2022-12-31-accounts - Believers In Recovery

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Trustees' Annual Report for the period

From

Period start date Period end date

Day 01 Month 01 Year 2022

Day 31 Month 12 Year 2022

Section A Reference and administration details

March 2012

TAR

Charity name

Believers in Recovery

Other names charity is known by

BIR

Registered charity number (if any)

1177934

March 2012

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Charity's principal address

8 Niblett Close

Kingswood

BRISTOL

Postcode

BS15 9GL

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

Trustee name Office (if any) Dates acted if not for whole year

March 2012

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Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (if any)

Gavin Parry

Alexander Lamb

Stephen Griffith Lewis

Aaron Carrington

Appointed 01/12/2022

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Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)

Name Dates acted if not for whole year

March 2012

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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of adviser Name Address

Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

March 2012

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Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Type of governing document

(eg. trust deed, constitution)

Constitution

How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company)

CIO- Foundation

Trustee selection methods (eg. appointed by, elected by)

The trustees are selected by existing trustees

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:

policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
relationship with any related parties;
trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.

Section C Objectives and activities

Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document

The relief of people in need by reason of addiction, their families or persons affected by addicts with particular focus on drug and alcohol dependencies in the UK or such parts of the world as the trustees determine from time to time

Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)

Believers in Recovery holds both online meetings and in person meetings.

Online meetings

Mens ministry is held Monday and Wednesday 7am and Saturday 8am. Womans ministry is held Monday & Wednesday 7am and Saturday 8am. BiR online is held on Friday and Sunday 7pm.

In person meetings at

Weston Super Mare – Tuesday @7pm. Leigh on Sea – Thursday @ 6.45pm. West London – Monday @ 6.45pm. Bournemouth – Tuesday @7pm (Hybrid).

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Bristol – closed during 2022.

Two retreats were also held during the year, together with one woman’s ministry, one whole ministry and one conference.

The Trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit.

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

policy on grantmaking;
policy programme related investment;
contribution made by volunteers.

Section D Achievements and performance

March 2012

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Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

The charity holds open weekly meetings in Weston-Super-Mare; leigh on Sea; Bournemouth and West London.

Online meetings for men, woman and open are also advertised widely.

During the year there were two retreats held, together with one woman’s ministry, one whole ministry and one conference.

Section E Financial review

March 2012

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Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves

The charity has minimal contractual outgoings, all venues for the weekly meetings are available rent-free, other than Bristol. That expenditure has now ceased, however. The charity therefore has capacity to maintain free reserves of at least six months expenditure.

Details of any funds materially in deficit

None

Further financial review details (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:  the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.

Section G Declaration

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

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s)

Full name(s)

March 2012

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Stephen Griffith Lewis

Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)

Trustee

Date

21/07/2023

March 2012

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Charity Name Believers in Recovery

N 1

Receipts and payments acco

Period start date

For the period from

01/01/2022

Section A Receipts and payments

Unrestricted Restricted Endowment funds funds funds

to the nearest £

to the nearest £ to the nearest £

A1 Receipts

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Donations 5,136 - -
Conference in 4,431 - -
Mechandise - -
Gift aid - - -
- - -
- - -
- - -
- - -
9,567 - -
Sub total (Gross income for AR)
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
- - -
- - -
Sub total - - -
Total receipts 9,567 - -
A3 Payments
Conference 1,375 - -
Internet 535 - -
Funeral/member support 900 - -
Merchandise 162 - -
Child protection 129 - -
Fees 940 - -
Mission - - -
Donations 1,136
Building rent 870 - -
Expenses 1,296 - -
Sub total 7,344 - -
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
- - -
- - -
Sub total - - -
Total payments 7,344 - -
Net of receipts/(payments) 2,223 - -
A5 Transfers between funds - - -
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A6 Cash funds last year end 5,122 - - Cash funds this year end 7,345 - -

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of

			Unrestricted
Categories	Details		funds
B1 Cash funds	Lloyds Bank	*Total cash funds*	to nearest £ 7,345 - 7,345
	(agree balances	with receipts and payments account(s))	OK
			Unrestricted
			funds
B2 Other monetary assets	Details		to nearest £ - - - - - -
			Fund to which
B3 Investment assets	Details		asset belongs Fund to which
B4 Assets retained for the	Details		asset belongs
charity’s own use			Fund to which
B5 Liabilities	Details		liability relates

Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees

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ounts

CC16a

Period end date 12/31/2022

Total funds

Last year

to the nearest £

to the nearest £

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5,136 5,329
4,431 750
- 120
-
- -
- -
- -
- -
9,567 6,199
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-
- -
- -
9,567 6,199
1,375 1,268
535 938
900 3,702
162 1,061
129 128
940 193
- 2,040
1,136 -
870 -
1,296 -
7,344 9,330
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-
- -
7,344 9,330
2,223 - 3,131
- -
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5,122 5,122
7,345
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the period

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Restricted Endowment
funds funds
to nearest £ to nearest £
- -
- -
- -
- -
OK OK
Restricted Endowment
funds funds
to nearest £ to nearest £
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
Current value
Cost (optional)
(optional)
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
Current value
Cost (optional)
(optional)
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
Amount due When due
(optional) (optional)
-
-
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-
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Date of
Name
approval
Lewis 07/21/2023
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