## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From 3[rd] April 2024 Period start date To 31[st] December 2024 Period end date** ## **Charity name: Seed of Grace International** ## **Charity registration number: 1207740** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|1.**Livelihood Support**– Providing
financial grants and basic amenities
to those in need.
2.**Access to Congregations**–
Helping ministers connect with their
congregations.
3.**Enabling Work Environment**–
Creating a supportive environment
for ministry work.
Additionally, they support churches and
Christian facilities involved in global mission
efforts.| |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|In 2024, the focus was on raising funds for
self-sustaining projects in church circuits in
Zimbabwe.**Key initiatives included:**
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Securing income for operational
support.
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Supporting outreach programs.
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Providing financial stability through
ministerial remuneration.
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Engaging congregants in project
participation.
**The Project Steering/Monitoring**
**Committee's responsibilities included:**
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Identifying beneficiaries.
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Reviewing and approving funding
applications.
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Managing partner contracts and
conducting due diligence.
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Overseeing project standards and
progress.| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity|Para 1.18|The trustees have fully aligned with the
guidance issued by the Charity
Commission. For example, in project
steering, an international committee was
established to oversee and identify| Commission on public benefit beneficiaries, assess their needs, ensure thorough funding applications, manage contracts, conduct due diligence on partners, and perform auditing. ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Other ## **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|•
Volunteer monitoring team
established which helped to have a
direct supervisory role to ensure
everything was going according to
plan.
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Charity Registration -Successfully
registered with the Charities
Commission in April 2024.
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Organizational Brochure and
leaflets which was developed to
raise awareness about SGI.
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Annual general meeting held were
projects requiring funding for 2025
were identified.
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Fundraising Initiative: Participated in
an event in London to raise
awareness about poverty in Africa.
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Website Development: Launched to
promote awareness about SGI's
work.
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Trustees Meetings: Held four
meetings with documented agendas
and minutes.| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:| |---|---|---| |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|•
**Bicycle Distribution:**Secured
funding for 40 bicycles for remote
Methodist Ministers.
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Chicken rearing project in Murehwa
South.
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Goat rearing project in Sadza.| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|The first bicycle project was funded by
congregants through a cake sale and
donations. The process was slow and
laborious, requiring significant time and
effort to reach the intended goal.| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|Supported Methodist ministers in
connecting with distant congregants
efficiently, without added strain or extra
resources.| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**Document attached.**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|No reserves.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|No reserves.| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|Newly established organization.| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|Not applicable.| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|Securing funding to ensure objectives are
met.| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|**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|SGI has been relying on member donations
and church member donations.| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||Run by 4 dedicated trustees who have a
professional background and soon to add
another 2.| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**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|Initially it was through volunteering and
additional 2 to join were selected by
agreement from all trustees in a formal
trustees meeting held in June 2025.| ## **Additional information (optional)** |**Additional information (optional)**|**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|Through familiarising with the constitution
and understanding the SGI governance
responsibilities pertaining to the objectives
and mission of the organization.| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|Chair of the trustees supported by 3 other
trustees and a Chaplain advisor. Below this
there is a global project steering committee.| |Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51|**None**| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Seed of Grace International| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|SGI| |Registered charitynumber|1207740| |Charity’s principal address|2 Blackwood Chine,
South Woodham Ferrers
CM3 5FZ| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Sheila Mukumba|Chair of Trustees||SGI Board of trustees| ||Simbarashe
Muzenda|Trustee||SGI Board of trustees| ||Nunurai Moyo|Trustee||SGI Board of trustees| ||Lovemore Sisimai|Trustee||SGI Board of trustees| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name N/A** 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)** |**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**| |---|---|---| |**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**||| |**Chaplain**|Reverend Mark
Sukulao|| |||| |||| |||| ## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details **N/A** ## **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)** S.Mukumba **Full name(s)** Sheila Mukumba **Position (eg Secretary,** Chair of Trustee **Chair, etc) Date** 12/09/2025 ||||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**SEED OF GRACE INTERNATIONAL(SGI)**|||||**1207740**|||**CC16a**| ||||||||||| ||**Receipts and payments accounts**||||||||| ||**For the period**
**from**||Period start date||**To**|Period end date|||| ||||5th April,2024|||31st December,2024|||| ||||||||||| |**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||||| ||**Unrestricted**
**funds**||**Restricted funds**||**Endowment**
**funds**||**Total funds**||**Last year**| ||**to the**
**nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the**
**nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the**
**nearest £**| |**A1 Receipts**|||||||||| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |Membership Contributions|**675**||**-**||**-**||**675**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**675**||**-**||**-**||**675**||**-**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|||||||||| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||||||||||| |**_Total receipts_**|**675**||**-**||**-**||**675**||**-**| ||||||||||| |**A3 Payments**|||||||||| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |Bank Charges|**61**||**-**||**-**||**61**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**61**||**-**||**-**||**61**||**-**| ||||||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||| |**_Sub total_**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||||||||||| |**_Total payments_**|**61**||**-**||**-**||**61**||**-**| ||||||||||| |**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**|**614**||**-**||**-**||**614**||**-**| |**A5 Transfers between funds**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |**A6 Cash funds last year end**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |**_Cash funds this year end_**|**614**||**-**||**-**||**614**||**-**| ||||||||||| ||||||||||| |**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|||||||||| |**Categories**|**Details**||||**Unrestricted**
**funds**||**Restricted funds**||**Endowment**
**funds**| ||||||**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**| |**B1 Cash funds**|||||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||||||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||||**-**||**-**||**-**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**_Total cash funds_**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||(agree balances with receipts and
payments account(s))||Agreement
Error||OK||OK| ||||**Unrestricted**
**funds**||**Restricted funds**||**Endowment**
**funds**| ||**Details**||**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**| |**B2 Other monetary assets**|||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||Bank Balance||**247**||**-**||**-**| ||||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||||||||| ||**Details**||**Fund to**
**which asset**
**belongs**||**Cost (optional)**||**Current**
**value**
**(optional)**| |**B3 Investment assets**|||||**-**||**-**| ||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||**-**||**-**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||||| ||**Details**||**Fund to**
**which asset**
**belongs**||**Cost (optional)**||**Current**
**value**
**(optional)**| |**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**|||||**-**||**-**| ||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||||| ||**Details**||**Fund to**
**which**
**liability**
**relates**||**Amount due (optional)**||**When due**
**(optional)**| |**B5 Liabilities**|||||**-**||| ||||||**-**||| ||||||**-**||| ||||||||**-**||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||||**-**||| ||||||||||| |Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees|Signature||||Print Name||||Date of
approval| ||Ms Sheila Mukumba||||SHEILA MUKUMBA||||**01/04/25**| ||Mr Lovemore W Sisimayi||||LOVEMORE WILSON SISIMAYI||||**01/04/25**|