Trustees Annual Report
Sept 2023 – August 2024
What we do.
We invite people to experience the kindness of God. To do this, we produce resources for people to experience it, strategies for churches to share it and advertising for people to see it.
For the last 14 years trypraying has grown from a simple idea and resource to a movement across towns, cities and even nations. It is a personal evangelism resource, a project for a church and a strategy for reaching cities. The clear goal is to invite people into a relationship with God through Jesus Christ as explained in the core literature piece, the trypraying seven-day prayer guide. It’s a resource that has a connection to millions of people who may, on occasion, be inclined to pray.
Summary.
This was the year when we passed a significant milestone. All the different trypraying booklets (youth, adult, childrens, prisoners and different language editions) put together have now exceeded a total of over 1 million copies printed. Plans are underway for a celebration in October 2025.
UK.
Summary statistics for 2023-24 are
36000 adult trypraying booklets
1650 youth booklets
4600 children’s booklets
600 prisoners booklets Over 700 churches and individuals ordering materials
310 bus ads across Scotland reaching 5,215000 people, according to ‘Reach’ statistics. 42 bus ads in Devon reaching over 500,000 people, according to ‘Reach’ statistics.
Banners visible in countless places across the UK on churches
Other countries.
10,000 French booklets printed 4,000 Czech booklets used 2,000 German booklets used
Over 26000 booklets, over 150 churches across 37 states in the USA Use also in Australia and New Zealand.
A survey showed: 87% of people had passed the booklet on to others of whom over 70% were not Christians. 65% of churches said trypraying is helpful in enabling the congregation to share their faith.
Stories.
Booklet story
Hi there, , from Worcestershire. I saw the try praying information through my local Baptist church, and gave it a go. It changed my life. I went on to do an Alpha course, and now call myself a Christian. I talk to “him upstairs” every day, and am grateful for his love and never ending support. Thankyou for this. It started the journey that has changed my life forever.
Bus story .
had who had been resistant to the Christian message while she grew up in a church. Now as an adult she wanted to get the issue sorted. On morning she prayed and asked God, ‘I need to know if you are real. Send me a sign.’ She was going somewhere in the car and was on Dunbarton Road in Glasgow when she saw an advert on the back of a bus which said ‘trypraying.’ It was so simple and straightforward. When she saw that she knew she needed to do that. She couldn’t get the advert out of her head. When she got home that night she committed her life to Christ. She felt washed all the way through her body. ‘I wouldn’t have got to that point if it had not been for the bus advert!’
Banner story
was driving away from a doctor's appointment and was in a desperate state. She was crying as she drove. Something said to ‘Look left’. She looked left and saw a trypraying banner on a church. It was that which took her and her whole family back to faith and church.
Social media
We have been delighted with the relationship with HopeFuelled. They have provided graphics design for our materials and also advertising. They have been our social media agency and have been posting high-quality messages on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
Operations
Financially we have been able to function with our core costs being met from sales and donations from Trusts, especially when printing materials.
Again, it has been a remarkable journey to discover funding for an advertising campaign which was across all Scotland. This came from a plethora of individual gifts and a few trusts.
Our fulfilment has been taken over by Yeomans in Kent. They have brought efficiency and competence to our fulfilment of orders from around the UK although costs have risen and this needs to be evaluated.
Team and Trustees
The team has changed a little this year. development coordinator. also become a trustee.
has rejoined the staff team and is working as took over finances last year from and has
The USA project has been developing with which is a member.
oing good work. It has its own Board of
May 2025
Charlty No: SC048037 There is Hope Balance Sheet Ye•r ended Auwst 31. ZOZ4 2023-24 2022-23 Flx•d Asset £0 Cash at bank and In hand £36.357 £43.248 Totsl Debtors £665 A¢crued Income Glft Ald Due Total Stock Ass•t £678 £3,084 É15.944 £2.727 £20.055 Totsl Currert Assets £19.706 £25.726 Net Current assets £56.943 £69.639 Trade Credltors Current Uabllltles Att1$ Inland Revenue Penslon Costs £17.143 £14,071 £60 £1.501 £168 £1.380 £25 Totsl Current Llabllttles £1,729 £IA05 Totsl Credltors: amountsfalliry due within one year £18.872 £ISA76 Net Current Assets ILlabllftles} £38,071 £54,163 Total assets less current Ilabllkles £38.071 £54.163 Totsl not a?15 (Ilabllttlos) £38.071 £54,163 Charlty fvnds 8alanee brou8ht fonvard Allocatlons: General Reserve Unrestrlrted Funds £54,163 £60,322 £15,000 £23.071 £is.o £39.163 Total Charlty funds £38.071 £54.163 Date: 14 May 2025
Charfty No: SC048037 There is Hope Income & Expenditure Year ended Au8U5t 31, 2024 2023.24 2022-23 Incom¢ CrIbIe Artlvltles Donatlons- Non Glft Ald Donatlons- Gfft Ald Grant Income Total Income £57.491 £47.211 £36.284 £18.0(Kl £158,986 £60.360 £35.641 £55.318 £22WOO £173,319 Charltsble Artlvltle5 Prlntlng & Despatch of Booklets AdmlTrlstratlon Costs ertlsln8 & Promotlonal Bankln8 Costs IT Costs Payroll Costs Person•1 Costs ., Total Expendlture £53,159 £9,554 £61.747 £1.393 £1.762 £44,975 £2.349 £174.939 £31.416 £11,663 £102,255 £1,261 £1,881 £28,759 £3,434 £180,669 Net Owatln8 In¢ome , Other Income £(15,953) £0 £139 £17.350) £0 £0 Surplu$ {ilefftlt} £116,092) £(7.350)
APPENDIX oscr Office of the Scottish Charlty Regulator Independent examiner's report on the accounts Report to th• Ch4rity na tru$tOè8lmomb•rB of There Is Hope R8gl$tered ¢harlty SC048037 number On the accounts of the charity for th• period Period stsrt dats Month PericKI end date Mrmth Yeai 3)23 Year 01 to 31 2D24 Sot out on pages 2 ond 3 Ilumbets sneth$l Respective The ch¥ity's Irust*s are responsible for the Fyeparation of the accounts in 8ccordarce responsibilthes of with the terms ol Char¢lies and Trustee Invesbnent Iscoltandl 2005 Act and the trustees and examiner Charities Accounts {Scoll8nd) Regulations 20(E The Char trustees consider that the audit UIreMeftt of Regulation 1011) Id) of the A£counts Regulations does not apply. It is my responsibility to examine the accounts as required under section 44111 Ic} of the Act and to stale whether particular maitefs have come lo my attention. BaÈlÈ ol Ind•pond•nt My examination is carried out in accordance with RegUlatn 11 of the CharitEs •xamingr's stat•m•nt Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006. An examination includes a review of the accounb.ng rewrd$ kept by the charty and a coryarison of the accounts presented with those rrd8. It also indudes consideration of any unusual rtems or disclosures in the awounts and SkS explanations from the trusiees nCeM1Thg any such matters. Thg procedwes undertaken do not prtsvhe all the eVIdee that would be UlTed in an aud and, wnsequenlly, I do not express an audit opinion on the accounts. Independent examine# In the course of my examinaty"on, no nBtter has come to my attentson 8tatsm&nt which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any rrAterial respect the requirements" to keep aGGounting records accY)rdare with section 4411) la) of the 2005 Act and Regulation 4 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations, and to prepafe 8cGounts which wTrrd with the accounting records and compty with Regulation 9 of the 2006 Acwunts Regulations have ncrt bgen mat, or 2. to which, in my opinion, attèntion should be drawn in order to enab a proper underStandg of the accounts lo be reached. Date- Signed: Name: Rel•vanl profeSsIal quallficallonlsl or body (11 any).. 14 Nay 2025 Addr8. ?kase debtstht wordsin the brnc%•ts rftw do not 4)pty. Wthewcrfdsdo appty. setOthC6e ma#ws whKh hovo corre to ywrattgnthm on th> folluwlny page.
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