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TRANSFORM WORK UK

ANNUAL DIRECTORS’ REPORT

Year ended

31[st] January 2023

Registered office: 8 Marshalsea Road, London, SE1 1HL

Contents

Contents
Page
Legal and administrative information 2
Report of the directors 3-8
Financial statements 9-13
Independent examiner’s report 14

Registered Charity No. 1120058 Company No. 6203863

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Transform Work UK Legal and Administrative Information

Directors during the period: Mr Julian Shellard (Chair) Ms Ofonimeh Abudu Mr Stephen Matthews Mr Malcolm Shaw Registered office: 8 Marshalsea Road London SE1 1HL Independent Examiner: Mrs C M Cowgill ACA 4 Penny Meadow Capel St Mary Ipswich IP9 2UU Bankers: Metro Bank PLC 1 Southampton Row London WC1B 5HA Charity number: 1120053 Company number: 6203863

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Annual Report

1st February 2022- 31[st] January 2023

Context

We connect, equip and support Christians to transform the places they work in, so they can openly express their faith in word and action.

We do this through a team of Ambassadors who connect with Christian Workplace Groups (CWGs). We also support Christian Professional and Sector Groups (CPSGs) who represent various professions such as finance, transport and government.

Although we currently operate mainly within England, we are keen to grow in Scotland and Wales, and we have an increasing number of international connections where similar groups have begun to develop.

We have links with a number of Associates who offer specialist knowledge and expertise.

The effects of the lockdowns and subsequent hybrid working on those in the workplace continues to bring joys and challenges.

Many are not going back into the office or work premises and thus the CWG is not able to meet in person. This has hindered communication and building relationships within the CWG.

For others, online CWG meetings continue to be effective as those who work in the regions or feel isolated as a Christian in their organisation are able to meet virtually and still have a sense of being part of a group.

Strategic Direction 2021-2025

The early stages of our 5 year strategy concentrate on building a strong base through increasing our times of prayer, updating our governance policies, developing our financial management and rebranding.

Our initiative in the Diversity and Inclusion area, Faith Friendly Workplaces is gradually gathering momentum. Once we have strengthened our base, we will focus on growth. This will include

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Christian Workplace Groups

We record the details of our groups and how they are growing and developing.

During the year we added 42 new groups. It has been more challenging for Ambassadors to keep in touch with groups many of whom are meeting virtually. The groups are at different stages of development depending on how well established they are in the life of the organisation they are part of.

This varies from Level 1 where we may know of only one individual Christian within an organisation through to Level 6 where the group is well established and highly regarded by the organisation.

At the end of this year the number of groups at different stages of development was as follows:

This gives us a total of 460 formed groups and 82 potential future groups (i.e. those organisations where we just know of one individual Christian at the moment).

Three groups, Bromley Council / Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust, L+Q Housing Association London & Airbus Portsmouth were put into Level 0 (i.e. former group) former as they had folded.

We assess the ‘health’ of our groups according to a number of criteria - for example, whether they are meeting regularly, looking outwards as a group, developing new leaders.

We are still completing our assessment across all groups, but we estimate that 90 groups are ‘flourishing’, 125 are ‘improving’, 50 are ‘struggling’ and 66 are ‘failing’. This rough analysis helps us to know which groups need more help and where we need to focus our support.

Christian Professional and Sector Groups

We added eight new Christian Professional and Sector Groups (CPSGs) during the year:

We have introduced a website portal for the CPSGs called Christian-professionals.net. This includes a CPSG audio prayer page resulting from the Thy Kingdom Come initiative.

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There are 13 audio prayers from CPSG leaders and 11 online Zoom prayers from CPSG leaders. A core team has emerged who join in the weekly Tuesday lunchtime 30 minutes’ prayer calls. In addition a WhatsApp group continues to be a strength of encouragement and communication across the CPSG leadership.

We gradually improved our website thanks to a new volunteer Sam Porter who joined us in March 2022. He helped to create www.christian-professionals.org, a portal of CPSG logos in sectors (e.g. healthcare and media) that link directly to their websites.

Christian Workplace Ministries

Christian Workplace Ministries (CWM) include chaplains to the workplace, business and entrepreneurial groups as well as larger ministries that seek to support workplace Christians that aren’t CWGs or CPSGs.

We are looking to find someone who can manage this CWM database going forward. We added six new Christian Workplace Ministries during the year:

Transform Work UK Team

Ambassadors

Eight new ambassadors joined the Transform Work UK Team during this year, whilst other ambassadors had changes in role. We were sorry to see Rick Pearl leave us due to family commitments but thankful for the 7 years he volunteered with us, supporting groups in Wales which he was able to hand over to Bernadette Sam-King.

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Our monthly zoom call to support Ambassadors was proving difficult for quite a number to join, so towards the end of the year we decided to introduce a new approach with Ambassadors meeting instead in four smaller groups of six Ambassadors based on common interests.

Associates

On 25th January 2023 Joe Clease presented the Faith Literacy material at a hybrid meeting held at the Christian Medical Fellowship offices. Even though delegates were low in number we had people join us from the States. We had a good edifying discussion where people were able to voice their concerns and receive responses from Joe, Ros and Julian too. During the year the material started to be used in a few workplaces as momentum built with great feedback.

The Office

Amy Styles, Graphic Design, left us to get a full time position Natalie Mensa, Graphic Designer volunteer Rafik Massih, IT, volunteer Sam Porter, Website Developer volunteer Poornima Whomsely, Partnership and Strategic work volunteer Rio Summers, Branding based in Spain, contract worker. Rashmi Horo, Finance Officer 3 hours a week employed from May 2022 Ali Loaker, Administration, 1.5 days a week, contractor, from November 2022 Ros Loaker, Chief Executive Officer, 3 days a week employed

Prayer

Pastoral Support

Femi Idowu continued to serve workplace individuals with 1-2-1 pastoral care as well as producing Wisdom for Work edifying weekly sound bites.

Jesus to be revealed

We introduced two corporate days of prayer and fasting. This year these were at the start of Lent, Wednesday 2nd March and the beginning of Advent, November 28th 2022.

Eternal Wall of Answered Prayer

Transform Work UK started partnering with this organisation to galvanise workplace answered prayer to feature on the Eternal Wall.

Thy Kingdom Come

We are aligning our workplace material to support the updated themes of Thy Kingdom Come, the global wave of prayer at Pentecost. This year we increased the contribution from the professional sector groups who led prayers using pre-recorded videos.

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The longer term aim is to use these resources to establish workplace prayer groups that continue beyond the eleven days of Thy Kingdom Come.

Strategic Prayer Lead

We wanted to increase our prayer opportunities together as a team and prayed for someone who could coordinate prayer support. Instead of one person, God has given us a team of three Transform Work UK prayer champions, each wanting to train up workplace Christians in different aspects of prayer.

In January 2023 Dave MacFarlane led the first of many cohorts training up first our Ambassador team on how to hear from God in our workplaces for our workplaces. We also began talking with Lloyd van Vuuren from Concert of Prayer about training workplace leaders in corporate prayer and Anne De Leyser from Local House of Prayer to train people in how to use ‘blessing prayers’ for our workplaces and organisations.

Faith friendly workplaces

God has placed the vision for Faith Friendly Workplaces on Dave Law’s heart and with support from his Equality, Diversity and Inclusion management in his organisation, Thames Water, he has run with this vision supported by Transform Work UK.

In the space of a year Dave has been instrumental in bringing together 35 organisations, thanks to the connections within Transform Work UK. A steering group was formed containing eight of the organisations. They began to host larger open meetings with keynote speakers such as the Director of the Multi-Faith Centre, University of Derby and another meeting discussed the topic of Sikhism in the workplace. At the end of 2022 the steering group agreed to work with the Multi-Faith Centre to research a potential kite mark for faith in the workplace.

Improving the way we work

Marketing & Branding

Our rebrand progressed well with the support of our contracted graphic designer Rio Summers and our web site provider Hubb church. We brought together a diverse group of Transform Work UK supporters and gained their input to determine how we should express our identity more clearly. Following this input, we chose new colours, fonts and logo.

We began to upgrade our booklets, restructure our website and make the transition to a global identity through changing our name from ‘Transform Work UK’ to simply ‘Transform Work’. Our target is to launch the rebrand in May 2023. The rebrand will provide a more professional and contemporary image to help us communicate more effectively.

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Registered Charity No. 1120053 Company No. 6203863

Transform Work UK

Statement of Financial Activities, including Income and Expenditure Account for the year ended 31[st] January 2023


Note
INCOME
Income and endowments from:
Donations, legacies and grants
3
Charitable activities - revenue earned
Investments
Total incoming resources
Expenditure on:
Charitable activities
4
Total expenditure
Net income for the year
Total funds brought forward
Total funds carried forward
EXPENDITURE		 Total
funds
2023
(Unrestricted)

£
37,532
0
0
37,532
36,302
36,302
1,230
5,623
6,853		 Total
funds
2022
(Unrestricted)
£
30,963
400
0
31,363
30,204
30,204
1,159
4,464
5,623

The notes to the accounts form an integral part of these accounts.

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zU,3 2022
Note f, f,
FIXEDASSETS 2 228 0
CURRENTASSETS
Debtors 5 1,555 1,639
Cashat bank andin hand 6,655 4.571
Totalcurrent assets 8,210 6,210
CREDITORS:amounts falling due
within oneysar 6 (1,s85) (587)
NET CURRENTASSETS 6,625 5,623
TOTALA$SETS LESS
CURRENTLIABILITIES		 trgIt 5,623
FUNDSOFTHE CHARITY
Unrcstrided funds 7 6,853 5,623

Transform Work UK

Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31st January 2023

1 Accounting Policies

Basis of preparation of the accounts

The accounts have been prepared under the historical cost convention, with items recognised at cost or transaction value.

The accounts have been prepared in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) issued on 16 July 2014, and with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102), and with the Charities Act 2011.

The charity has taken advantage of the exemption in Financial Reporting Standard 102 Section Small Entities from the requirement to produce a Cash Flow Statement.

The trustees consider that there are no material uncertainties about the charity's ability to continu as a going concern.

The accounts have been prepared using the Accruals method, as required for a charitable comp

2 Tangible Fixed Assets

Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life:

Office equipment
- 25% of cost
COST
Additions
Bal cf 31/01/23
DEPRECIATION
Charge for the year
Bal cf 31/01/23
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31/01/23		 £
304
304
76
76
228

3 Income from Donations, Legacies and Grants

Trinity Ministries grants
Donations from churches and organisations
Donation from Selwyn Charitable Trust
Other donations
Gift aid		 2023
£
6,000
856
10,000
18,792
1,884
37,532		 2022
£
6,000
3,056
0
20,268
1,639
30,963

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Registered Charity No. 1120053 Company No. 6203863

Transform Work UK

Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31st January 2023

4 Analysis of Expenditure on Charitable Activities

Staff wages
Employer's Pension costs
Staff expenses (subsistence,
hospitality, travel costs)
Admin costs - insurance
- zoom and software subs and expenses
- payroll admin costs
- phone and work from home costs
- admin services
- other admin expenses
Bank charges
Website expenses and design costs
Venue expenses
Conference costs
Trustee training expenses
Gifts and donations
Professional fees - rebranding
Independent examiner's fee
Depreciation of office equipment
5 Debtors
Gift aid debtors
Conference prepayment
6 Creditors: amounts falling due
within one year
Trade creditors
Pension creditors
Accruals		 2023
£
27,340
745
660
518
451
551
396
2,160
13
55
1,932
1,000
0
0
80
0
325
76
36,302
2023
£
1,355
200
1,555
2023
£
781
479
325
1,585		 2022
£
22,405
648
206
496
335
521
396
0
51
153
1,688
0
700
70
480
1,755
300
0
30,204
2022
£
1,639
0
1,639
2022
£
35
252
300
587

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Transform Work UK

Notes to the Accounts

for the year ended 31st January 2023

7 Charity Funds

Charity Funds
Unrestricted funds:
General funds
Bal bf 1/2/22
Net income/ (expenditure) in the year
Net Transfers to Gift/Tithe fund
General funds cf 31/1/23
Total Unrestricted funds		 2023
£
5,623
1,230
6,853
6,853		 2022
£
3,986
1,159
478
5,623
5,623

8 Trustee remuneration and benefits

None of the trustees have been paid any remuneration or received any other benefits from an employment with the charity.

Expenses were paid for trustees fulfilling their duties as follows:

Training expenses 2023
£
0		 2022
£
70

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Inde endent Examiner's Re ort to the Trustees of Transform Work UK on the Accounts for the ear ended 31 Janua istered Charit No. 1120053 Com an No. 6203863 st 2023 l ￿port to the tn￿eeS on my examin*ion of the accounts of the above charitable company for the year ended 31" January 2023. Res nsibilities and b￿81S of re As the charity's trustees of the company (who are al￿ the directors of the company for the purposes of company law). you are resp)nsible for ihe preparation of th¢ accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Aci 2(K)6 ('Ihe 2006 Acl"). Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the company ar¢ nol required to be audited for this year under Part 16 of the 2006 Acl and are eligiible for independ¢nt examination. I report in respect of my examination of the charity's xwunts as carried out under sttlion 145 of the 201 I Charities A¢t ("the 2011 Act"). In carrying oul my examination. I have followed the Directions given by the Charity dommission under seclion 145(5Xb) of the 2011 Act. Inde ndent examiner's slateme I have completed my examinalion. I confirni that no material maneTS have come to my attention in connection with the examination which give me cause to believe thai: - the accounting records ￿re not kept in accordance with section 386 of the Companies Act 2006; - or the accounts did not accord ￿1th ihose records; - or the ￿COuntS did not comply with relevant accounting requirements under section 396 of the Companies Act 2006. other than any requiremeni that the accounts give and fair" view, which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination: - or th¢ accounls had not been p￿pared in accordance with the Charilies SORP (FRS102). I hav¢ no concerns, and have com¢ across no other matters in conneclion wilh the examination to which attention should be drawn in this retM)rt in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts lo be r¢ached. 23 Mrs. Carole Cowgill ACA 4 Penny Meadow Capel St. Mary Ipswich IP9 2UU ICAEW CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT 14