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RECONCILIATION INITIATIVES Registered Charity No. 1174154

TRUSTEES’ REPORT AND ACCOUNTS

1 January – 31 December 2020

RECONCILIATION INITIATIVES Registered Charity No. 1174154

LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Registered Charity no: 1174154 Trustees: Dr Teresa Dumasy Revd Adeola Eleyae Ven. Patricia Hillas (Acting Chair) Revd Canon Dr Sarah Hills (resigned 28/07/2020) Mr Iain Nettleton Rt Revd Peter Price (Chair) (resigned 28/04/2021) Mr Mark Simmons Revd Karen West Executive Director: Revd Dr Alastair McKay Administrator: Mrs Deborah Niblett Registered Office: 160 Winsford Avenue Coventry CV5 9NH Bankers: The Co-operative Bank PO Box 250 Delf House Southway Skelmersdale WN8 6WT Independent Examiner: Nathan Thomas

RECONCILIATION INITIATIVES Registered Charity No. 1174154

TRUSTEES’ REPORT

FOR THE TWELVE MONTHS ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020

The trustees submit their annual report and the financial statements for the twelve months ended 31 December 2020. The trustees have adopted the provisions of the Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) “Accounting and Reporting by Charities” issued in 2015 in preparing the annual report and financial statements of the charity.

Structure, Governance and Management

The charity is constituted as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) and is governed by a constitution, last amended on 14 January 2017, which became effective upon registration with the Charity Commission on 7 August 2017.

Trustees are appointed by invitation of the existing trustees and subject to a satisfactory interview. Prospective new trustees are invited to attend a trustees’ meeting prior to formal appointment. The management of the charity’s operations is vested in the Board of Trustees. The full Board of Trustees meets four times per year.

Trustees’ Responsibilities

The trustees are responsible for preparing the Trustees’ Annual Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

The trustees are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charitable company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the relevant UK legislation. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

Risk Management

The trustees consider the major financial risk to be failure to raise the funds to enable the charity to implement the plan for its programmes. The trustees will be developing a fundraising strategy to address this risk.

Objectives and Activities

The charity's objects, as set out in its constitution, are:

“To advance the Christian faith and in particular the gospel of redemption and reconciliation for the benefit of the public, by every available means, including, but not exclusively, through:
(i) the provision of training and education in the principles and practices of Christian relationship, community building, peacemaking and reconciliation; and
(ii) in furtherance of the above, the provision of advice, consultancy and other services, to Christian church leaders, members and others including, but not limited to, those Christians who are members of churches within the world-wide Anglican Communion.”

RECONCILIATION INITIATIVES Registered Charity No. 1174154

The charity seeks to achieve its objects primarily by working to deliver plans for development programmes, collectively called an Anglican Peacemaking Institute. The current offering is a programme entitled Reconciling Mission . This is an intensive development programme for those in church leadership and ministry roles, which begins with a residential learning week (within the constraints of Covid-19 guidance), followed by ongoing coaching over an 18-month period to support implementation, action and reflection. The charity launched the inaugural Reconciling Mission programme in July 2020. Recruitment of a second cohort began in late 2020, and carried on into 2021, for the programme that began in June 2021. Further details are available on the charity’s website: www.reconciliation-initiatives.org.

In exercising their powers or duties, the trustees confirm that they have complied with their duty to have due regard to the guidance on public benefit published by the Charity Commission.

Achievements and Performance

The period covered by this report includes the arrival of the global pandemic, and the ensuing national lockdown in the UK and subsequent government restrictions which began in March 2020, and which affected the charity’s activities throughout the remainder of the year, and on into 2021.

During 2020, the charity:

completed recruitment of the first cohort of participants for the Reconciling Mission programme, with four groups of four participants drawn from the Dioceses of Coventry, Gloucester and Llandaff, and a cross-diocesan group from the Scottish Episcopal Church, all sponsored by their diocesan bishop;
developed an alternative online conference programme, once it became clear that an in-person residential conference was not going to be possible during the summer of 2020, due to the Covid-19 government restrictions;
re-recruited the four Reconciling Mission participant groups to the new online contingency programme, with the support of their sponsoring bishops;
ran an online conference from 14-17 July 2020 for the Reconciling Mission participants, with three facilitators and two additional speakers;
facilitated follow-up webinars and coaching conversations in September, October and December, for the 16 participants, in paired groups of eight at a time;
began monitoring and evaluation of the first Reconciling Mission programme, led by an independent researcher; and
began recruitment of the sponsoring bishops and participants for the second Reconciling Mission programme, which was scheduled to begin in June 2021.

RECONCILIATION INITIATIVES Registered Charity No. 1174154

Financial Review

The principal sources of funding in the period covered by this report were donations from private individuals and income from charitable activities, in the form of contributions from dioceses participating in the Reconciling Mission programme.

Donations totalled £67,570 over this period, and the largest portion of these were received without conditions from related parties. These donations were supplemented by a Gift Aid claim of £16,750. A restricted grant of £3,000 was also received from a grant-giving trust. Income from charitable activities was £13,600, with £62 of bank interest also received. Total income for the period was £100,982.

The expenditure totalled £39,629 during this period. The main items of expenditure were staff salaries, office rental, fees for associate facilitators, office equipment, staff training, payroll fees and trustees’ travel expenses.

The overall financial position of the charity, at 31 December 2020, was £164,055.

Plans for Future Periods

In the next period, the charity intends to:

recruit at least four sponsoring bishops and 16 participants for the second Reconciling Mission programme in the British Isles, to begin in June 2021;
complete monitoring and evaluation of the first Reconciling Mission programme, led by an independent researcher;
begin recruiting further sponsoring bishops and participants for the third Reconciling Mission programme, scheduled to begin in July 2022;
raise further funds to continue delivering the Reconciling Mission programme; and
weigh up whether to develop plans for a programme that might be offered in southern or east Africa in 2023.

This report was approved by the Board of Trustees on 14 September 2021:

__________ (Acting Chair)

RECONCILIATION INITIATIVES

Registered Charity No. 1174154

INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF RECONCILIATION INITIATIVES

I report on the accounts of the charity for the twelve months ended 31 December 2020 which are set out on pages 7 to 16.

Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner

The trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act) and that an independent examination is needed.

Having satisfied myself that the charity is eligible for independent examination, it is my responsibility to:

examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Act;
follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act; and
state whether particular matters have come to my attention.

Basis of independent examiner's report

My examination was carried out in accordance with the general Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a “true and fair view” and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.

Independent examiner's statement

In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Nathan Thomas 1 Upper Mount Pleasant, Freshford, Bath Chartered Accountant

1 September 2021

RECONCILIATION INITIATIVES

Registered Charity No. 1174154

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES 12 MONTHS ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020

	Reconciliation Initiatives	Reconciliation Initiatives	Reconciliation Initiatives	Reconciliation Initiatives	Charity No (if any)	1174154	CC17a
	Annual accounts for the period
	Period start date		01/01/2020	To	Period end date	31/12/2020

Section A	Statement of financial activities
Recommended categories by activity	Details of own analysis	Note	Unrestricted funds	Restricted income funds	Endowment funds	Total this year	Total last year
			£	£	£	£	£
Incoming resources (Note 3)			F01	F02	F03	F04	F05
Incoming resources from generated funds			-		-	-	-
Voluntary income		S01	84,320	-	-	84,320	93,238
Activities for generating funds		S02	-	-	-	-	-
Investment income		S03	62	-	-	62	-
Incoming resources from charitable activities		S04	13,600	-	-	13,600	-
Other incoming resources		S05		3,000	-	3,000	-
*Total incoming resources*		S06	97,982	3,000	-	100,982	93,238
Resources expended (Notes 4-8)
Costs of Generating Funds			-	-	-	-	-
Costs of generating voluntary income		S07		-	-	-	180
Fundraising trading costs		S08	-	-	-	-	-
Investment management costs		S09	-	-	-	-	-
Charitable activities		S10	38,227	697	-	38,924	29,061
Governance costs		S11	701	-		701	855
Other resources expended		S12	4	-	-	4	-
*Total resources expended*		S13	38,932	697	-	39,629	30,095
*Net incoming/(outgoing) resources before* *transfers*		S14	59,050	2,303	-	61,353	63,142
Gross transfers between funds		S15	-	-	-	-	-
*Net incoming/(outgoing) resources before* *other recognisedgains/(losses)*		S16	59,050	2,303	-	61,353	63,142
Other recognised gains/(losses)
Gains and losses on revaluation of fixed assets for the charity’s own use		S17	-	-	-	-	-
Gains and losses on investment assets		S18	-	-	-	-	-
*Net movement in funds*		S19	59,050	2,303	-	61,353	63,142
Total funds brought forward		S20	102,702	-	-	102,702	39,560
*Total funds carried forward*		S21	161,752	2,303	-	164,055	102,702

RECONCILIATION INITIATIVES

Registered Charity No. 1174154

Section B Balance sheet

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Restricted
Unrestricted income Endowment Total this Total last
funds funds funds year year
£ £ £ £ £
Fixed assets F01 F02 F03 F04 F05
Tangible assets (Note 9) B01 - -
B02 - - - - -
Investments (Note 10) B03 - - - - -
Total fixed assets B04 - - - - -
Current assets
Stock and work in progress B05 - - -
Debtors (Note 11) B06 7,436 - - 7,436 3,310
(Short term) investments B07 - - - - -
Cash at bank and in hand B08 159,021 2,303 - 161,325 101,092
Total current assets B09 166,457 2,303 - 168,760 104,402
Creditors: amounts falling due within
one year (Note 12) B10 4,705 - - 4,705 1,700
Net current assets/(liabilities) B11 161,752 2,303 - 164,055 102,702
Total assets less current liabilities B12 161,752 2,303 - 164,055 102,702
Creditors: amounts falling due after
one year (Note 12) B13 - - -
Provisions for liabilities and charges B14 - - - - -
Net assets B15 161,752 2,303 - 164,055 102,702
Funds of the Charity
Unrestricted funds B16 161,752 161,752 -
B17 - - -
Restricted income funds (Note 13) B18 2,303 2,303
Endowment funds (Note 13) B19 - -
Total funds B20 161,752 2,303 - 164,055 102,702
Note
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Registered Charity No. 1174154

Section C Notes to the accounts

Note 1 Basis of preparation

This section should be completed by all charities .

1.1 Basis of accounting

These accounts have been prepared on the basis of historic cost (except that investments are shown at market value) in accordance with:

Accounting and Reporting by Charities – Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP 2005); • and with* ✓ Accounting Standards; or Financial Reporting Standards for Smaller Enterprises (FRSSE);
and with the Charities Act.

RECONCILIATION INITIATIVES Registered Charity No. 1174154

Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)


Note 2 Accounting policies
*This standard list of accounting policies has been applied by the charity except for those deleted. Where a different* *or additional policy has been adopted then this is detailed in the box below.*
INCOMING RESOURCES
Recognition of incoming	These are included in the Statement of Financial Activities (SoFA) when:
resources	• the charity becomes entitled to the resources;
	• the trustees are virtually certain they will receive the resources; and
	• the monetary value can be measured with sufficient reliability.
Incoming resources with related expenditure	Where incoming resources have related expenditure (as with fundraising or contract income) the incoming resources and related expenditure are reported gross in the SoFA.
Grants and donations	Grants and donations are only included in the SoFA when the charity has unconditional entitlement to the resources.
Tax reclaims on donations and gifts	Incoming resources from tax reclaims are included in the SoFA at the same time as the gift to which they relate.
Contractual income and performance related grants	This is only included in the SoFA once the related goods or services have been delivered.
Gifts in kind	Gifts in kind are accounted for at a reasonable estimate of their value to the charity or the amount actually realised.
	Gifts in kind for sale or distribution are included in the accounts as gifts only when sold or distributed bythe charity.
	Gifts in kind for use by the charity are included in the SoFA as incoming resources when receivable.
Donated services and facilities	These are only included in incoming resources (with an equivalent amount in resources expended) where the benefit to the charity is reasonably quantifiable, measurable and material_._ The value placed on these resources is the estimated value to the charity of the service or facility received.
Volunteer help	The value of any voluntary help received is not included in the accounts but is described in the trustees’ annual report.
Investment income	This is included in the accounts when receivable.
Investment gains and losses	This includes any gain or loss on the sale of investments and any gain or loss resulting from revaluing investments to market value at the end of the year.
EXPENDITURE AND LIABILITIES
Liability recognition	Liabilities are recognised as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to pay out resources.
Governance costs	Include costs of the preparation and examination of statutory accounts, the costs of trustee meetings and cost of any legal advice to trustees on governance or constitutional matters.
Grants with performance conditions	Where the charity gives a grant with conditions for its payment being a specific level of service or output to be provided, such grants are only recognised in the SoFA once the recipient of the grant has provided the specified service or output.
Grants payable without performance conditions	These are only recognised in the accounts when a commitment has been made and there are no conditions to be met relatingto thegrant which remain in the control of the charity.
Support Costs	Support costs include central functions and have been allocated to activity cost categories on a basis consistent with the use of resources, eg allocating property costs by floor areas, or per capita, staff costs by the time spent and other costs by their usage.
ASSETS
Tangible fixed assets for use by charity	These are capitalised if they can be used for more than one year, and cost at least £1000. They are valued at cost or a reasonable value on receipt.
Investments	Investments quoted on a recognised stock exchange are valued at market value at the year end. Other investment assets are included at trustees' best estimate of market value.
Stocks and work in progress	These are valued at the lower of cost or market value.
POLICIES ADOPTED ADDITIONAL TO OR DIFFERENT FROM THOSE ABOVE

RECONCILIATION INITIATIVES Registered Charity No. 1174154

Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)


Note 3 Analysis of incoming resources
*Incoming resources may be further analysed if this would help the reader of the accounts.*
	Analysis	This year	Last year
		£	£
Voluntary income	Donations from supporters	67,570	68,783
	Gift Aid recovered	16,750	24,455
			-
		-	-
		-	-
	Total	84,320	93,238

Activities for generating funds			-
		-	-
		-	-
		-	-
		-	-
	Total	-	-

Investment income	Interest	62	-
		-	-
		-	-
		-	-
		-	-
	Total	62	-

Incoming resources from charitable activities	API ReconcilingMission	13,600	-
		-	-
		-	-
		-	-
		-	-
	Total	13,600	-
Other incoming resources			-
	Grant (restricted)	3,000	-
		-	-
		-	-
		-	-
	Total	3,000	-

RECONCILIATION INITIATIVES Registered Charity No. 1174154

Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)

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Note 4 Analysis of resources expended
Resources expended may be further analysed if this would help the reader of the accounts.
This year Last year
Analysis £ £
Costs of generating Fundraising consultant - 180
voluntary income - -
- -
- -
- -
Total - 180
Fundraising trading Restricted funds exp - -
costs Printer 662 -
Other office equipment 35 -
- -
- -
Total 697 -
Investment - -
management costs - -
- -
Total - -
Charitable activities API Reconcilining Mission 1,975 746
Staff salaries and pension 28,090 13,573
Staff Travel & subsistence 171 219
Staff training 918 -
Events 10
Office/operations 6,273 8,919
Launch event - 2,880
Communications - 2,724
Payroll fees 581
Working from home allowance 210
Total 38,227 29,061
Governance costs
Trustee meetings - travel 106 855
Trustee meetings - subsistence 28 -
Trustee expenses 567 -
Other resources Total 701 855
expended
-
Bank charges 3 -
Currency charges 1 -
Total 4 -
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RECONCILIATION INITIATIVES Registered Charity No. 1174154

Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)

Note 5 Support Costs

Please complete this note if the charity has analysed its expenses using activity categories and has support costs.

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Fundraising activity Charitable Activity Governance Activity Total Cost
Support cost type £ £ £ £
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
Total - - - -
Note 6 Details of certain items of expenditure
6.1 Trustee expenses
Please provide details of the amount of any payment or reimbursement of out-of-pocket expenses made to
trustees or to third parties for expenses incurred by trustees. If no expenses were paid,
please enter ‘None’ in the appropriate box(es).
This year Last year
1 0
Number of trustees who were paid expenses
travel
Nature of the expenses
Total amount paid £567.16 0
6.2 Fees for examination or audit of the accounts
Please provide details of the amount paid for any statutory external scrutiny of accounts and other
services provided by your independent examiner or auditor. If nothing was paid please enter NONE in the
appropriate box(es).
This year Last year
£ £
Independent examiner’s or auditors' fees for reporting on the
accounts
Other fees (for example: advice, consultancy, accountancy
services) paid to the independent examiner or auditor
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Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)

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7.1 Staff CostsStaff Costsff CostsCosts
This yearyearear Last yearyearear
£ £
Gross wages, salaries and benefits in kindges, salaries and benefits in kindes, salaries and benefits in kind, salaries and benefits in kind salaries and benefits in kind 28,320 11,600 ,320 11,600 320 11,600 ,600 600
Employer’s National Insurance costs ployer’s National Insurance costs loyer’s National Insurance costs yer’s National Insurance costs er’s National Insurance costs - -
Pension costs 1,068 529 ,068 529 068 529
Total staff costs 29,388 12,129 ,388 12,129 388 12,129 ,129 129
This year Last year
7.2 Average number of full-time equivalent employees in the year
Number Number
The parts of the charity in which the Fundraisingundraisingndraisingdraisingraisingaisingisingsingingg - -
employees work Charitable Activities 1 1
Governance 1 1
Other - -
Total 2 2
7.3 Defined3 Defined Definedefinedfineded contribution pension schementribution pension schemetribution pension schemeribution pension schemebution pension schemeion pension schemeon pension schemen pension schemepension schemension schemesion schemeion schemeon schemen schemeschemehemeememee
Please complete if a defined contribution pension scheme is operated.
Brief details of the scheme Employees of the charity are entitled to join a defined contribution
scheme. The charity contribution is restricted to the contributions
disclosed in this note.
This year Last year
£ £
1068 529
The costs of the scheme to the charity for the yeary for the year for the yearyearear
The amount of any contributions outstanding at the year endy contributions outstanding at the year end contributions outstanding at the year endg at the year end at the year endyear endear end 24 529
0 0
The amount of any contributions prepaid at the year endy contributions prepaid at the year end contributions prepaid at the year endprepaid at the year endrepaid at the year endpaid at the year endaid at the year endyear endear end
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Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)


Note 11 Debtors and prepayments
*Please complete this note if the charity has any debtors or prepayments.*
Analysis of debtors	Amounts falling due within oneyear		Amounts falling due after more than oneyear
	This year	Last year	This year	Last year
	£	£	£	£
Trade debtors		-	-	-
Amounts due from subsidiary and associated undertakings	-	-	-	-
Other debtors		8.0	-	-
Prepayments and accrued income	7,435.6	3,301.9	-	-
Total	7,435.6	3,309.9	-	-

Note 12 Creditors and accruals
*Please complete this note ifthe charity has any creditors or accruals.*
12.1 Analysis of creditors
	Amounts falling due within oneyear		Amounts falling due after more than oneyear
	This year	Last year	This year	Last year
	£	£	£	£
Loans and overdrafts	-	-	-	-
Trade creditors	690	-	-	-
Amounts due to subsidiary and associated undertakings		-	-	-
Other creditors	366	1,700	-	-
Accruals and deferred income	3,649	-	-	-
Total	4,705	1,700	-	-

12.2 Security over assets
*If any loan, overdraft or other creditor holds a charge or other security over any assets of the charity please* *provide details.*


Note 11 Debtors and prepayments
*Please complete this note if the charity has any debtors or prepayments.*
Analysis of debtors	Amounts falling due within oneyear		Amounts falling due after more than oneyear
	This year	Last year	This year	Last year
	£	£	£	£
Trade debtors		-	-	-
Amounts due from subsidiary and associated undertakings	-	-	-	-
Other debtors		8.0	-	-
Prepayments and accrued income	7,435.6	3,301.9	-	-
Total	7,435.6	3,309.9	-	-

Note 12 Creditors and accruals
*Please complete this note ifthe charity has any creditors or accruals.*
12.1 Analysis of creditors
	Amounts falling due within oneyear		Amounts falling due after more than oneyear
	This year	Last year	This year	Last year
	£	£	£	£
Loans and overdrafts	-	-	-	-
Trade creditors	690	-	-	-
Amounts due to subsidiary and associated undertakings		-	-	-
Other creditors	366	1,700	-	-
Accruals and deferred income	3,649	-	-	-
Total	4,705	1,700	-	-

12.2 Security over assets
*If any loan, overdraft or other creditor holds a charge or other security over any assets of the charity please* *provide details.*

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Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)


Note 13 Endowment and restricted income funds
*Please complete this section if the charity has any endowment or restricted income funds.*
13.1 Funds held
Pleasegive a brief description of any of the following type of funds held by the charity:
• permanent endowment funds(PE);
• expendable endowment funds(EE); and
• restricted income funds, including special trusts, of the charity (R).
Fund Name	Type PE, EE or R	Purpose and Restrictions
Allchurches Trust	R	Office equipment





13.2 Movements of major funds
*Please give details of the movements of the major funds summarised in the restricted and endowment* *columns of the Statement of Financial Activities.*
Fund names	Fund balances brought forward	Incoming resources	Outgoing resources	Transfers	Gains and losses	Fund balances carried forward
	£	£	£	£	£	£
AllChurchesTrust	-	3,000	697	-	-	2,303
	-	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total Funds	-	3,000	697	-	-	2,303

13.3 Transfers between funds
*Please give details of any transfers between funds.*
From Fund(Name)	To Fund(Name)		Reason			Amount