## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From 01/04/2022 To 31/03/2023** ## **Charity name: Fishers of Men Ministry** ## **Charity registration number: 1189926** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purpose of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**Fishers of Men Ministry's purpose is to**
**advance the Christian Religion for the**
**benefit of the public. This is through but**
**not exclusively the holding of prayer**
**meetings, lectures, religious education**
**classes, street evangelism, producing**
**and/or distributing literature on the**
**Christian Faith to enlighten others about**
**the Christian Religion, providing**
**pastoral care, and carrying out**
**missionary and outreach work.**| |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 public benefit from all the charity**
**activities as all activities are open to the**
**public. All activities are advertised**
**through the charity website, by handing**
**out leaflets, providing details on other**
**allied organisations' websites, and**
**using social media.**
**Online and cell group meetings are open**
**to members of the public to attend.**
**The Charity holds weekly online**
**teachings on different aspects of the**
**Christian faith. These sermons are**
**publicly advertised, delivered publicly**
**on Facebook, and shared through other**
**social media platforms such as**
**Instagram, YouTube, and Twitter. The**
**teachings have helped to advance**
**Christian Religion to members of the**
**public through religious education.**
**The public are educated through sound**
**biblical teaching of the word of God. The**
**sermons and messages are designed to**
**help people of all age groups to**
**understand biblical principles and apply**
**them intheir lives. Examples of such **| 1 **teachings are about loving God, loving others, responsibility to live in peace, honesty, integrity, etc. A total of five hundred and ninety-two pounds (£592.00) was spent on the website and on computer software and hardware to ensure that the weekly teachings are of high quality and accessible to the public. The teachings were widely advertised and so was assessable to many who attended the live sessions and the recorded messages. Two hundred and sixty-four pounds (£264.00) was spent on advertising and promotion. This includes both online advertising and display materials for online and physical meetings at outreaches. Another major weekly activity the Charity does is the outreach to the local community. We know that preaching the Gospel on the street on a regular basis is a major benefit to the public. The outreach activity provides opportunities for people to hear the good news of salvation, and many have made a commitment to Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour through the outreaches. We pray for individuals, local businesses, offering words of encouragement to all. We give out Christian literature, and Bibles to members of the public. Much of the Christian literature is sourced through other charities for free but we also spent one hundred and fifty pounds (£150.00) on purchasing discounted Bibles and other literature for donations. Pastoral care through the street Gospel outreaches, workplace fellowship meetings and meeting specific individual needs is a weekly and core activity of the Charity. Members of the public are provided with both spiritual and emotional support and practical needs are met whenever we can help. Fifty percent of the Charity expenditure, the sum of two thousand two hundred and sixteen pounds (£2,216.00) was spent on charitable donations and welfare support to members of the public. A particular target of our support is those suffering from homelessness or the threat of homelessness. They are supported in practical ways including** 2 |||**the provision of food, energy top-up,**
**blankets, clothing, and transportation.**
**The numbers of those in such needs**
**continue to increase in our**
**communities.**
**The preaching of the Christian Gospel**
**was taken to different parts of the**
**United Kingdom in collaboration with**
**other evangelistic charities and network**
**of organisations. Several cities**
**benefited from the Gospel outreach**
**such as Luton, Brighton, Chatham,**
**Peterborough, London, Walsall, and**
**Oxford. A total of six hundred and forty**
**pounds (£640.00) was spent on traveling**
**to different places.**
**We also met the practical needs of the**
**public in the cities that were visited.**| |---|---|---| |A 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 sight of the**
**Charity Commission's guidance on**
**public benefit, especially concerning the**
**advancement of religion. All the Charity**
**activities are regularly reviewed to**
**ensure maximum public benefit**
**requirements are met.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant-making|Para 1.38|**Not applicable**
**Grant-making is not currently a major**
**aspect of the Charity.**| |Policy on social investment
including program-related
investment.|Para 1.38|**Not applicable**
**The Charity is not currently involved or**
**interested in any investment.**| |The contribution made by
volunteers.|Para 1.38|**All activities of Fishers of Men Ministry**
**are carried out by volunteers. All**
**Trustees contribute ideas, knowledge,**
**and skills in running various activities of**
**the organisation. At least six other**
**people have contributed regularly as**
**volunteers to run the activities of the**
**Charity. Areas of volunteer**
**contributions include technical,**
**equipment set up, website updates,**
**taking photographs, video recording,**
**and other media productions. Others**
**have participated in online and street**
**preaching, distribution of leaflets,**
**advertising, promotion, etc.**| 3 **Trustees and other volunteers do not receive remuneration for their part in running the Ministry. A total of two hundred and thirty-seven pounds (£237.00) was spent on providing meals for volunteers during meetings and when out on evangelistic outreaches as a token of appreciation. None** 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 Charity’s website**
**(fmministry.co.uk) is used to**
**publicise all activities of the**
**Charity and as a platform for**
**presenting the weekly teachings.**
**Google Analytics user location**
**data for the reporting period**
**shows that the website content**
**was accessed from several**
**countries around the world.**
**The overview of the number of**
**views, acquisitions and**
**demographic data from the**
**Google Analytic report is**
**encouraging and shows a**
**progressive increase in the**
**audience reached by the Charity.**
**The engagement from the public**
**via email, WhatsApp chats and**
**social media is a good indication**
**that the message is reaching the**
**people who needs it and they**
**have been impacted in a positive**
**way.**
•
**The Charity broadcast**
**weekly sermons on social media**
**live on Facebook and subsequent**
**sharing on Instagram, Twitter,**
**and YouTube. The broadcasts**
**have been viewed by many. For**
**example, there are now more than**
**180 followers of the Ministry page**
**on Facebook and similar**
**numbers follow on Instagram.**| 4 **The increasingly wide audience and engagement with the Ministry content indicates that more people are benefiting from Christian faith-based teaching. The main series of teachings in the reporting year was on the topic of ‘The Great Commission’ and the feedback is that it was well received by the audience. The focus is on teaching Christian believers to be the salt and light of where they live and work to show the attractiveness of the Christian faith. Our audience have continued to grow in positive characters such as love, honesty, integrity, kindness etc, thereby contributing positively to their area of influence.** • **There is on-going work to produce a book from the blog series ‘How can I be a true follower of Christ in the workplace?’ The materials from the blogs continued to be used in other messages and events. This has also been used to encourage Christian believers to add positive values to where they work.** • **A second series of blogs titled ‘conversations about Jesus’ was started in February 2022 and this is also available on the Ministry website. This series of blogs is aimed at equipping Christians in sharing their faith as part of their daily lifestyle. This is to ensure that the good news of salvation is shared as widely as possible.** • **The Charity has been working in collaboration with Kingdom Impact Vision International (KIVI) in taking the gospel to the streets and to cities of the United Kingdom. The local street outreach in Orpington started in September 2020 and continues to happen every week. A significant part of the Charity fund is used in providing materials and equipment for the outreaches. Members of the public are offered practical and** 5 **spiritual support in the weekly outreach. Refreshments (snacks, drinks), Bibles, and gospel leaflets are routinely given to members of the public. The Charity has also been involved in mass evangelism outreaches to several cities in the United Kingdom over the year. These events usually take place once a month where groups of churches and ministries with a passion for preaching the Gospel will travel to a city to reach out to members of the public.** • **The Charity is engaged in the follow-up of new believers to help equip and build on the Christian faith. A weekly Zoom online session with new believers started in November 2020 and is still ongoing. These sessions are to help new believers grow in faith and their Christian journey.** • **Another major activity is the workplace Christian ministry. This involves facilitating and coordinating a weekly staff fellowship meeting in a local authority. This offers spiritual, pastoral, and practical support to staff in the organisation. This enables the staff to perform well at work and therefore contribute more positively to the organisation. The Ministry is also working in collaboration with the London Christian Council Network (LCCN) which covers workplaces in all London Councils and Transform Work which covers all workplaces in the United Kingdom. The Charity can reach more workplace groups through the networking and collaboration with the other organisations. All the above activities have helped in progressing Fishers of Men Ministry's purpose to advance the Christian religion for the benefit of the public. We work actively with Christians to develop faith and Christian character and we share the good news of the - Gospel and the love of Christ with non** 6 **Christians at every available opportunity. The Charity is working with individuals and other organisations with a similar focus on advancing the Christian religion to be more effective in our charitable aims. The Christian faith is based on love and compassion for people regardless of their faith. The Charity therefore identifies with this in providing spiritual, pastoral, and practical support to everyone regardless of their faith background.** ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|**No objective targets have been set.**
**The Charity activities are however**
**monitored and there have been notable**
**achievements towards the Charity**
**purpose.**| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against the
objectives set|Para 1.41|**No fundraising activities or objectives**
**were set.**| |Investment performance
against objective|Para 1.41|**Not applicable**
**No investment activities or objectives**
**have been set.**| |Other||**None**| ## **Financial Review** |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**Financial period 01/04/2022 - 31/03/2023.**
•
**Expenses:**
**On-going regular expenses are**
**subscriptions for maintaining the**
**website domain and charitable**
**expenditures.**
**All expenses are budgeted for within the**
**available fund and our policy is not to**
**borrow or exceed our financial**
**capability.**| |---|---|---| 7 |**Expense scrutiny: Any expense above**| |---| |**£500 and any international expense are**| |**discussed and agreed upon with all**| |**trustees.**| |**The Charity policy in dealing with**| |**Donors and Beneficiaries has been**| |**updated and up to date.**| |**The total expenses for the period**| |**01/04/2021 - 31/03/2022 was four**| |**thousand four hundred and forty-seven**| |**pounds only (£4447.00).**| |**This is a significant increase of one**| |**thousand seven hundred and fifty-seven**| |**pounds (£1757.00) from last year’s**| |**expenses.**| |**The increased in money spent is due to**| |**the increased activities of the**| |**organisation and especially in the major**| |**spending areas of charitable donations,**| |**transport, and meals. There is also the**| |**additional impact due to increase in**| |**price of items.**| |**The main increase is listed below:**| |**Charitable donations are 50% of our**| |**expenses and rose from £1,243 - £2,216.**| |**Travel spends increased from £292 -**| |**£640 in the reporting year.**| |**Volunteer meals increased from £88.00 -**| |**£237.**| |**Advertising and promotion costs - £264**| |**This increase in our expenses is noted**| |**and is factored into projections for the**| |**next financial year. The expectation is**| |**that the Charity will continue to grow**| |**and will require more funds to fulfil its**| |**aims.**| |•
**Income:**| |**The Charity average monthly income**| |**through donations is about three**| |**hundred and thirty pounds (£330 /**| |**month). The total income for the**| |**financial year 01/04/2022 – 31/03/2023 is**| |**four thousand and sixty-four pounds**| |**(£4064.00).**| |**This is an increase of three hundred and**| |**nineteen pounds £319.00 from the**| |**previous year.**| |**As stated, the Charity will need to**| |**explore further opportunities to increase**| |**its income to meet future growth**| |**projections.**| |•
**Gift Aid**| |**Fishers of Men Ministry is registered for**| |**Gift aid with HMRC and can claim 25% of**| |**eligible donations. The eligible gift aid of**| 8 |||**Nine hundred and thirty pounds £930.00)**
**was claimed after the reporting year and**
**so was not included in this reporting**
**period.**
•
**Carry Forward**
**The amount carried forward from the**
**financial year 01/04/2021 – 31/03/2022**
**was one thousand and fifty-five pound**
**(£1055.00)**
•
**Balance**
**The total balance of the account at the**
**end of the financial period 01/04/2022 -**
**31/03/2023 is therefore:**
**Income (£4064 + £1055) – Expenditure**
**(4,447) =**
**six hundred and seventy-two pounds**
**only (£672.00).**| |---|---|---| |A statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**There is no current policy to hold**
**reserves**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**None**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**Not applicable**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**Not applicable**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a
going concern|Para 1.23|**There is no uncertainty about the**
**Fishers of Men Ministry’s ability to**
**continue its work.**
**All activities are carried out by**
**volunteers, there is no investment risk,**
**the running cost is low, and can be**
**covered by the current level of**
**donations.**
**There will be a need to undertake some**
**level of fund raising for activities that**
**requires more capital.**| ## **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|**The Charity’s principal sources of funds**
**are private donations.**| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|**The Charity has not made any**
**investment and is not looking to do so**
**soon.**| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**No identified risk currently facing the**
**Charity.**| 9 Other None io ## **Structure, Governance, and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|
Para 1.25|**Charitable Incorporated Organisation:**
**Model**
**Constitution**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**Charity Incorporated Organisation**| |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|**A minimum of three (3) Trustees are to**
**be appointed based on a resolution**
**passed at a properly convened meeting**
**of the charity trustees. Appointment of**
**Trustees would be based on the**
**identified skills, knowledge, and**
**experience needed for the effective**
**administration of the Charity.**
**No new Trustee was appointed during**
**this reporting period.**| ## **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|**A Trustee Skills Audit was completed by**
**the Charity and trustee Eligibility**
**Declaration forms were signed by all**
**current Trustees.**
**No new Trustees were appointed during**
**this reporting period. Appropriate**
**policies and procedures for induction**
**would be developed before the**
**appointment of any new Trustee.**| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|**The Charity's purpose, activities, and**
**resources are managed by a group of**
**Trustees and led by the Chair of**
**Trustees. This governing structure will**
**be expanded as the Charity grows.**
**The Charity works in collaboration with**
**other organisations and networks with a**
**similar purpose of advancing the**
**Christian Religion.**| |Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51|**Not applicable**| |Other||**None**| 11 ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|**Fishers of Men Ministry**| |---|---| |Other names the charity
uses|**FMM**| |Registered charity number|**1189926**| |Charity’s principal address|**56 Chalkpit Avenue**
**Orpington**
**BR5 3JL**| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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5
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10|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for the**
**whole year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint a trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Adesina Suleiman|Chairman of
Trustees||| ||Dominic Davis|||| ||Gertrude Suleiman|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name None** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity |**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for the whole**
**year**|| |---|---|---| |**None**||| |||| ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** |Description of the assets
held in this capacity|**None**| |---|---| 12 Name and objects of the **Not applicable** charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for **Not applicable** safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** **Type of Name Address adviser** ## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** **Not applicable** ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details **Not applicable** ## **Other optional information** **None** ## **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)**
**Position (eg Secretary,**
**Chair, etc)**
**Date**||| |---|---|---| ||Adesina Suleiman|| ||
Chair of Trustee|| ||04/02/2024|| ||04/02/2024|| 13 **Charity Name No (if any) Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 4/1/2022 3/31/2023 ## **Section A Receipts and payments** |**Section A Receipts and payments**||||| |---|---|---|---|---| |**A1 Receipts**
Donations
**4,064**
**4,064**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total receipts_ 4,064**
**A3 Payments**
Charitable Donations / Welfare Support
**2,216**
Computer software / Website
**382**
Internet / telephone / stationary
**135**
Travel
**640**
Computer Hardware
**210**
Advertisingand Promotion materials
**264**
Volunteer Meals
**237**
Books /Bibles and Subscriptions
**150**
Miscellaneous
**213**
**_Sub total_ 4,447**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total payments_ 4,447**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ - 383**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**-**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**1,055**
**_Cash funds this year end_ 672**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_
**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Restricted**
**funds**|**to the nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**4,064**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**4,064**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**4,064**
**2,216**
**382**
**135**
**640**
**210**
**264**
**237**
**150**
**213**
**4,447**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**4,447**
**- 383**
**-**
**1,055**
**672**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**4,064**|**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| |||||| ||||**4,064**|**-**| |||||| |||**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**|| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| |||||| |||**-**|**4,064**|**-**| |||||| |||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**2,216**|**-**| ||||**382**|**-**| ||||**135**|**-**| ||||**640**|**-**| ||||**210**|**-**| ||||**264**|**-**| ||||**237**|**-**| ||||**150**|**-**| ||||**213**|**-**| ||||**4,447**|**-**| |||||| |||**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**|| ||||**-**|| ||||**-**|**-**| |||||| |||**-**|**4,447**|**-**| |||||| ||**-**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**- 383**|**-**| ||**-**||**-**|**-**| ||**-**||**1,055**|**-**| ||**-**||**672**|**-**| ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**|**Details**
Total cash funds
**Details**
None
**Details**
None
**Details**
None
**Details**
None
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))|**to nearest £**
**672**
**-**
**-**
**672**
OK
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**|**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
OK
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**|**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**| |---|---|---|---|---| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||OK| |||||**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**When due**
**(optional)**| ||None||**-**|| ||||**-**|| ||||**-**|| ||||**-**|| ||||**-**|| Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees |||| |---|---|---| |Signature|Print Name
ADESINA SULEIMAN|Date of
approval| ||ADESINA SULEIMAN|2/4/2024| ||||