Intercessors for Britain Trust
TRUSTEES’ ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS FOR YEAR TO 30TH SEPTEMBER 2021
The Intercessors for Britain Trust is constituted by Deed of Trust, dated 9[th] November 1984. Registered Charity Number 290664.
Charity’s principal address:
14 Orchard Road, Moreton, Wirral, Merseyside, CH46 8TS.
Trustees who served during the year:
Mr Anthony Turner Mr David Goodman, Chairman Mr Raymond Borlase Mr Keith Miller Mr Paul Duffett Mr David Murray
Officers of the Charity:
Mr David Borlase served as Director until 19[th] April 2021, when he handed over to Mr Ashley Thompson. Mr Josh Macdonald joined the Trust on 1[st] July 2021 to serve as Co-Director alongside Mr Thompson.
Structure, governance and management
The leadership of the Trust is undertaken by the Directors, who are responsible for the day-to-day management of the Trust. Operational policies, strategic direction and planning are determined by the Directors together with the Trustees. The Trustees met six times during the year. Administration is undertaken by the Directors, assisted by Mrs Val Borlase. New Trustees are appointed by agreement between the existing Trustees.
Objectives and activities
The Object of the Trust is the advancement of Christianity, particularly through teaching and encouragement of intercession, the production and distribution of Christian literature and other instructional material. In so doing, the Trust seeks to be a moral voice to the nation and the church.
The principal activities are the publication of the bi-monthly Prayer Bulletin, the organisation of Prayer and Bible Conferences for Bible teaching and corporate prayer, the production of Christian literature and the dissemination of resource material for prayer.
IFB is open to all Bible-believing Christians, who will commit to praying regularly for the United Kingdom. Through Bible teaching and instruction, encouragement and facilitation in intercession, it resources Christians regardless of church affiliation. All its online conferences, YouTube videos and printed publications other than Bible teaching CDs which are sold at cost price, are provided free of charge. IFB is
concerned for the highest wellbeing of our nation and its institutions. The Trustees are satisfied that, in the activities and achievements during the year, they have complied with their duty under section 4 of the Charities Act 2006 in regard to public benefit.
Achievements and Performance
The new Co-Directors have taken time to assess IFB systems and operations, and implement improvements, including modernising the logo and the website design. There has been a survey of members, and a tidying of the membership database, so as to remove redundant or non-responsive contacts.
They have developed news posts on Facebook which also feed newly introduced weekly emails to those members who have signed-up for them. Work has started on a series of introductory videos about how/why we should intercede for the nation.
150 new members signed-up to IFB during the year, mainly for ‘email’ membership. Many had been connected with IFB in the past and wished to reconnect, others were entirely new. Despite this overall membership numbers have decreased by 8%. This was partly as a result of the purging of the membership database, and partly because some members had not renewed membership when their local group stopped meeting because of the pandemic.
Growing online engagement has been achieved with increases in followers on Facebook, YouTube subscribers, and followers on Twitter and Instagram, the last being a new initiative aimed at reaching a younger audience.
Physical Prayer and Bible events have been restricted by the pandemic. The New Year (2020/21) conference was organised over Zoom, and subsequently six national half-day Zoom meetings were held. The numbers attending online were consistently larger than those attending physical events. The annual Great Day of Prayer in London, scheduled for June, had to be postponed until September because of lockdowns regulations.
The bi-monthly Prayer Bulletin, which is sent only to signed-up members and is much appreciated as an aid to intercession on behalf of the nation, has been augmented by weekly emails highlighting key issues for prayer. The weekly emails have echoed the regular postings on the IFB Facebook page. At the end of the year it was decided that “The Watchman” magazine will be run independently and separate from IFB.
For the coming year, a New Year Prayer and Bible conference has been arranged at the Christian conference centre used in previous years. It is planned to hold a further 3-day conference in the summer together with occasional Prayer and Bible days and regular, bimonthly, national half-days of prayer over Zoom.
Other plans for the coming year include: initiating regular online prayer meetings for younger people (20’s and 30’s); updating certain past IFB leaflets that would be helpful for a new audience; publishing explanatory information about how and why we pray about particular issues; identifying, training and supporting potential leaders
of local prayer groups and prayer days; exploring and developing partnerships with churches and other leaders.
Financial Review
The Trust’s bank accounts during the year were with Barclays Bank and Santander, and savings accounts were opened with Redwood Bank.
Donation income declined by 9%, but the Trust received gifts from Wills of £102,134 as a result of which total assets at 30[th] September 2021 rose to £117,036. We give thanks to God for this generous provision.
The Director and Co-Directors received fees for their work managing and developing the operations of the Trust, and as principal speakers. Mr Raymond Borlase received an honorarium as a speaker, and for the preparation of The Watchman. Mrs Val Borlase received an honorarium in recognition of the help she gives in the administration of the Trust. Guest speakers at Prayer & Bible events receive expenses and a per diem honorarium. Each year the Trustees may decide to make modest gifts to other Christian organisations; this year eight organisations received such gifts.
Other than the honorarium to Mr Raymond Borlase, and the payment of expenses, no other Trustees have received any remuneration.
There are no Restricted Funds, and the Trustees endeavour to retain sufficient reserves to cover at least six months of expenditure.
General Data Protection Regulations
We seek to ensure that we comply fully with the regulations, having considered them along with advice from the Information Commissioner’s Office.
Signed on behalf of the Trustees:
David A Goodman, Chairman of Trustees,
Date: 19[th] January 2022
INTERCESSORS FOR BRITAIN TRUST
ACCOUNTS FOR YEAR ENDING 30 SEPTEMBER 2021
RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS
| RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | to 30/09/2021 | Year to 30/09/2020 |
| Receipts:- | £ | £ |
| Donations incl. Gift Aid | 31,834 | 34,244 |
| Interest | 482 | 88 |
| Income from publications | 90 | 84 |
| Gifts from Wills | 102,134 | 1,000 |
| Total Receipts | 134,060 | 35,417 |
| Payments:- | ||
| Fees and Gifts to Individuals & Organisations | 35,348 | 31,324 |
| Venues, Ministry & Travel | 1,916 | 1,452 |
| Printing & website | 2,680 | 2,862 |
| Postage | 2,475 | 2,587 |
| Office Costs | 2,561 | 1,382 |
| Other | 11 | |
| Insurance | 202 | 296 |
| Total Payments | 45,182 | 39,913 |
| Net Receipts (Payments) | 88,878 | (4,496) |
| Total Funds last year end |
28,158 | 32,654 |
| Total Funds this year end | 117,036 | 28,158 |
STATEMENT OF ASSETS & LIABILITIES AT 30 SEPTEMBER 2021
| Bank Accounts:- | £ | £ |
|---|---|---|
| Current Accounts | 6,035 | 1,503 |
| Deposit Accounts | 111,001 | 26,654 |
| Total Funds: | 117,036 | 28,158 |
Signed on behalf of the Trustees:
David A Goodman, Chairman of Trustees. Date: 19[th] January 2021
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