Trustees Annual Report
Year ending 31[st] March 2024
Charity name Video Bible Talks Charity registration number 1181337 Registered address 8 Appleby Green Romford RM3 7SL Trustees Jonathan Trinder (Chair) Alan Witchalls Maxwell Fenn Abigail Christie Ailie Smallwood
Independent examiner
Alan Gray
Objectives and activities
Video Bible Talks has the following objects contained in the charity’s constitution:
- To benefit to public by the advancement of the Christian faith throughout the United Kingdom and in particular, but without limitation, by the production and distribution of Bible teaching videos.
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.
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.
Achievements and performance
Activities this year
Video production
Production of the seventh Video Bible Talks series from Obadiah (entitled What goes around...) was completed in May 2023 and the three-video series was released in June 2023.
Principal filming for the eighth Video Bible Talks series from Genesis 12-36 (entitled Promises and Blessings, exploring the narratives of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob) began in September 2023 and was
completed by December 2023, with a reshoot of one location needed to be carried out in March 2024. Post-production for the series began in February 2024 and is due to be completed by May 2024.
Charity development
In 2022, the charity was awarded a development grant of £5,000 from Le Cornu Charitable Trust (registered charity 1088294) to update and improve the website, and to provide funds for hiring video production assistants.
The website update was completed in June 2023 at a total cost of £2,880. The remaining funds from the Le Cornu grant were used to cover contract staff costs in the production of the Genesis 12-36 series.
Charity performance
By God’ grace, the number of people served, and the number of groups supported in teaching the good news of Jesus Christ has remained generally steady throughout 2023, although there was a slight decline in online views and downloads. This appears to be a factor of people accessing less online content personally following the end of the Covid-19 pandemic.
By the end of the 2023-2024 period, there had been...
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4,953 views online
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1,777 video downloads
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237 churches/ministries worldwide using our ministry
To date, there have been eight series of Video Bible Talks produced, consisting of 43 videos in total.
Future development
Video production
In initial study and preparation for a new series of seven videos from Revelation 1-3 began in January 2024 but has been rescheduled for writing to begin in mid-2025.
Instead, writing for a ninth Video Bible Talks series True Freedom (a seven-video series from Galatians) is scheduled to begin autumn 2024, with a view for principal filming to begin mid-2025.
Financial review
Regular donations have slightly decreased in 2023-2024, but overall income for the charity has remained relatively constant.
The expenses during the 2023-2024 period represent the production of new video series, the cost of completing the redevelopment of the website, and the ongoing running costs of the charity.
The trustees remain very thankful to God and to both our regular supporters and the users who give single one-off donations.
A summary of the accounts for the period ending 31st March 2023 is included below.
Reserves Policy
The reserves as of 31 March 2023 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.
Structure, governance, and management
The charity is governed by a constitution and was formed as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation on 21 December 2018.
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, and the other trustees appointed according to their skills and expertise as it may benefit the charity. All Trustees are required to subscribe and adhere to, in belief and lifestyle, the Statement of Faith adopted by the Charity.
Accounts summary
For the period from 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024
| Opening balance | 2023-2024 2021-2022 £18,437 £18,043 |
|---|---|
| Income Regular supporters Single donations Gift Aid Grants Other income Expenditure Contract staff Running costs Production costs Equipment costs Other expenses |
£14,821 £16,281 £1,936 £493 £6,157 - - £5,000 £24 £32 |
| £22,938 £21,806 £19,650 £18,360 £1,594 £1,475 £3,456 £1,525 £1,270 - £2,880 £52 |
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| £28,850 £21,412 |
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| Closing balance | £12,525 £18,437 |
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: Jonathan Trinder (on behalf of trustees) Date: 25/04/2024
| Video | Bible Talks | 1181337 | |||
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| Receipts andpayments accounts | CC16a | ||||
| For | the period from |
4/1/2023 | To | 3/31/2024 |
| Section A Receipts and payments | Section A Receipts and payments | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A1 Receipts | 14,821 1,936 6,157 - 24 - - - 22,938 - - - 22,938 19,650 1,594 3,456 1,270 2,880 - - - - 28,850 - - - 28,850 - 5,912 - 18,437 12,525 Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ |
to the nearest £ Restricted funds |
to the nearest £ Endowment funds |
Total funds to the nearest £ |
Last year to the nearest £ |
| Regular donations | - - - - - - - - - |
- | 14,821 1,936 6,157 - 24 - - - 22,938 |
16,281 | |
| Single donations | - | 493 | |||
| Gift-aid reclaimed | - | - | |||
| Grants | - | 5,000 | |||
| Other income | - | 32 | |||
| - | - | ||||
| - | - | ||||
| - | - | ||||
| Sub total(Gross income for AR) | - | 21,806 | |||
| A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). |
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- | - - - |
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| Sub total | - | - | |||
| Total receipts A3 Payments |
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| - | - | 22,938 | 21,806 | ||
| Contract staff | - - - - - - - - - - |
- | 19,650 1,594 3,456 1,270 2,880 - - - - 28,850 |
18,360 | |
| Runningcosts | - | 1,475 | |||
| Production costs | - | 1,525 | |||
| Equipment costs and upgrades | - | - | |||
| Other expenses | - | 52 | |||
| - | - | ||||
| - | - | ||||
| - | - | ||||
| - | - | ||||
| Sub total | - | 21,412 | |||
| A4 Asset and investment purchases,(see table) |
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| - - - |
- | - - - |
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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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| - | - | 28,850 | 21,412 | ||
| - - - - |
- | - 5,912 - 18,437 12,525 |
394 | ||
| - | - | ||||
| - | 18,043 | ||||
| - | 18,437 |
Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
| Categories B1 Cash funds B2 Other monetary assets B3 Investment assets B5 Liabilities B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees |
Details NatWest bank account Details Details Details Production equipment Details Signature Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) |
to nearest £ Unrestricted funds |
to nearest £ Restricted funds |
to nearest £ Endowment funds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12,525 | - - - - |
- | ||
| - | - | |||
| - | - | |||
| 12,525 | - | |||
| OK to nearest £ Unrestricted funds |
OK | |||
| to nearest £ Endowment funds |
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| - | - | |||
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| Fund to which asset belongs |
Current value (optional) |
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| - | ||||
| - | ||||
| Fund to which asset belongs |
Current value (optional) |
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| Unrestricted | 2,500 | |||
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| Fund to which liability relates |
When due (optional) |
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| Date of approval |
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| 12/14/2023 | ||||
| 12/14/2023 | ||||
| 12/14/2023 |