## Millan Centre
Charity number 1059060
A company limited by guarantee number 02255934
## Annual Report and Financial Statements
for the year ended 31 March 2025
## Millan Centre
Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2025
|**Contents**|**Page**|
|---|---|
|Trustees' report|2 to 5|
|Examiner's report|6|
|Statement of financial activities|7|
|Balance sheet|8|
|Notes to the accounts|9 to 13|
## **Prepared by West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO**
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## Millan Centre
## Trustees' report for the year ended 31 March 2025
## **Reference and administrative details of the charity, its trustees and advisors**
The trustees during the financial year and up to and including the date the report was approved were: **Name Position Dates** Elizabeth Hellmich MBE Chair Saliha Sadiq Honorary Chief Executive Officer Iram Sadiq Treasurer Isabel Arnold Company Secretary Shabina Aslam Suraiya Khatun **Charity number** 1059060 Registered in England and Wales **Company number** 02255934 Registered in England and Wales **Registered and principal address Bankers** Millan Centre Unity Trust Bank Victor Street 9 Brindley Place Bradford Birmingham BD9 4RA B1 2HB
## **Independent examiner**
Rhys North ACA **West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO** Stringer House 34 Lupton Street Leeds LS10 2QW
## **Structure, governance and management**
The charity is a charitable company limited by guarantee and was formed on 10 May 1988. It is governed by a memorandum and articles of association as amended by special resolution dated 9 October 1993 and 6 November 2020. The liability of the members in the event of the company being wound up is limited to a sum not exceeding £1. The members can appoint up to 12 trustees who meet monthly and are responsible for the strategic direction and policy of the charity. This management committee is made up of a diverse group of people who have the relevant skills relating to the work of the charity.
## **Method of recruitment and appointment of trustees**
The trustees of the charity are also the directors for the purposes of company law and are appointed by the members at the AGM.
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## Millan Centre
## Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 March 2025
## **Objectives and activities**
## **The charity's objects**
To educate and provide or assist in the provision of facilities for recreation or leisure time occupation for women and girls in the area bounded by Oak Lane, North Park Road, Park View Road, Heaton Road, Scotchman Road, Toller Lane, Lilycroft Road in the city of Bradford in the interests of social welfare with the object of improving the conditions of life of such persons.
To establish and maintain a community centre.
To further such charitable purposes as shall from time to time be determined by the Committee of management.
## **The charity's main activities**
We are a community centre for women, girls and children in the Manningham and Heaton area of Bradford.
## **Public benefit statement**
In setting our objectives and planning our activities our trustees have given serious consideration to the Charity Commission’s general guidance on public benefit and in particular to the advancement of education and provision of facilities for recreation and leisure time. Our services are open to all women and girls in the area.
## **Achievements and performance**
The Millan Centre continued to offer Adult Education classes for women, such as ESOL E1, 2 & 3 (English for Speakers of Other Languages), Living in the UK, Digital IT for employability, Mehndi, Urdu, Maths, Mental Health Awareness classes, Counselling, Coffee Mornings, Confidence Building, Exercise, Sewing and Cake Baking/ Decorating. We run a regular over 60’s group which includes seated exercise and ongoing Mental Health discussions, group and individual Group Counselling by a fully qualified Counsellor. An Educational and Social awareness group for girls ran on Saturdays.
On Saturdays we have input from and initially funded by Jump and offers Martial Arts, Boxing, Self -Defence for women and girls.
We lease out our Nursery but the payments for this have been intermittent as funding for the children has been lowered but because this is a necessary provision for the community we have allowed this to continue at a much lower payable rent.
## **Financial review**
The net income for the year was £6,789, including net expenditure of £8,024 on unrestricted funds and net income of £14,813 on restricted funds, after transfers.
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## Millan Centre
## Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 March 2025
## **Reserves policy**
The charity's free reserves, excluding fixed assets, at the year end were £36,621.
The purpose for which reserves are held:
To provide continuity of activities in the event of a large variation in income for example a large funder pulling out unexpectedly. We recognise the need to try to find a wider variety of funding for the centre’s future financial health.
To cover administration, fund raising and support costs without which the Millan Centre could not function. We seek to maintain the present level of financial activity.
To deal with financial emergencies e.g. a major unexpected repair.
To deal with short term fluctuations in cash flow e.g. a funding source that pays in arrears.
To be able to develop new projects and grasp new opportunities as they arise.
To cover any necessary staff redundancy payments or any other staff related expenses such as maternity pay.
The reserves shall be a minimum of 3 months budgeted expenditure and a maximum of 6 months budgeted expenditure. Based on actual 2024/2025 expenditure this equates to a reserves target of between £28,400 and £56,900.
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## Millan Centre
## Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 March 2025
## **Statement of trustees' responsibilities**
The trustees (who are also the directors for the purposes of company law) are responsible for preparing the Trustees report and the financial statements in accordance with the applicable law and UK Accounting Standards.
Company law requires the trustees to prepare financial accounts for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including the income and expenditure, of the charitable company for the year. In preparing these financial statements, the trustees are required to:
select suitable accounting policies and apply them consistently;
observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP;
make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
state whether applicable UK accounting standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements;
prepare the accounts on a going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charitable company will continue in operation.
The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charitable company and to enable them to ensure that the financial accounts comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are 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.
This report has been prepared in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities (Charities SORP (FRS102)), and in accordance with the special provisions of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.
Approved by the board of trustees on 9/12/2025
Elizabeth Hellmich (Trustee)
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## Millan Centre
## Independent examiner's report to the trustees of Millan Centre
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the charitable company for the year ended 31 March 2025, which are set out on pages 7 to 13.
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the charity's trustees of the charitable company (and also its directors for the purposes of company law) you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 ('the 2006 Act').
Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the charitable company are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of your charity's accounts as carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act ('the 2011 Act'). In carrying out my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act.
## **Independent examiner's statement**
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material 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 company as required by section 386 of the 2006 Act; or 2 the accounts do not accord with those records; or
- 3 the accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements of section 396 of the 2006 Act 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; or
- 4 the accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities [applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)].
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 accounts to be reached.
Rhys North ACA
15/12/2025
## **West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO**
Stringer House 34 Lupton Street Leeds LS10 2QW
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## Millan Centre
## Statement of Financial Activities
## (including summary income and expenditure account) for the year ended 31 March 2025
|Notes
2025
Unrestricted
funds
£
**Income from:**
Grants and donations
(2)
1,460
Client contributions
3,228
Rental income
34,902
Bank interest
760
Other Income
403
**Total income**
40,753
**Expenditure on:**
Salaries NI and pensions
(3)
33,527
Payroll expenses
441
Freelancer fees
528
Childminding costs
1,248
Training
27
Activity costs
4,236
Rates and water
170
Cleaning and premises expenses
719
Heat and light
1,357
Printing, postage and stationery
735
Insurance
2,518
Telephone, internet and IT
2,384
Sundry expenses
428
Professional fees
1,238
Independent examination
1,200
Depreciation
2,945
Travel
69
**Total expenditure**
53,770
**Net income / (expenditure)**
(13,017)
**Transfers between funds**
4,993
**Net movement in funds**
(8,024)
**Fund balances brought forward**
79,711
**Fund balances carried forward**
(4)
71,687|2025
Restricted
funds
£
79,804
-
-
-
-
79,804
9,255
-
37,137
-
254
1,463
-
3,846
6,829
-
-
164
-
1,050
-
-
-
59,998
19,806
(4,993)
14,813
5,462
20,275|2025
Total
funds
£
81,264
3,228
34,902
760
403
120,557
42,782
441
37,665
1,248
281
5,699
170
4,565
8,186
735
2,518
2,548
428
2,288
1,200
2,945
69
113,768
6,789
-
6,789
85,173
91,962|2024
Total
funds
£
48,484
5,615
36,710
367
540
91,716
29,213
400
19,992
168
246
5,836
333
2,271
6,191
916
2,259
2,663
378
7,162
924
3,535
212
82,699
9,017
-
9,017
76,156
85,173|
|---|---|---|---|
All incoming resources and resources expended derive from continuing activities.
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## Millan Centre
## Balance sheet
|as at 31 March 2025
2025
Unrestricted
£
**Fixed assets**
Tangible assets
(5)
35,066
**Total fixed assets**
35,066
**Current assets**
Debtors and prepayments
(6)
11,722
Cash at bank and in hand
(7)
28,123
**Total current assets**
39,845
**Current liabilities:**
**amounts falling due within one year**
Creditors and accruals
(8)
3,224
**Total current liabilities**
3,224
**Net current assets / (liabilities)**
36,621
**Net assets**
71,687
**Funds**
Unrestricted funds
71,687
Restricted funds
-
**Total funds**
71,687|2025
Restricted
£
-
-
-
20,275
20,275
-
-
20,275
20,275
-
20,275
20,275|2025
Total
£
35,066
35,066
11,722
48,398
60,120
3,224
3,224
56,896
91,962
71,687
20,275
91,962|2024
Total
£
36,518
36,518
7,877
41,832
49,709
1,054
1,054
48,655
85,173
79,711
5,462
85,173|
|---|---|---|---|
For the year ending 31 March 2025 the charitable company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.
The members have not required the charitable company to obtain an audit of its accounts for the year in question in accordance with section 476. The trustees (who are also the directors for the purposes of company law) acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.
These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies’ regime and with FRS 102 (effective January 2019).
The financial statements were approved by the board of trustees on 9/12/2025
Elizabeth Hellmich (Trustee)
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Millan Centre Notes to the accounts
## for the year ended 31 March 2025
## **1 Accounting policies**
## **Basis of accounting**
These accounts have been prepared under the historical cost convention with items recognised at cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant note(s) to these accounts. The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by 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) and with the Charities Act 2011.
The charity constitutes a public benefit entity as defined by FRS 102. There has been no change to the accounting policies since last year. No changes have been made to the accounts for previous years.
## **Going concern**
The trustees are satisfied that there are no material uncertainties about the charity's ability to continue.
## **Incoming resources**
All incoming resources are included in the Statement of Financial Activities (SOFA) when the charity becomes entitled to the resources, if it is more likely than not that the trustees will receive the resources and the monetary value can be measured with sufficient reliability.
## **Grants and donations**
Grants and donations are only included in the SOFA when the charity has unconditional entitlement to the resources.
Where grants are related to performance and specific deliverables, they are accounted for as the charity earns the right to consideration by its performance.
## **Expenditure and liabilities**
Expenditure is recognised on an accrual basis as a liability is incurred. Liabilities are recognised where it is more likely than not that there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to pay out the resources and the amount of the obligation can be measured with reasonable certainty.
## **Taxation**
As a charity the organisation benefits from rates relief and is generally exempt from income tax and capital gains tax but not from VAT. Irrecoverable VAT is included in the cost of those items to which it relates.
## **Tangible fixed assets**
Tangible fixed assets costing more than £500 are capitalised and included at cost including any incidental expenses of acquisition. Gifted assets are shown at the value to the charity on receipt. Depreciation is provided on all tangible fixed assets at rates calculated to write off the cost on a straight line basis over their expected useful economic lives as follows: Freehold land: nil Freehold buildings: over 50 years General equipment: over 5 years
## **Pensions**
The charity operates a defined contribution scheme for the benefit of its employees. The costs of contributions are recognised in the year they are payable.
## **Fund accounting**
Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the charity.
Restricted funds are subjected to restrictions on their expenditure imposed by the donor or through the terms of an appeal.
Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the accounts.
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## Millan Centre
## Notes to the accounts continued for the year ended 31 March 2025
|**2 Grants and donations**
Bradford Metropolitan District Council (BMDC)
Leeds Community Foundation
National Lottery Community Fund
Sports England
The Morrisons Foundation
W G Edwards Charitable Foundation
Power to Change
The Charles & Elsie Sykes Trust
Other grants
Other donations
**3 Staff costs and numbers**
Gross salaries
Social security costs
Employment allowance|2025
Unrestricted
funds
£
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1,460
1,460|2025
Restricted
funds
£
22,920
9,924
19,955
14,517
9,995
1,493
-
-
-
1,000
79,804|2025
Total
funds
£
22,920
9,924
19,955
14,517
9,995
1,493
-
-
-
2,460
81,264
2025
£
42,782
2,325
(2,325)
42,782|2024
Total
funds
£
30,428
9,924
-
-
-
-
4,812
2,000
170
1,150
48,484
2024
£
29,213
1,932
(1,932)
29,213|
|---|---|---|---|---|
The average number of employees during the year was 5.5, being an average of 1.9 full time equivalent (2024: 4, 1.7 FTE). There were no employees with emoluments above £60,000.
|**4 Restricted funds**
NLCF - Awards for All
BMDC - Older People
Leeds Community Foundation
BMDC - Eid party
Newquest Media Group
MiM Seed Funding
The Morrisons Foundation
BMDC - SAHE
Sports England
W G Edwards Trust
BMDC - Community Buildings|Balance b/f
£
-
-
4,083
-
-
1,379
-
-
-
-
-
5,462|Incoming
£
19,955
11,918
9,924
320
1,000
-
9,995
495
14,517
1,493
10,187
79,804|Outgoing
£
10,484
9,924
14,007
-
1,000
1,379
-
-
13,017
-
10,187
59,998|Transfers
£
(2,000)
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
(1,500)
(1,493)
-
(4,993)|Balance c/f
£
7,471
1,994
-
320
-
-
9,995
495
-
-
-
20,275|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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## Millan Centre
## Notes to the accounts continued for the year ended 31 March 2025
## **4 Restricted funds continued**
**Fund name** NLCF - Awards for All
BMDC - Older People Leeds Community Foundation
BMDC - Eid party Newquest Media Group MiM Seed Funding The Morrisons Foundation BMDC - SAHE Sports England
W G Edwards Trust
BMDC - Community Buildings
## **Purpose of restriction**
To provide mental health counselling and individual sessions. The transfer is for a contribution towards overhead costs. Over 50s Social Day Care.
To provide mental health support to women via counselling sessions and wellbeing activities and signposting.
Eid Party for Centre ladies. For Mental Health Counselling.
To support the development of the charity's community business activity. For new central heating. For South Asian Heritage Event.
To provide mental health counselling, exercise classes and activities. The transfer is for a contribution towards overhead costs.
To purchase a cooker and a fridge. The transfer is for the capitalisation of kitchen equipment.
To support the running costs of the Centre.
|**5 **
**6 **
**7 **|**Tangible assets**
**Cost**
£
At 1 April 2024
-
Additions
-
At 31 March 2025
-
**Depreciation**
At 1 April 2024
-
Charge for year
-
At 31 March 2025
-
**Net book value**
At 31 March 2025
-
At 31 March 2024
-
**Debtors and prepayments**
Debtors
Prepayments
Other debtors
**Cash at bank and in hand**
Cash at bank
Cash in hand
Class 4|£
62,501
1,493
63,994
60,388
1,008
61,396
2,598
2,113
General
equipment|£
9,707
-
9,707
-
-
-
9,707
9,707
Freehold
land|£
96,867
-
96,867
72,169
1,937
74,106
22,761
24,698
2025
£
11,295
427
-
11,722
2025
£
48,697
(299)
48,398
Freehold
buildings|Total
£
169,075
1,493
170,568
132,557
2,945
135,502
35,066
36,518
2024
£
3,310
382
4,185
7,877
2024
£
41,737
95
41,832|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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## Millan Centre
## Notes to the accounts continued
## for the year ended 31 March 2025
|**8 Creditors and accruals**
2025
£
Creditors
-
Accruals
1,200
Deferred income (see note below for analysis)
2,024
3,224
**Deferred income**
Deferred to
next year
£
Workers' Educational Association
2,024
2,024
**Item name**
**Reason for deferral**
Workers' Educational Association
Being rental income invoiced in advance.|2024
£
130
924
1,054
Released
from last
year
£
-
-|
|---|---|
## **9 Related party transactions**
## **Donations from trustees and related parties**
The total aggregate value of unconditional donations to the charity from the trustees or related parties was £nil (2024: £500).
## **Trustee expenses**
During the year one trustee was paid a total of £1,248 in respect of childminding costs to enable attendance at trustee related meetings (previous year: one trustee £168 for childminding costs).
|**Trustee remuneration and benefits**
Saliha Sadiq
Iram Sadiq
Trustee
Freelance Mental health
counselling services
**Name of trustee**
**or related party**
**Relationship to**
**charity**
**Description of transaction**
Trustee
Freelance Tutor services|2025
£
35,880
-
35,880|2024
£
16,630
7,795
24,425|
|---|---|---|
## **Legal authority for the payment**
The legal authority for the payment is via a provision within the charity's governing document.
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## Millan Centre
## Statement of Financial Activities including comparatives for all funds (including summary income and expenditure account) for the year ended 31 March 2025
|2025
2024
Unrestricted Unrestricted
funds
funds
£
£
**Income**
Grants and donations
1,460
3,320
Client contributions
3,228
5,615
Rental income
34,902
36,710
Bank interest
760
367
Other Income
403
540
**Total income**
40,753
46,552
**Expenditure**
Salaries NI and pensions
33,527
19,653
Payroll expenses
441
400
Freelancer fees
528
1,950
Childminding costs
1,248
168
Training
27
23
Activity costs
4,236
2,653
Rates and water
170
-
Cleaning and premises expenses
719
124
Heat and light
1,357
580
Printing, postage and stationery
735
748
Insurance
2,518
532
Telephone, internet and IT
2,384
2,638
Sundry expenses
428
357
Professional fees
1,238
162
Independent examination
1,200
424
Depreciation
2,945
3,535
Travel
69
86
**Total expenditure**
53,770
34,033
**Net income / (expenditure)**
(13,017)
12,519
**Transfers between funds**
4,993
1,127
**Net movement in funds**
(8,024)
13,646
**Fund balances brought forward**
79,711
66,065
**Fund balances carried forward**
71,687
79,711|2025
Restricted
funds
£
79,804
-
-
-
-
79,804
9,255
-
37,137
-
254
1,463
-
3,846
6,829
-
-
164
-
1,050
-
-
-
59,998
19,806
(4,993)
14,813
5,462
20,275|2024
Restricted
funds
£
45,164
-
-
-
-
45,164
9,560
-
18,042
-
223
3,183
333
2,147
5,611
168
1,727
25
21
7,000
500
-
126
48,666
(3,502)
(1,127)
(4,629)
10,091
5,462|2025
Total
funds
£
81,264
3,228
34,902
760
403
120,557
42,782
441
37,665
1,248
281
5,699
170
4,565
8,186
735
2,518
2,548
428
2,288
1,200
2,945
69
113,768
6,789
-
6,789
85,173
91,962|2024
Total
funds
£
48,484
5,615
36,710
367
540
91,716
29,213
400
19,992
168
246
5,836
333
2,271
6,191
916
2,259
2,663
378
7,162
924
3,535
212
82,699
9,017
-
9,017
76,156
85,173|
|---|---|---|---|---|
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