Kingdom Compassion CIO
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES
Period ended 31 August 2023
Governance and management
This is the first Trustees’ Report of Kingdom Compassion CIO, a charitable incorporated organisation registered as a charity (number 1198377) on 25[th] March 2022 under Part 11 of the Charities Act 2011.
The governing body of the charity is the Board of Trustees, and the trustees are responsible for the management of the charity. All trustees are elected at the Annual General Meeting but a trustee may be co-opted during the year by the other trustees. A trustee is appointed for a term of three years but may be re-appointed.
Day to day management of the charity is delegated to the Director, Samy Mansour, who coordinates the activity of a team of counsellors in providing many of the charity’s services.
Objectives
The purposes of the charity, in accordance with the Constitution, are:
The preservation and protection of the good mental and physical health of families and individuals through the provision of support and counselling services in accordance with Christian principles.
Public benefit
The trustees are aware of the guidance relating to public benefit provide by the Charity Commission. In particular, the charity aims to make its counselling services available to anyone who wishes to apply for them.
Activities and Achievements
(a) Counselling
One of the charity's main focuses is on counselling, with a network of five counsellors, all qualified or accredited, providing a professional service to those who could not otherwise afford it. None of the counsellors is employed or paid by the charity.
Clients are asked to contribute according to a sliding scale, depending on their income. The activity went well throughout the year. There has been a recent increase in the number of
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referrals, which is usually one or two per week, possibly attributable to the beginning of the winter weather.
Up to the end of November 2023, we have had 68 new referrals for various issues: anxiety, depression, OCD, phobias, eating disorders, marital or couple relationships, trauma and PTSD, work-related stress, burnout, etc. The team saw 28 new individuals and couples during the 11 months. The remaining 29 referrals either stopped with us or had an initial assessment and were indecisive about continuing the procedure. We successfully referred 11 to other more suitable services.
(b) Trauma focus work
A number of the above referrals from the counselling services ended up with trauma-focused therapy. In addition, we had eight other referrals for trauma-focused treatment.
(c) Leadership coaching
This service is intended to help and support Christian leaders in crucial times of their lives. It is flexible enough to be either short or long-term. Samy assisted several Christian leaders in situations of crisis, burnout, transition time, work-related conflicts, and managing stress and marital conflicts caused by imbalanced work and home life. In 2023, we supported 14 different leaders from the UK and overseas. All the contacts are ordained vicars, ministers, and leaders of missionary organisations. This ministry was in response to demand rather than planned.
(d) Training
All training provided has been for Christian organisations, with a focus on addiction, trauma and supervision for charity workers. Nearly all training is done via Zoom. Two training seminars were given to church leaders, via Zoom, to manage the effects of trauma overseas. We provided five short sessions over six months from July 2023 about how trauma develops, its effects on the body, and trauma and addiction. Only Christian charities benefitted from our training programmes, which were offered free of charge.
(e) Mission trips
Samy was involved in two mission trips this year. One was to Egypt, where the focus was on supporting charitable work, giving consultancy advice about trauma-related issues, and opening new contacts with a couple of missionary organisations for future partnering. The second was to Spain, where Samy joined an international outreach team doing street evangelism, providing insight into the emotional and psychological aspects of human needs as people are pointed to develop a relationship with God.
(f) Local outreach work
Two volunteers do outreach work in the streets among the homeless and poor, as they had done for many years in the former charity, Kingdom Compassion YWAM, but this is not the main focus.
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Financial Review
The charity started with the benefit of a transfer of £28,189 from Kingdom Compassion YWAM upon its dissolution. In the remainder of the period, donations of £6,616 were received and expenditure of £6,451 was incurred, leaving a closing balance of £28,354.
The initial transfer enabled the charity to carry out setting up expenditure, of which £4,950 was spent on the design and installation of a new website.
Statement of Trustees’ Responsibilities
The trustees acknowledge their responsibility for:
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(a) Keeping accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity;
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(b) safeguarding the assets of the charity and taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities; and
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(c) preparing financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and of its financial activities for that year.
The financial statements must comply with the Charities Act 2011 and the Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP 2015) applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard FRS102.
This report was approved by the trustees on 20 December 2023 and is signed on their behalf by:
Trustee -----------------------------
Herbert G Miller
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Kingdom Compassion CIO
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES
Period ended 31 August 2023
Reference and Administrative Information
Working names
Charity registered number
Trustees (from 25 March 2022, date of registration of the charity)
Kingdom Compassion CIO Kingdom Compassion
1198377
Rev Herbert Miller, Chairman Mr Samy Mansour Mrs Annabel Lea (appointed 11 November 2022)
Mr David Partington (resigned 11 November 2022)
Secretary
Registered office
Bank
Independent Examiner
Mr Philip Bedford Smith
77 Troy Court Kensington High Street London W8 7RB
Lloyds Bank
Mr David Trodden 48 Philbeach Gardens London SW5 9EB
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Kingdom Compassion CIO
Independent Examiner’s report to the trustees of the Kingdom Compassion CIO
(Charity registration number 1198377)
I report on the accounts of the Trust for the period ended 31[st] August 2023, which are set out on pages 6 to 9 of the Trustees’ Annual Report and Financial Statements.
Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner
The charity’s trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity’s trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act) and that an independent examination is needed.
It is my responsibility to:
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examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Act;
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follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act; and
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state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
Basis of Independent Examiner’s report
My examination was carried out in accordance with the general Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a ‘true and fair view’ and the report is limited to those matters set out in the next statement.
Independent Examiner’s statement
In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention:
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(1) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements:
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to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the 2011 Act and
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to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the 2011 Act
have not been met; or
- (2) to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Dated this 19[th] day of December 2023
David Trodden 48 Philbeach Gardens Earl’s Court London SW5 9EB
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Kingdom Compassion CIO
Statement of Financial Activities for the period from 25 March 2022 to 31 August 2023
| Note INCOME Donations 3 Charitable Activities Total EXPENDITURE Charitable Activities 6 Other Total NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE) 7 Other gains/(losses) NET MOVEMENT IN FUNDS Total funds brought forward Total funds carried forward |
2023 Unrestricted Restricted Total Funds Funds Funds £ £ £ 34,805 - 34,805 - - - 34,805 - 34,805 6,451 - 6,451 - - - 6,451 - 6,451 28,354 - 28,354 - - - 28,354 - 28,354 - - - 28,354 - 28,354 |
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Kingdom Compassion CIO
Balance Sheet
as at 31 August 2023
| Note FIXED ASSETS Tangible Assets 5 CURRENT ASSETS Cash at Bank Total CURRENT LIABILITIES Amounts falling due within one year NET CURRENT ASSETS TOTAL NET ASSETS FUNDS Unrestricted Funds Restricted Funds Total funds carried forward |
2023 Unrestricted Restricted Total Funds Funds Funds £ £ £ - - - 28,354 - 28,354 |
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| 28,354 - 28,354 |
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| - - - 28,354 - 28,354 |
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| 28,354 - 28,354 |
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| 28,354 - 28,354 - - - |
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| 28,354 - 28,354 |
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard FRS102 (updated October 2019).
The financial statements on pages 6 to 9 have been approved by the trustees on 20 December 2023 and signed on their behalf by:
Herbert G Miller, Trustee
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Kingdom Compassion CIO
Notes to the Accounts
for the period from 25 March 2022 to
31 August 2023
1 Constitution
Kingdom Compassion CIO is a newly formed charity, registered number 1198377, set up on 25 March 2022.
2 Basis of Accounting
The financial accounts have been prepared under the historical cost convention and in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP2015) in conjunction with Financial Reporting Standard FRS102 updated in October 2019.
The following accounting policies are applied:
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(a) All income is recognised when it is receivable and its receipt is likely and can be measured.
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(b) Expenditure is recognised when a liability exists to another party and the amount of the obligation can be estimated or measured reliably.
3 Charitable Income
| 3 | Charitable Income | |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | Amount transferred from Kingdom Compassion YWAM (Charity reg. 1166239) upon its dissolution Donations Trading Activities |
2023 £ 28,189 6,616 |
| 34,805 | ||
No trading activities occurred during the year.
5 Tangible Assets
No tangible assets costing over £5,000 were held during the
year.
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Kingdom Compassion CIO
Notes to the Accounts
for the period from 25 March 2022 to 31 August 2023
| 6 7 8 |
Detailed Expenditure Website design and installation Other IT costs Equipment Counselling materials and books Professional subscriptions Other expenditure Net Income/Expenditure This is after charging: Independent Examiner's fee Trustees'Expenses No trustee is paid remuneration for their services as trustees. Expenses reimbursed during the period were as follows: Professional subscription |
2023 £ 4,950 301 177 643 304 76 |
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| 6,451 | ||
| 2023 £ - |
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| 2023 £ 152 |
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