## Bradford Youth Development Partnership
## Charity number 1085821
A company limited by guarantee number 03891257
## Annual Report and Financial Statements
for the year ended 31 March 2024
## Bradford Youth Development Partnership
Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2024
|**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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## Bradford Youth Development Partnership
## Trustees' report for the year ended 31 March 2024
## **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:|up to and including the date the report was approved were:|
|---|---|---|
|**Name**|**Position**|**Dates**|
|Peter Tate|Chair||
|Mohammed Amran|Vice-chair||
|Kerr Kennedy|Secretary||
|Naeem Nawaz|Treasurer||
|Byron Francis|||
|Dr Ruby Bhatti OBE DL|||
|Beverley Mullaney|||
|Fazlul Haq|||
|Suffia Hussain|||
|**Charity number**|1085821|Registered in England and Wales|
|**Company number**|03891257|Registered in England and Wales|
|**Registered and principal address**|**Bankers**||
|c/o Bangladeshi Youth Organisation|Yorkshire Bank Plc|CCLA Investment Management|
|52 Cornwall Road|14 Broadway|Limited|
|Bradford|Bradford|Senator House|
|BD8 7JN|BD1 1EZ|85 Queen Victoria Street|
|||London EC4V 4ET|
## **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 company limited by guarantee and was formed on 9 December 1999. It is governed by a memorandum and articles of association, as amended on 29 November 2001, 10 December 2002 and 25 May 2011. The liability of the members in the event of the company being wound up is limited to a sum not exceeding £1.
## **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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## Bradford Youth Development Partnership Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 March 2024
## **Objectives and activities**
## **The charity's objects**
To promote the benefit of young people aged 8 to 30 within the area of benefit, especially but not exclusively:
By developing and managing youth initiatives which will enhance the development of young people.
By working with and developing multi-agency and partnership approaches which will assist young people to participate fully in society.
By establishing projects which will enable the citizens of the area to gain a greater understanding of the need of young people.
The area of benefit is defined as Bradford Metropolitan district, and any other area(s) in the north of England as the trustees may determine.
## **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 Education, Health & Well-being and Physical Activities for young people aged 8 – 30.
## **Achievements and performance**
We were commissioned by JUMP to deliver physical activities in the Heaton Ward of Bradford West Constituency in February 2022 (£95,000 over 2 years, ending March 2024). We achieved all of the outcomes/targets set for the project.
We continue to provide much needed services, and avail ourselves of opportunities for funding, including the HAF & HSF Funding through Bradford Council, and have received NHS funding (£25k to tackle health inequalities) as well as our application to Bradford VCSA (£5k per annum over 2 years) to continue our role as a Community Anchor Organisation.
We were also successful in securing £8,000 from the Power to Change – Leading the Way Programme to increase confidence, resilience, skills, networks and develop both personal and organisational leadership together with the support of a programme mentor, P2P learning sessions and access to a peer group for problem solving (July 2023 – March 2024).
In April 2023 we received a grant of £6,180 from the Yorkshire Sport Foundation to develop skills of young people and adult volunteers (CSLA Training through Bradford Council's Sports & Recreation Department).
We were successful in receiving funds from the Co-op Foundation for Year 3 of the Peer Mentoring Project giving a yearly budget of £35,000. This is a joint project in partnership with Oasis Academy Lister Park School.
We were allocated funding through Bradford Council’s Household Support Fund, to deliver Food Parcels to FSM families / Families In Need over 2021-2022 (150+) which continued into 2022-2023 (£24k Plus an Additional £3k to July / August 2023), to support 40+ families and provide additional food parcels over the Summer Holidays) and this has continued into 2024 (Apr.- Sept. 2024). We have also been allocated funding to run the HAF (Holiday Activities with Food) programme during 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 (£16,900k for 6 weeks of delivery over Easter, Summer and Winter in 2024) to provide activities with food to FSM children during school holiday periods, working in partnership with local schools to identify families In Need/In Food Poverty.
We have continued our role as an Anchor Organisation for the NHS/Community Partnership, Quadrant Community Partnership and supported smaller organisations, such as Bangladeshi Youth Organisation and Bradford Studies Sport Network to access small amounts of funding, recruitment and selection of staff for projects and advice and information as required.
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## Bradford Youth Development Partnership
## Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 March 2024
## **Financial review**
The net expenditure for the year was £19,659, including net income of £7,345 on unrestricted funds and net expenditure of £27,004 on restricted funds, after transfers.
We remain a viable organisation, taking account of the reduction in funding year on year and all the challenges that this brings.
We are always optimistic about the future of BYDP and have complete faith in our continued efforts in playing our part in the delivery of much needed services to our local communities, particularly our young people and their families and will always strive to innovate and adapt to changing circumstances and keep focussed on delivering the objectives for which BYDP came into being in 1999.
## **Reserves policy**
The charity's free reserves, excluding fixed assets, at the year end were £99,685.
The trustees have agreed that unrestricted funds neither committed nor invested in tangible fixed assets (free reserves) held by the charity should equate to six to nine months of expenditure. Based on 2024-2025 budgeted expenditure this equates to target reserves of between £49,200 and £73,800.
Reserves are required to cover staff redundancies as well as any potential winding down costs being available to support the ongoing work of the charity and any deficits in budget, should the charity’s income sources be reduced.
The extra reserves above £75,000 will be utilised to cover any shortfall in income during 2024-2025 and 20252026.
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## Bradford Youth Development Partnership Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 March 2024
## **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 12/12/2024
Kerr Kennedy (Trustee)
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## Bradford Youth Development Partnership
## Independent examiner's report to the trustees of Bradford Youth
## Development Partnership
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the charitable company for the year ended 31 March 2024, 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
13/12/2024
## **West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO**
Stringer House 34 Lupton Street Leeds LS10 2QW
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## Bradford Youth Development Partnership
## Statement of Financial Activities
## (including summary income and expenditure account) for the year ended 31 March 2024
|Notes
2024
Unrestricted
funds
£
**Income from:**
Grants and donations
(2)
1,125
Contract / fee Income
39,373
Other income
1,326
Bank interest
4,788
Mini Bus Income
1,701
**Total income**
48,313
**Expenditure on:**
Salaries and NI
(3)
27,228
Training and supervision
-
Staff travel and other staff costs
1,303
Education and activities
3,297
Trainee and volunteer costs
50
Minibus costs
2,158
Rent and rates
4,895
Print, stationery and postage
20
Telephone
561
Insurance
420
Legal and professional costs
-
Subscriptions
202
Financial management and payroll
1,085
Independent examination
427
Board expenses
700
Sundry expenses
-
Equipment
15
IT support
248
Grant repayment
-
**Total expenditure**
42,609
**Net income / (expenditure)**
5,704
**Transfers between funds**
(4)
1,641
**Net movement in funds**
7,345
**Fund balances brought forward**
92,340
**Fund balances carried forward**
(4)
99,685|2024
Restricted
funds
£
105,049
-
-
-
-
105,049
51,564
1,880
312
38,519
375
1,021
2,250
-
-
420
2,600
-
-
827
-
-
2,457
-
28,187
130,412
(25,363)
(1,641)
(27,004)
67,332
40,328|2024
Total
funds
£
106,174
39,373
1,326
4,788
1,701
153,362
78,792
1,880
1,615
41,816
425
3,179
7,145
20
561
840
2,600
202
1,085
1,254
700
-
2,472
248
28,187
173,021
(19,659)
-
(19,659)
159,672
140,013|2023
Total
funds
£
58,277
55,627
709
2,210
4,935
121,758
80,078
11,578
83
59,501
225
2,403
5,720
241
507
879
48
253
2,045
1,254
262
830
1,608
805
-
168,320
(46,562)
-
(46,562)
206,234
159,672|
|---|---|---|---|
All incoming resources and resources expended derive from continuing activities.
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## Bradford Youth Development Partnership
## Balance sheet
|as at 31 March 2024
2024
Unrestricted
£
**Current assets**
Prepayments
101
Cash at bank and in hand
(6)
102,845
**Total current assets**
102,946
**Current liabilities:**
**amounts falling due within one year**
Creditors and accruals
(7)
3,261
**Total current liabilities**
3,261
**Net assets**
99,685
**Funds**
Unrestricted funds
99,685
Restricted funds
-
**Total funds**
99,685|2024
Restricted
£
-
42,208
42,208
1,880
1,880
40,328
-
40,328
40,328|2024
Total
£
101
145,053
145,154
5,141
5,141
140,013
99,685
40,328
140,013|2023
Total
£
8,053
162,618
170,671
10,999
10,999
159,672
92,340
67,332
159,672|
|---|---|---|---|
For the year ending 31 March 2024 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 12/12/2024
Kerr Kennedy (Trustee)
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## Bradford Youth Development Partnership
## Notes to the accounts
## for the year ended 31 March 2024
## **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
l t
## **Tangible fixed assets**
Tangible fixed assets costing more than £1,000 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: Motor vehicles: over 4 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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## Bradford Youth Development Partnership
## Notes to the accounts continued
## for the year ended 31 March 2024
|**2 Grants and donations**
Bradford Metropolitan District Council (BMDC)
Co-op Foundation/Big Lottery Fund #iwill
JUMP
NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board
Power to Change Trust
Leeds Community Foundation
Yorkshire Building Society
Yorkshire Sport Foundation
Groundwork UK
**3 Staff costs and numbers**
Gross salaries
Social security costs
Employment allowance
Pensions|2024
Unrestricted
funds
£
-
1,125
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1,125|2024
Restricted
funds
£
53,249
-
2,000
25,000
8,000
10,000
620
6,180
-
105,049|2024
Total
funds
£
53,249
1,125
2,000
25,000
8,000
10,000
620
6,180
-
106,174
2024
£
77,587
4,393
(4,393)
1,205
78,792|2023
Total
funds
£
32,580
14,997
-
-
-
-
-
-
10,700
58,277
2023
£
78,880
4,737
(4,737)
1,198
80,078|
|---|---|---|---|---|
The average number of employees during the year was 5.9, being an average of 2.9 full time equivalent (2023: 7.1, 3.2 FTE). There were no employees with emoluments above £60,000.
|**Defined contribution pension scheme**
Costs of the scheme to the charity for the year
**4 Restricted funds**
Balance b/f
£
Bradford CCG
28,187
ESFGroundworks
2,497
Co-op/Big Lottery Fund #iwill Fund
31,823
BMDC HSF Programme
1,945
BMDC HAF Programme
2,880
NHS West Yorkshire ICB
-
Power to Change - Leading the Way
-
LCF - Bartlett Group Fund
-
Yorkshire Sport Foundation
-
JUMP
-
Yorkshire Building Society
-
67,332|Incoming
£
-
-
-
37,069
16,180
25,000
8,000
10,000
6,180
2,000
620
105,049|Outgoing
£
28,187
2,497
31,823
37,373
17,830
2,922
2,600
-
5,180
2,000
-
130,412|2024
£
1,205
Transfers
£
-
-
-
(1,641)
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
(1,641)|2023
£
1,198
Balance c/f
£
-
-
-
-
1,230
22,078
5,400
10,000
1,000
-
620
40,328|
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Notes to the accounts continued
## Bradford Youth Development Partnership
for the year ended 31 March 2024
## **4 Restricted funds (continued)**
**Fund name** Bradford CCG ESFGroundworks
Co-op/Big Lottery Fund #iwill Fund
BMDC HSF Programme
BMDC HAF Programme
NHS West Yorkshire ICB
Power to Change - Leading the Way LCF - Bartlett Group Fund
Yorkshire Sport Foundation JUMP Yorkshire Building Society
## **Purpose of restriction**
For the 'Health Champions' project.
To train 14 unemployed participants to the Level 2 Youth and community work qualification.
A joint project with Oasis Academy Lister Park School to develop a mentoring programme for young people.
Food parcel deliveries to families as part of BMDC's Household Support Fund programme. The transfer relates a contribution to overheads and minibus cost.
To deliver the HAF (Holiday Activities and Food) programme over Easter, Summer and Christmas school holidays.
To work with secondary schools on the health and wellbeing of young people.
To support the strategic development of the organisation.
To support the development of the Heaton Health Hub and continue to provide much needed services in Heaton and other Wards in Bradford West Constituency.
Training and delivery of sports provision for young people. To purchase Scooters to use with young people. To purchase sports equipment.
|**Tangible assets**
**Cost**
At 1 April 2023
At 31 March 2024
**Depreciation**
At 1 April 2023
At 31 March 2024
**Net book value**
At 31 March 2024
At 31 March 2023
**Cash at bank and in hand**
Cash at bank
Cash in hand|£
14,394
14,394
14,394
14,394
-
-
2024
£
143,721
1,332
145,053
Motor
vehicles|Total
£
14,394
14,394
14,394
14,394
-
-
2023
£
160,802
1,816
162,618|
|---|---|---|
## **5 Tangible assets**
## **6 Cash at bank and in hand**
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## Bradford Youth Development Partnership
## Notes to the accounts continued
## for the year ended 31 March 2024
|**7 Creditors and accruals**
Creditors
Accruals
Taxation and social security|2024
£
1,270
3,134
737
5,141|2023
£
9,480
1,519
-
10,999|
|---|---|---|
## **8 Related party transactions**
## **Trustee expenses**
During the year 1 trustee was paid a total of £91 in respect of travel and other costs (previous year: 1 trustee and £158 for travel and telephone costs).
## **Trustee remuneration and benefits**
No trustee received any remuneration or benefit during this or the previous year.
## **Remuneration and benefits received by key management personnel**
The total employee benefits received by key management personnel were £33,598 (previous year: £36,426).
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## Bradford Youth Development Partnership
## Statement of Financial Activities including comparatives for all funds (including summary income and expenditure account) for the year ended 31 March 2024
|2024
2023
Unrestricted Unrestricted
funds
funds
£
£
**Income**
Grants and donations
1,125
-
Contract / fee Income
39,373
55,627
Other income
1,326
709
Bank interest
4,788
2,210
Mini Bus Income
1,701
4,935
**Total income**
48,313
63,481
**Expenditure**
Salaries and NI
27,228
32,114
Training and supervision
-
-
Staff travel and other staff costs
1,303
75
Education and activities
3,297
7,496
Trainee and volunteer costs
50
225
Minibus costs
2,158
1,008
Rent and rates
4,895
2,120
Print, stationery and postage
20
90
Telephone
561
126
Insurance
420
379
Legal and professional costs
-
48
Subscriptions
202
253
Financial management and payroll
1,085
855
Independent examination
427
544
Board expenses
700
262
Sundry expenses
-
500
Equipment
15
951
IT support
248
705
Grant repayment
-
-
**Total expenditure**
42,609
47,751
**Net income / (expenditure)**
5,704
15,730
**Transfers between funds**
1,641
-
**Net movement in funds**
7,345
15,730
**Fund balances brought forward**
92,340
76,610
**Fund balances carried forward**
99,685
92,340|2024
Restricted
funds
£
105,049
-
-
-
-
105,049
51,564
1,880
312
38,519
375
1,021
2,250
-
-
420
2,600
-
-
827
-
-
2,457
-
28,187
130,412
(25,363)
(1,641)
(27,004)
67,332
40,328|2023
Restricted
funds
£
58,277
-
-
-
-
58,277
47,964
11,578
8
52,005
-
1,395
3,600
151
381
500
-
-
1,190
710
-
330
657
100
-
120,569
(62,292)
(62,292)
129,624
67,332|2024
Total
funds
£
106,174
39,373
1,326
4,788
1,701
153,362
78,792
1,880
1,615
41,816
425
3,179
7,145
20
561
840
2,600
202
1,085
1,254
700
-
2,472
248
28,187
173,021
(19,659)
-
(19,659)
159,672
140,013|2023
Total
funds
£
58,277
55,627
709
2,210
4,935
121,758
80,078
11,578
83
59,501
225
2,403
5,720
241
507
879
48
253
2,045
1,254
262
830
1,608
805
-
168,320
(46,562)
-
(46,562)
206,234
159,672|
|---|---|---|---|---|
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