2021-05-31-accounts - Illuminate Mind Foundation

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Trustees' Annual Report					for theperiod
From	Period start date			To	Period end date
	1st	June	2020		31st	May	2021

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name Illuminate Mind Foundation

Other names charity is known by n/a

Registered charity number (if any) 1178594

Charity's principal address 30 Cross Street Hampton Hill Hampton Postcode TW12 1RT

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20	Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (if any)
	Simon Christopher	Chair
	Daniela(Barbara)Matarrese	Treasurer
	HollyThomas	Secretary
	Debra Frankiewicz	Administrator

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

Name Dates acted if not for whole year

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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)

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Constitution

Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) How the charity is constituted

(eg. trust, association, company)

Trustee selection methods

Elected by current trustees

(eg. appointed by, elected by)

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

1/ To promote the religious and philosophical teachings of Jesus Christ in A Course in Miracles to the general public primarily in the United Kingdom.

2/ To provide illumination, guidance and resources to those who are actively engaged with the teachings of Jesus Christ in A Course in Miracles regardless of location.

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3/ To provide a property primarily in the United Kingdom as a teaching centre, for healing, for worship and fellowship for anyone interested in the spiritual experience and self-transformation promised in A Course in Miracles .

When making decisions in furthering the charity’s objects, the trustees have endeavoured to take the Commission’s guidance on public benefit into consideration, in particular, the specific guidance on charities for the advancement of religion.

We believe in our mandate, explicitly stated in the teachings, to extend and expound the profoundly transformative spiritual message of A Course in Miracles for the positive benefit of the general public, in the name of God. We do this in two primary ways – firstly by striving to bring individuals together under the guidance of the Holy Spirit for the purpose of discovering the message of atonement, healing the mind through forgiveness, restoring our true relationship with God and to experience the illumination of mind in Christ. Secondly by providing resources in various media formats, mostly via our website.

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)

This year our programme has been adversely affected by the Covid-19 pandemic and restrictions on in-person gatherings. We have postponed some events, however, we continued to organize and run a programme of online events throughout the year. In the USA we have been able to meet in-person and in Spain too. We included free/open meetings to the general worldwide public and our Christmas celebration event was livestreamed on YouTube and Facebook.

Events -

Twice-weekly open online meetings for those members of the
public interested in the teachings, hosting international teachers and in-house teachers.
Fortnightly online meeting with our senior teacher for beginners
and more serious students including those aspiring to teach the message of A Course in Miracles.
Workshops - one-day events & two-day weekends,
In-person 9-day residential retreat in Spain.
Autumn & Spring in-person programme series in Tucson, Arizona.
Frequent participation in UCDM Universal live-streaming virtual
teaching sessions out of Bogotá, Colombia.

• Zoom streaming events have supported the growth of online participants from many countries i.e USA, France, Spain, Italy, South America and remote parts of the UK. Spanish translation is provided for Spanish speakers from Spain and S America.

We have continued to invest in hardware to improve our online service.

Our website includes our calendar of events, free ebooks, audio recordings, video clips and information about our help and healing service. Articles and excerpts have been added and blog developed. A section of personal experiences by individuals attending our meetings is included and continues to grow with each residential event.

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Spanish language pages are being added to the site for our Spanish student audience.

Healing and help – we have freely supported individuals with concerns, needs and challenges from the UK and overseas by phone and Skype call.

We have recorded audio and video of teaching sessions, with investment in equipment, in order to produce generally available materials, providing guidance and insight into the teachings.

Facebook – we maintain a presence for communicating, posting information about events, resources and inspiration.

We send out a frequent bulletin by email to more than 1100 contacts in the EU, 150 in the USA and a smaller group in South American countries.

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

Policy on financial assistance

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

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

Participation at some events is without cost, others are by a ‘suggested donation’ making them accessible to all. No one is excluded for financial reasons. Where there are fixed costs for accommodation and meals we try to keep them reasonable. If costs are an obstacle to participation, individuals are informed they are welcome to enquire about assistance. All are welcome. Generally, the amount of assistance is determined through a conversation with the individual followed by consultation between trustees. The charity will make up the shortfall in participants funds towards board and lodging.

The charity stands ready to provide financial assistance to individuals who wish to attend an event as long as it’s in a position to do so.

Volunteers

We have benefited from the generous help of many volunteers over the year. Between 4 and 6 regular volunteers have provided administrative help and practical and technical assistance at events which have enabled us to run the events smoothly and on a more professional level.

We have been in discussion with a donor who has made an offer to assist in funding the purchase of a property.

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Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

In response to the Covid-19 restrictions we have managed a continuous programme of online meetings to discover and explore the teachings and practices set out in the books of A Course in Miracles. A widely advertised Christmas Celebration with Candlelight, Music and readings was offered to the general public live-streamed on YouTube and Facebook. A July 4[th] event was also broadcast to any and all interested. The “Personal Experiences” section of the website shows the profound, life-changing benefit and joy of this curriculum. These expressions are a strong testimony to the benefit of attending our meetings and engaging with the teachings. See sidebar link on our site www.illuminatemind.net. Our contact email list continues to attract new subscribers and Facebook pages also act as a portal to the charity’s resources and activities. UK and global contacts have increased during the lockdown with interested members of the public finding information about our activities from various sources: MeetUp, our Facebook pages and other Facebook group pages, our Website, Instagram, UCDM Colombia, Group email bulletins, general networking between students and teachers of A Course in Miracles. Development of web resources continues with addition of Spanish language pages, more eBooks and audio recordings, video clips. We have extended further activities in the USA, with two successful programmes in Tucson, AZ. Some students have progressed to actively offer their own classes. A regular online class has been introduced through the UCDM group in Bogotá, Colombia, whose reach is Latin America and Global. The charity continues to invest in video and audio online streaming software and equipment to support and enhance our outreach programme over the Internet. A workgroup of regular attendees and advisors has been formed to set up a separate non-profit association and to find a suitable retreat facility for our use in Spain.

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Section E Financial review

Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves The trustees aim to maintain unrestricted fund reserves of £10,000 to ensure continuity of activities throughout the coming 12 months regardless of any fluctuation in donations. We have seen below normal levels of activity during the pandemic year, however we expect activity, income and expenses, to increase as we normalize and are able to arrange in-person programmes. Projected spending: Assistance grant funding – 500 Website development – 3,500 Room hire – 4,000 Various accounts in support of video -streaming incl. broadband – 1000 Other projects (i.e. publishing) – 1000 The charity’s reserves policy will be reviewed every six months. There are no creditors who have a legal claim on the assets of the Details of any funds materially in deficit charity.

Further financial review details (Optional information)

Pandemic restrictions have caused our financial activity to fall. However, You may choose to include our outreach and contact list has continued to grow at home and abroad additional information, where through video streaming. The trustees are optimistic financial activity will relevant about: increase to support our aims of creating greater access to the general • the charity’s principal interested public and publish more materials for students. sources of funds (including any fundraising); The charity has received several smaller donations from individuals but • how expenditure has has not engaged in fundraising campaigns. Our focus has been primarily to provide online events with some investment in equipment but with supported the key objectives generally lower costs than in-person meetings. of the charity; • investment policy and The charity currently has a reserve fund policy covering the projected objectives including any cost of supporting our activities over the next 12 months, with sufficiency ethical investment policy to offset any uncertainty in financial support. adopted. The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Charities Act 2011, Section 133, using the Receipts & Payments basis. The charity had no other income or expenditure at the end of the financial year that was outstanding (eg. gift aid claims yet to be completed, auditing/examination costs yet to be paid, or outstanding invoices).

Section F Other optional information

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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) Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Date
	Rev Simon Christopher
	Chair
	01/02/2022
	01/02/2022

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	Illuminate Mind Foundation	Illuminate Mind Foundation	Illuminate Mind Foundation	1178594	CC16a

	Receipts andpayments accounts
	For the period from	1st June 2020	To	31st May2021


Section A Receipts and payments
	Unrestricted funds	Restricted funds	Endowment funds	Total funds	Last year
	to the nearest £	to the nearest £	to the nearest £	to the nearest £	to the nearest £
A1 Receipts
Donations	808	-	-	808	5,406
*Sub total*(Gross income for AR)	808	-	-	808	5,406

A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).
	- 0	- 0	- 0	-
*Sub total*	- 0	- 0	- 0	-	- 0

*Total receipts*	808	- 0	- 0	808	5,406

A3 Payments
Administration	48	-	-	48	0
Advertising & Promotion	0	-	-	-	595
Event Costs (room hire)	0	-	-	-	3793
Event Costs (equipment, sundries, deposit)	164	-	-	164	337
Event Costs (streaming, Covid-19 hea/safety)	200	-	-	200	0
Donations & Grants Out	394	-	-	394	5806
Trustee Expenses	60	-	-	60	12
Volunteer Expenses	45	-	-	45	0
Video Production Costs	83	-	-	83	245
Website	712	-	-	712	1579
Teaching Resources	0	-	-	-	41
Publishing	236	-	-	236	0
IMF Office	504	-	-	504	685
Bank & Card Fees	2	-	-	2	14
Equipment	3297	-	-	3,297	2967
Unreconciled Payment (donation rec'd in err.)	0	-	-	-	374
*Sub total*	5,745	-	-	5,745	16,448

A4 Asset and investment purchases,(see table)
	- 0	- 0	- 0	-
	- 0	- 0	- 0	-
*Sub total*	-0	-0	-0	-	- 0

*Totalpayments*	5,745	- 0	- 0	5,745	16,448

**Net of receipts/(payments) **	- 4,937	-	-	- 4,937	- 11,042
A5 Transfers between funds	- 0	-	-	-	-
A6 Cash funds lastyear end	21,025	-	-	21,025	32,066
*Cash funds thisyear end*	16,088	-	-	16,088	21,025


Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
Categories	Details		Unrestricted funds	Restricted funds	Endowment funds
			to nearest £	to nearest £	to nearest £
B1 Cash funds	HSBC Account		15,088	-
	CAF Account		1,000	-	-
	*Total cash funds*		16,088	-	-
	(agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))		OK		OK
			Unrestricted funds	Restricted funds	Endowment funds
	Details		to nearest £	to nearest £	to nearest £
B2 Other monetary assets			-	-	-

	Details		Fund to which asset belongs	Cost (optional)	Current value (optional)
B3 Investment assets				-	-

	Details		Fund to which asset belongs	Cost (optional)	Current value (optional)
B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use	Physical assets - equipment puchased (purchase price)			3,297

	Details		Fund to which liability relates	Amount due (optional)	When due (optional)
B5 Liabilities				-

Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees	Signature		Print Name		Date of approval
			Simon Christopher - Chair		01/02/2022
			Holly Thomas- Secretary		01/02/2022