**REGISTERED COMPANY NUMBER: 06778181 (England and Wales) REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1128122** **Report of the Trustees and Financial Statements for The Year Ended 31 October 2020** **For** **Bushfire Ministries International** **Bushfire Ministries International** ## **Contents of the Financial Statements For the Year Ended 31 October 2020** ||Page| |---|---| |Reports of the Trustees|1 to 3| |Independent Examiners Report|4| |Statement of Financial Activities|5| |Balance Sheet|6 to 7| |Notes to the Financial Statements|8 to 12| ## **Bushfire Ministries International** ## **Report of the Trustees For the Year Ended 31 October 2020** The trustees, who are also directors of the charity for the purposes of the Companies Act 2006, present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 October 2020. The trustees have adopted the provisions of the Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) ‘Accounting and Reporting by Charities’ issued in March 2005. ## **REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS** ## **Registered Company number** 06778181 (England and Wales) ## **Registered Charity number** 1128122 ## **Registered office** 427 Halifax Road, Sheffield S35 8PB ## **Trustees** Mr A C Tiplady Mrs D H Tiplady Mr A Blundell Mrs C Johnston Dr Ian Grant (Chair) Mrs D Grant ## **Company Secretary** Mrs D H Tiplady ## **Independent Examiner** C Jackson, 2, Raisen Hall Place, Sheffield S5 7LZ ## **STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT** ## **Governing document** The charity is controlled by its governing document, a deed of trust, and constitutes a limited company, limited by guarantee, as defined by the Companies Act 2006. ## **Risk Management** The trustees have a duty to identify and review the risks to which the charity is exposed and to ensure appropriate controls are in place to provide reasonable assurance against fraud and error. continued… Page 1 **Bushfire Ministries International** ## **Report of the Trustees** ## **For the Year Ended 31 October 2020** ## **OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES** ## **Objectives and aims** The trustees have paid due regard to the Charity Commission’s general guidance on public benefit when reviewing the charity’s objectives and in planning its future activities. The charity’s objects are: - To advance the Christian faith in accordance with the Statement of Beliefs in the Schedule, here to attached, in such ways and in such parts of Sheffield, the United Kingdom, or the world as the Trustees may from time to time deem fit. - To relieve sickness and financial hardship and to promote and preserve good health by the provision of funds, goods or services of any kind, including through the provision of counselling and support in such parts of Sheffield, the United Kingdom, or the world as the Trustees may from time to time deem fit. Project mission statement: Bushfire Ministries operates to engage with people of all ages and backgrounds, to promote their physical, mental and spiritual wellbeing and life prospects through fellowship, activities, training and courses. ## **ACHIEVEMENT AND PERFORMANCE** ## **Charitable activities** During the year ended 31 October 2020, this being the completion of the charity’s twelfth year as a charitable company limited by guarantee, the charity has: 1. Welcomed two new Trustees to the charity on 1[st] August 2020. 2. Provided training through teaching, conferences and weekly meetings to advance the Christian faith and to release individuals into their full potential. 3. Opened a community gospel choir and hosted an evening concert for local community. 4. Adapted meetings and conferences to work around the Covid-19 government restrictions, moving all meetings to Zoom and Livestream. 5. Provided technical online access assistance to those within Bushfire fellowship who wished to participate with meetings online. 6. Funded a Knife Amnesty Bin placed on Bushfire’s external premises, working with local volunteers. 7. Further supported seven poverty-stricken children of Metro Ministries in Kenya. 8. Began funding a feeding programme in Melville, South Africa for families without food during the pandemic lockdown. Page 2 continued… ## **Bushfire Ministries International** ## **Report of the Trustees** ## **For the Year Ended 31 October 2020** ## **FINANCIAL REVIEW** ## **Investment policy and objectives** The twelfth year as a charitable company limited by guarantee has seen the charity: - Maintain monthly support to poverty-stricken Kenyan children - Open a Community Gospel Choir open to participation from all backgrounds, hosting a concert. - Facilitate autumn conference with international attendees - Provide support to individuals experiencing financial hardship - Maintain the rental fee for the hire of the Bushfire building - Maintain the basic part-time salary of senior leadership - Invested into the regional community by facilitating training provided by international speakers ## **FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS (FOR THE THIRTEENTH YEAR, NOV 2020 – OCT 2021)** The charity plans to: **1.** Continue to train and equip people through teaching, conferences and regular meetings to advance the Christian faith and to release individuals into their full potential. **2.** Train and equip new leaders to facilitate a youth ministry, working with other local volunteers. **3.** Progress the Sheffield-based campaign to reduce violent knife crime amongst the youth. **4.** Further support the poverty-stricken children of Metro Ministries in Kenya, the families and orphans in South Africa. ## **ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD** Dr I R Grant – Trustee, Chairman 26 July 2021 Page 3 ## **Independent Examiners Report to the Trustees of Bushfire Ministries International** I report on the accounts for the year ended 31 October 2020 set out on pages five to twelve. ## **Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner** The charity’s trustees (who are also the directors for the purposes of company law) are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity’s trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year (under Section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act) and that an independent examination is required. Having satisfied myself that the charity is not subject to audit under company law and is eligible for independent examination, it is my responsibility to: - Examine the accounts under Section 145 of the 2011 Act. - To follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity Commission (under Section 145(5) (b) of the 2011 Act); and - To state whether particular matters have come to my attention. ## **Basis of the independent examiner’s report** My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with these records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanation from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a ‘true and fair view’ and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statements below. ## **Independent examiner’s statement** In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention: 1. Which gives me reasonable cause to believe that, in any material respect, the requirements - To keep accounting records in accordance with Section 386 and 387 of the Companies Act 2006; and - To prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records, comply with the accounting requirements of Section 394 and 395 of the Companies Act 2006 and with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities have been met; or 2. To which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Mr Chris Jackson 18 July 2021 Page 4 ## **Bushfire Ministries International** ## **Statement of Financial Activities** ## **For the Year Ended 31 October 2020** |||31.10.20|31.10.19| |---|---|---|---| |||Unrestricted|Unrestricted| |||Funds|Funds| ||Notes|£|£| |**INCOMING RESOURCES**|||| |**Incoming resources from generated funds**|||| |Voluntary income||69,329|42,253| |**RESOURCES EXPENDED**|||| |**Costs of generating funds**|||| |Costs of generating voluntary income||32,460|29,004| |**Charitable activities**|||| |Overseas mission||3,726|6,824| |Internal mission||17,800|17,086| |**Governance costs**||313|313| |||**--------**|**--------**| |**Total resources expended**||**54,299**|**53,227**| |||**--------**|**--------**| |**NET INCOMING (OUTGOING) RESOURCES**||15,030|(10,974)| |**RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS**|||| |**Total funds brought forward**||**29,975**|40,949| |||**--------**|**--------**| |**TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD**||**45,005**|**29,975**| |||=====|=====| The notes form part of these financial statements Page 5 ## **Bushfire Ministries International** ## **Balance Sheet** ## **At 31 October 2020** |||31.10.20|31.10.19| |---|---|---|---| |||Unrestricted|Unrestricted| |||Funds|Funds| ||Notes|£|£| |**FIXED ASSETS**|||| |Tangible Assets|4|7,988|7,812| |**CURRENT ASSETS**|||| |Debtors|5|0|0| |Cash at bank|6|37,117|22,263| |||--------|--------| |||37,117|22,263| |**CREDITORS**|||| |Amounts falling due within one year|7|(100)|(100)| |||--------|--------| |**NET CURRENT ASSETS**||37,017|22,163| |||----------|--------| |**TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES**||**45,005**|**29,975**| |||--------|--------| |**NET ASSETS**||**45,005**|**29,975**| |||=====|=====| |**FUNDS**|||| |Unrestricted funds|8|45,005|29,975| |||**--------**|**--------**| |**TOTAL FUNDS**||**45,005**|**29,975**| |||=====|=====| The notes form part of these financial statements Page 6 continued… **Bushfire Ministries International** ## **Balance Sheet - continued** ## **At 31 October 2020** The charitable company is entitled to exemption from audit under Section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 for the year ended 31 October 2020. The members have not required the charitable company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the year ended 31 October 2020 in accordance with Section 476 of the Companies Act 2006. The trustees acknowledge their responsibilities for: - a) Ensuring that the charitable company keeps accounting records that comply with sections 386 and 387 of the Companies Act 2006, and - b) Preparing financial statements which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company as at the end of each financial year and of its surplus or deficit for each financial year in accordance with the requirements of sections 394 and 395 and which otherwise comply with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 relating to financial statements, so far as applicable to the charitable company. These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the special provisions of Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small charitable companies and with the Financial Reporting for Smaller Entities (effective April 2008). The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees on _27 July_ 2021 and were signed on its behalf by: Dr I R Grant – Trustee, Chairman The notes form part of these financial statements Page 7 **Bushfire Ministries International** ## **Notes to the Financial Statements** ## **For the Year Ended 31 October 2020** ## **1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES** ## **Accounting convention** The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention, and in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard for Smaller Entities (effective April 2008), the Companies Act 2006 and the requirements of the Statement of Recommended Practice, Accounting and Reporting by Charities. ## **Incoming resources** All incoming resources are included on the Statement of Financial Activities when the charity is legally entitled to the income and the amount can be quantified with reasonable accuracy. ## **Resources expended** Expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all costs related to the category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources. ## **Tangible fixed assets** Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life. Plant and Machinery etc. - 25% on reducing balance ## **Taxation** The charity is exempt from corporation tax on its charitable activities. ## **Fund accounting** Unrestricted funds can be used in accordance with the charitable activities at the discretion of the trustees. Restricted funds can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the objects of the charity. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes. ## **Hire purchase and leasing commitments** Rentals paid under operating leases are charged to the Statement of Financial Activities on a straight line basis over the period of the lease. Page 8 continued… **Bushfire Ministries International** ## **Notes to the Financial Statements - continued** ## **For the Year Ended 31 October 2020** ## **2. NET INCOMING/(OUTGOING) RESOURCES** Net resources are stated after charging/(crediting): ||31.10.20|31.10.19| |---|---|---| ||£|£| |Depreciation – owned assets|1,953|2,249| |Rent|18,523|18,000| |Audit and accountancy fees|300|300| ||=====|=====| ## **3. TRUSTEES’ REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS** Remuneration of £19,502 was paid to two trustees working as officers of the charity for the year ended 31 October 2020 (£14,461 remuneration paid for the year ended 31 October 2019), but no other benefits were paid for the year ended 31 October 2020 nor for the year ended 31 October 2019. ## **Trustees’ Expenses** There were no trustee’s expenses paid for the year ended 31 October 2020, nor for the year ended 31 October 2019. continued… Page 9 **Bushfire Ministries International** ## **Notes to the Financial Statements - continued** ## **For the Year Ended 31 October 2020** |4. **TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS**||Plant and| |---|---|---| |||Machinery etc.| |||£| |**COST**||| |At 1 November 2019||23,334| |Additions||2,129| |||--------| |At 31 October 2020||25,463| |||======| |**DEPRECIATION**||| |At 1 November 2019||15,522| |Additions||1,953| |||--------| |At 31 October 2020||17,475| |||=====| |**NET BOOK VALUE**||| |At 31 October 2020||7,988| |||=====| |At 31 October 2019||7,812| |||=====| |5. **DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR**||| ||31.10.20|31.10.19| ||£|£| |Gift Aid due|0|0| ||--------|--------| ||0|0| ||=====|=====| Page 10 continued… **Bushfire Ministries International** ## **Notes to the Financial Statements - continued** ## **For the Year Ended 31 October 2020** **6. CASH AT BANK** ||31.10.20|31.10.19| |---|---|---| ||£|£| |Current account|36,421|20,000| |Internet account|696|2,263| ||--------|--------| ||37,117|22,263| ||=====|=====| |**7. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR**||| ||31.10.20|31.10.19| ||£|£| |Other creditors|100|100| ||=====|=====| continued… Page 11 **Bushfire Ministries International Notes to the Financial Statements - continued** ## **For the Year Ended 31 October 2020** ## **8. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS** |**8. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS**|||| |---|---|---|---| |||Net movement|| ||31.10.19|in funds|31.10.20| ||£|£|£| |**Unrestricted funds**|||| |General fund|29,975|15,030|45,005| ||--------|--------|--------| |**TOTAL FUNDS**|29,975|15,030|45,005| ||=====|=====|=====| |Net movement in funds, included in|the above, are as follows:||| ||Incoming|Resources|Movement| ||resources|expended|in funds| ||£|£|£| |**Unrestricted funds**|||| |General fund|69,329|54,299|15,030| ||--------|--------|--------| |**TOTAL FUNDS**|69,329|54,299|15,030| ||=====|======|=====| Page 12