## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period from 1 January 2023 to 31 December 2023** **Charity name: The Emmanuel Ministry Fund (“Charity”)** ## **Charity registration number: 1184453** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the Charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|The Object of the Charity is, for the public
benefit, the advancement of the Christian
faith in the United Kingdom and overseas
by equipping and enabling the people and
congregations of the parish of Christ
Church, Surbiton Hill with Emmanuel
Church, Tolworth (“The Parish”), and the
operation and ministry of Emmanuel
Church, Tolworth.| |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 Charity’s main activity in 2023 was the
employment of a children’s and youth
minister, who carried out much of his duties
in support of Emmanuel Church Tolworth.
From time to time, the Charity may also
provide funds to support members of the
church family at Emmanuel Church
Tolworth in activities which help advance
the Christian gospel, such as Christian
training and short-term mission trips, but it
did not do so in 2023.| |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 due regard to the
public benefit guidance issued by the
Charity Commission, in particular the
guidance on charities for the advancement
of religion, when exercising any powers or
duties to which the guidance is relevant.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: SORP reference The Charity has a policy on grant-making. Para 1.38 Policy on grant making The Charity has not adopted a policy on Para 1.38 social investment because its current activities are limited in nature, and it does |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment||not currently anticipate making a social
investment beyond the scope of its current
limited activities.| |---|---|---| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|The trustees are very grateful for the work
which was carried out by the two
volunteers: the treasurer and the Gift Aid
secretary.| |Other||None.| ## **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 Charity’s sole employee in 2023 was
the Children’s and Youth Minister, who
carried out his duties supporting the
ministry at Emmanuel Church Tolworth.
His primary responsibilities were providing
leadership and organisation of the Christian
ministry for children and young people at
the church, which is open to everyone.
This included
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leading the all-age slots in the
Sunday morning services;
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overseeing and regularly leading the
Sunday morning groups for children
from age 3 to school year 6 (Jesus
and Me, or “JAM”) and young
people in school years 7-9
(“Pathfinders”);
•
running Cross Train, a weekly youth
outreach programme for children
and young people in the last year of
primary school and early years of
secondary school. In September
2023, a new group was added for
youth in school year 10 and above,
which ran alongside the existing
group for school years 6-9;
•
overseeing Kangaroo Club for
children under 5 and their parents /
carers;
•
working alongside Insight, a
Christian schools work trust, and
Christ Church Surbiton Hill, to
organise and deliver the Easter
Experience (at Christ Church) and
the Christmas Journey (at
Emmanuel Church), both aimed at
school children in the borough of
Kingston.| - being a leader at one of the summer residential Christian youth conferences organised by Contagious Bible Ministries, which some youth from Emmanuel Church attended. ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|During the period, the Charity continued to
achieve its aim of helping to advance the
Christian faith through the employment of
the Children’s and Youth Minister, who
carried out his duties in support of the
ministry at Emmanuel Church Tolworth.| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|The Charity’s primary objective for
fundraising was to try to maintain income
on a par with expenditure, other than for
exceptional items. It did not succeed this
year because rent on the property in which
the Charity’s employee resided required
advance pre-payment of the full annual
rent.| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|The Charity did not set specific objectives
in regard to investment performance owing
to the relatively low levels of financial
reserves.| |Other||None.| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|The accounts show that the Charity
received income in the period of £59,005,
versus payments of £79,095, resulting in a
net decrease of cash funds in the period of
£20,090.
The main outgoings of the Charity were the
salary of the employee, and the cost of
accommodation for the employee which the
Charity provides for the better performance
of his duties.
At the end of the period, the Charity held
cash funds of £50,383, composed of the
following amounts:
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£25,727 cash in bank accounts;
•
£22,557 rent deposit and
prepayment;
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£2,099 tax recovery
The Charity also holds a long-term lease on
a property at Flat 1, 444 Ewell Road,
Surbiton, KT6 7EL which is represented on
the balance sheet at its cost of £191,618.| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|The Charity’s reserves policy directs
trustees to deploy its financial resources to
further the Charity’s objects and not to
hoard cash, whilst also seeking to set aside
funds when possible to safeguard the
Charity’s ability to further its objects in
harder financial times.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|At the end of the period, the charity had
£50,383 of cash funds, of which £25,727
was held in bank accounts.
All the available reserves were held in cash
owing to the relatively small absolute
amount.| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|N/A| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|The Charity had a deficit of £20,090 over
the period. This was primarily due to the
prepayment of the full annual rent on a
property which the Charity rented and in
which the Charity’s employee resided, and
a reduction in one-off giving compared to
the prior year.| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|The amount of cash in the bank at the end
of the period was £25,727 – considerably
lower than previous years, primarily owing
to the prepayment of the full annual rent of
a property in which the Charity’s employee
resided. In 2024, additional one-off cash
giving to the Charity helped restore the| cash reserves to a similarly level as before the prepayment, so there is not a concern about the Charity continuing as a going concern in the short term. Nevertheless, this does highlight that the Charity’s financial reserves are relatively small and dependent on a continued level of giving if it is to maintain its current activities. Furthermore, there is considerable uncertainty as to the amount of giving to the Charity going forward. The trustees monitor the Charity’s financial situation closely, with a view to taking appropriate actions with respect to contractual cost commitments well in advance of reserves being exhausted. |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|where relevant about:| |---|---|---| |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|Three-quarters of the Charity’s funding in
2023 came from charitable giving and tax
refunds from Gift Aid giving. Although the
amount of one-off giving was considerably
less that the previous year, it is
encouraging to see the amount of regular
giving increased by 41% year-on-year.
Most of the other income was rental income
from the property on which the Charity has
a long-term lease.| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|The charity has a reserves policy but not an
investment policy because the amount of
investable assets (i.e. cash) has been
considered by the trustees to be too small
to consider investing beyond an instant-
access savings account.
The Charity holds a long-term lease on the
property at Flat 1, 444 Ewell Road in
Surbiton. This was originally purchased to
provide accommodation to employees of
the Charity for the better performance of
their duties. The property is too small to
accommodate the Charity’s current
employee and his family, so the property is
let to tenants to provide a rental income to
the Charity. The trustees intend to
continue to hold this property to benefit
from the rental income, and to be in a
position to provide accommodation to
potential future employees.| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|The Charity’s principal risk in 2023 was
liquidity risk given its limited cash reserves,
and uncertainty around the level of financial
income going forward.| Other ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|
Para 1.25|Constitution, dated 10 June 2019, as
amended on 1 April 2024.| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|Charitable incorporated organisation (CIO).| |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|Appointed by existing trustees in
accordance with the Charity’s constitution
and its Statement of Faith.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |||| |---|---|---| |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Para 1.51|| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|The Emmanuel Ministry Fund CIO| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|1184453| |Charity’s principal address|c/o 11 Pine Gardens,
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**to appoint trustee(if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Claire Beevers||Appointed Trustee on 15 July
2024|Trustees| ||Bart Erlebach||Resigned as Trustee on 16
July 2024|Trustees| ||Marc Evans|Chair|Reappointed as Trustee on 23
July 2023.|Trustees| ||Amanda Kresinska||Resigned as Trustee on 9 July
2024.|Trustees| ||Jane Newell||Appointed as Trustee on 10
May2023.|Trustees| ||Richard Pretlove||Appointed as Trustee on 15
July2024.|| ||Robin Walpole||Resigned as Trustee on 21
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