CHARITY REGISTERED NUMBER: 1155777
SPIRITUAL COMPANIONS TRUST
INDEPENDENTLY EXAMINED
RECEIPT AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
SPIRITUAL COMPANIONS TRUST
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
CONTENTS
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| Trustees’ Annual Report | 1 |
| Independent Examiner’s Report | 3 |
| Receipt and Payment Accounts | 4 |
| Statement of Assets and Liabilities | 5 |
| Notes to the Accounts | 6 |
SPIRITUAL COMPANIONS TRUST
TRUSTEES' ANNUAL REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
CHARITY REGISTRATION NUMBER 1155777
The charity's principal address is:
48 Roman Way Glastonbury Somerset BA6 8AD
Names of the charity trustees: Peter Brown Moira Cunningham William Carl Stonier Linda Sharron Toms Dorothy Turner Peter Anthony Dalton
Structure, governance and management
The governing document is that of a Charitable Incorporated Organisation and was registered with the Charity Commission on 13 February 2014. Its trustees are appointed at trustee meetings. The trustees have appointed a Chief Executive to run the charity in accordance with the charity's objectives and who directly reports to the trustees. Chief Executive fees for managing the charity totalling £4,000 were paid during the year.
Objectives and activities
To advance education and training in the practice of spiritual companionship; in particular but not exclusively, to professionals and voluntary carers with the purpose of the relief of the sick and vulnerable.
In planning and monitoring our activities for the year we kept in mind the Charity Commission's guidance on public benefit at our trustee and executive meetings. The focus of our activities remains the development of educational programmes and resources in the field of a holistic approach to pastoral care and multifaith chaplaincy. This benefits carers and those for whom they care. The skills and resilience of carers, volunteer and professional, are improved and the care received by those in need is enhanced. We develop these programmes and resources in a way that welcomes diversity and is fully inclusive, working with all people regardless of personal background, faith, gender or personal circumstances. This holistic approach to compassion in action enriches the lives of professional and volunteer carers, leading to enhanced care for those in need.
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SPIRITUAL COMPANIONS TRUST
TRUSTEES' ANNUAL REPORT CONTINUED
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
CHARITY REGISTRATION NUMBER 1155777
Achievement and performance
Spiritual Companions
During the year we supported the personal and professional development of the 384 individuals within our network through regular email newsletters and a once-a-week online wellbeing meditation.
Education
We ran the Diploma in Spiritual Coaching & Caregiving (Crossfields Institute Level 3) as an online course with a cohort of 19 students starting in September 2024. This course will finish in July 2025.
Your Spiritual Health Programme
We continued to distribute our 40-page publication in hard copy and in digital PDF form. The online audio and video version continues to be freely accessible on our website here: https://spiritualcompanions.org/secrets-of-spiritual-health
UK Register of Spiritual Caregivers (UKRSC)
Our registry of spiritual caregivers currently has 89 registrants and continues to grow slowly.
Publications
Downloads of the PDFs of our two resources ‘Meditation Masterclass’ and ‘Spirituality and Mental Health’ continued throughout 2024.
Compassion Dialogues
In October 2023 we launched another series of hour-long webinars continuing the ‘Compassion Dialogues’ in which significant figures in the spirituality and wellbeing world were interviewed. These dialogues carried on through into 2024 with the last one occurring in April. They were very well attended and priced by donation making them available to all. These are now freely available to watch via our website.
Reserves Policy
In relation to our finances, we thus far have insufficient reserves to merit the development of a reserves policy. We will develop the appropriate policy if and when our income substantially exceeds expenditure and we have reserves.
The trustees declare that they approved the trustees' report above.
Signed on behalf of the Charity Trustees
Date: 9 June 2025
Trustee name: Peter Brown
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SPIRITUAL COMPANIONS TRUST
INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
Independent examiner’s report to the trustees of Spiritual Companions Trust
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Spiritual Companions Trust for the year ended 31 December 2024.
Responsibilities and basis of report
As the charity trustees of the Trust you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’).
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’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 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:
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accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by section 130 of the Act; or
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the accounts do not accord with those records.
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Date: 13 June 2025
Birgit Kotschi FCCA MAAT Selwood Accounts and Tax Ltd 36 Selwood Road Glastonbury Somerset BA6 8HW
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SPIRITUAL COMPANIONS TRUST
RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
| Receipts Benefactor donations Event donations Registration fees Grants Bank interest Payments Office rent Room and venue hire Chief executive fees Administrative wages Project management wages Telephone and broadband General office expenses Office Equipment Travel expenses Course development Website and advertising costs SC trust membership and insurance Bank and paypal fees Executive team expenses Accountancy Net (payments) receipts for the year Cash funds last year end Cash funds this year end |
2024 £ Unrestricted Funds 531 5,382 37,962 - 471 __ 44,346 _ 2,340 732 4,000 14,460 2,095 123 1,668 1,819 - 283 1,289 336 362 155 420 (30,082) 14,264 18,206 ___ 32,470 |
2024 2024 2023 £ £ £ Restricted Total Total Funds Funds Last year 131 662 6,912 - 5,382 - - 37,962 - 17,000 17,000 - - 471 356 __ _ 17,131 61,477 7,268 - 2,340 2,340 - 732 996 - 4,000 - - 14,460 3,820 2,000 4,095 7,200 - 123 123 - 1,668 1,677 - 1,819 - - - 57 - 283 350 - 1,289 655 - 336 806 - 362 73 - 155 119 - 420 570 (2,000) (32,082) (18,786) 15,131 29,395 (11,518) - 18,206 29,724 ___ 15,131 47,601 18,206 |
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SPIRITUAL COMPANIONS TRUST
STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2024
| 2024 | 2024 | 2024 | 2023 | |
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| £ | £ | £ | £ | |
| Unrestricted | Restricted | Total | Total | |
| Funds | Funds | Funds | Last year | |
| Monetary assets | ||||
| Bank and cash in hand | 32,470 | 15,131 | 47,601 | 18,206 |
| ______ | ______ | ______ | ______ | |
| Net current assets | 32,470 | 15,131 | 47,601 | 18,206 |
| ______ | ______ | ______ | ______ | |
| Total assets less liabilities | 32,470 | 15,131 | 47,601 | 18,206 |
| ______ | ______ | ______ | ______ | |
| ______ | ______ | ______ | ______ | |
| Represented by: | ||||
| Cash funds | ||||
| Cash funds for the year | 32,470 | 15,131 | 47,601 | 18,206 |
| ______ | ______ | ______ | ______ | |
| Balance as at 31 December 2024 | 32,470 | 15,131 | 47,601 | 18,206 |
| ______ | ______ | ______ | ______ |
Read and approved 9 June 2025
Trustee name: Peter Brown
On behalf of Spiritual Companions Trust
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SPIRITUAL COMPANIONS TRUST
NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
1. Tangible fixed assets
Office equipment
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Cost at 1 January 2024 4,593
Additions 1,819
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Cost at 31 December 2024 6,412
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2. Particulars of any guarantees given by the CIO
There are no potential liabilities under any guarantee outstanding at the date of the statement of assets and liabilities.
3. Particulars of any debt outstanding
There is no debt outstanding at the date of the statement of assets and liabilities which is owed by the CIO and which is secured by an express charge on any of the assets of the CIO.
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