Trustee’s Report: 2024-25
Due to health issues during 2024-25
were unable to visit Kenya through that period.
However, it has always been our objective that the Pastors and people we work with in Kenya would be able to take responsibility and operate the programs themselves should we not be able to visit. It has been a great encouragement to see this happen and we are pleased to report that the work we have been directed to has continued in our absence.
During the year we achieved the following:
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Continued and extended our regular support including:
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a) Education support – taken on a further five children to replace the students who have completed their education.
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b) Increased our poverty relief programme through the local church’s Lunch Club and Elderly programmes by providing milk and other essentials. This has been of vital importance due to the economic climate of Kenya.
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c) HIV/AIDs support – food – rent and medical aid as required.
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d) Water Guard purification program – still proving to be of significant value in helping provide uncontaminated drinking water to the recipients.
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e) Assist with running costs of children’s home – as the cost of living soars this support helps provide provision for the children at the home.
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f) Continued with the support for the church prison ministry outreach providing personal hygiene items for both men & women’s prisons, and recreational items. It also helps in the rehabilitation of the in-mates as they are released back into society.
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g) Continued to network with other charities and churches to promote and extend our effectiveness.
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Easter gifts for children at lunch club (donor gift)
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Business initiative assistance – donation for rent
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When we built the Children’s home, we followed government guidelines that required each dorm to have an escape window in the case of fire. Following a fire in an unrelated school in Northern Kenya all children establishments were visited by the authorities and guidelines reassessed which required that every window must be an escape window and fire equipment reassessed. The timeline for the work to be done was unrealistic for the home to afford (2 days’ notice to complete the advisory work), we therefore stepped in and paid for the necessary alterations which included:
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a) Replacement and upgrading of fire extinguishers
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b) Safety escape windows
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We also provided:
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c) Solar lamps for the dormitories of the children’s home.
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d) Solar power for the well and home – effectively enabling self-sufficiency in the provision of electricity.
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e) External painting of children's home
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Provided equipment for the science lab at Redeemed Academy.
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Completed a further classroom extension at rural school.
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Provided critical need support for Baby Rescue Centre, as the centre continues to provide a safe and loving intermediatory home for abandoned babies.
Future plans
Our plans for the next 12 months, subject to funding, are:
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Continue with our on-going ministry and support programs.
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Build three further classrooms at the rural school location we currently work with.
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Ministry trip to Kenya early part of 2026 to assess and evaluate the on-ground situation.
As a Christian Charity we still look to God for direction and provision for any/all work undertaken in Kenya. We thank all our Trustee’s, sponsors/ donors for their on-going support and prayers as we endeavour to fulfil our God giving calling.
- Trustee
Scottish Charity No. SC035235
Vision Ministries
Trustees’ Report and Financial Statements For the year ended 30 June 2025
Vision Ministries
Contents of the Financial Statements for the year ended 30 June 2025
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| Report of the Trustees | 1 |
| Report of the Independent Examiner | 3 |
| Receipts and Payments Account | 4 |
| Statement of Balances | 5 |
| Notes to the Financial Statements | 6 |
Vision Ministries
Report of the Trustees for the year ended 30 June 2025
The Trustees are pleased to present their report together with the financial statements of the Charity for the year ended 30 June 2025.
Registered office
The Old Manse 11 Erngath Road Bo’ness EH51 9DP
Status of Charity and Governing Document
Vision Ministries was registered as a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation on 14 June 2021. It has been a registered charity since 5 March 2004, previously being incorporated as a charitable company (company number SC262180). The charity registration number is SC035235.
Trustees and Office Bearers
Management of the charity remains with the Trustees. The constitution requires a minimum of 3 trustees and a maximum of 6 to serve at any time.
The Trustees who served during the year and to the date of this report are:
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At each AGM, all charity trustees retire from office and are eligible for reappointment. The Board can appoint new trustees at any time.
Objectives
The Charity’s purpose, as laid out in its governing document, is ‘to advance the Christian religion and education generally and relieve poverty in particular among children in Kenya’. It does this by providing funding to Pastors and NGOs in Kenya through partners primarily in the UK, but also internationally, enabling children to be educated, churches and classrooms to be built and humanitarian programmes to be established.
Activities and achievements
Due to health issues during 2024-25, Barbara and Fran were unable to visit Kenya in the year. However, it has always been our objective that the Pastors and people we work with in Kenya would be able to take responsibility and operate the programs themselves should we not be in a position to visit. It has been a great encouragement to see this happen and we are pleased to report that the work we have been directed to has continued in our absence.
During the year we achieved the following:
-
Continued and extended our regular support including:
-
a) Education support – taken on a further five children to replace those students who have completed their education.
-
b) Increased our poverty relief programme through the local church’s Lunch Club and Elderly programmes by providing milk and other essentials. This has been of vital importance due to the economic climate of Kenya.
-
c) HIV/AIDs support – food, rent and medical aid as required.
-
d) Water Guard purification programme – still proving to be of significant value in helping provide uncontaminated drinking water to the recipients.
-
e) Assist with running costs of children’s home – as the cost of living soars, this support helps provide provision for the children at the home
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Activities and achievements (continued)
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f) Continued with the support for the church prison ministry outreach, providing personal hygiene items for both men and women’s prisons, and recreational items. The outreach also helps in the rehabilitation of the in-mates as they are released back into society.
-
g) Continued to network with other charities and churches to promote and extend our effectiveness.
-
We provided Easter gifts for children at lunch club through a donor gift.
-
We provided a donation for rent to a new business initiative.
-
Following a fire in a school in Northern Kenya, guidelines for children’s establishments were reassessed requiring that every window in the building must be an escape window. The timeline for the work to be done was unrealistic for the home to afford (2 days’ notice to complete the advisory work), so we paid for the necessary alterations which included:
-
a) Replacement and upgrading of fire extinguishers
-
b) Safety escape windows
-
We also provided:
-
a) Solar lamps for the children’s home.
-
b) Solar power for the well and home.
-
c) External painting of children's home
-
We provided equipment for the science lab at Redeemed Academy.
-
We completed a further classroom extension at rural school.
-
We provided critical need support for Baby Rescue Centre.
Future plans
Our plans for the next 12 months, subject to funding, are:
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To continue with our on-going ministry and support programs.
-
To build three further classrooms at the rural school location we currently work with.
-
To undertake a ministry trip to Kenya in the early part of 2026 to assess and evaluate the programmes.
As a Christian Charity we still look to God for direction and provision for any/all work undertaken in Kenya. We thank all our Trustee’s sponsors/donors for their on-going support and prayers as we endeavour to fulfil our God-given calling.
Financial review
Results for the year
The financial statements for the year are set out on pages 4 to 7. The Receipts and Payments Account on page 4 reflects a surplus for the year of £6,869 (2024: surplus of £2,224). Total reserves, including restricted funds, amounted to £12,034 (2024: £5,165).
Reserves policy
The Trustees have agreed that there is no requirement to hold a sum in reserves as funding payments are only made where there are sufficient funds available to pay them. The balance in the general fund will be restored to positive again early in the new financial year.
Thanks
The Trustees are grateful for the financial support of individual donors, churches and other funders who provided us with funding during the year and for their volunteer who provides support with the administration of the Charity.
The accounts were approved by the Trustees on 14 October 2025 and signed on their behalf by:
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Report of the Independent Examiner to the Trustees for the year ended 30 June 2025
I report on the accounts of the charity for the year ended 30 June 2025 which are set out on pages 4 to 7.
Respective responsibilities of Trustees and Examiner
The charity’s trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the terms of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 and the Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (as amended). The charity trustees consider that the audit requirement of Regulation 10(1)(d) of the Accounts Regulations does not apply. It is my responsibility to examine the accounts as required under section 44(1)(c) of the Act and to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
Basis of Independent Examiner’s statement
My examination is carried out in accordance with Regulation 11 of the Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (as amended). 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 seeks explanations from the 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 the course of my examination, no matter has come to my attention
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which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements:
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to keep accounting records in accordance with Section 44(1)(a) of the 2005 Act and Regulation 4 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations (as amended), and
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to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with Regulation 9 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations (as amended)
have not been met, or
- to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Director Cornerstone Accounting
11 Erngath Road Bo’ness EH51 9DP
Date: 14 October 2025
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Receipts and Payments Account
For the year ended 30 June 2025
| Receipts Donations - individuals Donations - churches Donations - schools Gift aid on donations Total receipts Payments Grants paid Grant administration Motor and travel costs Telephone and broadband Stationery, printing and postage Bank charges Sundry expenses Independent examiner's costs: Accounts and independent examination Registered office address Tax return Total payments Surplus/(deficit) for the year before transfers Transfers between funds Surplus/(deficit) for the year after transfers Total funds brought forward Total funds carried forward |
Unrestricted Restricted 2025 funds funds Total £ £ £ 6,224 14,858 21,082 140 7,742 7,882 - - - 1,770 - 1,770 8,134 22,600 30,734 - 20,643 20,643 - - - 717 - 717 521 - 521 1,082 - 1,082 158 - 158 215 - 215 360 - 360 72 - 72 72 - 72 3,222 20,643 23,865 4,912 1,957 6,869 (5,073) 5,073 - (161) 7,030 6,869 (116) 5,281 5,165 (277) 12,311 12,034 |
Unrestricted Restricted 2024 funds funds Total £ £ £ 10,251 10,117 20,368 500 2,341 2,841 - 1,180 1,180 2,248 - 2,248 12,999 13,638 26,637 - 19,146 19,146 163 - 163 - 2,748 2,748 763 - 763 548 - 548 540 - 540 105 - 105 300 - 300 - - - 100 - 100 2,519 21,894 24,413 10,480 (8,256) 2,224 (9,474) 9,474 - 1,006 1,218 2,224 (1,122) 4,063 2,941 (116) 5,281 5,165 |
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The notes on pages 6 to 7 form part of these financial statements.
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Statement of Balances
As at 30 June 2025
| Notes Opening Surplus Closing balance for year balance £ £ £ Cash at bank and in hand Current account 5,165 6,869 12,034 Total cash at bank and in hand 5,165 6,869 12,034 Represented by: Unrestricted fund 2 General fund (277) (277) Restricted funds 3 Medical and water fund 1,360 Education fund 159 Pastoral fund - Travel fund 3,716 Projects fund 7,076 12,311 Total funds 12,034 Statement of assets at 30 June 2025 £ Gift aid due 2,124 2,124 Statement of liabilities at 30 June 2025 £ Accounting and independent examination fees 360 360 2025 |
Opening Surplus Closing balance for year balance £ £ £ 2,941 2,224 5,165 2,941 2,224 5,165 (116) (116) 1,276 - - 921 3,084 5,281 5,165 2024 £ 1,769 1,769 2024 £ 450 450 2024 |
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The financial statements on pages 4 to 7 were approved by the Trustees on 14 October 2025 and signed on their behalf by the undernoted:
Barbara Edmondson
Barbara Edmondson
Trustee
The notes on pages 6 to 7 form part of these financial statements.
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Notes to the financial statements
For the year ended 30 June 2025
1. Accounting policies
Accounting convention
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention, on a receipts and payments basis and in accordance with the Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (as amended).
Receipts and Payments Account
For the purpose of the Receipts and Payments account as shown on page 5, funds are defined as Unrestricted funds comprise donations, grants and other income received for the objects of the charity without further specified purpose and are available as general funds.
Restricted funds comprise income which has been received for the objects of the charity and specified for a restricted purpose within these objects by the donor.
2. Unrestricted funds
| General fund Total unrestricted funds |
Balance at 01.07.24 £ (116) (116) |
Receipts £ 8,134 8,134 |
Payments £ (3,222) (3,222) |
Transfers £ (5,073) (5,073) |
Balance at 30.06.25 £ (277) (277) |
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Explanation of funds
The General fund represents all income and expenditure relating to the primary focus activities of the charity, other than those for which funding is restricted.
3. Restricted funds
| Medical and water fund Education fund Pastoral fund Travel fund Projects fund Total restricted funds |
Balance at 01.07.24 £ 1,276 - - 921 3,084 5,281 |
Receipts £ 1,149 5,293 4,505 2,795 8,858 22,600 |
Payments £ (1,065) (5,134) (9,578) - (4,866) (20,643) |
Transfers £ - - 5,073 - - 5,073 |
Balance at 30.06.25 £ 1,360 159 - 3,716 7,076 12,311 |
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Explanation of funds
The Medical and water fund represents sponsorship funds received towards the provision of medical care and water purification in the community.
The Education fund represents sponsorship funds received towards the provision of education in the community.
The Pastoral fund represents sponsorship funds received towards discretionary needs of the local pastors' communities.
The Travel fund represents sponsorship funds received towards trustee costs of travel to/within Kenya.
The Projects fund represents funds received towards specific one-off building and technical projects. These are listed in the trustees report.
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Notes to the financial statements
For the year ended 30 June 2025
4. Trustee and related party remuneration and expenses
There was no remuneration paid to any of the Trustees or their related parties during the year ending 30 June 2025 (2024: nil).
Expenses of £860 (2024: £940) were reimbursed to 2 of the Trustees in the year relating to costs incurred on behalf of the Charity on stationery, postage, small equipment purchases and telephone calls.
Donations of £3,533 (2024: £2,266) were made to the Charity by trustees and their related parties in the year.
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