## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 1/Jan/2025 Period start date to 31/Dec/2025 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 continued to work on translations into other languages.
Spanish, Portuguese and German voiceovers have been
completed this year. A voice over for US English was completed.
Translations and voice overs for Hungarian and Serbian have
commenced this year.
Significant improvements were made to the App through
volunteer user testing.
**Books & Other Products**
We have been developed a craft-resource template for churches
to use around the themes of our books, in partnership with Susan
Box Designs.
**Schools**
Weekly prayer club on Friday mornings, term-time , at Norton
Free have continued. We had a booking for a Birkdale prep
assembly on 3rd July and an assembly at Norton Free Primary
School on 17th July. Joanne visited Cornerstone School in
Palmerston North, New Zealand and read to 3 classes, all KS1
equivalent and donated a set of books plus 30 colouring books
and 60 bookmarks.
**Work with Churches**
Another significant event was being invited to speak to the
children and families’ workers of the Church in Wales.
In California, Joanne read a book at Bridges Community Church
in Sunnyvale, California and presented the books to a group of
parents. We donated a set of books to the church.
**Conferences/Exhibitions**
Hand In Hand Conference with Joanne on the Core Team.
Overall, it was a success in terms of the conference ran smoothly,
Joanne’s seminar was well received, and a significant number of
connections and book sales were made.)
We were invited to join the S17 ‘Joy Day’ on 21st June as an
author reading our books from 1-5pm. We were not only paid
£100 for this but £500 worth of books and colouring books were
purchased and given away on the day.
**Blog & Social Media**
We re-launched the Facebook group to be a more active
community for supporters and ‘superfans’ of our resources.
Our social media freelance expert resigned (maternity) after which
our founder took on this role. The stuffed animals of Eden Valley
arrived and been shared in the private Facebook Community in
order to get feedback from as many children as possible.
We started to provide content for PureMedia Magazine on a
monthly basis free of charge, for the publicity opportunities it
offers. (interviewed for the PureMedia Radio station).
**YouTube**| Collaboration with another Christian writer who writes for YouTube and will offer some training at the end of April for future YouTube videos. Continued research for the YouTube Channel. Uploaded videos: a ‘how to’ craft video and an interview with a fellow app developer. Andy Geers (CEO of Discipleship Tech) gave £1,000 to our start up fundraiser in 2022 and was a big encouragement when starting the charity. We were very pleased to share about his new app on our channels. Subscribed to an online teaching series in digital marketing, including growing a YouTube channel, hosted by HubSpot. ## **REACH & IMPACT** **APP** – reached est. 56,200 Unique active users in 148 countries. **Books and resources** – sold £688.98 online and face to face. **Schools** – Read to approx. 1,000 children. **Summer tour to California and New Zealand – speaking at churches, schools and giving away books and resources.** ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: Through all of the activities above, we have reached, educated and inspired tens of Achievements against Para 1.41 thousands of children and equipped, objectives set. encouraged and empowered tens of thousands of adults to share their faith with children. This more than exceeds our expectations for this year. |
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|This year has seen a focus on generating
funds through grant applications. Rev Simon
Copley, who has experience of grant
applications wrote us a grant letter to send to
the selection of grant providers which had
been researched last year, with the specific
focus of paying for translation work for_God_
_for Kids_app.
Grants received:
The Gavins Foundation grant of £2,310.
A grant of £1500 from The Stewards
Company.
We received a speaking gift of £250 plus
travel expenses from the Church in Wales.| |||We also received an unexpected £600 from
Hand in Hand conference for Joanne’s part
on the Core Team and speaking in a
seminar.
A very successful fundraiser at Spa View
Community Church on 5th July. We hosted a
coffee morning with craft activities for
children. There were 32 adults plus
approximately 11 children. £281.65 was
raised in cash, plus £29.50 in card donations
and book sales. Another £280 deposited
directly into the bank account on the day.
£591.15 on the day plus a potential £350 in
standing orders between August-December,
totalling up to £941.15. Our goal was £900.| |---|---|---| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|N/A| |Other||N/A| ## **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
£1,478.24 plus stock to the value of
£2257.72.| |---|---|---| |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.| |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|32% Donations from private individuals
8% Sales of Books & Merchandise
56% Grants
4% Other Income| |---|---|---| ||Para 1.46|The charity is dependent on the volunteer
work of Joanne Gilchrist as well as overseas
app developers and graphic artists. The| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity.||biggest risk is if they withdraw their support.
The charity cannot afford to replace them
with paid personnel.| |---|---|---| |Other||**N/A**| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Governing Document / 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 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)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees.|Para 1.51|We do not yet have an official policy or
procedure document for this, other than the
information already outlined in the governing
document.| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works.|Para 1.51|This year, we have worked in collaboration
with Together for Sheffield, Hand in Hand
Conference, The Message Trust and Spa
View Community Church.
However, we are not members of a wider
organisation nor come under another
umbrella organisation.| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|SunScool app hosts all of our digital content
on their CMS (Content Management
System) and their workers are responsible
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.| |Other||Different authors or members of other
organisations are invited to guest blog on our
website.
Joanne Gilchrist, the charity founder and
director, was offered and accepted a full-time| role with Scripture Union in November 2025. As Joanne is the main voluntary worker for the charity and the charity cannot afford to employ someone to keep the charity running, trustees decided to cease trading at the end of December 2025. The plan is for the charity to apply to the charities commission for its closure during 2026. The God for Kids App will continue to operate via SunScool. The existing Animals of Eden Valley titles will transfer to Scripture Union upon expiry of current publisher licences. Future new titles will be published via Scripture Union. Trustees considered this a positive development securing the future of the App and resources through a larger organisation with infrastructure and resources that Ruach Resources does not have. ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Ruach Resources| |---|---| |
Other name the charity uses|God for Kids| |
Registered charity number|1197062| |Charity’s principal address|Gardeners Cottage, Norton, Sheffield, S8 8BA.| ||| **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|||| |4|Nathan Goodearl|Secretary|1STJanuary to 14th
July2025|| |5|Charlotte Patrick|||| – 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**|| |---|---|---|---| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| |**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members(Optional information)**|||| ||||| **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** ## **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**|| |**Position (e.g. Secretary, Chair**
**etc)**|**Chair of Trustees**|**Trustee**| |**Date**||| ## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 1/Jan/2025 Period start date to 31/Dec/2025 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 continued to work on translations into other languages.
Spanish, Portuguese and German voiceovers have been
completed this year. A voice over for US English was completed.
Translations and voice overs for Hungarian and Serbian have
commenced this year.
Significant improvements were made to the App through
volunteer user testing.
**Books & Other Products**
We have been developed a craft-resource template for churches
to use around the themes of our books, in partnership with Susan
Box Designs.
**Schools**
Weekly prayer club on Friday mornings, term-time , at Norton
Free have continued. We had a booking for a Birkdale prep
assembly on 3rd July and an assembly at Norton Free Primary
School on 17th July. Joanne visited Cornerstone School in
Palmerston North, New Zealand and read to 3 classes, all KS1
equivalent and donated a set of books plus 30 colouring books
and 60 bookmarks.
**Work with Churches**
Another significant event was being invited to speak to the
children and families’ workers of the Church in Wales.
In California, Joanne read a book at Bridges Community Church
in Sunnyvale, California and presented the books to a group of
parents. We donated a set of books to the church.
**Conferences/Exhibitions**
Hand In Hand Conference with Joanne on the Core Team.
Overall, it was a success in terms of the conference ran smoothly,
Joanne’s seminar was well received, and a significant number of
connections and book sales were made.)
We were invited to join the S17 ‘Joy Day’ on 21st June as an
author reading our books from 1-5pm. We were not only paid
£100 for this but £500 worth of books and colouring books were
purchased and given away on the day.
**Blog & Social Media**
We re-launched the Facebook group to be a more active
community for supporters and ‘superfans’ of our resources.
Our social media freelance expert resigned (maternity) after which
our founder took on this role. The stuffed animals of Eden Valley
arrived and been shared in the private Facebook Community in
order to get feedback from as many children as possible.
We started to provide content for PureMedia Magazine on a
monthly basis free of charge, for the publicity opportunities it
offers. (interviewed for the PureMedia Radio station).
**YouTube**| Collaboration with another Christian writer who writes for YouTube and will offer some training at the end of April for future YouTube videos. Continued research for the YouTube Channel. Uploaded videos: a ‘how to’ craft video and an interview with a fellow app developer. Andy Geers (CEO of Discipleship Tech) gave £1,000 to our start up fundraiser in 2022 and was a big encouragement when starting the charity. We were very pleased to share about his new app on our channels. Subscribed to an online teaching series in digital marketing, including growing a YouTube channel, hosted by HubSpot. ## **REACH & IMPACT** **APP** – reached est. 56,200 Unique active users in 148 countries. **Books and resources** – sold £688.98 online and face to face. **Schools** – Read to approx. 1,000 children. **Summer tour to California and New Zealand – speaking at churches, schools and giving away books and resources.** ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: Through all of the activities above, we have reached, educated and inspired tens of Achievements against Para 1.41 thousands of children and equipped, objectives set. encouraged and empowered tens of thousands of adults to share their faith with children. This more than exceeds our expectations for this year. |
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|This year has seen a focus on generating
funds through grant applications. Rev Simon
Copley, who has experience of grant
applications wrote us a grant letter to send to
the selection of grant providers which had
been researched last year, with the specific
focus of paying for translation work for_God_
_for Kids_app.
Grants received:
The Gavins Foundation grant of £2,310.
A grant of £1500 from The Stewards
Company.
We received a speaking gift of £250 plus
travel expenses from the Church in Wales.| |||We also received an unexpected £600 from
Hand in Hand conference for Joanne’s part
on the Core Team and speaking in a
seminar.
A very successful fundraiser at Spa View
Community Church on 5th July. We hosted a
coffee morning with craft activities for
children. There were 32 adults plus
approximately 11 children. £281.65 was
raised in cash, plus £29.50 in card donations
and book sales. Another £280 deposited
directly into the bank account on the day.
£591.15 on the day plus a potential £350 in
standing orders between August-December,
totalling up to £941.15. Our goal was £900.| |---|---|---| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|N/A| |Other||N/A| ## **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
£1,478.24 plus stock to the value of
£2257.72.| |---|---|---| |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.| |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|32% Donations from private individuals
8% Sales of Books & Merchandise
56% Grants
4% Other Income| |---|---|---| ||Para 1.46|The charity is dependent on the volunteer
work of Joanne Gilchrist as well as overseas
app developers and graphic artists. The| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity.||biggest risk is if they withdraw their support.
The charity cannot afford to replace them
with paid personnel.| |---|---|---| |Other||**N/A**| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Governing Document / 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 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)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees.|Para 1.51|We do not yet have an official policy or
procedure document for this, other than the
information already outlined in the governing
document.| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works.|Para 1.51|This year, we have worked in collaboration
with Together for Sheffield, Hand in Hand
Conference, The Message Trust and Spa
View Community Church.
However, we are not members of a wider
organisation nor come under another
umbrella organisation.| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|SunScool app hosts all of our digital content
on their CMS (Content Management
System) and their workers are responsible
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.| |Other||Different authors or members of other
organisations are invited to guest blog on our
website.
Joanne Gilchrist, the charity founder and
director, was offered and accepted a full-time| role with Scripture Union in November 2025. As Joanne is the main voluntary worker for the charity and the charity cannot afford to employ someone to keep the charity running, trustees decided to cease trading at the end of December 2025. The plan is for the charity to apply to the charities commission for its closure during 2026. The God for Kids App will continue to operate via SunScool. The existing Animals of Eden Valley titles will transfer to Scripture Union upon expiry of current publisher licences. Future new titles will be published via Scripture Union. Trustees considered this a positive development securing the future of the App and resources through a larger organisation with infrastructure and resources that Ruach Resources does not have. ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Ruach Resources| |---|---| |
Other name the charity uses|God for Kids| |
Registered charity number|1197062| |Charity’s principal address|Gardeners Cottage, Norton, Sheffield, S8 8BA.| ||| **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|||| |4|Nathan Goodearl|Secretary|1STJanuary to 14th
July2025|| |5|Charlotte Patrick|||| – 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**|| |---|---|---|---| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| |**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members(Optional information)**|||| ||||| **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** ## **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**|| |**Position (e.g. Secretary, Chair**
**etc)**|**Chair of Trustees**|**Trustee**| |**Date**|||