2022-12-31-accounts - Sacred Africa Ministries

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Trustees’ Annual Report for the period

From 31 December 2022 Period start date To: Period end date

31 October 2023

Charity name: Sacred Africa Ministries

Charity registration number: 1196717

Objectives and Activities

	SORP reference
Summary of the purposes of the charity as set out in its governing document	Para 1.17	The Objects of the CIO are, for the public benefit to advance the Christian faith in such parts of the United Kingdom and the world as the Charity Trustees may from time to time decide and the relief of persons who are in need by reason of their ill-health, unemployment, financial hardship and such other economic or social disadvantage.
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	We support the NHS via the University Hospitals Birmingham which comprises of 4 hospitals by making regular food and toiletry donations. We also support Let’s Feed Brum by providing volunteers to go out and distribute food and toiletries to the homeless. We support the PDSA by collecting and donating clothes and performing sponsored walks to raise funds to support the PDSA.
Statement confirming whether the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit	Para 1.18	All Trustees have read and understood and implemented the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit.

Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:

SORP reference N/A Para 1.38 Policy on grant making N/A Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment

Contribution made by volunteers	Para 1.38	Regular monetary/toiletries donated by volunteers. (namely our congregation).
Other		N/A

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	University Hospital Birmingham The congregation regularly donate goods on a monthly basis to the value of approximately £30 per person amounting to the value of approximately £200 per quarter. We have provided extensive toiletries including tea, coffee and biscuits and light food items to University Hospitals Birmingham allowing them to provide drinks and biscuits to both staff and visitors. Let’s Feed Brum Sacred Africa Ministries are also involved in working alongside Let’s Feed Brum in supporting the homeless by volunteering our services in distributing food and drink to the homeless. PDSA The PDSA have benefited by the sale of the clothing that we have donated to them to the value of approximately £400 based on weight per bag in order to boost their funds. We also have a sponsored walk scheduled for 19 August 2023 where we will be raising further funds which will go directly to PDSA.

Financial Review

Financial Review
Review of the charity’s financial position at the end of the period	Para 1.21	Statement of accounts to be attached August 2023.

Structure, Governance and Management

Description of charity’s trusts:		Appendix A
Type of governing document (trust deed, royal charter)	Para 1.25	CIO Document
How is the charity constituted? (e.g unincorporated association, CIO)	Para 1.25	CIO

Reference and Administrative details

Charity name	Sacred Africa Ministries
Other name the charity uses	As above
Registered charity number	1196717
Charity’s principal address	12 Graham Road Halesowen Birmingham B62 8LJ

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20	Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany)
	Mark Abraham		14/11/2021
	Sarah Abraham		14/11/2021
	Sonia Wellington		14/11/2021
	Jean Watson		14/11/2021
	Angela Samuel		14/11/2021

– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved

Director name Mark Abraham

Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity

Trustee name	Dates acted if not for whole year
N/A

Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others

Description of the assets N/A held in this capacity Name and objects of the N/A charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for N/A 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)

Mark Abraham

Exemptions from disclosure

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details

Other optional information

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) Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Date	Sarah Abraham
	Sarah Abraham
	Church Secretary
	17/08/2023
	17/08/2023