2023-12-31-accounts

TRUSTEES’ ANNUAL REPORT

LIVERPOOL GOSPEL TRUST (1191547) YEAR END 31ST DECEMBER 2023

Table of Contents

1. Overview of the Charity.......................................................................................... 2 2. Trustees and Governance ...................................................................................... 4 3. Income and Expenditure ........................................................................................ 5 4. Activities and Achievements .................................................................................. 6 5. Financial Health and Reserves Policy ..................................................................... 7 6. Future Plans ......................................................................................................... 8 7. Declarations ......................................................................................................... 9 Appendix A – Receipts and Payments Accounts ......................................................... 10 Appendix B – Independent Examiner’s Report ............................................................ 12

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1. Overview of the Charity

1. Name: THE LIVERPOOL GOSPEL TRUST

2. Charity Registration Number: 1191547

3. Registered Address:

Brabners Llp Horton House Exchange Flags LIVERPOOL L2 3YL

1. Summary of the purposes of the charity as set out in its governing document (SORP reference Para 1.17):

2. a. The advancement of the Christian religion as this is set forth in the doctrine of the Church of England for all those within the Diocese of Liverpool (or in such other places as the Trustees shall in their absolute discretion decide from time to time), by supporting, through the making of grants or otherwise the following:

   • a. The provision and maintenance of facilities for public worship;

   • b. The provision of appropriately trained people for the conduct of public worship and provision of pastoral care;

   • c. Outreach and evangelism; and

   • d. The promotion of the awareness and understanding of the doctrine of the Church of England.

   • e. Any other exclusively charitable purpose or purposes (according to the Law in England and Wales) which the trustees shall in their absolute discretion determine from time to time.

3. 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 (SORP reference Para 1.17 and 1.19):

4. a. The Charity has raised limited funds but anticipates the receipt of greater donated funds before beginning, by the making of grants and otherwise, to apply funds towards achieve the objects/purposes set out above, and thus for the public benefit.

5. Statement confirming whether the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit (SORP reference Para 1.18):

6. a. The trustees continue to have due regard to the Charity Commission’s guidance in What Makes a Charity (CC4), the Public Benefit Framework, Running a Charity (PB2) and Public Benefit: reporting (PB3).

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1. Overview of the Charity (continued)

1. Policy on grant making (SORP reference Para 1.38):

2. a. The trustees are in the process of drafting a policy on grant making.

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2. Trustees and Governance

1. Trustees at the end of the financial year:

2. a. Mark Cawson (Chair),

3. b. Nicholas Bewes,

4. c. Thomas Atkinson appointed on the 04/01/2023 (Chair as elected on the 06/05/2024).

5. d. Mark Cooper (appointed on the 23/10/2023),

6. e. Jamie MacLeay (appointed on the 23/10/2023),

7. New appointments (at the date of reporting):

8. a. Genevieve Craze-Romero (Treasurer as elected on the 22/07/2024).

9. Resignations:

10. a. Mark Cawson, resigned on the 30[th ] of September 2023.

11. b. Nicholas Bewes, resigned on the 23[rd] of October 2023.

12. Type of governing document (SORP reference Para 1.25):

    • a. CIO “Foundation” Constitution.

13. How the charity is constituted (SORP reference Para 1.25): a. CIO.

14. 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 (SORP reference Para 1.25):

    • a. The Charity’s CIO Constitution provides for the appointment of first charity trustees for fixed periods of between 1 and 3 years, and for subsequently appointed trustees to be appointed for a term of three years by resolution passed at a properly convened meeting of the charity trustees. In selecting trustees for appointment, the trustees are required to have regard to the skills, knowledge and experience needed for the effective administration of the CIO. The trustees have identified a need to have represented amongst the trustees the following skills, namely,

      • i. Financial/investment,

      • ii. Property ownership and management,

      • iii. Ministry (teaching, leading),

      • iv. Governance/Legal and operational.

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3. Income and Expenditure

1. Total income for the financial year: £9,814

2. Total expenditure: £Nill

3. Reserves at the end of the year (SORP reference Para 1.22): £Nill

4. Major sources of income:

5. a. Donations: £9,814

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4. Activities and Achievements

1. 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 (SORP reference Para 1.20):

2. a. As referred to above, the Charity has raised limited funds, but awaits the anticipated receipt of greater funds before applying the same, by the making of grants and otherwise, towards achieving the objects/purposes set out above, and thus for the public benefit.

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5. Financial Health and Reserves Policy

1. Statement explaining the policy for holding reserves stating why they are held (SORP reference Para 1.22):

2. a. The Charity is in the process of developing a policy for holding reserves once the way in which it will seek to achieve its objects/purposes has become more developed on the receipt of further more significant funds. The trustees anticipate that the reserves policy will be in place prior to the making of the trust’s first grant.

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6. Future Plans

1. The trustees anticipate to start the making of grants and otherwise, towards achieving the objects/purposes set out above, and thus for the public benefit this financial year.

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7. 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): Thomas Charles Atkinson Position: Trustee and Chair Date: 19/10/2024

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Appendix A- Receipts and Payments Accounts (HARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WA Recel ts and ments accounts CC16a Forthe pqrlod from Section A Rgcgipts and payments Unrtttrfct fut)dx R•strlcll funds EndO%Yn￿￿I fLLrtds Tot￿lundS La8ty•ar to th•n•¥•#É tolh•niw•it£ A1 Rqcel t¥ Sub totaf(GrossjK￿netrARl A2AsEOt ￿￿￿t￿￿￿t sakry5, Sub lot Y,B14 7.301 A3P 1$ Sub lotal A4Asg•f knwsim*)t ur¢h¥t Sub iQt81 Toi4fp•)Thwi$ 8.81 A5Transfors bOt￿￿n funds A6 Cwh futhd$ 7.070 Ca&lJ fundsthlsywend Monday 16 September 2024 10

Appendix A – Receipt and Payments Accounts (continued)

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Appendix B – Independent Examiner’s Report (continued)

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