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← The Big Story Trust

2023-12-31-accounts

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Trustees Annual Report and Financial Statements for the Year ending 31[st] December 2023

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Contents

Introduction 3
Reference and Administration Details 3-4
Structure, Governance and Management 5-6
Objectives and Activities 7
Achievements and Performance 8
Financial Review 9
Statement of Accounts 10
Independent examiner’s statement 11
Declaration 11

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Introduction

The Trustee’s present their report and financial statement for the year ending 31[st] December 2023. This report is presented in accordance with the statement of recommended practice, “Accounting and Reporting by Charities” (SORP), issued in March 2005.

A Charitable Incorporated Organisation (the CIO) registered number 1167521 was established on 7[th] June 2016, to use the creative arts to proclaim the Good News, equip Christians through training and provide them with resources to tell the Big Story of God.

The financial year for the charity runs from January to December and this is the fourth annual report covering the period between 1[st] January 2020 – 31[st] December 2020.

Reference and Administration Details

Charity Name: The Big Story Trust

Registered Charity Number: 1167521 Registered Address: 80 Broadview Avenue Rainham Kent ME8 9DE Bankers: Lloyds Bank PLC Uttoxeter PO BOX 1000 Andover BX1 1LT

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Trustees:

Trustee Name Office Date Started Date Ended
REV SUSAN VALLENTE-KERR Chair 7.6.16 N/A
REV NATHAN WARD 14.9.21 N/A
CLIVE ARUNDELL 14.9.21 N/A
Rachel Shortland 13.11.22 N/A

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Structure, Governance and Management

The Charity is governed by a constitution and is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO). Apart from the first charity trustees, every trustee must be appointed by a resolution passed at a properly convened meeting of the charity trustees. In selecting individuals for appointment as charity trustees, the charity trustees must have regard to the skills, knowledge and experience needed for the effective administration of the CIO.

The trustee’s are fully committed to safeguarding and therefore have made ‘The Big Story Trust’ a member of CCPAS (The Churches’ Child Protection Advisory Service) which is an independent Christian charity providing professional advice, support, training and resources in all areas of safeguarding children, vulnerable adults and for those affected by abuse.

The trustees have adopted a full set of policies and procedure which are all published on the charities website under the governance section. The policies include:

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• Volunteer Agreement

The trustees review all major risks facing the charity at each meeting of the trustee’s and believe that there are no major risks facing the charity at this time. New Trustees are provided with a copy of the Charity Commission’s leaflet “The Essential Trustee – CC3’’.

Public Benefit

The Trustees have considered the Charity Commission’s general guidance on public benefit and, in particular, the specific guidance on charities for the advancement of religion, when reviewing the Trust’s aims and objectives and in planning future activities and setting the grant making policy for the year. The Trustees have, in their view, met the public benefit requirement by holding a variety of events which are open to the general public and which seek, in accordance with their vision, to transform lives and thus enable people to live as responsible citizens in their community.

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Objectives and Activities

The Big Story Trust is a Kent based charity aiming to uses the creative arts to proclaim the Good News, equip Christians through training and provide them with resources to tell the Big Story of God.

Its objective is to advance the Christian Faith by communicating the Good News through evangelism and the teaching and training of Christian disciples.

Vision

Our Vision is to transform lives by communicating the truth of Christianity.

Mission

To have an impact in every region of the UK, locally and nationally

The Big Story Trust has done this through:

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Achievement and Performance

Trustees continued to implement the operational plan to deliver key projects over the next year which included the delivery of:

All the projects will be embedded in the coming year.

Financial Review

The charity had sufficient resources to deliver the objectives within the financial year without seeking external support.

Policy on reserves

Due to the small size of the charity and the fact that it does not own any assets or buildings and has no employed staff, the trustees have concluded that it does not need to hold any reserves however this policy will be continually be reviewed as and when the charity grows.

Deficits

The charity does not have any deficits at the time of reporting.

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Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report and annual accounts above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees:

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