## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 01.01.2024 Period start date To 31.12.2024 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||Southern Convention Torquay Jan 2024
Popular weekend event held in Torquay where
members get together and have a time of
community, fellowship, food and music.
Outreach Dinners and Breakfasts (Various)
Held throughout the year across various FGB
chapters, where we are seeing growth in some
regions.
Outreach Distributions of the Voice Magazine
Groups of members Nationally take time to go
out in their local area to hand out Voice
Magazine and take time to speak with people.
Regular Regional Online (Zoom) Events
Hosted by Ireland (Tuesday Morning Weekly &
Thursday evening monthly) and North East
Region(Fridaymorningweekly).| ## **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 2024 amounted to £59,943 which
was in line with objectives. All objectives for
2024 were achieved.| |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 £59,943 in the year
and is eligible for independent examination.
Income for 2024 saw a small decrease on the
previous year, due to the passing away of some
of the members.
Spending has also decreased compared to
2023, inline with income from chapters. Also,
with a reduced number of staff in the last quart
of 2024.
Over the year our operating cash shows a
balance of approximately £2,349 for the end of
2024| |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 onwardly
encouraging new younger members to join the
charity. Any risks would not effect the going
concern over the next year but could have an
effectpast 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 Para 1.51 and training of trustees The charity’s organisational structure and any wider Para 1.51 network with which the charity works Relationship with any related Para 1.51 parties 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
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**to appoint trustee(if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Trevor Bendrien|Chairman||| ||Peter Ashburner|||| ||Bernard Galopin|||| ||Harold Magee|||| ||David Kenneth
John Riley|||| ||Stuart Cripps|Office Manager||| ||Peter Henry
Spreckley|||| ||Jacob John|||| ||Geoffrey
Haresceugh|Treasurer||| ||Isaac Ohonba|Secretary||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| – 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** Declarallon8 The tru8tee8 declare that they have approved the trustse8' roport above. Signod on behalf of the ¢harlty'8 tru8ts08 Signaturel81 Full name(8) irt&Jèrt Posltlon Og S•cretaryi Chair. |**Full Gospel Businessmen UK & Ireland Accounts At**|**Full Gospel Businessmen UK & Ireland Accounts At**|**31-Dec 2024**|**31-Dec 2024**|| |---|---|---|---|---| ||||**2024**|**2023**| |Opening Balance|……………………………………………………||**9,319.44**|**12,529.98**| |**RECEIPTS**||||| |Membership|……………………………..…|30,821.56||32,712.14| |Tithes|……………………………..…|7,534.15||1,039.16| |Donations Designated|……………………………..…|0.00||3,078.70| |WoF|……………………………..…|384.00||360.00| |Convention Support|……………………………..…|0.00||0.00| |Chapters|……………………………..…|7,481.25||8,043.92| |Convention|……………………………..…|0.00||6,126.88| |Tax Refund|……………………………..…|8,286.90||7,323.11| |Voice|……………………………..…|1,018.98||1,681.68| |Chapter Supplies|……………………………..…|2,351.29||1,685.40| |Office|……………………………..…|1,181.06||6.95| |Other Receipts|……………………………..…|883.64||1,189.64| |FG Global Fellowship|……………………………..…|0.00||-------| |Deposit Account||0.00||-------| |**Receipts**|……………………………………………………||59,942.83|| |**Total Income**|……………………………………………………||**69,262.27**|**63,247.58**| |**PAYMENTS**||||| |Field Office|……………………………..…|9,929.92||9,821.19| |Salaries|……………………………..…|23,095.93||30,974.20| |Printing|……………………………..…|0.00||100.00| |Postage|……………………………..…|1,730.03||1,821.55| |Designated Giving|……………………………..…|1,325.05||5,461.76| |WoF|……………………………..…|203.50||20.08| |Chapters|……………………………..…|9,074.05||5,484.80| |Convention Support|……………………………..…|0.00||0.00| |Outreach + HPOE|……………………………..…|1,590.80||3,825.00| |Insurance|……………………………..…|207.20||207.20| |Website & IT|……………………………..…|657.60||890.36| |Sundries|……………………………..…|0.00||208.64| |Convention|……………………………..…|0.00||5,548.00| |Voice / Vision|……………………………..…|3,342.50||187.50| |Chapter Supplies|……………………………..…|873.53||1,716.83| |Independent Examination|……………………………..…|0.00||0.00| |FG Global Fellowship|……………………………..…|0.00||-------| |Deposit Account||5,000.00||-------| |Other Payments|……………………………..…|564.09||191.01| |**Payments**|……………………………………………………||57,594.20|66,458.12| |**Receipts / Payments**|……………………………………………………||2,348.63|-3,210.54| |**Balance Carried Forward**|……………………………………………………||**11,668.07**|**9,319.44**| ||**Less the Following:**|||| ||Global Fellowship Balance||0.00|0.00| |||Convention|328.22|748.81| |||WoF|736.49|700.71| |||Chapters|140.20|1,733.00| ||Convention Support||0.00|0.00| ||Deposit Account||5,070.79|-------| |||**Total**|**6,275.70**|**3,182.52**| ||**Operating Balance**|**-------------**|**5,392.37**|**6,136.92**| ||Cheques not cleared at Bank||0.00|| ||||11,668.07|| ||Payments not cleared at Bank||0.00|| ||**Balance at Bank**||**11,668.07**|| C:\Users\ebend\Documents\FGB\FGB UK Ireland - 2024 Charity Commission January 2023 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts S•etlon A Independ•nt Examln•r'• Report Report to the trusts•• On accounts for th• y••r ended 315t J- 202+, Ch•ritynol 275 9 V7 lif anyl | S•t on yges ' ZL*L+j13 I report to the Iruslees on my examination of the accounts of the above Charty I'lhe Trust'l lor the ye8T ended Responsibilitles and basls of report As the charty's trustees, you are responsible for the P￿paratIOn of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (Yhe Act'l. I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried OLrt under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination. I have followed all the appticable Direction8 given by the Charity Commi58ion under sectton 14515llbl of the Act. Indèpendgnt tThe charity's gross income exceeded £250,OCK) and l am qualified lo examinerfs statement undertake the examination by being a qualified member of linsert name of applicab￿ listed bodyll. Delete I l rfnol applicable. I have completed my examination. I confim) that no material matters have come lo my attention in connedion with the examination (other than that disclosed ￿low-) which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respèct". the accounts'n9 ￿cordS were not kept in ac¢ordan¢e with section 130 of the Charities Act., or the a¢¢ounls did rTrol accord with the a¢¢ounling records,. or the account$ did not comply wth the applicable requiremerts Concerning the fomi and content of accounts set out in the Chanties IAccounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the acLounts give a 'true and fair, view which is not 8 matter considered 85 part of an inde￿ndent examination. I have no concems and have ￿rne across no other matters in connection with the examination lo which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a prowr understanding of the accounts lo be reached. ' Please del8le the words in the brackets ilthey do not apply. IER Oct 2018 5igned- 2oL>- Narne: 4L4 A.Kr R•l•v•nt prof*$$lonal 4uallllcatlonl81 or body R871 riES) lTrVSVrf (J.. Address.. rsji IL /0 I IL.2 S75 Section B DiscItssur8 Only cotnpiete If the examiner needs to hvJhlight matenal rnatttrs ol concei (see CC32, Independent examination of charity ac¢ounls' directions and guidance for exarninetsl. IER Oet 2018