Living Out
Charity Number: 1165572
Trustees, Annual Report
and Financial Statements
for the year ended
31 March 2024

Living Out
Tru5tee5' Annual Report for the Year Ended 31 March 2024
Reference & Administration Details
Charity name: Living Out
Charity number: 1165572
Charity's operating address: The EmmanueL Meeting Hc￿Se
Lewins Mead. BristoL
Postcode BSI 2NN
Names of the Charity TA￿teeS who Manage the Charity
TTh5tee NAme
I: Gabrielle Doherty
2." Rosemary Dunn
3: HeLen Lamb
4: Ed Shaw
Chair
5: Keith SincLair
Description of the Charitys Trusts
Type of Govern1￿ Document: Constittrtion
How the Charfty Is Const￿. Charitable Incorporated Organisation
Trustee SeLettlon Methods:
Every trustee must be appointed by a resolution passed at a
properly convened meeting of the charity trustees. Living
Out trustees must indicate their adherence to the Living Out
statement of belief
Objectives
For the public benefiL the advancement of the evangelicaL Christian reLigion and Christian
principLes of love. acceptance. compassion and under5tandiTrJ, in particular, but not exclusively
by:
(l) Encouraging evangelical congregations to welcome and accept same sex attracted
individuals and provide them with pastoral supporL
(2) Repudiating all attitudes and attions which victimize or diminish peopLe whose
affections are directed towards people of the same sex.
{3) Providing pastoral support and advice in reLation to bibLical teachings on human
sexuality a5515ting same sex attracted Christians reconcile their sexuality with the
teachings of the BibLe.
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Activities. Achievements & Perfonnance
Living Out carries out a wide variety of activities and the trustees take seriousLy the requirement
to provide public benefit and have appreciated the Charity Commission's guidance in thi5 area.
In February 2022 Living Out set some new medium tenn goals ofr
Encouraging and equipping under 25s and those who care for them.
I ncreasing the profile and accessibility of the website and its resources.
Encouraging and equipping churches to be biblicalLy inclusive safe space5 for Sexual
minority groups.
Refreshing and expanding the staff team
During the year we continued to work towards these goal& We continued to grow our youth
leader network and provided them with taiLored content via an email newsletter as weLL as a
youth Leader section on the Living Out website. Through the year the team have been working
on a new video based resource for teens caLled Kaleidoscope at the end of year agree￿￿nt was
reached with a production company and plans were in place for brand and web design. The
resource will be launched in Autumn 2024.
The web51te continued to attract large numbers of visitors With a weekly blog and new articles
from an expanding number of authors. Podcasts continue to reach a12rge audience with just
under 40,000 downloads in the year.
The team spoke at an increasing number of events of various sizes from individual churches to
large conferences including those focused on youth and Studen￿ Our speaking engagements
included events online and in person in both the UK. Europe and Canada. We continued to
provide a popular tennly lunchtime webinar to church leaders.
As part of refreshing and expanding our staff team new part time roles of digital content
manger and engagernent lead were created and recruited into and a new volunteer associate
joined the team. Our part time Content Director stepped down and their responsibiLitie5 were
realLocated within the team. OveraLI the number of stsff days have increased in the year.
FinanciaL Review
Flnanclal Revlew Detalls
Living Out made a deficit of £4.326 in the year to 31 March 2024 despite a significant increase
in income of £40.000 over the previous year. However. this was after paying a 50% inst3Lment
on the production costs for the KaLeidoscope project and increased investment in new and
existing staff outlined above. Greater income from speaking events also reflected higher costs
including longer duration and internationaL events.
Living Out has no borrowings nor provided any guarantee&
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Charlty's Poucy on Reserves
The trustees reviewed the reserve policy in November 2020 and in Light of expanding
empLoyment commitments increased the reserves policy to three months operating expenditure
relating to salary and other financial commttments as a general reserve. This wouLd equate to
around £40,000.
At the end of the year Living Out had an unrestritted cash balance of £125,CMM. This is
significantly above the policy reserve requirement In 2024 Living Out committed to the
Kaleidoscope projecL this is a significant investment with costs in excess of £IOO.000 and it is
expected to use up the excess reserves held by Living OUL
Related party transactlons
In August 2019 Living Out obtained Charity Commission approval to pay Ed Shaw. a trustee, this
was to act as a director and not in respect of trustee dutie& The cost to Living Out of this was
£14.314. Expenses were aL80 paid for three trustee5 With respect to activity as trustee with a
totaL c05t of £838.
Declaration
The Trustees declare that they have approved the Tnistees. Report above.
Signed on behalf of the Charity's Trustees
Slgnature:
JL
Full Name:
Edward JJ Shaw
Posltlon:
Chair
Date:
17 October 2024
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Independent Examinerfs Report to the trustees of Living Out Charitsble
Incorporated Organisation
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of Living Out for the year ended 31
March 2024.
Responslbllltles and basls of report
As the charity trustees of Living Out you are re5pon5ible for the preparation of the accounts in
accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 Cthe Acr).
I report in respect of my examination of Living Ours accounts carried out under section 145 of
the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have foll0v￿d aLL the appiicabLe Directions
given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the ACL
Independent examlnerfs statement
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention
in connection with the examination which gives me cause to beLieve that in. any material
respect:
l. the accounting records V￿re not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act" or
2. the accounts do not accord with the accounting records" or
S. the accounts did not compLy with the applicable requirements concerning the form and
content of accourrts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) ReguLations 2008
other than any requirement that the accounts give a 'true and fairf view which is not a
matter considered as part of an independent examination.
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the exatnination
to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of
the accounts to be reached.
Slgnature:
Full Name:
Simon Begbey
Relevant professlonal ACA ICAEW
quauflcatlon
Address:
Bristol
Date: i 6/ii /IGL*
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