## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From** 01/09/2023 **Period start date To** 31/08/2024 **Period end date** **Charity name:** Peninsula Gospel Partnership **Charity registration number:** 1169140 ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**The advancement of the Christian faith**
**to the public benefit.**| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|**Weekly training course sessions for**
**trainee ministers and ministry**
**volunteers of all denominations and**
**none.**
**Termly ministers’ day conferences**
**offering encouragement, Bible teaching**
**and training on ministry topics. **| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**All trustees are fully aware of the CIO’s**
**role in providing public benefit through**
**our engagement with local churches.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference| |---|---| ||Para 1.38| |Policy on grant making|| ||Para 1.38| |Policy on social investment|| |including program related|| |investment|| ||Para 1.38| |Contribution made by|| |volunteers|| |Other|| ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|**The midweek course has continued to**
**provide high-quality training on**
**Christian ministry and Bible teaching in**
**a variety of contexts. This has enabled**
**many more people to feel confident in**
**their ability to advance the Christian**
**faith in their local churches and**
**communities across Devon and**
**Cornwall.**
**Likewise the termly day conferences**
**have provided both teaching and**
**encouragement for ministers serving in**
**diverse communities and cultural**
**contexts across the Peninsula.**
**Church leaders connecting through the**
**Peninsula Gospel Partnership and its**
**activities have found helpful community**
**and camaraderie. Some have gone on to**
**lead their churches to partner with other**
**local churches to advance the Christian**
**faith and benefit their own local**
**communities ina richer way. **| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|where relevant about:| |---|---|---| |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**At the end of the period we are in a**
**favourable financial position, with net**
**liquid assets of £25836. **| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**The charity currently has no investment**
**policy, preferring to hold its reserves in**
**an accessible current account. As a**
**charity we are committed to ensuring**
**our reserves are at a level to cover our**
**regular outgoings for at least three**
**months. **| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£25836**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**N/A**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**N/A**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**N/A**| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|where relevant about:| |---|---|---| |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|**We are principally funded by small**
**regular donations from partner**
**churches in Devon and Cornwall.**
**Overall we make a small annual profit**
**from the combination of the fees**
**received for the weekly course and**
**tickets sold for the termly conferences. **| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Charitable Incorporated Organisation**
**Constitution **| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**Charitable Incorporated Organisation**
**(Foundation Model)**| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|**New trustees are elected by a properly**
**convened meeting of charity trustees.**
**Trustees are selected from partner**
**churches in Devon and Cornwall, with**
**due regard for the variety of skills,**
**knowledge and experience they may**
**bring to the role.**
**The key criterion specified in the**
**Constitution is that prospective trustees**
**must subscribe and adhere to (in belief**
**and lifestyle) the Statement of Faith**
**(Schedule One) and Convictions About**
**the Shape of Gospel Ministry (Schedule**
**Two). **| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements||where relevant about:| |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Para 1.51|| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|**The charity operates as an independent**
**Foundation CIO, but it operates in loose**
**association with other similar**
**organisations (Gospel Partnerships)**
**across England and Scotland. This**
**association is realised principally by a**
**twice-yearly gathering of the**
**chairpeople of these charities to**
**compare notes and discuss best**
**practice. **| |Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|**Peninsula Gospel Partnership**| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|**PGP **| |Registered charity number|**1169140**| |Charity’s principal address|**74 Goosewell Road**
**Plymouth**
**Devon**
**PL9 9HP**| |---|---| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee(if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||**Rev. Tom Brassil**|**Chair**||| ||**Rev. Simon**
**Austen**||01/09/2023-21/12/2023|| ||**Mr. John Pengelly**|||| ||**Dr. Peter Ham**||07/02/2024-31/08/2024|| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity **Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**| |---|---|---| |**Type of**
**adviser **
**Name**
**Address**||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**||| |||| ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **Other optional information** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s) Full name(s) Thomas James Brassil** ~~a~~ **Position (eg Secretary, Chair Chair, etc)** ~~ee~~ **Date 06/05/2025** ~~|~~ ## **Peninsula Gospel Partnership** ## **Receipts and Payments Account for the** ## **Year ended 31 August 2024** |**Receipts**|**2024**|**2023**| |---|---|---| |||| |Partners’ subscriptions & donations
Student fees & conference receipts
Bank interest|_£_
_1,251_
_£_
_3,202_
_£_
_50_|£
6,527
£
3,828
£
27| |||| ||£
4,504|£
10,383| |**Payments**||| |||| |Administrator’s travel expenses
Course speakers’ travel expenses
Bank charges
Website maintenance and management
Course and conference accommodation and expenses
Donations to Christian charity organisations
Course books
Contribution to Regional Gospel Partnership|_£_
_253_
_£_
_364_
_£_
_60_
_£_
_307_
_£_
_2,871_
_£_
_100_
-
-|£
203
£
19
£
60
£
256
£
2,363
£
200
£
0
-| |||| |Total|£
3,956|£
3,101| |||| |**Excess receipts over payments for period**|£
548|£
7,282| |||| |**Statement of assets**||| |||| |Bank balance at 31 August 2024|£
25,836|£
25,288| |||| |**Total assets**|£
25,836|£
25,288| |||| |**Reserves**||| |||| |Balance at 1 September 2023|£
25,288|£
18,006| |||| |Surplus for the year/period|£
548|£
7,282| |||| |Balance at 31 August 2024|£
25,836|£
25,288| 1