# Birmingham Collective (2020 Birmingham Trust)
Report and Accounts Year ended 31st August 2024
## **Birmingham Collective (2020 Birmingham Trust)**
## **LEGAL & ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS**
## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST AUGUST 2024**
ADDRESS FOR CORRESPONDENCE 13 Central House Ravenhurst Street Birmingham GOVERNING DOCUMENT Declaration of Trust dated 6th September 2012 CHARITY REGISTRATION NUMBER 1149507 TRUSTEES RESPONSIBLE FOR Jonny Richards MANAGING THE CHARITY Tim Brown Dave Williams (appointed December 2023) Joanne Weatherly (appointed July 2024) Harry Andrews (appointed July 2024) Hilary Lynch (resigned July 2024) Jez Dearing (resigned December 2023) BANKERS Lloyds Bank plc INDEPENDENT EXAMINER Jaimée Young Stewardship 1 Lamb's Passage LONDON EC1Y 8AB
## **INDEX**
Page 1 Legal & Administrative Details Pages 2-3 Trustees' Report Page 4 Independent Examiner's Report Page 5 Receipts and Payments Account Page 6 Statement of Assets & Liabilities Page 7 Notes to the Accounts
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## **Birmingham Collective (2020 Birmingham Trust)**
## **REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES**
## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST AUGUST 2024**
The Trustees have pleasure in submitting the Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 August 2024
## **Objects of the charity**
The charity is governed by a trust deed and is constituted as a trust. The charity's principal objects, as set out in its governing document, are:
a) to advance the Christian faith in the UK and elsewhere
b) supporting church congregations
c) establishing and supporting new church congregations
d) Supporting individuals involved in church planting and other ministry roles
e) providing training and education
f) holding public meetings to these ends
g) awarding grants and supporting those training for ministry. h) the production and publication of religious work
## **Summary of the charity's main activities and achievements**
To further the above objects and vision, the charity's main activities and achievements were as follows:
The Birmingham Collective’s main activities are supporting church leaders in church plants through peer-to-peer fellowship, coaching, training and equipping for their roles. This is done through monthly forums and offering one to one coaching with an accredited gospel coach.
There is also a year long training programme for people preparing to or in the early stages of leading a church plant, called Kickstarter.
The Collective also offers grants through a seed fund process for church planting and revitalisation initiatives in the early stages, helping meet the initial start up costs and getting these churches off the ground.
The Collective connects church planters with other church planters across Europe and enables them to learn from one another, particularly through attendance at conferences and events hosted by City to City Europe.
In planning the activities the Trustees have applied the guidance on public benefit issued by the Charity Commission.
During this period the Collective supported 3 new church plants with seed funding, as well as enabling multiple other church plants to access grant funding directly through our networks and contacts. The Collective hosted monthly training forums which have equipped and helped church leaders to be healthy and effective in their ministry. The Kickstarter training also had 15 participants from 9 different countries, many of whom have gone on to be involved in leading new church plants.
Fundraising outperformed expectations through the year, with a near ten-fold increase in income on the previous financial year.
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## **Financial review**
During the year income increased by £52,378, to £58,278, and expenditure increased by £50,202, to £53,193. As a result the cash held by the charity increased by £5,085, to £18,647, of which £9,073 is unrestricted and can be used for any charitable purpose.
The income for the charity principally comes from grants from partner churches in the USA as well as grants from our partner organisation, City to City Europe. Other sources of income are donations from our participant churches in Birmingham and individuals.
## **Reserves policy**
The charity does not currently operate a reserves policy. This is due to very low running costs and liabilities, with the majority of funds held in restricted funds for grant making.
## **Governance**
Responsibility for setting policy and for making operating decisions rest with the trustees who meet regularly to monitor the activities of the charity. Responsibility for the day to day operation of the charity is overseen by the Chair of Trustees and a member of the steering group, who are supported by a wider team. New trustees are recruited and appointed by the existing trustees, by a majority vote. In selecting individuals for appointment as trustees, the trustees must have regard to the skills, knowledge and experience needed for the effective administration of the charity.
## **Risk statement**
The charity is exposed to various risks - be they operational, financial or reputational. The trustees review the charity's activities regularly to identify significant risks and, where possible, they take appropriate measures to mitigate those risks.
The principal risks facing the charity are the lack of certainty around income stream. However, the charity is able to manage its outgoings to reflect its financial capacity. For example, seed funding is only offered to church plants when it has been received into our account.
## **Responsibilities of trustees**
Charity law requires us as Trustees to prepare financial statements for each accounting year which record the receipts and payments of the charity for the year.
We are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and enable us to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011.
We also have a responsibility to safeguard the assets of the charity and to take reasonable steps to prevent fraud or any other irregularities.
## **Approval**
This report was approved by the trustees and signed on their behalf by:
## Harry Andrews
___________________________ Harry Andrews (Jun 18, 2025 14:17 GMT+1) Harry Andrews Jun 18, 2025 Date:_______________________
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## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT**
## **TO THE TRUSTEES OF**
## **Birmingham Collective (2020 Birmingham Trust)**
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of 2020 Birmingham Trust ('the charity') for the year ended 31 August 2024 on pages 5 to 7 following.
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the trustees of the charity you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the 2011 Act’).
I report in respect of my examination of the charity’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable 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 giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
1. accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the 2011 Act; or
2. 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.
## J. Young
J. Young (Jun 19, 2025 10:47 GMT+1)
Jaimée Young Stewardship 1 Lamb's Passage LONDON EC1Y 8AB
Date: Jun 19, 2025
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## **Birmingham Collective (2020 Birmingham Trust)**
## **RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT**
## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST AUGUST 2024**
|Notes
**_Income receipts_**
Donations from Churches
Donations from Individuals
Gift aid receipts
Other grants
Other
**_Total receipts_**
**_Payments_**
2
3
**_Total payments_**
Transfers between funds
5
**Net movement in funds**
Cash funds as at last year end
**Cash funds at this year end**
A
Net of receipts / (payments) before
Grants
paid
in
relation
to
charitable
activities undertaken by others
Payments
in
relation
to
charitable
activities undertaken directly||General
Designated
Funds
Funds
£
£
3,030
-
300
-
-
-
-
-
200
-
3,530
-
7,814
-
-
-
7,814
-
(4,284)
-
(205)
-
(4,489)
-
13,562
-
9,073
-
Unrestricted Funds|Restricted
Funds
£
-
-
-
54,748
-
54,748
-
45,379
45,379
9,369
205
9,574
-
9,574|2024
£
3,030
300
-
54,748
200
58,278
7,814
45,379
53,193
5,085
-
5,085
13,562
18,647|2023
£|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||General
Funds
£
3,030
300
-
-
200
3,530
7,814
-
7,814
(4,284)
(205)
(4,489)
13,562
9,073||||
||||||5,600
300
-
-
-|
||||||5,900|
||||||2,991
-|
||||||2,991|
||||||2,909
-|
||||||2,909
10,653|
||||||13,562|
The notes on page 7 form part of these accounts.
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## **Birmingham Collective (2020 Birmingham Trust)**
## **STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES AS AT THE YEAR ENDED 31ST AUGUST 2024**
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Unrestricted Funds
General Designated Restricted
funds funds funds 2024 2023
Notes £ £ £ £ £
A Cash funds
Cash at bank with immediate access 9,073 - 9,574 18,647 13,562
9,073 - 9,574 18,647 13,562
B Other monetary assets
- - - - -
C Liabilities
Falling due within one year
Fee for Independent Examination 480 - - 480 -
480 - - 480 -
D Assets retained for charity's own use
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The charity has no fixed assets.
The accounts were approved by the trustees and signed on their behalf by:
Harry Andrews ___________________________________Harry Andrews Harry Andrews (Jun 18, 2025 14:17 GMT+1) Jun 18, 2025 Date:_______________________
The notes on page 7 form part of these accounts.
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## **Birmingham Collective (2020 Birmingham Trust)**
## **NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS**
## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST AUGUST 2024**
## **1 Accounting policies**
The accounts have been prepared on a receipts and payments basis and comprise a statement that shows the charity's receipts and payments, a statement that summarises the charity's assets and liabilities and related notes. The accountancy profession have determined that only accounts prepared in accordance with applicable accounting standards present a 'true and fair' view and, as these receipts and payments accounts have not (and cannot) be prepared in accordance with accounting standards, these accounts do not present (and are not intended to present) a 'true and fair' view of the charity's financial activities and state of affairs.
General funds are unrestricted funds which are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the charity. Designated funds comprise unrestricted funds that have been set aside by the trustees for particular purposes. Restricted funds are donations which are to be used in accordance with specific restrictions imposed by donors; they include donations received from appeals for specific activities or projects.
|**2**
**Payments in relation to charitable activities undertaken directly**
Administration
Website and Graphic Design
Training
Meeting Costs
Trustees Expenses
**3**
**Grants paid in relation to charitable activities undertaken by others**
Grants for:
Church Central
UK Church
Christchurch Birmingham
UK Church
Wonderful Gospel Ministries
UK Church
Operation Mobilisation
UK Mission Agency
Grants to individuals||Unrestrict|Designated
funds
£
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
ed Funds|Restricted
Funds
£
-
-
-
-
-
-
10,000
11,969
10,000
5,770
7,640
45,379|Total
2024
£
653
245
5,221
258
1,437
7,814
10,000
11,969
10,000
5,770
7,640
45,379|Total
2023
£|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||General
funds
£
653
245
5,221
258
1,437
7,814
-
-
-
-
-
-|||||
|||||||-
48
378
633
1,932|
|||||||2,991|
|||||||-
-
-
-
-|
|||||||-|
## **4 Transactions with related parties**
No payments were made to trustees or persons related to them, except for reimbursement of expenses paid out on behalf of the charity.
|**5**
**Movement of funds**
General funds
Restricted funds
Seed Fund
Church plant workers
Total funds|Opening
balance
£
13,562
-
-
-
13,562|Receipts
£
3,530
39,369
15,379
54,748
58,278|Payments
£
(7,814)
(30,000)
(15,379)
(45,379)
(53,193)|Transfers
£
(205)
205
-
205
-|Closing
balance
£
9,073
9,574
-|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||9,574|
|||||||
||||||18,647|
Seed Fund is used to make grant payments to church plant initiatives where donations are made with that restriction. Church plant workers relates to funds received to support individuals involved in church plants.
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