**RECONCILIATION INITIATIVES Registered Charity No. 1174154**
**TRUSTEES’ REPORT AND ACCOUNTS**
**1 January – 31 December 2023**
**RECONCILIATION INITIATIVES Registered Charity No. 1174154**
## **LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION**
**Registered Charity no: 1174154 Trustees: Ven. Moira Astin (Chair) Mr Akeem Adagbada (appointed 16/04/2024) Revd Karen West Mr Mark Simmons Revd Scott Watts Mr Peter Wolstensholme (Treasurer) Revd Ruwani Gunawardene (appointed 08/07/2024) Ven. Tricia Hillas (resigned 26/02/2024) Executive Director: Revd Dr Alastair McKay Administrator: Ms Rebecca Gaskin Registered Office: 7 Howey Close, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 1WB Bankers: The Co-operative Bank PO Box 250 Delf House Southway Skelmersdale WN8 6WT Independent Examiner: Nathan Thomas**
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## **TRUSTEES’ REPORT**
## **FOR THE TWELVE MONTHS ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023**
The trustees submit their annual report and the financial statements for the twelve months ended 31 December 2023. 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, typically twice in person, twice online.
## **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 national 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**
Reconciliation Initiatives’ staff have completed training from the Charity Commission in financial risk management. The charity has adopted and implemented an Anti-Fraud Policy and a Financial Policy. 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. This has been evaluated using a Risk Register and the trustees will continue to evolve their fundraising strategy to further 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
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- (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.”
The charity seeks to achieve its objects primarily by working to deliver plans for programmes to resource Anglican leaders, and through them their local churches and dioceses. The current principal offering is a programme entitled _Reconciling Mission_ . This is a learning and development programme for those in church leadership and ministry roles, which begins with a residential learning week, followed by ongoing coaching over an 18-month period to support implementation, action and reflection. The charity launched the second _Reconciling Mission_ programme in July 2021 and the third in June 2022. The second cohort of participants completed the programme in 2023, and the third cohort in 2024. A fourth cohort has been recruited to commence in early October 2024. Further details are available on the charity’s website: www.reconciliation-initiatives.org.
In 2019 and 2020, in his freelance capacity, the charity’s executive director had begun piloting a racial justice programme with a colleague. The programme was called _Being White_ , and at the time sub-titled ‘An Introduction to Whiteness and its Impact on Our Churches’. It seeks to help white Anglican clergy, and their Dioceses, to become pro-actively anti-racist. After successful pilots with the Dioceses of Chelmsford, London and Bristol, in 2022 the Trustees of Reconciliation Initiatives incorporated this programme into the charity’s main offerings.
The _Being White_ programme has since been delivered for a second group from Bristol Diocese in 2022; and, in 2023, for a group from Southwark Diocese, and some staff from United Society Partners in the Gospel (USPG). In 2024 the programme is being offered for groups from Gloucester Diocese, Chichester Cathedral, and Manchester Diocese. The _Being White_ programme has evolved in a number of ways over this period, including now being accompanied by a Critical Friend, someone of global majority heritage, from a different diocese to the host group, who can contribute their experience and perspective, and challenge participants and facilitators, where appropriate.
The charity’s executive director began a three-month sabbatical in November 2023, using part of the time to progress writing a second book, provisionally entitled _Reconciling Mission: Growing the kingdom and transforming congregations through community engagement_ . This is being co-authored with an American colleague, David Brubaker, and is due for publication in 2025 by Alban books, an imprint of Rowman and Littlefield, now owned by Bloomsbury Publishing.
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**
During 2023, the charity:
- facilitated follow-up webinars and coaching conversations over the course of the year, for 25 participants from six dioceses, who formed the third cohort of the _Reconciling Mission_ programme;
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- hosted an online webinar in partnership with Tearfund for participants of the _Reconciling Mission_ programme;
- held the second _Reconciling Mission_ annual conference at Coventry Cathedral on 21 March 2023, with Bishop Andrew Rumsey as the keynote speaker. This closed conference for the _Reconciling Mission_ programme was attended by 49 delegates, principally participants from the first three cohorts, along with senior staff representatives from their dioceses, and trustees, staff and associates of the charity;
- published, at the above conference on 21 March 2023, the executive summary of the monitoring and evaluation report on the second cohort of the _Reconciling Mission_ programme, carried out by an independent researcher, Dr Joanna Sadgrove;
- attempted to recruit a fourth cohort of the _Reconciling Mission_ programme to begin in the spring of 2024, without securing sufficient diocesan groups to form a viable cohort. Four groups were needed, and only two were secured by the deadlines;
- hosted two online gatherings for the Reconciling Mission Network to help programme graduates stay connected, continue learning and to provide them with ongoing resourcing and coaching;
- delivered the _Being White_ programme for a group from Southwark Diocese, and an abbreviated version of the programme for a group of staff from the United Society Partners in the Gospel (USPG);
- recruited a group of nearly 40 people, drawn from 19 different Church of England dioceses, to participate in a public racial justice conference at St-Martin-in-theBullring, Birmingham on 17 October 2023. The conference title was: ‘Waking Up to and Addressing Whiteness in the Anglican Church,’ which was chaired by Ven. Tricia Hillas, one of the RI’s Trustees and, among other roles, a member of the Archbishops’ Commission for Racial Justice in the Church of England. The keynote speaker was Rt Revd Martyn Snow, the Bishop of Leicester;
- commissioned research into existing training around handling conflict available to Anglican clergy in Kenya; and began planning the charity’s own offering in partnership with Kenyan facilitators and two other organisations already working in Kenya; and
- appointed a new part-time administrator in March 2023, following the resignation of the former administrator at the end of the previous year.
## **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 fees for programme and conference participation.
Donations totalled £50,786 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 £12,652. Income from charitable activities was £4,825, with £2,387 of bank interest also received. Total income for the period was £70,909. This was lower than budgeted, due to the lack of a _Reconciling Mission_ fourth cohort being recruited during 2023.
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The expenditure totalled £81,479 during this period. The main items of expenditure were staff salaries, fees for associate facilitators and consultants, fees for holding conferences, and operational overheads. This was largely in line with expectations.
The overall financial position of the charity on 31 December 2023 was £160,892, putting the charity in a healthy financial position.
## **Plans for the Future**
In the next period, among other things, the charity intends to:
- host a third _Reconciling Mission_ conference at Coventry Cathedral;
- publish an executive summary of the report on the monitoring and evaluation of the third _Reconciling Mission_ programme, assembled by an independent researcher;
- recruit dioceses to sponsor participants for the _Reconciling Mission_ programme, with the aim of building a fourth cohort to begin in October 2024;
- identify new diocesan groups to participate in the _Being White_ programme, and conduct a major review of this programme;
- plan a large-scale national mission-themed conference for 2025 in partnership with a leading Cathedral and other organisational partners;
- appoint a project manager to coordinate and launch the charity’s pilot training programme for Anglican Bishops and clergy in Kenya; and
- raise further funds to continue delivering the charity’s programmes.
This report was approved by the Board of Trustees on 8 July 2024:
___ __________ (Chair)
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## **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 2023 which are set out on pages 8 to 19.
## **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_
_6 July 2024_
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## **STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES 12 MONTHS ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023**
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Reconciliation Initiatives Charity No
(if any) 1174154
Annual accounts for the period CC17a
Period end
Period start date To
01/01/2023 date 31/12/2023
Section A Statement of financial activities
Restricted
Recommended Details of own Unrestricted income Endowment Total this Total last
categories by activity analysis funds funds funds year year
£ £ £ £ £
Incoming resources (Note 3) F01 F02 F03 F04 F05
Incoming resources from
generated funds - - - -
Voluntary income S01 63,438 - 63,438 60,544
Activities for generating funds S02 259 - 259 345
Investment income S03 2,387 - 2,387 377
Incoming resources from
charitable activities S04 4,825 - 4,825 23,850
Other incoming resources S05 - - -
Total incoming resources S06 70,909 - - 70,909 85,116
Resources expended (Notes 4-8)
Costs of Generating Funds - - - -
Costs of generating voluntary
income S07 - - -
Fundraising trading costs S08 - - - - -
Investment management costs S09 - - - - -
Charitable activities S10 79,881 145 80,026 78,066
Governance costs S11 1,453 1,453 617
Other resources expended S12 - - 2,817
Total resources expended S13 81,334 145 - 81,479 81,901
Net incoming/(outgoing) resources before
transfers S14 - 10,425 - 145 - - 10,570 3,215
Gross transfers between funds S15 - - - - -
Net incoming/(outgoing) resources before
other recognised gains/(losses) S16 - 10,425 - 145 - - 10,570 3,215
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 - 10,425 - 145 - -10,570 3,215
Total funds brought forward S20 170,157 1,305 171,462 168,247
Total funds carried forward S21 159,732 1,160 - 160,892 171,462
Note
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## **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 4,687 - 4,687 3,672
(Short term) investments B07 - -
Cash at bank and in hand B08 158,882 1,160 - 160,042 168,126
Total current assets B09 163,569 1,160 - 164,729 171,798
Creditors: amounts falling due within
one year (Note 12) B10 3,837 - - 3,837 336
Net current assets/(liabilities) B11 159,732 1,160 - 160,892 171,462
Total assets less current liabilities B12 159,732 1,160 - 160,892 171,462
Creditors: amounts falling due after
one year (Note 12) B13 - - - -
Provisions for liabilities and charges B14 - - - - -
Net assets B15 159,732 1,160 - 160,892 171,462
Funds of the Charity
Unrestricted funds B16 159,732 159,732 170,157
B17 - -
Restricted income funds (Note 13) B18 1,160 1,160 1,305
Endowment funds (Note 13) B19 - -
Total funds B20 159,732 1,160 - 160,892 171,462
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all Date of
Signature Print Name
the trustees approval
Moira Astin 8th July 2024
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**Section C Notes to the accounts**
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|Note1**Basis of preparation**|||
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|**_This section should be completed by allcharities_**_._|||
|**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:|||
|• Accountingand ReportingbyCharities – Statement of Recommended Practice(SORP 2005);|||
|• and with*|✓|Accounting Standards;|
|• and with the Charities Act.|||
|**1.2Change inbasis of accounting**|||
|There has been no change to the accounting policies (valuation rules and methods of accounting) since last year.|||
|**1.3 Changes to previous accounts**|||
|No changes have been made to accounts for previous years.|||
**1.3 Changes to previous accounts** No changes have been made to accounts for previous years.
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## **Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)**
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|**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.|
|**Employment Allowance**|Employer National Insurance is covered by an Employment Allowance which is restricted for
this purpose, the amounts are shown in a note.|
|**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.|
|**RESERVES**||
|**Free Reserves**|Free reserves are those unrestricted funds not invested in tangible fixed assets|
|**POLICIES ADOPTED**
**ADDITIONAL TO OR**
**DIFFERENT FROM THOSE**
**ABOVE**|
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## **Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)**
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Note 3 Analysis of incoming resources
Incoming resources may be further analysed if this would help the reader of the accounts.
This year Last year
Analysis £ £
Voluntary income Donations from supporters 50,786 48,530
Gift Aid recovered 12,652 12,014
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-
Total 63,438 60,544
Activities for generating funds Sales 274 150
Events - 15 195
- -
- -
- -
Total 259 345
Investment income Interest 2,387 377
- -
- -
- -
- -
Total 2,387 377
Incoming resources from Reconciling Mission 22,800
charitable activities Speaker fees 1,050
Being White Workshop fees 2,950 -
Racial Justice Conference Fees 1,875 -
-
Total 4,825 23,850
Other incoming resources
-
Grant (restricted)
- -
- -
- -
Total - -
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## **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.**|||||
||**Analysis**||**This year**|**Last year**|
||||**£**|**£**|
|**Costs of generating**
**voluntary income**|||-|-|
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||**Total**||-|-|
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|**Restricted funds**
**expenditure**|Otheroffice equipment||115|402|
||Stylus||30||
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||**Total**||145|402|
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|**Investment**
**management costs**|||-|-|
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||**Total**||-|-|
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|**Charitable activities**|API ReconcilingMission||1,821|25,765|
||Staffsalaries and pension||44,394|36,460|
||Staff travel & subsistence||1,835|1,276|
||Staff Accommodation||998||
||Staff training||549|160|
||Being White||4,274|1,049|
||Conference Racial Justice (Being White) Design and print,
consumables, venue, food and drink, photography||1,717||
||Communications||3,675|2,690|
||Practitioners' Network||175|983|
||API Monitoringand Evaluation||2,636||
||Associate travel,subsistence,accommodation RM2022||1,525||
||Conference RM (photography, design and print, food and
drink, other, speaker fees and costs, venue)||2,122|2,965|
||RM Network||415||
||Action Learning Groups||1,788||
||Events,networkingand subscriptions||240|250|
||RM Kenya||2,589||
||Merchandise|||1,153|
||Office/operations (Communications, Mobile, Equipment
from unrestricted funds, software, supplies, postage, web
hosting, web maintenance)||4,628|3,129|
||Hospitality and gifts||402|559|
||Insurance||569|538|
||Design work||1,126|837|
||Publicity printing||225||
||Staff recruitment||794||
||Staff meetingvenues||1,276||
||Payroll fees||-|-|
||Workingfrom home allowance||258|312|
||Recoverable expenses||- 149|-59|
||**Total**||79,881|78,125|
|**Governance costs**|||||
||Trustee meetings - travel||666|212|
||Trusteemeetings-subsistence||239|213|
||Trustee expenses||549|193|
|**Other resources**
**expended**|**Total**||1,453|617|
||||||
||Event costs written off||-|2,787|
||Bank charges||-|0|
||Currencycharges||-|30|
||**Total**||-|2,817|
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## **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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|**Note 5Support Costs**|||||
|**_Please complete this note if the charity has analysed its expenses using activity categories and has_**
**_support costs._**|||||
|**Support cost type**|**Fundraising activity**|**Charitable Activity**|**Governance Activity**|**Total Cost**|
||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|
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|**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**|
|**Number of trustees** **who were paid expenses and/or for whom**
**expenses were paid**|||**4**|**3**|
|**Nature of the expenses**|||**Travel, subsistence**
**and expenses**
**related to Trustees'**
**meetings and**
**attendance in**
**support of RI**
**events**|**Travel, subsistence**
**and expenses**
**related to Trustees'**
**meetings**|
|**Total amount paid**|||**£1,453.00**|**£616.70**|
|**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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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 42,528,528528 34,773,773773
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Pension costs 1,867 1,687 ,867 1,687 867 1,687 ,687 687
Total staff costs 44,394,394394 36,460,460460
Thiss yearr Lastast yearr
7.2 Average number of full-time equivalent employees in the year
Numberumbermberberr Numberumbermberberr
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employees work Charitable Activitiesharitable Activitiesaritable Activitiesritable Activitiestable Activitiesle Activitiese Activities Activitiesctivitiesivitiestiesieses 1 1
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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
£ £
1,867 1,687
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 0 5
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
7.4 Employment Allowanceployment Allowanceloyment Allowanceoyment Allowancement Allowanceent Allowancent Allowancet Allowance Allowanceowancewanceancencece
Thiss yearr Lastast yearr
£ £
Employer’s National Insurance calculated costs ployer’s National Insurance calculated costs loyer’s National Insurance calculated costs yer’s National Insurance calculated costs er’s National Insurance calculated costs 3,254,254254 2,424,424424
Employment Allowance usageployment Allowance usageloyment Allowance usageyment Allowance usagement Allowance usagegee -3,254,254254 -2,424,424424
Net Employer's National Insurance costsployer's National Insurance costsloyer's National Insurance costsyer's National Insurance costser's National Insurance costs -0 0
Maximum Value of Allowance Available 4,000,000000 4,000,000000
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Note 7 Paidote 7 Paid 7 Paidaididd employeesmployeesployeesloyeesoyees
Please complete this note if the charity has any employees.plete this note if the charity has any employees.lete this note if the charity has any employees.y has any employees. has any employees.y employees. employees.ployees.loyees.yees.ees.
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 42,528,528528 34,773,773773
Employer’s National Insurance costs (see note 7.4)ployer’s National Insurance costs (see note 7.4)loyer’s National Insurance costs (see note 7.4)yer’s National Insurance costs (see note 7.4)er’s National Insurance costs (see note 7.4)(see note 7.4)see note 7.4))
Pension costs 1,867 1,687 ,867 1,687 867 1,687 ,687 687
Total staff costs 44,394,394394 36,460,460460
Thiss yearr Lastast yearr
7.2 Average number of full-time equivalent employees in the year
Numberumbermberberr Numberumbermberberr
The parts of the charity in which the Fundraisingundraisingndraisingdraisingraisingaisingisingsingingg - -
employees work Charitable Activitiesharitable Activitiesaritable Activitiesritable Activitiestable Activitiesle Activitiese Activities Activitiesctivitiesivitiestiesieses 1 1
Governancevernanceernancernanceancencece 1 1
Otherhererr - -
Total otal l 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
Pleaseease complete if amplete if aplete if alete if aete if a if aa definedfineded contribution pension scheme isntribution pension scheme istribution pension scheme isribution pension scheme isbution pension scheme ision pension scheme ison pension scheme isn pension scheme ispension scheme isnsion scheme ission scheme ision scheme ison scheme isn scheme isscheme isheme iseme isme ise is iss operated.rated.ated..
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
£ £
1,867 1,687
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 0 5
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
7.4 Employment Allowanceployment Allowanceloyment Allowanceoyment Allowancement Allowanceent Allowancent Allowancet Allowance Allowanceowancewanceancencece
Thiss yearr Lastast yearr
£ £
Employer’s National Insurance calculated costs ployer’s National Insurance calculated costs loyer’s National Insurance calculated costs yer’s National Insurance calculated costs er’s National Insurance calculated costs 3,254,254254 2,424,424424
Employment Allowance usageployment Allowance usageloyment Allowance usageyment Allowance usagement Allowance usagegee -3,254,254254 -2,424,424424
Net Employer's National Insurance costsployer's National Insurance costsloyer's National Insurance costsyer's National Insurance costser's National Insurance costs -0 0
Maximum Value of Allowance Available 4,000,000000 4,000,000000
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## **RECONCILIATION INITIATIVES**
## **Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)**
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Note 11 Debtors and prepayments
Please complete this note if the charity has any debtors or prepayments.
Amounts falling due within Amounts falling due after
Analysis of debtors
one yearyearear more than one yearyearear
This year Last year This year Last year
£ £ £ £
Tradeade debtorsrss - -
Amounts due from subsidiary and associated
undertakingsndertakingsdertakingsrtakingstakingskingsgs - - -
Other debtorsher debtorser debtorsr debtorsdebtorsrss 1,746,7467466 30
Prepayments and accrued income (RM and RM
Network) 2,941 3,642,941 3,6422
Total 4,687 3,672
Note 12 Creditors and accruals
Pleaseease completempletepleteleteete this note if the charity has any creditorshis note if the charity has any creditorss note if the charity has any creditors note if the charity has any creditorsote if the charity has any creditors if the charity has any creditorsthe charity has any creditorshe charity has any creditorse charity has any creditorsrss or accruals.r accruals.accruals.ruals.uals.ls.s..
12.1 Analysisalysislysisysisiss of creditorsf creditorscreditorsreditorseditorsitorstorsrss
Amounts falling due within Amounts falling due after
one yearyearear more than one yearyearear
Thiss yearr Lastast yearr Thiss year Last year
£ £ £ £
Loansoansnss andndd overdraftsverdraftserdraftsrdraftsdraftsraftsaftsftsts - - - -
Tradeade creditorsreditorseditorsitorstorsrss - -
Amounts due to subsidiary and associated
undertakingsndertakingsdertakingsrtakingstakingskingsgs - -
Other creditorsher creditorser creditorsr creditorscreditorsreditorseditorsitorstorsrss 3,837 336 - -
Accruals and deferred income - -
Total 3,837 336 - -
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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Note 11 Debtors and prepayments
Please complete this note if the charity has any debtors or prepayments.
Amounts falling due within Amounts falling due after
Analysis of debtors
one yearyearear more than one yearyearear
This year Last year This year Last year
£ £ £ £
Tradeade debtorsrss - -
Amounts due from subsidiary and associated
undertakingsndertakingsdertakingsrtakingstakingskingsgs - - -
Other debtorsher debtorser debtorsr debtorsdebtorsrss 1,746,7467466 30
Prepayments and accrued income (RM and RM
Network) 2,941 3,642,941 3,6422
Total 4,687 3,672
Note 12 Creditors and accruals
Pleaseease completempletepleteleteete this note if the charity has any creditorshis note if the charity has any creditorss note if the charity has any creditors note if the charity has any creditorsote if the charity has any creditors if the charity has any creditorsthe charity has any creditorshe charity has any creditorse charity has any creditorsrss or accruals.r accruals.accruals.ruals.uals.ls.s..
12.1 Analysisalysislysisysisiss of creditorsf creditorscreditorsreditorseditorsitorstorsrss
Amounts falling due within Amounts falling due after
one yearyearear more than one yearyearear
Thiss yearr Lastast yearr Thiss year Last year
£ £ £ £
Loansoansnss andndd overdraftsverdraftserdraftsrdraftsdraftsraftsaftsftsts - - - -
Tradeade creditorsreditorseditorsitorstorsrss - -
Amounts due to subsidiary and associated
undertakingsndertakingsdertakingsrtakingstakingskingsgs - -
Other creditorsher creditorser creditorsr creditorscreditorsreditorseditorsitorstorsrss 3,837 336 - -
Accruals and deferred income - -
Total 3,837 336 - -
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)**
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|**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**|||||
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|**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|1,305||145|-|-|1,160|
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|**Total Funds**|1,305|-|145|-|-|1,160|
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|**13.3 Transfers between funds**|||||||
|**_Please give details of any transfers between funds._**|||||||
|**From Fund(Name)**|**To Fund(Name)**||**Reason**|||**Amount**|
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## **Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)**
## **Note 14 Transactions with related parties**
_**If the charity has any transactions with related parties (other than the trustee expenses explained in note 6) details of such transactions should be provided in this note. If there are no transactions to report, please enter “None” in the relevant boxes.**_
## **14.1 Remuneration and benefits**
_**Please give the amount of, and legal authority for, any remuneration or other benefits paid to a trustee or other related parties by the charity or any institution or company connected with it.**_
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Amounts paid or benefit value
Legal authority (eg order,
Name of trustee or connected party governing document) This year Last year
£ £
14.2 Loansoansnss
Please give details of and amounts owing to or from the charity’s trustees or other related parties by the
charity at the year end.
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14.2 Loansoansnss
Please give details of and amounts owing to or from the charity’s trustees or other related parties by the
charity at the year end.
Amount owing
Name of trustee or
Legal authority This year Last year
connected party
£ £
Due to trustees and
related parties
Due from trustees and
related parties
14.3 Other transaction(s) with trustees or related parties
Please give details of any transaction undertaken by (or on behalf of) the charity in which a trustee or
related party has a material interest.
2023 2022
Name of the trustee or Description of the
related party Relationship to charity transaction(s) £ £
All trustees (collectively) Trustees Donation received without 600 562
conditions (including gift aid)
Trustees and all related Trustees, personnel Donation received without 63,252 60,568
parties and relations conditions (including gift aid)
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**Registered Charity No. 1174154**
## **Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)**
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Note 15 Additional Disclosures
The following are significant matters which are not covered in other notes and need to be included to
provide a proper understanding of the accounts. If there is insufficient room here, please add a separate
sheet
Reserves Policy
The trustees of the charity have examined the requirements for free reserves, i.e. those unrestricted funds not
invested in tangible fixed assets. The trustees considers that, given the nature of the charity’s work, free
reserves should be equivalent to approximately 6 months’ routine general fund expenditure, plus committed
future expenditure on other projects, where funds permit. The trustees are of the opinion that this provides
sufficient flexibility to cover temporary shortfalls in income and will allow the charity to cope and respond to
unforeseen emergencies whilst specific action plans are implemented. At 31 December 2023 the charity had net
free reserves of £159,732 (2022: £170,157) as follows:
2023 2022
£ £
Total reserves 160,892 171,462
Less restricted funds (-1160) (-1305)
Free reserves 159,732 170,157
Free reserves requirement
6 months' budgeted routine expenditure 44,000 41,000
The trustees are aware that the free reserves held are in excess of the currently budgeted requirement.
The charity has commenced some new streams of work, spending plans associated with these are being developed.
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