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REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1156218

INSPIRE MOVEMENT CIO REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES AND UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2021

CONTENTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2021

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Reference and administrative details 1
Report of the Trustees 2 to 7
Statement of Financial Activities 8
Statement of Financial Position 9
Notes to the Financial Statements 10 to 14
Detailed Statement of Financial Activities 15

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REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2021

Trustees TJ Sture RJ Saunders-Hindley Mrs SK Meadows H Agnew P Cornell E Cornell Principal address 10 Woodland Walk Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4YB Registered charity number 1156218

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The Trustees present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 August 2021. The Trustees have adopted the provisions of Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2015).

Objectives and Activities

The objectives of the Inspire Movement CIO are the advancement of the Christian faith, particularly by (but not limited to) the promotion of discipleship and mission among Christians. This is achieved through the provision of education and training and in such other ways as the charity Trustees may from time to time think fit. To meet these objectives the Inspire Movement:

Achievements and Performance

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Background to The Inspire Movement

The Inspire Network was founded in 2008, by the international Director, Rev. Dr. Philip Meadows, with a small group of visionary people with a heart for abiding deeply with God and living missionally in the world. As the vision developed, the Network extended to form a School of Mission Spirituality (now called the School of Discipleship) and the Inspire Movement emerged in reflection of both of these activities and became registered as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation in the United Kingdom in 2014.

The aim of the Inspire Movement is to help ordinary Christians grow in their discipleship, and to equip church leaders for the task of making disciples in their local congregations. Inspire draws upon the historic tradition of Wesleyan spirituality but works ecumenically, partnering with people, churches and organisations from many different traditions and networks. Since its founding, the Inspire Movement has grown organically and internationally: with well-established participation across the UK, Ireland, and USA, as well as emerging relationships in Europe, Africa, Asia and the Americas. We are a member of the Evangelical Alliance and are associated with a number of missional organisations.

There are different levels of participation to encourage people to deepen their discipleship. At every level of participation, people are encouraged to attend training through Teaching Retreats, Leadership Conversations and/or Learning Communities, to help them pursue this life of discipleship for themselves, and to equip them to develop disciple-making ministry. The evolving curriculum is offered through day retreats, learning communities and online training modules. As a spiritual movement, Inspire functions like a dispersed religious order, with a rule of life (called ‘the Way of Life’), and the core practices of: small group meeting (called ‘fellowship bands’) for mutual accountability and spiritual guidance; house fellowships for missional community; and learning communities for training and equipping. The School of Discipleship provides a training and mentoring platform for all of these things.

The Inspire Movement relies upon the voluntary support of Missioners to develop and deliver resources and training. To facilitate the expanding work and day to day maintenance of the Inspire Movement, the CIO formally employs an Administrator for a number of hours a week, who volunteers additional time as a contribution to Inspire. The Trustees have not made any attempt to quantify or value volunteer hours as they consider that the resource required to do so would outweigh any benefit.

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Financial Review

The Inspire Movement operates as an independent charity and is dependent on donations as its primary source of income.

Total unrestricted donations received in the year were £14,546 (2020, £10,720). Other income (2021, £634; 2020, £1,559) has come from Missioners sharing fees for training provided, from the repayment of expenses by churches partnering with us, and from the sale of publications. The general fund surplus of £7,695 at 31 August 2021 (£4,610 at 31 August 2020) is retained and will be used to meet costs and fund future activities.

As a result of our decentralised operating model, we were not significantly adversely affected by the COVID-19 outbreak. The Inspire School of Discipleship has provided online training opportunities. Participants pay a minimal registration fee to access the courses and donations are requested to cover costs. Several participants have become regular donors through the School, and most participants make a generous gift. Online learning communities have run with attendees from UK, Ireland, USA, Ukraine, Nigeria, Germany, and other places.

We continue to explore fund-raising models to help cover the cost of essential support, like the Administrator, and also to help assist any Missioners who would like to commit to a parttime or full-time role with Inspire. This includes a combination of personal support, establishing a dedicated, restricted Missioner fund, and provision of assistance through Inspire in the form of grants, housing or other such means.

More Missioners are exploring full-time opportunities with the Inspire Movement and we have established a model of support whereby we assist Missioners to start and maintain fundraising their own support under the umbrella of Inspire whilst utilising the services of a fundraising platform organisation (Stewardship in the UK, Donor Fund in the USA) for the administration of their own funds. Inspire may also continue to provide financial support to Missioners as Movement funds allow. Matt and Rachel Wright started fundraising support in the UK in April 2021 and are working towards being fully funded for 2022-23 to continue to work fulltime with the Movement. Hannah Wittenberg started fundraising support in the USA in May 2021 and is fully funded for the coming year.

With increasing commitment to the Inspire Way of Life, fellowship bands, house fellowships and learning communities both in person and online, people are often willing to give financially to Inspire. We hope to encourage more people to give on a regular basis particularly from participation in the Inspire School of Discipleship. We continue to work in partnership with churches and other organisations to establish financial support for delivering teaching and training.

Working as a decentralised movement, contributions are also received to assist with ongoing resource and Missioner development through the activity of volunteer Inspire Missioners who provide training locally within churches and partner organisations.

The Inspire Book store continues to stock publications for resale which has brought additional income. As Inspire Movement Publishing expands, there will be more income generation from the sale of resources both in the UK and USA.

Inspire Movement in the USA has been a registered 501(3)(c) non-profit organisation since November 2018. This facilitates the receipt and distribution of funds within the USA. In the future there may be opportunities for sharing fund-raising between the countries.

Future Plans

As we emerge from the restrictions of the pandemic we have plans to return to in-person teaching and gatherings. Even during restrictions, the focus has been to continue equipping and resourcing Missioners to give them greater confidence in delivering training, supporting

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band formation, facilitating house fellowships and developing learning communities. The three regional Core Teams are planning annual Missioner Gatherings in person again to bring together Missioners in their region for in person training and encouragement.

The pandemic has caused many church leaders to rethink how they do church and are poised to follow up with many enquiries as we seek to help established churches to re-think the way they do Christian discipleship. As more people look to the Inspire model for church planting, we are working alongside new church planters. The new Church Planter cohort will be an important part of this, along with the developments in the School of Discipleship.

The Inspire Bookstore, through Inspire Movement Publishing, plans to publish a number of new publications in the coming year. Prices for all publications are set at a rate to make them accessible whilst covering all costs and generating a small income to contribute to the wider Movement expenses. We continue to provide some resources at no cost, and to make provision for people to access resources in cases of financial hardship.

Matt Wright has served as Dean of the School through 2021. He and Rachel Wright have served as Co-Directors of the GB Core Team. They will be focusing on their roles in the GB in the coming year, increasing networking and providing in person training.

Tabitha Heathcote, lead Missioner for Inspire for children, will be continuing to develop online training for discipling children. She is gathering a team to develop more resources.

The continuing development of Core Teams in Great Britain, Ireland and the USA is expanding the work of the Inspire Movement. The role of International Director is increasingly to give oversight to these developments and ensure resourcing for the multiplying opportunities.

The bi-locational nature of the International Director’s role continues to present multiple opportunities for expanding the work of Inspire both in the USA and internationally. We are continuing to extend the training for house fellowship facilitators and the new church planting leaders’ cohort will be expanding to include people from multiple countries and contexts. We continue to explore partnerships with a number of missionary and other organisations who have an interest in incorporating Inspire teaching and practice in their work.

There are several organisations looking to develop partnerships with the Inspire Movement in different ways including the One Mission Society, Free Methodist Church UK, Asbury Theological Seminary Church Planting. We will be exploring the opportunities and mutual benefits of theses and others in 2022-23.

The Inspire School of Discipleship continues to grow and develop. In 2022-23 we will be establishing a new Team to lead the School. We will be extending the curriculum and the opportunities to participate in online learning communities, piloting Moodle as a platform for delivering training, developing small focused learning communities, and looking to provide credited courses for a number of organisations who will be partnering with Inspire.

Structure, Governance and Management

The Inspire Movement is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation governed by Articles of Association dated 7 January 2014.

The number of Trustees must be a minimum of three who are appointed in accordance with the Articles of Association. The Trustee body embraces a wide variety of skills and new Trustees are considered in the light of their ability to contribute to the work of the Inspire Movement. All Trustees subscribe and adhere to, in belief and lifestyle, the Inspire Movement statement of beliefs.

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The Trustees are responsible for the financial management and legal governance of the administration of the Inspire Movement CIO. All the Trustees are members of the Inspire Movement Steering Group. The Steering Group as a wider body provides oversight for vision keeping, as well as strategic direction and decision making across the work of the Inspire Movement. Day to day running of the Inspire Movement is delegated to the International Director, Administrator, and Core Teams.

Core Teams oversee the work of the Inspire Movement in particular regions. We now have Core Teams for Great Britain, Ireland and the USA. These teams remain under the oversight of the Steering Group. Each Core Team has their own Directors who are are responsible to the International Director.

Core Teams coordinate the work of Missioners in their respective regions, and encourage the formation of Missioner Teams for mutual support, encouragement and equipping. The recognition of Inspire Missioners remains the responsibility of the Steering Group.

The current Chair of the Trustees is Mr Richard Saunders-Hindley, as appointed on 1 Nov 2021. Mrs. Samantha Meadows is a Trustee, appointed on 1 Sept 2019, who is also employed by the CIO as Administrator for the Inspire Movement as permitted by, and in accordance with, clauses 7.2.3 and 7.3 of the Articles of Association. Mr Tim Sture was reappointed as Trustee on 1 Nov 2021. Rev Harold Agnew was appointed as Trustee starting on 01 January 2020. Mr Phil Cornell and Mrs Elizabeth Cornell were appointed Trustees starting on 1 July 2020.

Approved by order of the board of Trustees on 30 May 2022 and signed on its behalf by:

TJ Sture - Trustee

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STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2021

Unrestricted
Restricted
funds
funds
Note
£
£
Income and endowments from
Charitable activities
634
-
Donations and legacies
14,546
6,735
Total
15,180
6,735
Expenditure on
Charitable activities
Support cost
2
(12,095)
(6,411)
Net income / (expenditure)
3,085
324
Reconciliation of funds
Total funds brought forward
4,610
427
Total funds carried forward
£7,695
£751
2021
Total
funds
£
634
21,281
21,915
(18,506)
3,409
5,037
£8,446
2020
Total
funds
£
1,559
10,720
12,279
(11,227)
1,052
3,985
£5,037

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S ~~TATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION~~ AT 31 AUGUST 2021

2021 2020
Unrestricted Restricted Total Total
funds funds funds funds
Note £ £ £ £
Fixed assets
Tangible assets 5 - - - -
Current assets
Stock - - - 132
Debtors and prepayments 6 761 448 1,209 2,278
Cash at bank 6,934 303 7,237 3,874
7,695 751 8,446 6,284
Creditors
Amounts falling due
within one year 7 - - - (1,247)
Net current assets 7,695 751 8,446 5,037
Total assets less current liabilities 7,695 751 8,446 5,037
Net assets 7,695 751 8,446 5,037
Funds
Unrestricted funds 8 7,695 4,610
Restricted funds 10 751 427
8,446 5,037

The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees on 30 May 2022 and signed on its behalf by:

TJ Sture - Trustee

~~The notes form part of these financial statements~~

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2021

1. Accounting policies

Basis of preparing the financial statements

The financial statements of the charity, which is a public benefit entity under FRS 102, have been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) 'Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2015)', Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' and the Charities Act 2011. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.

Income

All incoming resources are included in the statement of financial activities when the charity is entitled to the income and the amount can be quantified with reasonable accuracy. The following specific policies are applied to particular categories of income:

Voluntary income is received by way of grants, donations and gifts and is included in full in the statement of financial activities when receivable. Grants where entitlement is not conditional on the delivery of a specific performance by the charity, are recognised when the charity becomes unconditionally entitled to the grant.

Donated services and facilities are included at the value to the charity where this can be quantified. The value of services provided by volunteers has not been included.

Expenditure

Expenditure is recognised on an accrual basis as a liability is incurred. Expenditure includes any VAT which cannot be fully recovered and is reported as part of the expenditure to which it relates.

Costs of generating funds comprise the costs associated with attracting voluntary income.

Charitable expenditure comprises those costs incurred by the charity in the delivery of its activities and services for its beneficiaries. It includes both costs that can be allocated directly to such activities and those costs of an indirect nature necessary to support them.

Support costs are those costs incurred directly in support of expenditure on the objects of the charity and include project management.

Tangible fixed assets

Capital expenditure under £500 is not capitalised. Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life.

Fixtures and fittings - 25% per annum straight line basis

Stock

Stock, which consists of publications held for resale, is valued at the lower of cost and net realisable value.

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Taxation

The charity is exempt from tax on its charitable activities.

Fund accounting

Unrestricted funds can be used in accordance with the charitable objectives at the discretion of the Trustees.

Restricted funds can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the objects of the charity. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes.

Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the financial statements.

Pension costs and other post-retirement benefits

The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme. Contributions payable to the pension scheme are charged to the Statement of Financial Activities in the period to which they relate.

Going concern

The Trustees consider that the CIO has sufficient resources and there are no material uncertainties about its ability to continue. Accordingly, the Trustees continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.

2. Support costs

Management
£
Support costs
11,985
Trustees’ remuneration and benefits
Trustees’ salaries
Trustees’ pension contributions
Total remuneration and benefits
Governance
Other
costs
£
£
110
-
2021
£
9,807
1,123
£10,930
Total
£
12,095
2020
£
7,661
1,123
£8,784

3. Trustees’ remuneration and benefits

Samantha Meadows has received remuneration in the year in accordance with the charity’s governing document. The remuneration is for the provision of administrative services above those of a Trustee’s duties.

4. Staff costs

The average monthly number of employees during the year was 1 (2020: 1). No employees received emoluments in excess of £60,000.

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - CONTINUED FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2021

5.
Tangible fixed assets
Cost
At 1 September 2020 and 31 August 2021
Depreciation
At 1 September 2020
Charge for year
At 31 August 2021
Net book value
At 31 August 2021
At 31 August 2020
6.
Debtors: amounts falling due within one year
Prepayments and accrued income
Unrestricted funds
Restricted funds
7.
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
Taxation and social security
Other creditors
Fixtures and
fittings
£
1,301
1,301
-
1,301
-
-
2021
2020
£
£
761
2,278
448
-
1,209
2,278
2021
2020
£
£
-
-
-
1,247
-
1,247

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - CONTINUED FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2021

8. Movement in funds

Movement in funds
Net
movement
At 1.9.20 in funds At 31.8.21
£ £ £
Unrestricted funds
Unrestricted 4,610 3,085 7,695
Restricted funds
Restricted 427 324 751
TOTAL FUNDS 5,037 3,409 8,446
Net movement in funds included in the above are as follows:
Incoming Resources Movement
resources expended in funds
£ £ £
Unrestricted funds 15,180 (12,095) 3,085
Restricted funds 6,735 (6,411) 324
TOTAL FUNDS 21,915 (18,506) 3,409
Comparatives for movement in funds
Net
movement
At 1.9.19 in funds At 31.8.20
£ £ £
Unrestricted funds
Unrestricted 3,558 1,052 4,610
Restricted funds
Restricted 427 -
427
TOTAL FUNDS 3,985 1,052 5,037

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - CONTINUED FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2021

8. Movement in funds - continued

Net movement in funds included in the above are as follows:

Incoming Resources Movement
resources expended in funds
£ £ £
Unrestricted funds
Unrestricted 12,279 11,226 1,052
TOTAL FUNDS 12,279 11,226 1,052

9. Related party disclosures

Salary was paid to Mrs S Meadows and pension contributions for her benefit as indicated at note 3. Mileage expenses were paid to Mr T Sture of £54 (2020, £57). Donations by persons connected to the Trustees totalled £4,880 (2020, £2,620).

There were no other related party transactions for the year ended 31 August 2021 (2020, Nil).

10. Restricted funds

Bristol School of Christian Studies
Missioner fund – Wrights
Missioner fund – general
Totals
2021
£
427
164
160
751
2020
£
427
-
-
427

The funding body for the Bristol School of Christian Studies no longer exists, and the Trustees are exploring means of using the funds provided to meet the terms attached to the donation.

The “Missioner fund – Wrights” was set up as a channel for support provided to Matt and Rachel Wright who have been full-time Missioners from February 2021. More recently, most of their funding is instead channelled via Stewardship, but some giving to date continues via Inspire.

The “Missioner fund – general” was set up to receive donations towards the future work of unspecified Missioners who will require support in their work.

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DETAILED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2021

Income and endowments
Donations and legacies
Charitable activities
Donations
Total incoming resources
Expenditure
Charitable activities
Charitable expenditure
Support costs
Management
Trustees’ salaries
Pensions
Travel
Insurance
Printing, postage and stationery
Sundries
Finance costs
Depreciation - fixtures and fittings
Other
Subscriptions
Governance costs
Accountancy and legal fees
Total resources expended
Net income
2021
£
634
14,546
15,180
-
9,807
1,123
54
481
294
170
56
-
11,985
110
-
12,095
3,085
2020
£
1,559
10,720
12,279
-
7,661
1,123
57
468
1,741
67
-
-
11,117
110
-
11,227
1,052

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