TRUSTEE’S BOARD MEETING
THURSDAY 30[TH] APRIL 2020
7:00 PM
Trustee’s Meeting held via Internet at Individuals Homes because of Government Restrictions on Social Distancing.
| Trustee’s Meeting Thursday | Trustee’s Meeting Thursday | Time |
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19, Ashmuir Close | 19, Ashmuir Close |
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30th April 2020 |
19:00 – 21:00 |
Coppenhall Crewe Cheshire CW1 | |||
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| Meeting Called by | Rev Shaun G Robinson. | ||||
| Type of Meeting | Bi-Annual Charity Commission Trustee’s Meeting 2020. | ||||
| Facilitator | Rev Shaun G Robinson. | ||||
| Secretary | Mrs. Wendy Robinson. | ||||
| Timekeeper | N/A/ | ||||
| Due to the Coronavirus and the Social Distancing rules required by the Government all Trustees will be taking part by Video Link Rev Shaun Robinson, Rev Anthony Presley, Mrs Wendy Robinson. Mrs Lynn Presley Dr Steven Icke, Mr Dave Martin |
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| Special Notice | |||||
| Attendees | |||||
| Apologies | |||||
| 19:00- – 19:05 | Opening of Meeting with the Agenda | ||||
| Open Meeting with a Prayer |
Rev Anthony Presley opened the meeting with a prayer. | ||||
| Discussion: | There was a short discussion and prayer for the recovery of Dr Icke after he was taken ill suddenly on Wednesday |
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| Conclusion | |||||
| Review of Agenda Items | Person Responsible | Deadline | |||
| 1. Reading of the Minutes from the Last Meeting. Date: 3rd October 2019 |
Mrs Wendy Robinson. |
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| 2. Review of Board Members and Positions. | Rev S G Robinson. | ||||
| 3. FICM in United States: Visions & Plans. | Dr Steven Icke | ||||
| 4. FICM & CTFF: Vision & Plans | Rev S G Robinson. | ||||
| 5. Financial Accounts Review: | Rev S G Robinson. | ||||
| 6 . Any Other Business. | All. | ||||
| Item 1 | Reading of the Minutes from the Last Meeting. | ||||
| 19:05– 19:15 | Date: 3rd October 2019 | ||||
| To be read by Mrs Wendy Robinson | |||||
| Discussion:No discussion took place | |||||
| Conclusion: Agreed and accepted | |||||
| Action Taken | Person Responsible | Deadline | |||
| Minutes from the last Trustees Meeting were read out. The Minutes were read out and agreed as being a true and factual account of the last meeting held on the 3rd of October 2019 |
Read by Mrs. Robinson. Secretary |
Agreed by all present |
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| 1.1. Discussion about Last Year's Minutes. | N/A | ||||
| 1.2. Any Action to be Taken. | N/A | ||||
| Item 1 | Reading of the Minutes from the Last Meeting. | Reading of the Minutes from the Last Meeting. | Reading of the Minutes from the Last Meeting. |
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| 19:05– 19:15 | Date: | 3rd October 2019 | |
| To be read by Mrs Wendy Robinson | |||
| Discussion:No discussion took place | |||
| Conclusion: Agreed and accepted | |||
| Action Taken | Person Responsible | Deadline | |
| Minutes from the last Trustees Meeting were read out. | |||
| Read by | Agreed by all | ||
| The Minutes were read | out and agreed as being a | Mrs. Robinson. | present |
| true and factual account of the last meeting held on | Secretary | ||
| the 3rd of October 2019 | |||
| 1.1. Discussion about Last Year's Minutes. | N/A | ||
| 1.2. Any Action to be Taken. | N/A | ||
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| Item 2 | Review of Board Members and Positions | Review of Board Members and Positions | Review of Board Members and Positions |
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| 19:15– 19:30 | |||
| Discussion | Three proposals were voted on and accepted by the members of the Board |
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| Conclusion: | Dr Icke is no longer a Trustee of FICM, Rev Robinson is the New Chairman of the Board, and Mrs Lynn Presley has been elected as a new member of the Board(5th Members of the Board) |
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| Action Items | Person Responsible | Deadline | |
| 2.1 Dr Steven Icke to step down as Chairman of the Board of Trustee’s for FICM. Due to his sudden illness Dr Icke could not attend the meeting as he hadplanned. |
N/A | N/A | |
| 2.2. Proposal for Rev Robinson to become the new Chairman of the Board of Trustees In Dr Ickes resignation letter, he confirmed his support for Rev Robinson to become the New Chairman of the Board of Trustees of FICM |
Proposal to accept Rev Robinson as the new Chairman of the Board of Trustees made by Dr Icke. Seconder Rev Presley |
Vote The proposal was accepted and unopposed by Board members |
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| 2.3. Acceptance of his letter of resignation from the Board of Trustees In his absence the letter that Dr Icke sent was read out and accepted as confirmation of his wish to resign as Chairman and Trustee of the Board of FICM. |
The letter was read out by the Secretary. A proposal to accept the resignation was made by Rev S Robinson Seconder Rev A Presley |
Vote The proposal was reluctantly accepted and unopposed by Board members |
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| 2.4. Any Other Business related to this matter? A Proposal was made by the Rev Robinson to elect Mrs. Lynn Presley as the 5th member of the Board of Trustees for FICM |
The proposal was made by Rev Robinson. Seconder Mrs Robinson |
Vote The proposal was accepted and unopposed by Board members |
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| Item 3. | FICM in United States: Vision’s & Plans | FICM in United States: Vision’s & Plans | FICM in United States: Vision’s & Plans |
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| 19:30-19:45 | |||
| Discussion | Due to his sudden illness Dr Icke could not present the information about FICM in the United States. |
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| Conclusion: | It is hoped that Rev Robinson will be able to present for Dr Icke at the next Trustee’s Meeting in October |
the information 2020 |
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| Action Taken | Person Responsible | Deadline | |
| 3.1 Dr Steven to outline his vision for the Ministry in 2020 and beyond |
N/A | ||
| 3.2 Any other Business related to this matter? | N/A | ||
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| Item 4. | FICM & CTFF: Vision & Plans | FICM & CTFF: Vision & Plans | FICM & CTFF: Vision & Plans |
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| 19:45-20:15 | |||
| Discussion | The overall discussion was incredibly positive, and many ideas were suggested about the best way to finance & refurbish the Church building. |
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| Conclusion | Preparations are continuing to move forward with the vision for the Ministry and the Church. We expect to grow in numbers throughout the rest of thisyear and into 2021 |
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| Action Items | Person Responsible | Deadline | |
| 4.1. To Discuss the Vision for God’s House on Stafford Street. CW1 3DU. It is believed that although nothing has happened in the natural realm about the Church building on Stafford Street, things are going according to plan, and we will see some movement in the next few months. |
July - Dec | ||
| N/A | |||
| 4.2. Explore the Financial Implications of the move. Although a plan for covering expenses for the materials needed was looked at, Rev Presley suggested looking into “Free Cycle” & “Gumtree” Websites to acquire the items that the Church may need |
Rev Presley and Mrs Presley are willing to look around for “bargains” that will help the Ministry |
July - Dec |
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| 4.3. Any other Business related to this matter? | N/A | ||
| Item 5 | Financial Accounts Review | Financial Accounts Review | Financial Accounts Review |
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| 20:15 – 20:45 | |||
| Discussion | There was an incredibly positive feeling about the way the accounts have fared over the last six months and a confidence to continue the good work made since October 2019. |
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| Conclusion | The focus is now and has been to deal with the Credit Card Debt and get them closed off so we can go into the Church building DEBT FREE. |
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| Action Items | Person Responsible | Deadline | |
| 5.1 Treasurers Account The increase in the income and the reduction in expenditure has resulted in the account working well in the last 6 months since the last Trustee’s meeting in October 2019. |
Rev Shaun Robinson |
N/A | |
| 5.2. Savings Account The increase in the income and the reduced in expenditure on the Treasurer’s Account has meant that we can transfer more money into the Savings Account helping that to increase as well.. |
Rev Shaun Robinson | N/A | |
| 5.3. Cash Account Although the Cash Tin has not increased in the last few months because of the ban on Church gatherings it has not decreased either and is significantly higher than at any time lastyear. |
Rev Shaun Robinson | N/A | |
| 5.4.Tithe Tin |
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| Rev Robinson explained the reason for this account to the other members of the Board |
Rev Robinson explained the reason for this account to the other members of the Board |
Rev Shaun Robinson |
N/A |
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| 5.5. Sorting out of all donations through CAF Donate There were some concerns about the use of CAF and the benefit of using the service i.e. charges for procession donations. |
Rev Shaun Robinson | Rev Presley and Mrs Presley both raised concerns |
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| 5.6. Look at getting CAF Donate to claim Gift Aid from 1st April 2020 The claiming of Gift Aid is not going to be claimed by CAF until after a review of the system planned for later in the year, with a conclusion to be presented about whether CAF should be used or not at the next Trustee’s meeting in October 2020t. Mrs Presley suggested there may be an opportunity to make a Gift Aid “Small Claims” claim in the next Gift Aid application which we have never done. |
Review of CAF by Rev Robinson & Mrs Presley and a decision as to whether to continue using CAF Rev Robinson & Mrs Presley |
In time for the next Trustee’s meeting in October July 2020 |
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| 5.7. Look at changing the Santander account to a CAF Bank Account This is not likely to go ahead until after the CAF review later in theyear |
On hold | End of year | |
| 5.8. How best to use the donate page on the Ministry Website? It was agreed that having a Donation page on the website was in general a good thing, but this too may come up in the CAF Review |
Review of CAF by Rev Robinson & Mrs Presley and a decision as to whether to continue using CAF |
In time for the next Trustee’s meeting in October |
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| Item 6 | Any | Other Business | |
| 20:45– 21:00 | |||
| Discussion | There was no other business to discuss. | ||
| Conclusions | The meeting closed after aprayer | ||
| Action Items | Person Responsible | Deadline | |
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Catch thhe Fire Family Church No (if any) Receipts and payments accounts For the period Period start date Period end date To from 30/10/2019 29/10/2020
CC16a
Section A Receipts and payments
| A1 Receipts | Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ 10,000 241 2,774 1 41 1,875 1,402 9,256 25,590 - - - 25,590 665 2,290 12,548 1,950 1,893 - - - - 19,346 - - - 19,346 6,244 - - 6,244 |
Restricted funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
Endowment funds to the nearest £ |
Total funds to the nearest £ 10,000 241 2,774 1 41 1,875 1,402 9,256 25,590 - - - 25,590 665 2,290 12,548 1,950 1,893 - - - - 19,346 - - - 19,346 6,244 |
Total funds to the nearest £ 10,000 241 2,774 1 41 1,875 1,402 9,256 25,590 - - - 25,590 665 2,290 12,548 1,950 1,893 - - - - 19,346 - - - 19,346 6,244 |
Last year to the nearest £ |
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| Covid 19 Grant | 10,000 | - - - - - - - - - |
10,000 | - | ||
| Discounts / Refunds | 241 | 241 | - | |||
| HMRC Gift Aid | 2,774 | 2,774 | - | |||
| Intrest on Accounts | 1 | 1 | - | |||
| Online / CharityGiving | 41 | 41 | - | |||
| PartnershipPledges | 1,875 | 1,875 | - | |||
| SundayService Offerings | 1,402 | 1,402 | - | |||
| Tithe Donations | 9,256 | 9,256 | - | |||
| Sub total(Gross income for AR) |
25,590 | 25,590 | - | |||
| A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). |
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| - | - - - |
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| Sub total | - | - | - | |||
| Total receipts A3 Payments |
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| - | 25,590 | - | ||||
| RunningCosts | 665 | - - - - - - - - - - |
665 | - | ||
| Rent / Room Hire | 2,290 | 2,290 | - | |||
| \credit Card Payments | 12,548 | 12,548 | - | |||
| MinistryGiving | 1,950 | 1,950 | - | |||
| General Expenses | 1,893 | 1,893 | - | |||
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| **Sub total ** | 19,346 | 19,346 | - | |||
| A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) |
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| **Sub total ** | - | - | - | |||
| Total payments Net of receipts/(payments) A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds this year end |
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| - | 19,346 | - | ||||
| 6,244 | - | - | 6,244 |
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| 6,244 | - | - | 6,244 | - |
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
08/06/2021
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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 B1 Cash funds B2 Other monetary assets B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use B5 Liabilities B3 Investment assets |
Signature Details Details Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Details Details Details |
Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - - - Agreement Error OK Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - - - - - Fund to which liability relates Amount due (optional) - - - - - Print Name |
Endowment funds to nearest £ |
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| Endowment funds to nearest £ |
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CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
08/06/2021
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CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trustsesl members of FIÉE Fftmiity CHLJQ QH On accounts for the year ended 11 /iu/ioLo Charity no lif any) Set out on pages I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity ("the Trust.) for the year ended2 q l 0 20 ZD Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation basls of report of the accounts in a¢¢ordan¢e wtth the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (Ihe Acr). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charty Commission under section 14515}{b) of the Act. I have completed my examination. I confinn that no material matters have come to my attention (other than that disclosed below ") in ¢onne¢tion with the examination vthich gNes me cause to believe that in, any material respect.. a¢untIng records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or the accounts do not accord with the accounting records Independent examinerfs statement I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be dravm in order to enable a proper understsnding of the accounts to be reached. . Please delete the wonls in the brdckets rfthey do not appty. Signed: Date: 07106 12011 Name: spr S Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (rf any): IPNJSI Tri TE OF C*1 QIErJ P-g Address: EL
Section B Disclosure Only complete rf the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charrty accounts". directions and guidance for examiners). Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose.