## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period**
||Period start date|Period start date|||Period end date||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**From**|01|08|2023|**To**|31
07|2024|
## Section A Reference and administration details
**Charity name** United For The Gospel - Europe
**Registered charity number (if any)** 1191822
**Charity's principal address** 26, Chancellors Walk
Cambridge CB4 3JG
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
|1
2
3
4|**Trustee name**|**Office (ifany)**|
|---|---|---|
||David Ellerton|Chair|
||Simon Gathercole||
||Samuel Koroma||
||Michael Middleton||
## **Section B Structure, governance and management**
## **Description of the charity’s trusts**
Type of governing document Constitution How the charity is constituted Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO)
Trustee selection methods Appointment by existing trustees
## **Additional governance information**
The charity operates in partnership with The Gospel Coalition (TGC), a charitable organisation based in the USA, which provides part of the funding for the appointment of the charity’s sole paid post.
## **Section C Objectives and activities**
|**Summary of the objects of the**
**charity set out in its**
**governing document**
**Summary of the main**
**activities undertaken for the**
**public benefit in relation to**
**these objects**|The purposes of the charity are the advancement of the Christian faith in
accordance with the Basis of Faith, and such other charitable purposes
as shall, in the opinion of the charity trustees, put into practice the
Christian faith in accordance with the Basis of Faith, including but not
limited to the prevention and relief of need, hardship and sickness and
the advancement of Christian education, in any part of the world.|
|---|---|
||In the 39 months since the end of the Covid lockdown, the charity United
for the Gospel Europe has sponsored and presented 55 different
conferences on the continent of Europe in eighteen countries with
participants attending from 32 different European countries. Conferences
were held in Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Denmark (2), Croatia (3), The
Czech Republic (2), England (19), The Faroe Islands (2), Finland,
Germany, Greece, The Netherlands, Montenegro, Norway, Poland (10),
Romania (4), Serbia, Slovakia, Scotland, Sweden and Switzerland.
The conferences aimed to equip and train church leaders in the Christian
faith, to supply resources and publications grounding pastors in the|
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gospel of Christ, and to encourage congregations throughout Europe to be catalysts of Christ-like love in their communities. Throughout the year remote instruction for leaders in several European nations was carried out through weekly Zoom meetings.
The charity also operates a restricted fund to disburse funds to Christian churches and pastors in Eastern Europe to support them in their ministry of relief for Ukrainian refugees, which received some new donations during the year.
In the preparation of this report and the management of the charity’s activities, the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit.
## **Additional details of objectives and activities**
Grants are issued, as appropriate, at the discretion of the trustees as exercised on a case-by-case basis.
## Section D Achievements and performance
Conferences and seminars in European countries (see above Section C). **Summary of the main achievements of the charity** Consultation by Zoom with European church leaders (in Denmark, **during the year** England, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Iceland, Faroe Islands, Albania, Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Greece, Poland, Slovakia, Portugal, Spain, Turkey, Scotland, Ukraine, Montenegro, Hungary, Germany, Switzerland, and Italy). Preaching in various churches in the UK. Publication of Christian resources, including both books and articles.
## **Section E Financial review**
The charity has just one paid post (this being the charity’s only ongoing **Brief statement of the** financial commitment). An official reserves policy has not yet been **charity’s policy on reserves** developed but at present is being maintained at a minimum of two months’ salary. This will be ratified shortly by the trustees.
## **Further financial review details**
Ongoing funding is provided by The Gospel Coalition towards the cost of employing the charity’s one paid post, supplemented by charitable giving from individual donors. This employment, and its associated ancillary costs, is the charity’s chief source of expenditure from its unrestricted funds. This paid post is responsible for the delivery of most of the activities identified above.
Most of the charity’s other income during the period to which this report pertains consisted of one-off donations given to a restricted fund appeal to support churches providing humanitarian aid to Ukrainian refugees in Eastern Europe. Funds are directed to churches following due diligence to ensure funds are used by the churches specifically for the support of refugees fleeing the ongoing war in Ukraine.
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**Section F Declaration**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
## **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
## **David Ellerton**
**Chair**
## **Simon Gathercole**
## **Trustee**
## **Samuel Koroma**
**Trustee**
**9//12//2024**
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|**United for the Gospel - Europe**|**United for the Gospel - Europe**||**1191822**|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Receipts andpayments accounts**|||||**CC16a**|
|**For the period**
**from**|01/08/2023
Period start date|**To**|31/07/2024
Period end date|||
## **Section A Receipts and payments**
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**18,722**
**6,100**
**-**
**-**
**32**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**18,722**
**6,100**
**-**
**-**
**32**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**500**
**234**
**-**
**-**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**500**
**234**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**18,722**
**6,600**
**234**
**-**
**32**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**18,722**
**6,600**
**234**
**-**
**32**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Grant income|**18,722**||**-**||**-**||**18,722**||**19,245**|
|Individual donations|**6,100**||**500**||**-**||**6,600**||**6,525**|
|Gift Aid|**-**||**234**||**-**||**234**||**613**|
|Activities income|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|Interest|**32**||**-**||**-**||**32**||**38**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|
**24,854**||**734**||**-**||**25,587**||**26,421**|
||**-**
**-**||**-**
**-**||**-**
**-**||**-**
**-**|||
|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**||||||||||
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|||
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**||||||||||
||**24,854**||**734**||**-**||**25,587**||**26,421**|
||**20,425**
**-**
**2,111**
**-**||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**||**20,425**
**-**
**2,111**
**-**|||
|Staff costs|**20,425**||**-**||**-**||**20,425**||**20,000**|
|Grants issued|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**15,101**|
|Administration|**2,111**||**-**||**-**||**2,111**||**818**|
|Activities costs|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**22,536**||**-**||**-**||**22,536**||**35,919**|
||**-**
**-**||**-**
**-**||**-**
**-**||**-**
**-**|||
|**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**||||||||||
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||||||
||**22,536**||**-**||**-**||**22,536**||**35,919**|
|||||||||||
||**2,318**||**734**||**-**||**3,052**||**- 9,498**|
||**-**|
|**-**|
|**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**3,444**||**9,762**||**-**||**13,206**||**22,704**|
||**5,762**||**10,495**||**-**||**16,257**||**13,206**|
## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities**
|**Categories**
Signed on behalf of all the trustees
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**
Cash at bank
Signature|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**5,762**
**10,495**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**5,762**
**10,495**
OK
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
David Ellerton|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
|---|---|---|---|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||OK|
||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**When due**
**(optional)**|
|||||
|||||
|||||
||||Date of
approval|
|||David Ellerton|17/05/2025|
**Independent examiner's report on the accounts**
**Section A Independent Examiner’s Report**
> **Report to the trustees/ members of** United for the Gospel - Europe **On accounts for the year Charity no ended**[31/07/2024] **(if any)**[1191822]
> **Set out on pages** 4-5
**Respective** The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. **responsibilities of** The charity’s trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year **trustees and examiner** under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Charities Act”) and that an independent examination is needed.
It is my responsibility to:
- examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act,
- • to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act, and
- • to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
**Basis of independent examiner’s statement**
My examination was carried out in accordance with general Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a ‘true and fair’ view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.
- **Independent** In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention **examiner's statement** 1. which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in, any material respect, the requirements:
- to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; and
- to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the Charities Act
- have not been met; or
2. to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
**Date:** 17/05/2025 **Signed: Name:** Aaron Immanuel Kemp
**IER**
Foundation Certificate in Accounting (AAT, Level 2) Affiliate Volunteer Independent Examiner, ACIE
**Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any):**
**Address:**
7 Miller Way, Great Cambourne Cambridge CB23 5FJ
## **Section B Disclosure**
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material problems.(E.g. accounting records have not been kept in accordance with s132 of the Charities’ Act 2011 and those accounts do not comply with the requirements of the 2008 Regulations setting out the form and content of charity accounts; any material expenditure or action which appears not to be in accordance with the trusts of the charity; any failure to be provided with information and explanations by any past or present trustee, officer or employee; and any material consistency between the accounts and the trustees’ annual report.)
**Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** .
n/a
**IER**