Trustees Annual Report
Year ending 31[st] March 2021
Video Bible Talks Charity #1181337
8 Appleby Green Romford RM3 7SL
Trustees:
Jonathan Trinder (Chair) Maxwell Fenn Alan Witchalls
Organisation overview
Video Bible Talks was formed out of a recognition that video-based Bible preaching and teaching, particularly that is accessible and relevant for teenagers and young people, would be of great help and support to local churches, especially churches who were not in a position to employ more than one fulltime vocational pastor or minister. Video Bible Talks was established as a UK charity on 21 December 2018. The charity is governed by a Constitution and has been formed as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation. The Charity has selected the initials Trustees based upon their skills and expertise and all Trustees are required to subscribe and adhere to, in belief and lifestyle, the Statement of Faith adopted by the Charity.
The mission of Video Bible Talks is to provide high quality video-based Bible teaching for church groups and ministries that is freely available to view and download online, allowing volunteer leaders to focus on pastoral care and personal discipleship. The vision is to see churches grow and thrive as more groups and ministries benefiting from high quality and accessible Bible preaching and teaching.
The charity is organised and managed by the trustees named above, with Alan Witchalls managing the activities of the charity as video Director and Producer on a self-employed contract basis.
Summary of activities
Due to the Coronavirus pandemic, initial hopes of producing two new series of videos had to be adjusted to take into account lockdown restrictions which impacted filming possibilities. However, the easing of lockdown restrictions over the summer of 2020 enabled production of a 6[th] series of videos. This brings the total number of videos available up to 35 videos over 6 complete series.
The number of people watching the videos and the number of groups downloading and using them have continued to increase throughout 2020. By the end of 2020, there had been 10,180 views online[1] (a 234% increase from views in 2019) and 3077 video downloads (a 140% increase from downloads in 2019). The height of this increase was in the first week of the first national lockdown, where weekly downloads peaked at over 300 downloads compared to the average weekly figure of 30 downloads.
1 YouTube and Vimeo only. This does not include views from other platforms, such as Clayton.TV.
Finance
Regular donations have remained constant throughout 2020-2021. This, in conjunction with a larger single gift, a small grant from a Christian charity promoting Christian media, and lower staff costs (due to pandemic restrictions) have allowed Video Bible Talks to increase its financial reserves. The trustees are very thankful to God and to our both our regular supporters and users of videos give single one-off donations.
Looking ahead, Video Bible Talks is expected to continue being primarily funded by individual supporters of this ministry, with occasional one-off donations from individuals and churches who have benefited from our videos.
A summary of the accounts for the period ending 31st March 2021 is included below.
Reserves Policy
The reserves at 31 March 2021 are represented by the bank balance. It is the intention of the Trustees to hold a level of reserves once the finances of the charity allow for this.
Future development
The ongoing situation with the Coronavirus pandemic and COVID-19 continues to hinder planning for future video series and preventing production from taking place. This is in part due to the social distancing and lockdown restrictions, but also due to availability and scheduling changes with potential presenters.
Public Benefit Statement
We confirm that the charity trustees have complied with their duty to have due regard to the guidance on public benefit published by the Charity Commission in exercising their powers or duties.
Accounts summary
For the period from 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2021
| Opening balance | ||||
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| 01/04/2020 | £5,394 | |||
| Income | Expenditure | |||
| Regular supporters | £18,432 | Contract staff | £13,560 | |
| Single donations | £7,675 | Running costs | £938 | |
| Other income | £786 | Production costs | £899 | |
| Equipment costs | £1,612 | |||
| Total income | £26,893 | Total expenditure | £17,009 | |
| Closing balance | ||||
| 31/03/2021 | £15,278 |
Closing remarks
The trustees of Video Bible Talks are extremely thankful to God for his provision in this ministry, and for our supporters and users for contributing to and making use of the content we provide.
Approved: Alan Witchalls Date: 26/01/2022
Video Bible Talks 1181337 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period 01/04/2020 31/03/2021 To from
| Section A Receipts and payments | Section A Receipts and payments | Section A Receipts and payments | |||||||
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| A1 Receipts | Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ 18,432 7,675 - 786 - - - - 26,893 - - - 26,893 |
Restricted funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
Endowment funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
Total funds to the nearest £ 18,432 7,675 - 786 - - - - 26,893 - - - 26,893 |
Last year to the nearest £ |
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| Regular donations | 18,432 | 20,930 | |||||||
| Single donations | 7,675 | 23,811 | |||||||
| Gift-aid reclaimed | - | 1,991 | |||||||
| Other income | 786 | 13 | |||||||
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| Sub total(Gross income for AR) |
26,893 | 46,745 | |||||||
| A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). |
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| Sub total | - | - | |||||||
| Total receipts A3 Payments |
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| 46,745 | |||||||||
| Contract staff | 13,560 | - | - | 13,560 | 36,600 | ||||
| Runningcosts | 938 | - | - | 938 | 745 | ||||
| Production costs | 899 | - | - | 899 | 978 | ||||
| Equipment costs and upgrades | 1,612 | - | - | 1,612 | 4,231 | ||||
| Other expenses | - | - | - | - | 1,230 | ||||
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| **Sub total ** | 17,009 | - | - | 17,009 | 43,784 | ||||
| A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) |
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| **Sub total ** | - | - | |||||||
| Total payments Net of receipts/(payments) A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds this year end |
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| 43,784 | |||||||||
| 9,884 | 9,884 | 2,961 | |||||||
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| 5,394 | 5,394 | 2,433 | |||||||
| 15,278 | 15,278 | 5,394 |
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
11/02/2022
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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
| Categories Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees B5 Liabilities B3 Investment assets B2 Other monetary assets B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use B1 Cash funds CCXX R2 accounts (SS) |
Details Details Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) NatWest bannk account Details Details Production equipment Details Signature 2 |
Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ 15,278 - - - - - 15,278 - OK OK Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) Unrestricted 5,410 - - - - - - - - Fund to which liability relates Amount due (optional) - - - - - Print Name Alan Witchalls Maxwell Fenn Jonathan Trinder |
Endowment funds to nearest £ |
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| OK | |||
| Endowment funds to nearest £ |
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| Current value (optional) |
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| Current value (optional) |
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| 3,000 | |||
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| When due (optional) |
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| Date of approval |
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| 26/01/2022 | |||
| 26/01/2022 | |||
| 26/01/2022 | |||
| 11/02/2022 |
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
Independent examiner's report on the accounts
Section A Independent Examiner’s Report
Report to the trustees/ Video Bible Talks members of
On accounts for the 31st March 2021 Charity no 1181337 period ended (if any) Set out on pages
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I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31 March 2021.
Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation basis of report of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
Independent I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have examiner's statement come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
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accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or
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the accounts do not accord with the accounting records
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
- Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply.
Date: 11 February 2022 Signed: Name: Alan Gray Relevant professional Fellow of Institute of Chartered Accounts in England and Wales (FCA ) qualification(s) or body (if any): Address: 73 Shepherds Hill Harold Wood RM3 0NP
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Section B Disclosure
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).
Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose .
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