continuing. Funds in deficit.. There were no funds in deficit at the balance sheet date. Inalienable or historic assets.. The Charity holds no assets on the balance sheet classed as inalienable or historic. Intan ible assets.. The Charity has no intangible assets. Inter-fund loans.. There were no inter-fund loans outstanding at the balance sheet date. Revaluations.. The Charity has no fixed assets. Subsidiaries.. The Charity has no subsidiary companies. Unca italised fixed assets.. The Charity has no fixed assets which have not been capitalised and included on the balance sheet. erations- No operations were acquired or discontinued and all 14. Accountin Policies.. Incomin Resources.. Donations le acies and similar incomin resources.. These are included in the Statement of Financial Activities (SOFA) when.. the Charity becomes entitled to the resources., the trustees are virtually certain they will receive the resources; and the monetary value can be measured with sufficient reliability. Tax reclaims on donations and ifts.. These are included on the SOFA in the same financial year as the gift to which they relate. Ex enditure and Liabilities.. Liabilit reco nition.. General liabilities are recognised as soon as there is a legal and constructive obligation committing the Charity to the expenditure. 15. Additional matters.. There are no additional matters. 10
BRINGING GOOD NEWS INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF BRINGING GOOD NEWS I report to the trustees ("Trustees'l of Bringing Good News {"the Trust") on my examination of the accounts of the Trust for the year ended 31 March 2024, which are set out on pages 1 to 10. Responslblllties and basis of report As the charity trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with 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 all the applicable directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. The charity's gross income exceeded £250,000 and l am qualified to undertake the examination because l am a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. Independent examiner's statement 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.. the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act., or the accounts did not accord with the accounting records- or the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a 'true and fair, view, which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Signed.. Name: Paul Westbrook FCA Address.. 27 Roman Road Hove BN3 4LB Date.. 21 October 2024 11