## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 01.01.2023 Period start date To 31.12.2023 Period end date** ## **Charity name: FULL GOSPEL BUSINESSMEN UK & IRELAND** ## **Charity registration number: 275987** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|The purpose of the charity is to fulfil Demos
Shakarian’s vision to advance, promote and
maintain in the UK, Ireland and overseas, the
teachings and purposes of the Christian religion
and, in particular, but without restricting or
limiting the generality of the forgoing, the
spreading of the Gospel among men and
women of business and others.| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|The key activities of the Full Gospel
Businessmen are: an annual national
conference, seasonal regional meetings,
monthly outreach meetings and daily
distributions.
The annual national weekend conference is
open to non-members and provides a time of
encouragement and fellowship through music,
prayer and teaching.
Regional fellowship meetings are for the
purpose of sharing, mentoring, ministry and
prayer.
Outreach meetings (including breakfast and
dinner meetings) and street meetings are
organised by local groups, where members of
the public are invited to hear how people like
them have come to know Jesus Christ as their
Lord and Saviour (through the sharing of real
life stories).
Daily distributions include the online sharing of
testimonies alongside distributions of the Voice
magazines which contain real life stories and
are made available through www.fgbuk.org as
hard copies or on-line downloads.| |||| |---|---|---| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|The Trustees of Full Gospel Businessmen UK &
Ireland have regarded the guidance given by
the Charity Commission on public benefit.| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|Small grants can be given on agreement of the
trustees in line with the aims of the objectives
of the charity.| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|The FGB recognises the valuable contribution
of its members and volunteers, who attend
and help run the various charitable activities.| |Other||| ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference||| |---|---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20||National Conference (12thto 14thMay 2023)
‘Advance 2023’Cedar Court Huddersfield
Having had our last planned conference in
2022 cancelled at the last minute by the hotel
being taken over, attendance for the 2023
event was reduced in numbers but high in
spirit. The more open programme brought
more time for ministry and prophecy, around
topical discussion points as well as some time
witnessing handing out voice magazines in
Halifax.
45thFGB All Ireland Conference held in Belfast
(1stto 2ndOctober 2023) Dock Café, Belfast
Awesome event with 70 people attending from
all over Ireland attended to hear the three
speakers of Richard Porter (Dock Café
Chaplain), Allan Bruce (Charis Bible College)
and Jo/Dave Hogg (John G Lake Ministries).| Outreach Dinners and Breakfasts (Various) Held throughout the year across various FGB chapters including FGB Dudley being birthed and Milton Keynes reopening. Regular Regional Online (Zoom) Events Hosted by Ireland (Tuesday Morning Weekly & Thursday evening monthly) and North East Region (Tuesday & Friday morning weekly). ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|By God’s continuing Grace, many people have
been reached for Christ and empowered by the
Holy Spirit for Life, and identified needs are
supported in appropriate ways with
testimonies of this shared online and in the
voice magazine.| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|Receipts in 2023 amounted to £61,614 which
was in line with objectives.| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|The charity does not have any investments| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|The charity had income of £61,614 in the year
and is eligible for independent examination.
Income for 2023 saw a increase on the
previous year, which can be attributed mainly
to chapter and convention income.
Spending has also increased compared to 2022,
inline with this income from chapers and
conventions.
Over the year our operating cash shows a
reduction (or cash shortfall) of approximately
£3210 for the end of 2023| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|The charity does not have a reserves policy but
has reserves amounting to roughly three
months at any given time.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|Previously we have not found it necessary to
hold any reserves, as member donations are
regular and any shortfall would be made up by
the Trustees| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|N/A| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|We have no concerns about the continuation
of the charity.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|The main income is through freewill donations
by members and other supporters, without any
fundraising initiatives| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|N/A| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|The charity has started looking at the risks of
an aging demographic and is encouraging new
younger members to join the charity. Any risks
would not affect the going concern over the
next year but could have an effect past the
next decade.| Other ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Rules of The Association known as: Full Gospel
Businessmen UK & Ireland| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|Unincorporated Association| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|The number of FGB National Council Members
and Trustees of the Charity shall be such
number as the Council shall from time to time
determine being a total of not less than eight
nor more than twenty appointed in one of the
following manners, that is to say:
• Nomination by members of the Association in
each of such geographical areas within the
United Kingdom as the Council shall from time
to time designate for such purpose;
• Qualification as ex-officio Council Members
being such officials as the Council shall from
time to time determine (including without
prejudice to the foregoing the Secretary of the
Association if he shall not already be a Council
Member and the Treasurer of the Association
for the time being and any Executive Officer
from time to time appointed by the Council in
relation to the affairs of the Association);
• Appointment by the Council at its discretion
as co-opted Council Members and Trustees of
the Charity| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |||| |---|---|---| |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Para 1.51|| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|| |||| Other ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charityname|Full Gospel Businessmen UK & Ireland| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|FGB, FGB UK, FGBMFI(UK & Ireland), Full Gospel Businessmen’s
Fellowship (UK & Ireland)| |Registered charitynumber|275987| |Charity’s principal address|PO Box 11, Knutsford, Cheshire WA16 6QP| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Trevor Bendrien|Chairman||| ||Peter Ashburner|||| ||Bernard Galopin|||| ||Harold Magee|||| ||Dr Barrie Lawrence|||| ||Jack Promfret|||| ||David Kenneth
John Riley|||| ||Stuart Cripps|Executive Officer||| ||Clive Addison|||| ||Richard Cordy|||| ||Peter Henry
Spreckley|Secretary||| ||Jacob John|||| ||Geoffrey
Haresceugh|Treasurer||| ||Isaac Ohonba|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity **Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Type of**|**Name**|**Address**| |---|---|---| |**adviser**||| **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **Other optional information** Doclarations The tru$t••s ￿•0￿1* thattlw h•Y• appmvod th• tw8t•o$' r?￿rtaI￿9. Slgned on ￿h0110f the charlty's trustees Slgnatumlsl Full noTh*lsl Po•itlon leg Secretary, Chalr. otc) |**Full Gospel Businessmen UK & Ireland Accounts At**|**Full Gospel Businessmen UK & Ireland Accounts At**|**31-Dec 2023**|**31-Dec 2023**|| |---|---|---|---|---| ||||**2023**|**2022**| |Opening Balance|……………………………………………………||**12,529.98**|**14,174.56**| |**RECEIPTS**||||| |Membership|……………………………..…|32,712.14||34,929.35| |Tithes|……………………………..…|1,039.16||-----| |Donations Designated|……………………………..…|3,078.70||5,315.48| |WoF|……………………………..…|360.00||-----| |Convention Support|……………………………..…|0.00||-----| |Chapters|……………………………..…|6,410.92||-----| |Convention|……………………………..…|6,126.88||320.00| |Tax Refund|……………………………..…|7,323.11||7,176.22| |Voice|……………………………..…|1,681.68||385.17| |Chapter Supplies|……………………………..…|1,685.40||1,549.78| |Office|……………………………..…|6.95||-----| |Other Receipts|……………………………..…|1,189.64||1,157.62| |FG Global Fellowship|……………………………..…|0.00||0.00| |**Receipts**|……………………………………………………||61,614.58|50,833.62| |**Total Income**|……………………………………………………||**74,144.56**|**65,008.18**| |**PAYMENTS**||||| |Field Office|……………………………..…|9,482.29||9,782.87| |Salaries|……………………………..…|31,313.10||30,930.32| |Printing|……………………………..…|100.00||544.00| |Postage|……………………………..…|1,821.55||1,276.67| |Designated Giving|……………………………..…|5,461.76||4,335.76| |WoF|……………………………..…|20.08||-----| |Chapters|……………………………..…|3,851.80||-----| |Convention Support|……………………………..…|0.00||-----| |Outreach + HPOE|……………………………..…|3,825.00||300.00| |Insurance|……………………………..…|207.20||207.20| |Website & IT|……………………………..…|890.36||1,395.60| |Sundries|……………………………..…|208.64||0.00| |Convention|……………………………..…|5,548.00||74.97| |Voice / Vision|……………………………..…|187.50||1,795.00| |Chapter Supplies|……………………………..…|1,716.83||673.06| |Independent Examination|……………………………..…|0.00||0.00| |FG Global Fellowship|……………………………..…|0.00||0.00| |Other Payments|……………………………..…|191.01||1,079.65| |**Payments**|……………………………………………………||64,825.12|52,395.10| |**Receipts / Payments**|……………………………………………………||-3,210.54|-1,561.48| |**Balance Carried Forward**|……………………………………………………||**9,319.44**|**12,613.08**| ||**Less the Following:**|||| ||Global Fellowship Balance||0.00|0.00| |||Convention|748.81|169.93| |||WoF|700.71|440.79| |||Chapters|1,733.00|220.00| ||Convention Support||0.00|285.41| |||**Total**|**3,182.52**|**1,116.13**| ||**Operating Balance**|**-------------**|**6,136.92**|**11,496.95**| ||Cheques not cleared at Bank||0.00|| ||||9,319.44|| ||Payments not cleared at Bank||0.00|| ||**Balance at Bank**||**9,319.44**|| C:\Users\FGB\Documents\ACCOUNTS\2023\FGB UK Ireland - 2023 January 2023 CHARITY COMMISSION Independent examiner's report on the , FOR ENGLAND AND WALES I accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the tru$ts•8 FULLGOSPEL 8USINESSMEN UK & IRELAND On accounts for th& year ended 31 DECEM8ER 2023 Charity no 275987 lif any) Set out on pages I report to the truslees on my examination of lhe accounts of the above charity {'Ihe Tfust") for the year enaed Re$ponsibilitle8 and basls of report As the charit￿S tnjslees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requiremen1$ of the Charrties Act 2011 1.the Acri. 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