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2020-08-31-accounts

“Bringing Hope and Comfort To

Needy Families in Kenya”

ABIGAIL MINISTRIES ANNUAL REPORT Year ended 31[st] Aug 2020

CHARITY NUMBER 1106824

Registered address: 26, Kingsfield Avenue, North Harrow, Middx. HA2 6AT England, UK Tele: 020 8861 1674 Email abiministries@aol.com Web www.abigailministries.org

Signed Roger Smith 26th May 2021

Chairman of the Trust and on behalf of the Trustees

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ABIGAIL MINISTRIES ANNUAL REPORT for the year ended 31[st] Aug 2020

Objects, Status and Trustees of the Charity for the year 2019/2020

The Trustees have complied with the duty in Section 17 (5) of the 2011 Charities Act to have paid due regard to guidance issued by the Charity Commission in relation to the activities being for the public benefit.

PRINCIPAL OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVIIES

The charitable objects of the Trust are given below and are taken from the governing document, the Trust Deed, as follows:

The activities of the Trust are exclusively charitable and remain fully in accordance with the Deed.

The trustees have had regard to the Charity Commission's guidance on Public Benefit. We believe that we have complied our duty to have due regard to the commission’s public benefit guidance when exercising any powers or duties to which the guidance is relevant.

Structure, Governance and Management

STATUS

Abigail Ministries was established as a Charitable Trust by a Trust Deed dated 30[th] Sept 2004.

TRUSTEES

The following Trustees served during the year 2019/2020:

Roger Smith (Chairman & Treasurer) Lindsay Smith Kevin Smith Rebecca Smith (Secretary)

The power to appoint new Trustees rests solely with the existing Trustees.

Summary of Main Activities and Achievements

All activities are focussed on the needs in Kenya and match the activities described in the Trust Deed as the way in which the Objects are fulfilled. Just one visit was made during the year to bring see full operation of the Abigail Health Care Centre and progress with school building rendering.

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Summary of Financial Position and Reserve Statement

Compared to 2018/19, income increased by just under 11% whilst expenditure decreased by 14.5%. Sufficient funds remain to cover salaries for Abigail Health Care Centre staff during time awaiting National Health Insurance Registration (NHIF) in Kenya.

Grants to beneficiaries and general expenses that amounted to £2,209 were paid via Trustee’s account. Foreign currency amounted to the equivalent of £1653 was held at year end pending future expected visits which in the event of Covid and other health problems were not possible. Funds carried forward to 2020/21.

With no UK payroll, utility bills or ongoing overheads, cash reserves of £22,628 was viewed as more than adequate at any one time to cover on-going sponsorship and third year salaries of AHCC staff.

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Charity Name No (if any) Abigail Ministries 1106824 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period Period start date Period end date To from 1st Sept 2019 31st Aug 2020

Section A Receipts and payments Section A Receipts and payments Section A Receipts and payments
A1 Receipts Unrestricted
funds
to the nearest £
11,511
1,506
-
-
25,230
120
10,109
33
2,705
-
-

51,214

51,214
3,905
8,062
6,585
5,696
786
-
17,898
668
1,044
1,027
3,466
305
49,442
49,442		 Restricted
funds
to the nearest £
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-		 Endowment
funds
to the nearest £
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-		 Total funds
to the nearest £
11,511
1,506
-
-
25,230
120
10,109
33
2,705
-
-
51,214
-
-
51,214
3,905
8,062
6,585
5,696
786
-
17,898
668
1,044
1,027
3,466
305
49,442		 Last year
to the nearest £
Sponsorshipof Children 11,511 10,981
Comfort for Families & Hope 1,506 408
Education - -
Projects - -
General(incl Medical 16/17) 25,230 22,936
Medical 120 120
Gift Aid 10,109 6,931
Bank Interest 33 45
New Hope 2,705 2,740
Travel and Trips - -
Evangelism - 2,000
Sub total(Gross income for
AR)
51,214		 46,161
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
-
Sub total -
Total receipts
A3 Payments
46,161

Sponsored Children		 3,905 5,239
Education 8,062 10,923
General 6,585 6,455
Comfort for families 5,696 12,216
Hope 786 271
Projects - -
Medical 17,898 16,809
BankingCosts 668 643
Evangelism 1,044 584
Travel and Trips 1,027 1,396
New Hope 3,466 3,265
Currencl Gain/Loss 305 60
**Sub total ** 49,442 57,861
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
- -
- -
Sub total
**Total payments **		 49,442 49,442 57,861
49,442 - - 49,442 57,861
Net of receipts/(payments)
A5 Transfers between funds
A6 Cash funds last year end
**Cash funds this year end **		 1,772
20,856
22,628		 -
-
-
-		 -
-
-
-		 1,772
-
20,856
22,628
- 11,700
-
32,556
20,856

CCXX R1 accounts (SS)

22/06/2021

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

Categories
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
B5 Liabilities
B3 Investment assets
B2 Other monetary assets
B4 Assets retained for the
charity’s own use
B1 Cash funds		 Details Details Unrestricted
funds
to nearest £		 Unrestricted
funds
to nearest £		 Restricted
funds
to nearest £		 Restricted
funds
to nearest £		 Endowment
funds
to nearest £
Current Account 166 - -
Reserve Account 20,798 - -
Education Reserve Account 11 - -
Cash 1,653 - -
Details
Total cash funds
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
Details
Details
Printer
Projector
Laptop - Dell
Laptop - HP
Computer -Asus
Signature
Details		 22,628 - -
OK
Endowment
funds
to nearest £
-
-
-
-
-
-
Current value
(optional)
Current value
(optional)
70
100
250
200
40
-
-
-
When due
(optional)
Date of
approval
Roger Smith 26th May2021

CCXX R2 accounts (SS)

22/06/2021

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CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trusteesl members of Abigail Ministries On a¢¢ounts for the year ended 31 August 2020 Charity no (If any) 1106824 Set out on pages 1and2 lh8 t￿1@ lllth￿rg of 8dlniOnAI sho91s1 I report to the trustees on my examination ol Ihe accounts ol the above charity {'Ihe Trust") lor the year ended 3110812020. Responslbllltles and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation basis ol report ol the accounts in accordance with the requirements ol the Charities Act 2011 lllhe Act"). I report in respect ol my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 01 the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by Ihe Charity Commission under section 14515llbl ol the Act. I have completed my examination. I conlimi that no material matters have come lo my attention {olher than Ihal disclosed below ') in ¢onneclion with the exarninalion which gives rne cause lo believe that in, any material respect.. accounting records were nol kepl in accordance with section 130 of the Act or the ac¢ounls do not accord with the accounting records Independent examlner's stalement I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination lo which allenlion should be drawn in order to enable a proper undetslanding ol the accounts lo be reached. Please delete the words in the brackels if they do not apply. Slgned: Dale: 11 June 2021 Name: Mr Lyndon Perez Relevant professional qualifieation{s) or body (if any): ICAEW Address: RDP Newmans LLP, 373-375 Sialion Road HaTTOW, Middlesex HA1 2AW IER October 2018

Section B Disclosure Only complete il the examiner needs lo highlight matters ol concern (see CC32. Independent examination of charity accounts= directions and guidance lor examiners). Glve here brlef delalls of any ilems Ihat Ihe examiner wishes to dlsclose. IER October 2018