Trustees Annual Report
Year ending 31[st] March 2025
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[1]
Objectives and activities
Video Bible Talks has the following objects contained in the charity’s constitution:
- To benefit the 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 benefit 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.
1 As the charity’s income is under the £25,000 threshold requiring independent examination, a formal independent examiner is not required by the UK Charities Commission. However, the trustees have nonetheless agreed to continue submitting our accounts to Alan Gray as an informal independent examiner, in order to ensure the charity is beyond reproach in financial matters.
Achievements and performance
Activities this year
Video production
Production of the eighth Video Bible Talks series from Genesis 12-36 (entitled Promises and Blessings, exploring the narratives of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob) was completed in June 2024 and was released in July 2024.
Pre-production of the ninth series, True Freedom, from the book of Galatians, began in September 2024 and is currently in pre-production. Principal filming was due to begin in May to July 2025, with post-production between July and September 2025. The estimated release date for this series was October 2025 (see ‘Future development’ below).
Charity performance
By God’s grace, many people around the world continue to be served and supported in teaching the good news of Jesus Christ. After a slight decline in online views and downloads observed in the previous year, the number of views and downloads has increased slightly this year.
For the 2024-2025 period, there had been...
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4,953 views online
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1,428 video downloads
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262 churches/ministries worldwide using our ministry
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This represents approximately 4,716 people served by Bible teaching from Video Bible Talks for this period.
To date, there have been eight series of Video Bible Talks produced, consisting of 44 videos in total.
Future development
Video production
Writing for the ninth Video Bible Talks series, entitled True Freedom (a seven-video series from Galatians) began in September 2024, with a view for principal filming to begin mid-2025.
Work has also begun on preparing and writing a new series of eight videos from Revelation 1-3. To date, three out of the eight videos have been scripted.
However, Alan Witchalls has been approached to undertake considerable contract work for A Passion For Life over the coming Summer of 2025. Due to current funding limitations, Alan currently balances work for the charity with contract work, which enables him to provide for and support his family.
The trustees have agreed to Alan undertaking this work, as this would allow the charity to strengthen its financial position over the 4-5 months of the A Passion For Life project. As a result, all production that had been scheduled for this coming year has been postponed until 2026.
Financial review
Income from regular donations has remained relatively constant in the 2024-2025 period. While no Gift Aid was reclaimed in this period (Gift Aid for 2024-2025 will be reclaimed in the next financial period), All Saints Church Eastbourne have adopted Video Bible Talks as ministry partners, and St
Peter’s Church Harold Wood is likewise considering adopting the charity in a ministry partnership. This has provided the charity with an additional £3,400 in ministry partnership gifts.
The expenses during the 2024-2025 period are lower than the previous year, which were higher due to the cost of redeveloping the website.
The trustees remain very thankful to God and to both our regular supporters, our new ministry partners, and those users who give single one-off donations.
A summary of the accounts for the period ending 31st March 2024 is included below.
Reserves Policy
The reserves as of 31 March 2024 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 to and adhere to, in belief and lifestyle, the Statement of Faith adopted by the Charity.
Accounts summary
For the period from 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025
| Opening balance | 2024-2025 2023-2024 £12,525 £18,437 |
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| Income Regular supporters Single donations Gift Aid Partnership Churches Grants Other income Expenditure Contract staff Running costs Production costs Equipment costs Other expenses |
£15,141 £14,821 £4,216 £1,936 - £6,157 £3,400 - - £44 £24 |
| £22,801 £22,938 £18,000 £19,650 £2,523 £1,594 £532 £3,456 £503 £1,270 - £2,880 |
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| £21,558 £28,850 |
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| Closing balance | £13,768 £12,525 |
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: 03/04/2025
Video Bible Talks 1181337 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period 4/1/2024 3/31/2025 To from
| Section A Receipts and payments | Section A Receipts and payments | ||||
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| A1 Receipts | 15,141 4,216 - - 3,400 44 - - 22,801 - - - 22,801 18,000 2,523 532 503 - - - - - 21,558 - - - 21,558 1,243 - 12,525 13,768 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 | - - - - - - - - - |
- | 15,141 | 14,821 | |
| Single donations | - | 4,216 | 1,936 | ||
| Gift-aid reclaimed | - | - | 6,157 | ||
| Grants | - | - | - | ||
| Partnerships | - | 3,400 | - | ||
| Other income | - | 44 | 24 | ||
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| Sub total(Gross income for AR) | - | 22,801 | 22,938 | ||
| A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). |
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| Sub total | - | - | - | ||
| Total receipts A3 Payments |
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| - | - | 22,801 | 22,938 | ||
| Contract staff | - - - - - - - - - - |
- | 18,000 | 19,650 | |
| Runningcosts | - | 2,523 | 1,594 | ||
| Production costs | - | 532 | 3,456 | ||
| Equipment costs and upgrades | - | 503 | 1,270 | ||
| Other expenses | - | - | 2,880 | ||
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| Sub total | - | 21,558 | 28,850 | ||
| 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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| - | - | 21,558 | 28,850 | ||
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- | 1,243 | - 5,912 | ||
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| - | 12,525 | 18,437 | |||
| - | 13,768 | 12,525 |
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 |
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| 13,768 | - - - - |
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| 13,768 | - | |||
| OK to nearest £ Unrestricted funds |
OK | |||
| to nearest £ Endowment funds |
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Current value (optional) |
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| Fund to which asset belongs |
Current value (optional) |
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| Unrestricted | 6,700 | |||
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When due (optional) |
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| Date of approval |
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| 4/3/2025 | ||||
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| 4/3/2025 |