**REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 272318** **Report of the Trustees and Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 30th June 2021 for** **Worldwide Marriage Encounter England and Wales** LBS Accountants Old Coach House 67A Upper St John Street LICHFIELD Staffordshire WS14 9DU **Worldwide Marriage Encounter England and Wales** **Contents of the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 30th June 2021** ||Page| |---|---| |Report of the Trustees|1 to 3| |Independent Examiner's Report|4| |Statement of Financial Activities|5| |Balance Sheet|6| |Notes to the Financial Statements|7 to 12| |Detailed Statement of Financial Activities|13 to 14| ## **Worldwide Marriage Encounter England and Wales** **Report of the Trustees for the Year Ended 30th June 2021** The trustees present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 30th June 2021. The trustees have adopted the provisions of the Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) 'Accounting and Reporting by Charities' issued in March 2005. ## **REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS Registered Charity number** 272318 ## **Principal address** 46 St Anne'sRoad Banbury OX16 9DY ## **Trustees** Gary Johnson Kay Johnson Thomas Ryan SMA Mark Stubbings Sue Stubbings Paul Sabine - appointed 5.12.20 Hilary Sabine - appointed 5.12.20 ## **Independent examiner** LBS Accountants Old Coach House 67A Upper St John Street LICHFIELD Staffordshire WS14 9DU Page 1 **Worldwide Marriage Encounter England and Wales** **Report of the Trustees for the Year Ended 30th June 2021** ## **REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS Other Officers NATIONAL RESOURCE GROUP** Communication Couple Database Couple Joint Community Co-ordinating Couple Finance Couple Finance Couple Spirit Editors Team Co-ordinating Couple Deputy Team Co-ordinating Couple Weekend Team Scheduling Couple Tony & Janet Smith until January 2021 Tony & Janet Smith Russ & Deirdre Fairman Paul & Marie Kennedy Gary & Kay Johnson until 5 December 2020 Paul & Hilary Sabine from 5 December 2020 Gary & Kay Johnson until 5 December 2020 Phil & Rita Jackson Gregory & Fabienne Fauvarque Charles & Krysia Golabek Page 2 ## **Worldwide Marriage Encounter England and Wales** **Report of the Trustees for the Year Ended 30th June 2021** ## **STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT** ## **Governing document** The charity is controlled by its governing document, a deed of trust, and constitutes an unincorporated charity. ## **Risk management** The trustees have a duty to identify and review the risks to which the Charity is exposed and to ensure appropriate controls are in place to provide reasonable assurance against fraud and error. ## **OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES** ## **Statement of Public Benefit** The Charity provides public benefit by organising education, advice, guidance and discussions for married couples and couples preparing for marriage. This is in order that they may have a proper understanding of the rights, duties and responsibilities of a Christian married life in accordance with the Roman Catholic tradition as laid down by Canon Law. The Charity also provides the aforementioned for priests and members of religious orders who wish to increase their knowledge and development of their relational skills with their parishioners or in their community. ## **TRUSTEES REVIEW** This financial year has suffered from the impact of the Covid 19 restrictions on activities involving groups of people gathering together and as a result physical Encounter Weekends were substituted by video conferenced Experiences. The Charity's website has now been re-designed with a separate Engaged Encounter website created. The new Engaged Encounter website was launched successfully in August 2020. The Marriage Encounter website was subsequently re-designed and launched in January 2021. No residential or non-residential Marriage Encounter or Engaged Encounter experiences were held this year. All were completed as an Online Experience. Numbers of attendees were low with some Experiences cancelled as a result of low booking numbers. In total, thirteen couples and two priests attended Marriage Encounter Experiences and fourty-four couples attended Engaged Encounter Experiences. The Trustees have reviewed all the protocols covering a range of risks, including General Data Protection Regulation, fund raising methods and Child Protection Policy (covering those few situations when children are present at events organised by the Charity) and consider them adequate. The Charity has continued to benefit from the generosity of ongoing regular donors and, as meetings of the National Board were video conferenced, overhead costs have remained low benefiting the financial situation as reflected in the final accounts. The Trustees believe that the Charity continues to be financially sound to meet the foreseeable commitments in presenting Marriage and Engaged Encounter Experiences. Approved by order of the board of trustees on 31[st] March 2022 and signed on its behalf by: Hilary Sabine - Trustee Page 3 ## **Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of Worldwide Marriage Encounter England and Wales** I report on the accounts for the year ended 30th June 2021, which are set out on pages five to twelve. ## **Responsibilities and basis of report** As the charity's trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('the Act'). I have examined your charity's accounts as required under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 ('the Act'). In carrying out my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act. My role is to state whether any material matters have come to my attention giving me cause to believe: 1. that accounting records were not kept as required by section 130 of the Act; or 2. that the accounts do not accord with those records; or 3. that the accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements of the Act; or 4. that there is further information needed for a proper understanding of the accounts. ## **Independent examiner's statement** I have completed my examination and have no concerns in respect of the matters (1) to (4) listed above and, in connection with following the Directions of the Charity Commission I have found no matters that require drawing to your attention. M E Mottershead LBS Accountants Old Coach House 67A Upper St John Street LICHFIELD Staffordshire WS14 9DU 31st March 2022 Page 4 ## **Worldwide Marriage Encounter England and Wales** ## **Statement of Financial Activities for the Year Ended 30th June 2021** |||**30.6.21**|30.6.20| |---|---|---|---| |||**Unrestricted**|Total funds| |||**fund**|| ||Notes|**£**|£| |**INCOMING RESOURCES**|||| |**Incoming resources from generated funds**|||| |Voluntary income||**21,904**|40,209| |Investment income|2|**9**|193| |**Incoming resources from charitable activities**|||| |General charitable activities||**3,834 **|6,758| |**Total incoming resources**||**25,747**|47,160| |**RESOURCES EXPENDED**|||| |**Charitable activities**|||| |General charitable activities||**7,051 **|37,911| |**NET INCOMING RESOURCES**||**18,696**|9,249| |**RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS**|||| |**Total funds brought forward**||**70,044**|60,795| |**TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD**||**88,740**|70,044| The notes form part of these financial statements Page 5 ## **Worldwide Marriage Encounter England and Wales** ## **Balance Sheet** ## **At 30th June 2021** |||**30.6.21**|30.6.20| |---|---|---|---| |||**Unrestricted**|Total funds| |||**fund**|| ||Notes|**£**|£| |**CURRENT ASSETS**|||| |Debtors|5|**1,826**|870| |Cash at bank||**95,380**|75,047| |||**97,206**|75,917| |**CREDITORS**|||| |Amounts falling due within one year|6|**(8,466)**|(5,873)| |**NET CURRENT ASSETS**||**88,740**|70,044| |**TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT**|||| |**LIABILITIES**||**88,740**|70,044| |**NET ASSETS**||**88,740**|70,044| |**FUNDS**|7||| |Unrestricted funds||**88,740**|70,044| |**TOTAL FUNDS**||**88,740**|70,044| The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees on 31[st] March 2022 and were signed on its behalf by: Hilary Sabine - Trustee Paul Sabine - Trustee The notes form part of these financial statements Page 6 **Worldwide Marriage Encounter England and Wales** **Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 30th June 2021** ## **1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES** ## **Accounting convention** The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention, and in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard for Smaller Entities (effective April 2008), the Charities Act 2011 and the requirements of the Statement of Recommended Practice, Accounting and Reporting by Charities. ## **Incoming resources** All incoming resources are included on the Statement of Financial Activities when the charity is legally entitled to the income and the amount can be quantified with reasonable accuracy ## **Resources expended** Expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all cost related to the category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources. ## **Tangible fixed assets** Depreciation is calculated so as to write of the cost of tangible fixed assets in the year of purchase. ## **Taxation** The charity is exempt from tax on its charitable activities. ## **Fund accounting** Unrestricted funds can be used in accordance with the charitable objectives at the discretion of the trustees. Restricted funds can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the objects of the charity. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes. Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the financial statements. ## **2. INVESTMENT INCOME** ||**30.6.21**|30.6.20| |---|---|---| ||**£**|£| |Deposit account interest|**9**|193| ## **3. TRUSTEES' REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS** There were no trustees' remuneration or other benefits for the year ended 30th June 2021 nor for the year ended 30th June 2020. ## **Trustees' expenses** There were no trustees' expenses paid for the year ended 30th June 2021 nor for the year ended 30th June 2020. Page 7 **Worldwide Marriage Encounter England and Wales** ## **Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 30th June 2021** ## **4. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS** |**4.**|**TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS**||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||**Equipment**| ||||||**£**| ||**COST**||||| ||At 1st July 2020||||**5,257**| ||Additions||||**764**| ||At 30th June 2021||||**6,021**| ||**DEPRECIATION**||||| ||At 1st July 2020||||**5,257**| ||Charge for year||||**764**| ||At 30th June 2021||||**6,021**| ||**NET BOOK VALUE**||||| ||At 30th June 2021||||**-**| ||At 30th June 2020||||-| |**5.**|**DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR**||||| ||||**30.6.21**||30.6.20| ||||**£**||£| ||Trade debtors||**1,826**||870| |**6.**|**CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR**||||| ||||**30.6.21**||30.6.20| ||||**£**||£| ||Trade creditors||**6,111**||4,523| ||Other creditors||**2,355**||1,350| ||||**8,466**||5,873| |**7.**|**MOVEMENT IN FUNDS**||||| |||||**Net**|| ||||**movement in**||| ||**At**|**1.7.20**|**funds**||**At 30.6.21**| |||**£**|**£**||**£**| ||**Unrestricted funds**||||| ||General fund|**70,044**|**18,696**||**88,740**| ||**TOTAL FUNDS**|**70,044**|**18,696**||**88,740**| Page 8 **Worldwide Marriage Encounter England and Wales** ## **Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 30th June 2021** ## **7. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued** Net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows: ||**Incoming**|**Resources**
|**Movement in**| |---|---|---|---| ||**resources**|**expended**|**funds**| ||**£**|**£**|**£**| |**Unrestricted funds**|||| |General fund|**25,747**|**(7,051)**|**18,696**| |**TOTAL FUNDS**|**25,747**|**(7,051)**|**18,696**| ## **Comparatives for movement in funds** |**Comparatives for movement in funds**|| |---|---| |**At 1.7.19**
**Net**
**movement in**
**funds**
**At**
**£**
**£**
**Unrestricted Funds**
General fund
**60,795**
**9,249**

**TOTAL FUNDS**
**60,795**
**9,249**
|**30.6.20**
**£**
**70,044**| ||**70,044**| ||| Comparative net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows: ||**Incoming**|**Resources**|Movement in| |---|---|---|---| ||**resources**|**expended**|funds| ||**£**|**£**|£| |**Unrestricted funds**|||| |General fund|**47,160**|**(37,911)**|**9,249**| |**TOTAL FUNDS**|**47,160**|
**(37,911)**|**9,249**| ||||| A current year 12 months and prior year 12 months combined position is as follows: |**At 1.7.19**
**Net**
**movement in**
**funds**
**At**
**£**
**£**
**Unrestricted funds**
General fund
**60,795**
**27,945**
**TOTAL FUNDS**
**60,795**
**27,945**|**30.6.21**
**£**
**88,740**| |---|---| ||**88,740**| Page 9 **Worldwide Marriage Encounter England and Wales** ## **Notes to the Financial Statements - continued** **for the Year Ended 30th June 2021** ## **7. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued** A current year 12 months and prior year 12 months combined net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows: ||**Incoming**|**Resources**
|**Movement in**| |---|---|---|---| ||**resources**|**expended**|**funds**| ||**£**|**£**|**£**| |**Unrestricted funds**|||| |General fund|**72,907**|**(44,962) **|**27,945**| |**TOTAL FUNDS**|**72,907**|**(44,962)**|**27,945**| Page 10 ## **Worldwide Marriage Encounter England and Wales** ## **Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 30th June 2021** ## **8. DETAILS OF WEEKENDS** |**Marriage Encounter**||| |---|---|---| |**Dates**|**Venue**|**Couples**| |26 - 27 September 2020|Zoom|4| |30 - 31 January 2021|Zoom|4 + 1 Priest| |8 May 2021|Zoom|5 + 1 Priest| |**Engaged Encounter**||| |**Dates**|**Venue**|**Couples**| |3 October|Zoom|13| |23 January|Zoom|11| |17 April|Zoom|
14| |19 June|Zoom|
6| Page 11 **Worldwide Marriage Encounter England and Wales** **Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 30th June 2021** Page 12 ## **Worldwide Marriage Encounter England and Wales** ## **Detailed Statement of Financial Activities for the Year Ended 30th June 2021** |**INCOMING RESOURCES**
**Voluntary income**
Donations and booking fees
**Investment income**
Deposit account interest
**Incoming resources from charitable activities**
Tax recovered
**Total incoming resources**
**RESOURCES EXPENDED**
**Charitable activities**
Encounter weekends
National board meetings
European Council
Team training
National team expenses
**Support costs**
**Management**
Travel expenses - general
Printing and stationery
Advertising and publicity
Office equipment and hire
Web site support
IT and support costs
Miscellaneous expenses
Audit and accountancy fee
Plant and machinery
**Finance**
Insurance
Bank charges
Card and Paypal charges
**Total resources expended**|**30.6.21**
**£**
**21,904**
**9**
**3,834 **
**25,747**
**715**
**-**
**854**
**-**
**-**
**1,569**
**-**
**365**
**284**
**126**
**1,886**
**925**
**764**
**630**
**-**
**4,980**
**243**
**-**
**259**
**502 **
**7,051**|30.6.20
£
40,209
193
6,758
47,160
18,080
3,835
4,145
6,420
71
32,551
253
42
1,140
179
1,463
669
-
450
532
4,728
218
5
409
632
37,911| |---|---|---| This page does not form part of the statutory financial statements Page 13 **Worldwide Marriage Encounter England and Wales** **Detailed Statement of Financial Activities for the Year Ended 30th June 2021** |**Net income**|**30.6.21**
**£**
**18,696**|30.6.20
£| |---|---|---| |||9,249| This page does not form part of the statutory financial statements Page 14