H-OPE CWRISTIAN Tr￿ST SUPPORTING COMMUNITIES IN THE LANDS OF THE BIBLE g5 Hopc Cliristian Trust Registered Charity No.328456 ANNUAL REPORT & ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31" MARCH 2021 PFOPE CFtRISTIAN TRLIST Supporting Communities in the Lands of the Bible Registered Chsirity NoJ28456 Annual Report & Accounts for the period 1st April 2020 to 31st March 2021 Table of contsnts page number Glossary of abbrevlatlons Annual Report.. Objects and activities Policy for Provision of support Main ministries receiving support 2,3,4 Achievements and perfomiance Financial report 5,6,7 Risk review Structure, governan￿ and management Reference and administrative details Accounts.. Inijepenaeni Examiners Report Receipts & Payments Account Statement of Assets & Liabilities 10 11 Accounting policies Nature and purpose of Funds Analysis of Receipts & Payments Payments to trustees and connected persons Other information 12 12 13 14 14 DPE CF*RISTIAN TrLIST Supporting Christian communities in the lands of the Bible Registered Charity NoJ28456 TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st March 2021 Glo•sary of abbrnvlallons us•d In th1• rewt: "BBC" Bethlohem Bible College "HES" Helxon EvarrfJelical School "the Trugv Hope Christian Trust "TLS" The L￿hthOuse Sthool "TSS" The Shethrd Souety Zababdeh Ministries (fomiwly T&)rtha) The truslees pre8enl their annual repxl ￿ rnar￿la1 stat￿entS of th8 tharty for Ihe year ended 318t. March 2021. The trustees have chosen to pr¢xluce th880 finarKial statements on the Receiptg & Payments basis 88 pennrtted in So￿K￿ 133(1) of Ihe CharIt￿S Act 2011 to accord with t)est practice examples pYoduc&J by t￿ Charty CL¥nmissl￿ to a)mply wtth the thwty's In￿1 deed. Objects and actlvltlos for the publlc benefit The PLffPOS8 of the Trust is to sup￿1 communfties in the18nds of the Bible by he￿Ing to rell8ve poverty, encouragin9 the developmwrt of communty lrfe, supwrting the provision of educatton ar#J aiding the irrfinn arKI disadvantaged. The trustees c£)nfinn that they have referred to the Chwily Commi3310n's gU￿anCe on public benelrt when reviewing its aims and objectives, In plannng future activrties and setling the policy for 8UPPCXt acllvrt￿8 ICY the year The Trust develops its 8uppcxtiv8 works for Ihe public benefrt, which are currently direded mainly towards Israel and the 0cLXp￿d Palestffl￿ Tomtonos (the West Bank Gaza) throL￿h rt8 polic which aim to.. 1 Assist In the devel(¥yment of Chn'slwi mnistry kn th8 laThts of the Bible. pknilarly thr(wh the minislry ol Belhl•hem Bible Coll&ae. 2. Support slud8nts (pYrn8rily bjt not exdu8ively Palestinian) at variou8 level3 of eduGet￿n ranoina from pro-school io Doctorgt• l•vd. All w) th• furthw•ntxb of th•ir g•n•ral •duc*tbon •nd, for some, in the provision of theolog￿1 education In th8 Chrisiian fath. The Trust provKles and encowages 108thw trainirvJ, helps to provide 8ducalional equpmern and SUPP￿ f¢x schco13 and centres in Beihlehem, H8bron. the Northarn W881 Bank (In tha 28babdoh 8rea) and in Gaza. It fijnds and supports teachers and staff working in these schools and visil educationalists giviro 3UPFQrt WKI professional trainiro. 3. Provide r8li8f to the pott. infinn and disadvantaged. 118UFWts woiects to shthv love for famil￿ and children wrth disabilrti88 and Ihose ￿ havo 8peci81 educational noed8, who ara often mwginalised in their communities. The Trust ha8 a180 pfovKled occasional a88i8t In the provision of medical equipmerrt and he￿ wrth the expen888 of medical care. 4, Encourage the development of cwnrnunrt￿8 m th8 wea by a8SiSting with tho provision of varioty of facilities and resources. The Trust car￿3 these aciivrtAes Ifyough it3 van8d minislnes whth rn￿h1 repr886rn standalono supportive prqects or ones that are cunm8nc8d 810rysth other ostablishad charitable bod*$ from the UK and local NGOS. No formal agreement is wrt in place wrth these other parties and the Trust does r￿t anler any fom)81 eA)mmrtmwrt to FYovid• Lyyoiry support ts tho work of any of it8 mlnlstri08. The Page I F*DPE CF*RISTIAN TRLIST mlnistries 8r8 merety administrati￿ dNi3ion8 wrthin tho Trust, Ihay arn r￿ 8eparatety est8blish8d char￿￿9 ncK aro they incorp(Thted. The Trust's ffK(xn018 g8neratod from., Appeals made by Ihe trustees to ￿ant￿nakIng bodies. Appeals to Ihe public through talks given al Wb1￿ meetings and chwches CL￿18￿ wrth per80n8 ￿dIOr bodies wfm) are known to be supp￿tiVe of the Tru81's adivilie8. In all of these appeals the prospective doncffs are made aware of the wrpose of the fundraisiro aTrJ given an wtlln8 of rt will be u8ed to help Ihose in rned. Pollcy for provlslon of support The work of the Trust in providiTrJ Swport to rts ministrns falls into two 3eparate 8egment8: Rec8ipI and distnt￿t10n of new and establish￿on90In9 donations for Irmgstandiry miniJtri83, such as the Bethlehem Bible Collty8, the Lohthouse sd￿1, etc. Assistance using g8n8rn1 dO￿tiOnS rKeived by the Trust to assist other mnistrw ￿ p80ple that hav6 an immediato nood ft>r Supp￿ in 8 81ThJ￿ •knont of thoir work The Trust has beon workirKJ In th8"lands of the Bible" ILY Ovff thlty years and has established a nelwork of Irusted local associates in their respectNe area8 logethw with contacts at many established ¢harrtaL)le organisations who work in tts correspondin9 localilie8. Wth this WKle Source of Information. the Trust is m&Je aware of srtuatKm thai MWI be wrthin rts 8ccpe to provth 88818tsnco. Upon receipt of the advice cl the trustees gather InI￿rnatIc￿ as to the extenl ol the requirement, Ils viabilrty (rf relevant), wstainabilrty and the backgrwnd of tts reciP￿nIp￿t ￿ th8 Trust, has enabled Gazan3 to 8tudy for the College'5 M.A., B.A and Page 2 OPE C￿RISTIAN TRLIS Diploma prografflmes. Ihrwh vi5itirvJ int8mational 18caur8rs afxl through distarKX ￿dIOr cTr Iln818aming. The Trust continuos to receiv• donation• f(Y Ihe 8UPWt al BBC a8 a rnsuh of appeals made and trc¥n regular th)nors. Usually, talks are given to intwesled gfOUPS by the tN8teos and thas8 have ge￿rated further grfls, but this has not t)een P)sS￿le in the year under review currnnt yéar due to Covid 19 rp8trbctlons. The Colltyo has asked Ihat tho Trust Cantnu￿ to hold mon￿8 givon for rt8 work until rt req￿st3 thor tr￿Sfer to Bethlehom. Hebron Evangollcal School: ("HES") 18 8 lonwt8b1￿h8d sclKK>I in this large conLrt)at#)n south of Jerusalem, FKoviding a high standard of acajemic social educatlon for chlldren from ac(￿orn￿llY challenged fanilie8. There are CLKMtly approximately 3CAI 3tud8nts, betwean 4 and 12 yews old who ar8 taLYJht Erolish from an oaty st898. Thero are aboul 20 bo8rder5 at the SC*￿1. The sdv)ol has a ICKW waitino list. Boarders retum home to visrt their parents al waakeTrJ8 arKI during school holthys. Most students come from very poor hrynes affected by heafth FYoblwn8, beroavement or the ongoing yoblems a880c￿ted wrth the 8poradic confiict In the land. A rapidly growirvJ deaf unrt has 8 focxjs of supwt kn Fffevious years ILY Ihe Tru31 and offérs spec￿1 train1￿ for stujents wrth heamg irnpairmeni. The Schcol aims to reintegralo children into m8instream ad￿tI￿1 88 soon 88 POS8ibl8. Tho Trusl provides some 8UFPOrt mainty from its G￿￿ra1 ILnd8 and from some regular donations. Tho Ughthou80 School: ("TLS") A 2￿) wmarylel•mrn 8thwl (InckJdirKd kindergarten) In the Zertun district of Gaza Cty, founded in 2C*)S. In rec*nt years. much of the Trusfs 8UPPXI ha8 dlrected towwds tho labric of the school Ixrt in the last two yews the Trust has been largely involved in supporting Ihe costs of educational provisiM. In ￿17, bonefacttx approached the Trusi to establish. wrth their help, 8 specrfK R88ili8nc8 FurKI to help with periods of weak cashfiow at the sctK)ol. Both oducalH)nal Mater￿lS and furKJing ar8 hard lo come by txrt the school endeavours to r88th out to support the depnvad fernilies In th8 area by gIV￿g children a oood education and also s(xn8 txxn8nrtar￿n supw>rt. The Tru8t has C4XXinued to FYOVKle sjppcxt for t8acher tramirKJ aTrJ has helped wrth Ihe establishment of a wdo88iMal develownent pr¢)gramme athd by vi8iling educall￿all8￿ from the U.K Th13 has been limit&J durwvJ the yaw undw rnvknv due lo COVKI 19 restriciions, txA financ￿1 supwl and some Zocffi tr8ning OFWlunrtie8 hgve been given. The Shepherd Soclety ("TSS"); The "c8nng arm" of 8ethleh8m Bible College helping n*ly families mainly In the Bethlehem Wea also in Gaza. Mor• r•c•nI￿. It h•• FYov•d•d *id lar 8yrl•n r•fug••• who h•v• fl•d th• fl8htlng •nd aro now In camps in Jordan. In athdition, Ihe Shepherd SOc￿ty 18 eTrJeavoLKing to FY0v￿a aid into Gaza, where the n88d is hugo. The Trust has regular don￿5 to lh8 soC￿tY and pass08 on 8upp(x1 from churches, charilies and other benefactors In Ihe UK. Spea81 efforts to encourage support have been made during Ihe year to help a wtKularty serths pr¢Jblem In tha Bethlehem area arising frcffi the COV￿ 19 pandwnK. Zababd•h Mlnl8tri•g ("ZAB"): Z*)abd8h 18 a larg8 village in the nortt￿l part of Ihe W88t Bank. A Communty Centre was inrtially estsblished by the Dulth chanty Tabrtha Ministries. based upon an iniliative of Rev. Dr. Atsllah Esawi who 18 a nativo of Ihe area. He SOUW to support Ihe Christi8n ccxmmunty livirvJ In ts norttr￿ pwt of the W88t Bank and to work togett￿ with the k)cal Imam. Tho Centre provide8 a day nurwy thIldr￿ of up to ￿ y8ws of ago, various "camps" for older chlldron and a moating place for all local children and women. A guesl Imjse facilty is in cours8 of construction to WDVKle 11 letting rooms on the upper fkxy. This s￿Ild provth additional inc(xne to support rts work that exlends W￿er afield ttfOLBh rt5 SUPWrt for the unemployed and help for families in ne&J by FYOVKJing food parc818 and cuitnbulirKJ towards Page 3 FFOPE CFtRISTIAN TRLIS medical and educall￿al costs as well as utilty bills. The Trust provides assistance for these activili88 and has previously raiged furK15 for such itam8 as air conditioning, plaY￿[￿d equipment and a waler pump, as well as VWK)us refurbishments of the ￿lIding. Although the day care facility has continued (albert wrth IcKkd(Nm breaks ¢kn to Covid19) thr activiti83 have been seriously ojrtailed. The Trust has generated kyants from charltablo Ora￿188110n8 raised moni88 by appeal lo asslst financially wilh the conslructh)n and cngoina running costs of the Cenlre. The funds r8i8ed are hekl in a restr￿ted fLnd until th• rnon￿ wa ro(wted by Ihe kjcal management of In pravi￿8 yearn tho Trust has given s¢xne small fNMncial SUPF•yI to Aboud Evangellcal School. The Trust has rwjt activety ramd swort has 8 thannel for supp(yl frcffi the UK to The House of Hopo In B•thleh•m and to scyne other Chrisli8n miniStr￿S In the18nd (8.g., Plantlng and Seed Mlnlstry near Bethlehem and Ahll Hospltal In Gaza) During the year Love Into Actlon In Belhlahem, due 10 visa kyoblems, have mov&J their activili8S to Jordan and future de￿SlOn￿ as to the Trust's involvemern have yet to be made in Ihw'r new situation. It has rK)t been poss￿18 this year to visit these prqects and no 8pecrfic supwt has L*en given due to Covid 19 rostrbdions. Achlevements and perfomianco: Wllh the W￿88pread locatic￿ of the trustoes within the UK meelin98 often take Ihe fm of ￿nferenc• calls ￿ eledronic messaging. There hav6 teen three formal meetfftgs cffl Zoom dunrvJ the year and several occa8Dns whwe Truste83 discussed informally i88ue3 relating to the Trust. Regular report8 on 'Vi8its to the ar88 by Trust885 were arculataj lor InformaiK)n and comrnent. Two Vayerf￿1orrnat1Qn letters wer8 circulated to Trust supporters during the year and monthly reports were sent 10 all those gUPPOrtifVJ Belhleham Bible College and the Shèpherd Soaety In the UK Trustees during the year received updateslreports on Var￿US ministry prqacts and discus$8d how bèst they can offer support to those in whth they have been irNolv8d cm a Wl8rn1 b8315. Muth dIs¢X￿810n h88 taken place around tho revision of the Trust's policy (*)arnenls to Ixing t￿7 up lo date and align proc•dur88 wilh cmnt Charity C￿nmi3310n guKYan￿. However, Ihe main topic in the year under review ha3 been t signrfuni Impact of the iocai conflbcl UWI thew established projects (the Bethlehem Blble College and Ihe Lighthouse School) Volatility In Ihe Middle East c￿tinU0d to escalate, and the Irust8es remain cognisant of the risks nvolved Wi Iravel and wfyking in this ￿ of the wortd. whth has rK)I been possible in the year urmkn revthv due to Ihe covid wd8mic. Trust88s erxJeavcNJr to keep up lo date wrth 811 d8velopment8 th￿9h regular ccm1￿ w¢th rel￿ble hxal s(wce8 and oth8r Chnsiian 0rg8nisali￿S but Ih8y have rol b88n able to travel to the area thrwJh lh8 of this reFQrt Dunng 2020 the Trustees c*dulty c￿5*Yer8d t￿ futLxe of Ihe TNst hawTrJ ccndudod that withn the nexl two yews the aspecas of the Trust vttiK* mvofv8d Bethlehem Bbl8 Coll8y the Shephwd SO￿etY should be tran8f8rred to a new Trt￿t, to be called tho Both18￿) Dev8b)pnent Trust registered wth the Charty commissK￿. Specffj￿ 8UPP(xt f(x ttr￿se Iwo ministr￿3 will, in due course, te removed frwi tts objectives ol HCT. Delailed ckxumenis have been FY8pwed ft)r 8valu8tion and discussions took pl•¢• with th• Coll•9• Bo•nl. Th1• la ￿ ongotrig dlacus8h)n hopelully wilh full agr￿ment all part￿8 will be Sat￿la￿OrIty r&801v•J. Unf(xtunately, has l)een In tfroino Ihis to 8ati51a¢Acry cL￿CluSion, but rt ￿ corrfidontly trK)P8d Ihai these tran￿1Th￿ will lake pw by the of 2021 , This will resuh in the transfer of all adNrties nvolvirvj the Colltye n Bethlehem and tho Shephwd Scoety t*ing Ir8nsfwred to a new trusl. Independant of Hope ChristJ8n Trust giving rise to a slffnm irKJ d(ywn of the fund raising a￿1 supportive activrties of the Trust This is regarded unanimously as a prudent and boneficial move by th8 Trustees looking tcwards the fulLf8 WKI 3￿UkI assist %JccassK)n plarnirvJ. Applicalion8 wern Successfully m&Je to several tharities and tru8t8 both In the UK USA and Europe for funds, HCT has produced 18afiets at>out rt8 work continued to develcp rt8 websrte. An nfornalic￿ sh88t Is now produced regulwty to keep suppc*ler8 up 10 date and encowa98 prayerful and practThl 8UPPCrt. A trustee was involved in the PlannirYJ Commrtte8 for the next Chrisl al the Chethpoknt Conference. org8nRed by Bethlehem Bible Colw, was to be held in bu( du8 to tha COVKI 19 pandemic, th18 has provisiMally bean postponed until 2022. Page 4 FtDPE CPtrRISTIAN TRLIST In the summer of 2012 several Christians in G8Z8 asked Bethlehem Bible Co118ge to r&egtabli8h a proJranme of Iheologic81 and gewal ethjcatw in Gaza, courses had stopped sever81 years ago due to severe travel reStnct￿nS following fikthling. Several COLrnS were held n Gaza dLKing the academic year 2012-2013. A prwamme of study at BA and MA level was eslablished aThJ al the beginning of the Autumn Semester 2013 three stLKJents continued to St￿ty ai BA18vel etht students btyan 8 three- year MA One such caJrs8 is very relevant to Ihe &ea - dis￿￿81c￿ of recL￿Gi118t10n and conflict resolution. Olher c(xJrs88 were also 8Stsb113hed 8rKI ￿ of ts trustees of Ihe Trust has aded as Direclor of the Gaza Study Cartre in addrtion to taaching scMn8 of the mo(knles Duo to th8 sYec8ri￿S environment fcy students 8nd t8ach8r8, t￿ Trust has supported BBC wrth olhws In settiro up an e- 18aming FKogramme. There has been continu&l education su*ained by Ihe Trust durirKJ the year urKler review and Ihree rx)urses on Zoom have been taughl, Development of the Bible Collrye Ext￿s1On In Gaza ha8 boen fraught. BBC Palestinian lecturers Cannol oet pennission to travel into Gaza and rt is left to qualrfied teachers who have international status to Seek parmissK)n to enter I￿r￿gh Israel to teach. Th8 possibilrty of enty thrO￿h Rafah and Iravel through the Sinai 88 an 81tem8tive r￿6 of entry Is cijrrently eXtr￿elY dangerous. Nav8rth81885, Tft￿t has continued 10 rec81V8 donat￿n5 for the supw1 of sludents at BBC (and TSS). Tho establi8hment cl a teathiro 8Xtensicn W>gr￿Me in Gaza has Fyogressed aThJ HCT has b88n involved in its planning and cK9anisalicn. In addition, tho Trust has raised tho n•cassary funds for rolling programme of study planned f(Y the rnxl throa years to attain BBC Diploma, Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts programmes. This has In￿rred extra exp8nse th8 Trust f(x visits aThJ the establishm8nt of Sky￿￿180 c4yrfer￿￿In9 faa'lities lo enable tho c£rfrtinued participa1￿1 of the truste88 In the programmo. For 80me tim8, much of tts pOpulat￿n of Bethlehem has INed tel¢N the esta)lished poverty line. As a result, Bethlehem Bible Co118ge 8st8blished tho Sh8phwd Soo8ty as rts 'carfftg afm. that support8 those in need both In tho Bothlehom area in Gaza. In March 2016, Ihe received an award for wovidiro Ihe most support to Christian arKI Muslim f￿11103 in the dislrKt. Grfts g8rnrated by fundraising by Ihe Trust f¢x TSS have been used for. Revolving loan? to help familie3 to 8t￿1 their cwn t￿siness83. Family sFK)nsor3hip- ￿1rrentlY 75 fam11￿5 are 3UPPOrted wrth this spon80rship (25% from U.K.) Support wrth utility ￿)stS by clearing outstanding bills to preveni cutting-off of supplles. Assisianc6 wrth Chiktr8n's &lUCat￿ ~ TSS has helped to keep over 6CKJ children In area sthools. In addition. Sane d￿all￿$ wwe recoived to enablo grfts to bo Sent to supFort Christians In war-tom Syrla (this was separate from th8 Trust's Syrlan Refuge8 4Dp881) TSS has been p8rttcularty actlve thring the COV￿ 19 Pa￿MI¢ and the TN8t ha8 r8i80d fmancial Ysupport to help The Trust has been Involved slnc8 th8 Inc8Ptlon of the Farnlty Ceniro in Zababdeh which has been joint (non-contractual) prqect between Ihe Trust and the Dulch Christian org¥fisatth kn(Avn 8S the Tabitha Ministrios. Funding has been pmvided by way of grft and loan, fLY th8 d8veloEYnent of a new buildin9 10 provid• a communily cwrtrg indu(Jkng a conferenc8 centre, guesi house iaciiiiies and base for local Glubs, soaeties. etc. In pr8vious financial years tha truste￿ considered a longar-tami plan for contin￿1 8UFPOrt of mini8tri•s in the Land8 of the Bible bui with th8 ￿ntInU￿g volatilty in the weas where the Trust works this has caused support to be more react￿ in ils nature. It is hoped that a solution can be I￿nd to the corrflicls and 8trrfe so that the Trust can resume ts longer-lwm plans for the Supwt of ov6Yseas Minis1r￿S. In all these supportive actNlti8s, th8re is over51ghl by the trust88s who, in theK ovgrso89 vi8tt8, can be reassur&l those funds provided by th8 Trust have twi uséd apwopnately tho varhW8 proi8d8 in whith they are involved aro sustainabl•. Flnanclal ReporL' DLriro the year urKlw rnvthv tha Trustees urmlertook a review of tho rn￿Y Re8tn"cted FU￿13 that are 8dminisierod by the Trust Part of this revthy sought to th8nge the nam88 of the fvnds to better indicate Iheir purposes and part s(xJght to group togelher som8 IufKls wh8re thw8 wa8 8 Cwimon b8n8fi￿ary, Page 5 FFDPE C￿RISTIAN TrLIS ft)r example there were four BBC fvnds, two of which rolate to projects teminaled by Ihe College As the donors werè happy to continue giving to Ihe College these funds were wnalgamated into the BBC General Fund. A similar situation arose with TSS. 1or6 monies ar8 h8ld fty e￿ablished Spe¢rf￿ ministr￿3 they are reoJrd&J In the re8pKlive restncted fund and they are held as part of tl* bank balances at erther Lloyds Bank CK Natwest Bank The trustees StrNe to maintain tha balanc88 on thes8 aCc￿nIS wilhin Ihe lav81 of woleKIK)n thorded by tha FSCS so Ihat the Trust's res￿rCeS are pYote¢t8d by thi8 gOVWMienl stheme. The work of the Trust h89 been severety hampered in Ihe year under rovivw by tha Pand￿1C and by Ihe ffrvigniting of the confiicl n the Holy Lands. This has made it impossible for cwi8rs to circulale and make the disthbulions that so many of the benefic￿rIeS depend upon. It ha8 a180 been 8oen to have imp8Ct8d upon the b￿kIng system fcy many so that Wt￿re possible givfftg to the needy has to be made Ihrough the Moneygram nètAvc¢K In Ih888 instanc88 the Iruslees have been SLre to rt)tain em811 reeeipt8 from ban8fww to 8nswe th8t mcThy has rea(*￿d its Inten(*d destinaticm. Tha opwation of the Trust 18 8implo in that donations r￿e1Ved for ￿Y spKffi8d purpose are accumul8t•J in R8slricted Funds thereby establishing a limit as to how much can be given away. Th8 Trust's General (unrestricted) Fund éxists to fmanc8 rts owatirrfJ costs any genoral donations that Il might $88k to make. Durlng the y8w undw revi8W the Trust r8ceived donation5 of £7,470.[￿ for its General FurK1 whereas In th8 preV￿￿s financial year, when six swifunt onedf donatKffis were received, ￿ lOt81 wa8 £12.491,72. Thè accounts show £8.602.87 beirrfJ r8ceiv&J from tax reo)vwy for Grft Aided donaticfis In the ye8r erKled 31.3.2021 wheroas £193.37 was received in the wev1￿3 yew. The total amount W8s initially . Included in Desonatwj Funds unlil the fuThJ allocati(m was verif*1 •)d was lator distnbul￿l by transfer to the r8levant fu￿. Despite the difficulties of distribution lo benefKiaries, the trustees continl￿d th8ir fimdr8isry ekns so that the income for re8tnct&l funds increased from £(￿),￿.42 {yle 31. 3.2020)10 £116,134.49 and tolal monies received fDS8 Irorn £102.$55.14 to £130,524.37. an inc¥ease of 27%. Dislritxrtiong were rn￿18 durirvJ ￿ year to teneficiar￿8 wh8re th8 recip￿9 erther had establthed bank accoutts or where M￿eYg￿rn payments could made (this system ensures that beneficiar￿3 provide ad8quate ID before monies we released) The lotal payments made by th Trust duriw tt year rose to £83,414.02 from £75,973.22 {yl8 31.3.2020). Of the distrbution8 General Fund tol811ing £12,511.32 this wa3 8xp8nd8d as folknvs £335 10 support families suffering wrth CovK119. £1 ,OCQ to 8upp(xl the Hearin*lmpair8d Unli at Hebron sthooi. £7.883 to assist wrth tho re￿IldIng of Zababdeh Communty C8ntr8 £2.257 to help SL4>FQrt Rov. Esawi In his outreach ministry at Zababdeh. £38 lor •thtlonwy 6upplie•. £629 fcrf post4e r￿fred. £104 f(K bank thw988 (1888 £21.(>3 r•covwed trom a RestrKted Fund) £36 to renew website domain addres8. £250 notional donatic￿ to a88iSt wth the wr(h8e of a rthv computer a volunteer lo administer the acc(xJnts. Total lund8 t*kl by the Trust rose to £181 ,932. 71 from £134,822.36 (yle 31 .3.2020). Of this total at the end of Ihe year under rev￿ £126,W.47 (£73.¥27.26 81 yle 31.3.2020) relales to the balances held on the vwious rnstricted funds whilst the Trust h88 maintained rt8 General Reserve {De31gnated Fund) of £50.[￿.58. Thls, togethw with the balan¢% on the Genwal FuThJ of £4,927.68, 18 considered by the tru8teos to provlde adequale IiquKIty for It8 fm888able rn•ds and p088ible emergency 8rtuations. Tho need to make u80 of and M￿y0r￿n transkn caused ￿ inuea88 in bank dwrges fr(xn £59.80 to £251.00 auoss all funds. Page 6 H-OPE CFtRISTIAN TRLIS The Tnjst continues to receive somo incomé in US dollars and ￿lIst this Is conveniently trnnsferred to rts US$ account, extrema flu￿￿10n6 of exch￿ f￿•S dunng the yoar under revi￿ gave rise to a net loss of £1.W.64. Wth tho limitalions cn travel imposed by both CovK119 a)d ts ccxfflict in the Holy L￿d8. the truste made no Irips ayoad. Travel un(lertaken by them in tIN8 UK wa3 met from their (Mn r&S￿r¢￿8. Rlsk Revlew: The trusteog aro cogni38nt of th8 nsk 83soci8ted with wrxking in 8 poIrt￿lty unstable aroa such as Bethlehem and the West Bank. The work of the charrty 13 constantly kept urKler roview in th6 I￿h1 of the volatil8 situation in this area Being 818rt to tr)ese ￿tential k￿leMS. the Trust takes slep8 to mrtigate perceived risks whwever possibl8 both to M(￿105 tran8mrtted to tx)efrAar*s and to rts own pers(x)nel who mako visrts to t￿ ww-tcm areas. Risk r818ted to the chanty's operatK￿3 In tho UK are oinfined to th08e associated wrth all small voluntary organisations and tho trustees beI￿ve that. a8 lar os M possible arKI FYactKal, plan8 ar• n Pl￿ to meet tho¥e potential risks. The Trus113 also aware of the pot￿lia1 risk fr￿n the small nLMnber wrthin rts m￿ag￿￿OnI team and recognises that eath member bring8 indNidual S￿,118 whK* moht not b8 r8adity r8plicatwJ by other exi8liro volunteer members. Some action ha8 be8n taken to mityte risk by 8pre•Jing athnini3tratlV8 lagks acr088 a wits lody of trustoos •xl volunt88r8 arKI wrth pknning for the dovalowont of an independent Trust - the Bethlehem Develofxnent Tru81- to lake responSi￿'1ty for a majcf part of it3 ministry with Bethlehan Bible College. truste8s now bel￿0 thai In Ihe event of departure CK w)1￿￿ed Ilktsallh of any one membw It could continue to yrate. 8lb8it at a reduced 18vel. Thai. by rt8 nature, HCT ths not have any commitments or li8biliti88 1$ con8Klered a strength 811owing rt to ras￿nd rap￿lY to changes. both internal 8Xtem81. This absence of e8tabli8h8d contractual lthilrti88 8180 reducés th8 regponsibilty of the Trust slthlld any unfcKe8een ovenl ari80 that rn￿1 impacl UP￿ its workings The Trust ¢c￿tInUeS to b8 vigllant In relation to its responslblllti88 Within the guidanc8 given by the Financi81 Aciion Task Force outlined in RecunM￿IaI￿l 8. No dOnat￿n was received In the y08r whith warranted further investigatK)n in relatw to money laundering. The Trustees visil aThJ inspec potential new beneficiaries in the Bible Lands in an endeavoLW to en3Lre that m￿leS donated go to the source of need. Th8 Trust's Rlsk Polry w8s compre1￿SivelY updated in July 2016 and roviwts ¥0 undortaken by the trust88s wher8 orn of thor gyoup is a Pfie8t in ChLKch of Engl￿d FYeviou81y an 018ted Inspector,. Ofsted 18 8 body appoinled by Her Majest￿$ Ch￿1 Inspector to oversee the wort( of the sch¢)ols in the UK. To fvifil the roles of each of an Inspedor, a Pr￿St and acadamy gov8morldirecior the appointee 18 fully checked 88 to Iheir backgr￿nd and surt8bilily to work wrth children and musi 8tt8nd r•9ul•r Cour•￿ on •ll •r••• of ri•k ••••••m•n¢. •tG. l>>>>>> T•t•l• T•t•l Fund• Recelpts Receipt3 Iiom gen•th•3 f Volunthry incom• In￿•1m¢￿t Inc(wne Rectlw irom cth•rtlabl• •o*MII•• otmr recelrts 7.470.C6 6.825.18 116.104.49 130,399.73 f02,865. 14 30ry) Total rtt•lpt• 7,588.14 8,831.74 116.IJ4A• 130.$24.37 102.856.14 Payments Ce•t of geTheratlr¥J lundi Co•1 of oefwallrKJ volunl•ry k)c¢ffi• ChAnEabl• adivrtwi Othw ￿yMor￿A T¢Jtal p•ym•nt• 1045 89.827 61 1.(fA 64 877 27 81.386 35 1,35040 382 51 75.510 78 11.SS8 74 285 76 12.611.32 70,902.70 83.414.02 74973.22 N•1 rnc•lptsipayiMnt• b•forn tran•f•rn 4.963.18 6.831.74 46.231.79 47.110.36 28,Ul.92 Trnnshrn.. o•M ol Hop• Chflthn Tiu•t in •C¢Ord￿ th• obl•ctlv•• rMAlln•d in h TfU•t O••d Funts ••¢ ••th lor lup￿ ol th• Tnmt In th• ol tsifx••••d dam•￿ f 8ul•thnc• ￿ r•duc•d irKtyM lof th• Trusl. Pr￿￿•ty h•ld m¢¥)rM Imm goods ￿k• In th• UK, from •rtl••n• In th• L•ndS . fKW lrnd•J Ihroiigh 8•lhbthwn 811>1• Coll E$l•bIl•1￿1 to r•¢*¥• don•llM• •rbs1ty fmm •pw h•d by th• Twii and to mo•t UK ￿$ts •ll r•l•tsng lo th• G•z• C*ffr• Eit•bll•h•d to r•¢th* don•tk)fi• from •pp••l• l••d by th• TnM( gp*ilcally for th• purpo•w of 8ibl• Coll•g• Gen•fal Re••rve Fund R•voMng Glft Shop Gaza Siudy Centre Bethlehem Blblo Collag• Gen8rn1 B•ihlohem Blble College SpKfflc Hebron Evang•lkal Esl•bll•h•d lo r•c*rt donatlorn •rf•lng from •pp••h l••d by th• Tru•i kn •p•¢l small undwiak¢n by th• Colw gr nornin•t•d •lud•ii •upport. RwoMfi9 •nd or•Mff proJ•d• tfvlthln th1• Fund lor Wron Ev•nyllc•l School E*•bli•hwJ lo r•c•r¥• d¢)n•tM)n• •nwng from •pp•d• l••d by th• Tnrt tr th• ppwl of •prfffic prq•cti ¢Xhw Ihan Um• fof *th•ch • R•strKt•d FLffjd h•• b••n Hop• Chnstlan Trust Sp•clfic Donthns HO￿ Communlty Support R•voMng •Trd on•off Pro￿ vAthln Fufid E•thbll•h•d to hold m(m6• r*lA•d frcth Ilfn• to Ilm• for th• ChnthrA In Hope MISS￿ Support Rwomng and onmff PfDJKts vnthln Ihli FuThl mtMlQft• *llPPOrtthl by th• Tiu•t Hou8• Of HOPO •p•uhe•lty for th• ol Hop• Lighthou￿ School E•t•tyi•w io r•c*v• g•nwal don•#orA trom •pp*ts h•d ty th• Tru •p•dn¢•lty tty lh• Ugmhouw 6th1W. E•tIbl￿h•d ￿91ft￿ly to •rtslng itrom •pp*l• l••d by th• Tnmt for • t••eW• f•mlly m•d• by fir•. •ub••ty• In th ol l•t ¢Mftl¢ts R•bY•Mng •nd ontroll Ojects *lrth*n thi• Fui Llghthou CommunRy Support LIgMhouM School Reslllence Fund Lffjhthoum School US Dollars Lov• Into AGtlon lor th• Lov• Inlo kn rthrltyi grnal u•• E•t•bliih•d lo r•¢th• donath from •ppMl• l#d by th• Tn*t. •p•dfi¢•ly Rv￿m Shephefd Society Gènernl Sh•ph•rd Socl•ty Famlly Support Eit•blffjW to domtlorffj from app•bh h•d by th• TnAt, wll• for lh• •upm ol up ty th• S•. mwg•d Into th• G￿¥•1 Fund Rwomrwj •nd onfroff Ixq•cts wthn ihis FurKI ZAbabdeh Communty th• Wofk vAlh th• T•l)rth• mini￿10￿ m Z•b•bd Rwofvlng 8nd on-off ojects wrthin this Fund 240 I￿X) PfqKI pag• 12 PtDPE CFtRISTIAN TR￿ST Noie• io (he A¢¢ounts for the year ended 31•L March 2021 l . An•ly•is rfR•c•lpi• & P•ym•nt• .307AJ itr)c 11,45474 104 3.fAI 79 .000. 6.96 ¢3fft Str• 1J17.17 10.3ffj0) 1045 >)m5 38 )Jry) T•x (GA) 3,IYJ3 •5 co &971.10 4.1• 10) Ir￿P 111Jp) 240C 7W 1.egj co 3231J6 1234 ¥31•,11 11122 431AQ Irrfj T￿ IGAI 278 23 45CO 47121 Tty (GA) 82S 71721 16.7W.54 9.IX9é 4218.51 ICO(Y) oj 17m.n m24 1,970 0) l.x￿ 21.CQ T• (GA) 135 sJ8 11JOaO 8.375 (K* 11.Tlla5 1.901 C 7.e&5 J.eNJ co 21 C(1 T•K ICAI 4.l*C 2•m122 1,058. R••llv¢4 8.&37 Q) 1,9KIDJ 82515 1M.IX 1WJ)O 7.110.ty) 9.IXI).rxJ 6.828 13 1.•2 T* IGAI 2,1Jl 1241.co I•.IT•J2 Sfft AF9•1 IGA) ¥1JJ11 5a7128 810 1714 In 3.￿41 79 Jm.11 Tolal• ol••Eh typ 31J2021 4J2T.11 120Jg8A7 1J4J22.Jl T•iii 01￿ IuMi• JlJ2Q21 18lJ32.71 p•q• IJ FtDPE CF*RISTIAN TR￿ST Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31$L March 2021 QL4 . Trustees rnmunerntlon L% mou No remun•rabon poid to any tru6to0 . tho Tntst has no contratxoa pwqonnd *thin rts or9•nts4tson No provhlon h mad• by th• TN•l lo wovld• any pwwon ty othw fina￿￿1 ty￿efit to ony ol th• truth•• ote 5 - Trnstees trav￿ expenses und R•*n￿￿•￿rf fof Incu￿ In th• of th• Tnmt and Its rnlNrt Totsl Amount no . Other transactlons wlth trustees and connected persons atur• Fund TnJ•l•v R•lrtlUrn•TWt lor •ul)•¢ili*kn) to W•t*rt• ho•1 35.76 Tru•t RthfT*ur•rt fty Ink441 ¢•th19•1 37.72 160.75 Volunt•w 250.00 484.23 L7 . Other Infommtlon Il*d In th• R•itrl¢t•d Fundi Io lh• r••p•Gfi￿ b•n•fiu•n Th• Tnjsl MS Thcl gr•nt•d any Il•n of Pkna9• *)w •ny ol No •ndphTTbml h•v• b••n at •ny Jm• durlro ih• of tho TnAt The Tru￿ h•• no f￿ad a•i•li ￿h•1 th•ft • l•th glft•d lo Ih Tru•* •1 r•C• ¢O•t m Octobw 2018 •nd C￿•th•￿ to Do Th• Tn*l hm no ojrvwrt ••••t* th•Tr th• e••h b•knc4• •hwTr In th• ￿•T￿nt ol A••* & ￿•￿111￿•. • nomtnal iio¢k of po•tsg• 8t•mps ar •l•ll¢Mry held Irorn tsmo to tlme. •thg *llh tho purchas•d prwou8ty •nd Initsll•d on th• 8bOv&m¥é￿1i•d llplop ¢Qmp￿er ## ## ## ## ##