COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER:NI635301 CHARITY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 103832
Dorcas Ministries International Company Limited by Guarantee
Financial Statements - DORMANT
31 December 2017
Dorcas Ministries International
Company Limited by Guarantee
Financial Statements
Year ended 31 December 2017
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| Trustee's annual report (incorporating the director's report) | 1 |
| Independent auditor's report to the members | 3 |
| Statement of financial activities (including income and | |
| expenditure account) | 4 |
| Statement of financial position | 5 |
| Statement of cash flows | 6 |
| Notes to the financial statements | 7 |
Dorcas Ministries International
Company Limited by Guarantee
Trustee's Annual Report (Incorporating the Director's Report) (continued)
Year ended 31 December 2017
The trustee, who is also the director for the purposes of company law, presents his report and the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 December 2017.
Reference and administrative details
Registered charity name Dorcas Ministries International Charity registration number 103832 Company registration number NI635301 Principal office and registered 38 Owenskerry Lane address: Fivemiletown Co Tyrone BT75 0SP
The trustee
Rev Duane Russell Rev David Campbell Matthew Campbell Helen Johnston David Whittaker
Structure, governance and management
The organisation is operated as a Company Limited by Guarantee. It’s governing document is it’s Articles of Association. The organisation is managed by the Trustees. The operating activities of the charity are mostly carried out or organised by two non-trustee managers.
Objectives and activities
The Charity’s objects (“Objects”) shall be undertaken in accordance with a Christian ethos and are specifically restricted to the following:
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(a) For the relief of poverty, sickness, disease or human suffering, the advancement of education and the relief of those in need in Kenya and its environs in Africa by, in particular but not exclusively, the provision, or assistance in the provision, of schools, books, orphanages, financial assistance, medical supplies, feeding programmes, humanitarian aid, equipment, clothing and by any other means as the directors shall consider appropriate;
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(b) To advance religion by promoting the theological and spiritual training of potential leaders of the churches of Africa and working in conjunction with the Christian theological institutions in Africa.
During the year to 31[st] December 2017 only minor administrative activities took place as Dorcas Ministries International did not take over the activities of the unincorporated Dorcas Missionary Trust until early 2018.
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Dorcas Ministries International
Company Limited by Guarantee
Trustee's Annual Report (Incorporating the Director's Report) (continued)
Year ended 31 December 2017
Strategic report
The following sections for achievements and performance and financial review form the strategic report of the charity.
Achievements and performance
The Charity remained Dormant until after the 31[st] December 2017 and started activities in early 2018.
Financial review
The Charity remained Dormant during the year ended 31[st] December 2017 and had no financial transactions to report in this period.
Trustee's responsibilities statement
The trustee, who is also a director for the purposes of company law, is responsible for preparing the trustee's report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
Company law requires the charity trustee to prepare financial statements for each year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company and the incoming resources and application of resources, including the income and expenditure, for that period.
In preparing these financial statements, the trustee is required to:
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select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
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observe the methods and principles in the applicable Charities SORP;
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make judgments and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
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state whether applicable UK Accounting Standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements;
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prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in business.
The trustee is responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the charity's transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and enable him to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. He is 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.
The trustee's annual report and the strategic report were approved on ...30[th] September 2018...... and signed on behalf of the board of trustees by:
Mrs Helen Johnston Trustee
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