Activate Sports Ministry Registered charity number: 1193781
## Activate Sports Ministry
Report and Accounts for the year to 31st December 2023
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Activate Sports Ministry Registered charity number: 1193781
## Accounts for Activate Sports Ministry for the year to 31 December 2023
Registered charity number: 1193781
## Report of the trustees
The Trustees present their report together with the financial statements of the charity for the period from 1[st] January 2023 to 31[st] December 2023.
These financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011, the Articles of Association, and Accounting and Reporting by Charities Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to Charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standards applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS102) (Charities SDRP (FRS102) and the Charities Act 2011).
## **REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION**
Officers for the period:
Anne O’Neil (Chair until ??) Garth Watkins (Vice-Chair) James Kavanagh (Treasurer) Mark Balcar The Ven Richard Frank (Chair from ??) The Rev John Gleghorn The Rev Alex Munro
The Rev Tim Garrett (ex-officio as Area Dean of Hampton – up to 16[th] April 2023) The Rev Ben Lovell (ex-officio as Area Dean of Hampton from 17[th] April 2023) The Rev Chris Kennedy (ex-officio)
Registered office:
St Peter and St Paul’s Church Office Bychurch End Teddington TW11 8PS
Bank: CAF Bank 25 Kings Hill Avenue West Malling Kent ME19 4JQ
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Activate Sports Ministry Registered charity number: 1193781
## **STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT**
Activate Sports Ministry is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation governed by its Foundation document dated 11 March 2021.
## **Charity trustees**
There are at least seven and no more than eleven charity trustees. Up to two are ex officio trustees, being the Pioneer Sports Minister appointed to Activate Sports Ministry and either the Area Dean or the Lay Vice-Chair of the Deanery of Hampton.
There are up to seven nominated trustees. One trustee to represent the Diocese of London, one to represent the episcopal area of Kensington, one to represent ecumenical relations, to be nominated by Churches Together in Teddington; and up to four trustees nominated by the Deanery of Hampton.
In addition, up to two trustees can be co-opted to represent a neighbouring Deanery and one to represent a local sports or activity body, group or organisation.
Apart from the first charity trustees, every appointed trustee is appointed for a term of three years. In selecting individuals for appointment as appointed charity trustees, the charity trustees have regard to the skills, knowledge and experience needed for the effective administration of the CIO.
## **Public Benefit**
The Trustees have paid due regard to the Charity Commission's guidance on public benefit in deciding the activities undertaken by the Charity in the period. The Trustees are satisfied that the information provided in the report and accounts meets the public benefit reporting requirements.
## **OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES**
## **OBJECTIVES** :
Objectives – Activate’s objectives are to promote the Christian faith, and support wellbeing for all, encouraging more activity and greater inclusion. We aim to connect communities, build partnerships, share resources, and strengthen community bonds. We hope to enable faith ‘where you are’, helping people to grow fitter physically, mentally and spiritually.
We seek to engage with all ages, abilities, and people, to create fun, friendly activity with a community focused approach to help people get or maintain being active, whilst creating local relationships that encourage inclusion and support.
In the main, 2023 saw continued activities, focusing on continued work across three key areas – Wellbeing Hubs, Sport Church and Youth. Each area focus has a range of physical activity options, from light exercise to high-energy sports such as football and dance. Each also offers the opportunity for connection with a church or faith group as well as support with personal physical or emotional issues or difficulties which stem out of social crisis.
In the latter months of the year, with the imminent departure of The Revd Chris Kennedy for a new post, activities began to wind down and trustees began to consider the future of the charity.
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## **ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE**
## Wellbeing Hubs:
- Weekly Community Café attended by around 40 – leadership transferred to a local church from April 2023.
## Sport Church:
- Soup & Stretch. A Communion service followed by a mobility class for the elderly and community lunch.
- Active! Church (a late Sunday afternoon sport session for young families combined with a short service and a meal) continued for the first few months of the year in St Mark’s Teddington.
Youth
- Weekly 3-a-side football sessions on a local estate, giving young people a safe place to play. This continued in term time throughout the year.
- Alpha Junior (a Christian ‘basics’ course) delivered at St Mary & St Peter’s School in the autumn term.
## **FINANCIAL REVIEW**
The Trustees have prepared accounts for Activate Sports Ministry in accordance with the requirements of the SORP of best accounting practice.
## **Review of the period**
Activate Sports Ministry received income of £9688 (2022: £31,154) of which £3,221 was restricted fund income. Expenditure was £15,926 (2022: £39,209) leaving a net deficit of £6,238 – the general fund making a deficit of £6,688 and the restricted fund a surplus of £450.
## **Income and Expenditure**
Activate Sports Ministry has relied on donations from grant making trusts, local churches, the Diocese of London and individuals. In 2023, with the gradual winding down of activity, fundraising ceased to give space for a new direction for the charity to emerge and while the leader of the project prepared for their departure.
Fundraising was undertaken voluntarily by the trustees so there were no costs attributed to this work.
Expenditure was on staff, direct activity costs and indirect costs which enable the charitable activities to take place. Activate employed a permanent part time Operations Manager until March 2023, after which administration was paid for on an hourly basis. A ‘PAIS’ youth intern was paid for until July 2023.
The trustees continued to be grateful to the Diocese of London for providing the Pioneer Sports Minister to enable this project in 2023.
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## **Reserves policy and balance sheet**
The charity does not intend to accumulate significant reserves, but the trustees aim to keep 3 months programme expenditure in reserve to ensure that funding can continue reliably without interrupting delivery whilst fundraising continues in the UK.
Monthly general fund running costs of the programme in 2024 will be initially negligible while the trustees consider the future of the charity.
Cash held at the end of the year was £11,534 of which £10,933 was for general fund and £601 for restricted funds.
## **PLANS FOR FUTURE PERIODS**
With the departure of The Revd Chris Kennedy from his role as project lead (Pioneer Sports Minister) and the ending of diocesan funding for that role from the beginning of 2024, the trustees have taken the decision to pause activities so that a review can be carried out of the charity’s objectives and future.
The Trustees approved the trustees’ report above on 28[th] November 2024
Signed on behalf of the Trustees
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**cted**||**Restricted**|||**Total**|||
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|**Income**||||||||||||||||||||
|Donations and legacies||||6,223||||3,221||9,444|||27,766||2,000||29,766|||
|Income from charitable activities||||217||||-||217|||1,374||-||1,374|||
|Investment income||||27||||-||27|||15||||15|||
|**Total income**||||6,467||||3,221||9,688|||29,154||2,000||31,154|||
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|**Expenditure**||||||||||||||||||||
|Charitable activities||||13,063||||2,863||15,926|||21,437||17,772||39,209|||
|Activities for raisingfunds||||||||||-|||||||-|||
|Governance costs||||||||||-|||||||-|||
|**Total expenditure**|||13,||0653|||2,863||15,926|||21,437||17,772||39,|209
~~**Com**~~|**mented [MB1]:**Shouldn’t this be £13,603? £21437 is
years . Same for restricted funds and total expenditure
e in 2023.|
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|**Net income/ (expenditure)**||(6,596)||||||358||(6,238)|||7,717|(15,772)|||(8,|056)
figur||
|||||||||||||||||||~~**Com**~~|**mented [MB2]:**Aren’t these 2023 figures wrong:
ed from 2022 rather than reflecting the amounts above?|
|Gross transfers between funds||(92)||||||92||0||||||||0
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|**Net movement in funds**||(6,688)||||||450||(6,238)|||7,717|(15,772)|||(8,056)|||
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|**Reconciliation between funds**||||||||||||||||||||
|Total funds brought forward||17,621||||||151||17,772|||9,904|15,923|||25,827|||
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|**Total funds carried forward**||10,933||||||601||11,534|||17,621|151|||17,772|||
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|The statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses
recognised in the year. All incoming resources and resources
expended derive from continuingactivities.||||||||||||||||||||
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Activate Sports Ministry Registered charity number: 1193781
Balance Sheet as at 31st December 2023
|||**2023**|**2023**||**2022**|**2022**|
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**£**|
**£**||
**£**|
**£**|
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|**Tangible Fixed assets**|**1**||-|||509|
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|**Current assets**|||||||
|Debtors and accrued
income||-|||-||
|Cash at bank and in hand||11,534|||17,263||
|||11,534|||17,263||
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|**Creditors: falling due**
**within one year**||-|||-||
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|**Net current assets**|||11,534|||17,263|
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|**Net assets less current**
**liabilities**|||11,534|||17,772|
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|**Net assets**|||11,534|||17,772|
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|**Reserves**|**2**||||||
|Unrestricted funds:||10,933|||17,621||
|Restricted funds||601|||151||
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Activate Sports Ministry Registered charity number: 1193781
Notes to the accounts of Activate Sports Ministry for the period 1[st] January 2023 to 31[st] December 2023
## **1 Accounting policies**
The following accounting policies have been applied consistently in dealing with items which are considered material in relation to the charity’s accounts
## _**Basis of preparation**_
The accounts have been prepared under the historical cost convention with items recognised at cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant notes to the accounts. The accounts have been prepared in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Accounting Practice FRS 102 and with the Charities Act 2011.
## _**Incoming resources**_
The accounts are prepared on the accrual’s basis of accounting: income is recognised when receivable, except for donations of all kinds that are recognised when received; income tax recoverable is recognised at the same time as the donation. Funds generated through sales of merchandise are accounted for gross. Grants and donations are accounted for when paid over, or when awarded, if that award creates a binding obligation on the charity. Legacies are only recognised when received.
## _**Resources expended**_
‘Resources expended’ has a wider meaning than ‘expenditure’: it excludes the costs of fixed assets that are capitalised but includes their subsequent depreciation on the basis set out below. The categories as defined by the SORP 2006 are:
- Costs of generating funds are those costs incurred in fundraising.
- Charitable expenditure comprises those costs incurred by the charity in the delivery of its activities and services. It includes all costs that can be allocated directly to such charitable activities.
- Governance costs include those costs associated with meeting the constitutional and statutory requirements of the charity and include the independent examination fees.
## _**Funds**_
Unrestricted funds represent funds that are not subject to any restrictions regarding their use and are available for application on the general purposes of the charity. Restricted funds are funds donated with restrictions as to their use.
## _**Fixed assets and depreciation**_
Items of plant and equipment are capitalised where the acquisition value exceeds £1,000. Depreciation rates used are:
IT equipment: 3 years straight line
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Notes to the accounts of Activate Sports Ministry for the period 1[st] January 2023 to 31[st] December 2023 (continued)
|**1 Fixed assets**|**ITequipment**|**ITequipment**|
|---|---|---|
|**Cost**|||
|Broughtforward1January2023||1,528|
|Disposal||(1,528)|
|Carriedforward 31 December 2023||0|
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|**Depreciation**|||
|Brought forward 1 January 2023||1,019|
|Disposal||(1,019)|
|Carried forward31 December 2022||0|
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|**Net book value**|||
|As at 31 December 2022||509|
|As at 31 December 2023||0|
## **2 Related party disclosures**
No trustees have been paid any remuneration or received any benefits from their association with the charity.
## **3 Commitments**
There are no payments due under non-cancellable operating leases expiring within two to five years.
## **4 Staff numbers**
One member of staff was employed until March 2023. The total cost was £3,302 of which £97 was Employers National Insurance.
|**5 Funds summary**|**Balance brought**
**forward at 1**
**January 2023**|
Income|
Expenditure|
**Transfer**
**between**
**funds**|
**Balance**
**carried**
**forward at 31**
**December**
**2023**|
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£|
£|
**£**|
|**Unrestricted funds**|17,621|
6,467|
(13,063)|
(92)|
**10,933**|
|**Restricted funds**||||||
|For the work of
Activate|151|
2,620|
(2,863)|
92|
**0**|
|For the work of
Spear|-|
263|
-|
-|
**263**|
|For the work of
Ukraniancharity|-|
338|
-|
-|
**338**|
||**17,772**|
**9,688**|
**(15,926)**|
**-**|
**11,534**|
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