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|Trustees'<br>Annual|Report|-EMPOWER|
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|From start date||04/11/2021|
|Toend date||31/03/2023|
|Charity name:||Empowered21|
|Charity registration|number:|1196410|



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|Summary<br>ofthe purposes<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing<br>document|Summary<br>ofthe purposes<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing<br>document|Summary<br>ofthe purposes<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing<br>document|Summary<br>ofthe purposes<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing<br>document|of|The object ofthe CIO is to advance the Christian<br>religion <br>the public benefit,<br>in particular<br>but not exclusively<br>by<br>identifying,<br>creating and providing<br>resources and|The object ofthe CIO is to advance the Christian<br>religion <br>the public benefit,<br>in particular<br>but not exclusively<br>by<br>identifying,<br>creating and providing<br>resources and|The object ofthe CIO is to advance the Christian<br>religion <br>the public benefit,<br>in particular<br>but not exclusively<br>by<br>identifying,<br>creating and providing<br>resources and|for|
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||||||opportunities<br>including:||||
||||||~<br>through<br>the holding ofconferences,<br>educational||||
||||||lectures and relationship<br>forums;||||
||||||~<br>providing<br>teaching<br>helps, practical leadership||||
||||||support<br>and guidance;||||
||||||~<br>undertaking<br>Christian<br>mission<br>activity; and||||
||||||~<br>establishing<br>leadership<br>development<br>plafforms|which|||
||||||share ideas for the advancement<br>ofthe Christian||||
||||||religion as well as broadcast<br>Christian<br>messages|||of|
||||||an inspirational,<br>evangelistic<br>and teaching<br>nature.||||
||||||Nothing<br>in this constitution<br>shall authorise<br>an application<br>the property ofthe CIO for the purposes<br>which are not|||of|
||||||charitable<br>in accordance<br>with section 7ofthe Charities||and||
||||||Trustee Investment<br>(Scotland) Act 2005 and section 2 of|||the|
||||||Charities Act (Northern<br>Ireland) 2008.||||
|Summary||ofthe main|||As above||||
|activities|in relation to those||||||||
|purposes|for the public||||||||
|benefit,<br>in||particular,|the||||||
|activities,|projects or||services||||||
|identified|in the accounts.||||||||
|Statement<br>confirming<br>whether the trustees<br>have<br>had regard to the guidance|||||The trustees have had regard to the guidance<br>issued by <br>Charity Commission<br>on public benefit.||the||
|issued by|the Charity||||||||
|Commission||on<br>ublic benefit|||||||
|Additional||information|||||||
|Contribution<br>volunteers||made by|||The trustees acknowledge<br>the support ofvolunteers<br>who<br>have supported<br>the charity<br>with the activities referenced<br>above and below, and also the support ofthe charity<br>¹1032245Assemblies<br>ofGod Incorporated,<br>which supported<br>this charity during<br>their initial creation and implementation<br>eriod.||||





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|Achievements<br>and Per|formance||
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|Summary<br>ofthe main<br>achievements<br>ofthe charity,|Leadership<br>Forum<br>in Athens, Greece, with around 100<br>leaders<br>in attendance,<br>representing<br>13different<br>nations.||
|identifying<br>the difference the|Inspiring,<br>equipping<br>and empowering<br>leaders to continue||
|charity's<br>work has made to|building<br>Christian churches<br>and organisations<br>across||
|the circumstances<br>of its|Europe.||
|beneficiaries<br>and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Leaders Online Gatherings,<br>with around 70-120 in<br>attendance,<br>gathering<br>3times during 2023.||
|Additional<br>information|||
|Achievements<br>against<br>objectives set|Our key objectives were to gather leaders for facilitated<br>conversations,<br>networking<br>and building<br>relationships,<br>for the||
||purpose of building<br>stronger<br>and healthier<br>organisations||
||across Europe. We achieved<br>this through<br>the activities||
||above.||
|Performance<br>offundraising|No fundraising<br>took place during<br>this period.||
|activities against objectives|||
|set|||
|Financial<br>Review|||
|Review ofthe charity's|Due to a delay<br>in being able to open a bank account,<br>all||
|financial<br>position at the end|activities were undertaken<br>without<br>any direct expenditure|or|
|ofthe period|income and with the support ofvolunteers<br>and other charity||
||connections.||
|Statement<br>explaining<br>the|The reserves<br>policy for EMPOWERED21<br>is to aim to hold at||
|policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|least three months income as cash reserves. This is in<br>addition<br>to fixed assets held and used for the church's<br>aims<br>and purposes.<br>This level of reserves<br>should ensure that at||
||any time ofthe year the Chadity is not required<br>to borrow||
||funds on overdraft<br>from its bankers.<br>Any additional<br>reserves||
||are generated<br>with a view to fund longer term projects.||
|Amount ofreserves<br>held|Nil||
|Reasons for holding zero|Due to a delay<br>in being able to open a bank account,<br>all||
|reserves|activities were undertaken<br>without<br>any direct expenditure|or|
||income.||
|Explanation<br>ofany|There are no uncertainties.<br>The charity remains a going||
|uncertainties<br>about the|concern.||
|charity continuing<br>as a going|||
|concern|||
|Additional<br>information|||



|Additional<br>information|||||
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||The charities<br>main|sources of|funds|will come from ticket|
|The charity's<br>principal|sales and external|donations,|once|a bank account is|
|sources offunds (including|available||||
|any fundraising)|No other fundraising|took place during this period.|||





|Investment|policy and|policy and|Any additional<br>reserves that|Any additional<br>reserves that|are generated|will be held with|will be held with|
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|objectives including||any|a view to fund longer term projects. The trustees||||will review|
|social investment<br>policy|||the accounts at every trustee||meeting.|||
|adopted||||||||
||||The current<br>key risk|is the inability to open||a bank account,||
|A description|ofthe|principal|but this is currently|being managed<br>closely.||||
|risks facing|the charity|||||||
||||Future risks include|being unable to encourage|||and engage|
||||ongoing<br>support<br>from leaders||to participate|in the activities||
||||ofthe chari|||||
||||No other information|||||
|Other||||||||



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|Structure,<br>Governance<br>|and Management|and Management|||
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|Type ofgoverning<br>document|CIO governing<br>document<br>(foundation)<br>based on||the||
||Chari<br>Commission<br>model||||
|How is the chari<br>constituted?|CIO||||
|Trustee selection<br>methods|Trustees are selected<br>in accordance<br>with any||||
|including<br>details ofany|requirements<br>set out in the governing<br>document,||and||
|constitutional<br>provisions e.g.|based on a fair and open recruitment<br>process|that|||
|.election to post or name ofany|looks at their skill-sets||||
|person or body entitled to|||||
|a<br>oint one or more trustees|||||
|Additional<br>information|||||
||The charity trustees<br>will make available to each new||||
|Policies and procedures<br>adopted<br>for the induction<br>and<br>training oftrustees|charity trustee,<br>on or before his or her first<br>appointment:<br>(a)a copy ofthe current version ofthis<br>constitution;<br>and||||
||(b)a copy ofthe CIO's latest Trustees'|Annual|||
||Report and statement<br>ofaccounts.||||
|The charity's<br>organisational|The charity<br>will be managed<br>on a voluntary<br>basis||by||
|structure<br>and any wider network|Trustees,<br>with support<br>from theAssemblies<br>ofGod||||
|with which the charity works|Great Britain staff members<br>and infrastructure.|It|will||
||report to Trustees through<br>formal meetings, as well as||||
||ad hoc communication<br>via email. Charities<br>activities|||will|
||be governed<br>by a Cabinet ofchurch<br>/ organisation||||
||leaders from across Europe.||||
||Any involvement<br>by related parties is managed|through|||
|Relationship<br>with any related|the Conflict of Interest policy and within trustee||||
|parties|meetings.||||
|Reference and Administrative<br>details|||||
|Charity name|The name ofthe Charitable<br>Incorporated<br>Organisation||||
||("the CIO") is Empowered21||||
|Other name the charitv uses<br>Registered<br>charity number|E21 / E21 Western<br>Europe<br>Registered<br>Charity<br>Number ¹1196410||||





|Trustee Name|Role (ifany)|Dates in situ|
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|Glyn Barrett|Chair|Nov 21-|
|Katarznya<br>Kowalska|Secretary|Nov 21—|
|Stuart Keir||Nov 21-|
|Nick Park||Nov 21-|
|Jonathan<br>Corcoran||Nov 21—|



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