2024-08-31-annual-report

rthout Walls Company limited by gqmrantee Trustees, Annual Report Year ended 31 August 2024 The trustees wesent their report and the unaudited financial statements of the chatity for the year ended 31 August 2024. The trustees have adopted the wovisions of the Statem8nts of Recomm8nded Practice (SORP) "Accounting and Reportrng by Charities. 24, to focus ptimarity on meeting and connecting with local church leaders. From the Autu￿￿ of 2023 we met leaders in Smal￿￿. separate gatherings, starting with the surrounding villages of Cullybackey, Ahoghill, P0rtg￿n0ne, Broughshane. We still have the Kells meeting to do. The Baltymena-wide gathering intended was achieved in May 2023 wilh around 40 church leaders attendlng a gathetlng hosted by West Church at which the Evangelical Alliance Nl rolled out their survey entitled: "Good News People - A report on Evangelicals in North8m Ireland.. This addressed, among others, the following questions: How many Chrislians are there in Northem Ireland? How many people go to Church, read Ihe bible and pray each week? How many people consider thetrBelwes to be evangelical? What do evang81icaLs believe and what do people think about them? l*Vhat does all this mean for the mission of the Church?

rthout Walls Company limited by guarantee Trustees. Annual Report Year ended 31 August 2024 The overall sampte siz8 was 3,088 people (made up of a nationalty representativ8 poll of the general public across North8rn Ireland. and a self-selecting survey of Chiistians in Nothern Ireland). Our report for next year will feedback how these went. Initlatlve addr8SSi the Bal naD sis In June 2023, Without Walls supported an initialive from some church leade￿ in the town. to irwite th8 local PSNI Neighbourhood Team to share their concerns at the growing drugs ciisis in the town. This amounled to a cry for help from the PSNI asking churches to help address the crisis. This has started a momentum of awareness raising amongst local churches and outreach groups, which will be reported on rrKJre fulty in our 2024-25 report. even One of our dlrectors Is part of the team Ihat has grown thls town-centre hub and helps to run11. Wrthout Walls activety supports The Venue and are now one of over 30 organisations that use the facility regularly. W¥V uses it for the Core Prayer Team gatherings arKI other gatherings linked to our aiThts and objectives. PRAYER E in M rch 2024 Prayer Space at The Venue- ran from 9am-9pm on eaoh of the four Wednesdays of March leadlng up to Easter, covering Good Friday. Easter Saturday, Resurreclion Sunday, and Pèntecost, respectrvety. Each Wednesday had a different theme and prayer stations set up for individuals to quietty engage with. Feedback: while numbers engaging were small, the Prayer Spaces and visual slimuli for m￿ltatiOn and prayer were well received by those who came. The WW tab18 on èxit was there to signpost to various outreachl charitable organisations WW has highlighted in previous events. ia AP Bal Wrthout Walls faci￿tated a gathering in June 2023 in The Venue. Inluated by CAP Nl leadership, and attended by 11 church leaders, to consider the future of CAP Baltymena, in light of the decision by the local post-code lead church {Ballymena Baplist) to step down from anchoting the local CAP operation. The meetlng proposed a joint-churches solution lo spread the burden and cost of sustsining CAP locally. Those wesent were asked to consider their invofvement in such a new initiative going fonvard and to reconvene in the autumn of 2023. This autumn follow-up meeting, however, was postponed by CAP. Al habe Every two rnonths on the fin81 Wednesday of the month we continued host a gathering of prayer leaders from different prayer groups across the town for fellowship and encoutagement: Genesis business prayer, Revive, Baltymena House of Prayer, Baltymena Church Methts Forum and the Crack of Dawn team. Every two fflonths on the final Wednesday of the month, we gather as directors for fellowship and encouragement. Financlal review Net expenditure for the year was £183 (2023: £105). Due to the size of the charity reserves are not required.

Wrthout Walls Company limited by guarantee Trustees. Annual Report Year ended 31 August 2024 Statement of Trustees Responsibilities The Irustees are responsible for preparing the annual report and the financial statements of the charity in accordance with applicable law and generally accepted account practtce. As the total income does not exceed £250.000. the T￿￿te88 have elected under Section 64(3) of the Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 to prepare a receipts and payment account and a statement of assets and liabilrties. The trustees are responsible for keeping adequate records that are suffident to show and explain the charity's transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time its financial position. Th8y are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the chaTity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the txevention and deteclion of fraud and other irregularities. The Annual Report was approved by the Trustees on 10 April 2025 and signed on its behalf by: Kenneth Revie Trustee