Annual Report and Accounts
Year Ending 31[st] January 2023
People’s Mission,
Fort Street,
South Shields
NE33 2AZ
Charity Reg. No 229259
Contents
Annual Report for the Year Ending 31[st] January 2023 ............................................................ 3 Pastors Report ........................................................................................................................... 4 Accounts .................................................................................................................................... 6 Income ....................................................................................................................................... 7 Expenditure ............................................................................................................................... 8 Budget ........................................................................................................................................ 9
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Annual Report for the Year Ending 31[st] January 2023
The Annual report is an opportunity to recall the occasions during the year when the Lord has blessed us. In preparation for this report, I read my report for last year. I was shocked that the fears and struggles of living with covid featured so heavily. Life has returned to normal so quickly, it is easy to forget what we went through only a short time ago. We must praise the Lord that he kept us safe and is blessing us as we move forward with Church life.
We are in an exciting phase in the life of the fellowship. We have a Pastor who is no longer hindered by the restrictions of Covid, and I praise the Lord for what he has planned for us. Jeremiah 29:11 reads: For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.
Changes in membership
This year we have not had any new members into the Church Fellowship. We are an aging fellowship. Please prayer for those who attend the different ministries, that they will have a desire to become active members of the church.
Believers Baptisms
No requests were made this year for a believer’s baptism. May we pray that God will place a desire in the hearts of those not baptised to follow in Jesus’ example and step through the waters of baptism.
Dedications
We have however been blessed this year to have had three child dedications. Hannah and Harry Johnstone were dedicated on the 20[th] March 2022. Isla Bracey was dedicated to the Lord on the 9[th] October 2022.
Let us pray that more families will dedicate their children to the Lord in the coming year.
May God bless us during this year ahead as we continue to seek His Kingdom in all that we do.
Gwen Smith
Secretary
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Pastors Report
I write this report for our annual meeting having completed three years of ministry with the People’s Mission. Time has gone by quickly and as the proverbial saying goes; ‘time flies when you are having fun.’ What I would like to do is highlight some of the positives from last year and then give you an idea of some of the new things we’re prayerfully considering for the year to come.
Looking Back:
Over the course of the year the elders met on a monthly basis to discuss spiritual matters along with the practicalities of our Mission Ministries including the ongoing care of the many people who pass through the doors of the Mission on a weekly basis. Over the course of the year, we saw a new and old faces consistently take part in Sunday morning worship, along with new growth and involvement in our various Mission Ministries.
It has been an encouragement to have consistent weekly worship experiences that encourage preparation, participation, and involvement from all generations of the church in the 11am service. Our Ministries continue to develop, expand, and grow in particular the Junior Church. Throughout last year we were continually reminded that in order for our children to worship God, they first need to know about God. This ministry is continuing to assess and improve the Sunday morning experience for our young people and families, and we are seeing encouraging developments in both relationships and spiritual formation.
In previous years the Mission did not have a Sunday service during the Great North Run, but that changed this year with a positive number of people attending the service which coincided with the death of Queen Elizabeth II. Although some of our congregation who live further afield were unable to attend, those local to the area were still able to attend, worship and find comfort during a time of national mourning. As Pastor I have been able to frequent our Community Lunch Club, continuing to connect with and encourage those attending and participating in that practical area of service. The Thursday Morning and Afternoon Parents and Toddlers continues to operate as a community outreach with both numerical growth and foot-traffic coming from those sessions into the Sunday morning experience, along with other areas of the Mission. It has been encouraging to see more dads attend these sessions and get involved in practical ways around the Mission.
There was a positive impact made with the running of Christianity Explored and the plan is to have this initiative run annually. We were privileged to have two top-notch speakers share with us, both Dave Fenton who spoke on ‘Hope for the Hopeless’ and Jonathan Lamb who delivered a series of talks of ‘Anxiety, Uncertainty, and Weakness’ – messages that are some of the most viewed on the Mission’s YouTube channel. We were also blessed to have Richard Sanderson from New Hope for Children share about the work happening in Bulgota, drawing our awareness to both local and global missions.
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Over the last year it was encouraging to see greater involvement of the church family and newcomers in new areas of church worship/ service; As the primary teacher in the overall ministry of the Mission last year saw a combination of both monologue, dialogue and creative, visual learning, to help people become fully committed followers of Jesus in both Sunday services and mid-week Bible Study; Last year the decision was made to combine the prayer meeting and Bible study together with positive, lasting results.
On going community connections were made through the Great Canadian Breakfast (x3), the Great Weed Pull with our young people looking after the outside of our building, our Walk & Talk initiative, South Tyneside Parade; the Cardboard Car Drive-In, and Ladies Christmas Dessert Night; Things are better when we work together. We were able to have a joint Remembrance Day service once again with St. Stephen’s Church. The People’s Mission Silver Band celebrated another year of Music with both new and old faces taking part. We saw a continued boost in the People’s Mission profile through our consistent and creative online interaction with others using Google Business, LinkedIn, Instagram, and Facebook, which has proven vital for both promotion and proclamation.
Looking Forward:
Much of what happened last year in terms of programs and initiatives will be happening again this year, with speakers Dave Fenton returning along with Richard Sanderson, representatives from London City Mission and Release International.
We are also prayerfully considering an initiative during the summer months – particularity in August – that will see a young person’s holiday Bible club take place specifically focus on sharing the gospel, along with fun interactive games. We are exploring the possibility of having two workers from Child Evangelism Fellowship join us at that time to assist us in this initiative. If this were to take place there would be a financial cost involved.
We are also increasingly aware that our Junior Church members are growing up, along with the presence of many young people in our community around the Mission. We want to continue connecting with our young people and potential bring new young people into the Mission and to help do this, we are prayerfully planning to implement a youth group ministry in the near future – ‘Impact Youth’ – but again, to help in this initiative the purchasing of a few items will be required; such as 2 table tennis tables and other items for the young people to have activities.
Conclusion:
These are but a few of the many exciting things that have happened and with God’s help and enabling, will happen again or for the first time in 2023. We continue to look to the Lord for guidance and strength, and for the People’s Mission to be united together as we seek first the Kingdom of God, and the righteousness found in the Lord Jesus Christ.
Respectfully Submitted,
Pastor Daniel
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Accounts
For the year ending 31st January 2023
| Current Accounts: | |
|---|---|
| Petty Cash | £21.91 |
| Current Account NatWest | £ 38,329.54 |
| Total | £38,351.45 |
| Investments: | |
| Cambridge & Counties | £82,196.79 |
| Monmouthshire Building Society | £65,196.03 |
| Hodge Bank | £0.00 |
| Total | £147,392.82 |
Total as at 31.1.2022 £185,744.27
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Income
Accounts for the year ending 31[st] January 2023
| Category | 31.01.2023 | 31.01.2022 |
|---|---|---|
| Donations | £6,060.42 | £3,137.85 |
| Gift Aid | £0.00 | £6,276.48 |
| Investments | £59,869.49 | £0.00 |
| Legacies | £0.00 | £5,000.00 |
| Macmillan Coffee Morning | £230.00 | £0.00 |
| Miscellaneous | £3,086.33 | £645.42 |
| Other Offering | £712.50 | £0.00 |
| Pastor Expenses | £0.00 | £0.00 |
| Standing Order Offerings | £9,460.00 | £0.00 |
| Sunday Offering | £14,429.87 | £25,030.21 |
| Transfers | £0.00 | £15,000.00 |
| Weddings / Funerals / Christenings | £146.50 | |
| Total | £93,995.11 | £55,089.96 |
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Expenditure
Accounts for the year ending 31st January 2023
| Category | 31.01.2023 | 31.01.2022 |
|---|---|---|
| Capital Expenditure | £914.21 | £0.00 |
| Cleaning | £2,005.81 | £209.32 |
| Communion Wine | £0.00 | £68.68 |
| Decorating | £23.99 | £0.00 |
| Donations | £2,642.00 | £400.00 |
| Electric / Gas / Water | £3,190.16 | £2,590.40 |
| Fire Safety / Boiler Servicing | £118.56 | £585.30 |
| Flowers | £121.62 | £0.00 |
| Gifts | £261.88 | £0.00 |
| Insurance & Licences | £4,854.43 | £4,404.04 |
| Kitchen Equipment | £0.00 | £26.99 |
| Macmillan | £230.00 | £0.00 |
| Miscellaneous | £2,341.51 | £1,491.85 |
| Missionary Quota | £3,500.00 | £3,010.00 |
| Music Books / CDs / DVDs | £328.98 | £159.84 |
| Pastor Expenses | £9,270.00 | £12,510.12 |
| Pastor Salary | £23,587.02 | £22,735.52 |
| Preacher's Expenses | £900.00 | £400.00 |
| Printing / Postage / Stationery | £39.45 | £0.00 |
| Refreshments | £475.66 | £318.86 |
| Repairs & Renewals | £11,067.94 | £0.00 |
| Safeguarding | £191.50 | £0.00 |
| Technical Equipment | £1,764.53 | £143.90 |
| Wi-Fi | £258.46 | £206.16 |
| Total | £68,072.71 | £51,883.17 |
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Budget
For the year 2023/2024
| Category | 2023/2024 | 2022/2023 (Budget) |
2022/2023 (Spend) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capital Expenditure | £1,000.00 | £3,000.00 | £914.21 |
| Cleaning | £1,000.00 | £300.00 | £2,005.81 |
| Compassion UK | £0.00 | £1,150.00 | £0.00 |
| Decorating | £300.00 | £500.00 | £23.99 |
| Donations | £400.00 | £400.00 | £2,642.00 |
| Electric / Gas / Water | £4,000.00 | £3,500.00 | £3,190.16 |
| Flowers | £300.00 | £400.00 | £121.62 |
| Insurance & Licences | £5,200.00 | £4,100.00 | £4,854.43 |
| Kitchen Equipment | £150.00 | £150.00 | £0.00 |
| Maintenance | £5,000.00 | £5,000.00 | £11,186.50 |
| Miscellaneous | £500.00 | £400.00 | £2,326.51 |
| Missionary Quota | £3,000.00 | £3,000.00 | £3,500.00 |
| Music Books / CDs / DVDs | £250.00 | £100.00 | £328.98 |
| Pastor Expenses | £10,000.00 | £20,000.00 | £9,270.00 |
| Pastor Salary | £24,500.00 | £24,000.00 | £23,587.02 |
| Preacher's Expenses | £600.00 | £500.00 | £900.00 |
| Printing / Postage / Stationery | £50.00 | £100.00 | £39.45 |
| Refreshments | £400.00 | £200.00 | £475.66 |
| Safeguarding | £250.00 | £0.00 | £191.50 |
| Technical Equipment | £1,000.00 | £0.00 | £1,764.53 |
| Wi-Fi | £300.00 | £204.00 | £258.46 |
| Total | £58,200.00 | £67,004.00 | £67,580.83 |
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Annual Report and Accounts
Year Ending 31[st] January 2023
People’s Mission,
Fort Street,
South Shields
NE33 2AZ
Charity Reg. No 229259
Contents
Annual Report for the Year Ending 31[st] January 2023 ............................................................ 3 Pastors Report ........................................................................................................................... 4 Accounts .................................................................................................................................... 6 Income ....................................................................................................................................... 7 Expenditure ............................................................................................................................... 8 Budget ........................................................................................................................................ 9
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Annual Report for the Year Ending 31[st] January 2023
The Annual report is an opportunity to recall the occasions during the year when the Lord has blessed us. In preparation for this report, I read my report for last year. I was shocked that the fears and struggles of living with covid featured so heavily. Life has returned to normal so quickly, it is easy to forget what we went through only a short time ago. We must praise the Lord that he kept us safe and is blessing us as we move forward with Church life.
We are in an exciting phase in the life of the fellowship. We have a Pastor who is no longer hindered by the restrictions of Covid, and I praise the Lord for what he has planned for us. Jeremiah 29:11 reads: For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.
Changes in membership
This year we have not had any new members into the Church Fellowship. We are an aging fellowship. Please prayer for those who attend the different ministries, that they will have a desire to become active members of the church.
Believers Baptisms
No requests were made this year for a believer’s baptism. May we pray that God will place a desire in the hearts of those not baptised to follow in Jesus’ example and step through the waters of baptism.
Dedications
We have however been blessed this year to have had three child dedications. Hannah and Harry Johnstone were dedicated on the 20[th] March 2022. Isla Bracey was dedicated to the Lord on the 9[th] October 2022.
Let us pray that more families will dedicate their children to the Lord in the coming year.
May God bless us during this year ahead as we continue to seek His Kingdom in all that we do.
Gwen Smith
Secretary
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Pastors Report
I write this report for our annual meeting having completed three years of ministry with the People’s Mission. Time has gone by quickly and as the proverbial saying goes; ‘time flies when you are having fun.’ What I would like to do is highlight some of the positives from last year and then give you an idea of some of the new things we’re prayerfully considering for the year to come.
Looking Back:
Over the course of the year the elders met on a monthly basis to discuss spiritual matters along with the practicalities of our Mission Ministries including the ongoing care of the many people who pass through the doors of the Mission on a weekly basis. Over the course of the year, we saw a new and old faces consistently take part in Sunday morning worship, along with new growth and involvement in our various Mission Ministries.
It has been an encouragement to have consistent weekly worship experiences that encourage preparation, participation, and involvement from all generations of the church in the 11am service. Our Ministries continue to develop, expand, and grow in particular the Junior Church. Throughout last year we were continually reminded that in order for our children to worship God, they first need to know about God. This ministry is continuing to assess and improve the Sunday morning experience for our young people and families, and we are seeing encouraging developments in both relationships and spiritual formation.
In previous years the Mission did not have a Sunday service during the Great North Run, but that changed this year with a positive number of people attending the service which coincided with the death of Queen Elizabeth II. Although some of our congregation who live further afield were unable to attend, those local to the area were still able to attend, worship and find comfort during a time of national mourning. As Pastor I have been able to frequent our Community Lunch Club, continuing to connect with and encourage those attending and participating in that practical area of service. The Thursday Morning and Afternoon Parents and Toddlers continues to operate as a community outreach with both numerical growth and foot-traffic coming from those sessions into the Sunday morning experience, along with other areas of the Mission. It has been encouraging to see more dads attend these sessions and get involved in practical ways around the Mission.
There was a positive impact made with the running of Christianity Explored and the plan is to have this initiative run annually. We were privileged to have two top-notch speakers share with us, both Dave Fenton who spoke on ‘Hope for the Hopeless’ and Jonathan Lamb who delivered a series of talks of ‘Anxiety, Uncertainty, and Weakness’ – messages that are some of the most viewed on the Mission’s YouTube channel. We were also blessed to have Richard Sanderson from New Hope for Children share about the work happening in Bulgota, drawing our awareness to both local and global missions.
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Over the last year it was encouraging to see greater involvement of the church family and newcomers in new areas of church worship/ service; As the primary teacher in the overall ministry of the Mission last year saw a combination of both monologue, dialogue and creative, visual learning, to help people become fully committed followers of Jesus in both Sunday services and mid-week Bible Study; Last year the decision was made to combine the prayer meeting and Bible study together with positive, lasting results.
On going community connections were made through the Great Canadian Breakfast (x3), the Great Weed Pull with our young people looking after the outside of our building, our Walk & Talk initiative, South Tyneside Parade; the Cardboard Car Drive-In, and Ladies Christmas Dessert Night; Things are better when we work together. We were able to have a joint Remembrance Day service once again with St. Stephen’s Church. The People’s Mission Silver Band celebrated another year of Music with both new and old faces taking part. We saw a continued boost in the People’s Mission profile through our consistent and creative online interaction with others using Google Business, LinkedIn, Instagram, and Facebook, which has proven vital for both promotion and proclamation.
Looking Forward:
Much of what happened last year in terms of programs and initiatives will be happening again this year, with speakers Dave Fenton returning along with Richard Sanderson, representatives from London City Mission and Release International.
We are also prayerfully considering an initiative during the summer months – particularity in August – that will see a young person’s holiday Bible club take place specifically focus on sharing the gospel, along with fun interactive games. We are exploring the possibility of having two workers from Child Evangelism Fellowship join us at that time to assist us in this initiative. If this were to take place there would be a financial cost involved.
We are also increasingly aware that our Junior Church members are growing up, along with the presence of many young people in our community around the Mission. We want to continue connecting with our young people and potential bring new young people into the Mission and to help do this, we are prayerfully planning to implement a youth group ministry in the near future – ‘Impact Youth’ – but again, to help in this initiative the purchasing of a few items will be required; such as 2 table tennis tables and other items for the young people to have activities.
Conclusion:
These are but a few of the many exciting things that have happened and with God’s help and enabling, will happen again or for the first time in 2023. We continue to look to the Lord for guidance and strength, and for the People’s Mission to be united together as we seek first the Kingdom of God, and the righteousness found in the Lord Jesus Christ.
Respectfully Submitted,
Pastor Daniel
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Accounts
For the year ending 31st January 2023
| Current Accounts: | |
|---|---|
| Petty Cash | £21.91 |
| Current Account NatWest | £ 38,329.54 |
| Total | £38,351.45 |
| Investments: | |
| Cambridge & Counties | £82,196.79 |
| Monmouthshire Building Society | £65,196.03 |
| Hodge Bank | £0.00 |
| Total | £147,392.82 |
Total as at 31.1.2022 £185,744.27
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Income
Accounts for the year ending 31[st] January 2023
| Category | 31.01.2023 | 31.01.2022 |
|---|---|---|
| Donations | £6,060.42 | £3,137.85 |
| Gift Aid | £0.00 | £6,276.48 |
| Investments | £59,869.49 | £0.00 |
| Legacies | £0.00 | £5,000.00 |
| Macmillan Coffee Morning | £230.00 | £0.00 |
| Miscellaneous | £3,086.33 | £645.42 |
| Other Offering | £712.50 | £0.00 |
| Pastor Expenses | £0.00 | £0.00 |
| Standing Order Offerings | £9,460.00 | £0.00 |
| Sunday Offering | £14,429.87 | £25,030.21 |
| Transfers | £0.00 | £15,000.00 |
| Weddings / Funerals / Christenings | £146.50 | |
| Total | £93,995.11 | £55,089.96 |
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Expenditure
Accounts for the year ending 31st January 2023
| Category | 31.01.2023 | 31.01.2022 |
|---|---|---|
| Capital Expenditure | £914.21 | £0.00 |
| Cleaning | £2,005.81 | £209.32 |
| Communion Wine | £0.00 | £68.68 |
| Decorating | £23.99 | £0.00 |
| Donations | £2,642.00 | £400.00 |
| Electric / Gas / Water | £3,190.16 | £2,590.40 |
| Fire Safety / Boiler Servicing | £118.56 | £585.30 |
| Flowers | £121.62 | £0.00 |
| Gifts | £261.88 | £0.00 |
| Insurance & Licences | £4,854.43 | £4,404.04 |
| Kitchen Equipment | £0.00 | £26.99 |
| Macmillan | £230.00 | £0.00 |
| Miscellaneous | £2,341.51 | £1,491.85 |
| Missionary Quota | £3,500.00 | £3,010.00 |
| Music Books / CDs / DVDs | £328.98 | £159.84 |
| Pastor Expenses | £9,270.00 | £12,510.12 |
| Pastor Salary | £23,587.02 | £22,735.52 |
| Preacher's Expenses | £900.00 | £400.00 |
| Printing / Postage / Stationery | £39.45 | £0.00 |
| Refreshments | £475.66 | £318.86 |
| Repairs & Renewals | £11,067.94 | £0.00 |
| Safeguarding | £191.50 | £0.00 |
| Technical Equipment | £1,764.53 | £143.90 |
| Wi-Fi | £258.46 | £206.16 |
| Total | £68,072.71 | £51,883.17 |
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Budget
For the year 2023/2024
| Category | 2023/2024 | 2022/2023 (Budget) |
2022/2023 (Spend) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capital Expenditure | £1,000.00 | £3,000.00 | £914.21 |
| Cleaning | £1,000.00 | £300.00 | £2,005.81 |
| Compassion UK | £0.00 | £1,150.00 | £0.00 |
| Decorating | £300.00 | £500.00 | £23.99 |
| Donations | £400.00 | £400.00 | £2,642.00 |
| Electric / Gas / Water | £4,000.00 | £3,500.00 | £3,190.16 |
| Flowers | £300.00 | £400.00 | £121.62 |
| Insurance & Licences | £5,200.00 | £4,100.00 | £4,854.43 |
| Kitchen Equipment | £150.00 | £150.00 | £0.00 |
| Maintenance | £5,000.00 | £5,000.00 | £11,186.50 |
| Miscellaneous | £500.00 | £400.00 | £2,326.51 |
| Missionary Quota | £3,000.00 | £3,000.00 | £3,500.00 |
| Music Books / CDs / DVDs | £250.00 | £100.00 | £328.98 |
| Pastor Expenses | £10,000.00 | £20,000.00 | £9,270.00 |
| Pastor Salary | £24,500.00 | £24,000.00 | £23,587.02 |
| Preacher's Expenses | £600.00 | £500.00 | £900.00 |
| Printing / Postage / Stationery | £50.00 | £100.00 | £39.45 |
| Refreshments | £400.00 | £200.00 | £475.66 |
| Safeguarding | £250.00 | £0.00 | £191.50 |
| Technical Equipment | £1,000.00 | £0.00 | £1,764.53 |
| Wi-Fi | £300.00 | £204.00 | £258.46 |
| Total | £58,200.00 | £67,004.00 | £67,580.83 |
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CHARTERED CERTIFIED ACCOUNTANTS & STATUTORY AUDITORS 7, November 2023 Alex Brydon Colorworld Imaging PO Box 2, Norham Road North Shields NE29 OYQ Dear Alex Please find enclosed the Independent Annual Report and Accounts Audit for The Peoples Mission year ended 31" January 2023. We are pleased to report the Accounts have passed a clean Audit and we can confirm they are free from any material errors. Should you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact us. We look forward to hearing from you. Yours sincerely For TR Dixon & Co Ltd Will Clifton FCCA CHARTERED CERTIFIED ACCOUNTANTS I STATUTORY AUDITORS 8*11Nuda Hou4e. IA Dinqd.Il¥ PlilQQ. JpsiTiond. Neilif.dl4tlo Jpoii T/ilt' NE?. IBD Te1. 0191222 2628 ACCA
The People's Mission Independent Annual Report and A¢count5 Audit For the year ended 31 January 2023 TR Dixon & Co Ltd Chartered Certified Accountants Statutory Auditors Bermuda House IA Dinsdale Place Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 IBD
We have audited the Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31" January 2023, which have been prepared from the accounting records, iriformation and explanations provided to us by Gwen Smith, acting on behalf of the People's Mission Respective responsibilities of The People's Mission and Independent Auditor The People's Mission are re5pon5ible for keeping proper, complete accounting records and for the preparation of the Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31" January 2023. Gwen Smith has Ljndertaken these responsibilities on behalf of The People's Mission. It is our responsibility to form an independent opinion, based on our audit, on the Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31, January 2023 and to report our opinion exclusively to the People's Mission, to the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume any liability to anyone other than The People's Mission, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed. An audit involves obtaining evidence about the amounts in the statement sufficient to give reasonable assurance that it is free from material misstatement, whether caused by fraud or error. If we become aware of any apparent material mi55tatements or incon5i5tencies, we consider the implications for our report. Basis of opinion We planned and performed our independent audit so as to obtain all the information and explanations which we considered necessary in order to provide us Wlth sufficient evidence to give reasonable assurance that the Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31, January 2023 show a true and fair summary of the accounting records relating to The People's Mission and is sufficiently supported by accounts, receipts and other documents which have been made available to us. We are not required to express an opinion on the adequacy of any future expenditure. We include appen(Jix A, B and C as evidence of the verification of figures provided.
Opinion In our opinion, the Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31" January 2023 have been prepared in accordance with the accounting records, information and explanations provided to Us, and is sufficiently supported by accounts, receipts, and other documents. is correctly Stated and free of material error. Jennifer O'Toole FCCA Ba (Honsl (Senior Statutory Auditor) TR Dixon & Co Ltd Chartered Certified Accountants Statutory Auditors Bermuda House IA Dinsdale Place Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 IBD Date.. 7, November 2023