
## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

**From  1[st] December 2019              To 30[th] November 2020** 

**Charity name: Grace Springs Network** 

**Charity registration number: 1110945** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

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|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|**1. The advancement of the Christian**<br>**religion.**<br>**2. Promotion of any charitable**<br>**purposes for the benefit of the**<br>**community.**|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or<br>services identified in the<br>accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|**1. Bible study classes**<br>**2. Relief activities**<br>**3. Teaching and preaching**<br>**seminars**<br>**4. Publication of magazine and**<br>**literature**|
|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public<br>benefit|Para 1.18|**Our main activities and who we are**<br>**trying to help include**<br>•<br>**Those seeking direction and**<br>**purpose in life through an**<br>**exploration of the Christian faith**<br>•<br>**Those who can benefit from**<br>**advice and counselling activities**<br>•<br>**Those suffering from stress,**<br>**depression, loss or anxiety**|



**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment 



Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Other 

## **Achievements and Performance** 

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|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Para 1.20|**• Preaching and teaching in churches**<br>**• Publication of magazine and resources**<br>**• Organising seminars and group**<br>**meetings**<br>**• One-to-one help and discipleship**|



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|Achievements against<br>objectives set|Para 1.41||
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|Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives<br>set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance<br>against objectives|Para 1.41||
|Other|||





## **Financial Review** 

|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|**The charity’s accounts for the period**<br>**December 2019 to November 2020 were**<br>**reviewed and approved on 26th**<br>**September 2021. Total income was**<br>**£287,107 and total expenditure was**<br>**£215,172. The income comprised mostly**<br>**donations from individuals and the**<br>**funds were used in implementing the**<br>**objectives of the charity. The charity**<br>**obtained a coronavirus bounced back**<br>**loan of £50,000 in anticipation of any**<br>**shortfall in income due to uncertainties**<br>**of the pandemic.**|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**The charity does not have a reserves**<br>**policy.**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**Funds that were not allocated were**<br>**reported as reserves on the balance**<br>**sheet. The bank balance at the end of**<br>**the reporting period was £114,790.**|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|**The charity depends on donations to**<br>**fund its activities. Only funded projects**<br>**are executed.**|
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|**None**|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23|**None foreseen.**|



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

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|The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)|Para 1.47||
|Investment policy and<br>objectives including any<br>social investment policy<br>adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the principal<br>risks facing the charity|Para 1.46||
|Other|||





## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Memorandum and Articles Incorporated**|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**Company limited by guarantee**|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled<br>to appoint one or more<br>trustees|Para 1.25|**Appointed by trustees**|



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

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|Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction<br>and training of trustees|Para 1.51||
|The charity’s organisational<br>structure and any wider<br>network with which the<br>charity works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any related<br>parties|Para 1.51||
|Other|||



## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|Grace Springs Network|
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|Registered charity number|1110945|
|Charity’s principal address|PO Box 837<br>Edgware<br>Middlesex<br>HA8 4TZ|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|1<br>2<br>3<br>4<br>5<br>6<br>7<br>8<br>9<br>10<br>11<br>12<br>13<br>14<br>15<br>16<br>17<br>18<br>19<br>20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**<br>**to appoint trustee (if any)**|
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||Olabode Awogbade||||
||Ayotunde Jones||26 April 2020||
||Gloria Olorunshola||10 October 2020||
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– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved 

**Director name** 

Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity 

**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** 



## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** 

Description of the assets held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets 

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## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** 

|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|
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## **Exemptions from disclosure** 

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details 

## **Other optional information** 



## **Declarations** 

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

**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** 

|**Signature(s)**<br>**Full name(s)**<br>**Position (eg Secretary,**<br>**Chair, etc)**<br>**Date**|||
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||Olabode Awogbade||
||<br>Trustee||
||26.09.2021||
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