## **CHARITY COMMISSION OF ENGLAND AND WALES** 

**Trustees' annual report** for the period 

Period start date 01-01-2022. 

Period end date 31-12-2022 

Charity name  ACTA Charity No. **1187587** 

## Objectives and Activities 

## Summary of the purposes of the charity as set out in its governing document 

The objects of the CIO are to advance, develop and foster a full understanding of  the Roman Catholic faith by: 

3.1 Encouraging the discovery of and sharing of people’s skills and opportunities  to serve both within the Roman Catholic Church as an enriched community,  and more generally for good works in the wider community. 

- 3.2 Promoting knowledge and awareness of the Roman Catholic faith by  organising 

- workshops and conference events with an emphasis on scholarship and dedication to 

- the tenets of Christian spirituality; hosting a website and  other social media discussion 

- groups, and book reviews for the wider  educational and spiritual benefit of those 

within and outside the Roman  Catholic faith. 

3.3 Promoting dialogue within the structures of the Roman Catholic Church as a  means of sharing spiritual insights, identifying common areas of concern,  promoting good practice and providing examples of service within the Roman  Catholic Church and the wider communities it 

serves. 



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. Statement confirming whether the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit. 

ACTA- A Call to Action has spent the last few months in assessing its purpose in the light of the call to synodality by Pope Francis. ACTA was established in order to encourage dialogue between the constituent parts of the Church. The development of a synodal  process was an  opportunity  to  encourage  such  dialogue. As this process has continued, ACTA has re-focused its work towards helping to encourage participation. There is a need for ACTA to bring to the general public the implications of this process. 

A series of meeting in mid and late 2022 gave members an opportunity to address these issues. 

The Catholic Church published new guidelines on the nature of the parish in July 2020, through the Council for the Clergy. The pandemic offered a challenge to a view of “parish” as being geographic and spatial in an age when the technology helped people to link irrespective of space or time. This was the subject of our National Conference in October 2022 with Dr Phyllis Zagano as our guest speaker 

## Additional Information (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

## **SORP reference** Para 1.38 

Policy on grant making. 

Policy on social investment includin `g P` ara 

1.38 program related investment 



Contribution made  by volunteers. Para 1.38 All our administrators are volunteers. In 2021 all the expenses claimed were donated to the charity. 

Other 

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## Achievements and Performance 

**SORP reference** Summary of the main achievements Para 1.20 of the charity, identifying the difference the charity's  work has made to the circumstances of its `be` neficiaries and any wider benefits to society as a whole. 

The various activities of ACTA have been supplemented with regular Scriptural reflections / articles /blogs appearing both on the website and in the Catholic media. At Diocesan level groups have continued to meet often via Zoom or similar platforms. The Trustees and Coordinators have continued to support work at the diocesan level in preparation for the Synod 2023. ACTA contributed a report to the National Synthesis based on its activities from 2017-2022. 



## Additional information (optional) 

You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: **SORP reference** Achievements against objectives set para 1.41 

Performance of fundraising activities Para 

1.41 against objectives set 


Investment performance against objec `t` ives 

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## Financial Revie 

## **SORP reference** Para 1.21 

Review of the charity's financial position at the end of the period 

Statement explaining the policy for holding reserves stating why they are held Amount of reserves held 

`P` ara 1 _.22_ 

Para 1.22 

Reasons for holding zero reserves. Para 1.22 

Details of fund materially in deficit 

Para 1.24 

`P` ara 1.23 

Explanation of any uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going concern 

## Additional information (optional) You may 

choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

## **SORP** 

## **reference** 



The charity's principal sources of Para 1.47 funds (including any fundraising) 

## Para 1.46 

Investment policy and objectives including any social investment policy adopted 

## Para 1.46 

A description of the principal risks facing the charity 

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## Structure, Governance and Management 

**Descript** ion of charity's trusts: **SORP reference** Para 1.25 

Type of governing document | (trust deed, royal charter) How is the charity constituted? 

The Charity is a CIO and is a charitable trust. 



## P `a` ra 1.25 

(e.g unincorporated association, 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 

Trustees are appointed from active volunteers who are able to devote time and energy to the charity’s activities. 

Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: **SORP reference** Policies and procedures adopted for Para 1.51 the induction and training of trustees 

The Trustees received some initial training from the two members of the Board of Trustees who had fashioned the initial application for CIO status. One is a qualified solicitor. 

The charity's organisational structure Para 1.51 and any wider network with which the charity _w_ orks Relationship with any related parties Para 1.51 

ACTA has worked with other similar organisations involved in supporting clergy/laity dialogue across England and Wales and with similar entities in Scotland. ACTA is a member of the International Church Reform Network and sits on the Steering Committee. 

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## Reference and _A_ dministrative details 

Charity name 

Other name the charity uses 

## Registered charity number Charity's principal address 

## **Trustee name** 

## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

Office (if any) 

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## Reference and _A_ dministrative details 

Corporate trustees - names of the directors at the date the report was approved: 

## Director name: 

Frank Callus - Chair 

Andrew Hornsby Smith- Secretary 

Maidi Brown – Treasurer 

Alex Walker – Member 

Fr Joseph O’Hanlon – Member 

Jo Fenton- Member 



Jordan Pullicino 

## Name of trustees holding title to property belon i g ng to the charity 

**None** 

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Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others 

Description of the assets held in this capacity 

Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity's objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity's own assets 



Additional information (optional) Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) 

Type of adviser 

Name 

Address 

## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** 

Exemptions from disclosure Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details 



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## Declaration 

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

**Signed on** behalf of the char **ity's trustees** 

**Signature(s)** 

**Full name(s) Francis Benedict Callus** 

**Position   Chair** 

**Date  05/ 07 /2023** 









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|lncomingResources|(Note)||||f||f||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|fromgeneratedfunds||UnrestrictedRestricted<br>FundsFunds|||Total<br>2,A22||Total<br>2021||
|Unrestricted Donations and GiftAid||152||0||152|1,228||
|lncomefrom MutualPrimaryTrading||778||0||778|670||
|General lncome||68||0||68||186|
|||998||||998|2,084||
|Other lncomelesstax|10|0||0||0||0|
|Totals oflncomingResources||998||0||998|2,084||
|ResourcesExpended|||||||||
|Gostsof generatingfunds|||||||||
|DirectOthercosts|7|1,363||0|1|,363|1|624|
|Administration ofCharitY|2|||0||0||0|
|Governance costs|3|0||0||0||0|
|TotalResourcesExpended||1,363||0|1,363||1,624||
|Net lncoming before transfers||(36s)||0||(365)||460|
|Net TransfersbetweenFunds||0||0||0||0|
|(Deficiencyon)<br>OrdinaryActivities||-1s5I<br>0|--l-|||(365)||460|
|Taxation||0||0||0||0|
|Total funds asat:1January2022||-l35sl'<br>3,259|-T-|<br>0|(565I<br>3,259||m<br>2,799||
|Totalfundsasat:3{December2022||2,894||0|2,894||3,259||
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||Nofes||2022|202L|
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|FixedAssets|||||
|TangibleAssets|7||0||
|Current Assets|||||
|Prepayments and accruedincome|I|0|||
|Cash&BankBalances|I|2,894|||
|||2,894|||
|Creditors|||||
|amounts due within oneyear|10|0|||
||||2,894||
|Creditors due more than oneyear|||0||
|Assets less Liabilities|||2,894|3,259|
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|FINANGED BY:|||||
|Unrestricted Funds:|||||
|Core FundBalance|4||2,894||
|Restricted Funds|5||0||
||||2,894|3,259|
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|Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|Total|
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|Note7|||||||
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|Direct OtherGosts|||||||
|Conference Expenses|829||829|||1,053|
|Meetingexpenses|0|||0||0|
|Weband SocialMedia|533||533|||503|
|TravelExpenses|0|||0||0|
|Banking charges|0|||0||53|
|Printing&Postage|0|||0||75|
|Training|0|||0||a|
||1,363|0|1,363|||7,624|
|Note2|||||||
|AdministrationofCharitY|||||||
|Accounting&LegalCertificate|0|||0||0|
|lndependentExaminer|0|||0||0|
|DepreciationofFixedAssets|0|||0||0|
||0|0||0||0|
|Note3|||||||
|Governance Costs|||||||
|TrusteesExpenses|0|||0||0|
|Note 4|||||||
|CAPITAL ANDRESERVES|||Adverse||||
|||Balanceat|Movements|Balanceat|||
|Unrestricted Funds||1.1.22|duringyear<br>+/(-l||31.12.22<br>f||
|Charity CoreFund||3,259|(35s)||2,894||
|TotalofUnrestrictedFunds:||3,259|(365)||<br>2,894||
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|Note 5|Balance|at|Movements|Balanceat|
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|Restricted Funds|1.1.22||duringyear|31.12.22|
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|TotalofRestrictedFunds:||0|0|0|



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|Tangible Assets||Office|Furniture|&|2,022|||
|||Machinery|Fittings||Total|||
|Forwardfrompreviousyear||0||0||0||
|Additions||0||0||0||
|Depreciation broughtforward||0||0||0||
|Chargeforyear||0||0||0||
|Balancesforwardtonext year:||0||0||0||
|Note8||||||||
|Prepayments||2022|||||2021|
|General||0|||||0|
|NoteI||||||||
|Cash andBankBalances||2022|||||2021|
|Co-operativeBank&PayPal||2,894|||||3259|
|Cash Balance||0|||||0|
|||2,894|||||3259|
|Note70||||||||
|Otherlncome||2022|||||2027|
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|Banklnterest-gross||0|||||0|
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