**Registered Charity Number: 1197196** ## **SOUL CHILDREN UK** ## **ANNUAL REPORT AND UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS** # **FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31 DECEMBER 2022** **SOUL CHILDREN UK FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31 DECEMBER 2022** ## **CONTENTS** |Legal and administrative information
Trustees' Report
Accountant's Report
Statement of Receipts and Payments
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
Notes to the Financial Statements|**Page**| |---|---| ||1
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7| **SOUL CHILDREN UK FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31 DECEMBER 2022** **Page 1** ## **Legal and administrative information** |**Trustees**|Mr M Chesterton| |---|---| ||Mr M Jones| ||Mr R Kendall Jr.| ||Mr J Bracegirdle| ||Mr A Bodkin| |**Charity number**|1197196| |**Contact address**|6 Ash Grove| ||Heald Green| ||Cheadle| ||SK8 3JA| |**Accountant**|Caladine Limited| ||Chantry House| ||22 Upperton Road| ||Eastbourne| ||East Sussex| ||BN21 1BF| |**Bankers**|NatWest Bank| ||699 Wilmslow Road| ||Didsbury| ||Manchester| ||M20 6NW| **SOUL CHILDREN UK** **Page 2** **FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31 DECEMBER 2022** ## **Trustees' Report** The trustees present their Annual Report and the Financial Statements of the charity for the period ended 31 December 2022. ## **Constitution** Soul Children UK was registered as a CIO with the Charity Commission on 17 December 2021. It is governed by its constitution. ## **Objectives and activities** To advance the Christian faith, as set out in the Statement of Faith, in particular but not exclusively, by helping young people to come to faith or deepen their faith in Jesus Christ, through performing appropriate music that they can relate to and by exploring the Bible. ## **The Trustees** Those who served during the year are as shown on Page 1. Trustees are appointed by the existing trustees and are provided with appropriate training to undertake their role. ## **Public benefit** The Trustees have paid due regard to the public benefit guidance issued by the Charity Commission in deciding what activities the charity should undertake. ## **Review of activities** Welcome to this first Soul Children UK annual report which highlights what an incredibly momentous year this has been for us. Having worked as a board of trustees for many months to launch the charity, it was a joy to see the first fruits last summer as we partnered with Festival Manchester. Chip and Tim led a choir of around 500 children who performed for tens of thousands of people visiting the Festival over the weekend. We are particularly indebted to Soul Children in Norway, and to Ragnhild who leads the organisation there, for their support in launching Soul Children UK - and to the significant contingent of the Oslo choir who joined us for that first performance last summer. Since then, we have launched 5 local choirs here in the UK, and we have several more approaching the launch pad as we move forward with our next cohort. Almost a year after that first performance it was a privilege to join with 60 children from our five choirs, along with their leaders and many of their parents, for our first UK Soul Children Festival which took place in Greater Manchester at the end of June. We are incredibly grateful to a number of organisations and individuals who have made all this possible by supporting Soul Children UK with their prayers, their time, their gifts and their financial support; many of whom have also committed to journey with us into the future. If you are one of these then please accept our heartfelt thanks and appreciation for your commitment to our vision. Lastly, and most importantly, we are so grateful and thankful to God for his amazing provision, and for seeing his spirit at work in the lives of the young people who are part of the Soul Children family here in the UK. Whatever your connection to Soul Children, can I take this opportunity to thank you for joining with us as we seek to reach young people through music they can relate to and introduce them to a lifelong relationship with Jesus. SOUL CHILDREN UK Page 3 FOR THE Y ENDING 31 DECE BE Trustees, Ro ort Ravlew of flnanGlal posltlon In the first pedod of operation the Iota recelpts amounted to £10.300 and total payTnents amounted to £3,590. Thls resultod in general cash funds at 31 December 2022 of £6.710. Rl8k monagement The TnJstees hav8 consId￿d tho major risks that the charity may face and ¢an confim that system8 hav6 been eststllshed to mltlgate them. Mr M Cheslerton Chair of Trustees Iql,ogJ.lQl3... SOUL CHILDREN UK FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31 DECEMB Pag• 4 22 Accountant's Re ort In order to assist you to fulfil your duties undar tha CharllFes Act 2011, we have prepared for yDur approval the financial statements of Soul Chikken UK lor the ￿ar etyjed 31 December 2022, which ¢omprlse Ihe rec8lpts and paymants account, the statement ol 8ssels and liabilities and the related r￿leS from the charivs accountlrvJ records and from wifomiatlon and explanations you have given u8. As a pr8Ctssing memb8r firm of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, we are subjed to Its thical and oih8r prof8ssional requirements which are detalled at Mlps".Ilwww.accaglobal.comlgblenlmember IBtandardslrul&>and4landardslrulebook.html. Thls report Is made to th8 ch8rttYs Truslees. 88 a body. In accordance ￿￿th the tsm)s of our engagement letter dated 23 May 2023 our wo￿( has bean undertaken solety to prepare for your approval the finandal 8talements of Soul Child￿n UK and state those matters that we) have agreed to state to the charitys Trusleas. as a body. in this report In accc*dance with the requiremen18 of the A88ocialion of Chartered Cértified Accountants as detailed at https.'llw￿v.8¢CagIQb3l.CQm/C0nten￿d8MIAccA Global￿eehn1e8ll factllechnlcaWactsheal-163.pdf. To the fullest ext8nl permltted by law, we do not accept or assume respon8lbillty to 8nyone other than Soul Chlldren UK and the charitys Trustees as a body, for our work or ft)r thi8 report. You consider that Soul Children UK is 8x8mpl from the statutory audit requirement for the year. and 18 nol requlrad to obtain an indèpèndènt examlnerfs report. We have not béen In$lruGled to cary out an audK or 8 rovlew of th8 financlal slatemants of Soul Chlldren UK . For Ihls reason, we hav6 not verified tho accuracy or completeness ol the accounllng record8 or information ané ex￿anationS you have given to us and we do not, therefore, express any opinlon on the statutory financial ststements. C81adine Llmiled Chantry House 22 Upp8rton Road Easlboume East Sussex BN21 18F Dete: 201041 ZDz3 **SOUL CHILDREN UK** **Page 5** **FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31 DECEMBER 2022** ## **Receipts and Payments Account** |**Receipts**
Donations
Choir subscriptions
Other
**Total receipts**
**Payments**
Video editing and production
Other consultancy
**Total payments**
**Net movement in funds**
**General cash funds b/f at 1 January 2022**
**General cash funds c/f at 31 December 2022**|**2022**
**£**
9,450
800
50| |---|---| ||10,300| ||1,400
2,190| ||3,590| ||6,710
-| ||6,710| This is the first period of operation. There are no comparative figures. The notes on page 7 form part of these Financial Statements. SOUL CHILDREN UK AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2022 Pa statement of Ag¥ets and Llabllltles 2022 Moneta Assets Cash at Bank and In hand Current Account 6,710 6,710 ABILITI Accountancy Feellndependent Examlnatlon Approved by tho Trustoes on ... Mr M Chesterton Chair of Trustee8 Th18 Is the flr8t period of operation. There are no comparative figur88. **SOUL CHILDREN UK** ## **FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31 DECEMBER 2022** ## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS** ## **1. Accounting Policies** The financial statements have been prepared as a Receipts and Payments in accordance with section 133 of the Charities Act 2011. ## **2. Funds** General funds represent monies received that are not subject to any restrictions regarding their use and are available for applications on the general purposes of the charity. ## **3. Transactions with trustees and related parties** Trustee, Mr R Kendall Jr, received £1,504 in the year for consultancy services.