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EBENEZER TRUST

REPORT AND ACCOUNTS

for the year ended 5 April 2022

EBENEZER TRUST

REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Legal Status: Ebenezer Trust is governed by its Trust Deed dated 22 Charitable Status: The Trust's activities are of a wholly charitable nature a not operate with a view to profit. It is registered with th Commission for England and Wales under reference 27 Trustees: Nigel T Davey Ruth M Davey Principal Address: Longwood Lodge Whites Hill Stock Ingatestone Essex CM4 9QB Bankers: HSBC 91 High Street Brentwood Essex CM14 4RU Investment manage UBS AG - London Branch 5 Broadgate London EC2M 2AN Independent Examin Nicholas Tavener 15 Shenfield Place Shenfield Brentwood Essex CM15 9AG

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August 1976. nd it does ie Charity 2574.

EBENEZER TRUST

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 5 APRIL 2022

The Trustees submit their annual report for the year ended 5 April 2022, includ and administrative information on Page 1.

STRUCTURE GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT

The Trust was established under Trust Deed on 22 August 1976, under which s appointing new Trustees applies to the existing Trustees.

The Trust is managed directly by the Trustees who do not normally recover the involved in doing so. There were no changes in Trustees during the year.

OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES

The charitable objectives of the Trust are to make grants and donations to char evangelical Christian, bodies both in the UK and abroad, in which the Trustees interest. The Trustees make charitable donations at their discretion as they be which they wish to support.

ACTIVITIES IN THE YEAR

During the year grants and donations totalling £389,745 were made to 42 orga (2021: £96,108 to 48 organisations).

FINANCIAL REVIEW AND RESERVES POLICY

The results for the year are set out on Pages 4 to 11.

The cash receipts in the year from gifts were less than the amount given to cha and this may also be the normal position in future years. The Trustees accept t content for the Trust's reserves to be depleted in this way in future years. The significant portfolio of investments which will be realised when appropriate opp make charitable donations present themselves. It is the long-term policy of the give away the Trust's funds, and there is therefore no policy in relation to the r particular level of reserves.

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anisations

aritable causes, this and will be Trust has a portunities to e trustees to retention of any

EBENEZER TRUST

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 5 APRIL 2022 (continued)

STATEMENT OF TRUSTEES' RESPONSIBILITIES

The Trustees' responsibilities are to prepare financial statements for each finan

The Trustees are also responsible for keeping proper accounting records which reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the Trust and to enabl that the financial statements are properly prepared. They are responsible for s assets of the Trust and for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detec other irregularities.

The Trustees have also had regard to the Charity Commission's general guidan benefit when reviewing their grant making activities in pursuance of the aims o

Signed on behalf of the Trustees

N T Davey

N T Davey

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ncial year.

h disclose with le them to ensure safeguarding the ction of fraud and

nce on public of the Trust.

EBENEZER TRUST

INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of Ebenezer Trust (" for the year ended 5 April 2022

Responsibilities and the basis of my report

As the charity trustees of the Trust you are responsible for the preparation of th accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ("the Act").

I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts, which I have car section 145 of the Act, and in carrying out my examination, I have followed all t Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent Examiner's statement

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have com connection with the examination which give me cause to believe that in any ma (i) accounting records for the Trust were not kept, as required by section (ii) the accounts do not accord with those records.

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with t which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper unde accounts to be reached.

Signed: Nicholas Tavener Date: 22 November 2022 Name: Nicholas Tavener Address: 15 Shenfield Place Shenfield Brentwood Essex CM15 9AG

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me to my attention in aterial respect: 130 of the Act; or

the examination to erstanding of the

EBENEZER TRUST

STATEMENT OF CASH RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 5 APRIL 2022

Unrestricted Unrestricted Total Total
Funds Funds Funds
2022 2022 2021
Notes £ £ £
RECEIPTS
Donations and legacies 4 100 100 43,700
Interest received 0 0 6
Gift Aid refunds received (for 2020/21) 10,765 10,765 10,959
10,865 10,865 54,665
Transfer of cash from investment p 2 350,000 350,000 50,000
Total incoming cash resources 360,865 360,865 104,665
PAYMENTS
Expenditure on Charitable activities:
Grants and donations 5 389,745 389,745 96,108
Other expenses 6 93 93 131
Total outgoing resources 389,838 389,838 96,239
0
0
Net (outgoing)/incoming cash resour (28,973) (28,973) 8,426
Total funds at 6 April 2021 31,834 31,834 23,408
Total funds at 5 April 2022 2,861 2,861 31,834

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EBENEZER TRUST

STATEMENT OF FUNDS, ASSETS AND LIABILITIES AT 5 APRIL 2022

Unrestricted
Funds
2022
£
HSBC current account
2,861
2,861
Held for the beneft of:
General Fund
2,861
Other monetary assets
Income tax recoverable under Gift Aid
75
including £50 under-recovered in 2020-21.
Other assets retained for trustees' use
Portfolio managed by UBS AG,
London Ofice
2
###
Total
Funds
2022
2,861
2,861
2,861
75
###
Total
Funds
2021
£
31,834
31,834
31,834
10,815
745,201

Liabilities There were no liabilities at the year end. N T Davey R M Davey

There were no liabilities at the year end.

(Signed)

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EBENEZER TRUST

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 5 APRIL 2021

1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of Accounting

The financial statements have been prepared on the basis of receipts an reflecting the flows of cash through the charity's bank accounts. The c financial and non-financial assets and liabilities are separately noted in The charity constitutes a public benefit entity. The trustees consider tha uncertainties about the charity's ability to meet its few liabilities when

Funds structure

Where donors impose a restriction on how their donation may be expen expenditure being within the objects of the charity - their donations are separate Restricted Fund. If Gift Aid is recovered on such gifts, the tax passed to the beneficiary of the original gift. All other donation income Unrestricted Funds to be distributed at the Trustees' discretion.

Receipts

Donation income and the recovery of income tax under Gift Aid are acc cash receipts basis; gifts are not grossed for the anticipated Gift Aid re

Expenditure

Costs of charitable activities comprise grants made in the year and any administration costs including bank charges and those costs associated constitutional and statutory requirements of the charity.

Portfolio valuation

The portfolio of stocks and shares, managed for the trustees by UBS AG is shown in the Statements of Funds, Assets and Liabilities at its marke year end. The valuation is shown net of management fees which are de manager from the cash element of the portfolio.

Taxation

The Trust is a charity within the meaning of the Charities Act 2011. Ac Charity is potentially exempt from taxation in respect of income or gain within Section 256 of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 to the such income or gains are applied exclusively to its charitable purpose.

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EBENEZER TRUST

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 5 APRIL 2022

2 THE UBS-MANAGED INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO

Funds not likely to be required in the short term to enable donations to b invested in a portfolio managed by UBS AG London Office. Funds of £57 been so invested in recent years. Income received and realised gains hav accumulated within the portfolio.

During the year, Nigel Davey gave to the Trust some listed shares. These sold by the trustees for a total of £55,600 and the proceeds were reinvest Trust's portfolio at UBS.

During the year two amounts totalling £350,000 were transferred from th portfolio to the trust's bank account at HSBC. At 5 April 2022 the remain had a market value of £470,790.

3 RESTRICTED FUNDS

There were no Restricted Funds received during the year.

4 DONATIONS AND GIFT AID RECOVERED

Unrestricted
**Restricted **
Unrestricted
**Restricted **
Unrestricted
**Restricted **
Total Total
Funds Funds Funds Funds
2022 2022 2022 2021
£ £ £ £
Gift Aid donations:
N T Davey 0 0 42,600
Others 100 0 100 660
100 0 100 43,260
Non Gift-aided donations
Others 0 0 0 440
Gift Aid refunds received for 20 10,765 0 10,765 10,959
10,865 0 10,865 54,659
For the year ended 5 April 202 53,219 1,440 54,659

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were ted within the

he UBS ning portfolio

EBENEZER TRUST

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 5 APRIL 2021

5 GRANTS AND DONATIONS

All grants and donations in furtherance of the Charity's objects hav

Unrestricte
Total
Funds
Funds
2022
2021
£
£
Age UK
-
1,000
Alpha International
4,000
2,000
Arise & Shine Children's Home
-
1,000
Baptist Home Mission - Eastern Baptist Associat
1,000
1,000
Baptist Missionary Society
3,000
3,000
Barnabas Fund
4,000
6,000
Servants Fellowship International
1,000
1,000
Bible Society
1,000
1,000
Billericay Street Pastors
0
250
Brentwood Schools Christian Worker Trust
1,500
1,500
Care for the Family
1,000
2,000
CARE Trust
1,000
1,000
Chelmsford Food Bank
0
500
CHESS
302,500
3,500
Christ Church, Stock
9,000
9,600
Christian Aid
2,000
3,000
Christian Enquiry Agency
500
500
Christian Vision for Men
500
500
Crisis
1,000
1,000
Evangelical Alliance
2,000
2,000
Far East Broadcasting Association
0
1,000
Fellowship Afoat
1,000
1,000
Good News for Eveyone - Scripture Fund
1,000
2,500
Good News for Everyone - annual subscription/
120
276
Guildford Cathedral
0
1,000
Gunnersbury Baptist Church
20,000
0
Livability
1,000
2,000
London City Mission
1,000
7,000
London Institute for Contemporary Christianity
500
500
Missionary Aviation Fellowship
1,500
1,500
Motor Neurone Disease Association
1,000
1,000
Carried forward to Page 10
362,120
59,126
Unrestricte
Total
Funds
Funds
2022
2021
£
£
Age UK
-
1,000
Alpha International
4,000
2,000
Arise & Shine Children's Home
-
1,000
Baptist Home Mission - Eastern Baptist Associat
1,000
1,000
Baptist Missionary Society
3,000
3,000
Barnabas Fund
4,000
6,000
Servants Fellowship International
1,000
1,000
Bible Society
1,000
1,000
Billericay Street Pastors
0
250
Brentwood Schools Christian Worker Trust
1,500
1,500
Care for the Family
1,000
2,000
CARE Trust
1,000
1,000
Chelmsford Food Bank
0
500
CHESS
302,500
3,500
Christ Church, Stock
9,000
9,600
Christian Aid
2,000
3,000
Christian Enquiry Agency
500
500
Christian Vision for Men
500
500
Crisis
1,000
1,000
Evangelical Alliance
2,000
2,000
Far East Broadcasting Association
0
1,000
Fellowship Afoat
1,000
1,000
Good News for Eveyone - Scripture Fund
1,000
2,500
Good News for Everyone - annual subscription/
120
276
Guildford Cathedral
0
1,000
Gunnersbury Baptist Church
20,000
0
Livability
1,000
2,000
London City Mission
1,000
7,000
London Institute for Contemporary Christianity
500
500
Missionary Aviation Fellowship
1,500
1,500
Motor Neurone Disease Association
1,000
1,000
Carried forward to Page 10
362,120
59,126
Unrestricte
Total
Funds
Funds
2022
2021
£
£
Age UK
-
1,000
Alpha International
4,000
2,000
Arise & Shine Children's Home
-
1,000
Baptist Home Mission - Eastern Baptist Associat
1,000
1,000
Baptist Missionary Society
3,000
3,000
Barnabas Fund
4,000
6,000
Servants Fellowship International
1,000
1,000
Bible Society
1,000
1,000
Billericay Street Pastors
0
250
Brentwood Schools Christian Worker Trust
1,500
1,500
Care for the Family
1,000
2,000
CARE Trust
1,000
1,000
Chelmsford Food Bank
0
500
CHESS
302,500
3,500
Christ Church, Stock
9,000
9,600
Christian Aid
2,000
3,000
Christian Enquiry Agency
500
500
Christian Vision for Men
500
500
Crisis
1,000
1,000
Evangelical Alliance
2,000
2,000
Far East Broadcasting Association
0
1,000
Fellowship Afoat
1,000
1,000
Good News for Eveyone - Scripture Fund
1,000
2,500
Good News for Everyone - annual subscription/
120
276
Guildford Cathedral
0
1,000
Gunnersbury Baptist Church
20,000
0
Livability
1,000
2,000
London City Mission
1,000
7,000
London Institute for Contemporary Christianity
500
500
Missionary Aviation Fellowship
1,500
1,500
Motor Neurone Disease Association
1,000
1,000
Carried forward to Page 10
362,120
59,126
Unrestricte
Total
Funds
Funds
2022
2021
£
£
Age UK
-
1,000
Alpha International
4,000
2,000
Arise & Shine Children's Home
-
1,000
Baptist Home Mission - Eastern Baptist Associat
1,000
1,000
Baptist Missionary Society
3,000
3,000
Barnabas Fund
4,000
6,000
Servants Fellowship International
1,000
1,000
Bible Society
1,000
1,000
Billericay Street Pastors
0
250
Brentwood Schools Christian Worker Trust
1,500
1,500
Care for the Family
1,000
2,000
CARE Trust
1,000
1,000
Chelmsford Food Bank
0
500
CHESS
302,500
3,500
Christ Church, Stock
9,000
9,600
Christian Aid
2,000
3,000
Christian Enquiry Agency
500
500
Christian Vision for Men
500
500
Crisis
1,000
1,000
Evangelical Alliance
2,000
2,000
Far East Broadcasting Association
0
1,000
Fellowship Afoat
1,000
1,000
Good News for Eveyone - Scripture Fund
1,000
2,500
Good News for Everyone - annual subscription/
120
276
Guildford Cathedral
0
1,000
Gunnersbury Baptist Church
20,000
0
Livability
1,000
2,000
London City Mission
1,000
7,000
London Institute for Contemporary Christianity
500
500
Missionary Aviation Fellowship
1,500
1,500
Motor Neurone Disease Association
1,000
1,000
Carried forward to Page 10
362,120
59,126
£
1,000
2,000
1,000
1,000
3,000
6,000
1,000
1,000
250
1,500
2,000
1,000
500
3,500
9,600
3,000
500
500
1,000
2,000
1,000
1,000
2,500
276
1,000
0
2,000
7,000
500
1,500
1,000
362,120
59,126

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e been made to .

EBENEZER TRUST

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 5 APRIL 2022

5 GRANTS AND DONATIONS - continued

Unrestricte
Total
Funds
Funds
2022
2021
Brought forward from page 9
362,120
59,126
Open Doors
1,000
1,000
Renew Counselling
2,000
4,000
Rotary Club - Chelmsford
100
0
St Francis Hospice
1,000
2,000
St Martin-in-the-Fields Trust
-
1,000
St Martin's Centre, Birmingham
-
1,000
Salvation Army
1,000
2,000
Samaritan's Purse
5,000
5,000
Scripture Union
1,000
1,000
Special Needs and Parents
125
193
Spurgeons
1,000
1,000
Spurgeon's College
2,000
2,000
Stewardship Services
2,000
2,000
Tearfund
5,000
7,000
Treasures in Heaven Trust
400
400
Trinity College, Cambridge
2,500
2,500
Tyndale House
500
500
UCCF
1,000
0
Wheels for the World
1,000
1,000
Witham BB
1,000
1,000
World Team
0
2,389
389,745
96,108
Unrestricte
Total
Funds
Funds
2022
2021
Brought forward from page 9
362,120
59,126
Open Doors
1,000
1,000
Renew Counselling
2,000
4,000
Rotary Club - Chelmsford
100
0
St Francis Hospice
1,000
2,000
St Martin-in-the-Fields Trust
-
1,000
St Martin's Centre, Birmingham
-
1,000
Salvation Army
1,000
2,000
Samaritan's Purse
5,000
5,000
Scripture Union
1,000
1,000
Special Needs and Parents
125
193
Spurgeons
1,000
1,000
Spurgeon's College
2,000
2,000
Stewardship Services
2,000
2,000
Tearfund
5,000
7,000
Treasures in Heaven Trust
400
400
Trinity College, Cambridge
2,500
2,500
Tyndale House
500
500
UCCF
1,000
0
Wheels for the World
1,000
1,000
Witham BB
1,000
1,000
World Team
0
2,389
389,745
96,108
Unrestricte
Total
Funds
Funds
2022
2021
Brought forward from page 9
362,120
59,126
Open Doors
1,000
1,000
Renew Counselling
2,000
4,000
Rotary Club - Chelmsford
100
0
St Francis Hospice
1,000
2,000
St Martin-in-the-Fields Trust
-
1,000
St Martin's Centre, Birmingham
-
1,000
Salvation Army
1,000
2,000
Samaritan's Purse
5,000
5,000
Scripture Union
1,000
1,000
Special Needs and Parents
125
193
Spurgeons
1,000
1,000
Spurgeon's College
2,000
2,000
Stewardship Services
2,000
2,000
Tearfund
5,000
7,000
Treasures in Heaven Trust
400
400
Trinity College, Cambridge
2,500
2,500
Tyndale House
500
500
UCCF
1,000
0
Wheels for the World
1,000
1,000
Witham BB
1,000
1,000
World Team
0
2,389
389,745
96,108
Unrestricte
Total
Funds
Funds
2022
2021
Brought forward from page 9
362,120
59,126
Open Doors
1,000
1,000
Renew Counselling
2,000
4,000
Rotary Club - Chelmsford
100
0
St Francis Hospice
1,000
2,000
St Martin-in-the-Fields Trust
-
1,000
St Martin's Centre, Birmingham
-
1,000
Salvation Army
1,000
2,000
Samaritan's Purse
5,000
5,000
Scripture Union
1,000
1,000
Special Needs and Parents
125
193
Spurgeons
1,000
1,000
Spurgeon's College
2,000
2,000
Stewardship Services
2,000
2,000
Tearfund
5,000
7,000
Treasures in Heaven Trust
400
400
Trinity College, Cambridge
2,500
2,500
Tyndale House
500
500
UCCF
1,000
0
Wheels for the World
1,000
1,000
Witham BB
1,000
1,000
World Team
0
2,389
389,745
96,108
389,745 96,108

6 EXPENSES

EXPENSES
Reimbursement to Nigel Davey of the fee paid for
registration of name of Ebenezer Trust with the
Legal Entity Identifer (for dealing purposes by U
Bank charges
2022
78
15
___
93
2021
78
60
___
138

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