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Message On the Move Charity number: 1186660 Flnanclal Year: 1st January 2024- 31st December 2024 Trustees at 31st December 2024: Jonathan Brooks-martin (Chair} John Jenkins Rachel Mugford Michael Thomas Manager: Matthew Rich Legal Status.. Charitable Incorporated Organisation, established in 2019 Objects.. To advance the Christian faith by bringingwords from the Old and New Testaments of the Bible to the notice of the travelling public and the public in general through the use of printed material or other means. Offlce Address: Green Garth, Lowick Green. Ulverston, Cumbria. LA12 8DT Bank.. CAF Bank Ltd, 25 Kings Hlll Avenue, Kings Hill, West Malling, ME19 4JQ Operatlng Nama.. We have continued to use the operating name MEMO Message on the Move is the olf icial registered name of the charity. MEMO is a member of the Evangelical Alliance. Trustees Maetlngs: The Trustees met by way of Zoom twice in the year, on 18th M8r¢h 2024 8nd the 23rd October 2024 with the Manager in attendance. The meeting were Zoom meetings as permitted by the Constitution. C8mpalgns: This year MEMO has continued to disp18y"POSters" on social media. Every month we used 4-5 diff erent images each containing the words of the Bible with an aim of helping people find the hope and help that God can bring to those who tollow Him. All enquiries to learn more are directed to Chatnow.org. The target set at the beginning of the year was 5 million views. As the year progressed this was amended in line with our income to a target of at le8St 3 million, a figure we achieved in December with our scripture text poster adverts being viewed 3.4 million times. The strategy for 2025 is to seek again to reach our 5 million target. Durlng 2024: £5,400 spent on Social Media advertising on Facebook & Instagram, produced.. over 3.4 million views from 1.6 million people; 83,958 interactions, including 1,487 shares 4.822 comments 38,566 clicks on the images to go to a partner website chatnow.org
struc1 go10£eMent. Matthew Rich continued as the self-employed Trust Manager of MEMO under a contract with MEMO for his services. The Charity has no employees and was not dependent on the services of unpaid volunteers. other than those who serve as Trustees. Allgifts received were in the form of cheques. cash and charityvoucher. The charity does not have anytrading subsidiaries or hold any propertie$. Trustalp. In 2024 the trusteeswere Jonathan Brooks-martin. John Jenkins and R8chel Mugford and MichaelThomas, Leslie Lucas (retired March 20241. The charity has 8 $8f8guardlng pollcy in place. and no serious incidents have taken place during the year. or have needed to be reported to the Charity Commission. EAnancRS: Donation and trust income was £8.541, Investment & other Income was £2.080 and we received unusual Legacy income of £28.511- a total of £39,132. We withdrew £2.500 from our investment portfolio with M & G Funds but later re-invested £18,000 otthe Legacy monies. Expenditure forthe year was £12,181 and at the end of the yearthe Trust's ChariBond and ChariFund investments were valued at £29,664 at the 31st December 2024. Accounts. In$pectlon: As the charity's annual income is over £25.000, the trustees will 8rrange for an independent examination of theircharity's accounts. This is to give the charity's trustees. supporters, beneficiaries and the wider public. assurance that the charity's money has been properly accounted for and accounting records kept. PutsliG_B.enefll.' The Trustees have had re8ard to the public benefit guidance issued by the Charity Commission. The trustees consider that its activities further the charities aims for the public benefit by supporting Ioc81 Christian churches in their eff orts to engender lives lived for God and for their fellow men and women. They also considerthat the Christian gospel as worked out in the life of Christian believers has a wholly beneficial impact on society in general by providing an impetus to honest livingand to works of charity. Beleryes poLky". The charity has a reserves policycovering minimum reserves levels16 months of operating and governance costs) and maximum reserves of 18 months. As a result of unusual legacy income, funds at the 2024 year-end exceeded the maximum resetves policy. The trustees are: investing these funds for additional return, budgetingto use these reserves to increase the impact of the charity. using these funds to bridge the anticipated shortfalls in funding, funding the charities activities during the next few years. Approved by the Trustees on Ph October 2025 Signed on behalf ofthe Trustees by. .Jonathan Brooks-Martin..-. Chairperson
Independent Examiners report to the trustees on the unaudited financial statements I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the financial statements of Message On t=The Move Charitable Incorporated Organisation (the CIO) for the financial year to 31. December 2024. Responsibilities and basis of report As the trustees of the CIO you are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements in accordan with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (the Act). I report in respect of my examination of the CIO financial statements carried out under Section 145 of the Act and in carying out my examination I have followed all applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under Sedion 145(51{bl of the Act. Independent examine9 statement I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material aspect: 1. Accounting records were not kept in respect of the CIO as required by section 130 of the act., or 2. The financial statements do nol accord with those records,. or 3. The financial statements do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and contents of the financial statements set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than the requirement that the accounts give a true and fair view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. I have no ¢oncerns and have come across no other matters in connection with Ihe examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable proper understanding of the accounts lo be reached. J F Hornby, FCA Independent Examiner Chartered Accountant The Tower Daltongate Business Centre Daltongate Ulverston Cumbria LA12 7AJ Dated: 141h October 2025
CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES AIE88AGE ON THE MOVE 1186660 Receipts and pa ments accounts CC16a For the p•rlod from 0110112024 3111212024 Section A Receipts and payments Unrestricted fund• toth• no•¢ Restricted fund¥ to th• nMr••t£ Endowment fund• tothe n•arq•t E! Total funds Last ygar w vi¥ I¥r1 wui¥ ri¥ar¥¥i IA1 R¢c•l ts Chufche 250 290 250 zio 350 4.84¢ 702 228 Ptyyolio Other 981 Sub total J9.132 J9,132 7,729 A2 A88Ot and Inv••tm•nt Sub total Total rncelpts 39,132 A3Pa m•nts Posier Deji n ino Pdni Slt8 reni•l bwig 3,1•2 1Jl 1)8 mana •manl officeex s• & In•vr•n¢4 n*eJ 2.INJ 421 428 306 17 145 225 Sub lotal A4 A88•t ind In$0nt 18,000 Sub total Total payments N•t of roceIpt(yM9nts) .A5 Transfers befvM•n fvnd• A6 C•8h funds last yo•r ?nd Cw5h lurtds thls year end Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unrestri¢tèd fundA to neare•t£ Re8trict8d Endowment., funds fund$ to n••r•At£ to noaresl £ etails 81 Cash funds Bank 12,476 Total ¢ash funds 12,476 CCXX R1 &c(ounlS {SSI 0410212022
oumisll Unm$trl¢tsd l Restricted Endowmont fund• fund8 fund8 to n••rMt to noarMt£ to nMr•8t£ Detail? | Fund to whkh Curr•nt ¥4lu• Detsilb M and G Charitund Colt ityUon•ll , B3 Invo$lment a88ets Gvn•r41 lJ,799 M •nd G Chantthd 15,066 Fund to whlch C¥rr•nl ¥alu• Dtrtsll$ Co•t Iooion•ll ,34 Asi•ts r•tsln•d lor th• charlty'• own u•• Fund lo Amount•u• When du• Det•il• 'Skad ty one or Iwsleei on beh8N of all the IIu51ee8 Date of Signature Print Nama JonJlhan grook6-M8rtin John Jonkins Jonathan Brooks-mortln John J8nkin$ 0711012028 0711012026 CCYX R2 8ccounl$ ISSI 0410212022