## The John 3:16 Trust
Report and Accounts Year ended 31 July 2022
1 Lamb's Passage, London EC1Y 8AB www.stewardship.org.uk
## **The John 3:16 Trust**
**YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2022**
## **LEGAL & ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS**
ADDRESS FOR CORRESPONDENCE Mole Cottage Vicarage Road Blackwater Camberley GU17 9BE GOVERNING DOCUMENT CIO - Foundation Registered 30 April 2014 CHARITY REGISTRATION NUMBER 1156865 TRUSTEES Angus Rosier Gavin Poole Joseph Mukungu BANKERS Barclays Bank PLC Cambridge & Counties Bank INDEPENDENT EXAMINER Sarah Crispin ACA Stewardship 1 Lamb's Passage LONDON EC1Y 8AB
## **INDEX**
Page 1 Legal & Administrative Details Pages 2-4 Trustees' Report Page 5 Independent Examiner's Report Page 6 Receipts and Payments Account Page 7 Statement of Assets & Liabilities Page 8 Notes to the Accounts
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## **The John 3:16 Trust**
## **REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES**
## **YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2022**
The Trustees have pleasure in submitting the Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 July 2022.
## **Objects of the charity**
The Trust is a registered charity whose aim is to promote "the advancement of the Christian faith in such ways as the charity trustees may from time to time decide."
## **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:
During the period under review, once again, many people made a first time response to Jesus as a result of the work of The John 3:16 Trust. These people themselves explained that they were not part of any church. Despite Covid restrictions, the proportion of guests who responded in this way was actually slightly higher than before lockdown. The return to in person evangelistic preaching meant greater personal connection to the speaker and this was reflected in more fruitful and intentional responses.
The Trust delivered evangelistic Carol Services with a great recorded outcome at Dartford Community Church, Putney Community Church, Bethany Community Church Harpenden, Gateway Church Basingstoke and at The Beacon Church Camberley.
It was noteworthy that the only online Carol Service the Trust delivered in December 2021, at Grace Church Salisbury, witnessed a much smaller response.
Before moving on, it’s perhaps worth noting that these Carol Services are the result of months of detailed planning and correspondence. Most of the events described above were booked a year beforehand, and the Trust is consulting and liaising all year before the event.
In addition, the Trust delivered two messages at Everyday Church Wimbledon as well as a bumper Easter Sunday celebration at Jubilee Church, East Grinstead. Meanwhile preparations were happening for two visits to Grace Church, Stoke.
After a two year absence the Trust returned on campus to re-commence student ministry, this time at Keele University in Staffordshire.
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By way of example, this year the Trust reported two remarkable stories of people becoming Christians, one was a hairdresser who heard a John 3:16 Trust talk in Kent, and another a teacher who heard a John 3:16 Trust talk at Fulham Boys School near Olympia in London.
A large part of the work of the Trust is equipping and inspiring others into Christian evangelism. This happened in many ways, including through “Hearts Ablaze” a collaboration between The John 3:16 Trust, Kingsgate Community Church Great Yarmouth & Lowestoft Community Church. Equipping work was also done at King’s Church, Lewes, and to a large group of evangelists connected to the Commission UK sphere at an event in Southampton called Equipping the Evangelists. In the same way the Trust also wrote part of a new book on evangelism called “Everyone a Witness” written by Mike Betts, from “Relational Mission.”
This year was very much a time of re-starting post-Covid. The period under review ended on 31st July 2022 with the Trust back on site at the Norfolk Showground for the 7,200 strong Newday Festival. This event had not taken place since 2019 and much of the first 7 months of 2022 were taken up with the Trust conducting various meetings to plan both the huge “Big Issues” seminar stream and also healing ministry from the main stage.
Another element of re-connection was the Trust returning to in person prayer meetings of the spheres that make up what is known at Newfrontiers in the UK. One example would be a visit to Catalyst Prayer in Milton Keynes.
This was the first full year of the Trust’s operation since the relocation out of London to a new base in Blackwater on the border of Hampshire and Surrey. Adrian Holloway reports that he is much happier being based in the heart of a church rather than on the periphery of a church and that the relocation to The Beacon Church Camberley, which was personally explained to each supporter in 2020-21 has in reality turned out to be a tremendous success.
In planning the activities the Trustees have applied the guidance on public benefit issued by the Charity Commission.
## **Financial review**
Income remained at £60,000, approximately the same as the previous year. Expenditure decreased by around £11,700, to £34,300. As a result the cash held by the charity increased by £25,584 to £73,638, of which all is unrestricted and can be used for any charitable purpose.
## **Reserves policy**
The trustees have determined that the charity should aim to hold unrestricted cash of no less than £10,000 (which equates to just under 3 months' of unrestricted expenditure) so that the charity could continue to operate should income and / or expenditure vary adversely. At the year end, the charity are meeting this policiy and held unrestricted cash of £73,638. The reserve levels are closely monitored and the trustees will consider how best to use any funds held above the current level.
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## **Governance**
The policy and operating decisions of the charity rest with the Trustees who meet regularly to monitor the activities of the Trust.
New trustees are appointed by the Trustees.
## **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.
## **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:
## A. Rosier
____________________
A. Rosier
Date: 16 May 2023
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## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT**
## **TO THE TRUSTEES OF**
## **The John 3:16 Trust**
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of The John 3:16 Trust ('the charity') for the year ended 31 July 2022 on pages 6 to 8 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.
Sarah Crispin
Sarah Crispin
Stewardship 1 Lamb's Passage LONDON EC1Y 8AB
Date: 17 May 2023
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## **The John 3:16 Trust**
## **RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT**
## **YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2022**
|Notes
**_Income receipts_**
Donations
Interest received
Other
**_Total receipts_**
**Payments**
2
**_Total payments_**
Transfers between funds
**Net movement in funds**
Cash funds as at last year end
**Cash funds at this year end**
A
Net
of
receipts
/
(payments)
before
transfers
Payments in relation to charitable activities
undertaken directly|Unrestricted
Funds
£
59,474
396
28
59,897
34,313
34,313
25,584
-
25,584
48,054
73,638|2022
£
59,474
396
28
59,897
34,313
34,313
25,584
-
25,584
48,054
73,638|2021
£|
|---|---|---|---|
||||60,133
156
-|
||||60,289|
||||46,013|
||||46,013|
||||14,276
-|
||||14,276
33,778|
||||48,054|
The notes on page 8 form part of these accounts.
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## **The John 3:16 Trust**
## **STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES**
## **YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2022**
|**A Cash funds**
Cash at bank with immediate access
Notice deposits
**B**
**Liabilities**
Unbilled fee for Independent Examination
Pension deductions due to be paid over
**C**
**Assets retained for charity's own use**
Computers and IT|Unrestricted
funds
£
7,929
65,709
**73,638**
780
275
**1,055**|2022
£
7,929
65,709
**73,638**
780
275
**1,055**|2021
£|
|---|---|---|---|
||||22,741
25,313|
||||**48,054**|
||||750
275|
||||**1,025**
|
||||Current
value
£|
||||37|
||||**37**|
Current values have been estimated by the trustees.
## **D Guarantees and secured debts**
The charity has not given any guarantees and has not provided its assets as security for any liabilities.
The accounts were approved by the trustees and signed on their behalf by:
## A. Rosier
_________________________
A. Rosier
Date: 16 May 2023
The notes on page 8 form part of these accounts.
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## **The John 3:16 Trust**
## **NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS**
## **YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2022**
## **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.
|Unrestricted
funds
£
**2**
**Payments in relation to charitable activities undertaken directly**
Employment costs (Note 3)
29,298
Travel costs
912
Conferences
20
Materials & Resources
700
Media & communication
1,289
Governance costs
1,095
Other costs
999
34,313
**3**
**Employees**
Salary
Employers National Insurance
Pension|Total
2022
£
29,298
912
20
700
1,289
1,095
999
34,313
26,000
-
3,297
29,298|Total
2021
£|
|---|---|---|
|||41,430
463
-
509
1,580
1,140
891|
|||46,013|
|||35,242
1,242
4,946|
|||41,430|
The charity has 1 part-time employee, to whom the employment costs above refer.
## **4 Transactions with related parties**
No amounts were paid or are payable to any trustee or to any person connected to them.
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