## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From. 1[st] Nov 2022 Period start date. To 31[st] Oct 2023 Period end date** ## **Charity name: Network of Thai Christians** ## **Charity registration number:** 1192104 **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**Our purpose is to continually welcome**
**new Thai people into the network.**| |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|**Regional fellowship meetings in**
**believers’ homes continued. Two group**
**meetings were held in non-residential**
**settings to allow larger group fellowship**
**to take place.**
**Summer camp took place at a new**
**venue to enable all UK believers to**
**come together. The new venue provided**
**full board and therefore reduced the**
**burden on food preparation. The camp**
**provides the ability to support new**
**believers as well as offer general and**
**focussed biblical support.**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**The trustees are satisfied that in 2023**
**NTC was open to new Thai beneficiaries**
**and their families.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||
SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making.|Para 1.38|**NTC does not seek grants.**| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment.|Para 1.38|**Investment in Thai people’s spiritual and**
**emotional welfare benefits the amount**
**they can contribute to their work which**
**is often as carers in their local**
**community.**| |||**All the organisational work is done by**| Essi ty Int ern al |Contribution made by
volunteers.|Para 1.38|**volunteers including visits to isolated**
**groups who live across the UK.**| |---|---|---| |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|**2023 saw**
**a balance in the use of Zoom**
**where useful monthly activities have**
**mostly**
**moved back to face-to-face**
**meetings**
**which is preferred.**
**Investment in Thai people’s spiritual and**
**emotional welfare benefits the amount**
**they can contribute in their work which**
**is often as carers in their local**
**community.**
**The executive committee appointed a**
**treasurer who is managing and using**
**the accounts; as a result, the charities**
**future financial management is**
**sustainable.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
Achievements against
objectives set|
Para 1.41|
**NTC trustees did safeguarding training**
**on 3 Sept 2023.**
**Finalised the safeguarding policy so**
**that it was fit for purpose (signed it off**
**by Oct 2023).**
**Agreed that some safeguarding training**
**must reach all local group leaders by**
**Oct 2024**
**NTC continues to be open to new people**
**across regional groups.**| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|**Donations continued during 2023 and**
**are considered to have met the**
**objectives set.**| |||**We continue to make investment in**| Essi ty Int ern al |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|**people’s lives through a small education**
**fund to enable Thai people to take more**
**responsibility.**| |---|---|---| |Other||| Essi ty Int ern al ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**NTC ended the period to 31st Oct 2023**
**with a balance of £8806.59**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**NTC has actively managed its funds to**
**ensure stability whilst providing an**
**ability to meet its objectives.**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£8806.59**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**There are no uncertainties at this time**
**as the benefit opportunities of NTC are**
**still recognised**| ## **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|
**Donations from voluntary donors during**
**2023 were sufficient for current needs.**
**This included gift aid contributions for**
**the first time.**| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|**Not yet discussed**| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**No financial risk during 2023**| |Other||| Essi ty Int ern al ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**CIO Foundation Constitution**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**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|Para 1.25|**Trustees are appointed by invitation by**
**their own body according to criteria**
**established by the Charity Governance**
**Code for smaller charities, CGC, and**
**reference to The Essential Trustee:**
**Charity Commission.**
**3 Trustees serve 3 years per term**| ## **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|| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|**3 Trustees meet at least 3 times per year**
**to set goals and manage risk. They have**
**delegated a committee to carry out the**
**executive decision making of NTC, this**
**work has continued through the 2023**
**reporting period.**| |Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51|**NTC relates informally with other similar**
**networks in Sweden and Germany. NTC**
**relates with those Thai people who**
**return to Thailand and join Christian**
**churches there.**| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Network of Thai Christians in the UK| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|NTC| |Registered charity number|1192104| |Charity’s principal address|22 Raglan Rd , Sale , M33 4AQ| ||| Essi ty Int ern al ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Dennis Hardy|Chair||| ||Graham Wall|||| ||Simon Hobson|||NTC Trustees| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## – 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** Essi ty Int ern al ## **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 Name Address adviser** ## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **Other optional information** Essi ty Int ern al ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s)** Graham Wall **Full name(s)** Dennis Hardy **Position (eg Secretary,** Chair of Trustees Trustee **Chair, etc)** **Date** Essi ty Int ern al ## **NTC -Network of Thai Christians (UK)** เครือข่ายคริสเตียนไทยในยูเค ## **SUMMARY OF ACCOUNTS** ## **Period 01/11/2022 - 31/10/2023** ## **GENERAL FUNDS** |**Receipts**
**2023**
**_Balance B/F_**
8,822.48
Camp Receipts
19,350.00
Donations (General)
3,352.34
**Offering:**
Fellowship Spring
614.00
Fellowship Autumm
710.00
NTC Summer Camp
1,920.70
Literature (Books)
262.00
GRS Interest
88.54
Transfer from acc.02548461
1,264.00
Compensation (NatWest)
200.00
**36,584.06**|**Receipts**
**2023**
**_Balance B/F_**
8,822.48
Camp Receipts
19,350.00
Donations (General)
3,352.34
**Offering:**
Fellowship Spring
614.00
Fellowship Autumm
710.00
NTC Summer Camp
1,920.70
Literature (Books)
262.00
GRS Interest
88.54
Transfer from acc.02548461
1,264.00
Compensation (NatWest)
200.00
**36,584.06**|**Payments**
**2023**
Pioneer Centres Invoice
17,780.22
Day visit
1,069.74
Refunds for cancelled bookings
944.00
Prepayment -Deposit 2024
1,730.00
Prepayment -Deposit 2025
750.00
**Activities:**
Activity 2: Spring Weekend Fellowship
325.51
Activity 3: Autumm Weekend Fellowship
200.00
Activity 1: NTC Summer Camp Expenses
2,684.97
Home Ministry (Piak+Num)
1,440.00
Home Services
Committee travel
514.29
Retreat
0.00
Insurance
63.34
Website
0.00
DBS
275.40
Hall
0.00
**_Balance C/F_**
8,806.59
**36,584.06**|**Payments**
**2023**
Pioneer Centres Invoice
17,780.22
Day visit
1,069.74
Refunds for cancelled bookings
944.00
Prepayment -Deposit 2024
1,730.00
Prepayment -Deposit 2025
750.00
**Activities:**
Activity 2: Spring Weekend Fellowship
325.51
Activity 3: Autumm Weekend Fellowship
200.00
Activity 1: NTC Summer Camp Expenses
2,684.97
Home Ministry (Piak+Num)
1,440.00
Home Services
Committee travel
514.29
Retreat
0.00
Insurance
63.34
Website
0.00
DBS
275.40
Hall
0.00
**_Balance C/F_**
8,806.59
**36,584.06**| |---|---|---|---| ||**BANK ACCOUNTS AS AT 31/10/2023**||| |**General Fund**
8,806.59
Nat West Acc.ending 53
6,515.52
Nat West Acc.ending 45
2,291.07
Total
**8,806.59**
Total
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