CHARITY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 1176259
Preachers of Divine Mercy (PDM), Birmingham Formerly known as Anointing Fire Catholic Ministries Receipts and payments accounts For the year ended 31 October 2024
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Preachers of Divine Mercy (PDM), Birmingham
Formerly known as Anointing Fire Catholic Ministries
Receipts and payments accounts
Year ended 31 October 2024
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Preachers of Divine Mercy (PDM), Birmingham
Formerly known as Anointing Fire Catholic Ministries
Trustees' Annual Report
Year ended 31 October 2024
The trustees present their report and the receipts and payments accounts of the charity for the year ended 31 October 2024.
Reference and administrative details
Registered charity name Preachers of Divine Mercy (PDM), Birmingham Charity registration number 1176259 Principal office 86 Walton Road Chesterfield Derbyshire England S40 3BY The trustees Saju Varghese George Joseph Tharakan Babu Joseph Dr Rengi Mathew Rev Saviour Vattayil Varghese Independent examiner Mijos Xavier FCCA Xaviers Accountants Limited Chartered Certified Accountants Suite 3J Recycling Lives Centre 1A Essex Street Preston PR1 1QE
Structure, governance and management
Governing documents
Preachers of Divine Mercy (PDM), Birmingham under its constitution is a UK registered charity (1176259) with the Charity Commission. It is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation whose Foundation was registered with the Charity Commission on 13 Dec 2017. The trustees who served during the year and up to the date of this report are set out on page 1.
The charity has changed its name on the 23rd of May 2023 from its original name “Anointing Fire Catholic Ministries” to “Preachers of Divine Mercy (PDM), Birmingham”.
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Formerly known as Anointing Fire Catholic Ministries
Trustees' Annual Report (continued)
Year ended 31 October 2023
Objectives and activities
Objectives of the Charity
In setting our objectives, and planning our activities, we have given careful consideration to Charity Commission's guidelines on public benefit. Charity's objectives are: - The advancement of catholic faith and Christian beliefs for the benefit of public in accordance with the statements of beliefs of the roman catholic church by the organisation of prayer meetings, conferences, lectures, retreats, public celebrations of religious services, missions and similar events.
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The production and distribution of literature and the broadcasting of information using modern media to enlighten others about the catholic faith.
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The training of individuals and groups to further the work of evangelisation and any other related activities which support the promotion of Christian beliefs.
Achievements and performance
The charity conducts face to face prayer meetings and spiritual events while continuing to benefit from the use of online platforms to deliver various spiritual services like spiritual sharing, healing prayers, and online adoration, to name a few.
The Charity continued publishing the printed version of its children’s three-monthly magazine, "Little Evangelist".
By God's grace, the charity continued to support some families with more than four children in India in need of support for day-to-day life through the "More Children More Anointing" (MCMA) Ministry. The funds were collected through voluntary donations. The support helped the families’ meet necessities and helped their physical and mental wellbeing during the difficult times.
The Charity continued delivering its services to people in North Indian state of Punjab. The services the Charity providing here are helping people to strengthens their believes in Christ, empowering them to face the difficulties in life with a new attitude.
The daily prayer meetings and weekend community prayer meetings helped participants to re-gain their belief in Christ and become more empowered to face difficult situations in life. This year the Charity started a third Saturday Regional gathering where all communities form each 5 regions gather at selected Church hosting by the hosting community. The event has been a success with participation from all communities and the gatherings provided opportunities to meet and share thoughts among community members. These gathering strengthen bond between community members and God as they have better opportunities to share word of God, support each other and increase confidence in sharing word of God to others. Looking ahead, the charity aspires to broaden its activities in line with its objectives to reach a wider community.
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Preachers of Divine Mercy (PDM), Birmingham
Formerly known as Anointing Fire Catholic Ministries
Trustees' Annual Report (continued)
Year ended 31 October 2024
Financial review
The charity's principal funding source is from donations, The Charity closed the financial year 2023-24 with £8k less cash at bank (£28k) compared to the previous year.
The main area of decrees in donation was “Donation to support families with more children”. The decrease in receipt also reflected in the amount paid out to families with more children. On the expenditure side the charity spends 73% (£15k) of the cash received compared to the spend of 59% (£36k) previous year. The Charity stopped paying for “Resource Person", this helped to keep the charity financially stable even with reduction in donations received.
Reserve policy
It is the policy of the charity to maintain unrestricted funds at a level which equates to approximately three months unrestricted expenditure. This provides sufficient funds to cover management and administration and support costs.
The trustees' annual report was approved and signed on behalf of the board of trustees by:
Saju Varghese Trustee Date: 11 August 2025
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Preachers of Divine Mercy (PDM), Birmingham
Formerly known as Anointing Fire Catholic Ministries
Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of Preachers of Divine Mercy (PDM), Birmingham
Year ended 31 October 2024
I report to the trustees on my examination of the financial statements of Preachers of Divine Mercy (PDM), Birmingham ('the charity') for the year ended 31 October 2024.
Responsibilities and basis of report
As the trustees of the charity, you are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’).
I report in respect of my examination of the charity's financial statements carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
Independent examiner's statement
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
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accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the Act; or
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the financial statements do not accord with those records; or
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Mijos Xavier ACA FCCA Independent Examiner
Xaviers Accountants Limited Chartered Certified Accountants and Registered Auditors Suite 3J Recycling Lives Centre 1A Essex Street Preston PR1 1QE
Date: 11 August 2025
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Formerly known as Anointing Fire Catholic Ministries
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