
## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

## **From 30 September 2020   To 31 December 2021** 

**Charity name: Liverpool Gospel Trust Charity registration number: 1191547** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

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|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|The advancement of the Christian religion as<br>this is set forth in the doctrine of the Church<br>of England for all those within the Diocese of<br>Liverpool (or in such other places as the<br>Trustees shall in their absolute discretion<br>decide from time to time), by supporting,<br>through the making of grants or otherwise<br>the following:<br>a.The provision and maintenance<br>of facilities for public worship;<br>b.The provision of appropriately<br>trained people for the conduct of<br>public worship and provision of<br>pastoral care;<br>c.Outreach and evangelism; and<br>d.The promotion of the awareness<br>and understanding of the<br>doctrine of the Church of<br>England.<br>e.Any other exclusively charitable<br>purpose or purposes (according<br>to the Law in England and<br>Wales) which the trustees shall<br>in their absolute discretion<br>determine from time to time.|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or services<br>identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|The Charity has raised limited funds, but<br>anticipates the receipt of significantly greater<br>donated funds before beginning, by the<br>making of grants and otherwise, to apply<br>funds towards achieving the<br>objects/purposes set out above, and thus for<br>the public benefit.|
|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public<br>benefit|Para 1.18|The trustees continue to have due regard to<br>the Charity Commission’s guidance in What<br>Makes a Charity (CC4), the Public Benefit<br>Framework, Running a Charity (PB2) and<br>Public Benefit: reporting (PB3).|





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

SORP reference 

Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Other 

## **Achievements and Performance** 

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|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Para 1.20|As referred to above, the Charity has raised<br>limited funds, but awaits the anticipated<br>receipt of significantly greater funds before<br>applying the same, by the making of grants<br>and otherwise, towards achieving the<br>objects/purposes set out above, and thus for<br>the public benefit.|



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

|Achievements against<br>objectives set|Para 1.41|
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|Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives<br>set|Para 1.41||
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|Investment performance<br>against objectives|Para 1.41||
|Other|||





## **Financial Review** 

|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|In the period ended 31 December 2021, the<br>Charity raised £7,679 in donations, which it<br>holds in its bank account pending the<br>anticipated receipt of further more significant<br>funds.|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|The Charity will develop a policy for holding<br>reserves once the way in which it will seek to<br>achieve its objects/purposes has become<br>more developed on the receipt of further<br>more significant funds. There is presently no<br>need for any such policy.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£7,679 as at 31 December 2021|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|N/A|
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|N/A|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23|There are no such uncertainties.|



|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit<br>Para 1.24<br>Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern<br>Para 1.23|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit<br>Para 1.24<br>Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern<br>Para 1.23|N/A<br>There are no such uncertainties.|
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|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements||where relevant about:|
|The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)|Para 1.47||
|Investment policy and<br>objectives including any<br>social investment policy<br>adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the principal<br>risks facing the charity|Para 1.46||
|Other|||





## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|CIO “Foundation” Constitution|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|CIO|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled<br>to appoint one or more<br>trustees|Para 1.25|The Charity’s CIO Constitution provides for<br>the appointment of first charity trustees for<br>fixed periods of between 1 and 3 years, and<br>for subsequently appointed trustees to be<br>appointed for a term of three years by<br>resolution passed at a properly convened<br>meeting of the charity trustees. In selecting<br>trustees for appointment, the trustees are<br>required to have regard to the skills,<br>knowledge and experience needed for the<br>effective administration of the CIO.<br>The trustees have identified a need to have<br>represented amongst the trustees the<br>following skills, namely:<br>-<br>Financial/Investment<br>-<br>Property ownership and management<br>-<br>Ministry (teaching, leading)<br>-<br>Governance/Legal and operational|



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

|Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction and<br>training of trustees|Para 1.51||
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|The charity’s organisational<br>structure and any wider<br>network with which the<br>charity works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any related<br>parties|Para 1.51||
|Other|||



## **Reference and Administrative details** 



|Charity name|Liverpool Gospel Trust|
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|Other name the charity uses||
|Registered charity number|1191547|
|Charity’s principal address|C/O  Brabners LLP<br>Horton House<br>Exchange Flags<br>LIVERPOOL<br>L2 3YL|
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**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|1<br>2<br>3<br>4<br>5<br>6<br>7<br>8<br>9<br>10<br>11<br>12<br>13<br>14<br>15<br>16<br>17<br>18<br>19<br>20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**<br>**to appoint trustee(if any)**|
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||Peter Mark<br>Cawson|Chair||CIO Constitution – First<br>trustee|
||Timothy David<br>Hanson|||CIO Constitution – First<br>trustee|
||Nicholas Cecil<br>John Bewes|||CIO Constitution – First<br>trustee|
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– 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** 



## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** 

Description of the assets N/A 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 

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## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** 

|**Additional information (optional)**<br>**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Additional information (optional)**<br>**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Additional information (optional)**<br>**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|
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|**Type of**<br>**adviser**<br>**Name**<br>**Address**|||
|Solicitors|Brabners LLP|Horton House<br>Exchange Flags<br>LIVERPOOL<br>L2 3YL|
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## **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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## **Declarations** 

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

**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** 

|**Signature(s)**<br>**Full name(s)**<br>**Position (eg Secretary,**<br>**Chair, etc)**<br>**Date**|||
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||PETER MARK CAWSON||
||<br>CHAIR OF TRUSTEES||
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LIVERPOOL GOSPEL TRUST 1191547<br>Receipts and payments accounts CC16a<br>For the period  Sep 30, 20 Dec 31, 21<br>To<br>from<br>Section A Receipts and payments<br>Unrestricted  Restricted  Endowment<br>Total funds Last year<br>funds funds funds<br> to the nearest<br>to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £<br>£<br>A1 Receipts<br>Donations                     7,679                           -                             -                        7,679                          -<br>                           -                           -                             -                             -                            -<br>                           -                           -                             -                             -                            -<br>                           -                           -                             -                             -                            -<br>                           -                           -                             -                             -                            -<br>                           -                           -                             -                             -                            -<br>                           -                           -                             -                             -                            -<br>                           -                           -                             -                             -                            -<br>                    7,679                           -                             -                        7,679                          -<br>Sub total (Gross income for AR)<br>A2 Asset and investment sales,<br>(see table).<br>                           -                             -                             -                           -<br>                           -                             -                             -                           -                              -<br>Sub total  [                           - ]                            -                             -                           -                              -<br>Total receipts                  7,679                           -                           -                      7,679                         -<br>A3 Payments<br>                           -                           -                             -                             -                            -<br>                           -                           -                             -                             -                            -<br>                           -                           -                             -                             -                            -<br>                           -                           -                             -                             -                            -<br>                           -                           - 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                            -                             -                           -<br>Sub total                            -                             -                             -                           -                              -<br>Total payments                           -                           -                           -                           -                           -<br>Net of receipts/(payments)                  7,679                         -                           -                     7,679                       -<br>A5 Transfers between funds                          -                         -                           -                             -                         -<br>A6 Cash funds last year end                           -                         -                           -                           -                         -<br>Cash funds this year end                  7,679                         -                           - 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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** 

**Unrestricted Restricted Endowment Categories Details funds funds funds to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £ B1 Cash funds** Cash at Bank **7,679 - - - - - - - -** _**Total cash funds**_ **7,679 - -** (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) OK OK OK **Unrestricted Restricted Endowment funds funds funds to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £** 

**Details** 



|**B2 Other monetary assets**||**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|<br> <br> <br> <br> <br>|**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|<br> <br> <br> <br> <br>|**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|
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|**B3 Investment assets**|**Details**|**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**|**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**||**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Current value**<br>**(optional)**||
|**B4 Assets retained for the**|**Details**|**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**|**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**||**-**<br>**Current value**<br>**(optional)**||
|**charity’s own use**|||<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br>|**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br>|**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|
|||**Fund to which**|**Amount due**||**When due**||
|**B5 Liabilities**|**Details**|**liability relates**|<br> <br> <br> <br> <br>**(optional)**|**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**(optional)**||
|Signed by one or two trustees on<br>behalf of all the trustees|Signature|Print|Name||Date of<br>approval||



