2023-06-30-accounts - Catholic Mothers Apostolate

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Trustees’ Annual Report for the period

From Period start date 01/07/2022 To Period end date 30/06/2023

Charity name: Catholic Mothers Apostolate

Charity registration number: 1183733

Objectives and Activities

	SORP reference
Summary of the purposes of the charity as set out in its governing document	Para 1.17	The Catholic Mothers Apostolate aims to promote the faith of the Roman Catholic Church throughout the world and amongst families in England and Wales through events, courses, publications and other charitable works.
Summary of the main activities in relation to those purposes for the public benefit, in particular, the activities, projects or services identified in the accounts.	Para 1.17 and 1.19	The apostolate has continued to work on the project to update the website the website and expand the in person groups across the UK. We now have many people interested and have started to help to put this into action. We have organized several talks for Mothers and families and are now planning a weekend conference for May 2024.
Statement confirming whether the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit	Para 1.18	The trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit

Additional information (optional)

You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:

	SORP reference
Policy on grant making	Para 1.38	Catholic Mothers will consider making grants to Mothers in financial need on an ad hoc basis with the agreement of Trustees.
Policy on social investment including program related investment	Para 1.38	Decisions to make social investment will be made by trustees together - careful discussion around this will be had by the chair and trustees if we need to utilise this.
Contribution made by volunteers	Para 1.38	Volunteers helped in the organisation and hosting of events as well as with the production of items for the website and posting items ordered.

Other

Achievements and Performance

	SORP reference
Summary of the main achievements of the charity, identifying the difference the charity’s work has made to the circumstances of its beneficiaries and any wider benefits to society as a whole.	Para 1.20	The Apostolate published the Planner 2023 adding a new range of wiro-bound editions for the USA. Over 4000 women have been helped to plan a more liturgical life. The ‘Thursday group’ in Catford has gone from strength to strength with over 25 people regularly in attendance. The following evening formation courses were run including Rosary Making with Triumph Rosaries, Natural cosmetic making for children, Candle Making, Advent Wreath making in Hartley Hall Catford, Art Classes at CM HQ with artis Hend Ezat, Catholic History Walks for children in London with Joanna Bogle. Workshops for young people on chastity and modesty, a Church Fathers for Fathers course to help the formation of families by increasing the education of Catholic Fathers. Catholic Mothers attended the Bishop Barron conference in Westminster February 2023 and ran a stall for the over 1500 attendees. The new website and shop was launched in February 2023 providing easier and more attractive access to over 500 items for the domestic church. The website also is a great showcase for the activities of the apostolate and has led to many more enquiries for people to get involved and start local mothers groups. 5 new local chapters of the Catholic Mothers Apostolate were begun in South Wales, East Anglia, Stockport, Somerset and North London.

Financial Review – 01/07/2022- 30/06/2023

Review of the charity’s financial position at the end of the period	Para 1.21	Catholic Mothers is in a good financial position due to the success of its trading activities and fundraising
Statement explaining the policy for holding reserves stating why they are held	Para 1.22	Reserves will be held to invest in future products and to subsidise some materials/courses which will be offered at little or no cost.
Amount of reserves held	Para 1.22	£11,300
Reasons for holding zero reserves	Para 1.22	n/a
Details of fund materially in deficit	Para 1.24	n/a
Explanation of any uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going concern	Para 1.23	n/a

Structure, Governance and Management

Description of charity’s trusts:
Type of governing document (trust deed, royal charter)	Para 1.25
How is the charity constituted? (e.g unincorporated association, CIO)	Para 1.25	CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 05 Jun 2019
Trustee selection methods including details of any constitutional provisions e.g. election to post or name of any person or body entitled to appoint one or more trustees	Para 1.25	Appointment by Chair and Trustees

Reference and Administrative details

Charity name	Catholic Mothers Apostolate
Other name the charity uses
Registered charity number	1183733
Charity’s principal address	155 Bromley Road London SE6 2NZ

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20	Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year Nam e of pers on (or bod y) entit led to app oint trust ee (if any)
	Chiara Finaldi	Chair
	Pier Paolo Finaldi	Trustee
	Roberta Lala	Trustee

– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved

Director name

Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity

Trustee name	Dates acted if not for whole year
Chiara Finaldi

Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others

Description of the assets N/A held in this capacity Name and objects of the N/A charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for N/A safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets

Exemptions from disclosure

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details

n/a

Other optional information

Declarations

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s) Full name(s) Chiara Finaldi Position (eg Secretary, Chair Chair, etc)

Date 27/06/2024

Charity Name

Charity Name No (if any) CATHOLIC MOTHERS APOSOLATE 1183733 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the Period start Period end period from 01-Jul-22 To 30-Jun-23

CATHOLIC MOTHERS APOSOLATE

Section A Receipts and payments	Section A Receipts and payments
	Unrestricte d funds	Restricted funds		Endowment funds		Total funds	Last year
	to the nearest £	to the nearest	£	to the nearest	£	to the nearest £	to the nearest	£
A1 Receipts
SALES	68,176		-		-	68,176	76,667
DONATIONS	2,578		-		-	2,578	3,237
PAYPAL RECEIPTS	13,692		-		-	13,692		-
	-		-		-	-		-
	-		-		-	-		-
	-		-		-	-		-
	-		-		-	-		-
	-		-		-	-		-
*Sub total*(Gross income for AR)	84,446		-		-	84,446	79,904

Section A Receipts and payments	Section A Receipts and payments
A1 Receipts	Unrestricte d funds to the nearest £ 68,176 2,578 13,692 - - - - - 84,446	Restricted funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - -	Endowment funds to the nearest £	Total funds to the nearest £	Last year to the nearest £
SALES	68,176		- - - - - - - - -	68,176 2,578 13,692 - - - - - 84,446	76,667
DONATIONS	2,578				3,237
PAYPAL RECEIPTS	13,692				-
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*Sub total*(Gross income for AR)	84,446				79,904
A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).	- - - 84,446	- - - -	- - -	- - -
	-
	-				-
*Sub total*	-				-
*Total receipts* A3 Payments
			-	84,446	79,904
				15,902 3226 1950 9924 35162 4010 777 577 2338 - 2,183 4,136 246 4,289 2,265 86,985
PURCHASES	15,902	-	-		-
POST/ SHIPPING/PRINTIN 3,226 STORAGE 1,950 PRODUCTS TO SELL 9,924 PLANNER COSTS 35,162 RESOURCES 4,010 OFFICE EQUIPMENT 777 ROYALTIES 577 WEBSITE 2,338 DONATIONS EVENTS 2,183 OFFICE EXPENSES 4,136 TEAM BUILDING 246 PHONE and SPEAKERS 4,289 MISC 2,265 Sub total 86,985		- - - -			1,535
					1,853
					-
					41,805
					6,309
					24,765
					94

			- - -		1,826
					5,981

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					538
					2,790
					-
					87,496

CCXX R1 accounts (SS)

28/06/2024

	A4 Asset and investment
	purchases, (see table)
		-	-		-	-
		-	-		-	-
	**Sub total **	-	-		-	-	-

	**Total payments **	86,985	-		-	86,985	87,496

*Net of receipts/(payments)*		- 2,539	-		-	- 2,539	- 7,592
	A5 Transfers between fun	-	-	-		-	-
	A6 Cash funds last year en -		-	-		-	-
	*Cash funds this year end*	- 2,539	-		-	- 2,539	- 7,592

CCXX R2 accounts (SS)

28/06/2024

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period

Unrestricte d funds to nearest £ 10,948 352 - 11,300 ~~Agreement~~ Error Unrestricte d funds to nearest £ - - - - - -	Restricted funds to nearest £ - - - - OK Restricted funds to nearest £ - - - - - -	Endowmen t funds to nearest £
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CCXX R3 accounts (SS)

Signed by one or two Date of trustees on behalf of all the Signature Print Name approval trustees

CCXX R4 accounts (SS)

28/06/2024

Independent examiner's report on the accounts

Section A Independent Examiner’s Report

Report to the trustees/ members of[Charity Catholic Mothers Apostolate ]

On accounts for the year 30[th ] June 2023 Charity no 1183733 ended (if any) Set out on pages 1 (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)

Respective The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. responsibilities of The charity’s trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year trustees and examiner under section 43(2) of the Charities Act 1993 (the 1993 Act) and that an independent examination is needed. It is my responsibility to:

examine the accounts under section 43 of the 1993 Act,
to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 43(7)(b) of the 1993 Act, and
to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
Basis of independent My examination was carried out in accordance with general Directions given examiner’s statement by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a ‘true and fair’ view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.
Independent In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention
examiner's statement 1. which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in, any material respect, the requirements:
- to keep accounting records in accordance with section 41 of the 1993 Act; and
- to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the 1993 Act
- have not been met ; or
to which, in my opinion, 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: 26[th] June 2024

Signed: Name: Andrew John Pollock Relevant professional Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales qualification(s) or body

April 2009

IER

(if any):

Address: 53 Penerley Road London SE6 2LH

Section B Disclosure

Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material problems.

April 2009

IER

Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose .

April 2009

IER