ANNUAL REPORT and ACCOUNTS
2020-21
Network Members include
AIMS Sri Lanka, Anglican Frontier Missions, Antioch Mission, AsiaCMS, Asian Outreach Alliance, BORN, Church Army Africa, Church Mission Society, Church of Nigeria Missionary Society, CMS Africa, CMS Australia, CMS Ireland, Friends Missionary Prayer Band, Global Teams, IGOSA, Indian Evangelical Mission, Interserve India, Isa-e Church, iServe Africa, JCWA, Lifeway Mission International, Mahabba Network International, Mahanaim Ministries, Manna Mission, Mar Thoma Evangelistic Association, Mekane Yesus IMS, Mission Together Africa, Mission Together Inc. (Canada), MSF International, NAMS Network, National Mission Commission of Nepal, New Life for India, New Zealand CMS, OMF International, PMI, SAMS Ireland, SAMS USA, SOMA UK, TEAM, The Sheepfold Ministries, Torchbearers Mission
International Director Registered Charity Number 1132707 Rev. Jan Wessels
Faith2Share, Watlington Rd. Oxford OX4 6BZ UK T: +44 (0)1865 787440 F: +44 (0)1865 776375 E: f2s@faith2share.net W: www.faith2share.net
Faith2Share
Watlington Rd. Oxford OX4 6BZ UK
UK Charity Registration No. 1132707
Bankers
Co-operative Bank Ltd. Business Direct PO Box 250 Skelmersdale WN8 6WT UK
Independent Examiner
Mr. John Price
Trustees
Mr. Robert Wilkes (chair) Mr. John Wesley Mrs. Carol Kingston-Smith Ms. Jojie Wong Mrs. Lucy Ochieng Mr. Ram Prasad Shrestha Mrs. Rosalee Velloso-Ewell Mr. Geoff Hahn
International Director
Mr. Jan Wessels
Staff
Mr Anton Ponomarev (Associate International Director) Mr. Mike Hill (Funding and Communications Consultant) Capt. Timothy Mazimpaka (Africa Regional Coordinator) Rev. Vijay Isaac (Asia Regional Coordinator) Mrs. Nicki Stevens (Volunteer Administrator)
Telephone : +44 (0)1865 787440 Email : F2S@faith2share.net
Website : www.faith2share.net
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| CONTENTS | |
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| Legal Status | 4 |
| Vision | 4 |
| Mission | 4 |
| Priorities | 4 |
| Values | 4 |
| Public Benefit Statement | 5 |
| Governance | 5 |
| Management | 6 |
| Activities Report 2020-21 | 7 |
| Impact Statement | 7 |
| Leadership | 7 |
| Discipleship | 9 |
| Collaboration | 10 |
| Emerging Mission Movements | 11 |
| Financial Review | 12 |
| Plans for Future Period | 13 |
| Income and Expenditure Statement | 15 |
| Balance Sheet | 16 |
| Report of Independent Examiner | 18 |
| Faith2Share Network CEOs | 19 |
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LEGAL STATUS
The Faith to Share Trust (also known as Faith2Share) is registered under English law as an unincorporated trust governed by a ‘Declaration of Trust’ dated 1 October 2009. The Trust was registered as a UK Charity on 13 November 2009 with Registration No. 1132707
The Objectives of the Trust are
(a) to advance the Christian faith, in the United Kingdom and elsewhere, for the public good, primarily but not exclusively, by means of the facilitation of collaborative work between existing mission agencies and movements.
(b) to advance the Christian faith, in any country, for the public good, primarily but not exclusively, by means of supporting and resourcing new charitable movements and agencies of Christian mission.
The Faith to Share Trust has been established for the primary purpose of supporting and facilitating the work of the international Faith2Share Network of mission agencies.
The Faith2Share Network traces its origin to a meeting of six mission agencies in London in May 2000. The network was more formally constituted in 2004 when it gained the name Faith2Share and adopted a draft statement of Purpose, Ethos, Principles and Values.
VISION
Our vision is to see faith changing lives all over the world.
MISSION
Our mission is to enable effective collaborations between mission movements and leaders – working together globally to share faith and change lives.
PRIORITIES
We prioritise working together with mission movements from the global north and south who particularly demonstrate an intention of working together.
We focus our support to mission leaders, creating new opportunities for them to connect, learn and grow in leadership.
We enable effective collaborations between organisations, focusing on key mission issues and opportunities, and demonstrating what working together can achieve.
We impact the lives of people across many different cultures, developing global Christian discipleship, leadership and faith for a changing world.
VALUES
Our core values are relational and based on sharing faith together.
PUBLIC BENEFIT STATEMENT
Faith2Share member agencies, and the network itself, seek to bring benefit to the public in all the regions and countries in which we work by equipping individuals and whole communities to live in a way that reflects the Christian faith and its focus on generous love. We seek to work in a positive way alongside and with communities of different faiths and philosophies whilst sharing openly the faith in God which guides our work. We believe our work transforms communities in ways that enhance human life (through
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education, medical care, development, etc.), protect the natural environment and build societies of respect, tolerance, peace and spiritual health.
GOVERNANCE
The governance of Faith2Share is provided by the Faith2Share trustees appointed in accordance with the Declaration of Trust. During 2020-21 the following persons served as trustees of Faith2Share.
Mr. Robert Wilkes (British) (retired)
Mr. John Wesley (Indian) National Coordinator, Lead Like Jesus
Mrs Carol Kingston-Smith (British) co-founder of the JusTice initiative, freelance speaker and writer. Mrs Jojie Wong (Filipino) Missions Mobilizer for OMF
Mrs Lucy Ochieng (Kenyan) Head of Operations for Mission Support Services at CMS-Africa
Mr. Ram Prasad Shrestha (Nepalese) Director of the National Mission Commission of Nepal Mrs. Rosalee Velloso-Ewell (Brazilian) Principal of Redcliffe College in the UK
Mr. Geoff Hahn (American) Executive Director of Collaboration, Globalization, & Missiology for TEAM
Faith2Share was registered as a charity within the UK on 13 November 2009 and functions under the rules of the Charity Commission, England and Wales.
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Trustees met on four occasions during 2020-2021 by Zoom as well as held the Re-imagining Faith2Share (vision casting) meeting with major partners and stakeholders in May 2020.
Statement of trustees' responsibilities
The trustees are responsible for ensuring the trustees’ report and the financial statements are prepared for each financial year, in accordance with English law and regulations, and UK accounting standards. In preparing those financial statements, the trustees are required to:
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select suitable accounting policies, as described in the Statement of Accounts and then apply them consistently;
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make judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
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state whether applicable accounting standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements; and
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prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume the charity will continue in operation.
The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity to enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with relevant law and regulations. The trustees are also responsible for
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safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities. During the year trustees have reviewed all Faith2Share policies including Safeguarding, Risk Management, all Financial Management policies and employment policies.
MANAGEMENT
The corporate activities of Faith2Share are managed by a small staff team based in Oxford, UK, Nairobi, Kenya and Chennai, India and led by the International Director based in The Netherlands. The current staff are :
International Director Mr. Jan Wessels Associate International Director Mr. Anton Ponomarev Funding and Communications Officer (p/t) Mr. Mike Hill (consultant) Africa Regional Coordinator (p/t) Mr. Timothy Mazimpaka Asia Regional Coordinator (p/t) Mr. Vijay Isaac Administrator (Volunteer) Mrs Nicki Stevens
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REPORT ON ACTIVITIES 2020-21
IMPACT STATEMENT
In 2020 Faith2Share has worked with over 150 church and mission leaders and organised prayer meetings, consultations and training events online and taking place physically in Burundi. Due to Covid-related travel restrictions globally the majority of our networking activities had to move to online format which was a challenge to some of our members and partners, especially those who are based in rural locations where Internet connectivity presents an issue. However, online networking has also meant new opportunities for connecting and equipping those mission leaders, whom otherwise we would struggle to get to a face-to-face meeting, as well as reaching out a younger generation of Christian leaders who were more familiar with new technologies.
Leadership
The core activities of Faith2Share focus on growing and supporting effective indigenous leaders for mission movements around the world. The year 2020 has shown us once again how important it is to network with and equip mission and church leadership as globally everyone has been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent national lockdowns and economic fallout from the pandemic. Mission leaders are often on the frontline of the mission work and sadly, we have lost a number of our long-standing partners due to Covid-19 during the year. In particular we seek to encourage women and younger leaders. Our flagship resource is a Leadership Briefing which is now received by over 850 leaders in around 55 different countries. This monthly production points leaders to a wide range of resources appropriate to their work and challenges them to build effective collaborations for effective mission. On a daily basis, and at our major events, our small staff team works with leaders in four different ways as outlined below.
Accompany
The methodology of choice for Jesus as he prepared leaders for the church was to ‘walk with them’, to accompany them on their way through life and ministry. Faith2Share, as a network (not just staff) spends a lot of time ‘walking with’ leaders, sometimes offering advice or acting as a sounding board, sometimes praying with or for them and sometimes to listen, appreciate and encourage. In 2020 we have put a lot of work into
making sure that mission and church leaders have this opportunity to stay connected with each
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other, to learn from the best practices around the world how to deal with a brand-new scenario of living through a lockdown situation when neither church meetings nor physical travel were possible. We particularly focussed on supporting leaders through information sharing and prayer, starting with a Global Prayer online meeting in mid-March 2020, just before many parts of the world were about to go into hard lockdown.
This work is not only carried out by staff but also by senior leaders within the network. Much more regularly this accompaniment takes place by phone, email, Skype, Zoom, WhatsApp, etc. and can involve anything from an urgent request for prayer, to advice regarding a personnel issue or help with locating a specific tool for mission.
Mentor
The mentoring relationship is a more formal aspect of accompaniment. During the year staff and senior leaders within the network have been involved in mentoring a number of leaders, mostly from emerging mission movements. Several of our leaders give a priority to mentoring younger leaders within their own movements and, with the encouragement of Faith2Share, this is now happening across the network. For example, our Africa Coordinator started a Discipleship course for young professionals online with participants from seven East African countries. Faith2Share has an ambition to develop a more formal mentoring process when we are in a position to resource this.
Consult
The consultation we offer to leaders happens at many levels and is designed to help them respond to the changing mission context in which they find themselves. Because of the Covid restrictions we were not able to organise a physical consultation in 2020 but we started planning for a virtual
consultation in early 2021. In December 2020 we resourced a Whole-Life Discipleship consultation in Bujumbura, Burundi where a number of local leaders were either able to meet in small groups or follow the event live through Facebook feed and a local TV station.
Resource
Faith2Share continues to offer to over 700 mission leaders its expertise in identifying
and generating appropriate and contextualised resources to equip them to take forward their mission work. During 2020-21 we made a limited number of small grants to emerging mission movements, especially to those who were particularly affected by Covid restrictions and also floods in East Africa but, not being a grant making trust, our normal mode of assistance is through researching sources of resourcing – not just financial. Each month the Faith2Share Leadership Briefing provides access to a wide range of new resources and others are researched on a bespoke basis. A major challenge continues to be the under-resourcing of Global South mission. Two recent examples of resourcing were providing a small grant to help a farming community in Western Kenya to deal with the aftermath of a devastating flood and to facilitate ministry support to a theological educator in Central Russia.
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Discipleship
A focus on Christian discipleship continues to be the defining characteristic which brings our member movements together and each has been active in making disciples of Jesus Christ in their own context. For some, like Friends Missionary Prayer Band working mostly in rural India, this has involved tens of hundreds of new disciples being brought into the church and equipped for Christian living during the past year, whereas for others, like PMI (working in North Africa) or Church Mission Society (in their Pioneer Ministry work in Britain) the work is much slower and involves costly witness.
Whole-life Discipleship
Faith2Share has continued its focus this year on “whole-life” discipleship – training our member movements to equip those who choose to follow Jesus, to do so in every area of their life, in family relations, in their employment and use of money, and as they seek to transform the communities in which they live. At the beginning of the year we were unsure whether any actual consultations would take place as this particular training with its use of breakout discussion groups, focus on prayer support and building personal relationships does not lend itself easily to an online delivery. However, with local restrictions easing in some countries, we were able to resource and facilitate “at a distance” an actual meeting in Bujumbura, Burundi where local leaders were able to meet in small cohorts or follow the training through Facebook live streaming. A major challenge of the delivery of the training was weak Internet connectivity so we could not facilitate the process as we are used to.
A major development in this area of work was further developing a follow-up process several months after the Whole-Life Discipleship training had taken place: for example, encouraging participants to set up Whatsapp groups and share their learning and best practice of doing discipleship work in their localities.
Discipleship and the Anglican Communion
Following the adoption by the Anglican Communion, in April 2016, of a commitment to a nine year “Season of Intentional Discipleship and Disciple Making” Faith2Share was open to continue to resource the Anglican Church in this area of its work. However, with the Mission Desk of Anglican Communion Office ceasing to exist by mid-2020, we are yet to see what future opportunities for collaboration are possible in the future.
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Collaboration
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No mission movement is invited to join the Faith2Share network unless there is a clear commitment to active collaboration in mission. We have therefore been pleased to see, over the past two years, a closer collaboration between our member agencies in many areas of the world. In 2020 the main challenge of fostering collaboration was the limit on meeting people physically but we continued to foster the spirit of sharing and mission collaboration through a series of Zoom events, starting with a global online meeting in March 2020 but also organising regional meetings via Zoom throughout the year.
Wider Networks
One of the services which Faith2Share provides for its members is regular collaboration with wider mission networks. Our Associate International Director, Anton Ponomarev, is an Associate of IPA (International Partnering Associates) and represents us at Vision Synergy. The new International Director Jan Wessels has brought with him a new number of contacts, especially with EEMC and EEA in Europe. Regular contact has also been maintained with IMA (India) and MANI (Africa) as well as with our sister network Micah Global, as they were going through a leadership change.
World Evangelical Alliance Mission Commission
Faith2Share is recognised within the global mission community as a body with expertise in partnership (or collaboration) and focus on discipleship and as such contributes to the larger community of the World Evangelical Alliance Mission Commission (WEA MC). Our International Director has become a member of the Global Leadership Council of the Mission Commission.
CMS Mission Network
In the course of the year Faith2Share continued to facilitate the CMS Mission Network which now has seven member movements and has seen an increased level of intentional working together. The highlight of the year was a virtual “residential” network meeting done over several days in October 2020 which Faith2Share facilitated.
Lausanne-Orthodox Initiative
Although Faith2Share handed over the facilitation of the Lausanne-Orthodox Initiative in 2016 the Associate International Director continues to serve on its board. He was involved in the planning of
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the LOI consultation in Austria 2021 (now postponed to 2022), focussed on Scripture engagement and attended a number of LOI Board meetings done online.
Consultants
Faith2Share has continued to provide financial administration for two consultants with whom we have a long-standing relationship. During the year they have undertaken consultancy work for SAT7, Mahabba International (two of our members), and several other mission agencies. Since retiring from Faith2Share, Mark Oxbrow has started offering consultancy services under the umbrella of Faith2Share to Anglican Communion Office, Oxford Centre for Mission Studies and Oxford Centre for Christian Muslim Studies.
Emerging Mission Movements
As a network Faith2Share retains a strong commitment to supporting the emergence and development of new mission movements around the world.
East Africa and Francophone Africa
Our Africa Coordinator, whose time with us was increased during 2019 to two days a week, works on a regular basis with a number of movements that are not yet strong enough to be considered for membership of the network with a particular focus on Francophone countries in Central Africa.
Although 2020 meant a lot of disruption to planned activities with prolonged periods when both of our Regional Coordinators endured periods of hard lockdown and stayed at home for weeks on end, a lot of new initiatives have taken place online reaching out to a new generation of younger Christian leaders who were trained and discipled in the course of the year.
Building organizational sustainability and resilience
In order for Faith2Share to continue with its ministry, and considering the major financial challenge that 2020 with its restrictions has brought, a number of organizational changes were made through the year that have had a major impact on our organizational capacity. During the first national lockdown in the UK, we had to part ways with our Communications and Fundraising Consultant, Mike Hill, and we hope to engage a new person to help us with this role in the coming months. Since July 2020 our International Director, Jan Wessels, is working as a volunteer for Faith2Share only part-time (50%), with personal support. Since September 2020 our Associate International Director, Anton Ponomarev, has been seconded to another Oxford-based charity for one day a week on a paid basis.
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FINANCIAL REVIEW
Reserves policy
The trustees have in 2020 reviewed the reserves of the charity. Their policy is to hold enough funds to meet four months’ operating costs of the charity. At year end the unrestricted cash and investments balance was £51,928. The trustees deem £15,000 to be the minimum cash balance to meet four months operating costs, after the International Director started working parttime (0.5Fte since July 1, 2021) as a volunteer on personal support and the Associate International Director was seconded to the Centre for Muslim Christian Studies in Oxford (effectively working 0.8Fte for Faith2Share). In December £10k was set aside already in a Continuity Reserve. It was decided to monitor the fundraising activities closely in the 1[st] quarter of the new financial year, before adjusting the amount of continuity reserve.
Principal funding sources
The charity’s main source of income are membership fees, donations, trusts and foundations and consultancy. The charity’s total income increased by 26% to £125,072 (2019/20: £99,308) compared to the previous year. This moderate increase reflects the change of the business operating model halfway through the year and provides firm basis for continuing the work of the charity in the coming months.
Income from member movements increased very slightly to £17,510 (2019/20: £17,424). Tax effective individual donations increased by 32.5% to £33,860 (2019/20: £25,554) and non-tax effective individual donations increased by 6% to £12,118 (2019/20: £11,431). Income from trusts increased significantly to £36,554 (2019/20: £13,155). Except for the funds raised specifically for the work of two consultants the level of restricted funds received by Faith2Share remains healthily low which ensures that we have maximum flexibility in applying funds where they are most needed within the network.
In the middle of the year Faith2Share trustees set a budget which included a profit of £15,000 which was largely achieved therefore providing a basis to achieve a neutral balance in the long term.
Investment policy and objectives
The trustees have approved the use of the COIF Charities Investment Fund, whose investments are mainly in equities and follows an ethical investment policy. Other cash reserves are held in bank current and deposit accounts. In a challenging investment market our COIF investment has achieved a capital deficit of £2,803 during the year (2019-20: gain of £11,597)
Going Concern
The Trustees have considered the financial strength of the charity, bearing in mind the exceptional pandemic circumstances which have affected its operations during the past year. Significant cost reductions have already been achieved, and the Trustees have confidence that a satisfactory level of income will continue to arrive. In the first 4 months of the following year a deficit of only £6,000 has occurred, which they consider to be manageable in comparison to the charity's unrestricted reserves of £52,000 at January 2021. Therefore they believe that it is reasonable to view these accounts on a going concern basis.
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PLANS FOR FUTURE PERIOD
Strategic Direction
The Trustees together with the International Director and other major stakeholders have been given an opportunity to review and revise the strategic direction of Faith2Share but as a network of participating agencies the broad direction will continue to be determined by the vision, needs and aspirations of network members. This is likely to ensure a continued focus on the current vision (see ‘Clear Vision’ below).
Programmatic Plans
Faith2Share has made a commitment to continue working on Whole-Life Discipleship with its member agencies and in collaboration with the Anglican Communion and other churches where possible. This will mean that the series of training consultations around the world will continue at least for the next two years. Increasingly the focus is on training the trainers so that others are enabled to do the training and multiply the impact.
Faith2Share is also committed to continue with the Emerging Mission Programme, focusing especially on under-resourced areas of the world and providing support to our partners there, especially focusing on some of the post-Covid relief and leadership development.
Prayer and financial support
In response to the work of the two consultants who worked with us in 2015-16 we have made significant investment during the past few years in our communication and fundraising activities. One element has been an intentional programme to actively engage over 1,000 people who started receiving Faith2Share communication in 2018.
Faith2Share is also committed to diversifying its support base and will be looking to increase the level of support received from outside the UK (specifically Western Europe and North America).
CLEAR VISION
Through regular meetings with trustees, and dedicated staff ‘away days’ we continue to clarify the core commitments and areas of work for Faith2Share as a network. In communication terms we now regularly use the four simple ‘words’ (which have provided the structure for this report) to describe our mission. They are:
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LEADERSHIP Accompanying, Mentoring, Consulting and Resourcing (The core activity of the network) DISCIPLESHIP Following Jesus in every aspect of our lives (The core objective of all our members) COLLABORATION Doing mission together whenever and however we can (The core ethos of the network) EMERGING MISSION Encouraging and supporting new movements of God’s mission (The core vision for our life together)
We give thanks to God for his faithfulness and the opportunities afforded to us during 2020-21 to participate in His mission.
Robert Wilkes
Chair of Trustees 23 June 2021
Jan Wessels International Director
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Profit and Loss Faith2Share For the year ended 31 January 2021 RESTrICTED DESNATED UNRESTRIrn TOTAL 2019-20 INCOME Membership Fee5 Char8e5to Mefflber5 IndividualGA Donation5 17510 17.OLO 17.423 2,813 7,722 io 16.075 33060 GiftAid 1.8ChS 2.435 4.138 8.379 6,650 Individual Non-GA Donarions 1.102 4J8S 6.931 12J18 12,419 Churches L4A 1fj528 TSt5 36554 36554 13,155 Consultancy Fee5 Furtough granr5 3.012 21 2.941 TOTAL INCOME 37.130 81268 130J90 87.710 EXPENDITURE Charitable Activities Con5ultatlDn Cor* Costs 2230 2J30 J6.768 Networkingcosts Travel Fund 570 570 1,161 Mission Grant5 7J24 7.324 6,434 Employeeco5ts SlafFinternalh?nal travel 22.L88 45.752 67.940 123.192 5.416 Consultancy 3.443 14,339 Fundraisin Costs 8ankchargès Fundrai51n8CQ515 iio 199 Governance and Admin C05t5 Volunteer Expense5 Offi¢e& Starary Insurance 14506 24 14530 L.17L 1.171 2.245 769 769 705 Trustees Exwses 713 IT& mant Equipment Web51te 2LK> 186 206 TOTAL EXPENDITURE iOW6 36m5 so17 98.367 181,754 Gross Profit 30N52 32.122 194.0441 Other Income Investment Gain l Loss 120021 11,597 Total Other Income I202) IIW21 11.597 Operating Profrt Z7.649 29,320 182,4471 15
The financial statements on pages 15 to 16 were approved by the Trustees on 23 June 2021 and are signed on their behalf by:
……………………………………….. Robert Wilkes, Chair of Trustees
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Notes to the Financial Statements
Year ending 31 January 2021
1. Principal accounting policies
(a) Basis of preparation
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention with the exception of investments which are carried at current market value where available. The accounts have been prepared in accordance with the Charities Act 2011, applicable accounting standards and the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities (SORP 2015).
The accounting policies which have been consistently applied throughout the year are set out below:
(b) Funds structure
All funds raised by Faith2Share are used in furtherance of its charitable objectives.
Restricted funds are raised on the basis of an agreement or understanding with the donors that their use will be restricted to certain specific projects or activities within the scope of the stated charitable purposes of Faith2Share. These restricted funds are accounted for separately.
Unrestricted funds are spent at the discretion of Faith2Share’s trustees for use on any of the charity’s general charitable purposes. With the consent of the relevant donors, tax recovered through Gift Aid is generally treated as unrestricted.
- (c) Foreign currencies
Transactions in foreign currencies are recorded using the rate of exchange ruling at the date of transaction.
(d) Incoming resources
Donations and gift aid are recognised in the financial statements when Faith2Share believes it is entitled to them, the income is judged virtually certain of receipt and the amount can be reliably quantified.
Incoming resources from grants, where there are performance or service deliverables required by the terms of grant, are accounted for as the charity earns the right to payment through its performance.
(e) Resources expended
All expenditure is accounted for on an accrual basis.
Cost of Sales comprise those activities outlined under ‘Purpose’ and ‘Objectives’ at the beginning of the Annual Report.
Fundraising activities are the costs of generating donations and the transactional costs incurred.
Administrative costs are the costs associated with the governance arrangements of the charity. The costs included in this category relate to organisational administration and compliance.
Irrecoverable VAT is charged against the category of resources expended for which it is incurred.
- (f) Investments and investment income
Investments in equity funds are included at their open market value at the balance sheet date. All gains and losses on investments are taken to the Income and Expenditure Statement.
- Statement of movement of Restricted Funds 2020-21
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| EmergingMissions | 388 | 7,495 | 7,413 | 470 |
| Consultancy (PAS) | 1,584 | 3,596 | 2516 | 2664 |
| Consultancy (MO) | 19 | 1,000 | 927 | 92 |
| Total | 1,990 | 12,091 | 11,356 | 3226 |
- Related party transactions and Trustees’ remuneration Trustees received expenses totaling £4 during the year (2019-20: £713)
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Trustees received no payment for their services during the year (2019-20 £nil)
Report of the Independent Examiner
Independent Examiner’s report to the Trustees of Faith2Share
I report on the accounts of the Trust for the year ended 31 January 2021, which are set out on pages 15 to 16.
Respective responsibilities of Trustees and Examiner
The charity's trustees 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 needed.
It is my responsibility to:
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examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Act);
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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
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to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
Basis of 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 those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations 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 I do not express and audit opinion on the view given by the accounts.
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:
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to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the 2011 Act; and
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to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the 2011 Act
have not 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.
Name: John D Price, MA Address: 26 Trinity Street, Oxford, OX1 1TY, UK Date: 17 June 2021
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Appendix 1
The Faith2Share Network CEOs as at January 2021
| Rev. George Abraham | (Mar Thoma Evangelistic Association) |
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| Bishop Niranjan Bardhan | (Indian Gospel Outreach and Social Action) |
| Mr Alastair Bateman | (CMS) |
| Canon Moses Buschendich | (CMS Africa) |
| Rev. Dr. Nam Chen Chan | (AsiaCMS) |
| Mr Curtis Chanda | (Global Teams) |
| Pastor A. Mabud Choudhury | (Isa-e Church) |
| Rev. Manik Corea | (NAMS Network) |
| Rev. Stephen Dinsmore | (SOMA UK) |
| Rev. Sunil Ferdinando | (AIMS Sri Lanka) |
| Rev. Patrick Fung | (OMF International) |
| Ms Rosie Fyfe | (New Zealand CMS) |
| Mr. David Hall | (TEAM) |
| Rev. Gordon Hickson | (Mahabba Network International) |
| Mr. Titus O Kumapayi | (Church of Nigeria Missionary Society) |
| Mr. Paul Radha Krishnan | (Mahanaim Ministries) |
| Mr. Pranab Kumar | (New Life for India) |
| Mrs. Elizabet Lima | (PM International) |
| Rev Joseph MacCarthy | (Torchbearers Mission) |
| Rev Stephen McElhinney | (South American Missionary Society, Ireland) |
| Mr. Arul Manohar | (Interserve India) |
| Mr. Tusha Manna | (Manna Mission) |
| Rev. Wondimu Mathewos | (Mekane Yesus International Missionary Society) |
| Mr Harrison Mungai | (iServe Africa) |
| Rev. Dr. Danson Mwangi | (Church Army Africa) |
| Mr. Akash Nandi | (Jharkhand Christian Workers Association) |
| Mr. Duncan Olumbe | (Mission Together Africa) |
| Rev Canon Francis Omondi | (The Sheepfold Ministries) |
| Rev Daniel Ponraj | (BORN - BCC) |
| Rev. Peter Rogers | (CMS Australia) |
| Rev. Chris Royer | (Anglican Frontier Missions) |
| Mr. Ram Prasad Shrestha | (National Mission Commission of Nepal) |
| Mr. Gurpreet Singh | (MSF International) |
| Rev. Dr. Raja Singh | (Indian Evangelical Mission) |
| Mrs. Jenny Smyth | (CMS Ireland) |
| Mr. Robb Sykes | (Mission Together Inc. Canada) |
| Dr. Aila Tasse | (Lifeway Mission International) |
| Rev Sudarshan Thomas | (Friends Missionary Prayer Band) |
| Mr. Silas Tostes | (Antioch Mission) |
| Mr. Stewart Wicker | (South American Missionary Society, USA) |
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