Charity Commission Report for Light For The Last Days in 2020.
Charity Commission Registration Number: 1099651. Address: 54 Bridge Lane, London, NW11 0EH. Trustees: Mr Paul Duffett, Mr James Vickery. Director: Mr Antony Pearce.
Light for the Last Days was constituted as a charitable trust in April 2003 for the purpose of advancing the Christian faith. 6000 copies of the magazine are printed four times a year and sent out to around 4000 people on the mailing list. Further copies are distributed by those using them in evangelism or at public meetings. We also produce leaflets and booklets on the Bible and prophecy which are distributed through our members. Our website is www.lightforthelastdays.co.uk. This is visited by people from around the world and contains articles on Bible teaching and current issues and events
The magazine continues to be translated into French, German, Romanian and the Indian language, Malayalam. Ligia Luca translates into Romanian and distributes the magazine in Romania. She has also set up a Romanian website https://luminaultimelorzile.wordpress.com which is visited by Romanian speakers in many countries. Cornelia Kuruc translates the magazine into German and distributes it in Switzerland and Germany. She does this as a voluntary activity. Stephane Jacquemain translates the magazine into French and we distribute it in France and other French speaking countries in Europe and Africa. Rev Pappy Daniel translates the magazine into the Indian language, Malayalam and distributes our material in India. During the Coronavirus crisis he has produced thousands of leaflets with our help for distribution in the Kerala region of India. We have supported the work of Danijel Vukovic in Serbia who has translated some our materials and distributed them there. We have also supplied materials and funds for help in the work of Frazer Nauliya in Malawi.
Despite the restrictions placed on society by the Coronavirus crisis in 2020, we have managed to keep the work going and expand our readership. We have also seen large numbers of people taking up our offer to distribute copies of our SOS leaflet and 10 Signs of the Second Coming booklet around the country. We estimate around 150,000 copies of this leaflet have gone out and about 5000 copies of the booklet.
We have been able to expand the work through use of the Internet and social media and seen a growing interest in this means of getting our message out to a wider audience. We now have large numbers of people in contact with us via Facebook and the Internet, including many in India, Pakistan, and various African countries. Eric Martinez helped with this on a voluntary basis, until November 2020 when we
took him on as a full time worker with Light for the Last Days. Eric has been translating our material into Chinese and Spanish, and giving some help in the French work. He is multilingual and fluent in Spanish, English, Chinese and French.
Financial support for the charity comes from free will gifts from those on our mailing list. A number of people give regularly to the work under our Gift Aid scheme. We have a healthy reserve fund which is adequate to cover all anticipated expenses during 2021. We will continue to use our resources to produce and distribute the magazine and leaflets which contain Christian news and views about current world events in the light of Bible prophecy and teaching on the meaning of the Bible. All of this is available to the general public.
LIGHT FOR THE LAST DAYS Fthintthl St*t¢mtnts for the y¢Ar ended 31 Deeembtr 2020 Registertd Cb•rity 1099651
Light fortht IASt Days Receipts And PAymtDts for the year endtd 31 Dettrmbtr 2020 2020 2019 Receipts GilL¥ armt 5ubscripiions LegaLy B)k$ and audio Deposii inieresi Bridgc l.ane Fellowship (salary wn¢rtbution) 81.155 64,582 37,864 2,532 375 2.244 179 Total rec¢ipts 93.178 114.953 P•ymen¢$ Wa8es and s1¢S Trnn51a¢ion and othtt ¢osts Advertising Printin8 Posluge Phonc OIYi¢¢ equipment Ihir ollice e05ts onic¢ reni steward.ship rtCS Books and DVI)'s WLbs'ii¢ and icchnical SUPrn TrnvLI expenses Professional fees Charitsblc 8iving Bank charges 25.640 14.807 2.38 21.762 10.4(M) 414 1.796 3.322 5.2 553 1,126 1.437 22.28(J 9.324 3.756 13,889 12.738 387 392 2.540 5.2(K> 539 1,582 431 60 750 2.750 297 950 065 382 Tothl pA)Th¢ts .874 76.915 F.x¢ess ofreceipts over pa)Thents 2.3D4 38.038
Llgh¢ foTtbe IAst Dlys St#temtnt of Assets and Liibilities at 31 Ikttffjber 2020 2020 2019 Cash balances al l Januar) 2020 Ex¢e55 of re¢eipLs over payments Cash Wan¢e5 at 31 D¢cember 2020 180.748 142.710 38.038 180.748 183.U52 Repr¢sented by.. Bank ¢urTent a¢¢ount Bank deposii &couni Petty ¢h 57.157 125.875 20 183.052 55.033 125.695 20 180.748
Ligbt for th¢ IAst DAY5 Indtptnd¢rt¢ EAminer's Report to the Trnstrts of Llgbt for the Last Dgys I report on ihe a¢¢ounts of the Tr%1 forthe year Cnded 31 December 2020. Rtsp¢¢d¥¢ responsibilities ottruJtt¢s ad ex•mln¢r The Charilv's trus1¢¢5 arc r¢sponSLblc for (he preparation of the CoUn The Charitys trnstee5 COtE5id¢r that an audil 15 noi required for this year under sedion 144(21 of th¢ Charits¢s Ad 201 I {the 201 l Acll and tha¢ an I]L¥d¢n1 examination is ed. li is my responsibiliry. to.. ' ¢wunine Ihc aeeotsnis urth 10 145 of the 2011 A • follo%v the pmc¢dure5 laid doHwL in th¢ Diyeffliuns given by the Charity Commission uThder s¢Ction 1451SXbl of the 2011 Aci slate whether particular mallers have ¢om¢ my allention B451s of independe1 ¢x•n)Intr's rtport MJ eiaminJiion li¥11 oui In with the gener r)iff¢tion$ 8iN'en b>. the Chariry Commission. An examin&ion includes a revi¥ of the tn11n8 r¢Yords kepi bj, the charity and a compari50n ol. Ihe oc¢oun15 presented wilh those ¥e¢ords. li $0 includes consid¢rniion of any unusual or disclosur¢s in lh¢ accounts. and 5eckin8 explanaiio¢)s fr(th you as trustCC5 concerning any su¢h matl¢rs. The procedur¢3 undcrtakcn do noi provid¢ all th¢ evide thai would k rcquired in an audii and ¢on5cqucnily nu upinion is ven io whLihcr the accouThts pre5eni a'tru¢ and fair view, and the rep is limid io those mattcrs set out in Ihc nex¢ stalemenL Independent txamlntr'5 slaltmeDt In ionnkiion iiith m> cx4unln10n. no matw wme io my attention.. 11 I which give5 m¢ re&sonable cause lIeVe th in #Thy maierial res1 the r¢quiremertts.' lo keep accoun4in8 f¥'¢ords in accordance with seciion 130 orth¢ 2011 Aci and ' ¢0 prcpare accounts which accord with accouniin8 records Wld comply with the a¢¢ouniin8 requirements of ihe 2011 A¢t havc noi Eeen m¢L or 121 to which, in my opinithl, attenli¢)n sknuid be drawn in order io eble a Jyoper undcrsthnding of thc oun¢s to be reached. 8 April 2021 Charles Cavcnagh FCA 17 Chepstow Road London W7 2Bfj
LIGHT FOR THE LAST DAYS Fthintthl St*t¢mtnts for the y¢Ar ended 31 Deeembtr 2020 Registertd Cb•rity 1099651
Light fortht IASt Days Receipts And PAymtDts for the year endtd 31 Dettrmbtr 2020 2020 2019 Receipts GilL¥ armt 5ubscripiions LegaLy B)k$ and audio Deposii inieresi Bridgc l.ane Fellowship (salary wn¢rtbution) 81.155 64,582 37,864 2,532 375 2.244 179 Total rec¢ipts 93.178 114.953 P•ymen¢$ Wa8es and s1¢S Trnn51a¢ion and othtt ¢osts Advertising Printin8 Posluge Phonc OIYi¢¢ equipment Ihir ollice e05ts onic¢ reni steward.ship rtCS Books and DVI)'s WLbs'ii¢ and icchnical SUPrn TrnvLI expenses Professional fees Charitsblc 8iving Bank charges 25.640 14.807 2.38 21.762 10.4(M) 414 1.796 3.322 5.2 553 1,126 1.437 22.28(J 9.324 3.756 13,889 12.738 387 392 2.540 5.2(K> 539 1,582 431 60 750 2.750 297 950 065 382 Tothl pA)Th¢ts .874 76.915 F.x¢ess ofreceipts over pa)Thents 2.3D4 38.038
Llgh¢ foTtbe IAst Dlys St#temtnt of Assets and Liibilities at 31 Ikttffjber 2020 2020 2019 Cash balances al l Januar) 2020 Ex¢e55 of re¢eipLs over payments Cash Wan¢e5 at 31 D¢cember 2020 180.748 142.710 38.038 180.748 183.U52 Repr¢sented by.. Bank ¢urTent a¢¢ount Bank deposii &couni Petty ¢h 57.157 125.875 20 183.052 55.033 125.695 20 180.748
Ligbt for th¢ IAst DAY5 Indtptnd¢rt¢ EAminer's Report to the Trnstrts of Llgbt for the Last Dgys I report on ihe a¢¢ounts of the Tr%1 forthe year Cnded 31 December 2020. Rtsp¢¢d¥¢ responsibilities ottruJtt¢s ad ex•mln¢r The Charilv's trus1¢¢5 arc r¢sponSLblc for (he preparation of the CoUn The Charitys trnstee5 COtE5id¢r that an audil 15 noi required for this year under sedion 144(21 of th¢ Charits¢s Ad 201 I {the 201 l Acll and tha¢ an I]L¥d¢n1 examination is ed. li is my responsibiliry. to.. ' ¢wunine Ihc aeeotsnis urth 10 145 of the 2011 A • follo%v the pmc¢dure5 laid doHwL in th¢ Diyeffliuns given by the Charity Commission uThder s¢Ction 1451SXbl of the 2011 Aci slate whether particular mallers have ¢om¢ my allention B451s of independe1 ¢x•n)Intr's rtport MJ eiaminJiion li¥11 oui In with the gener r)iff¢tion$ 8iN'en b>. the Chariry Commission. An examin&ion includes a revi¥ of the tn11n8 r¢Yords kepi bj, the charity and a compari50n ol. Ihe oc¢oun15 presented wilh those ¥e¢ords. li $0 includes consid¢rniion of any unusual or disclosur¢s in lh¢ accounts. and 5eckin8 explanaiio¢)s fr(th you as trustCC5 concerning any su¢h matl¢rs. The procedur¢3 undcrtakcn do noi provid¢ all th¢ evide thai would k rcquired in an audii and ¢on5cqucnily nu upinion is ven io whLihcr the accouThts pre5eni a'tru¢ and fair view, and the rep is limid io those mattcrs set out in Ihc nex¢ stalemenL Independent txamlntr'5 slaltmeDt In ionnkiion iiith m> cx4unln10n. no matw wme io my attention.. 11 I which give5 m¢ re&sonable cause lIeVe th in #Thy maierial res1 the r¢quiremertts.' lo keep accoun4in8 f¥'¢ords in accordance with seciion 130 orth¢ 2011 Aci and ' ¢0 prcpare accounts which accord with accouniin8 records Wld comply with the a¢¢ouniin8 requirements of ihe 2011 A¢t havc noi Eeen m¢L or 121 to which, in my opinithl, attenli¢)n sknuid be drawn in order io eble a Jyoper undcrsthnding of thc oun¢s to be reached. 8 April 2021 Charles Cavcnagh FCA 17 Chepstow Road London W7 2Bfj