## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From - 1[st] June, 2024 to 31[st] May 2025** ## **Charity name: Illuminate Mind Foundation** ## **Charity registration number: 1178594** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|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.
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**.| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|We believe in our mandate, explicitly stated in
the published work of the teachings, to extend
and expound the profoundly transformative
spiritual message in the existential philosophy
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 the application of the
existential spiritual psychology of forgiveness,
restoring our true relationship with God and
the illumination of mind in Christ. Secondly by
producing and providing resources in various
media formats, via our website, various digital,
social media platforms and in person to
support members of the public interested in
the spiritual message,students already| |||engaged and teachers who have evolved as
students to begin their own ministry.| |---|---|---| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|When making decisions in furthering the
charity’s objects, the trustees have
endeavoured to take the Commission’s
guidance on public benefit into consideration,
and in particular, the specific guidance on
charities for the advancement of religion.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|This grant making policy lays out our aims and
principles in awarding grants and also a range
of specific checks which will be applied to any
given grant depending on the nature of the
grant application and will be decided on a case
for case basis.
We can only fund projects and activities that
are exclusively charitable and fall within the
objects of the charity.
Participation at some events is without cost,
others are by a ‘suggested donation’ making
them accessible to all. The charity wishes no
one be excluded from its services and activities
for financial reasons. This is advertised on the
information provided for the majority of
events, classes etc the charity promotes.
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 between
the individual and the trustee they had initial
contact with, followed by consultation
between the trustees and the treasurer. The
charity will make up the shortfall in participants
funds towards board and lodging in most cases
with the discretion to go further should it be
warranted.
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 an in
the charity’s best interests.
**Funding Criteria.**Grants are available to
individuals only. The charity will consider all
applications that fall within our charitable| 2 |purposes and meet our funding criteria and for| |---| |which, the due diligence process is established.| |Grants will be made based on the funding| |available and solely on merit and so long as the| |trustee has not identified any unacceptable| |issues.| |**Priorities –**| |We require submissions to be made by email| |detailing costs and shortfall where assistance is| |being requested.| |All grantees will be required to acknowledge| |receipt of the funding granted and to provide a| |report on how their grant was used and the| |impact this has had. The content and nature of| |information to be reported will be appropriate| |for the size of grant awarded. The charity will| |monitor such reports to not only ensure that| |grants are being used for the purposes| |intended, but also to assess the impact grants| |have made. This learning will be used to| |inform future decision making and policy to| |maximise the charity’s impact.| |**Decision Making Process**| |Applications deemed exceptional will be| |considered by the board of trustees, who work| |to the Charity Commission C27 guidelines on| |trustee decision making. In general,| |applications will be considered between| |respective trustees, who have contact with the| |applicant, and the treasurer. In this case the| |board of trustees will be kept informed and a| |report made at the subsequent meeting of the| |board.| |Grants are awarded entirely at the discretion of| |the trustees and their decision is final.| |**Notification**| |All applicants will be notified of the outcome of| |their request and successful applicants will| |have funding made available. For small grants| |and any to individuals, we advise applicants of| |their award and include their obligations in| |receiving it:| |•
Confirming receipt.| |•
It may only be spent for the purposes| |for which it was given.| |•
Confirming its use and on how the| |grant was spent.| |•
Any unused portion of the grant is to| |be returned to the charity.| 3 |•|Reporting back on the impact the grant| |---|---| ||had.| |**Data Protection**|| |Applicants’ data will be held in accordance with|| |data protection legislation.|| |**Checks and Due Diligence**|| |The charity will carry out sufficient due|| |diligence on grant applicants to confirm the|| |identity of the applicant and that.|| |•|Any funding will be applied in| ||accordance with the charity’s| ||charitable purposes.| |•|Funds will not be knowingly used for| ||illegal purposes, such as money| ||laundering, bribery or financing| ||terrorism.| |•|The applicant does not hold views or| ||have any involvement in activities| ||contrary to the charity’s values and| ||charitable purposes.| **Promotion** Funding assistance is promoted on our website and on the information advertised for events the charity promotes. Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by 4 regular volunteers provide administrative volunteers help and practical and technical assistance at events which have enabled us to run the events smoothly and on a more professional level. Residential events require a team of up to 8 volunteers to organize various aspects of the event. One-day or weekend workshops are benefited by 2-3 volunteers helping to set up and break down the hired room, cleaning etc. efficiently. Other volunteers also perform a number of administrative tasks such as transcribing talks, copy-reading and video editing. 3 volunteers are helping with Social media management, video production and website development. Other ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|The charity continues its work to offer a varied
programme of in-person and online events,
group meetings, extending our activities in the
UK, Spain, and Poland, also with programmes
in Tucson, AZ, USA.
Longer, 9-day retreat and 4-day residential
weekend experiences are held in Spain where
we share a centre for retreat and healing with
a sister non-profit organization, The
Association for the Discovery of A Course in
Miracles.
One-day and weekend meetings, and
occasional residential events have been held in
the UK and London, broadly communicated
and open to all. The charity also has held live
streaming events at Christmas and other
special occasions to welcome as many
participants as possible.
There are now two regular study meeting
groups held each week and a longer one every
two weeks with several teachers.
The charity also offers Zoom-based
presentations on the online platform
UCDMUniversal Colombia, which has an
extensive global reach, and which also streams
on YouTube and retains videos for later
viewing there. The charity continues to discuss
participation in international conventions with
affiliated groups and organizations.
We continue to work to develop the resources
available on the charity’s website and its
Spanish language pages, with more eBooks and
audio recordings, video clips continuing to be
published.
The charity actively communicates on
Facebook, and Instagram promoting our
services and message, and acting as a portal to
our programme and the teachings of spiritual
forgiveness and connecting to any member of
the public, standing students and teachers of A
Course in Miracles locally and worldwide.| 5 We have created and published frequent group email bulletins (1500 plus contacts), and engage in general networking between students and teachers of the spiritual philosophy of A Course in Miracles. The charity continues to invest in video and audio online streaming software and equipment to support and enhance our outreach programme over the Internet, mostly via Zoom video, and to improve the quality of audio and video recordings, including translation equipment. The charity has achieved one of its main objectives by purchasing a property for its use as a teaching, healing and communications centre. Work is ongoing to make it more suitable for in-person group meetings and oneto-one sessions and a studio equipped for quality recordings and broadcasts. The on-site studio building is actively being used to record audio and video and stream our presentations around the UK and the world over the internet. Individual statements of experiences and benefits samples :- I experienced a lot of healing during the Enlightenment Retreat in Morera with many communications during the retreat and after, including in my sleeping dreams. During the retreat I experienced the Love behind every perceived grievance. So much love. I experienced that dislike or judgment is my attempt to cover up love and the bigger the dislike, the bigger the love, in Truth. It was a powerful communication and this idea and reinterpretation continues to help me let go of old ideas and keep my heart open, loving, forgiving, beautiful. Thank you to all who attended, coordinated and taught during this retreat. Grateful for the opportunity to participate, attend and receive the mind healing. Amy T – June 2024 The charity firmly and positively communicates the vital benefit of the God-centred aspect of its psychological and philosophical practice of forgiveness for spiritual, mental and emotional well-being. Forgiveness is well-documented as essential to psychological and emotional well- 6 being. Our philosophy presents a systematic programme of spiritual forgiveness as an ultrapersonal psychotherapeutic process for healing, and spiritual rebirth. The benefits are life-changing for individuals as they develop a renewed relationship with their innate spiritual Self, God and the divine. The charity works to reach the public as broadly as we are able to within the scope of the religious and spiritual domain. The spiritual philosophy is presented in a selfstudy programme which profoundly shifts the existential perspective of identity, the ground of being, for many students. The charity promotes events where individuals can join others in experiential class settings with fellowship and support. The psychological benefits are expressed by individuals and spiritual experiences give confidence in the foundation of the teachings. Metaphysical understanding of sickness and healing are of great benefit to those who have been suffering. The regular weekly groups provide the continuity of a consistent support for new students of the philosophy. Many comment on how valuable they are. The charity also provides one-to-one support and counselling on an international basis via online platforms like zoom. The charity website aims to be a portal, a vital resource to reading, audio and video materials, with increasing web traffic statistics which we believe shows the increasing level of interest in the books of A Course in Miracles and numbers of students engaged with the teachings worldwide. The charity has provided financial assistance where requested and according to our procedures for such requests. In total £370 was provided this reporting year period. The charity has continued to invest in improvements its property so that it better supports our purposes. **Additional information (optional)** 7 ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |||| |---|---|---| |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |Other||| 8 ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||||| |---|---|---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21||Balance of funds held in account at end of
accounting year – May 31st
£ 22,982.00|| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22||The trustees aim to maintain funds of £4000
held in reserve to ensure continuity of activities
throughout the coming 12 months regardless
of any fluctuation in donations.
•
£4000 reserve funds. Current annual
running costs - £3,122.
•
£6000 designated for projects planned
over the coming 12 months – website
dev/ audio-video studio / publishing –
print / video / audio / equipment /
promotions / room hire.
•
£ 749 designated funds for grant-
making/ financial assistance,
segregated and held in sub account.
•
£15,000 projected needs for the
charity’s property. Maintenance, repair
and renovation over the next 12
months.
Balance of accounts
31/05/2025
22,982
Reserves – total funds
4,000
Grant making funds
749
Available funds
18,233
Designated funds – Projects
essential to charity
operations and growth
6,000
Projected maintenance,
repair and renovation of the
charity’s property
15,000
Total projected
25,749
Deficit of funds
-2767
Projected income
17,100|| ||||Balance of accounts
31/05/2025|22,982| ||||Reserves – total funds|4,000| ||||Grant making funds|749| ||||Available funds|18,233| ||||Designated funds – Projects
essential to charity
operations and growth|6,000| ||||Projected maintenance,
repair and renovation of the
charity’s property|15,000| ||||Total projected|25,749| ||||Deficit of funds|-2767| ||||Projected income|17,100| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22||£4,000|| 9 Reasons for holding zero Para 1.22 reserves Details of fund materially in Para 1.24 deficit Explanation of any Para 1.23 uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going concern ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|| |Other||**Trustee benefits –**
The board of trustees, taking into regard the
CC’s guidance on decision-making and conflict
of interests, agreed to provide Rev Christopher,
a trustee and senior volunteer minister, with
accommodations on the upper, 1st floor of the
charity’s property in Cross St Hampton Hill. His
tenancy started on Dec 1st2021, and has use of
three rooms which would be valued at
approximately £1000 monthly on the open
market. In the charity’s agreement with Rev
Christopher, he will pay the majority of the
utility bills, split the council tax 50/50, and
oversee the work of repairs, maintenance and
renovations. He will generally act as caretaker
of the property to ensure its security, and that
it attains and maintains a good standard of
repair. He will also ensure the property is set
up and developed to support the charity’s
activities and functions going forward.| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** Description of charity’s trusts: 10 |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Constitution| |---|---|---| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO)| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|Elected by current trustees| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Para 1.51|| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Illuminate Mind Foundation| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|1178594| |Charity’s principal address|30, Cross St.,
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14 ||**Illuminate Mind Foundation**|**Illuminate Mind Foundation**|**Illuminate Mind Foundation**|**Illuminate Mind Foundation**|**Illuminate Mind Foundation**|**1178594**|**1178594**||**CC16a**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||||||| ||**Receipts andpayments accounts**||||||||| ||**For the period**
**from**||01/06/2024||**To**||31/05/2025||| ||||||||||| ||||||||||| |**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||||| ||**Unrestricted**
**funds**||**Restricted funds**||**Designated**
**funds**||**Total funds**||**Last year**| ||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**| |**A1 Receipts**|||||||||| |Donations|**20,500**||**-**||**-**||**20,500**||**20,181**| |Loan|**- 0**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |Interest|**- 0**||||**10**||**10**||**22**| |Income Generation (from solar panels)|**1,554**||||**-**||**1,554**||**1,626**| |Gift Aid|**301**||**-**||**-**||**301**||**-**| |Event Booking - Money Collected for Venue|**4,980**||||||**4,980**||| |Card Used in Error|**14**||||||**14**||| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR) _|
**27,349**||**-**||**10**||**27,359**||**21,829**| ||||||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|||||||||| ||**- 0**||**- 0**||**- 0**||**-**||| ||**- 0**||**- 0**||**- 0**||**-**||**- 0**| |**_Sub total_**|
**- 0**||**- 0**||**- 0**||**-**||**- 0**| ||||||||||| |**_Total receipts_ **|
**27,349**||**- 0**||**10**||**27,359**||**21,829**| ||||||||||| |**A3 Payments**|||||||||| |Administration|**227**||**-**||**-**||**227**||**53**| |Advertising& Promotion|**82**||**-**||**-**||**82**||**-**| |Bank Charges & Fees|**85**||||||**85**||**62**| |Donations & Grants Out|||||**370**||**370**||**475**| |Card used in error(reimbursed)|**14**||||||**14**||| |Event Booking- MoneySent to Venue|**5,054**||||||**5,054**||| |Event Costs(room hire)|**820**||||||**820**||**800**| |Event Costs(equipment)|**- 0**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**899**| |Event Costs(other)|**322**||||||**322**||**318**| |Postage|**- 0**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |Software|**68**||||||**68**||| |TeachingResources|**8**||||||**8**||| |Video Production Costs|**115**||||||**115**||**83**| |Website|**1,180**||||||**1,180**||**402**| |IMF Office|**552**||||||**552**||**549**| |IMF Centre|**8,173**||||**-**||**8,173**||**8,886**| |Equipment|**1,091**||**-**||**-**||**1,091**||**2,389**| |Financial Services|**- 0**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |Trustee Payments|**- 0**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |Trustee Expenses|**- 0**||||||**-**||| ||**17,791**||**-**||**370**||**18,161**||**14,916**| ||||||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases,(see table)**|||||||||| ||**- 0**||**- 0**||**- 0**||**-**||| |**_Sub total_ **|
**- 0**||**- 0**||**- 0**||**-**||| ||||||||||| |**_Totalpayments_ **|
**17,791**||**- 0**||**370**||**18,161**||**14,916**| ||||||||||| |**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ **|
**9,558**||**-**||**-**
**360**||**9,198**||**6,913**| |**A5 Transfers between funds**|**- 0**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |**A6 Cash funds lastyear end**|**13,037**||**-**||**747**||**13,784**||**6,874**| |**_Cash funds thisyear end_ **|
**22,595**||**-**||**387**||**22,982**||**13,787**| ||||||||||| ||||||||||| |**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|||||||||| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 13/02/2026 1 |**Categories**|**Details**|**Details**|**Details**||**Unrestricted**
**funds**||**Restricted funds**||**Designated**
**funds**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**| |**B1 Cash funds**|||||**22,595**||**-**||**387**| ||**_Total cash funds_**||||**22,595**||**-**||**387**| ||(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))||||OK||||OK| ||||||**Unrestricted**
**funds**||**Restricted funds**||**Designated**
**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**|**805466**||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||||||| ||**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| ||||||||||| ||||||||||| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 13/02/2026 2 Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees of Illuminate Mind Foundation This report on the financial statements of the Charity for the year to closure ended 31[st] May 2025, which are set out on pages 1 & 2 and 1 to 14, is in respect of an examination carried out under s145 of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”). ## **Respective responsibilities of trustees and independent examiner** The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity’s Trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Charities Act”) and that an independent examination is needed. Where the charity’s gross income exceeded £250,000 I am qualified to undertake the examination by being a qualified Fellow of the Association of Charity Independent Examiners _._ It is my responsibility to: - examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act, - to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act, and - to state whether particular matters have come to my attention. ## **Basis of independent examiner’s report** My examination was carried out in accordance with 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 the 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 1. which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in, any material respect, the requirements: - to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; and - to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the Charities Act have not been met; or 2. to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. ## D R Ralph David R Ralph IEng JP FCIPD MIET FCIE HMCE MLR No. 12338775 10[th] March 2026 50 Southwood Road Rusthall Tunbridge Wells Kent. TN4 8SP 17