Firefox about..blank Charity Registration No. 1154100 (England & Wales) Charity Registration No. SC044708 (Scotland) BETHEL SOZO UK TRUSTEES REPORT AND ACCOUNTS FOR THE PERIOD 1ST JANUARY 2023 TO 31ST DECEMBER 2023 lof14 0910212024, 10..04
Firefox about..blank BETHEL SOZO UK LEGAL AND ADAIINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Trustees Mrs Chrtstine West Mrs Paige Squirrel MT5 Deborah Carter (Chair) Charity numbers 1154100 (England & Waies) sc044708 (Scodand) isterod Office Mlllerfs Barn Church Farm Mews Stslham Norfolk NR12 United Kingdom Telephone 07918 973937 Emall dawd. 8OZthO Website vhww.bethels zo.o .uk IndeF¢ndent Examir* DS Audrl & Book-kfjeping Services 32 Newton Abbot Road Northflèet DA117DT Bankers CAF Bank Ltd 25 Klngs Hill Avenue Kings Hill West Mailing Kent ME19 of14 0910212024, 10..04
Firefox about..blank CONTENTS P•Je Number Rwrt ol the Tn Statennt of tru¥tees' r88powbil Independent Exaninw8 Rekvt IEThJland & Iwasl 10 Independent Ex8rrirws RerK)rt Iscolandl 11 Receipt & PayJYKnts A¢))xJnts 12 Statement otAssets & LbiloeS 13 3of14 0910212024, 10..04
Firefox about..blank Bethel Sozo Trustees Re rt for 2023 Charitable Context Bethel Sozo UK was e8tsblisheA 05 a registered charity in 2013 wilh the d)ariiabk o'e¢ts • Promoting & supportiro the BSUK leler8hip communty. • Training and mentsxing Indi¥Uals & thurrj . DistritrMJticM of rdevwrt tsairMrwJ resour It does this by.. . Carrying OLrt personal sozo ministy 8ession8 . OrganN8ing onwing Training events • Provision of training & develownent resour . Supp)rting other chatthes The public benefit is. • More cohespie communty relatronships • Healthy family manter relationships . Help F48 with controlling issues Activities As GhurGhg5 have recovered from meeliro restrictson8, the apFebk for live training events has retumed, 8aslc Tralnln Our trainers Contin to deliver Basic Training events in tre UK and Ise are the most powlar events. Plymouth Copenhagen. Denmark Sl Step.8, Nomch Lighthouse, London Coventy Elim Darrell & Anthea Cow) Chrtstine & DavKI West February May May Christine & DavKI West Cmstine & David West June ChriSne & Da¥wJ West July of14 0910212024, 10..04
Firefox about..blank Eastgale churth. Grav95erffl sland christi & David W88t July Ab50n Lennie Septemter October Ashington church. Charthnbury NPSSM, StLKktoTrorFTee5 Wrthester Vin8yard Chrtstkne & DavKI West Christine & Dawd W8St October Claire & Mervyn Suffield Advanc•d T Inln Sale Lry Gr8gg Christne & Davpj West May July S8Ptembar Colchester Nethedand¥ ts"ointty with T Liet¥sch8r) Chrislin8 & David West Oth•r"Evants" Church Leadership Téam# Davvj & Chrisline have met with various church & other leadership teams regarding Sozo. Occaslonally have visited a church to gNe the 1&gdership team personal Sozo sessions. Their attendan at church, ministry events typicaly resutt in offeriryJ Sozo 8e8sions in the context of those gatherings. David & Chri#tin8 minister li a wKle of settirvJs aTra Sozo (named or anonymous) inevilably happens. Healin Rooms ( y1.healIr4ToornS.¢xg.uk ) Christine & Dav were invited to run 2 8eminars at their 2thJ3 Conferen in March. Tl were again invrted to SFe3k, this time at tsir Lership c0ntsr8e in NovemLr arKI are 5chgdu18d fcf th8ir 2024 c(Mference in April. David's Tent net We have taken a Sozo team to thk8 evert for several y•ar8. Lisa Wckham once again put logethw a team that continues to delrver increasing numbets of 80ZO Sessions over the weekend. R8qU8St's for Sozo sessions far exeded our Capacity desprte the organisers provhjiry increased1fr8el s aside tents. Davhl & Christine especially are well eMded W1h the DT kadership team and were invow in a lot of personal ministy lo leadership over the weekfjnd. This was the Lasl year that Lisa will oversee the ministry @ DT. The change of lo&ition to Malmstrxjry requires ne leadershi>. Mark & Laura Russell will lead the team for 2024, hopefully ongoing. entft P rams These varied events give wactsboners OPFKJrtunty to wat1 arkd get instant fe8dback Such programs SignifiCanY ao2leTate PFIe,5 competence and builds rlenCe. TypiGally, there wouhd be mentoring athty * Ial & region team meetings, both °live" & online. Some of these be "one oif meetings. Others wouhj be a moTe structured program wnning over 88veral conse(>Jbve evenir¥Js. 5of14 0910212024, 10..04
Firefox about..blank Sozo b Zoom As VIOUs reFortsd. these CCAttinue to be very popular and by air accounts are very effe1Ve. While they will not suit everyone. they are definitely a pemlanent part of ths Sozo landsca going fornard. unintended 8ffec ts that UK practitiows ar6 regularly dng online Sozo sessions with ddegates from overseas- geography is not an ithiLytor for online sessions. Such overseas appoinknents are nTh¥ commonth. Assoclated Minlstrles Financrdl Sozo - Lry Gregg Contin to steward Finanaal Sozo. accounlabk to Sl&ve Desifva. Muth of her related trainirg harv8ns on14ne. Sozo for Cou les, Darrell & Anthea Cocup and Liz Gregg contlnue to devglop th18 associated ministy. They have delivered training seOnS txrth IN9 and online. Liz Gregg of Kingdom minisir arKI Tania McNeil of Chroma church Birmingham have run occasional Art Sozo W. Children's Sozo Tandy Ruoff Contin to provide leadership and in discussion Sue Elliott (global Children's Sozo) ha5 WTitten & pulA18ld the rw book. 'Sozo for Families.. BSUK Nati I COnfWe 202 This year we went back to our"roots". retuming to the thurcth venue we hekl our first natnal UK l EuroFean cOnferen- New Life Churth, NorthamFlon. We rthrned to the preVu5 format wrth each SFeaker addrèssing all tslegates. The onty exceptson was Iwo specialist breakout sessions for those doiro the Shabar ministy & trained l training counsellorn. In addition to a range of UK sp8cialists, speakers were Tere5a Lb$cer & Margaret Nagib Itolh from the USA) as weFI as Paul Mamyariw from the UIL We had excellent feedbad( from nearty 21)0 attendees who apkYeued the irfomialty and the'¢afé" seating $e. While this may seem like a small dwNJe, r( made a great drfferen lo bèiro sealed in rows. PeOe mad8 more and better cOrc"0nS wrth eath other- consistent with our high value for a Guliure of famify. We were Etth hO$able & generous lo all concemed for makn.ng rt a 8UCLX88. the unseen Ir0e5. Financially the cOnfence broke èven. rnationall This continue5 to grcw both personally & tyganisationalty. Since doing Sozo ty Zoom apIGabQ fr people overseas for personal Sozo session8 continu&8 to grow. Most Weeks Chrr5tne *ryll Sozo someone frMI outSKle the UK Over the years Christien & David have run Sozo trJiniThJ evenls in Poland. Swilzedand, Neth6TlarS and Denmark. At Teresa Liebscherfs request tw are providing 8UPPOrt to those countries & emergiroly to Swed. 6of14 0910212024, 10..04
Firefox about..blank Product sales continue to be modest 1th the exwtion of manual ss al training events. All income is gfjrat by produrt I manual salets. We have laken cost sav1 in areas suth as,. Travel exFenses * Management costs. We wlll continue to monitorfin8n dosety." do not have brfftmryro faciffities and nor would we want them. The approved aOnts for 2023 arp attached to thr6 Report How extensive is the minlst ? We are frequenlty a$J, 'Thow many churthes have Sozo ministy7'. th8 artsv•V is hav8 no idea" Sozo 1$ a church-based ministy.. the UK leadership train. mentor and off thurch team leaders as comwent. Afterthal, they are CL¥nmissioned bytheir own thurch leadership and they 8wie accwrrtable to that lership. The UK leadership only W fomially invofv8d wrth Ioc81 thurth teams by eXptiOn, when invited or when they become aware of an wue Ihat neèds to te addressed. We work hard at not being "controlling" or rterfering" The Sozo rknrk ift the UK corrtIn to not only grow ixrt be h8atthy. Sozo is certainly worknng in hundreds of UK thUrctr from just abcmrt every dgnLYnination & stream. We have Tnaintained our active mailing lffjt in oxcess of 3.300 peoFA8 711 in r•om8 way be involved In Sozo. The fiijit of the ministy is ¢kep, ev•Jent and la8tirKJ for ¢ountless hundreds of here in the UK, te8timonie5 abourKI. We are grateful to our Hea¥enty Faher, je and Holy S"r11 for this freedom for which we were set free. Signed on Behalf of Trustees. Chair of Tru5t888'. 1)ebornh Carter .. ..Da8...l.02O24 Trustee.. Pafvaa Squirr611 ....... -Date.IlJ...•l.12024.. 7of14 0910212024, 10..04
Firefox about..blank TATEMEKf OF TRUSTEES RESPONSIBILMES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEhlBER 2023 The trustees preserrt their report arKI accourts forthe y8¥wiod 1st January to 31st December 2023. The aoxunts have te8ft FKepared in actOn With the accourrting poliue8 set out in the SLment of RecommerKled Prachce 'Accwnting and ReFOrting by Charitses- issued in March 2CIJ5. Structure Governan and M The charity is registered numter 1154100 in EnglaThJ & Vlal8s and tEglstered numker SC044708 in Scotland incorwrated 2&d Odoter 2013. Trustse8 are appointed by eommrtl in al% with the constitLrtion. SuitatAe training is provided. The Iruslees have assessed the major risks to whlth tr tharity is exposed and are sakn'sfied that Sy8tems are in ace to mitigale exposure to major risks. We have a council of refererKe.' John PUgSMIthIBarrtster, Anglican thurch) Ruth Bumham (LIcend Lay IAinister in the Angfican ethurch) R8v Mark Ruoff {Anglican Minister) This team understand & support the minty their role is athiisw onty. They serve 8$ referen poirrt for the leadership team & trustees as and wthen they fad the rleed to Canvass a perspedive from a wider group. ank%atronal Stru The charity is Jed on a daY-tdaY basis by Christs'ne West arKI Da¥KI Wesl. members of the UK Bethel Sozo adershiP team. They consult wilh the Tnislees & Coune41 of Reference indivpjualty & corporatety as and when requlred. For the public benefft to •fvancethe Christian reiigion in particajlar by promoting and $upporting the development. education and training of the UK Sozo Leadership Community, Individua and churth groups. The carying out of the per¥onal Sozo Ministy session and prcJucirvJ andlor distributing literatu. Financial The unrestrit#ed fttrxl sho**d a loss for the pwiod of £145. Risk Man ement 8of14 0910212024, 10..04
Firefox about..blank The trustees have assessed the ma4tt rtsks to thè charity is exposed and are satisfied that sy*ms are in place to mthgate expcwreto majorrisks. eserves Fixed costs are minimal in the lon rf £120 per month insurance and one contra(A5. The trustees seek to maintain tetsn 3 months res as a conlingency. On tehalf ofthe board oftru8tees Deborah Carter- Ch&r of Tru 9of14 0910212024, 10..04
Firefox about..blank Independent Examiners R•port- (England & Wales) BEfHEL SOZO UK 31$1 Decembei 2023 Cl• 11541Ch) 12To13 06101110l(k DENNIS EDWARD SCUDDER DS AUDIT & 800K-KEEPING SERVICES AddF•4•: 32 NEwfoN ABBOT ROAD, NORTHFLEEf, KENT DA117DT IOof14 0910212024, 10..04
Firefox about..blank Independent Examiners Report- IScotland} Indgpondent Examlnerfs Report to th& TAle6 of Beth•l Sozo UK- SC044708 IS¢otlandl I report on the accolts offhe charity for the year e11 31 DeCemr 2023 which are set out on pgges 12to 13. Regpectlve respon$lbllitl•s of tru3tees and examlner The (4)artys trust are re¥M)r¢sible for Ihe preparion ¢)f the alxounts in accordance with the terms of the Chariknes and Trustee Inv8stsnent {Scotlandl Act 2rAJ5 and the Charibe5 Accounls (Scoland) Règulatiorts 2006 {as amended}. The charity trustees consdw1hat the audit requir8ment of Regulion 10{11 (dl of the 2(KJ6 AOunts Regul"ons does not appty. 11 is my responsibilty to examine the accounts a8 required under set*"on 44(11 (c) of th8 Act arKI to state whether particular matters have come to my attenllon. Basis of independent examSneV8 Staternent My examination i8 carri8d Olrt in accordancèwth RUlation 11 ofthe 20118 Accounts Regulattons. An examination indudes a rewew of ts acCnting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented wilti those wrs. It also inclutles consideration of any unusual items or disdosures in the accounts. and seeks eXianaonS from the tsustees conmIng any such matters. Th8 procedures undertaken do not provhle all the evTrdence that would te requi( in an au¢Jrt and ojnsequenty I do t express an audrt opinion on the v givgn by the accounts. Independent examlnefs quaiifwl statement In the Course of my exaffinalion. no matter has coffE to my attention. whith gNes me r8ason8ble cause to telieve that in any Matori res the qUIrements.. to keep accounting ordS in ac(a)rd wilh Secthn 4411) (a} of the 2005 Act ark Regulats"on 4 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations to prepar8 atxounts which acrd wrth the ac¢ountirvJ records and compty with Regulation 9 of the 2006 Accounts Regul8tr'L)ns have not been mèt, or 2. to which. in my oynion. attention thould be dravm in orderto enable a proper understsndirrfJ ofthè actounts to be reaGW. Signed." Name.. Dennis Ethvard Scudder DS Audit & Book-keeping Services Address.'32 N&Yton Ab Road, Norlhfleel, Kent DA117DT Date. CLI 02 liol li 11 of 14 0910212024, 10..04
Firefox about..blank BETHEL SOZO UK RECEIPT AND PAYNT ACCOUNT FOR THE PERIOD FftOII 1 JANIIARY 2023 TO 31 OECEiiaER 2023 01m1ra723 TO RECEIPTS 01K1112022 31112Q023 31112WJ22 CONFERENCE, PRODucf AND SHIPPING DONATIONS RECEIVED GIFT AID RECLAIMED REIMBURSED EXPENSES OTHER INCOME INTEREST 34313 4819 1115 1467 113 12948 1270 262 63 45 TOTAL RECEIPTS 418n PAYPIEfrrrs DIREcf CHARITABLE AcnvmES AUTHOR ROYALTIES PRODLicf RELATED CONFERENCE EXPENSES GIFTS GIVEN AWAY & HOSPITALrrY ADMINISTRATION COSTS TRAVEL AND SUBSlSfENCE IT AND WEBSITE INSURANCE AND FINAN COSTS 720 20 5140 23863 1058 1569 1599 2751 853 2129 18 2939 2355 211 TOTAL PAYIEKrs 14594 pl INCOIE OR LOSS- -145 -51 12 12of14 0910212024, 10..04
Firefox about..blank BETHEL SOZO UK STATEMEKf OF ASSESTS AND LIABILMES AS AT 31ST DeceMBER 2023 31n2r2023 3111Z12022 CASH FUNDS CASH AT BANK AND IN HAND TOTAL BANK CASH FIJNDS 201 201 346 THE ACCOUNTS WERE APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF TRuEE5 ON 01 DEBORAH CARTER PAIGE sauiRRE 13of14 0910212024, 10..04
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