## **Esthers For the Nations** **Charity No. 1182748** ## **Trustees' Report and Unaudited Accounts** **31 March 2023** **Esthers For the Nations Contents** ||Pages| |---|---| |Trustees' Annual Report|2 to 3| |Statement of Financial Activities|4| |Balance Sheet|5| |Notes to the Accounts|6 to 11| |Detailed Statement of Financial Activities|12 to 13| Page 1 **Esthers For the Nations Trustees Annual Report** The trustees present their report with the unaudited financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2023. ## **REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS** ## **Charity No. 1182748** ## **Trustees** The following trustees served during the year: P.W. Keane T. Madovi L.K.M. Pswarayi F.G. Sutherland ## **Accountants** The Vine Accounting Ltd 17 St Margaret's Crescent Gravesend DA12 4EJ ## **OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES** To advance the Christian faith for the benefit of the public in accordance with our statements of belief appearing and to relieve the needs of the community in the united kingdom and overseas. ## **ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE** The last year has been as quiet as the previous year. We have continued to meet and pray, with monthly overnight prayers where we have had visiting Speakers or extended bible Study from 9 PM to Midnight or beyond. We have had two days conferences all on the theme of Watch and pray on 28 October 2023 and the March 2024 conference was cancelled due to personal circumstances surrounding the family of the key event organiser - Florence Sutherland. Regarding our finances, we have a single Partner who has been faithful paying £10.00 per month. We have also had 800 pounds from easy funding. The expenses like Adverts, Deposit for Highley, Insurance, Administration fees, and Accounting fees have been paid out of the personal director’s pocket. At the day conference we had about 25 delegates, we catered for lunch, out of the delegate’s fee and prepared welcome packs. 2/3rd of the delegates had free places. We have our annual conference booked for 16-18 August 2024 at Highley Christian Centre. Out of the 47 delegates, 14 have paid the charges fee of £250 for the weekend. The shortfall will be covered by the director. We have continued to have our 6 am prayer meetings and 8 pm consistently. In the last year, we have added a midnight prayer meeting. These meetings are on every day except for weekends. The Esther’s Eastgate consortium has been initiated comprising of Kenya, Uganda, South Sudan and Tanzania with Bishop John Njeru as the Ambassador. Page 2 **Esthers For the Nations** ## **Trustees Annual Report** Our wish list consists of; Funding for representatives or Ambassadors of Ethers to enable them to buy talk time and data so they can continue encouraging others, especially now given the rise in anxiety about the cost of living. There is a resurgence of COVID-19 in Zambia and the need for emotional support is increased. ## **FINANCIAL REVIEW** On 15th March, 2019 the company (Esthers For The Nations Ltd.) was voluntarily dissolved which led the bank to close the company's bank account, which had cash balance of £10,243. Since then the Trustees have had to loan money to Esthers to enable the Charity to meet ongoing existing commitments. The trustees have loaned the Charity money. The Directors of loans is attached. Bank statements have been provided to the accountant. These reflect the activities in the account up to the closure. Our Lloyds Bank Account is up and running, although we have been having issues with online banking. We are currently working on resolving this with the bank. A monthly membership fee of £25 has been suggested to help with the charity's day-to-day running. We are praying about this and will make a decision next year. ## **PLANS FOR FUTURE PERIODS** We have planned a Winter Watch from 13- 15.1.23 at Ashburnham. This is a residential activity and it will be our Annual Conference. ## **Statement of trustees' responsibilities in relation to the financial statements** The charity trustees are responsible for preparing a trustees' annual report and financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice). The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011, the applicable Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations, and the provisions of the Trust deed. The Trustees are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities. Signed on behalf of the charity's trustees F.G. Sutherland Trustee 23 August 2024 Page 3 **Esthers For the Nations Statement of Financial Activities** ## **for the year ended 31 March 2023** |**Notes**
**Income and endowments**
**from:**
Donations and legacies
3
**Total**
**Expenditure on:**
Raising funds
4
Charitable activities
5
Other
6
**Total**
Net gains on investments
**Net expenditure**
Transfers between funds
**Net expenditure before other**
**gains/(losses)**
**Other gains and losses**
**Net movement in funds**
**Reconciliation of funds:**
Total funds brought forward
**Total funds carried forward**||**Unrestricted**
**funds**|**Restricted**
**funds**|**Total funds**|**Total funds**| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |||**2023**|**2023**|**2023**|**2022**| |||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**| ||||||| |||839|-|839|5,458| |||839|-|839|5,458| ||||||| |||-|-|-|4,837| |||2,000|-|2,000|3,349| |||596|-|596|1,237| |||2,596|-|2,596|9,423| |||-|-|-|-| |||(1,757)|-|(1,757)|(3,965)| |||-|-|-|-| |||(1,757)|-|(1,757)|(3,965)| ||||||| |||(1,757)|-|(1,757)|(3,965)| ||||||| |||6|5,936|5,942|9,907| |||(1,751)|5,936|4,185|5,942| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| Page 4 **Esthers For the Nations Balance Sheet** **at 31 March 2023** |**Charity No. 1182748**
**Current assets**
Current Account (frozen)
8
Cash at bank and in hand
**Creditors:**Amount falling due within one year
9
**Net current assets**
**Total assets less current liabilities**
**Net assets excluding pension asset or liability**
**Total net assets**
**The funds of the charity**
**Restricted funds**
10
Restricted income funds
**Unrestricted funds**
10
General funds
**Reserves**
10
**Total funds**|**2023**
**£**
10,243
-
10,243
(6,058)
4,185
4,185
4,185
4,185
5,936
5,936
(1,751)
(1,751)
4,185|**2022**
**£**
-
10,243| |---|---|---| |||10,243
(4,301)| |||5,942
5,942| |||5,942| |||5,942| |||5,936| |||5,936
6| |||6| |||5,942| Approved by the trustees on 23 August 2024 And signed on their behalf by: F.G. Sutherland Trustee 23 August 2024 Page 5 **Esthers For the Nations Notes to the Accounts** ## **for the year ended 31 March 2023** - 1 **Accounting policies** ## **Basis of preparation** The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic if Ireland (FRS 102) issued on 16 July 2014 and the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the Charities Act 2011. ## **Change in basis of accounting or to previous accounts** There has been no change to the accounting policies (valuation rules and method of accounting) since last year and no changes have been made to accounts for previous years. ## **Fund accounting** - Unrestricted funds These are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the general objects of the charity. - Designated funds These are unrestricted funds earmarked by the trustees for particular purposes. Revaluation funds These are unrestricted funds which include a revaluation reserve representing the restatement of investment assets at their market values. - Restricted funds These are available for use subject to restrictions imposed by the donor or through terms of an appeal. ## **Income** - Recognition of Income is included in the Statement of Financial Activities (SoFA) when the charity income becomes entitled to, and virtually certain to receive, the income and the amount of the income can be measured with sufficient reliability. - Income with related Where income has related expenditure the income and related expenditure is expenditure reported gross in the SoFA. - Donations and Voluntary income received by way of grants, donations and gifts is included in the legacies the SoFA when receivable and only when the Charity has unconditional entitlement to the income. - Tax reclaims on Income from tax reclaims is included in the SoFA at the same time as the donations and gifts gift/donation to which it relates. Donated services These are only included in income (with an equivalent amount in expenditure) and facilities where the benefit to the Charity is reasonably quantifiable, measurable and material. Volunteer help The value of any volunteer help received is not included in the accounts. Investment income This is included in the accounts when receivable. Gains/(losses) on This includes any gain or loss resulting from revaluing investments to market value revaluation of fixed at the end of the year. assets Gains/(losses) on This includes any gain or loss on the sale of investments. investment assets Page 6 **Esthers For the Nations Notes to the Accounts** ## **Expenditure** - Recognition of Expenditure is recognised on an accruals basis. Expenditure includes any VAT which expenditure cannot be fully recovered, and is reported as part of the expenditure to which it relates. - Expenditure on These comprise the costs associated with attracting voluntary income, fundraising raising funds trading costs and investment management costs. Expenditure on These comprise the costs incurred by the Charity in the delivery of its activities and charitable activities services in the furtherance of its objects, including the making of grants and governance costs. - Grants payable All grant expenditure is accounted for on an actual paid basis plus an accrual for grants that have been approved by the trustees at the end of the year but not yet paid. - Governance costs These include those costs associated with meeting the constitutional and statutory requirements of the Charity, including any audit/independent examination fees, costs linked to the strategic management of the Charity, together with a share of other administration costs. - Other expenditure These are support costs not allocated to a particular activity. ## **Taxation** The charity is exempt from tax on its charitable activities. ## **Freehold investment property** Investment properties are measured initially at cost and subsequently at fair value at each balance sheet date and are not depreciated. All gains or losses are taken to the Statement of Financial Activities as they arise. ## **Stocks** Stock is included at the lower of cost or net realisable value. Donated items of stock are recognised at fair value which is the amount the charity would have been willing to pay for the items on the open market. ## **Trade and other debtors** Trade and other debtors are recognised at the settlement amount due after any trade discount offered. Prepayments are valued at the amount prepaid net of any trade discounts due. Provisions for frozen current account relates to the closed current account as a result of winding up of Esther For the Nations Ltd. ## **Cash and cash equivalents** Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash at bank and on hand, demand deposits with banks and other short-term highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less and bank overdrafts. In the statement of financial position, bank overdrafts are shown within borrowings or current liabilities. In the Statement of Cash Flows, cash and cash equivalents are shown net of bank overdrafts that are repayable on demand and form an integral part of the company's cash management. Page 7 **Esthers For the Nations Notes to the Accounts** ## **Trade and other creditors** Short term creditors are measured at the transaction price. Other creditors and provisions are recognised where the charity has a present obligation resulting from a past event that will probably result in the transfer of funds to a third party and the amount due to settle the obligation can be measured or estimated reliably. Creditors and provisions are normally recognised at their settlement amount after allowing for any trade discounts due. ## **Research and development** Expenditure on research and development is written off in the year in which it is incurred. ## **Foreign currencies** Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in currencies other than the functional currency of the charity are translated at the rates of exchange prevailing at the end of the reporting period. Transactions in currencies other than the functional currency of the charity are recorded at the rate of exchange on the date that the transaction occurred. All exchange differences are are taken into account in arriving at net income/expenditure. ## **Leased assets** Where the charity enters into a lease which entails taking substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership of an asset, the lease is treated as a finance lease. Leases which do not transfer substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership to charity are classified as operating leases. Assets held under finance leases are initially recognised as assets of the charity at their fair value at the inception of the lease or, if lower, at the present value of the minimum lease payments. The corresponding liability to the lessor is included in the balance sheet date as a finance lease obligation. Lease payments are apportioned between finance expenses and reduction of the lease obligation so as to achieve a constant rate of interest on the remaining balance of the liability. Finance expenses are recognised immediately, unless they are directly attributable to qualifying assets, in which case they are capitalised in accordance with the charity's policy on borrowing costs. Assets held under finance leases are depreciated in the same way as owned assets. Operating lease payments are recognised as an expense on a straight-line basis over the lease term. In the event that lease incentives are received to enter into operating leases, such incentives are recognised as a liability. The aggregate benefit of incentives is recognised as a reduction of rental expense on a straight-line basis. ## **Pension costs** The charity operates a defined contribution plan for its employees. A defined contribution plan is a pension plan under which the charity pays fixed contributions into a separate entity. Once the contributions have been paid the charity has no further payments obligations. The contributions are recognised as expenses when they fall due. Amounts not paid are shown in accruals in the balance sheet. The assets of the plan are held separately from the charity in independently administered funds. ## **Receipt of donated goods, facilities and services** All donated goods, facilities and services received are recognised within incoming resources and expenditure at an estimate of the value to the charity. Page 8 **Esthers For the Nations** ## **Notes to the Accounts** ## 2 **Statement of Financial Activities - prior year** |2
**Statement of Financial Activities - prior year**|||| |---|---|---|---| |**Income and endowments from:**
Donations and legacies
**Total**
**Expenditure on:**
Raising funds
Charitable activities
Other
**Total**
**Net income**
**Net income before other**
**gains/(losses)**
**Other gains and losses:**
**Net movement in funds**
**Reconciliation of funds:**
Total funds brought forward
**Total funds carried forward**
3
**Income from donations and legacies**
4
**Expenditure on raising funds**
_Costs of generating voluntary_
_income_|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**2022**
**£**
5,458
5,458
4,837
-
1,237
6,074
(616)
(616)
(616)
622
6
**Unrestricted**
**£**
839
-
839|**Restricted**
**funds**
**2022**
**£**
-
-
-
3,349
-
3,349
(3,349)
(3,349)
(3,349)
9,285
5,936
**Total**
**2023**
**£**
839
-
839
**Total**
**2023**
**£**
-
-
-|**Total funds**
**2022**
**£**
5,458| ||||5,458
4,837
3,349
1,237| ||||9,423| ||||(3,965)| ||||(3,965)| ||||(3,965)
9,907| ||||5,942| ||||**Total**
**2022**
**£**
1,457
4,001| ||||5,458| ||||**Total**
**2022**
**£**
1,894
2,943| ||||4,837| Page 9 **Esthers For the Nations** **Notes to the Accounts** ## 5 **Expenditure on charitable activities** |_Expenditure on charitable_
_activities_
_Governance costs_
6
**Other expenditure**
General administrative costs
Legal and professional costs
7
**Staff costs**
No employee received emoluments in excess of £60,000.
8
**Debtors**
Provision for frozen current account
9
**Creditors:**
amounts falling due within one year
Loans from trustees
Other creditors|**Unrestricted**
**£**
2,000
2,000
**Unrestricted**
**£**
196
400
596
**2023**
**£**
10,243
10,243
**2023**
**£**
6,058
-
6,058|**Total**
**2023**
**£**
2,000
2,000
**Total**
**2023**
**£**
196
400
596|**Total**
**2022**
**£**
3,349| |---|---|---|---| ||||3,349| ||||**Total**
**2022**
**£**
371
866| ||||1,237| ||||**2022**
**£**
-| ||||-| ||||**2022**
**£**
3,901
400| ||||4,301| Page 10 **Esthers For the Nations Notes to the Accounts** ## 10 **Movement in funds** |**Movement in funds**||||| |---|---|---|---|---| |**Restricted funds:**
**Restricted income funds:**
Sister Act Project
_Total_
**Unrestricted funds:**
**General funds**
**Total funds**|**At 1 April**
**2022**
5,936
5,936
6
5,942|**Incoming**
**resources**
**(including**
**other**
**gains/losses**
**)**
**£**
-
-
839
839|**Resources**
**expended**
**£**
-
-
(2,596)
(2,596)|**At 31**
**March**
**2023**
**£**
5,936| |||||5,936| |||||(1,751)| |||||4,185| Purposes and restrictions in relation to the funds: Restricted funds: Sister Act Project The project will bring women from diverse and have serious levels of low self-esteem ## 11 **Analysis of net assets between funds** |Net current assets
12 **Reconciliation of net debt**
Cash and cash equivalents
Net debt|**At 1 April**
**2022**
**£**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**
4,185
4,185
**Cash flows**
**£**|**Total**
**£**
4,185| |---|---|---|---| ||||4,185| ||||**At 31**
**March**
**2023**
**£**| ||10,243|(10,243)|-| ||10,243
10,243|(10,243)
(10,243)|-| ||||-| ||||| Page 11 **Esthers For the Nations Statement of Cash flows for the year ended 31 March 2023** |**Cash flows from operating activities**
**Net expenditure per Statement of Financial Activities**
**Adjustments for:**
Increase in trade and other receivables
Increase in trade and other payables
**Net cash used in operating activities**
**Net cash from investing activities**
**Net cash from financing activities**
**Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents**
**Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the year**
**Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the year**|**2023**
**£**
(1,757)
(10,243)
1,757
(10,243)
-
-
(10,243)
10,243
-|**2022**
**£**
(3,965)
-
3,701| |---|---|---| |||(264)| |||-| |||| |||-| |||| |||(264)| |||10,507| |||10,243| |||| |**Components of cash and cash equivalents**||| |Cash and bank balances|-|10,243| |||| ||-|10,243| Page 12 **Esthers For the Nations Detailed Statement of Financial Activities** ## **for the year ended 31 March 2023** |**Income and endowments from:**
Donations and legacies
**Total income and endowments**
**Expenditure on:**
Costs of generating donations and
legacies
**Total of expenditure on raising**
**funds**
Charitable activities
**Total of expenditure on charitable**
**activities**
General administrative costs,
including depreciation and
amortisation
General insurances
Software, IT support and related
costs
Telephone, fax and broadband
Legal and professional costs
Accountancy and bookkeeping
Other legal and professional
costs
**Total of expenditure of other costs**
**Total expenditure**
Net gains on investments
**Net expenditure**|**Unrestricte**
**d funds**
**2023**
**£**
839
-
839
839
-
-
-
-
2,000
2,000
2,000
196
-
-
196
400
-
400
596
2,596
-
(1,757)|**2023**
**£**
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-|**Total funds**
**2023**
**£**
839
-
839
839
-
-
-
-
2,000
2,000
2,000
196
-
-
196
400
-
400
596
2,596
-
(1,757)|**Total funds**
**2022**
**£**
1,457
4,001| |---|---|---|---|---| |||||5,458| |||||5,458
1,894
2,943| |||||4,837| |||||4,837
3,349| |||||3,349| |||||3,349
142
200
29| |||||371| |||||400
466| |||||866| |||||| |||||1,237| |||||9,423
-| |||||(3,965)| Page 13 **Esthers For the Nations Detailed Statement of Financial Activities** |**Esthers For the Nations**
**Detailed Statement of Financial Activities**||||| |---|---|---|---|---| |**Net expenditure before other**
**gains/(losses)**
Other Gains
**Net movement in funds**
**Reconciliation of funds:**
Total funds brought forward
**Total funds carried forward**|(1,757)
-
(1,757)
6
(1,751)|-
-
-
5,936
5,936|(1,757)
-
(1,757)
5,942
4,185|(3,965)
-| |||||(3,965)| |||||9,907| |||||5,942| Page 14