NETWORK
18CM NETWORK
A Charitable Incorporated Organisation
Charlty Registralion Number: 1182514
Report and Financial Statements
For the perlod 1 January 2025 - 31 December 2025

IBCM NETWORK
Report and Financial Slatements
Contents
dep•nd•nt Exanlnefs Report to tho Trust••s
stat•nw￿ of Flnanclal A¢Uvlllo0
11
B•lanc• Sh•¢t
12
Not•s to the Flnanclal Stat•nonl8
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IBCM NETWORK
Legal & Administralive InfornMtion
For the period ended 31 December 2025
Charlty narn•
IBCM Netwc#*
Governlng Document
IBCM Net*fjrk was registered as a tharitable incorporated
organisatron {CIO) by the Charity Commiss*)n for England and
Wales on 18 ma￿ 2019. and came Into being by that act. Its
govemirKJ ￿￿ent is based ￿ the Chwty ComrrissM)n's
model c(¥)stilLrtion for a 'Foundation' type of CIO. with a bmited
nunkn of rrKKIrfKatwMs to refte¢l the CIO'S stslus as a charity
that alvances Christwity w) accordan￿ with the object
Specifi￿ in its c4¥nstitution. The CIO vtas lormed to take over
the th of the Intemational Brethren Conferences on Mission
{18CM), whth, beiween 1993 and 2019. (yrated on an
Infom￿1, ad IMX basis to arrange intematiorkil o)nferen￿5
Charlty Reglslralkn N
1182514
Prfnclpal Addrws
78 Muir Strrt Lan*$hire. ML11BN. UK
TTr￿ts
The trustees served durng the ￿a￿[al year of the ￿port
andlor up to the dale of Ihis report were (wilh tsir country of
resMlen¢e)'.
Mulugets Ashw Ende$h￿ (Ethioixa). since 27 May 2025
Jcd Andrew Hemandez (USA)
()Jwrteros {W'na)
Pder Tan {M*ia), siTh> 27 May 2025
Abfaham TtrK*lW IlrKJia)
Koy ManageThnt Personn
Those t￿on$ ha¥w weSkN)nSib￿ty tr controlling, directing,
*KI ￿annIng the &li¥i*s of the charity, andlor having
swthant reskN)nsibilty for the daY-l￿daY runrmng of the
charty. are Ihe Iwst￿S for Ihe time b&"n9. and in addrlion, Dr.
Day￿ Smih in his execulNe catA• as Intemational Director
of the charity his departure in November 2025.
Bankers
Barclays B*k pk
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IBCM NETWORK
Rèport of the TA￿te•S
For the period ended 31 December 2025
The trustees subrrit thw report and fin￿la1 Statem￿ IBCM Netwth* chaiilf or"IBCMN'>
for the pe￿d 1 JaNary 2025 to 31 December 2025. The trustee5 have *Jopled the provisions of
Accwnting and Reporbng by Chwilies. St*mt of Recommended Practice appltsbbe to charities
preparing ther xcounts vi accordan￿ with the Finan(aal RewrbThJ Standard applKable in the UK and
Republtc of I￿land (FRS 102) leffthe 1 January 20191.
1.1 Th8 Governing Document
The goveming document is a CIO Y￿nd￿lon. constittth {based on the Charity Commission's model
text). which came into for￿ with the CIO'S registratKJn wrth the Charity Com￿￿$S1On for England and
Wales on 18 March 2019. The dwrty was fOrn￿d to take IW and managerial ￿￿￿)nsIbl1ty for the
work of what had until then been ￿ 1nfofft￿I irtemational grt)w Init￿llY lon￿d in 1991 to aThange
global conferences for national leadws in the ChrK8tian Brethren movement, a net•*DTk of. now, some
40.000 IT￿dent &￿￿gelical cryegakn kj be lowNJ in at I￿st 160 countrw li the wortd.
1.2 TnJst••s
ille the charity was fmned within th8 charty jurisd￿ttr)n ol EThJland and Wales, charrlable work
for which rt is responsible is i1￿ ghthl n reach. trustee necessarily be
representative of the woth worthtde, so f* as is p)s&ble within a small trt)ard of trustees. but also
taknng &ccwnt of the need trustees to be famili* wrth the charity system in England and W*s. Tt
conts'nue to make suitable appointm&nts to athieve the necessary ge0wap￿ and skill ￿k¥eSentation",
this accounts for chaftges in Ihe cornpo￿ of Ihe tMHd of trustees Sin￿ the ctsity's establlshrr￿tL
The numbw oftrustees must tr* Mt less than three. and there is no ￿rnIL The Irustees envisage
that, nonnally, the charty will operate w￿h a nuth in the lange of 7 to 10. The fitst chty trustees
were appomtted for varying of years. as specified in the ojnslitubon, to prO￿e satisfactory
rotation of new appowfftnts. Further charity trustees a￿ appointed for a te￿ of three years by
resolut￿ passed by a rrHjonty ol the trustees. Wllh iwo r￿ lJuste8s ioiniw. the ￿a￿d cx)ntwiues to
aim at achieving the alx)Ve-rnen￿ned range.
As permilled by the constitut￿. meeiings (A Iwstees are necessarity conducted by electronr
means. except to Ihe extent that they can ￿My1a￿ #i person at events orgar￿sed ty the
chanty.
The Inductkn proc•ss winled trustee Convi￿ • niitBI *ryth the existing
trustees, to allowthe latterto explain the background and evolulK)n ofthe ac1rrfit￿. as well as expe¢led
future developnwts. Those appointed norrrolty prKY fanitharly with the xbviti'es of thp ch*ity.
InfOrn￿tion wovMYed to joining trustees ncludes..
The Trustee Mar￿91, wPi¢h incluts a f>)py of the C￿SlItutI￿".
copies of the ￿st recent ft￿1￿9 and fir￿Cial statements,.
directi￿ to the Charity CorNYi￿'S Wn￿. 'The Essential TNstee' (CC3) on the
Corywr¥53w)n's websrte."
• dirtion to relevant guKlano tr￿n the Ct• ComrrwssK)n ￿ public benefft. particulaty that
relating to Wb1￿ I)￿6r￿ and Ihe thanceffert of rdgion (also available the Commission's
websrte)..
l*frttFface induction wilh the thawrvBn andlor other trustees the Intemational Dir￿10T.
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IJ Rlsk knagomort
The main heads of risk wisir#J from rx in the coutse of th8 aA1vit￿S of the chwity arn:
fmanclal: the chanty is depwKknt sol¥w on iKome fr(¥n Ipes charged for Major
events. grants from other ¢haritres across the Y￿r1d whth we interested in the succes5 of
IBCM'S xb¥itses arml *rKk, arthy donatK)ns from indNidu* personal fourKlatK)n5 (again.
Ihose wAh an interest in the athit*s). As is usual in tt* c4>nnectKsn 0f￿ngWatiOnS which
are served, the truslees have the expectatw￿ cC¥ffider￿ that tt* Lord *ryll provmje the
financial needs oflhe thaTity to tr* oxtent that he intends. Tr tNstees we nevertrseless
pnjdent not to incw fina￿la1 oblig*rons they ￿ not ha¥8 a rfrasonab￿ expectation of
liThJ: they make ap￿￿￿all￿$ to foundations in good time for foThYard l￿dIng, teff
the programme of aclNilies arthj to the resowces exp*d to be availabb.
pornonal: staff, p*ul¥ty. and trustees. as r￿s￿Y. frequenty travel lo a range of
(xwnl￿s to accomplish the wrFrf)ses ol the chty. They a￿ required to ensure thal
vaccinatr￿S and inoculations the pthlar (￿nty to be vi8ttd are up to date and are
enjoined to take reasonable care al all Itn￿. espe¢iaMy knut road tr￿S￿)rt, which is a
frequent source of risk in many cthmtries. though tlw canmt ahYay$. wilh diplomaoy,
ulate risks of this kind.
Charity Commission {2017); have established a code of conduct for skff arml trustees wlHch applies
especialty to travel: and have adopted a safeguarding f#*y a policy for the p￿￿CtIOn of all wtth
whom the charity comes into ttyough its wThk.
2.1 ObJ•¢l
The obi8¢t ofthe charity is'to att¥arKe Ihe ChrBliw laith fiy tr* wbk knefrt in *¢xrdanc• with the
Statement of behefs . . . wth pathular W lo the lrfe mission Oft￿ churches of the Open OT
Christian Brethren nKJvement in the Unrted K￿￿￿orn and as the ch¥ity trustees may from
time to time think fit.
2.2 Stratagy and A￿¥111?*
At presenl the ch*ity seeks to furlher its obJerA ty streryO￿l￿j Ihe retwork of ChI￿lIan Brethren
Cong￿a￿.0ns worldwide. Summary detals ofvthth have t*en given in se¢IN￿ 1.1 above. As with the
woth of Intemational Brethren Conferences on M￿lDn s￿ce 1993. whtch the Charity has taken over,
it Iherefore ams to Strengt￿ connection across the global netth of¢hurclEs, to encourage local
(x￿gregatIOnS through encowaging nattonal knjers aftd other key TK)F*ers, to strengthen leaders and
encourage training for therry to frdcikntate outreach (induding uoss-culbjral missM)n) fr(ffi the neiworf(
of Churc1￿ both will￿n particular countries and bdween countss. and to improve comunicalion
'IBCM Nelwork exists to servè the lntematN￿al Brethren community through:
EnC(￿ra￿n9 thL
cOnn￿ling worlth•4h*'
I)￿ticalY, it dces this..
through a quadrennial global ¢(thrence. the ￿ ofwhich was hekl in Kuala LuThwr. Pklaysia,
*) June 2023. conference is Fknned for 2027.
by encouragwlg similar regional conferences aurtss the world at Inte￿alS. The existirKJ
regional activbtses linked to18CM aE:
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IBCM Hispano (Spanish-spe*ing o)untries)
Afrran Brethren Churches Nelwoth {forTrwty PanAkn Brethren Conference on
MissK)n)
Partnets In The Harvest cOnfere￿e (Asi&Pacffic)
Portuguese Regional Conference (Brethren Clwrches in P(¥biguese Speakiffj c￿nbies)
Caribbean Brethren Assemblies CimferwKe
IBCM Neiwofk Europe Conferen
IBCM Europe Youth Conleren
These borf￿ are legaly vidependent of IBCM Net*wk *KI responsible forfvnding their respective
ivities. The bodies recogThze that Iheir activilies were oib3inally sttmufated through IBCM global
ia)nferences and are encouraged to continue a$s￿la￿ with IBCM Network.
through encouraging the establislrn developr￿Tr( wrfj wort oltraming operats'ons in a wide
range of countries, the Brethren Training Netsy￿k operates as part of IBCM Netwo￿. vthtth
eno)urages tTaining actriities that are beirrfj devebped. in East Afrtca, India. arKI
Southeast Asi4 by the Australian College of Chrislian Studies (ACCSI.
seeking to improve conYnunicatKM and mutEHI kn￿￿edge across Ihe nThiement of
churches. and belween Countries. by woviding relevant information. ar•J also by calling
attenbon to wticular needs ¥Ahfft. tx OfCon(￿ to whth are immediate or novel.
Dumg the year covwed by this rewt, tt* fOlk￿￿j Xtivit￿S and iniiiatNes took place:
Preparation for the nexl global coTrfe￿. IBCM9 to be hekl in Rwanda in June 2027.
Over 14 countries were visited.
Various nalional or regional conferences TAere eno)uraged p•ts'cipated in.
• Administrative. proff#)tKrfwl. aTh1 c4)nThinK*tKA) supsxirt vas wtr4MJed ts the preparalion of
severa regiona conferences.
IBCM Nehv(vk Aop conlwiues to be devek)ped and used for workfrw*Je com￿￿n￿tron
and as a Speci￿ communu1￿ tool at reg&￿81 aFMI global conferences.
The Go Discipl8 project has been developing under Ihe leadership of the Intemation81
Director. SUPFQrted by a team from drfferent rns of the workj who are writiThJ and producng
disopleship matenals. ¥hN¢h are also trangated nto a n¢mknr of language5.
The Intematbjnal TrainirvJ Prw. a 0)Ilab)￿tr)n bet**en IBCM Nehvork and Auslrallan
College of Christian Studies (ACCS), has supported theologcal trainng in seven Countr￿..
Zambia. Kenya, Ethiopia, Uwda. Rwarrtla. Malaysia. and the Philippnes.
Meetings of global youth ambassadors were hehj regularfy throughout the year.
Meetings with natK>nal youth netwo￿ We￿ I￿j in several rnuntrps, indudiffj the
Democr* Republrc of Congo {DRC) and P￿jgaI.
To rrtd the objective of faCi￿ati￿j comFrwnicakn"on within the Brethren netsvork worlth*KIe.
communicaltons were ¢ircul*ed thrO￿h the website and other eIthn￿ Means.
The trustees believe that the work descni)ed cannot be rnaintain6d on the scale required Tmthout
maintsining a pennanent intern*hMal staff and gradualty increasing the tin* wh￿h tt)ey can ¢omm5t to
work as funding permits. Part of their r(Ae is to work wilh ne1w0￿S of vokjnteers from different
countries, so as lo encourage them and to develop *b¥iti"es of the sort list&J above. The staff is small.
compmising an Iniemational Director based in Austral￿ WIK) worked 2.5 days a week until his departure
in November. an Administrator based in Itaty fv114iff* until her departure in December. and
a m.time FInar￿ Officer based in Scotland who rerroins actr￿. The trustees believe that IBCM'S
work will continue to depeThJ ￿ wwut from a WKle range of volunteers across the World, but recognize
that p￿ent staff is akn essent
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2.3 p￿1¢ b•n•fft
The charty provides public benefft ty advarttng Chiistianty by slrengthening a wovldwNJe netsvork of
local congregalions, particularly by encouragiThJ and seekw¥J to improve Ihe quality of national and IcKal
leadership. Not onty is public t)enefft given 7*there elYeclNe Chrtstian experience a￿1 prncb.ce 15
encouraged lthus raising the 0¥8rall quabty of lrfe for many people those interact with}. but, ag
has been the case throUgh￿t Chrislian twstory. kKAI ¢ongregatKm$ and wider Christian netWo￿S a
key civil instsbjtsons in relet and de¥e￿pr￿t in many countiies ￿0$$ the Mvld. and in others make
often unseen and unvalued contribut￿)nS lo qu* of life in k¢al communi1￿. The charity's work with
key leaders and activists en¢oLrages ihetr effectiveness in Ihw roles in these congregations and
ne￿th5. As resources pemN( rel￿1$ alSof￿*1ated inc(wnlrwwt*re Biethm churches are affltcted
by natural disasters.
The trustees rwnize their duty vnder Eryhsh aThl lthv to have ward to the Charity
C(KnmIss￿n's guhjance on the wblrc benefit whth charities must 9Ne rf their ￿ti¥￿S to be
charitable. They are satisf*d thaL in the ways explained above, theirxbvities provide substantial publio
benefft and do not gNe rise to C￿nIer-b￿anCirVj hwm. The aiienlion of truslees has been ￿lled to the
ommtssion's revised guidance of2019 on and thty have hal regaril to it in shapirvJ the
Work ofthe charity.
3. Flnanclal Revl•w
3.1 Flnanclal A¢tlvKy aNI Flnanclal Poslllon
The Statement of Finanoal AclivilEs and B*nce Sheet of the <kntiy lor Ihe perrod from 1 January
2025- 31 D￿ember 2025 are on wJes 11 and 12. respecti￿. bebw. Total Inco￿ kn th8 ￿riod of
operation was £273,37T, and expendrture was £281.028, yiekliTh3 a defjLXt of £7,651. The balance
Car￿d loThvwd on 31 Decemter 2025 was £42.3￿.
It should be noted tha( for prndral reasons. dwiTrJ the lager pwt of 2025, the Intemational Director
and the Administratorwere each directty enyloyed by toie5 in the countn.es where they are dO￿ll￿1ed,
and We￿ Secon￿ to IBCM Netwrt whith the lull ry)sts (rf th￿"r emploY￿￿t under written
reements with the empbyiTr3 bodies #i Austraha and Italy. re5FECthwely. The Finan￿ Off￿r provides
seNices to IBCM NetW(￿k undercontr￿a5 patofhis Ofc4￿￿ts to provtde financial seNices
to different bodies.
3.2 Rwrves polky
On the basis of their many years of eXper￿￿e in Chrtskn￿ ser¥Th, the Iru5tee8 believe that. in the
gwe of God. the charity's financial negjs met as they arise. In pnnciple. the trustees believe
that monies received by the Charity should used in fixthera￿e of the charty's obJeds as soon as is
practical and is consistent with ihe orderty responsible stewardshp of the funds available and wilh
its strategic plar*.
The trustees contmue lo monitor bUd￿ts and cash fl￿S carefully, and adj'ust actiw from period to
period. to fil the total funds available or promised. Ihe trustees. aim is to hold an operatiThJ reser
equivalent to six ffkmths, expenditure.
3J Grant rdaklng Poll¢y
The actNitw th* the charity has laken over conS￿d of a global quadrennial conference.
Key to the success of this ¢onlerence has been havll￿ the re$ow￿$ to make grants to indNiduals to
cover some of the substantial costs that they incur in attending the global conference. Funds granled
to IBCM by b(>Jies in a Smited range OfCountr￿ have been albcated to them to ¢overconference fees
and make a palial Contribut￿ to the varying travd costs they were known to i￿￿r.
Without such witribjb'ons. leadern from. in part￿￿lar, Afvi(a, South aNI Souiheast Asa. Lalin Anxrra,
arMJ Oceania would be unatAe to attend the conference. The charity expe(ts that. as with the IBCM8
Confe￿rKe in June 2023. rt w￿1 be necessary to Ca)nlIn￿ grants for future events. The charity
will also consider whether, rffvnds a￿ available. grants should be made 6)r olher purposes. facilitab'ng
the achievement of it5 object Policy on svant4naking therekKe b8 kept under re¥iw as the wort of
the ¢harity and available fvnds develop.
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3A Valu• of Input by volunte6rn
Conststent with the tradibon of the Brelhren net*fKk the chwity ser¥es, much of the worff of the
chaiity is carried (#rt by voluntews. Vthile Ihe truslees consHler that, rfthe work 15 to devek4) effectively,
rt is essential that some of it be carried out by wnanent empb)yees. it WIN nevertheless rema*i
iff¥)ortant that there be cons*Jerable input to Ihe ¢hwiV5 work by volunteers, b)th trustees and others.
That has ￿en the case over the repO￿￿j pericKI. This work has significant vale to the charity. but tt
would be questionable to s* to estab]tsh a prec4se W￿netary ffigUTe for IL
4. Responsibilltl•8 ol Tru8tO0s for the Flnanclal Stat•m•nts
The Irustees are responsible fi)r wepanng the repcxt and the financial ststerrents in acccthce with
applicable law and Untted Kingdom Generally A￿epted Accounting Practre. ChaTty law requires the
trustees to prepare financial State￿Its foreach fmancial year that give a and fair view of the state
of affairs of the ch*ity and of its fin￿Kaal acariitses for that
select ￿ltsbIe ac¢ountsng FOr￿leS appty them consistentfy:
make judge￿nts and esl*mates that are reasonable and Prudent".
epare the finan¢ial slatemrrts on the going (xjncem basis unless it is Inappropr￿le to
The trusteès are responsibte for keeping proper a¢rJ)unts"ng reclyds disclose with rea3onable
accuracy at ary the f￿an¢￿ Won of the chanty and whtch enable them to ensure that the
financial statements comply the Charities 2011. The tnstees are also reSpcffi￿ble for
safeguarding the assets of the (*arity and he￿ ffiy rwnable steps for the prevention and
detection of fraud and other irregularii*s.
5. Approval
The report oftr* trustees was approved ty the tn*es ￿ Juty 22. 21Y26 svjned on Its behaw by:
Trusts•- Frederlc Walraven l¢ha
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Independent Examinerfs report to the Tntste•s of IBCAI Ne1w0￿ fthe charf￿)
for the penod ending 3131 December 2025
Charity No 1182514
I rewt on the accounts of the charity for Ihe eThJed 3111 December 2025. wlKrh set ￿t on
pa9es 11 to 18.
The trustees are responsible the prepa•￿ of trE accounts in acoy1l3n￿ with the requyemenls
of the Chwities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act}.
The charity's trustees consider that ￿ a￿lt 15 not requwed for Ihis yoar under section 14412) of the
2011 Act and that an independent exarrinath)n is r￿eded.
As independent exarrw. it 15 my res￿￿1￿. ty to:
• examine the accounts 145 of ￿ 2011
• to lollow the pr￿￿ureS L8id d(r•ffl in the Genernl D￿110￿ given by the Chanty Comission
undw sectron 145(5)(b} of the 2011 * 8￿j
• to slate whether pathular rrotlers have C(￿ to my attent￿.
8asis of independent ex8minerf8 repL¥t
My exam￿allOn was carried out in a¢cc￿dan￿ wilh Ihe General Drections given by the Ch¥ity
CoryThission. An examinaKm inchjdes a revie4V of the *xounting recwds kept by charity and
comparison oflhe ac¢ounts presented Ilvxe records. It also In¢￿(leS consideration of any unusual
rte￿ or discfosures in the aczounts. and the seekirwj of explanations from you as trustees conceming
any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provKle al the eviden￿ that would be requi
in an audit and. consequenty. M opinton is given as to vthether the ac￿Unts present a 'true and tar
view and the report is Irmiied to Ilw matters set out in the statement belcmf.
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Independent Examinerfs report lo Ihe Trustees of BcMPIel￿ for Iheperlod
endlng 31st December 2025
Independent Examlnerfs Stateme
Sirte the Conyaty's g￿$$ irtome •xceed•J £250.CKXI. yow eX￿Iner nmtst bè a mttnber of a bc¥Jy
listed in s. 145 of the 2011 Act. I confinn Ihat l qU*rfi￿ lo ￿￿￿ertake the examination because l am
a member of The k￿lItU10 of Chartor•J Accountants of scot1￿. TAthich is one of the lisl&J bodi8S.
In ¢orMwlion h4th my examination. NJ mattw tos CO￿ to my *rtK•Th.
1. *thich give5 me reasonable to believe in malwi81 respect. the requirnments:
to ke8P 8ccountirNJ in acc0Th1￿ TAith s&tion 13) of thB 2011 Act:
io prep¥e aCcO￿ts Yknich acco￿ Y4ith a¢counting records ¢ompty ￿1th the appli¢able
requirements concemrg the form w#J Content of ￿counts sel oul in the Charities (Accounts and
Reports) Re9￿atIOnS 2008 (other than that the xcourts give a 'tr￿ ￿ fairf
view. 4*i¢h is not a ma￿r Co￿*￿1e￿I as pat of • nJepeMlÉrt èthninaion)
have Mt been rr*t"
or
2. lo vthch, in my op1m￿ *tw*ion be in order to er￿le a propor wdwstaThling of the
aCcO￿ts lo be rn￿hed.
22.7.Z6
NAME". Kenneth Tait (tnd endert Examiner)
ADDRESS..
ADDRESS:
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STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTMTIES
Including incom• and expenditsire
FOR THE PERIOD ENDING 31 DECEPJIBER 2025
T(thl Funds Prior period
funds
INCOIAE FRO&t (Note 3>
Donations legacies
Charitable activitses
147,037
147.037
44707
126,340
1%,340
Investment income
Total income
147m7
126J40
273A
145.896
EXPENDITURE ON:INot• 4)
Charitable activiti8S
Total expenditure
118.528
11&528
162.500
161500
281,028
281,028
141.052
Net Income {Expendilure)
Transfers
lJ6.160)
17.651)
8,IX11
Net movemènt in Funds
14160)
17ffi51}
RecoTrclllath)n of lunds
Funds bmught forward
Balance carried forward
45.398
16,832
90
All of the activities of the charrty are dassed as C￿rtinuIrwJ.
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18CM Nètwork
BALANCE SHEET
As at 31•t DECEMBER 2025
31 December
2025
Prior period
CURRENT ASSETS
Debtors
Cash at bank in hand
42,390
$0,042
CREDITORS
Amounts falhng due within one year
NET ASSErs
RESERVES
Unrest￿ted funds
Reslricted fijnds
25.558
5.050
AH of the activities of th8 chartty are dassed as crmtiniMrvJ.
The charity has no recc¥Jnised gatt￿ cff losses ollw than the results fi)r the year as sel out
above.
There are no material differen￿$ between the surplus on ￿dinary actr¥itEs and the surplus
for the financial year stated above. and their historical cost equNalents.
Tho noles on pages 13 to 16 f¢)nn part of these financlal statements
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IBCM Neiwork
Notes to the Financlal Statements for the perfod ending 318t December 2025
STATUTORY INFORMATION
IBCM Network is a charity, estabthsw as a Charitable IrKO￿oraled C*ganisalion, registered
in England and Wales. The chanty'$ regstered numiw and registered Offi￿ ad(kess can
be found in the Report of the Trustees.
ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Basls of accounllng
The finanoal sl8tery￿nts have been wepared in accordarmx wilh If* a¢courtiThJ policies set
OLrt in the notes to the accounts *MI comply with the charity's g0vem1￿ document, the
Charities Act 2011 and Accounttiw and Reporb'ng by Chwitw: Statement of Recommended
Practice applicable to charities FYeparirvJ tr￿1r accounts in accNdance wilh the Financial
Reportirrfj Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland wNished ￿ 16 July 2014
(as amended by Uwjate Bulletin 1 published M 2 Fet*uwy 2016).
The thanty is a public benefft entsty.
There are rK) mataial uncertaintss affecling the abilty of the chanty to continue as a gomg
concem.
In adopting FRS102 for the first time. no year numbers have been affeLted.
Incom•
Income is recognised in the Stalement of Financial ACtsvit￿S wtr
the chanty becomes entitled to the res<xJr¢es
the trustees believe the recei0 of the resources is probable and
the monetary value can be measured with suffic￿tt reh'abilty.
Ex￿ndIture
ExpeThjiiU￿ ts recognised on an acwals basis as and when a legal or constnjciive obl￿ation
arises.
G0Veman￿ costs include those costs associated with meeting the constitub.onal and statutory
requi￿rnents ofthe charity and include costs linked to str*giG Manag￿￿ent of the charrty.
G0Veman￿ Costs are induded valhin Support costs.
Fixed assets
Fixed assets are stated at cost. and It￿ CA>Stwy more than £1,CK)O are caprtatssed.
Depreciation is caknlated so as to vKite off cost of fix&J assets a straight-line basis
over their eslimated useful live5.
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Taxation
The chty 18 not liable to tax on its th*itat4e as Img as it 15 *ied for charitaLle
purFrt)ses. It is not considered that there are any activtties givirvJ rise to a tax liabilty.
Fund accountlng
Unrestricted funds can be used in acc(Kdance with Il* chafitable oL¥ectives at the dis¢retton
of the trustees.
Restricted funds can only be l￿ed for part￿￿¥ restri￿ p￿p0￿ wilhin th8 obj'ects of the
tharity. R8stridions arise speufied by the donor or when funds are raised for particular
restricted purposes.
A fvll descripts'on of each of the fur#Js is inckxlad under Note 10
INCOME
Analysls
of Incorne
Unrestrl¢ted
Funds
BTN
Reglon•l
Conf•r•nc•
Rwanda
Dlsasler
Rèlief
Prior
Year
Donatlons
& Legacies
Donations
& Gifts
Grants from
Other
Charities
Total
9.875
1,063
137.162
47,644
147.037
48.707
Charltabl•
Actlviti•s
Donatbons
& Gifts
Conference
Fees
Total
10.798
25,655
52,080
1,734
88.153
44.909
1.734
88,153
10.798
25,655
96,989
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EXPENDITURE
Analysis of
Exp•nditur
BTN
Rwanda
Prfor
Year
Funds
R•li•f
Charltable
Actlvlties
Staff &
Contractor
Costs
Conference
& Travel
Costs
Disaster
Relief Grfts
Other Admin
Total
83.299
65,143
29,269
111.367
20,641
50,233
17.545
187
771
129
50,362
7,723
141.042
118,528
111.058
309
PEOPLE RESOURCES
There were no employees for the per￿ covered by thts report. Ho*Ever, the servi￿$
of an intemational director and an administrator ￿tTe seconded to the charity until the
last quarter of 2025.
CREDrroRS
2025
Prior period
ACGn￿lS
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IAOVEMENT IN FUNDS
The mover[￿ts in Funds in the pe￿d to 31sI December 2025 were as follows".-
At1 Income Expense Trdnsfer
January
2025
At31
Dec
2025
between
lunds
5.050 147.037 (118,528 (8.001)
Un￿1cted
25,558
Restrictsd
Brethren TrainiNJ Netwofk
Disaster Reljef
Rwanda
IBCM 819
Europe & Regional
3.665
24.707
1,734
(771)
25.655 (50.362)
10.798
(309)
4,628
10,489
16.620
88,153 (111.058
8,001
1,714
Total Funds
50.042 273,377 (281.028
42.390
DesCrip￿On and purpose of funds and transfers
Unrestricted Funds
These are funds thal may be used for any purpose tr￿t l*s within the aims and obj'ects
of the charity, as the trustees decide.
Restricted Funds
Brethren Training Network
This fund supports Iraining inbtiatives on an intemational basis, a key part of which is
a regular Conferen￿ atterthd by delegates from many countries.
llisaster Relief
This fund is for gifts that have come in for direct transfer to disaster relief projects that
we are a&wciated wrth.
Europe l Regional Conferences
This fund comprises inc(xne ar￿ exp￿SeS for regional ￿nferenCes.
IBCM 819
This fund holds grants and gifts received f(K admwlistrative costs and sponsorship of
delegates to attend our main global conferences.
Rwanda
This fund holds gfants and gifts wNed for Rwand&based churches and ministries.
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TRANSACTIONS TRUSTEES
Expendilure
Theie were no payments to trustees for their services to the cha(ity during the period,
apart from reimbursement of out-of-pocket expenses incurred by tntstees on behalf of
the charity.
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