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 2025
Bradford Youth Development Partnership
Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2025
| Contents | Page |
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| 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 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: | 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 | Resigned 13 May 2025 | |
| Dr Ruby Bhatti | ||
| Beverley Mullaney | ||
| Fazlul Haq | ||
| Suffia Hussain | Resigned 22 May 2025 | |
| 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 2025
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 continue to provide much needed services, and avail ourselves of opportunities for funding.
We received funding from the NHS through the HCHC Community Partnership (CP 6) to deliver Health & Wellbeing work with girls & young women at 3 Local Secondary Schools, namely Belle Vue Girls Academy, Dixon’s Trinity and Dixon’s McMillan (£25k to tackle health inequalities, January 2024 – June 2025). We achieved most of the outcomes / targets set for the project. This Project was originally funded for 3 years (£25k pa) but in discussion with the Funder, we decided not to continue the project after the first year due to schools not being able to provide day time slots for delivery which meant that we were unlikely to meet targets for numbers of young girls worked with, as numbers drastically reduced for sessions after the school day. We extended the Project to June 2025 in order to complete the work started with new cohorts of young people at the Dixon’s Schools, using BYDP resources.
We were again allocated funding through Bradford Council’s Household Support Fund, to deliver Food Parcels to FSM families / Families In Need (60+) during April to September 2024 (£12,963). This funding was extended to March 2025 by an allocation of £12,812, giving a total grant of £25,775 for food parcel deliveries.
We were also allocated funding to run the HAF (Holiday Activities with Food) programme during 2024/2025 (£14,860) for 6 weeks of delivery over Easter, Summer and Christmas 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.
Further funding was received from the NHS through Bradford Voluntary & Community Sector Alliance (VCSA) of £3,960 over 2024/2025 to continue our role as a Community Anchor Organisation for the Quadrant Community Partnership (CP 10).
An application to the National Lottery Community Fund (NLCF) – Awards for All was successful with a grant of £20,000 as well as the 2[nd] Year funding of £10,000 from the Bartlett Group Foundation, through the Leeds Community Foundation (LCF). The Sir George Martin Trust (SGMT) based in Leeds also gave us £3,000.
We continue to remain a viable organisation, in a climate of reduction in funding year on year and all the challenges that this brings.
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Bradford Youth Development Partnership
Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 March 2025
Achievements and performance continued
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.
The Trustees continue to have discussions about partnership/collaborative working, including closer relationships such as merger with a bigger organisation that shares our ethos and values.
Financial review
The net expenditure for the year was £9,434, including net income of £7,049 on unrestricted funds and net expenditure of £16,483 on restricted funds, after transfers.
Reserves policy
The charity's free reserves, excluding fixed assets, at the year end were £105,900.
The Trustees have agreed that unrestricted funds neither committed nor invested in tangible fixed assets (free reserves) held by the charity should equate to between six and nine months of expenditure. Based on 2025/2026 budgeted expenditure this equates to target reserves of between £80,100 and £120,200.
Reserves are required to cover staff redundancies as well as any potential wind down costs being available to support the ongoing work of the charity and cover any deficits in budget, especially with reduced funding year on year.
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Bradford Youth Development Partnership 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 18/11/2025
Peter Tate (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 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:
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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
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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
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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
19/11/2025
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 2025
| Notes 2025 Unrestricted funds £ Income from: Grants and donations (2) - Contract / fee Income - Other income 4,103 Bank interest 4,088 Mini Bus Income 1,066 Total income 9,257 Expenditure on: Salaries and NI (3) 4,338 Training and supervision - Staff travel and other staff costs - Education and activities - Trainee and volunteer costs - Minibus costs 101 Rent and rates 10 Telephone - Insurance - Legal and professional costs 34 Subscriptions 166 Financial management and payroll - Independent examination 546 Board expenses 69 Sundry expenses 58 Equipment - IT support - Grant repayment - Depreciation 705 Total expenditure 6,027 Net income / (expenditure) 3,230 Transfers between funds 3,819 Net movement in funds 7,049 Fund balances brought forward (Restated) 100,965 Fund balances carried forward (4) 108,014 |
2025 Restricted funds £ 75,635 - - - - 75,635 45,766 864 430 24,479 200 2,382 5,555 584 942 4,585 - 300 1,254 67 132 471 288 - - 88,299 (12,664) (3,819) (16,483) 39,048 22,565 |
2025 Total funds £ 75,635 - 4,103 4,088 1,066 84,892 50,104 864 430 24,479 200 2,483 5,565 584 942 4,619 166 300 1,800 136 190 471 288 - 705 94,326 (9,434) - (9,434) 140,013 130,579 |
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 7,145 561 840 2,600 202 1,085 1,254 700 20 2,472 248 28,187 - 173,021 (19,659) - (19,659) 159,672 140,013 |
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All incoming resources and resources expended derive from continuing activities.
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Bradford Youth Development Partnership
Balance sheet
| Balance sheet as at 31 March 2025 2025 Unrestricted £ Fixed assets Tangible assets (5) 2,114 Total fixed assets 2,114 Current assets Prepayments - Cash at bank and in hand (6) 109,958 Total current assets 109,958 Current liabilities: amounts falling due within one year Creditors and accruals (7) 4,058 Total current liabilities 4,058 Net current assets 105,900 Net assets 108,014 Funds Unrestricted funds 108,014 Restricted funds - Total funds 108,014 |
2025 Restricted £ - - - 24,725 24,725 2,160 2,160 22,565 22,565 - 22,565 22,565 |
2025 Total £ 2,114 2,114 - 134,683 134,683 6,218 6,218 128,465 130,579 108,014 22,565 130,579 |
Restated 2024 Total £ - - 101 145,053 145,154 5,141 5,141 140,013 140,013 100,965 39,048 140,013 |
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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 18/11/2025
Peter Tate (Trustee)
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Bradford Youth Development Partnership
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.
Expenditure of £1,830 that was initially coded as unrestricted in the year ending 31 March 2024 has now been reallocated to a restricted fund. This has resulted in restricted funds being £1,830 lower and unrestricted funds being £1,830 higher as at 31 March 2024. No other 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
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 2025
| 2 Grants and donations Bradford Metropolitan District Council (BMDC) The Sir George Martin Trust Leeds Community Foundation (LCF) The Leap National Lottery Community Fund Co-op Foundation/Big Lottery Fund #iwill JUMP NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board Power to Change Trust Yorkshire Building Society Yorkshire Sport Foundation 3 Staff costs and numbers Gross salaries Social security costs Employment allowance Pensions |
2025 Unrestricted funds £ - - - - - - - - - - - - |
2025 Restricted funds £ 40,635 3,000 10,000 2,000 20,000 - - - - - - 75,635 |
2025 Total funds £ 40,635 3,000 10,000 2,000 20,000 - - - - - - 75,635 2025 £ 49,395 1,792 (1,792) 709 50,104 |
2024 Total funds £ 53,249 - 10,000 - - 1,125 2,000 25,000 8,000 620 6,180 106,174 2024 £ 77,587 4,393 (4,393) 1,205 78,792 |
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| The average number of employees | during the year was 4, being an average of 1.7 full time equivalent (2024: | |
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| 5.9, 2.9 FTE). There were no employees with emoluments above £60,000. | ||
| Defined contribution pension scheme 2025 2024 |
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| £ £ Costs of the scheme to the charity for the year 709 1,205 |
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| **4 ** | Restricted funds | Restated Balance b/f Incoming Outgoing Transfers Balance c/f |
| NHS West Yorkshire ICB | £ £ £ £ £ 22,078 - 19,907 - 2,171 |
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| BMDC Healthy Activities Fund | (50) 14,860 14,810 - - |
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| Power to Change-Leading the Way | 5,400 - 5,400 - - |
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| LCF - Bartlett Foundation | 10,000 10,000 8,235 (2,819) 8,946 |
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| Yorkshire Sports Fund | 1,000 - - (1,000) - |
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| Yorkshire Building Society | 620 - 99 - 521 |
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| BMDC Household Support Fund | - 25,775 25,775 - - |
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| VCSA | - - - - - |
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| National Lottery Community Fund | - 20,000 9,573 - 10,427 |
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| The Sir George Martin Trust | - 3,000 3,000 - - |
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| LEAP - BYO | - 2,000 1,500 - 500 |
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| 39,048 75,635 88,299 (3,819) 22,565 |
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Notes to the accounts continued for the year ended 31 March 2025
Bradford Youth Development Partnership
4 Restricted funds continued
Fund name NHS West Yorkshire ICB
BMDC Healthy Activities Fund
Power to Change LCF - Bartlett Foundation
Yorkshire Sports Fund
Yorkshire Building Society BMDC Household Support Fund
VCSA
National Lottery Community Fund The Sir George Martin Trust LEAP - BYO
Purpose of restriction
To work with secondary schools on the health and wellbeing of young people.
To deliver the HAF (Holiday Activities and Food) programme over Easter, Summer and Christmas school holidays.
To support the strategic development of the organisation.
Towards the core and project costs of Heaton Health Hub. The transfer relates to the capitalisation of fixed assets.
Training and delivery of sports provision for young people. The transfer relates to moving funds to unrestricted funds as agreed by the funder. To purchase sports equipment.
Food parcel deliveries to families as part of BMDC's Household Support Fund programme.
Towards the development managers time to attend for meetings for community partnerships (Anchor role).
Towards the core and project costs of Heaton Health Hub. Towards the core and project costs of Heaton Health Hub.
To work with young peope from a local Primary school on a Heritage Project.
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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 - - Cash at bank and in hand Cash at bank Cash in hand Class 3 Class 4 |
£ - 2,819 2,819 - 705 705 2,114 - Equipment |
£ 14,394 - 14,394 14,394 - 14,394 - - 2025 £ 133,235 1,448 134,683 Motor vehicles |
Total £ 14,394 2,819 17,213 14,394 705 15,099 2,114 - 2024 £ 143,721 1,332 145,053 |
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Bradford Youth Development Partnership
Notes to the accounts continued
for the year ended 31 March 2025
| 7 Creditors and accruals Creditors Accruals Deferred income Taxation and social security |
2025 £ - 3,680 2,160 378 6,218 |
2024 £ 1,270 3,134 - 737 5,141 |
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8 Related party transactions
Trustee expenses
During the year 1 trustee was paid a total of £104 in respect of travel (previous year: 1 trustee and £91).
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 £21,919 (previous year: £33,598).
Other related party transactions
| Other transactions with trustees or related parties Goshukan Karate Academy Name of trustee or related party Relationship to charity Description of transaction Goshukan Karate Academy is part controlled by trustee, Suffia Hussain Provision of self defence sessions for Heath and Wellbeing project. |
2025 £ 300 300 |
2024 £ - - |
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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 2025
| 2025 2024 Unrestricted Unrestricted funds funds £ £ Income Grants and donations - 1,125 Contract / fee Income - 39,373 Other income 4,103 1,326 Bank interest 4,088 4,788 Mini Bus Income 1,066 1,701 Total income 9,257 48,313 Expenditure Salaries and NI 4,338 27,228 Training and supervision - - Staff travel and other staff costs - 1,303 Education and activities - 3,117 Trainee and volunteer costs - 50 Minibus costs 101 2,158 Rent and rates 10 3,795 Telephone - 561 Insurance - 420 Legal and professional costs 34 - Subscriptions 166 202 Financial management and payroll - 1,085 Independent examination 546 427 Board expenses 69 700 Sundry expenses 58 20 Equipment - 15 IT support - 248 Grant repayment - - Depreciation 705 - Total expenditure 6,027 41,329 Net income / (expenditure) 3,230 6,984 Transfers between funds 3,819 1,641 Net movement in funds 7,049 8,625 Fund balances brought forward 100,965 92,340 Fund balances carried forward 108,014 100,965 |
2025 Restricted funds £ 75,635 - - - - 75,635 45,766 864 430 24,479 200 2,382 5,555 584 942 4,585 - 300 1,254 67 132 471 288 - - 88,299 (12,664) (3,819) (16,483) 39,048 22,565 |
2024 Restricted funds £ 105,049 - - - - 105,049 51,564 1,880 312 38,699 375 1,021 3,350 - 420 2,600 - - 827 - - 2,457 - 28,187 - 131,692 (26,643) (1,641) (28,284) 67,332 39,048 |
2025 Total funds £ 75,635 - 4,103 4,088 1,066 84,892 50,104 864 430 24,479 200 2,483 5,565 584 942 4,619 166 300 1,800 136 190 471 288 - 705 94,326 (9,434) - (9,434) 140,013 130,579 |
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 7,145 561 840 2,600 202 1,085 1,254 700 20 2,472 248 28,187 - 173,021 (19,659) - (19,659) 159,672 140,013 |
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