Company Registration No. 472409 Charity Registration No. 213148 THE BRITISH AND IRISH CHURCHES TRUST LIMITED (A charitable company limited by guarantee) Report and Financial Statements 31 December 2021
THE BRITISH AND IRISH CHURCHES TRUST LIMITED (A charitable company limited by guarantee) REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 2021 CONTENTS Page Director5 (Trustees) report Statement of directors, responsibilities Independent auditor's report Statement of financial activities Balance sheet Statement of cash flows 10 Notes to the accounts 11- 15
THE BRlSH AND IRISH CHURCHES TRUST LIMITED (A charitable company limited by guarantee) REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2021 The directors present their annual report and the audited financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2021. Reference and adrninistrative details Charity number 213148 Company number 472409 Registered office Inter Church House plc 35-41 Lower Marsh London SEI 7RL Independent auditor Haysmacintyre LLP 10 Queen Street Place London EC4R 1AG Bankers Barclays Bank plc 1 ChurchiLI PLace London E14 5HP Solicitors Bates Wells 10 Queen Street Place London EC4R 1BE Directors and trustees The directors who served during the year were as follows: The Rt. Rev Mgr Canon N J Rothon (Chairman) Ms Jennifer Cormack (resigned 23rd November 2021) The Rev B Fyffe Mr B Gnanapragasam (resigned 23rd November 2021) Mr Martin Birch Company secretary Mr M Birch Structure. Governance and Management Governing Document The British and Irish Churches Trust Limited is a company limited by guarantee and a registered charity. The principal activity of the Company is to act as custodian trustee for Churches Together in Britain and Ireland and Christian Aid. All charitable expenditure is in relation to grants made to the connected charities.
Connected charities The company is connected to Churches Together in Britain and IreLand {registered charity number 1113299) and Christian Aid (registered charity number 1105851). Recharged expenses all derive from these connected charities. The princTpal contact address for Christian Aid is Inter Church House, 35-41 Lower Marsh, London SE1 7RL, and the principal contact address for Churches Together in Britain and Ireland is al50 Inter Church House, 35-41 Lower Marsh, London SE17RL. Funds held on behalf of others The Company acts as a custodian trustee for Christian Aid and Churches Together in Britain and Ireland. All assets held by the company as a custodian trustee are either as cash or investments and are accounted for separately, including the use of separate and distinct bank accounts. Trustees The Board should comprise a maximum of ten members, six nominated by Christian Aid and four by Churches Together in Britain and Ireland. At the end of the financial year there were seven vacancies. No Director or Secretary received any remuneration or expenses from the Company. In accordance with the Articles of Association, one third, or the number nearest to one third of the Directors retire from office at the Annual General Meeting and may stand for re-election at that meeting. Trustees of BICT Ltd are either trustees, directors or senior members of staff of Christian Aid or Churches Together in Britain and Ireland and as such are appointed for their understanding of charity and company law and best practice in organisational governance. Through their respective organisations they are kept up-to-date with current rules, regulations and best practice. New trustees are offered an induction to Christian Aid, Churches Together in Britain and Ireland and the British and Irish Churches Trust. Key management personnel Day to day management of the Charity is effectively devolved by the Trustees to the Chief Operating Officer of Christian Aid for the time being who is also appointed as Secretary to the Trust. Key management personnel and Trustees receive no remuneration from BICT Ltd. Accounting treatment of entity For accounting purposes the property known as Inter Church House to which the Trust retains legal title is treated as a joint arrangement not an entity by The British and Irish Churches Trust Limited. On 13 December 2003 Christian Aid entered into a lease with BICT Ltd to occupy the whole property. Risk management The Directors have given consideration to the rnajor risks that the company is exposed to and assessed the likelihood of these risks occurring and the likely level of impact each risk poses. They have also considered the controls that are in place for these risks and have identified areas of action for the next year. This is an annual process, which the Direclors undertake to ensure that the operations of the company are adequately protected against the risks it faces in achieving its strategic objectives. The Director5 have taken account of the major risks to which the charity is exposed and set in place appropriate control measures. The principal risk is to the integrity of Inter-church House, which is managed by appropriate policies and procedures within Christian Aid (the lessee), and by ensuring that an appropriate level of insurance is in place and reviewed annually. The trustees recognise their responsibility for ensuring Inter Church House is an office environment that is safe from harm and has therefore conflrmed with Christian Aid as tenant and through Christian Aid with its sub-tenants that
appropriate policies and prLKedures for managing health, safety and security risks including safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults are in place. monitored and regularly reviewed. The Trustees remain satisfTed that Christian Aid has robust policTes in these areas as do other sub-tenants in ICH. Reserves policy The Charity holds an unrestricted reserve of £20,000 at the balance sheet date. This is considered by the Board to be the appropriate level of reserve to meet any liabilities in the event of cessation of operations. It is reviewed annually to ensure that this is sufficient, but not excessive, for meeting this requirement. Achievements and performance. and financial review Throughout the year the Company continued to hold assets in its role as custodTan trustee, acting on the instructions of Churches Together in Britain and Ireland and ChrT5tian Aid. During the year, the income generated by the Company, comprising rent, recharged expenses and other income totalled £1,208,772 12020: E1,208,444), which after the addition of interest receivable, ensured all costs were met. On 7th February 2019, a resolution was signed to agree that the annual rent payable under the lease of Inter Church House, 35-41 Lower Marsh, London SE17RL made between British and Irish Churches Trust Limited and Christian Aid would be increased to E1,200,000 per annum from 15 December 2018. This arrangement continued through the financial year 2021. The British and Irish Churche5 Trust Limited acts as custodian trustee on behalf of Christian Aid for the followlng three properties: 26 St. Leonard Road, Harrogate, 1 The Watton, Brecon, Powys (sold on 9th February 2022), 2 Preshaw Crescent, Mitcham. Churches Together in BrTtain and Ireland has retained its equity share in the property Inter Church House. Christian Aid leases the whole of the property from The British and Irish Churches Trust Limited under a lease signed 27th March 2017. Plans for future periods The Company will continue to act as a custodian trustee for Christian Aid and Churches Together in Britain and Ireland for the foreseeable future. The Directors consider the Company to be a going concern. Public benefit The Charity Commission in its Charities and PublTC Benefit Guidance requires that there are two key principles to be met to show that an organisation's aims are for the public benefit. Firstly, there must be an identifiable benefit. Second, the benefit must be to the public or a section of the public. The Trustees confTrm that in setting the Charity's objectives and in planning its activities, they have had due regard to the Charity Commission's guidance on public benefTt and that they will continue to ensure each year that they will consider how the Charity continues to meet the public benefit objectives outlined Tn the Charities Act 2011. The Trustees are satisfied that the Charity meets the requirements and conforms with the Act's definition of a Charity meeting all of the key eLements of the two key principles. THE BRITISH AND IRISH CHURCHES TRUST LIMITED (A charitable company lirnited by guarantee)
STATEMENT OF DIRECTORS. RESPONSIBILITIES The directors are responsible for preparing the Annual Report and the financial statements. The directors have chosen to prepare the accounts for the company in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice. Company law requires the directors to prepare such financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view, in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice, of the state of affairs of the company and of the income and expenditure of the company for that period and comply with UK GAAP and the Companies Act 2006. In preparing those financial stalements, the directors are required to: lal Ib) (c) (dl seLect suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently" make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent" state whether applicable accounting standards have been followed. prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the company will continue in business. The director5 are resF)onsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the company and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsibLe for safeguarding the assets of the company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities. Each of the persons who is a director at the date of approvaL of this report confirms that; there is no relevant audit information of which the company's auditors are unaware: and he I she has taken all the step5 that helshe ought to have taken as a director to make himselflherseLf aware of any reLevant audit information and to establish that the company's auditors are aware of that information. This confirmation is given and should be interpreted in accordance with the provisions of $418 of the Companies Act 2006. Approved by B&ird of Directors and signed on behalf of the Board thon or M Birch Secretary Dir te: 12 July 2022
Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of The British and Irish Churches Trust Limited Opinion We have audited the financial statements of The British and Irish Churches Trust Limited for the year ended 31 December 2021 which comprise the Statement of Financial Activities (incorporating an income and expenditure account), the Balance Sheet, the Statement of Cash Flows and notes to the financial statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reportlng Standard 102, the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice). In our opinion. the financial statements: give a true and fair view of the state of the charitable company's affairs as at 31 December 2021 and of the charitable company's net movement in funds, inclLKling the income and expenditure, for the year then ended. have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice. and have been prepared in accordance with the requirement5 of the Companies Act 2006. Basi5 for opiniorl We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing IUKI {ISAs {UKII and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are Independent of the charitable company in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statement5 in the UK, including the FRC'S Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evTdence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. Conclusions relating to going concern In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the trustees, use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed. we have rt identified any material ur)certainties relating to event5 or conditions that. individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the charitable companys ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue. Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the trustees with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report. Other information The trustees are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information included in the Trustees, Annual Report. Our opinion on the financial statements dS not cover the other information and, except to the extent other¥Yise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon. In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility TS to read the other infortrTration and, in doing so, cons7der whether the other informat7on is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appear5 to be materially misstated. If we identify such material Tnconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether there is a material misstatement in the financial statement5 or a material misstatement of the other information. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information. we are requ?red to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard.
OpTnions on other rnatters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006 In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit: the information given in the Trustees. Annual Report {which includes the directors. report prepared for the purposes of company lawl for the financial year for which the finar)cial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements. and and the directors, report included within the Trustees, Annual Report have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements. Matters orb which we are required to report by exception In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the charitable company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit. we have not identified material misstatements in the Tiustees, Annual Report Iwhich incorporates the strategic report and the directors, report). We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the Cornpanies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion: adequate accounting records have not been kept by the charitable company. or the charitable company financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting record5 and returns. or certain disclosures of trustees, remuneration specified by law are not made: or we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit. or the trustees were not entitled to prepare the financial statement5 in accordance with the small companies, regime and take advantage of the small companies. exemptions in preparing the trustees, rewrt and from the requirement to prepare a strategic report. Responsibilities of trustee5 for the financial statements As explained more fully Tn the tru5tees' responsibilities statement set out on page 5, the trustees (who are a150 the directors of the charitable company for the purtK>ses of company law) are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internaL control as the trustees determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement. wTrther due to fraLtsJ or error. In preparing the financial statements. the tnL%tees are responsible for a55e5sing the charTtable company's ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concem and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the trustees either intend to liquidate the charitable company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so. Auditor's respon5ibilitie5 for the audit of the financial statements Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement. whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor's report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of a55urance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance wth ISAS {UKI will always detect a material tnisstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if. indiwdually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements. Irregularities, including fraud. are instances of non-compliance with law5 and regulations. We design procedures in line with our responsibilities. outlined above, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud. The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including frathl is detailed below: Based on our understanding of the and the environment in which it operate5, we identified that the principal risks of non-compliance with laws and regulations related to regulatory requiretnenls of the Charity Commission, and we considered the extent to which non-compliance might have a material effect on the financial statements. We also considered those laws and regulations that have a direct impact on the preparation of the financial statements such as the Companies Act 2006 and the Charities Act2011.
We evaluated management's incentives and opportunities for fraudulent manipulation of the financial statements lincluding the risk of override of controls), and detemiined that the principal risk5 were related to posting inappropriate journal entries and management bias in accounting estimates and judgements. Audit procedures performed by the engagement team included: Inspecting correspondence with regulators and tax authorities- Discussions with managefflent including conSTderatTon of known or suspected instances of non- compliance with laws and regulation and fraud; Evaluating management'5 controls designed to prevent and detect irregularities. Identifying and testing journals, in particular journal entries posted with unusual account combinations, postings by unusual LerS or with unusual descriptions. and Challenging assumptions and judgements made by management in their critical accounting estimates A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting Counal's website at: www.frc.or .uk/auditorsres nsibilities. This description forms part of our auditor's report. Use of our report This report is made solely to the charitable cornpanls members. as a b(y, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might State to the charitable company's members those matters we are requTred to state to them in an Auditor's report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law. we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the charitable company and the charitable company's members, as a tK)dy, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed. Steven Harper Senior Statutory Auditor For and on behalf of Hay5macintyre LLP Statutory Auditor London Date.. 19 July 2022
THE BRITISH AND IRISH CHURCHES TRUST LIMITED (A charitable company limited by guarantee) Statement of financial activitTes (incorporating an income and expenditure account) for the year ended 31 December 2021 2021 Unrestricted 2021 Total 2020 Unrestricted 2020 Total Not funds funds funds funds Income and endowments from: Charitable activitie5 Rental income from lease Recharged expenses 1,2(X),CIY) 1,2CK),CK)o 8.772 8,772 1.2CIJ,C 1,200,OLX) 8,444 Total 1 208 772 1 208 772 1 208 444 Expenditure on.. Charitable actlvitles Grants to Connected CharitTes Other I.2(.c((1 1,2OJ.CI)O 8,772 8,772 1,2(K),c 1,2CKI,()J) Totsl 1 208 772 1 208 772 1 208 444 Net incomellexpenditurel Transfers b@tween fund5 Other recognised ga1nslllosI Net movement in fun(ts Reconciliation of funds: Total funds brought forward Total funds carrled forward 20,QMJO All incoming and outgoing resources detive from continuing operations. The only recognised gains and losses are the results inclLKied in the Statement of FinancTal Activities; accordingly no statement of total recognised gains and losses is included.
THE BRITISH AND IRISH CHURCHES TRUST LIMED (A charitable company l?mited by guarantee) Balance sheet as at 31 December 2021 Note 2021 2020 Current assets Debtors 19,644 13,(7 Cash at bank 128,649 122,012 Liabilities Creditor5: amounts falling due within one year 102 012 Net current assets 20,) 20,(X)O Total net assets The funds of the charity Unrestricted funds 20,(K)O 20,(X)O Total funds Approved and authorised for issue by the Board of Directors and signed on behalf of the Board of Director5 N Rothon Director Date 12 July 2022 Company Registration no.. 4724¢Y)
THE BRITISH AND IRISH CHURCHES TRUST LIMrrED (A charltable company limited by guarantee) Statement of cash flows as at 31 December 2021 Note 2021 2020 Cash flow5 from operating activities Net cash provided by operating activities Change in cash and cash equlvalents in the repwting period Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the reporting period 109.(X)5 109,C()5 Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the reporting period 109 005 Reconclllatlon of net Income to net cash flow from operating activities Decreaselllncreasel in debtors 16.6371 13,2261 Increase in creditors Net cash inflow from operating activities Analysis of cash and cash equiyalents Cash at bank and in hand 109,005 Total cash and cash equivalents 1(Y),(X)5 109,005 10
THE BRITISH AND IRISH CHURCHES TRUST LIMrrED (A charitable company limited by guarantee) Notes to the accounts 1. Accounting policies Basis of preparation The account5 (financial statements) have been prepared in accordance WTth the Charities SORP (FR5102) applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland and the Charities Act 2011 (Second Edition, effective 1 January 2019) and UK Generally Accepted Practice as it applies from 1 January 2019. The accounts are prepared under the historical cost convention. The Trustees believe there are no material uncertainties about the charity's ability to continue, and therefore the accounts have been prepared under the going concern basis. These financial statements present the results of BICT, a charitable company registered in England and Wales. Income policy All incoming resources accruing to the charity during the year are recognised in the statement of financial activities as soon as it is prudent and practicable to do 50, when entitled, probable and measurable. Rental Income from Lease consists of income from Christian Aid arising from the rent of Inter Church House. All other income is derived from recharging costs to the Charity's parent entitles. Expenditure policy Expenditure consists primarily of grants to Connected Charities consisting of grant5 of income arising from the rent of Inter Church House. Other expenditure consists of audit fees, insurance costs and minor ancillary running expenses, as set out in Note 2. 11
THE BRITISH AND IRISH CHURCHES TRUST LIMITED (A charitable company limited by guarantee) Notes to the accounts (continued) Taxation BICT as a registered charity is potentially exempt from taxation on income and gains falling Wlthin section 466-493 of the Corporation Taxes Act 2010 and section 256 of the Taxation of Chargeable Gain Act 1992 to the extent these are applied for charitable purposes. Funds General funds are donations and other incoming resources receivable or generated for the objects of the Charity without specified purpose. Judgements and estimates In the application of the charity's accounting policies, Trustees are required to make judgements, estimates, and assumptions about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and underlying assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates. The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an on-going basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised if the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods if the revision affects the current and future periods. In the view of the Trustees, no assumptions concerning the future or estimation uncertainty affecting assets and liabilities at the balance sheet date are likely to result in a material adjustment to their carrying amounts in the next financial year. The principal accounting policies, as set out above, have all been applied consistently throughout the year and the preceding year Financial Assets and Liabilities BICT has financial assets and f inancial liabilities of a kind that qualify as basic financial instruments. Basic financial instruments are initiaLly recognised at transaction value and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method. Financial assets held at amortised cost comprise trade and other debtors. Financial Liabilities held at amortised cost comprise, trade and other creditors. The financial assets held at amortised cost at 31 December 2021 were £121,274 (2020: £114,840). The financial liabilities held at amortised cost at 31 December 2021 were £108,649 (2020: £102,012). 12
THE BRITISH AND IRISH CHURCHES TRUST LIMITED (A charitable company limited by guarantee) Notes to the accounts (continued) 2. Expenditure Grants to Connected Charitie5 Grants to Connected Charities consists of grants of income arising from the rent of Inter Church House to Christian Aid. Other Charitable activities includes the following: 2021 2020 Charge for Light and Space Insurance premiums Auditorfs remuneration - audit fees Bank Charges 150 7,842 150 7,514 780 780 8,772 8,444 There were no employees in BICT, in the current or previous year. Net incomel(expenditure) Net incomel(expenditure) for the year is stated after charging". 2021 2020 Auditor's remuneration audit fees (net of VAT) 650 650 Key management personneL and Trustees receive no remuneration from BICT Ltd. 4. DEBTORS 2021 2020 Prepayments Christian Aid - current account CTBI current Account 7,375 7,172 12,269 5,835 19,644 13,007 13
THE BRITISH AND IRISH CHURCHES TRUST LIMITED (A charitable company limited by guarantee) Notes to the accounts {continued> 2021 2020 5. CREDITORS Accruals Christian Aid current account 94,248 14,401 108 649 90,186 102 012 6. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS Related party transactions in the year consisted of the recharging of expenses and grants of income arising from the rent of Inter Church House to Christian Aid. There have been no related party transactions that require disclosure other than transactions with connected charities. as follows: 2021 2020 Payments received from connected charities for rent: Christian Aid 1,200 000 1,200,000 Grants made to connected charities of rent received: Christian Aid Churches Together in Britain and Ireland 856,956 853,533 1,200,000 1,200 000 Amounts due Ito)/from connected charities at balance sheet date: Recharged expenses Christian Aid Churches Together Tn Britain and Ireland Payment of insurance premium on behalf of BICT Ltd 6,250 2,522 6,016 2,428 Christian Aid Payment of audit fees on behalf of BICT Ltd Christian Aid (8,045) 17,824) (7801 53 780 160 14
- CUSTODIAN TRUSTEE The Trust holds as custodian trustee the freeholds of the office property known as Inter Church House and a nurnber of residential properties, on behalf of Christian Aid and CTBI. 15