## BISPHAM PARISH MISSON
## ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
for the year ended 4[th] April 2024
The furtherance of the Gospel along the Fylde Coast. Bispham Parish Mission, c/o 3 Hazelwood Close, THORNTON-CLEVELEYS, Lancashire, FY5 2SX E: bisphamparishmission@gmail.com Registered charity (England & Wales) no: 1050535
Bispham Parish Mission
## Charity Number 1050535
## **CONTENTS**
Charity information.........................................................................................................................................................3 Trustees Annual Report - Year Ended 4[th] April 2024......................................................................................................4 Statement of Trustees’ Responsibilities.........................................................................................................................7 Balance Sheet at 4[th] April 2024.....................................................................................................................................10
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## **Charity information**
## **Registered charity name**
Bispham Parish Mission
## **Address**
3 Hazelwood Close THORNTON-CLEVELEYS Lancashire FY5 2SX
## **Contact Information**
Email: bisphamparishmission@gmail.com
## **Charity number**
1050535
## **Trustees**
Prof. Alan Hibbert (Chair) Rev Jonathon Wei Sing Lee Paul William Kay Rev Canon Dr Simon Cox Jean Kay Timothy Cox Denise Ormond
## **Independent examiners**
**Mrs Susan Margaret Sager JP** 462 Ashfield Road Thornton Cleveleys, Lancashire FY5 3JA
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## **Trustees Annual Report - Year Ended 4[th] April 2024**
The trustees present their report and the independently examined financial statements of the charity for the year ended 4[th] April 2024. The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the accounting policies set out in the notes to the accounts and comply with the charity’s governing document, the Charities Act 2011 and Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland effective 1[st] January 2019.
## _**The Trustees**_
The trustees who served the charity during the year were as follows:
Prof. Alan Hibbert (Chair) Rev Jonathon Wei Sing Lee Paul William Kay Rev Canon Dr Simon Cox Jean Kay Timothy Cox Denise Ormond
## _**Structure, Governance and Management**_
Bispham Parish Mission is constituted as a charitable trust registered with the Charity Commission under charity number 1050535. It is governed by an original trust deed dated 24[th] October 1995.
The charity trustees are responsible for the general control and management of the charity. The trustees give their time freely and receive no remuneration or other financial benefits.
The existing trustees are responsible for the recruitment of new trustees as and when the need arises for specific skills, experience, and knowledge within the trustee body. Before appointment the trustees ensure that a prospective trustee understands the responsibilities they are taking on and can be relied on to carry them out responsibly.
On appointment, new trustees sign a model trustee eligibility and responsibility declaration and declaration of interest form. During the induction process, the new trustee is sent a copy of the governing trust deed, a copy of the Charity Commission’s guidance ‘The essential trustee: what you need to know, what you need to do’, a copy of the latest Annual Report and Financial Statements and a copy of our safeguarding policy and other relevant policies.
## _**Objectives and Activities**_
The purpose of the Charity is to assist in any way the propagation of the Christian faith as defined by the thirty-nine articles, the book of common prayer and the ordinal of the Church of England within in the area of benefit. Each year the trustees review our objectives and activities to ensure they continue to reflect our aims. In carrying out this review the trustees have considered the Charity Commission’s general guidance on public benefit and in particular its supplementary guidance on the advancement of religion for the public benefit.
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## **Bispham Parish Mission**
Charitable objects To assist in any way the propagation of the Christian faith as defined by the thirty-nine articles, the book of common prayer and the ordinal of the Church of England
Area of benefit The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document - Blackpool peninsular,
bonded by and including: Fleetwood, Lytham St Annes, Freckleton, Kirkham, Wesham, Elswick, Poulton le Fylde, Thornton, and Bispham
## _**Achievements and Performance**_
## **Overview**
The following funds were operated during the year:
- _**General Fund** : all unrestricted donations and other income plus expenditure not directly attributable to a specific activity are included in the unrestricted General Fund._
- _**Associate Minister Fund:** this restricted fund was set up this year to administer donations towards grants facilitating the employment of an Associate Minister. Employment is due to start in 2025._
Whilst there has been no expenditure during the year, we have started holding monies to facilitate the employment of an Associate Minister at a local church.
## **Risk Management**
The trustees recognise their responsibility with regard to risk management. The risks to which the trust may be exposed have been identified and documented in a risk register together with appropriate mitigation and control procedures. The risk register is monitored and updated regularly and reviewed by the trustees on an annual basis.
## _**Reserves Policy**_
Bispham Parish Mission only holds reserves in restricted funds that are the unspent portion of restricted grants and donations. It is not the policy to build reserves up in restricted funds but to spend them in accordance with the restrictions placed upon them. Restricted reserves at 4[th] April 2024 were £21,120.
The trustees have aimed to build up reserves in unrestricted funds, with the purpose of these reserves being to enable the charity to operate day to day without cash flow problems and to ensure there would be enough in the General Fund to meet any likely outstanding commitments if they are obliged to close the charity. The Reserve Policy is reviewed annually as part of the budget making process, as are the risks of closure and associated costs. Unrestricted reserves at 4[th] April 2024 were £65,994. Whilst a high amount in comparison to the expenditure and income in the previous and current year, it reflects the purpose of the Charity to be able to provide for the future; in the event that the Charity needed to employee staff the reserves built up would not last long and are thus not considered excessive.
## _**Investment Policy**_
The charity has no long-term investments. Cash reserves are held in current and gold accounts, with a reasonable return of interest.
Signed on behalf of the trustees
Alan Hibbert
1[st] October 2024
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Chair of the Trustees
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## **Statement of Trustees’ Responsibilities**
The charity trustees are responsible for preparing a trustees’ annual report and financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
The law applicable to charities in England and Wales requires the charity trustees to prepare financial statements for each year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and of the incoming resources and application of resources, of the charity for that period. In preparing the financial statements, the trustees are required to:
- select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently,
- observe the methods and principles in the applicable Charities SORP,
- make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent,
- state whether applicable accounting standards have been followed, subject to any material departures that must be disclosed and explained in the financial statements, and
- prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in business.
The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011, the applicable Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations, and the provisions of the Trust deed. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
The trustees are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the charity and financial information included on the charity’s website in accordance with legislation in the United Kingdom governing the preparation and dissemination of financial statements.
Approved by the trustees on 1[st] October 2024 and signed on their behalf by:
Alan Hibbert Chair of the Trustees
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## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF BISPHAM PARISH MISSION FOR THE YEAR ENDED 4 APRIL 2024**
I report to the trustees on my examination of the financial statements of Bispham Parish Mission (the trust) for the year ended 4 April 2024.
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the trustees of the trust, you are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act).
I report in respect of my examination of the trust’s financial statements carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act . In carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act.
## **Independent examiner's statement**
Accounts prepared by Paul Kay, Treasurer, on 1[st] May 2024.
Accounts have been completed on receipt and payment basis with all revenues.
Shown on a cash basis.
Accounts examined and validated from record books, bank statements and receipts given to me.
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the trust as required by section 130 of the 2011 Act; or
2. the financial statements do not accord with those records; or
3. the financial statements do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a true and fair view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the financial statements to be reached.
## **Mrs Susan Margaret Sager JP**
462 Ashfield Road Thornton Cleveleys, Lancashire FY5 3JA
Dated: 24[th] June 2024
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## **Statement of Financial Activities - Year Ended 4[th] April 2024**
|**Notes**|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**£**
**Restricted**
**Funds**
**£**
**Total**
**Funds**
**£**
_Total_
_2022_
_£_|
|---|---|
|**Income and endowments from:**
Donations and legacies
3
Income from charitable activities
4
Investments – bank interest
5
**Total income**
**Expenditure on:**
Raising funds
6
Expenditure on charitable activities
7
**Total expenditure**
**Net income / (expenditure)before**
**transfers**
**Transfers**
Gross transfers between funds
**Net movement in funds**
**Reconciliation of funds**
Total funds brought forward at
5thstApril 2023
**Total funds carried forward**|4,346
21,120
**25,466**
1,676
-
-
**-**
-
1,199
-
**1,199**
1,120|
||**5,545**
**21,120**
**26,665**
2,796
-
-
**-**
-
-
-
**-**
30|
||**-**
**-**
**-**
30|
||**-**
**-**
-
30
-
-
**-**
-|
||**-**
**-**
**-**
-|
||60,449
-
**60,448**
57,683|
||**65,994**
**21,120**
**87,114**
60,449|
The statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the year.
All income and expenditure derive from continuing activities.
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## **Balance Sheet at 4[th] April 2024**
|**Notes**|**2023**
**£**
**2022**
**£**|
|---|---|
|**Current assets**
Debtors
9
Cash at bank and in hand
**Liabilities**
Creditors: Amounts falling due in one year
10
**Net current assets less current liabilities**
**Total net assets less liabilities**
**Represented by**
**Unrestricted:**
General Fund
**Restricted:**
Associate Minister Fund
**Total funds of the charity**
11|-
-
87,114
60,448|
||87,114
60,448
(0)
(0)|
||87,114
60,448|
||**87,114**
**60,448**|
||65,994
60,448
21,120
-|
||**87,114**
**60,448**|
The financial statements were approved by the Trustees on 1[st] October 2024
## **Alan Hibbert**
## **Chair of the Trustees**
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## **Notes to the accounts**
## **1 Accounting policies**
## **1.1 Accounting convention**
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with trust the Charities Act 2011, FRS 102 “The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland” (“FRS 102”) and the Charities SORP "Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)" (effective 1 January 2019). The trust is a Public Benefit Entity as defined by FRS 102.
The financial statements have departed from the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 only to the extent required to provide a true and fair view. This departure has involved following the Statement of Recommended Practice for charities applying FRS 102 rather than the version of the Statement of Recommended Practice which is referred to in the Regulations but which has since been withdrawn.
The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the trust. Monetary a mounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £.
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention, modified to include the revaluation of freehold properties and to include investment properties and certain financial instruments at fair value. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below.
## **1.2 Going concern**
At the time of approving the financial statements, the trustees have a reasonable expectation that the trust has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the trustees continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.
## **1.3 Charitable funds**
Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of their charitable objectives.
Restricted funds are subject to specific conditions by donors as to how they may be used. The purposes and uses of the restricted funds are set out in the notes to the financial statements.
## **1.4 Income**
Income is recognised when the trust is legally entitled to it after any performance conditions have been met, the amounts can be measured reliably, and it is probable that income will be received.
Cash donations are recognised on receipt. Other donations are recognised once the trust has been notified of the donation, unless performance conditions require deferral of the amount. Income tax recoverable in relation to donations received under Gift Aid or deeds of covenant is recognised at the time of the donation.
Legacies are recognised on receipt or otherwise if the trust has been notified of an impending distribution, the amount is known, and receipt is expected. If the amount is not known, the legacy is treated as a contingent asset _**.**_
## **1.5 Expenditure**
Expenditure is recognised once there is a legal or constructive obligation to transfer economic benefit to a third party, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefits will be required in settlement, and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably.
Expenditure is classified by activity. The costs of each activity are made up of the total of direct costs and shared costs, including support costs involved in undertaking each activity. Direct costs attributable to a single activity are allocated directly to that activity. Shared costs which contribute to more than one activity and support costs which are not attributable to a single activity are apportioned between those activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources. Central staff costs are allocated on the basis of time spent, and depreciation charges are allocated on the portion of the asset’s use.
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## **1.6 Cash and cash equivalents**
Cash and cash equivalents include cash in hand, deposits held at call with banks, other short-term liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less, and bank overdrafts. Bank overdrafts are shown within borrowings in current liabilities.
## **1.7 Financial instruments**
The trust has elected to apply the provisions of Section 11 ‘Basic Financial Instruments’ and Section 12 ‘Other Financial Instruments Issues’ of FRS 102 to all of its financial instruments.
Financial instruments are recognised in the trust's balance sheet when the trust becomes party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.
Financial assets and liabilities are offset, with the net amounts presented in the financial statements, when there is a legally enforceable right to set off the recognised amounts and there is an intention to settle on a net basis or to realise the asset and settle the liability simultaneously.
## **Basic financial assets**
Basic financial assets, which include debtors and cash and bank balances, are initially measured at transaction price including transaction costs and are subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective interest method unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the transaction is measured at the present value of the future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial assets classified as receivable within one year are not amortised.
## **Basic financial liabilities**
Basic financial liabilities, including creditors and bank loans are initially recognised at transaction price unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the debt instrument is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial liabilities classified as payable within one year are not amortised.
Debt instruments are subsequently carried at amortised cost, using the effective interest rate method.
Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of operations from suppliers. Amounts payable are classified as current liabilities if payment is due within one year or less. If not, they are presented as non-current liabilities. Trade creditors are recognised initially at transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.
## **Derecognition of financial liabilities**
Financial liabilities are derecognised when the trust ’s contractual obligations expire or are discharged or cancelled.
## **1.8 Retirement benefits**
Payments to defined contribution retirement benefit schemes are charged as an expense as they fall due.
## **2 Critical accounting estimates and judgements**
In the application of the trust’s accounting policies, the trustees are required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying amount of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates.
The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised where the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods where the revision affects both current and future periods.
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|**3 Donaton and legacies**
Donatons
Grants for actvites
Other voluntary income
**Total donatons and legacies**
**4 Income from charitable actvites**
Course fees
Training and speaking
**Total income from charitable actvites**
**5 Investments**
**Interest receivable**
**6 Raising funds**
Other fundraising costs|**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**2023**
2022
**£**
**£**
**£**
£
4,346
21,120
25,466
1,676
-
-
**-**
-
-
-
**-**
-
**4,346**
**21,120**
**25,466**
1,676
**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**2023**
2022
**£**
**£**
**£**
£
-
-
**-**
-
-
-
**-**
-
**-**
**-**
**-**
-
**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**2023**
2022
**£**
**£**
**£**
£
1,199
-
**1,199**
1,120
**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**2023**
2022
**£**
**£**
**£**
£
-
-
**-**
-
**-**
**-**
**-**
-|
|---|---|
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## **7 Charitable Activities**
|**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**2023**
2022
**£**
**£**
**£**
£
Staf costs
-
-
**-**
-
Ofce
-
-
**-**
-
Equipment and IT
-
-
**-**
30
Insurance and support
-
-
**-**
-
Publicity and marketng
-
-
**-**
-
Other Evangelism and Teaching costs
-
-
**-**
-
Accountancy and governance
-
-
**-**
-
**Total**
-
-
**-**
30
**8 Employees**
There were no employees.
**2023**
2022
**£**
£
Staf costs comprise:
Wages and salaries
**-**
-
Social security costs
**-**
-
Pension costs
**-**
-
**-**
-
Average number of employees in the year:
Ministers
**-**
-
Support and Administraton
**-**
-
**-**
-
There were no employees whose annual remuneraton was more than £60,000.
**9 Debtors**
**2023**
2022
Amounts falling due within one year:
**£**
£
Other debtors
**-**
-
Prepayments and accrued income
**-**
-
**-**
-
**10 Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year**
**2023**
2022
**£**
£
Other taxaton and social security
**-**
-
Other creditors
**-**
-
Accruals and deferred income
**-**
-
**-**
-||**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**2023**
2022
**£**
**£**
**£**
£
-
-
**-**
-
-
-
**-**
-
-
-
**-**
30
-
-
**-**
-
-
-
**-**
-
-
-
**-**
-
-
-
**-**
-|**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**2023**
2022
**£**
**£**
**£**
£
-
-
**-**
-
-
-
**-**
-
-
-
**-**
30
-
-
**-**
-
-
-
**-**
-
-
-
**-**
-
-
-
**-**
-|
|---|---|---|---|
|||-|-
**-**
30|
||||**2023**
2022
**£**
£
**-**
-
**-**
-
**-**
-
**-**
-
**-**
-
**-**
-
**-**
-
£60,000.
**2023**
2022
**£**
£
**-**
-
**-**
-
**-**
-
**2023**
2022
**£**
£
**-**
-
**-**
-
**-**
-
**-**
-|
## **11 Funds movement**
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||**Opening**|**Incoming**|**(Outgoing)**|**Transfers**||**Closing**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**||**£**|
|Unrestricted General Fund|**60,449**|5,545|(0)||-|**65,994**|
|Restricted Associate Minister Fund|||||||
||**-**|21,120|(0)||-|**21,120**|
||**60,449**|**26,665**|(0)||**-**|**87,114**|
|**12 Related party transactons**|||||||
|||||**2022**||2021|
|||||**£**||£|
|Details of Related Party transactons||||**-**||-|
|There have been no related party transactons this year.|||||||
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