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Charity Registration No. 1154100 (England & Wales)
Charity Registration No. SC044708 (Scotland)
BETHEL SOZO UK
TRUSTEES REPORT AND ACCOUNTS FOR THE PERIOD
1ST JANUARY 2022 TO 31ST DECEMBER 2022
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BETHEL SOZO UK
LEGAL AND ADPAINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Trustees
Mrs Christine West
Mrs Teresa Jean Liebscher
Mrs Pah3e Squirrel
Mrs Deborah Carter
Charity numbers 1154100 (England & Wales) sc044708 (Swtland)
R Istered Offlce
Millerfs 83m
Church Fann M6WS
Stalham
Norfolk
NR12
United Kingdom
Telephone 07918 973937
Email damd.west
Website V1V￿.bethe1S0Z0.
Independent Examiners
DS Audrt & Book-keeFxng Semos
32 Newton Abbot Road
Nortmeet
Kenl
DA117DT
B8nkers
CAF Bank Ltd
25 ￿'ngS Hill Avenue
lQng8 Hill
Wesl Malling
Kent ME19 4JQ
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CONTENTS
Page Number
Rek%Xt ofthe Tru5tee5
ststement of trustse$' responsi￿lIbe5
IndeFend￿tt Examir￿rS Rep)rt IEn9land &
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Indèperthnt Exarnw)ers Report (ScotL￿)
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Receipt & Payments Pax)unts
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stst•m9nt ofAssets & Liabilth"es
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Bethel Sozo
Trustees Re
ort for 2022
Charitsble Context
Bethel Sozo UK was estatrAISh￿ as a rEgistered charity in 2013 wtth the charitable obpcts
• Promotir%J & 5UPPOrting the BSUK leadership communty.
. Training aThJ mentoring individuals & churches
* Dislributiorb of relevaF)t trainiThJ resoUr￿S
does this by..
. Carrying out F*f5onal sozo ministy sessions
• Organising owoing Training events
• Provision of training & development resources
. Supporting other tharities
The public benefft is.,
. More cohesive cxjmmunity relation$hiF6
. Heatthy family member relationships
. Help with lrfe controlling issues
Activities
During COVID 8 the months COV￿ there were very few Trairring events. In the past few
months we have seen an increa8ed apFetite & COnffiden￿ for Irve" training events- hosted
as detailed below..
Basic Trainin
Our trainers continue to delNer Basic Trainiru events in the UK, and these are the most
popular events. There have been 9 Basi¢ Training everrts in 2022..
Online
Liz Gregg
Christhne & David West
Christine & DavKf West
LE Gregg
Chnstine & David West
Q12022
Chroma Church. Brrmffwham
Catth the Fire, Londo
Kingdom Ministries. Bradford
Pip 'N' Jim's, Iltracombe
March 2022
July 2022
S8Ptember 2022
September 2022
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New Life Church. Stowmarket
Elim ChurGh, Ealing, LorKlon
neyard, ￿nr￿lester
St Matthew's {Gla8s) Church. Jersey
Chfistrne & Dawd West
Chrisb'ne & Dawd West
Clare & Mervyn Suffield
Chtistine & West
September 2022
O¢tokr 2022
Oc*0ber 2022
November 2022
Advanced T Inln
Liz Gregg. Darrell & Anthea Cocup, christh.ne & David West are approved to delvverthis level
of training. There have 5 Adv8need Trainirw3 events in 2022.
Online
Liz Gregg
Christsne & David West
Christine & David IA
Christine & David West
Christine & David Vvest
Q2 2022
Elim Church. Coventy
Mulli- Church, CanlerbLry
City Kirke, Aalborg. Denmark
Chroma Church. Blrmingham
Marth 2022
May 2022
May 2022
Odober 2022
entorin Pr
These varied events give pracliborErs the opportunity to prac*.￿ and get instant feedback
Akin to a fast-track prcgram it signffiean￿Y accelerates Feople's comFetence and builds
confiden￿. Typicalty, there would be mentoring actity al local & regional team meetings.
both "live. & online. Following Covid restric*"on this has been online during 2021. Some of
these would be'one off meetings. Others woujd tte a rn￿e structured program running over
8 eonsecukn.ve even￿￿$.
As previously reported, the56 continue to be very popular and by aN aecounts are very
effective. ￿lIe they will not suit èveryone, they a￿ definrtely a permanent part of tha Sozo
landsca￿ going forward. An unirrtended effect rs that UK prathlioners are regularty doirKJ
online Sozo sessions with delegates from overseas- geography is not an inhibitor for online
session5. Such overseas appointrnents are now common place.
As8coaiate
Ministriès
Financial Sozo - Lo Gregg continues to steward Finar￿181 Sozo, *¢countabl8 to Steve
Desilva. Much of her related training happens onlir
So o for Cou
, Darrell & Anthea Cocup continue to devebp this a5soty.ated mini51ry.
o Lrz Gregg of Kingdom Ministries and Tania McNeil of Chroma thurch 8iryningham
have run occasional Art Sozo Workshops.
Children's Sozo Tandy Ruoff continues to leadership and in di5c>Jssion ￿￿h Sue
Ellioll (global Children's Sozo) is worknng on a related Manu￿ for Families.
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Dawd's Tent
We have tsken a Sozo team to this everrt for several yeats. Lisa Wckham once again put
togeth& a team th* conb'nues to delrver increaslng nuwnbers of sozo sessions 0￿r the
weekend. Request's for Sozo sessions far exceed our capauty desprte the organi3ers
providing inc¥eased (fr*) set aside tents. David & Christine e5peoalty are well embedded
with the DT leadership team and were involved in a lot of personal ministy to ieader8hip
overthe whol8 weekend.
UK National
nfernnce 2023
We have scheduled a National Conference for September 2023. IMhoLrt doing'poverty
thinktng" we have a¢tively explored ways to tsk8 (￿rt cosL
This year we are going back to our'rools., we a￿ retuming to the L*urch venue where we
held our first national UK / Euro￿an conference- New Lrfe Churth. Northampton.
We are retuming to the same fonnat: each speaker ad(tresses all delegate5. The only
exception is two specialist t*eakout sessions for those doing the Shabar minlstry & trained I
training counsellor&
In addition to a range of UK specialists. our international s￿akerS are Tewa Liebscher &
Marga￿t Nagib as well as Paul Marwring.
Flnances
As in 2021, finances continue to te a maj(* chal*. Prod￿1 sales have been low with the
ex¢eption of manual sa￿S at training events. This hag1)een especially challenging for the
ministry financially as all tts income is generated by produd I manual $ale8. For exampte.
CD sales have all but disappeared.
We have taken c05t saving measures in areas suth as..
+ Twstee Insuran
4 Travel eX￿nSeS
+ Management c￿.
We will Gonlinue to monitor finance8 Glosely.. we do not have borrowing faalities arKI nor
would we want them.
Th6 approved aCco￿tt$ for 2022 are attached to thi% Annual R8P)rt
How extensive is the minist ?
We are frequenty asked. "trk)w m￿Y churches have the Sozo minisW'. the answ6r is
have no idea"
Sozo Is a ChurC￿based mnisty,. the UK leadershrp train, merrtor and'sign off church team
leaders as ¢ompetenl. Afterthal, they are commissioned by their owm church leadership and
they serva accountalje to that leadership.
The UK leadership only get formally involved wrlh local church teams by excemron, when
invited or when they become aware of an issue that needs to be adthessed. We work hard
at not being.￿ntrollIng. or, Interfering"
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The Sozo network in the UK Cont￿UeS to not onty grow bul be healthy. Sozo is certainly
working in hundreds of UK churches from just about every denomination & stream. We have
maintsined our a(*ve mailing list IRO 3,3(h) people WI￿ wrll in $ome way be involved in
The fruit of Ihe mlnisty is deep. evident and lastrng for COLmtles8 hundr&ts of people here in
the UK, testimonies abound. We are grateful to ￿r Heavenly Father, Jesus and Holy Sprrit
for fhis freedom for which we were set free.
Signed on Behalf of Trustees.
Chair of Trustees.. Deborah Carter...
..Datd3 .1..3..12023
Trustee: Christine West
..Oate.4J.£.120
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sTATEmE￿r OF TRUSTEES RESPONSIBILITIES
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2022
The trustees presentth8ir report and accwrrts forthe year period 1s1 Janu¥y
to 31st Decemèer 2021.
The accounts have t*en r*epa￿￿ in ac￿rdanc* with the
accounting poliaes set out in the Statèmènt of Recommended
Praclice 'Accounting and Reporting by Charities" is8￿d in
March 2¢)05.
Slnjct
man
and Mana
The charity is registered number 1154100 in EnglarKI & Wale8 and registergd number
SC044708 in ScollaThJ In￿rpOrated 23rd Octoter 2013.
Trustees are appointed by committee in accordance with
the ¢onstitulion. Surtable training is provided.
The trustees have assessed the major risks to which the charity is exposed
and arg Satisfied that systems are in ptace lo mitKJate exposure to major risks.
We have a Gounol of refe￿n￿.,
John PUg￿M￿h {Barrister. Anglican churckn)
Ruth Bumham IBSUK National Faalitalor. Li￿nCed Lay Mjnisler in the Anglican
churth)
Rev Mark Ruoff {Anglican Minister)
This tearn understand & support the ministy and their role is advi50ry only. They seNe as
reference point forthe leadership team & trustees as and when they fed the need lo
canvass a FerspectNe from a wder group.
anisational
ructure
The charity is led on a daY4￿daY basis by Chrlsbne West and David West,
members ol the UK Bethel Sozo leadersTrN"p team. In a¢Jdition to providing
regularwritten updates tothe Trustees and Council of Reference. theyconsult
with them indNidually & corpor*ty as arKI when require(f.
Ob'ectiv
For the pU￿[C benefftto advance the Christian religion in pattcular by promobng and
supporting the developmenL education and training of the UK Sozo Leadership
Communty, individuals and church groups. The caryirg out of the personal S¢XQ
Ministry session and producing andlor distritrKrtiry lIterat￿&.
Fin
ncial review
The unrestrided ft￿d showed a loss for the pericKI of £51.
Risk hlan
emenl
The trustees have assessed the major risks lo ￿1th the charily is exposed
and are satisfied that systems are in tAa¢eto mrtrgate exposureto major risks.
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Reserves
Fixed costs are minlmal ￿ the region of £80 p8r morth for insuran￿ and
phone contracts. The knstees seek to mainlain between 3 and 6 months
reserves as a contingency.
On b6haif of the bjard of trustees
Deborah Carter- Chair of Tnjstees..
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Ind¢pendont Examiners Report- (England & Wale81
Rryortto iiwteu of
BETHEL SOZO UK
31* De￿mber 2022
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DENNIS EDWARD SCUDDER
DS AUDIT & BOOK-KEEPING SERVICES
, 32 N￿ON ABBOT ROAD, NORTHFLEET, KENT DA117DT
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Independent Examiners Report- (Scolland)
Independent Examlnerf$ Report to thè Tnsstees of Bethel Sozo UK- SC044708 (S¢otlandl
I report on Ihe a¢¢ounts of the charity foi Ihe year ended 31* December 2022 which are set QLrt
on pages 12to 13.
Rè8pecthie respon¥ibilliles of trustees and examlner
The charitys twstees a￿ reS￿)￿ible for the preparation ofthe accounts In al￿￿an￿ the
terrns of the Charities and Trustee Investment IS¢oUandl Ad 21x15 arKI the Charittes A¢counts
(Scotlandl Regul8b"ons 20(￿ las am8nd&ll. The tharty tnjslees consider that the aL¢dil
requiremènt of Regulation 10111 Idl of the 2006 Ac£ounls Regulations not apply. It ts my
r&sptsft8ibility to examine the aCGounts as required under section 44111 Icl of the Acl and to state
whether paTb"cular matters fiave coTh to my attention.
Basss of inde￿ndent •x8mln•es statement
My examination is oul in accordance vthh Regulabon 11 of the 2006 Atxounts
Regulations. An examinatton indudes a ieview of the accotjnting records kept by the charity and
a comparison of accounts presented with those records. 11 also indude5 consideration of any
unusual items or disclosures in the accounts. and seeks explanations from the trustees
concemin9 any such m8tters. The proi*dures undertaken do not provide all the ev￿kn￿ that
would ￿ required in an au¢rt, at¥J ￿nS￿l￿1t1Y I do not expwess an audit oynion on the vknv
given by the accounts.
IndependMt examinerfs qualllled statement
In ihe course ofmy examination. no matter has come to my attention.
whi¢FI gives me reasonable Ca￿ to telieve that in any material re$￿t the requlrements..
lo ke9p ac0)un￿.￿g records In accordance Secbon 44111 lal of the 2005 Act and
Regulabon 4 of the 2006 Accounts Regul8kn"or
to prepare ac£ounts whith accord with the a￿Untillg records and cO￿Y wrfh
ReguL3tion 9 ofthe 2006 A￿Unts Regulations
have not been met. or
2. to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in orfer to enatje a proper
understanding Df the accounts to be reaclBJ.
SvJn8J.'
Name.. Dennis Edward s(￿dder
DS Audit & Book-keeFJng Sem
Addres$.'82 Newton Abtot Road. Normeet. Kent DA1170T
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BETHEL SOZO UK
RECEIPT AND PAYMENT ACCOUNT
FOR The PERIOD FROM 1 JANUARY 2022 TO 31 DECEMBER
2022
01101r2022
011D1f2021
TO
RECEIPTS
31112n022
31112r2021
PRODUCT AND SHIPPING
DONATIONS RECEIVED
GIFT AID RECLAIMED
CONFERENCE PRODUCT ANDTRAINING
REIMBURSED EXPENSES
OTHER INCOME
INTEREST
7,871
6,481
1,332
23,922
1,183
820
1270
262
63
TOTAL RECEIPTS
U543
41.609
PAYMENTS
DIRECT CHARITABLE AcfivmES
AUTHOR ROYALTIES
PRODUCT RELATED
CONFERENCE EXPENSES
GIFTS GIVEN AWAY & HOSPITAUIY
ADMINISTRATION COSTS
TRAVEL AND SUBS1StENCE
IT AND WE6sftE
INSURANCE AND FINANCE COSTS
2.731
5140
20,31
739
5,601
3,211
2,313
3.034
2129
1800
2939
2355
211
TOTAL PAYMENTS
14594
43J79
NET INCOME OR LOSS-
-1,771
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BETHEL SOZO UK
STATEMENT OF ASSESTS AND LIABILMES AS AT 31ST DECEMBER 2022
C4SH FUND5
31M212022
3111W2021
CASH ATBANKAND IN HAND
TOTAL BANK CASH FUNDS
346
397
397
THE ACCOUNTS WERE APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ON Iry, Miirf * iy ftQfj(L.
DEBOfiAH 4
CHRISTINE WEsr
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