Registered Charity Number 

1110945 

GRACE SPRINGS NETWORK 

Trustees’ Annual Report 

30 November 2022 




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

**From  1[st] December 2021              To 30[th] November 2022** 

**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|**Grace Springs Network (formerly Grace**<br>**Springs Church) has complied with the**<br>**duty in section 4 of the 2006 Charities**<br>**Act to have due regard to guidance**<br>**published by the Charity Commission**<br>**(i.e. public benefit statement). Grace**<br>**Springs Network was incorporated as a**<br>**charitable company limited by**<br>**guarantee, with no share capital on 10th**<br>**July 2001. The charity is run in**<br>**accordance with the memorandum of**<br>**association laid out at that time, and**<br>**amended on 21st March 2005, 9th June**<br>**2005 and 9th August 2005.**|



**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 2021 to November 2022 were**<br>**reviewed and approved on 28th August**<br>**2023. Total income was £46,020 and**<br>**total expenditure was £72,619. The**<br>**income comprised mostly donations**<br>**from individuals and the funds were**<br>**used in implementing the objectives of**<br>**the charity.**|
|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 £47,150.**|
|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: 

|The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)|Para 1.47||
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|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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|Other name the charity uses||
|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||||
||Gloria Olorunshola||||
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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||
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||18/09/2023||
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**Charity Name No (if any) Grace Springs Network 1110945 Receipts and payments accounts** 

## **CC16a** 

**For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 01-Dec-21 30-Nov-22 

|**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||||
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|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest      £**||**Restricted funds**<br>**to the nearest £**||**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**||**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**||**Last year**<br>**to the nearest £**|
|<br>General Donations|**44,840**||**-**||**-**||**44,840**||**138,759**|
|Sales|**1,180**||**-**||**-**||**1,180**||**8,508**|
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|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**46,020**||**-**||**-**||**46,020**||**147,267**|
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|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**<br>**(see table).**||||||||||
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|**_Total receipts_**<br>**A3 Payments**||||||||||
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|<br>**Cost for furtherance of charity’s activ**<br>**Support costs**|**i                   71,118**||||||||**180,397**|
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|**_Sub total_ **|**72,619**||||||||**188,307**|
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|**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases, (see table)**||||||||||
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|**_Total payments_**<br>**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**<br>**A5 Transfers between funds**<br>**A6 Cash funds last year end**<br>**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||||||
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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** 

|CCXX R1 accounts (SS)<br>**Categories**<br>**B1 Cash funds**|1<br>**Details**<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>(agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**47,150**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**47,150**<br>OK|27/10/2023<br>**Restricted funds**<br>**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>OK<br>OK|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
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|Signed by one or two trustees on<br>behalf of all the trustees<br>**B5 Liabilities**<br>**B3 Investment assets**<br>**B2 Other monetary assets**<br>**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**|**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>Loan<br>Signature|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which asset**<br>**belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which asset**<br>**belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**liability relates**<br>**Amount due**<br>**(optional)**<br>BBLS<br>**37,500**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>Print Name<br>Olabode Awogbade|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
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||||Date of approval|
|||Olabode Awogbade|18/09/2023|
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CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 

27/10/2023 

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## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** 

**Section A                        Independent Examiner’s Report** 

|**Report to the trustees/**<br>**members of**<br>**On accounts for the year**<br>**ended**<br>**Set out on pages**|Charity Name<br>**Grace Springs Network (a company limited by guarantee)**|Charity Name<br>**Grace Springs Network (a company limited by guarantee)**|Charity Name<br>**Grace Springs Network (a company limited by guarantee)**|
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||30 November 2022|**Charity no**<br>**(if any)**|1110945|
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I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above Company for the year ended **30**[th] **November 2022.** 

- **Responsibilities and** As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation of **basis of report** the accounts in accordance with the requirements of 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 the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. 

Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the Company are not required to be audited for this year under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of your charity's accounts as carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 ("the 2011 Act").  In carrying out my examination, I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act. 

## **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: 

- accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or 

- the accounts do not accord with the accounting records 

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. 

|**Signed:**<br>**Name:**<br>**Relevant professional**<br>**qualification(s) or body**<br>**(if any):**<br>**Address:**<br>|**Date:**||
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||Anthonia Faponnle||
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||FCCA<br>Association of Chartered Certified Accountants||
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1 

**October 2018** 

**IER** 



## **Section B                           Disclosure** 

Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners). 

**Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** . 

2 

**October 2018** 

**IER** 

