## EBENEZER TRUST (Registered Charity No. 283812) ## TRUSTEES’ REPORT AND ACCOUNTS for the year ended 5 April 2023 |INDEX|| |---|---| |
Trustees’ Report|1| |Examiner’s Report|2| |Balance Sheet|3| |Receipts & Distributions Account|4| Gifts to Charitable Causes 4 ## EBENEZER TRUST ## Trustees’ Report ## for the year ended 5 April 2023 The Trustees present their report and the financial statements for the year ended 5 April 2023. The trustees have continued to distribute the funds held by the trust and a list of gifts made in the year is given on page 4 of these accounts. The gifts total £123,531. (2022: £96,240) The two projects that the Trust has supported in the year have been, firstly, the continuation of the provision of financial support to a Christian church in County Wicklow in the Republic of Ireland. The gifts are not designated to any specific object and so the corporate leadership of the church uses the funds as they consider necessary to advance its work. The Trustees are consulted to ensure the use of funds is appropriate. Secondly, the Trust has given for the purchase of a property to be a community centre for the very poor among the gypsy population of Targu Mures, Romania. The acquired property comprising of a small house and a nearby field have been vested in a Romanian foundation with charitable objects. Initially it has been necessary for work to be carried out on the house but, by the middle of summer 2023, the first impoverished families will be invited to come and partake of showers, a meal, the laundry and children’s activities. The Trustees will continue to distribute funds whenever they become available to appropriate causes in accordance with the Trust’s objects. Signed on behalf of the trustees ………………………………… ……………………………………. A. M. Giles D. B. Giles 14 August 2023 Page 1 ## Report of the Independent Examiner to the Trustees of ## EBENEZER TRUST I report on the accounts of the Trust for the year ended 5 April 2023, which are set out on the following pages. Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner: The charity’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 43(2) of the Charities Act 1993 (the 1993 Act)) and that an independent examination is needed. It is my responsibility to: - examine the accounts (under section 43(3)(a) of the 1993 Act); - to follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners (under section 43(7)(b) of the 1993 Act); and  - to state whether particular matters have come to my attention Basis of independent examiner’s report: My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and consequently I do not express an audit opinion on the view given by the accounts. ## Independent examiner’s statement: In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention: (1) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements - to keep accounting records in accordance with section 41 of the 1993 Act; and - • to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the 1993 Act have not been met; or (2) to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. ……………………………… N A Weir MSc PGDip Ugadale Farm Near Campbeltown Argyll PA28 6QR Scotland 14 August 2023 Page 2 ## EBENEZER TRUST |Balance Sheet 5April 2023

2023
£
ASSETS
Debtors -
Bank Balances 43,673
43,673
LIABILITIES
Creditors
-
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TOTAL ASSETS LESS LIABILITIES £43,673
Represented by:-

GENERAL FUND
Balance brought forward
61,411
Excess of receipts over distributions for the year (17,739)
Balance carried forward
Signed
£43,672
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2023

RECEIPTS




£
Gifts Received
106,000

Tax repayment
-
Interest
2

106,002

DISTRIBUTIONS & EXPENSES
Gifts to charitable causes
(123,531)
-see below
General expenses
(210)
Excess of receipts over distributions for the year (£17,739)
Gifts to Charitable Causes
2023
£
Christian Community Church, Blessington, Ireland 53,000
Romanian gypsy poor – Targu Mures
70,531
Kenyan church project – Mulele
-
£123,531|2022
£
87,300
19,401
3
106,704
(96,240)
-
£10,464
2022
89,000
2,350
4,890
£96,240| |---|---| Page 4