## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
# **From 1/Jan/2024 Period start date To 31/Dec/2024 Period end date**
**Charity name: Ruach Resources**
## **Charity registration number: 1197062**
## **Objectives and Activities**
||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|The object of the CIO is, for the public
benefit, to advance the Christian faith by
means of, without limitation, creating and
distributing software applications, literature
and other platforms to enlighten others
about the Christian faith.|
|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|Development of God for Kids app
Development of Animals of Eden Valley
Books
Events to distribute and market these
products
Sharing our resources in schools and
through church workshops|
|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 regarded the guidance
issued by the Charity Commission on public
benefit|
## **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|**God for Kids App**
We made significant changes to the layout and useability of the app,
redesigning the menus and navigation controls. We continued to work
on translations into Ukraine, Russian, Serbian, Hungarian, and German.
German translation was released for testing and made available in the
app store.
4 “Videobooks” were added to the “diamond store” section of the app.
We also began recording voiceovers for Portuguese translation.
**Books & Other Products**
Book 5 in the Animals of Eden Valley Series was published in November;
“Why Did God Make Me?” plus a matching activity book for use in
schools. We started writing material for a KS1 Prayer Club and
created animated videos (“videobooks”) of each of the 5 Animals of
Eden Valley books.
The Portuguese Foreign Rights were sold to a Brazilian publisher.
**Schools**
We started a new, weekly, term-time prayer club for KS1 in Norton Free
Primary School. Upon the publication of “Why Did God Make Me?”, we
visited 8 schools either for assembly or lessons or both to read the
book, answer questions and work through the activity book.
Altogether, 11 visits were made to 9 different primary schools (not
including weekly prayer club visits).
**Work with Churches**
We ran one “Faith at Home” workshop as part of the Arise Prayer
Launch with Together for Sheffield.
We ran a second workshop at Christ Church Sidcup in March, followed
by leading their Kids Church on the theme of “God Never Changes”
using material from the app.
Spa View Community Church used our books and animated videos as
the bases of their Messy Church outreach events.
**Conferences/Exhibitions**
We attended 4 Conferences/festivals to exhibit this year:_Hand in Hand,_
_Joined Up, Big Church Fest_and_Playtime – Care for the Family_._Hand in_
_Hand_conference also included speaking in a seminar. Joanne continues
to be on the Core Team for Hand in Hand conference with particular
input into the exhibition and speaker list.
As part of the Book launch in November and December, we held a book
stall at 2 churches (LifeHouse Sheffield & St Chad’s C of E Sheffield), one
Christian Bookshop (Cornerstone, Chesterfield) and a Care Home
(Henleigh Hall)
**Blog & Social Media**
We created 6 new blog posts and updated one, with advice for adults
sharing their faith with kids. Two were written in-house and 4 guest
posts in collaboration with Minno TV and 3 children’s authors.
**YouTube**
We launched a new YouTube channel on which we published the
animated videos of our 5 Animals of Eden Valley Books.
**REACH & IMPACT**
**APP**– reached est. 56,200 Unique active users in 148 countries|
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**Books** – sold 381 items online, 1487 items face to face & 132 books through MDPublishing.
**Schools** – Read to approx. 1,000 children and gave away approx. 1,391 colouring books **Blog** – reached approx. 162,000 people (target audience: parents and children’s workers), resourcing and empowering their ministry to children.
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|Through all of the activities above, we have
reached, educated and inspired tens of
thousands of children and equipped,
encouraged and empowered tens of
thousands of adults to share their faith with
children. This more than exceeds our
expectations for this year.
Through in-app feedback, app reviews and
personal communication with users we have
received overwhelmingly positive feedback
from children, parents and children’s
workers. The most common feedback we
receive from children is an expression of
their love for Jesus after engaging with our
resources. I can safely say we have met and
exceeded our own goals and expectations.|
|---|---|---|
|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|A crowdfunder was created to publish “Why
Did God Make Me?” and fund the tour of
schools. The objective: £1,800; the amount
achieved: £809.
Two Grants were successfully applied for.
The first was £1,500 awarded by Deo Gloria
Trust for printing 3,000 activity colouring
books to give away in school.
The second grant was approved but not paid
in this financial year so will be credited in
2025 accounts summary.|
|Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|
N/A|
|Other||N/A|
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## **Financial Review**
|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|The bank balance at the end of the year was
£1,031.49 plus stock to the value of £3,932.|
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|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|We do not yet have a statement regarding
the holding of reserves.|
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|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£0|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|We do not hold any reserves as our income
is currently too unpredictable and our bank
balance too low.|
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|N/A|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|N/A|
## **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|50% Donations from private individuals
27% Sales of Books & Merchandise
12% Grants
11% Other Income|
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|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|The charity is dependent on the volunteer
work of Joanne Gilchrist as well as overseas
app developers and graphic artists. The
biggest risk is if they withdraw their support.
The charity cannot afford to replace them
with paid personnel.|
|Other||**N/A**|
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## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Governing Document / Constitution|
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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 nominated by Joanne Gilchrist
or a current trustee, interviewed by the chair
of trustees and ratified by all trustees at a
trustee meeting. They must have an active
Christian faith and be willing to adhere to the
values as outlined in the governing
document.|
|**Additional information (optional)**
Youmay choose toincludefurtherstatementswhererelevant about:|||
||Para 1.51|We do not yet have an official policy or
procedure document for this, other than the|
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||Policies and procedures||information already outlined in the governing||
||adopted for the induction and||document.||
||training of trustees||||
||||This year, we have worked in collaboration||
||||with Together for Sheffield, Hand in Hand||
||The charity’s organisational||Conference, The Message Trust and Spa||
||structure and any wider|Para 1.51|View Community Church.||
||network with which the||However, we are not members of a wider||
||charity works||organisation nor come under another||
||||umbrella organisation.||
||||SunScool app hosts all of our digital content||
||||on their CMS (Content Management||
||Relationship with any related|Para 1.51|System) and their workers are responsible||
||parties||for the technical updates and development of||
||||God for Kids, under direction and instruction||
||||from Joanne Gilchrist. SunScool do this work||
||||for free; in return we also market them at our||
||||events.||
||||Different authors or members of other||
||Other||organisations are invited to guest blog on our||
||||website.||
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## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|Ruach Resources|
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Other name the charity uses|God for Kids|
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Registered charity number|1197062|
|Charity’s principal address|Gardeners Cottage, Norton, Sheffield, S8 8BA.|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
||**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for**
**whole year**|**Name of person (or**
**body) entitled to**
**appoint trustee (if**
**any)**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|1|Andrew Blench|Chair|||
|2|Sharon Turp||||
|3|Carol Barwick||1st Jan - 20th Nov
2024||
|4|Nathan Goodearl|Secretary|||
|5|Charlotte Patrick||15th January
onwards||
– 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**
## **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
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
|**Type of**
**adviser**|**Name**|**Address**||
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|**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members(Optional information)**||||
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## **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)**|**Andrew Blench**|**Nathan Goodearl**|
|**Position (e.g. Secretary, Chair**
**etc)**|**Chair of Trustees**|**Secretary**|
|**Date**|**13/05/2025**|**13/05/2025**|
## Ruach Resources
Income and Expenditure 2024
## Income
Book & Merch Sales £ 3,569.47 (28%) Donations £6,570.75 (50%) Grants £1,500 (12%) Gift Aid: £181.78 (1%) Other Income (e.g. Royalties,Ticket Sales, speaker fee, in-app donations, refunds) £1,139.68 (9%)
**Total £12,961.68**
## Expenditure
Utilities & Services £891.34 (7%) Rent £1,800 (15%) Stock £2,823.53 (23%) Developer Costs £1,150.06 (9%) Marketing £4,248.82 (34%) Volunteer Expenses £968.75 (8%) Other (Refunds etc) £516.03 (4%)
**Total £12,398.53**
**Signed by Andrew Blench, Chair of Trustees**
**……………………………………………….. Date:....12/05/2025...............**