Report of the Trustees for the year ending 31 December 2020
Name of Charitable incorporated Organization (CIO): The Elyott Generation
CIO Registration Number – 1159926
Registered Address: Office 206, Suite 2
1 The Queens gate Centre
Orsett Road
Grays, Essex
RM17 5DF
Who We Are
The Elyott Generation is a member of Churches in Community (CIC). 'Churches in Communities International' is the legal body established in the UK for the development and co-ordination of 'Churches in Communities' around the world. The Elyott Generation benefits directly from CIC International's experience in providing recognition, influence, accountability, accreditation, representation, encouragement and sharing of expertise.
OUR AIMS
To help people develop in their Christian faith and maintain an intimate relationship with God in a personal way while growing in their Christian faith and values and growing to their full potential in their daily lives.
OUR OBJECTIVES
The objects of the CIO, for the public benefit is the advancement of the Christian faith primarily in London and throughout the United Kingdom and the rest of the World by all means consistent with the teachings of the Christian Bible, including worship, prayer, teaching, evangelism, education, community service and the support of Churches and individuals and other charitable organizations.
POLICIES
Code of Conduct: This Code of Practice provides guidelines on appropriate boundaries rather than assuming people know what the appropriate boundaries are.
Conflict of Interest Policy: All staff, volunteers, and trustees of The Elyott Generation will strive to avoid any conflict of interest between the interests of The Elyott Generation on the one hand, and personal, professional, and business interests on the other. This includes avoiding actual conflicts of interest as well as the perception of conflicts of interest.
The purpose of this policy is to protect the integrity of The Elyott Generation decision-making process, to enable stakeholders to have confidence in the organization’s integrity, and to protect the integrity and reputation of volunteers, staff and trustees.
SAFEGUARDING / CHILD PROTECTION POLICY
The Elyott Generation facilitates an environment in which children, young people and vulnerable adults are able to worship and grow in Christ safely and protected from any form of Abuse. The Elyott Generation has a moral duty to ensure that it functions with a view to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and those that are vulnerable. To reduce risk and safeguard the people we host; The Elyott Generation has 19 Volunteers who work closely with children, young adults and vulnerable adults have received enhanced DBS checks and we ensure their behavior constitute safe and good practices.
What We Do
Our mandate is to continue stirring hearts to seek a deeper and more intimate relationship with the Lord. We focus on supporting individuals in their pursuit of purpose and personal development, in Christ. Raising and equipping people to embrace their identity in Christ and step into fulfilling the Lord’s desire and callings for their lives.
We do this via:
The Gatherings - Our meetings and Conferences. These are powerful times of prayer, worship, teaching of God's word and fellowship. (Formerly Time away with Jesus events.)
Worship Missionaries - A worship Ministry, serving in worship and equipping singers and musicians spiritually.
Precious Hearts - Equipping the younger generation of girls to live in the truth of their identity in Christ.
True Love Experience - Expressing God’s love in personal and practical ways. Giving hope, encouragement, support and affirming personal value.
Vision Support - Supporting individuals in establishing and maintaining their vision.
Vision Helpers - Providing opportunities for people to serve others with their time, gifts and resources.
Vision Development - This programme is a mentoring process, to help the visionary through the various stages of establishing their vision. It is important to us that each vision is established with integrity and in alignment with the word of God.
Holding His Gaze - Nothing is more important than our one-to-one heart connection with the Lord, this is our way of recapturing those truths and staying sensitive to His heart, by taking time to reflect on Scripture, align with His heart and embrace His love. Teachings and prayer sessions are held via Zoom every second Tuesday of the month @ 7.30pm –9:30pm.
The Elyott Generation is committed to providing its activities, events, training, retreats and other services to all who would benefit from them. Our activities include unrestrained worship, heartfelt prayers, and reflection on God's word and in-depth teaching sessions for adults and youth, with a goal to meet The Elyott Generation’s objectives including:
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A structure for discipleship for new Christians
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Prayer support by trained intercessors
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Pastoral Care
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Christian courses and training
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Organising events, social activities and conferences which are open to all looking to draw closer to God and know Jesus
And any other activities as identified by the trustees to further our aims and objects
REVIEW OF ACTIVITIES AND ACHIEVEMENTS
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdowns we were able to hold only 1 team face-toface gathering, this was our end of year get together and took place on the 12[th] of December.
However, Holding his Gaze ministered to people weekly via online platform Zoom.
Team conference calls - Weekly
We continue to have our weekly conference calls to grow as a team. During these calls, the team is encouraged in their Christian faith while furthering their knowledge and understanding. We continue to pray together on our conference calls and utilise it as a time to share with one another. These take place every Monday from 9pm – 10 pm
Worship Missionaries
Worship is key to our relationship with our Lord, we are called to worship in truth and in Spirit. We gathered to equip and serve others in worship. This year we gathered online monthly due to the COVID-19 restrictions.
Precious hearts
We continue to support our young girls and young ladies from the ages of 10-21years through our meet-ups, using our daily prayer points and devotionals shared using WhatsApp and our weekly prayer calls. It continues to be an open forum where the girls are encouraged to talk about the issues they face in a safe space while enjoying games, praying and socializing with one another.
Public Benefits and Achievements
Most of our activities are free of charge and meet public benefit requirements for a religious charity by delivering activities and programmes that meet the aims and purposes of the organizations while offering it to anyone interested in the Christian faith and/or is a spiritual seeker.
Our provision is open to the public and offered to all via our website, on Facebook and other various social media.
Volunteers
Our volunteers come from a number of different churches. They volunteer of their own free well and are not in any way compelled to do so, when they cannot or no longer want to
volunteer. As a matter of due diligence at the end of every year the volunteers are all asked if they would like to continue or move on.
Finances
Finances are raised by Donations that are made to the charity .
FINANCIAL REVIEW
The financial statements show that we received a total income of £22,293, of which all was unrestricted funds. For 2020 we did not have any restricted funds. Our total income for the year increased by £2,338 from 2019. The primary reasons for the increase are as follows:
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Donations increased by £2,758
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Journey of One ( New program) generated £210
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The Affiliate program increased by £600 as a result of the VDP participants graduating and becoming affiliates. The VDP program income decreased by £1,230 for the same reason
These increases happened in spite of the COVID Pandemic.
In 2020, there were no in-person retreats or charitable service events which accounted for a decrease in expenses. Training and travel expenses were also down, all due to the COVID Pandemic.
There was a new expense in 2020, which is for the Minister's parsonage and associated bills. The total expense amounted to £5,989. The rental company for the office reduced their fees which accounted for a £3,192 reduction in expenses. The charity no longer rents an office at this time, but moved it into the parsonage over the pandemic period.
We achieved our financial objective to increase general funds to the charity as well as meet our overall objective to support individuals in their pursuit of purpose and personal development in Christ. We aim to increase subscriptions and promote the programs for more people and organizations to benefit. While the charity does not hold any reserves currently, we intend to look into registering to claim gift aid as the charity grows, which will be used to build the charity’s reserves in future. We shall also be looking into other fundraising channels and activities to help increase our reserves so that we can continue to run and expand activities and programs to cater to the community.
TRUSTEES
Rev. Valerie Elyott FROM: 03 March 2014 TO PRESENT Sheila Willard FROM: 03 March 2014 TO PRESENT Shola Akingbala FROM 1 January 2018 TO PRESENT Caleb Bowtah FROM 3 March 2019 TO PRESENT Adenrele Odiaka FROM: 28[th] May 2019 TO PRESENT
PROFESSIONAL ADVISORS
BANK : LLOYDS TSB
BOOKKEEPING SERVICES : GOLD ARROW CONSULTANCY
THE ELYOTT GENERATION Charity Incorporated Organisation No: 1159926 Statement of Financial Activities Year Ended 31 December 2020
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Restricted Unrestricted Restricted Unrestricted
2020 Total 2019 Total
Funds 2020 Funds 2020 Funds 2019 Funds 2019
Income On:
Affiliate Program £0 £1,030 £1,030 £0 £430 £430
Charitable Services Retreats - Income £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Vision Development Subscriptions £0 £0 £0 £0 £1,230 £1,230
Interest Income £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Journey Of One £0 £210 £210
Donations £0 £21,052 £21,052 £0 £18,294 £18,294
Total Income £0 £22,293 £22,293 £0 £19,954 £19,954
Expenditure On:
Charitable Services Retreat - Expenses £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Accommodation - National £0 £0 £0 £0 £54 £54
Audit & Accountancy fees £0 £450 £450 £0 £150 £150
Bank Fees £0 £117 £117 £0 £271 £271
Charitable Donations £0 £2,050 £2,050 £0 £4,248 £4,248
Charitable Services Events - Expenses £0 £0 £0 £0 £3,627 £3,627
Consultancy & Professional Fees £0 £6,000 £6,000 £0 £6,000 £6,000
Depreciation Expense £0 £239 £239 £0 £219 £219
Entertainment - 0% £0 £118 £118 £0 £470 £470
Entertainment -100% business £0 £0 £0 £0 £545 £545
General Business Administration Expenses £0 £1,298 £1,298 £0 £1,024 £1,024
General Meals - Staff £0 £352 £352 £0 £281 £281
Insurance £0 £144 £144 £0 £228 £228
IT Software and Consumables £0 £1,234 £1,234 £0 £777 £777
Minister Allowances £5,989
Postage, Freight & Courier £25
Printing & Stationery £0 £0 £0 £0 £82 £82
Publicity & Creative £0 £740 £740 £0 £26 £26
Rent £0 £2,688 £2,688 £0 £5,880 £5,880
Repairs & Maintenance £8
Small Furniture & Equipment £0 £0 £0 £0 £55 £55
Subscriptions £0 £341 £341 £0 £285 £285
Sundries & Gifts £0 £134 £134 £0 £0 £0
Telephone & Internet £0 £120 £120 £0 £40 £40
Training £0 £700 £700 £0 £1,812 £1,812
Travel & Subsistence - International £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Travel & Subsistence - National £0 £1,464 £1,464 £0 £3,020 £3,020
Website Hosting & Services £0 £657 £657 £0 £345 £345
Total Expenditure £0 £24,865 £18,844 £0 £29,438 £29,438
Net Income / Expenditure before Transfer £0 -£2,573 £3,449 £0 -£9,483 -£9,483
Gross Transfers Between Funds £0 £0 £0 £0
Net Incoming / Outgoing Funds £0 -£2,573 £0 -£9,483
Total Funds Brought Forward £0 -£12,410 £0 -£2,927
Total Funds Carried Forward £0 -£14,983 £0 -£12,410
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THE ELYOTT GENERATION Charity Incorporated Organisation No: 1159926 Balance Sheet As at 31 December 2020
31 Dec 2020 31 Dec 2019
Assets
| Bank | ||
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| Activate | £21.00 | £0.00 |
| EGEN PayPal | £21.60 | £9.67 |
| Holding His Gaze | £16.00 | £0.00 |
| Long Term Savings Account | £0.01 | £0.01 |
| Main Current Account | £68.38 | £30.61 |
| Precious Hearts Account | £0.79 | £1.00 |
| Short Term Savings Account | £0.09 | £0.06 |
| VME Rent | £2.15 | £0.00 |
| Total Bank | £130.02 | £41.35 |
| Current Assets Rent Deposit Total Current Assets |
£480.00 £480.00 |
£480.00 £480.00 |
| Fixed Assets Computer Equipment Office Equipment & Furniture Less Accumulated Depreciation on Office Equipment & Fur Total Fixed Assets |
£192.20 £1,851.72 -£577.77 £1,466.15 |
£0.00 £1,504.77 -£339.08 £1,165.69 |
| Total Assets | £2,076.17 | £1,687.04 |
| Liabilities Current Liabilities Accounts Payable Loan Account Total Current Liabilities |
£16,899.55 £160.00 £17,059.55 |
£14,097.31 £0.00 £14,097.31 |
| Total Liabilities | £17,059.55 | £14,097.31 |
| Net Assets | -£14,983.38 | -£12,410.27 |
| Equity Current Year Earnings Retained Earnings Unrestricted Funds Total Equity |
-£2,573.11 £2,573.11 -£14,983.38 -£14,983.38 |
-£9,483.13 £9,483.13 -£12,410.27 -£12,410.27 |