e>4> Evangelical Action (Bru*il) EVANGELICAL ACTION (BRAZIL) Charity No: 277235 Annual Report and Accounts for the year 1st July 2024 to 30th June 2025 If you have any comments or queries, please contact... Mrs B J Gough E.A.B. TaSurer 6 The Glade Langley Southampton S045 IZP tel.. 07791273355 e-mail.. eabf1nan@qQ0glerna11.corn www.eabrazil.org
EVANGELICAL AcfioN BRAZIL Charlty No: 0277235 ANNUAL ACCOUNTS for the period 1st July 2024 to 30th June 2025 Statement of Financlal Activitles: Unrestrirted Restrirted Total Total Funds Funds This Year Last Year 202412025 202412025 202412025 202312024 Incomin Resources Voluntary Income: General Fund Action Child Sponsorship & Schools Care Centre Extra Child Sponsorships Gifts Gift Scheme Medcraft Fund Medcraft Travel Fund New Horizons Other Specified Gifts 259,605 259,605 14,565 5.321 133,397 22,648 17,932 65 4,360 3,305 14,565 5,321 3,780 5,750 3,900 1,866 32,066 3,780 5.750 3,900 1,866 32,066 2,346 8.701 Total Intoming Resources: 259,605 67,248 326.853 192,754 Resources Ex ended Charitable Activities= Funds sent to Brazil Bank Charges Medcraft Travel Fund Miscellaneous Expenditure Publicity 112,030 373 66,570 178,600 373 171,400 371 316 1,167 316 1,167 362 1,267 Total Resources Expended: 113,886 70,014 183,900 173,400 Net Incoming/Outgoing Resources 145,719 2,766 142,953 19,354 Total Funds Brought Forward 50,466 3,262 47,204 27,850 Total Funds Carried Forward 196,185 6,028 190,157 47,204
EVANGELICAL ACTION BRAZIL Charlty No: 0277235 ANNUAL ACCOUNTS for the period 1st July 2024 to 30th June 2025 Balanee Sheet: Unrestricted Restricted Totsl Funds Funds This Year 202412025 202412025 202412025 Total Last Year 202312024 Current Assets Gift aid debtor Cash in bank and in hand 3,974 185,092 189.066 636 455 1,091 4.610 185,547 190,157 6,030 41,174 47,204 Current Liabilitles Total Current Net Assets 189.066 1.091 190,157 47.204 Funds of the Chari Unrestricted Income Funds Restricted Income Funds 189,066 189,066 1,091 45,210 1,994 1,091 Total Funds 189.066 1,091 190,157 47,204 Slgned by 2 of the Trustees on behalAof oll of the Trustees.. Signature Print Name Date of Approvol /toY by£
EVANGELICAL AcfioN BRAZIL ANNUAL ACCOUNTS forthe perlod lstjuly 2024 to 30thJune 2025 Notes to the Accounts.. l. Accountlng Policies al Accounting convention- These accounts have been prepared in accordance with AccoLsnting and Reporting by Charities- Statement of Recommended Practlce 2016. bl Fund accounting- Unrestricted funds are funds that are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the charity. The costs of raising and administerin8 such funds are charged against the specific fund. cl Incoming resources- All incoming resources are included in the Statement of Financial Activities when the charity Is legally entitled to the income and the amount can be quantified with reasonable accuracy. dl Resources expended- All expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all costs related to the category. Expenditure is not netted off against related income and is shown inclusive of VAT which cannot be reclaimed. 2. Trustee Expenses All trustees give their time voluntarily and no expenses or remuneration have been paid durin8 this or the prior year. 3. Governance Costs Fees for annual independent examination of the accounts are nil for this year. 4. Restrlcted and Unrestrlcted Income Funds Any donations which are received earmarked for a specific purpose are treated as restricted funds. and all other donations received are placed in the General Fund, to be used where needed for the general activities of the charity. The various fund5, and their purposes are listed below'.- %• General Fund - to be used for the Beneral activities of the charity. Action Child Sponsorship & Schools- providing sUPPOrt, additional schooling and food. Care Centre- provides health and dental care for the needy. • Extra Child Sponsorship Gifts- gifts given by child sponsors for birthdays and Christmas, or other specified purposes. Gift Scheme- a gift scheme run by EAB to SUPPOrt various projects in Brazil. Medcraft Fund - financial support for missionaries John & Liz Medcraft. O+ Medcraft Travel Fund- gifts given for travel whilst visiting the UK % New Horizons support for the Ibiara region of Brazil. Other Specified Gifts - any other gifts given for specific Items/projects.
EVANGELICAL ACTION BRAZIL - CHARiff NO: 0277235 Independent Examinevs Report to the Trustees of Evangelical Action Brazll I report on th& accounts of Evangelical Action Brazil for the year ended 30th Jun8 2025. Respective Responsibilities of Trustees and Examiner: The charily's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity's trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 (the Charities Act) and that an independent examination is needed. It is my responsibility to.. examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act, to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 14515)(b) of the Charities Act, and to state whether particular matters have come to my attention. Basls of Independent Examinerfs Report: My examination was carried out in accordance with general directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounling records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusu21 items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning any such malters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the eviden that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a 'true and fair, view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below. Independent Examiner's Statement: In connection with my examination, no material matters have come to my attention44tts ") which gives me cause to beli8ve that in, any material respect.. accounting records were not kept in accordan with section 130 of the Charities Act or the accounts do not accord with the accounting records I have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper underslanding of the accounts to be reached. . Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply. Signed.. Name: aA Nc7 kn41L /rJ. L l &lio/ioa Date: Relevant Professional Qualification or Body: Address: H ILL6L412y ALOGrk)Ll, Fo{kn)1JfrG0i15 frE, 'SG (
TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT The Trustees present their report and accounts for the financial year ended 30 June 2025. Overview of le al status and constitution.. Legal status Evangelical Action {Brazi11 was legally constituted on 25 November 1976, amended 5 February 1997 and amended 8 March 2003. EA8 was founded as the "Gospel to Brazil faith mission" in 1938. Principal Addr&ss 6 The Glade, Langley, Southampton. S045 1ZP Objectives The formal objective of EAB is.. The advancement of the Christian religion by collecting sums of money in the United Kingdom for the purposes of supporting missionaries from the United Kingdom in Brazil through the Brazilian registered organisalion ACEV IAGao Evangélica translated as 'Evangelical Action" formally known as "O Evangello Ao Brazil Missao De Fe") translated as "The Gospel lo Brazil Faith Mission to look after the affairs of those misionaries whilst they are out of the United Kingdom. and provide relief lo the Brazilians in necessitous circumstances. In practice this means that EAB is involved in both spiritual and social action. and this is summarised below, and in the attached Field Directors report. Trustees The following served a5 trustees during this period - Roy Dyer (Chairl. Beryl Gough ITre85urer). Mary Dyer. Philip Medcraft. Jean North (stepped down September 20241, Lisa Oakley, Neil Parsons, Marian Rashleigh, and David Shearing. Recruitment of Trustees The trustees may appoint additional trustees as and when the need arises.
Review of activities The following areas show how the charity has met the requirement to deliver public benefit. Religious I Spiritual Action God abundantly blessed EAB throughout another year and the number of Christians in our 81 churches is 3,201. The breakdown of these 81 churches is thal we have 26 bigger churches, 28 medium size churches and 27 small churches and Church plants. This consolidated state of EABIACEV churches is the result of consistent evangelism over another year. Social Action The ministry of the Mission through our partners in Brazil - ACEV, is lo provide an integral message whereby we seek to offer help for the whole person, spiritual and practical. EAB is active in areas such as medicalldenlal health, schooling, helping people with disabilities including deafness, blindness and learning difficultes, well drilling, food bank and soup runs, drug dependéncy, providing toilets and showers, market-garden proje¢ts, ecological training and income generation. W8 seek to help the needy irrespective of belief. A full summary can be found in the attached Directors, report. Publicity There are many ways in which we communicate with the Mission's supporters'.- The magazine 'ln Touch,, and regular 'nutshell' reports sent either by e-mail or post. A website is available at www.eabrazil.org, which includes editions of the 'ln Touch, magazine. Fabook https.'/lwww.faGebook.com18abrazil Inslagram eab brazil The Field Director's daily 'Blog' is also available on line at http'.Iljohnmedcraft.blogspot.com.br Financial review.. £326,853 During the financial year EAB received this income. £47,204 EAB started the financial year with this balance £190,157 EAB ended the financial year with this balance. £178,600 Total funds transferred to Brazil in support of the objectives of the charity. Chairman's comment regarding finances: On behalf of the board, I thank all the supporters of EAB for their faithful support and giving over the year. It should also be noted that during this year we have received several unexpected bequests for which we are also very thankful., hen the much larger than usual bank balance carried forward this year, as we carefully release funds into new and existing projects. Reserves Policy: The Trustees aim to hold in resetves if possible 3 month's worth of General Fund budget, which currently equatès to £30,000.
Statement of res onsibilities of the Trustees: The Trustees are responsible for preparing the Annual Report and the financial stalements in accordance with the applicable laiv and United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounling Practice. The Charities Act requires the Trustees lo prepare the financial statements for each financial year, which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity at the end of the year and of the surplu5 or deficiency for the year then ended. In preparing these financial statements, the Truslees are required to.. select suitable accounting policies. and apply them consistently make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent stale whether applicable accounting standards have been folloived. subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in Ihe financial statements-, and prepare the financial statements on an ongoing concern basis, unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in operation_ The Trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records in order to disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and to enable them to ensure that Ihe financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2016. The Trustees are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities. Signed on behalf of the board.. Trustee: Roy Dyer, Chairman of the Trustees Date: 2 J OCÉ 102S
ANNUAL REPORT AND APPRAISAL DOCUMENT FOR THE YEAR 202412025 (August 202SI Dear Supporters of EAB, Greetings to all of you! Our comments below follow the points in last year's Vision & Objectives Statement. l. An expanding and consolidated network of EAB churches in portnership with ACEV, our Brazilian partner, so Q5 to spread further the Gospel of Jesus Christ and proctice the Church s integrol mission. To focilitate this EA8 will continue to fund m1$51onorles, notional postors, pioneer evongelists, evangelism and church plt7nting in o variety of needy places. God has blessed EAB throughout another year and the number of Christians in our 81 churches is 3,201 (down 40}. The breakdown on these 81 churches is that we have 26 bigger churches, 28 medium size churches and 27 small churches and church plants. I new pastor and 2 new missionaries were given probationary ministerial status. One of these missionaries will go and live in Diamante where he will support the current pastor who is overstretched leading 4 churches14 further missionaries were restored to full ministerial status. I pastor needing special prayer is Pr. Joao George who is assistant pastor at Imaculada. He has cancer of the intestines. Another pastor needing prayer is Pr. Lindon Carlos who is the senior pastor at the same church and who is suffering from burnout. The Princesa Isabel church now has a new pastor (Pr. Roberio) but the church is Still suffering from the serious sin Ipaedophile) of the previous pastor as the investigations involving his own 12-year-old niece drag on. He could well end up in jail. The situation is especially complex because the ex-pastor's family is the largest family in the church and they are divided over the case. This consolidated state of EAB/ACEV growth is the result of conslstent evangelism over another year. This evangelism was carried out in city,
town, village and rural churches, via our 2 radio programs from towns and cities, through the distribution of Bibles, Gospel Tracts, and through evangelistic events in prisons, open-air services, and through solid Bible expositional preaching and teaching far and wide. EAB/ACEV has an online system of reports for general coordination of churches and projects which was created by Philip Medcraft and called ACEV Digital. This is working extremely efficiently. 2. Theologicol training and let7rnlng will continue to be supported finoncially by EAB in Campino Gronde (ACEV Bethel Seminary) so os to ¢opacitt7te leodership of increasingly high quolity. It will olso support and encouro9e online theological troining courses_ The EA8/ACEV Bible College at Campina Grande is going well but EAB/ACEV focuses more on distance learning online with excellent partnership5 Wlth two Bible Colleges in south Brazil - FTSA & ISBL. ISBL gives our students a SO% discount which is a wonderful help. There are about 23 people from EAB/ACEV doing online theological courses at the moment and about 35 are attending the Bible College in Campina Grande. These colleges are important in giving support to EAB/ACEV's church growth by providing quality training and teaching for new leaders whilst keeping costs low. EAB/ACEV runs seminars and workshops for its existent leaders throughout the year so as to constantly upgrade our leadership'5 capabilities in general and we have continued to open the doors to other denominations so as to be a blessing on a wider scale. These are run both at the Green Pastures Centre and other major EA8/ACEV centres and seek to be constantly training leadership and thus improving the quality and capacity of their work. We believe that the learning process never ends and certainly doesn't finish upon graduation from college. Of special importance is our annual pastors and leaders conference held in September at Green Pastures, though this year it was held in August owing to our trip to the UK. 3. EA8 will continue tofundACEV Artion schoolsforpoor children throughout the ACEV area of ortivities providing supportive extra educotion to thot given in children's re9ular schools, plus o merjl o dLyy. In two counties the schools ore fully-fledged primory Schools. EA8 will support financially the four-person coordinGtion teom $0 a5 to maintuin excellence in this projert through teocher-training ond performonce monitoring.
The EAB/ACEV 16 Action Schools are really making an impact and difference in over 850 children'5 lives. EAB needs to increase its funding of Action Schools and has a waiting list of new places that need and want schools. 4. EAB will continue to support ACEV'S Katriona M. GrGrham Care Centre funding dent15ts, sociol worker, nurses and a speciL71 needs expert so os to provide social, health and dental care for the genuinely needy. EAB will fund medicines for those thut connot offord them wher Possible, and provide transport ond core in lorger centèr5 should the care tsvailable in the interior Care Centre not be adequate for porticularly serious case5. The Centre will continue its work in thefield of afood bank, senior citizens and the deof. It will also run o project to combot illegol drug use. The Centre will host community meetings to discuss community needs. The Care Centre has undergone a process of rebuilding, modernization. and revamp. It was a major job. The revamped building is now proving to be an important asset to the work of the Lord. The EAB/ACEV Care Centre has pressed on throughout another year with a wide range of activities. The food bank functions daily to help families in financial or health crises and we now run regular 'Soup Runs, to take food to the hungry and very poor in the slums. The Centre normally has a social worker and a nurse available and the medical work at the Centre now focuses on guaranteeing people's rights with respectful and adequate treatment in hospitals. Our dentist continues to attend the poor, and happy dental hygiene education is carried out by our staff both at the Centre, local schools and outlying communities with the children always receiving free brushes and toothpaste at the end of their teaching sessions. The dental work this year has been blessed. The Care Centre's weekly program for senior citizens continues to be most beneficial through the use of occupational therapies and spiritual reflections which have cured some of depression. Periodically we distribute hampers with food and treats for our seniors as a way of cheering them up. Our oldest senior is Deaconess Beatriz who is now 90 and we have a lot in their 80's! The Care Centre carries out daily work with the deaf and is increasingly the place where all deaf know they can find friendship, help, teaching, and support. The leadership of the work with the deaf is in the hands of a deaf pastor Lulz Carlos aided by a team of sign-language interpreters.
- EAB will continue to provide tho necessary Infrastructure with phones, Internet, electricity Étc. SO ¢7S to support in a bocking role the ACEV well drilling projectsfunded by Tear Fund (UKJ. It is estimoted that whilst Tear Fund providgs the funding for well drilling ond equipping, EA8 funds about 25% of bocking costs by funding ACELI stuff, communicotion facilitie5 & transport. EA8 will provide similar infrustructure sUPPOrtfor ollACEVproJects. EAB/ACEV dugldrilled a further 3 wells in the past year with 2 more about to be done. All these wells successfully hit water. The well projects are increasingly being supplemented by community organic market garden projects, productive market garden projects, reforestation, goat & chicken rearing and bee keeping so as to bring a wider impact on the communities with income and improved health. Our policy is always to keep handouts to a minimum and focus on helping the poor help themselves. Further market garden projects were set up this year helping the poor to produce organic irrigated fruit and vegetables. The families are started off with equipment and given expert technical guidance together with seeds and fruit tree seedlings. Of special note is the success of Gilsandro's market garden in the municipality of Matureia up in the mountains. His production of fruit and vegetables is going very well and he is selling daily produce to his local supermarket. Other ACEV projects supported by EAB included the Imaculada playground project which benefits all the schools in the town on a rota system. A project training women to paint on cloth has now trained many groups of women in this new skill who are already helping support their families with their produce as a consequence. A further important project which EAB supports is the toilet/shower construction project for the very poor who do not have a toilet. The project gives people a water tank above a flush toilet, shower and hand basin, a clothes-washing sink outside and cess pits below. 5 more toilet/shower units were built this year bringing the total now built to 43.
- ACEV'5 Green Postures Reserve retreot. training and research center will continue to be funded by EAB throughout the year. The Centre will hold camps for youth ond children which EAB will help fund, and will also fund research into olternotive ogro-forestry optionsfor Brazil's semi.jrid north-eostern interior. It will retain its MoringG Oleifero tree seed bank. It will increase its focus on native trees in partnership with the Federol University. EAB will olso support an increasing ecologict71 empha51S Ot this venue with educutional objectives. Full scale activities are on-going at the Green Pastures Nature Reserve and Christian Conference Centre with a variety of events for the EABIACEV
church leadership. The Green Pastures Nature Reserve has now been formally recognized by the International Christian Environmental Organization called 'A Rocha, as a "friend of A Rocha" variety of annual activities are held at the Green Pastures Christian Conference Centre such as the Carnival Camp in February, the Campina Grande Men's Retreat in April, the annual Youth Camp in June and the Pastors and Leaders, Conference in September. Green Pastures is a key aspect of EAB'S work for both children and adults. The place serves as a rest haven for weary pastors and an important training and refreshing centre for all our workers. The Moringa Oleifera tree project progresses at the Reserve, parallel to this hive of event activities, and last year the Moringa tree seed bank benefitted many people again. We supply individuals as well as universities and government research institutions. The ecological side to Green Pastures is also bearing fruit and educating people of all age groups. We accept supervised visits from schools and carry out work and research in partnership with the local university. The recognition of Green Pastures as a nature reserve has been enhanced by publication on the Internet of the large number of species of birds photographed and filmed at the Reserve, as well as of reptiles and mammals. This has generated even further academic interest and cooperation in both the field of botany and animal wildlife. The national government's environmental body IIBAMAI has recognized Green Pastures as a nature reserve and registered it for receiving creatures from the wild recovered from poachers or people who have been keeping wild animals in cages illegally. A lot of scientific research is now being carried out at Green Pastures and the register of all the Reserve's plant species so far known are being published. A team of scientists from the State of Maranhao are continuing researching wild cats at Green Pastures. They visit Green Pastures every 3 months to change the memory cards and batteries from their 12 automatic camera traps. They are amazed at how many wild cats are found there. EAB always speaks out against the evil being done against God's creation with the destruction of forests, wider use of insecticides etc.
Now that 94¢/ts of donkeys have been slaughtered in Brazil we have started a donkey haven to breed them. So far we have acquired a young female and are now looking for a husband for her! 7. Tronsport will be provided by EAB in G support role to oll of ACEV'S vuriety of activities. Vehicles will serve thè ACEV communities with supplies ond the corrying of leaders to their places of work omongst tL7rget communities. The maintenance andf£Jeling of such vehicles will befunded by EAB. To have a 4-wheel drive Jeep vehicle is so good for off~road scenarios but we will still need to upgrade this soon owing to wear and tear. The Kombi continues to be an excellent people transporter to services and projects. 8. EAB will help fund ACEV'S rodio minffStries und community odvocacy work stimulating community involvement through troining and capacitGtlno courses. EAB s oim is olwoys to CGpacitat* national and local leadership, ovoiding poternolism ond stimuloting independence and community self-determinotion. EAB/ACEV reached two towns Ilmaculada & Flores) and regions via radio over the past year. This continues to be an important means of evangelism around the region we work in. Both radios also transmit their programs on the Internet which increased even further the extent of the effect of thi5 ministry. It is interesting to see how these programme have audiences from as far away as Africa. EAB'S advocacy work has also continued to spread and ACEV grassroots presence in council committees and think-tanks is an important way for EAB to bring Christian and Biblical principles to the forefront in a relevant way to everyday Brazilian life. EAB continues to be active in combating political corruption. 9. EAB will continue to fvnd personnel in a support and munogement capocity for the ACEV Income Generotion andAnimol Husbondry Projert culled 4 Legs. The Animal Husbandry14 Legs) Project has developed further thi5 year, and much positive feedback has been received with many people having been benefitted over the period. Many goats and hair sheep have been distributed to the poor thanks to the generosity of £AB supporters. The 2 Wings Project, with quality layer chickens and chicken pens, has been doing well and is proving to be popular as a means of incrementing income and supplementing diets amongst the rural poor. These projects all now integrate the EAB/ACEV rural community development program
called 'sustainable Semi-Arid Region" Bee keeping is also part of the program and a trained technician is giving advice at grassroots level to the communities involved. The production of biogas from animal dung has now also been added to the battery of options for helping the rural poor. Underground dams are also a further option of water preservation in this dry region so as to facilitate horticultural production. 10. EAB will continue to fund ACEV projects that help in thé care of special needs children and youth such a5 the deaf, blind and those with Down's Syndrome und special leorning difficulties. The work among the deaf continues to be quite outstanding and a benchmark for the region. The deaf are catered for socially, educationally, spiritually and medically by a growing team of experts, and this is now fed by deaf pastor Lulz Carlos. EAB continues to run one-year sign language interpreters training courses, and another one is on-going at this time. This is both beneficial for the deaf project in itself in the EAB churche5, but also is creating work options as interpreters for those trained, as there are strong demands in schools and colleges for such people. 11. EAB will L7Ct in o consultation ond managerlol role in oll the work c(7rried out An portnership between EAB and ACEV. This Lvork will be corried out by EAB'S executlve directors who will be funded by EA8. rhe heodquorters offlces t7nd Infrostrurture, me uns of communication, and trunsportfor the directors will befunded by EAB. EA8's consultancy role is increasingly sought after and respected. EAB leaders are highly sought after for leadership positions in entities like interdenominational ministers, fellowships and community organizations. Service to God and the community is always our aim. Final conclusions: The work of EAB has progressed well throughout another year and there is peace and harmony throughout the team of pastors, missionaries and church leaders. EAB/ACEV churches, centers and projects reach out more and more so as to make a difference to so many lives and communities. We also thank regular donors and all who run fundraising activities for the general work of EAB and for those who spread the word of EAB by telling people about EAB'S English language page on Facebook htt www.facebook.com eabrazil and my English language blog now at
htt ohnmedcraft.blo ot.com . Regular email updates are sent to EAB supporters with the diary edition now dispatched every two weeks on the Is*. and 30-. plus the 'Postal' edition (monthly and sent by regular mail to non-internet users). My personal Facebook page and my personal Instagram also constantly communicate EAB. Regular photos and videos from the Green Pastures Nature Reserve and Christian Conference Centre can seen at htt www.facebook.com ReservaVerdesPastos EAB'S InTouch magazine edition 103 was published earlier in the year. We have received some very positive feedback on the magazine. Trustee Marian Rashleigh does a very good job on this as editor. Liz and l are about to embark on a two-and-a-half-month ministry trip in England, Scotland and Switzerland. We are looking forward to being with family and friend5 once again. God bless you and all that pray for the work of EAB and support it. John & Elizabeth Medcraft EAB Directors