MERCY & GRACE FOR ALL A CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION (CIO) ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 21[ST] FEBRUARY 2025 MERCY & GRACE FOR ALL CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION (CIO) LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Trustees: V Maynard MBE B Ohiaeri T Kusu-Orkar G Kusu-Orkar CEO K Orkar Charity Number 1207809 Bankers: Natwest Bank Plc 250 Bishopsgate London EC2M 4AA MERCY & GRACE FOR ALL CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION (CIO) CONTENTS Trustees report ObjecYves and acYviYes Achievements and performance Plans for future periods Structure, Governance and Management Risk Management ## MERCY & GRACE FOR ALL CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION (CIO) TRUSTEE REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 21[ST] FEBRUARY 2025 The trustees present their annual report and financial statement for the year ended 21[st] February 2025. ## **Objec&ves and ac&vi&es** Advancement of Religion and have had regard to it in their administraYon of the charity. The trustees believe that by further advancement of the ChrisYan faith, and by supporYng individuals in dire need, the charity can provide a benefit to the public by: •Taking the gospel where people who may never step foot into a Church are. •Working with our local Churches to encourage more people to reach out to those outside the Church. •Providing relief for the poor and needy to meet various needs. ## The Charity’s primary objecYves are: To advance the ChrisYan religion in East Grinstead, the surrounding areas and the naYon by: •Taking the message of the gospel to people everywhere they may be eg hospitals, prisons, streets •Public preaching of the gospel in small and large gatherings and outreaches. •Public celebraYon of religious fesYvals. •Holding prayer meeYngs and Bible studies. •DistribuYon of ChrisYan literature free of charge to all. ## Principal AcYviYes •Being present in the town centre to provide a source of ChrisYan informaYon, educaYon and help to all. •The management of all acYviYes relaYng to the day to day operaYon of the charity by trustees and volunteers. The charity has had opportuniYes to provide intervenYons for individuals in dire need with no support. Thousands of ChrisYan literature in form of gospel tracts have been distributed door to door. The aim is to reach individuals who may be housebound, disabled or incapacitated, and give them an opportunity to be reconciled to God through Jesus Christ the Lord and Saviour. The charity depended solely on voluntary donaYons from her trustees to meet operaYonal costs and donate to individuals where appropriate. ## MERCY & GRACE FOR ALL CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION (CIO) TRUSTEE REPORT (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 21[ST] FEBRUARY 2025 ## **Achievements and Performance.** ## AcYviYes Over the past year, Mercy & Grace For All has worked on the high street of East Grinstead several days a week having conversaYons with individuals or groups of people. Some of these conversaYons have brought desirable fruit as some people have encountered God and given Some who had become slack in their faith got reconnected back to God, through passionate ministraYon in song, and are now secled in a local Church. Through contacts made on the streets the charity was able to rescue a young man who had become homeless and desperate. Mercy & Grace For All seeks to explore avenues of connecYng such individuals to further help to establish them back on their feet, while acending to their immediate need. The individual was put up in a hotel for a couple of days and given breakfast. He said, for the first Yme in a long Yme, he felt loved and valued. He believes that God spoke to him on his first night in the hotel. Now he has surrendered his life to Jesus and working towards a desirable future. Mercy & Grace For All knows fully well, the power of prayer and corresponding acYon where needed. Our mission is to take the responsibility to ensure that everyone has a chance to hear the full gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ, encounter the love of God and to make a decision about Jesus Christ for themselves. For us at Mercy & Grace For All, the soluYon to the epidermic of the mental health disorders and significant confusion over what is right or wrong, among our young people parYcularly, can be addressed spiritually by redirecYng individuals to discover their God given purpose and life’s meaning. Over this period, Mercy & Grace For All has led up to 10 young people to pray the prayer of repentance and faith in Jesus Christ. Mercy & Grace For All reaches out to people far and near. Last winter, we were contacted by a pensioner living hours away from East Grinstead. He was suffering from excessive cold as he could not afford to heat up his flat. Mercy & Grace For All was able to Provide two oil heaters to alleviate the suffering. He is ever grateful and has conYnued to keep in touch. ## Stafng and Volunteers Mercy & Grace For All has no employees and currently relies on her trustees and volunteers to carry out her duYes. There are 5 trustees and 2 volunteers. An individual who was impacted by the ministry of Mercy & Grace For All has commiced himself to establish a website for the charity free of charge. ## Financial review The charity received a total income of £1000 during the year ended 21[st] February 2025 as donaYon, being the first financial year. £165 was used for prinYng of banners, and adverYsing, £104.97 for the purchase of portable equipment for sekng up on the streets, £249.98 for ## MERCY & GRACE FOR ALL CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION (CIO) TRUSTEE REPORT (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 21[ST] FEBRUARY 2025 purchase of oil heaters (as grant), and £101.97 for hotel accommodaYon and £30.50 was used to purchase a copy of the Holy Bible for a new convert. This makes a total expenditure of £652.42. The closing balance on the accounts for this period was £347.58 ## **Plans for future periods** Our core objecYve conYnues to be the spreading of the good news of salvaYon, healing, freedom, and restoraYon of human dignity through the knowledge of Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour. We hope to see more individuals saved, discipled and established in the local Church. Mercy & Grace For All will intensify efforts to preach the gospel and make disciples in collaboraYon with the local Churches and other charitable organisaYons with a similar vision to reach the lost through prayer and evangelism. possibly have an employee who would be on ground to help in the administraYve tasks of the charity for its smooth operaYon. ## **Structure, Governance and Management.** The following trustees served during the year of reporYng: V Maynard MBE T Kusu-Orkar B Ohiaeri K Orkar G Kusu-Orkar CEO Mercy & Grace For All was registered on 11[th] April 2024 as a Charitable Incorporated OrganisaYon (CIO) and is governed by its consYtuYon. The governing document provides for a minimum of three trustees, who must not be employed by the charity, to administer and manage the charity. The charity trustees are appointed into office by the board of trustees and can serve a maximum of 3 years and then reYre or be reappointed for another 3 years. Mercy & Grace For All receives inspiraYon and spiritual mentorship from Dunamis InternaYon Gospel Centre and Jubilee Community Church East Grinstead as her local church. MERCY & GRACE FOR ALL CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION (CIO) TRUSTEE REPORT (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 21[ST] FEBRUARY 2025 ## **Risk Management** that systems are in place to miYgate exposure to the major risks. The trustees have a risk management strategy that comprises: •an annual review of the risks that the CIO might face •the implementaYon of procedures designed to minimise any potenYal impact on the CIO should those risks arise. The trustees report was approved by the Board of Trustees. Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees. ………………………………. …………………………….. V J Maynard MBE G T Kusu-Orkar Trustee Trustee