2024-12-31-accounts

LEEDS CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY TRUST

ANNUAL REPORT 2024

Registered Charity Number 1096860 Company Number 4632481

A WORD FROM THE CHAIRA Word from the Chair

One of LCCT’s values is to be rooted. Each of our projects in different ways operates the way it does because of its context. It is rooted in the people it works alongside, the communities it serves, the partners it works alongside. LCCT is who it is because of the remarkable people and places we operate in.

2024 saw LCCT release two key projects towards independence; Migrant Action which provides advocacy support, information, guidance and practical assistance to migrants and The Hunslet Initiative which provides positive activities for children, teens and young adults across inner south Leeds. At our AGM we thanked both groups for their amazing work over many years and got a chance to celebrate their move towards independence, we are confident that they will continue to make an impact in the city.

The individual projects that make up the whole are greater than the sum of their parts and the impact and reach they are able to have is inspiring to see. 2024 has been another year of working together towards our vision and one in which the challenges of small charities continued to be very real. We were pleased to continue our partnership with Leeds City Council through administration of the Household Support Fund reaching people in poverty and deprivation across the city.

We were also delighted to welcome a new trustee on board, Kulwant Sandu, and look forward to her contribution in 2025. We also said goodbye to Hilary Wilmer, who stepped down as a Trustee. Hilary was one of LCCT's founding trustees and a constant voice of wisdom through the past twenty years. Hilary carried with her at all times the founding vision of LCCT to be a releasing, empowering organisation and we hope to continue to be so into the future.

Theo Sheridan-Watts

CHAIR OF TRUSTEES

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About LCCT

LCCT is a Christian charity seeking to work with people of all backgrounds who share our values and desire to see a better Leeds where all can flourish and contribute to the wellbeing of our city. Our Trustees are drawn from various Christian traditions while our support is offered to those of all faiths and none. We are a community of projects who share central functions and offer mutual support through networking and collaboration.

All our projects have their own steering groups who are responsible for strategy and oversight of day-to-day operations. This means that the work is directed at the local level by local people. As well as supporting our projects the core staff team also produce the Leeds Lent Prayer Diary, run the Network Leeds Website and co-ordinate the Leeds Food Aid Network.

Our Values

Empowering and Releasing: We empower and release individuals’ calling and creativity to bring positive change to Leeds by providing a supportive infrastructure and absorbing risk.

Faithful and Rooted: We are faithful to and rooted in the Kingdom of God and the communities we serve.

Accepting and Affirming: Being affirmed and accepted by God we seek to affirm each other and the people around us without judgement or prejudice.

United and Connected: We believe in the diversity and unity of the Church in Leeds and we recognise that we can achieve more when we work together. Therefore we intentionally seek to share with one another to build and live out Kingdom values.

Our Aims

To be an effective and sustainable charity hub. We support projects enabling them to function well and thrive.

To encourage and facilitate connectivity and participation for the common good amongst the Christian community and the wider city of Leeds.

To work together within LCCT as a collaborative community based on shared Christian values.

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LCCT PROJECTS

Our aim is to gather the saints to unite, pray, encourage and support one another to transform our city. [e-mail]

Migrant Action left LCCT in July to become an independent charity

Bringing together a diverse community of fathers for social interaction and support. [e-mail]

Awareness raising and providing support to victims of FGM and forced marriage.

Gathering people together for good in Crossgates and East Leeds. [e-mail]

Part of a national UK movement to build a culture of welcome to all people seeking sanctuary. [e-mail]

An outward-looking expression of churches working together in Horsforth. [e-mail]

Mobilising all God’s people into meaningful involvement in God’s mission purposes. [e-mail]

The Hunslet Initiative left LCCT in May 2024 to become an independent charity. Now known as Hunslet and Belle Isle Community Project

Weekly groups for young people led by volunteers from churches across Leeds. [e-mail]

Organises the annual Global Day of Prayer.

Disciple-making movement putting Luke 10 into practice. [e-mail]

Providing high quality, accessible English classes in a welcoming and friendly atmosphere. [e-mail]

To honour, empower and equip Afghan women and others to be the best they can be. [e-mail]

Affordable counselling for all. leedspathwayscounselling@gmail. com

Leeds Reaching for House of Peace and June Prayer is Project closed currently this year. inactive.

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LCCT DIRECT WORK STREAMS

Leeds Lent Prayer Diary

Produced in partnership with Leeds Church Institute our annual Lent prayer diary provides an opportunity to pray together for projects working across the city. Our launch event this year was held at Roscoe Methodist Church where we were able to chat with various projects, hear from speakers and enjoy a meal together.

Network Leeds

Network Leeds is a website which shares news, events, and jobs to Christians across Leeds. It is the biggest Christian communicator in Leeds, with over 500 churches and Christian charity projects listed on the site who share their updates with the community. Over a thousand Christians receive our weekly e:Bulletin, visit our website, and follow our social media accounts every week.

Unity in Poverty Action

We aim to practically assist the Christian community and the wider city in working together to tackle poverty in Leeds.

This year we have facilitated networking and meetings for Leeds Food Aid Network, Leeds Homeless Charter, Leeds Debt Forum, Migration Focus, Prison Release, Addiction Connection and more. We have also brought people together for city-wide prayer events and have worked with Leeds City Council to ensure that the Government Household Support Fund and UK Shared Prosperity Fund reach grassroots groups as well as the larger providers.

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Our Impact

People attended regular 3000 activities and groups

3900

People attended one-off events

216

Volunteers gave their time to work with our projects

700

Copies of the Leeds Lent Prayer Diary were sold

16,500

Views of the Network Leeds website

Government Funds distributed to £1.5m over 100 organisations across Leeds

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Spotlight on our Projects

Horsforth Chaplaincy Project

A significant milestone in 2024 was the opening of Horsforth Community Pantry in a purpose-built shop and store next to St James’ Woodside Church, followed by a joyful official opening celebration with Lord Mayor Cllr Abigail Marshall Katung. This truly collaborative venture ensures food that would have gone to waste is made available locally to those who need a bit of extra help, in a way that gives them choice, dignity and friendly support.

We are also celebrating two awards – Horsforth Town of Sanctuary was awarded the prestigious Jo Cox Award at Leeds Compassionate City awards, and Horsforth Churches Together was awarded Community Award by Horsforth Town Council!

A series of four lent Talks on Big Issues and Faith and a wellattended Hustings event were additional events in 2024, and we continued with a thriving Refugee project, the monthly Farmers’ Market, termly assemblies in all 7 Primary Schools and lunchtime groups in the High School.

Space

We see over 120 young people at our four groups each week. Many of these are vulnerable, some are cared for, and several receive extra one-to-one support from our leaders. We have had a busy year with trips to a trampoline park, the theatre, and the seaside, as well as community projects in LS11 including serving a meal to family and friends. For some of our young people these will be their only trips out of the city. In summer we said goodbye to Claire Probert as she moved on after 10 years as Space Project Coordinator.

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Spotlight on our projects

Sunflower ESOL

In our gardening group for asylum seekers we have repurposed some old water tanks and made use of donated pots to create an area of colour and green which is a lovely contrast to the bricks and tarmac. We have grown sunflowers, sweetpeas, tomatoes, sweetcorn, and chillies plus other flowers and herbs. Apart from the petunias, cosmos, and marigolds we have grown everything from seed.

HawaDal

The Leeds Compassionate City Awards recognise the outstanding individuals and organisations who make a difference to their communities. This year HawaDal had an excellent evening at the Awards, receiving the award for Health and Wellbeing Project of the Year, as well as being highly commended for the Jo Cox Award.

Simply Mobilising

We welcomed our international Youth Mobilisation Coordinator, Noemi Marques from Brazil, to help launch the new youth mission course for teens, The Unfinished Story for Youth . There has been great interest to run this in different churches in the UK.

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Spotlight on our projects

City of Sanctuary

In July we were invited by the organisers to attend the Deershed Festival. We had access to one of the stages and held a number of events with testimonies from people with lived experience about their journeys to the UK and settling into life in Britain.

There were musical and spoken word performances by people with lived experience which certainly attracted the crowds. Over the 3 days, we attracted many people

to the marquee where there were craft activities, presentations concerning people seeking asylum, as well as the chance to engage with festival goers about the work of City of Sanctuary.

Women Arise

In June we celebrated Refugee Week. Women came dressed in their national clothes and provided an array of delicious food from their countries. The theme of the week was ‘Home’ so we explored what home meant to all of us and what it was like to have two different homes.

Pathways

In 2024, Pathways expanded the team by employing a Counselling Coordinator and an Admin Codinator through funding received from Benefact. Their roles are to grow the project to reach more people across Leeds and to fundraise for the project. Pathways saw 96 clients in total in 2024, around a third of whom were offered subsidised funding to ensure counselling was accessible to them. Pathways has partnered with Joanna project and an internship programme this year to offer counselling to their clients, and hopes to work with more projects across Leeds in 2025.

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Spotlight on our projects

Connecting Crossgates

In 2024, Connecting Crossgates made significant strides in strengthening community ties and empowering local residents across East Leeds. We facilitated health and wellbeing groups and maintained our popular community café, Morethan Café, where people gathered for social support and connection. We hosted craft and music sessions, organised day trips, and delivered community events that brought people together. Our Holiday Clubs, offered three times a year, provided safe, enjoyable spaces for children and families, while also including youth training, mentoring, and paid work experience opportunities. We expanded our environmental initiatives with the Community Fridge and Repair Café, promoting sustainable living and reducing food waste. In addition, our dedicated volunteers extended vital support and signposting, ensuring that practical, emotional, financial, and spiritual needs were met. We created welcoming spaces for all, including vulnerable individuals, and celebrated local successes while partnering with community groups to build a truly stronger, more connected East Leeds overall.

Leeds Dads

We welcomed over 40 Dads to our annual Big Night Out Christmas Fundraiser. Speakers included Thomas Lynch from Dads Rock Edinburgh, Steve Walker from Leeds Social Services and Dr Shaid Mahmood MBE, Pro-Vice Chancellor at Durham University. Some of the Dads may have arrived a bit weary, anticipating a difficult Christmas, so many not seeing their kids or struggling in relationships. And for one night they had a night for themselves. A time to laugh and smile, to think. And a time to meet new friends and eat!

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Leeds Christian Community Trust

Company Limited by Guarantee

Trustees' Annual Report (Incorporating the Director's Report)

Year ended 31 December 2024

The Charity is called “Leeds Christian Community Trust” which is also known as LCCT and is registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales.

The directors and trustees submit their report and the independently examined accounts for the year ended 31 December 2024.

Directors and Trustees:	Theo Sheridan-Watts
	Hilary Wilmer MBE	Resigned 25thApril 2024
	Jean-Louis Pecher
	Anna Bland
	Kulwant Sandhu	Appointed 24thSeptember 2024
	Michael Flynn	Appointed 16thJanuary 2025
Company Secretary:	None currently appointed
Core Staff Team:	Catherine Beaumont	Operations Manager
	Janice Brown	Charity Administrator
	Helen Coutie	Finance Officer
	Emma Price	Information & Communications Officer
	Hannah Gyde (temporary cover)	Information & Communications Officer
	David Paterson	UPA Project Manager
	David Smith	UPA Administrator
Company Number:	04632481
Charity Number:	1096860
Registered Office	St Michael’s Hall
	11 Bennett Road
	Headingley
	Leeds, LS6 3HN
Main Bankers	CAF Bank Ltd	Unity Trust Bank plc
	25 Kings Hill Avenue	Four Brindleyplace
	Kings Hill	Birmingham
	West Malling	B1 2JB
	Kent, ME19 4JQ
Independent Examiner:	Nigel Wyatt BSC FCA
	Wyatt & Co. Chartered Accountants
	125 Main Street
	Garforth
	Leeds LS25 1AF

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Leeds Christian Community Trust

Company Limited by Guarantee

Trustees' Annual Report (Incorporating the Director's Report)

Year ended 31 December 2024

Structure, Governance and Management

The company was incorporated on 9th January 2003. The charity is constituted as a company limited by guarantee and is therefore governed by a memorandum and articles of association in accordance with the Companies Act 2006. The charity was registered with the Charities Commission on 4th April 2003.

Trustees A list of the Trustees who served during the year is listed on page 10. One third of the Trustees will retire by rotation each year at the AGM and put themselves forward for re-election if they wish to continue. Any potential Trustee has the opportunity to come and sit in on a meeting to see the operation. The Trustees meet at least 4 times a year to manage the charity’s affairs and in the interests of close working and transparency, members of the core staff team always attend the Trustees’ meetings. There is an agreed process for recruiting and inducting new Trustees; to maintain the Christian values and identity of LCCT it is a requirement that Trustees have an active Christian faith, and the Trustees seek to maintain a broad diversity by having representatives from a range of Christian denominations on the board. (This requirement is only at board level – membership is open to all that can align with and operate within the values of the charity). After election an induction is implemented which entails meeting with existing Trustees and staff from the core team, familiarising themselves with the history, operations and financial aspects of the organisation, and possibly visiting a project of the charity.

Members The charity has a membership which includes individuals connected with one or more of the charity’s member projects and other individuals in the city of Leeds who have an interest in the charity and likeminded organisations, as well as the Trustees. All members are invited to the Annual General Meeting and any other general meeting that might be held throughout the year.

Organisational structure The charity acts as a ‘hub’ to enable projects to benefit from central functions and learn within a supportive network whilst growing their work on the ground. Instead of setting up its own projects, the charity welcomes projects that have been started by an individual or group, in order to support them by providing accountancy, financial procedures, HR facilities, insurance, policies, central governance and some tailored development support. Projects can apply to be part of the charity, but they are required to have a Steering Group in place and are responsible for generating their own funding and are required to pay a contribution towards the costs of the central support services provided. Where projects wish to become part of the charity, they will meet with a member of the core team and a Trustee who will assess the following: whether the project fits the criteria of the charity, whether becoming a project of the charity is the best path for them, the effectiveness and accountability of the management structure, the capacity of the project to carry out the work, and how the project could contribute to the objects and vision of LCCT as a whole. The decision to accept the project into LCCT will be made at the following Trustees meeting and that decision will be ratified at the following AGM. The projects are called ‘member projects’ of the charity and are given as much autonomy as possible whilst still being required to adhere to policies, procedures and regular reporting to the core team and Trustees. Responsibility for the day-to-day management of the projects is delegated to project staff and to their individual management structure (Steering Group) which oversees and gives direction and support to the project, within a Terms of Reference framework provided by LCCT. In addition to our member projects the charity has 3 direct work streams delivered by the core staff team; UPA, Network Leeds and Leeds Lent Prayer Diary.

Regular contact with the projects is maintained through core team staff, annual budget and policy meetings, link trustees and quarterly monitoring forms.

Core Team : The Operations Manager works closely with the trustees and leads a core staff team comprising the Charity Administrator, Information and Communications Officer, Finance Officer, UPA Project Manager and UPA project administrator. All staff work part-time hours. Remuneration is linked to the NJC payscales and agreed with the Trustees.

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Leeds Christian Community Trust

Company Limited by Guarantee

Trustees' Annual Report (Incorporating the Director's Report)

Year ended 31 December 2024

Objectives and Activities

Leeds Christian Community Trust’s charitable objects are particularly within Leeds and in the U.K.

1. To promote social inclusion for the public benefit by preventing people from becoming socially excluded, relieving the needs of those people who are socially excluded and assisting them to integrate into society (for the purpose of this clause ‘socially excluded’ means being excluded from society, on the grounds of social, physical, psychological and/or economic position, or as a result of discrimination on the grounds of sex, race, disability, ethnic origin, religion, belief, creed, or sexual orientation).

2. To advance education amongst members of the community for the benefit of the community and social cohesion.

3. To advance the Christian faith for the benefit of the public.

4. Other such charitable purposes as the Trustees shall see fit.

In each case in a manner which aligns with the values of the organisation which are drawn from the Christian Faith as expressed and revealed in the Holy Scriptures.

Vision Our vision is positive change in Leeds:

Aims:

1. To be an effective and sustainable charity hub. We support projects enabling them to function well and thrive.

2. To work together within LCCT as a collaborative community based on shared Christian values

3. To encourage and facilitate connectivity and participation for the common good amongst the Christian community and the wider city of Leeds.

The collective work of the individual projects is the front-line work of our charity as a whole, and since starting in 2003 we have had the privilege of running and supporting over 60 projects, some of which have grown and gone on to become well established independent charities. This included, in 2024, Hunslet Initiative (now known as Hunslet and Belle Isle Community Project) and Migrant Action.

In 2024 the charity was able to support 18 projects. Most of our project’s leaders plus some of their workers are employed by LCCT, as well as the 6 core staff team; there were 24 employees of LCCT at 31/12/24, most of them part-time.

Public Benefit

When reviewing our aims and objectives and in planning our future activities, the Trustees have complied with the duty in section 17 of the Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to public benefit guidance published by the Charity Commission. In particular, the Trustees consider how planned activities will contribute to the aims and objectives of the charity.

Volunteers

There were 216 volunteers helping within the projects of LCCT during the year.

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Leeds Christian Community Trust

Company Limited by Guarantee

Trustees' Annual Report (Incorporating the Director's Report)

Year ended 31 December 2024

Achievements and performance

Our projects have raised funding to further our aims and objectives. Areas of work covered by our (18 during 2024) projects include:

• support to children, young people, and families

• community development

• community cohesion

• support to migrants

• services to alleviate poverty and hardship

• Christian mission and intercession.

• counselling and advocacy

£1.3m was provided by Leeds City Council from the Government’s Household Support Fund for redistribution to in excess of 80 smaller organisations across Leeds to help alleviate poverty. This did not form part of LCCT’s income but was accounted for on an Agency Accounting basis in line with The Charities SORP FRS102. LCCT received a fee for the administration which is shown within the income.

£210k was provided by Leeds City Council from the UK Shared Prosperity Fund for redistribution to organisations carrying out infrastructure projects, this enabled them to improve their food provision to vulnerable people. A further £50k was granted from the West Yorkshire Combined Authority, also for redistribution to organisations involved in supporting people struggling with food insecurity. These last 2 grants were part of LCCT’s income with LCCT receiving fees for the administration.

Other significant activities have been providing support, specifically to migrants in the county, and also to neighbourhood communities in Leeds. Regular events held by our projects reached 3000 people and one-off events reached a further 3900 We sold 700 copies of the Leeds Lent Prayer Diary and our Network Leeds Website was viewed by 16,500 users.

During the year, two projects left LCCT to become independent charities: Hunslet Initiative in April and Migrant Action in July. The fund balances paid transferred to the new charities were £5k and £113k respectively, which explains most of the £129k reduction in restricted reserves during the year.

Fundraising and Principal Funding Sources

We currently draw our funding from three main sources (grants, donations and trading) with the largest of these being grants followed by donations. This reflects the hard work of the member projects and the core team in applying to funders throughout the year as well as spending time on communications and fostering good connections which generate a significant level of donations. No specific extra expenditure was incurred in applying for grants or raising donations and no external fundraising professionals acting on our behalf were used.

The total income for the year was £674,700 (2023: £491,161). Grant income was £490,642, 67% (2023: £329,905, 59%). Other individual/church donors amounted to £86,297 (12%) (2023: £81,613,17%). The remainder was brought in from other trading income and gift aid.

The Statement of Financial Activities shows a net deficit for the year of £124,416 (2023: surplus £36,387) of which a surplus of £4,378 was unrestricted, and the balance a deficit of £128,794 in restriction funds. The reserves stand in total at £276,054 at 31 December 2024 (2023: £400,470). Of this, £99,220 are unrestricted, and the balance of £176,834 are restricted funds.

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Leeds Christian Community Trust

Company Limited by Guarantee

Trustees' Annual Report (Incorporating the Director's Report)

Year ended 31 December 2024

Risks & Uncertainties

Delegated responsibility and Risk

The delegation of responsibility for the day to day running of the projects creates risk for the Trustees. However, the Trustees have considered the major risks to which the company is exposed and where relevant put policies and procedures in place to mitigate those risks. Trustees must be satisfied that there is an effective management structure in place before the charity will accept a project as a member project of LCCT. Ownership of the project budget rests with the project steering committee, however, the project’s finances are centrally managed by the charity’s Finance Manager who reports regularly to the Trustees. Core team staff provide on-going support and meet annually with each project about their proposed budget and capacity to continue, assisting them in making timely decisions about reduction in activities or closure where necessary. Any new types of activity must be notified to our insurers via the Charity Administrator. A more formal Risk Register is reviewed by trustees at each of the regular governance meetings to monitor and manage major risks to the charity.

Plans for Future Periods

The Trustees and the core team are exploring income diversification in order to cover core costs and are working to increase fundraising capacity within the projects we support and developing our direct work streams. To this end there has been some success with the fee income earned during the year for the administration of a number of grants going some way into covering the core costs.

Reserves Policy

The board of trustees have felt it prudent to have a policy whereby the unrestricted funds excluding tangible fixed assets held by the company should be six months of 2025 budgeted unrestricted running costs which equates to approximately £41,000. At 31 December 2024 the unrestricted net current assets of the charity stood at £99,220 (2023: £94,842) which is above the level required. The reserves policy will be reviewed annually.

Funds in Deficit

There were no funds in deficit at 31 December 2024.

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Leeds Christian Community Trust

Company Limited by Guarantee

Trustees' Annual Report (Incorporating the Director's Report)

Year ended 31 December 2024

Statement of Responsibilities of the Trustees

Company law requires the Trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company as at the end of the financial year and of the surplus or deficit of the company for that period.

In preparing those financial statements the Trustees are required to

• Select suitable accounting policies and then 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; and

• Prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the company will continue in business.

The Trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the company and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the company and hence for taking steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

SMP

Theo Sheridan-Watts Date: ___09/07/2025 Director and Trustee

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Leeds Christian Community Trust

Year Ended 31st December 2024

Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of Leeds Christian Community Trust

I report to the trustees on my examination of the financial statements of Leeds Christian Community Trust ('the charity') for the year ended 31 December 2024.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the trustees of the charity, you are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’).

I report in respect of my examination of the charity's financial statements carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent examiner's statement

I confirm that I am qualified to undertake the examination because I am a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW), which is one of the listed bodies.

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 charity as required by section 130 of the 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: or

4. the financial statements 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.

Nigel Wyatt BSC FCA Date: 09/07/2025 Independent Examiner 125 Main Street Garforth Leeds LS25 1AF

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Leeds Christian Community Trust

Statement of Financial Activities (including income and expenditure account)

Year Ended 31st December 2024

Statement of Financial Activities Year Ended 31st December 2024	(includ	ing income	and expen	diture acc	ount)
			2024		2023
		Unrestricted	Restricted	Total	Total
		funds	funds	Funds	Funds
	Note	£	£	£	£
Income
Donations and legacies	2	6,559	579,847	586,406	421,909
Charitable activities	3	-	46,366	46,366	22,455
Other trading activities	4	34,910	6,134	41,044	46,092
Investment income	5	884	-	884	705
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Total income		42,353	632,347	674,700	491,161
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Expenditure
Expenditure on charitable activities	7, 8	37,975	643,609	681,584	454,774
Transfer of charitable projects	6	-	117,532	117,532	-
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Total expenditure		37,975	761,141	799,116	454,774
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Net (expenditure)/ income and net movement in funds		4,378	(128,794)	(124,416)	36,387
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Net income and net movement in funds
Total funds brought forward	17	94,842	305,628	400,470	364,083
Transfers		-	-	-	-
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Total funds carried forward		99,220	176,834	276,054	400,470
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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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Leeds Christian Community Trust

Year Ended 31st December 2024

Statement of Financial Position

Statement of Financial Position
		2024	2023
	Note	£	£
Current assets
Debtors	15	21,101	21,131
Cash at bank and in hand		263,997	391,144
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		285,098	412,275
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year	16	9,044	11,805
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Net current assets		276,054	400,470
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Total assets less current liabilities		276,054	400,470
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Net assets		276,054	400,470
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Funds of the charity
Restricted funds	17	176,834	305,628
Unrestricted funds	17	99,220	94,842
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Total charity funds		276,054	400,470
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For the year ending 31 December 2024 the charity was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.

Directors' responsibilities:

• The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the year in question in accordance with section 476;

• The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of financial statements.

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies' regime.

These financial statements were approved by the board of trustees, authorised for issue and are signed on behalf of the board by:

Theo Sheridan-Watts

Theo Sheridan-Watts Date: 09/07/2025 Trustee

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Leeds Christian Community Trust

Year Ended 31st December 2024

Statement of Cash Flows

	2024	2023
	£	£
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities	(128,031)	50,063
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	(128,031)	50,063
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Cash flows from investing activities:
Interest	884	705
Disposal of financial investment	-	-
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Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities	884	705
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Cash flows from financing activities:
Repayments on borrowing	-	-
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Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities	-	-
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Change in cash and cash equivalents in the reporting period	(127,147)	50,768
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the reporting period	391,144	340,376
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Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the reporting period	263,997	391,144
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Reconciliation of net movement in funds to net cash flow from operating activities
	2024	2023
	£	£
Net movement in funds for the reporting period (as per the statement of financial activities)	(124,416)	36,387
Adjustments for:
Interest received	(884)	(705)
Depreciation of tangible fixed assets	-	-
(Increase)/Decrease in debtors	30	23,482
Increase/(Decrease) in creditors	(2,761)	(9,101)
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Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities	(128,031)	50,063
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Analysis of cash and cash equivalents
	2024	2023
	£	£
Cash in hand	263,997	391,144
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Total cash and cash equivalents	263,997	391,144
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Leeds Christian Community Trust

Year Ended 31st December 2024

Notes to the Financial Statements

1 Accounting Policies

General Information

The charity is a public benefit entity and a private company limited by guarantee, registered in England and Wales and a registered charity in England and Wales. The address of the registered office is St Michaels Hall, 11 Bennett Road, Leeds, LS63HN, England.

Statement of Compliance

These financial statements have been prepared in compliance with FRS 102, 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and the Republic of Ireland', the 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) (Charities SORP (FRS 102)) and the Companies Act 2006.

Basis of Preparation

The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement or Recommended Practise applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS102) (effective 1 January 2019) - Charities SPRT (FRS102), the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS102), and the Companies Act 2006 and the Charites Act 2011.

Leeds Christian Community Trust meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS102.

Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant accounting policy note.

Going Concern

The Trustees have prepared financial projections, taking into consideration the current economic climate and its potential impact on the sources of income and planned expenditure. They have a reasonable expectation that adequate financial resources are available to enable the charity to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and have adequate contingency plans in the event that income streams are reduced. Consequently, the financial statements have therefore been prepared on the basis that the charity is a going concern.

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Notes to the Financial Statements

Judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty

In the application of the charities 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, if the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods of the revision affects both current and future periods. There are no estimates and assumptions that have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amount of assets and liabilities.

Fund accounting

Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees to further any of the charity's purposes.

Designated funds are unrestricted funds earmarked by the trustees for particular future project or commitment.

Restricted funds are subjected to restrictions on their expenditure declared by the donor or through the terms of an appeal and fall into one of two sub-classes: restricted income funds or endowment funds.

Incoming Resources

All incoming resources are included in the statement of financial activities when entitlement has passed to the charity; it is probable that the economic benefits associated with the transaction will flow to the charity and the amount can be reliably measured. The following specific policies are applied to particular categories of income:

• Income from donations or grants is recognised when there is evidence of entitlement to the gift, receipt is probable, and its amount can be measured reliably.

• Legacy income is recognised when receipt is probable, and entitlement is established.

• Income from donated goods is measured at the fair value of the goods unless this is impractical to measure reliably, in which case the value is derived from the cost to the donor or the estimated resale value. Donated facilities and services are recognised in the accounts when received if the value can be reliably measured. No amounts are included for the contribution of general volunteers.

• Income from contracts for the supply of services is recognised with the delivery of the contracted service. This is classified as unrestricted funds unless there is a contractual requirement for it to be spent on a particular purpose and returned if unspent, in which case it may be regarded as restricted.

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Leeds Christian Community Trust

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Notes to the Financial Statements

Resources expended

Expenditure is recognised on an accruals basis as a liability is incurred. Expenditure includes any VAT which cannot be fully recovered, and is classified under headings of the statement of financial activities to which it relates:

• Expenditure on raising funds includes the costs of all fundraising activities, events, noncharitable trading activities, and the sale of donated goods.

• Expenditure on charitable activities includes all costs incurred by a charity in undertaking activities that further its charitable aims for the benefit of its beneficiaries, including those support costs and costs relating to the governance of the charity apportioned to charitable activities.

• Other expenditure includes all expenditure that is neither related to raising funds for the charity nor part of its expenditure on charitable activities.

All costs are allocated to expenditure categories reflecting the use of the resource. Direct costs attributable to a single activity are allocated directly to that activity. Shared costs are apportioned between the activities they contribute to on a reasonable, justifiable and consistent basis.

Operating leases

Lease payments are recognised as an expense over the lease term on a straight-line basis. The aggregate benefit of lease incentives is recognised as a reduction to expense over the lease term, on a straight-line basis.

Tangible assets

Tangible assets are initially recorded at cost, and subsequently stated at cost less any accumulated depreciation and impairment losses. Any tangible assets carried at revalued amounts are recorded at the fair value at the date of revaluation less any subsequent accumulated depreciation and subsequent accumulated impairment losses.

An increase in the carrying amount of an asset as a result of a revaluation, is recognised in other recognised gains and losses, unless it reverses a charge for impairment that has previously been recognised as expenditure within the statement of financial activities. A decrease in the carrying amount of an asset as a result of revaluation, is recognised in other recognised gains and losses, except to which it offsets any previous revaluation gain, in which case the loss is shown within other recognised gains and losses on the statement of financial activities.

Depreciation

Depreciation is calculated so as to write off the cost or valuation of an asset, less its residual value, over the useful economic life of that asset as follows:

• Fixtures and fittings 25% straight line

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Leeds Christian Community Trust

Year Ended 31st December 2024

Notes to the Financial Statements

Investments

Unlisted equity investments are initially recorded at cost, and subsequently measured at fair value. If fair value cannot be reliably measured, assets are measured at cost less impairment.

Listed investments are measured at fair value with changes in fair value being recognised in income or expenditure.

Impairment of fixed assets

A review for indicators of impairment is carried out at each reporting date, with the recoverable amount being estimated where such indicators exist. Where the carrying value exceeds the recoverable amount, the asset is impaired accordingly. Prior impairments are also reviewed for possible reversal at each reporting date.

For the purposes of impairment testing, when it is not possible to estimate the recoverable amount of an individual asset, an estimate is made of the recoverable amount of the cash-generating unit to which the asset belongs. The cash-generating unit is the smallest identifiable group of assets that includes the asset and generates cash inflows that largely independent of the cash inflows from other assets or groups of assets.

For impairment testing of goodwill, the goodwill acquired in a business combination is, from the acquisition date, allocated to each of the cash-generating units that are expected to benefit from the synergies of the combination, irrespective of whether other assets or liabilities of the charity are assigned to those units.

Financial instruments

A financial asset or a financial liability is recognised only when the entity becomes a party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.

Basic financial instruments are initially recognised at the amount receivable or payable including any related transaction costs, unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where it is recognised at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest for a similar debt instrument.

Current assets and current liabilities are subsequently measured at the cash or other consideration expected to be paid or received and not discounted.

Debt instruments are subsequently measured at amortised cost.

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Leeds Christian Community Trust

Year Ended 31st December 2024

Notes to the Financial Statements

Defined contribution plans

Contributions to defined contribution plans are recognised as an expense in the period in which the related service is provided. Prepaid contributions are recognised as an asset to the extent that the prepayment will lead to a reduction in future payments or a cash refund.

When contributions are not expected to be settled wholly within 12 months of the end of the reporting date in which the employees render the related service, the liability is measured on a discounted present value basis. The unwinding of the discount is recognised as an expense in the period in which it arises.

Limited by guarantee

The charity is a company limited by guarantee. Every member promises, if the charity is dissolved while he, she or it remains a member or within 12 months afterwards to pay up to £1 towards the costs of dissolution and the liabilities incurred by the charity while the contributor was a member.

Agency accounting

Funds received on an agency basis for redistribution are not recognised as an asset in its accounts because the funds are not within its control. Consequently, the receipt of funds as agent is not recognised as income nor is its distribution recognised as the agent’s expenditure.

any fee receivable by a charity for acting as agent is recognised as its income. Similarly, any costs incurred by a charity in the administration of the agency arrangement are recognised as expenditure in its accounts.

Grants Payable

Grants are awarded by the charity to organisations whose activities further the charity’s objectives. Grants payable are recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities when:

• The charity has a present legal or constructive obligation to make the grant,

• It is probable that a transfer of economic benefit will be made, and

• The amount can be measured reliably.

A constructive obligation arises when the charity has communicated its intention to make a grant, and has created a valid expectation that it will do so.

Grants are charged to the appropriate fund in the period in which the obligation arises. Where grants are conditional on specific performance milestones or ongoing monitoring, the grant is not recognised until the conditions are met.

Where a grant is committed but not yet paid at the balance sheet date, a liability is recognised in creditors.

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Leeds Christian Community Trust

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Notes to the Financial Statements

2 Donations and legacies

	Unrestricted	Restricted	Total funds
	funds	funds	2024
	£	£	£
Donations
Donations	6,073	80,224	86,297
Gift aid	486	8,981	9,467
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	6,559	89,205	95,764
Grants and contract income
Grants for projects	-	490,642	490,642
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	-	490,642	490,642
	──────────	──────────	──────────
Total	6,559	579,847	586,406
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	Unrestricted	Restricted	Total funds
	funds	funds	2023
	£	£	£
Donations
Donations	7,207	74,406	81,613
Gift aid	618	9,773	10,391
	──────────	──────────	──────────
	7,825	84,179	92,004
Grants and contract income
Grants for projects	-	329,905	329,905
	──────────	──────────	──────────
	-	329,905	329,905
	──────────	──────────	──────────
Total	7,825	414,084	421,909
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Leeds Christian Community Trust

Year Ended 31st December 2024

Notes to the Financial Statements

es to the Financial Statements
Grants received
	Unrestricted	Restricted	Total funds	Total funds
	funds	funds	2024	2023
	£	£	£	£
Alan & Babette Sainsbury CT	-	10,000	10,000	-
Asda Foundation	-	-	-	497
Awards for All	-	-	-	10,000
Barnsley Council	-	11,250	11,250	5,625
Belle Isle Tenant Management Organisation	-	-	-	1,506
Benefact Trust	-	-	-	10,000
Boost Charitable Trust	-	-	-	750
Chadwick Charitable Trust	-	500	500	-
Church Urban Fund	-	-	-	3,650
Connect Together	-	-	-	4,990
Cross Gates & District Good Neighbours' Schem	-	1,850	1,850	-
Educational Learning Support Hub	-	2,250	2,250	-
Feeding Britain	-	2,400	2,400	-
Festival Angels	-	-	-	500
Garfield Weston Foundation	-	2,500	2,500	-
Hamara Healthy Living Centre	-	2,000	2,000	-
Healthy Holidays	-	-	-	16,000
Hey Neighbour Fund	-	665	665	-
Hubbub Foundation	-	6,000	6,000	6,000
Justice Collaboration	-	33,333	33,333	-
Leeds City Council	-	309,824	309,824	65,112
Leeds Community Foundation	-	25,720	25,720	2,591
Leeds Culture Trust	-	-	-	290
Leeds Dynamic Fusions	-	150	150	-
Leeds Mind	-	-	-	1,000
Leeds Older People	-	-	-	5,000
Leeds S&E Foodbank	-	-	-	-
Mollie Croysdale Charitable Trust	-	-	-	500
Near Neighbours	-	3,000	3,000	-
Novuna	-	300	300	300
Paul Hamlyn Foundation	-	-	-	61,500
Sainsburys	-	500	500	-
Scurrah Wainwright	-	4,000	4,000	-
Seedlings Foundation	-	-	-	1,200
Sir George Martin Trust	-	-	-	8,650

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Leeds Christian Community Trust

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Notes to the Financial Statements

	Unrestricted	Restricted	Total funds	Total funds
Grants received(Continued)	funds	funds	2024	2023
	£	£	£	£
Spooner Charitable Trust	-	-	-	750
Sylivia & Colin Shepherd Charitable Trust	-	500	500	1,000
Ten Years Time	-	-	-	22,000
The Anton Jurgens Charitable Trust	-	-	-	2,500
The Blue Thread	-	-	-	20,500
The Charles & Elsie Sykes Trust	-	5,000	5,000	-
The Julia and Hans Rausing Trust	-	-	-	2,760
The Rotary Foundation	-	-	-	100
The Tilehouse Trust	-	1,500	1,500	-
TK Maxx and Homesense Foundation	-	500	500	-
UK Electric	-	800	800	-
UK Electric Ltd	-	-	-	500
Virgin Unite	-	5,000	5,000	-
Wades Charity	-	2,500	2,500	-
WEC International	-	-	-	4,670
Welcome Spaces LS14 Trust	-	1,650	1,650	-
Wellsprings Together	-	5,800	5,800	-
West Yorkshire Combined Author	-	50,000	50,000	3,658
Yorkshire Building Society Charitable Foundatio	-	850	850	-
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Total	-	490,642	490,642	329,905
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The Charity benefits greatly from the involvement and enthusiastic support of a number of volunteers, details of which are given in our annual report. In accordance with FRS 102, the economic contribution of volunteers is not recognised in the financial statements.

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Leeds Christian Community Trust

Year Ended 31st December 2024

Notes to the Financial Statements

3 Charitable activities

Charitable activities
	Unrestricted	Restricted	Total funds
	funds	funds	2024
	£	£	£
Pathways counselling client contributions	-	21,927	21,927
Connecting Crossgates fridge takings	-	11,215	11,215
Horsforth Chaplaincy Project refugee support	-	13,224	13,224
	──────────	──────────	──────────
	-	46,366	46,366
	──────────	──────────	──────────
	Unrestricted	Restricted	Total funds
	funds	funds	2023
	£	£	£
Pathways counselling client contributions	-	22,455	22,455
Connecting Crossgates fridge takings	-	-	-
Horsforth Chaplaincy Project refugee support	-	-	-
	──────────	──────────	──────────
	-	22,455	22,455
	──────────	──────────	──────────
Other trading activities
	Unrestricted	Restricted	Total funds
	funds	funds	2024
	£	£	£
Rent received and other trading activities	34,910	3,646	38,556
Sales of goods, services and merchandise	-	2,488	2,488
	──────────	──────────	──────────
	34,910	6,134	41,044
	──────────	──────────	──────────
	Unrestricted	Restricted	Total funds
	funds	funds	2023
	£	£	£
Rent received and other trading activities	23,147	20,991	24,318
Sales of goods, services and merchandise	29	1,925	383
	──────────	──────────	──────────
	23,176	22,916	24,701
	──────────	──────────	──────────

4 Other trading activities

5 Investment income

	Unrestricted	Restricted	Total funds
	funds	funds	2024
	£	£	£
Income from cash investments	884	-	884
	──────────	──────────	──────────
	884	-	884
	──────────	──────────	──────────

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Leeds Christian Community Trust

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Notes to the Financial Statements

Investment income (continued)

	Unrestricted	Restricted	Total funds
	funds	funds	2023
	£	£	£
Income from cash investments	705	-	705
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	705	-	705
	──────────	──────────	──────────

6 Charitable projects transferred out

	Unrestricted	Restricted	Total funds
	funds	funds	2024
	£	£	£
Charitable projects transferred out	-	117,532	117,532
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	-	117,532	117,532
	──────────	──────────	──────────
	Unrestricted	Restricted	Total funds
	funds	funds	2023
	£	£	£
Charitable projects transferred out	-	-	-
	──────────	──────────	──────────
	-	-	-
	──────────	──────────	──────────

During the year, the assets, liabilities, contractual arrangements, activities and work in progress of the following charitable projects were transferred out of the charity:

	Date of	Net assets
	transfer	transferred
		£
Migrant Action	31/07/2024	112,651
Hunslet Initiative	30/04/2024	4,881
		──────────
		117,532
		──────────

Funds of £112,651 were transferred from Leeds Christian Community Trust to Migrant Action charity number 1207941 in relation to the Migrant Action project.

Funds of £4,881 were transferred from Leeds Christian Community Trust to Hunslet & Belle Isle Community Project, charity number 1206294 in relation to the Hunslet Initiative project.

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Notes to the Financial Statements

7 Expenditure on charitable activities by expenditure and fund type

		Unrestricted	Restricted	Total funds
		funds	funds	2024
		£	£	£
	Bank charges	263	-	263
	Grant payments	-	252,448	252,448
	Office and administration costs	75	11,767	11,842
	People costs	-	233,076	233,076
	Project costs	720	111,554	112,274
	Support costs	36,917	34,764	71,681
		──────────	──────────	──────────
		37,975	643,609	681,584
		──────────	──────────	──────────
		Unrestricted	Restricted	Total funds
		funds	funds	2023
		£	£	£
	Bank charges	264	-	264
	Grant payments	-	-	-
	Office and administration costs	45	9,398	9,443
	People costs	27,467	229,827	257,294
	Project costs	856	142,404	143,260
	Support costs	10,584	33,929	44,513
		──────────	──────────	──────────
		39,216	415,558	454,774
		──────────	──────────	──────────
**8 **	Analysis of support costs
			2024	2023
			£	£
	Legal & professional fees		2,243	2,926
	Staff costs		56,457	29,254
	Project support		7,141	6,509
	Office and administrative costs		5,840	5,824
			──────────	──────────
			71,681	44,513
			──────────	──────────

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Leeds Christian Community Trust

Year Ended 31st December 2024

Notes to the Financial Statements

9 Grants awarded

During the year grants were awarded to a number of local Charities and institutions through the Unity In Poverty Action project within LCCT. These grants were awarded under the West Yorkshire funding initiative, Asylum funding initiative and the UK Shared Prosperity Fund Food Infrastructure Project funding imitative. The grants were awarded, respectively, for housing and household costs, and for capital projects to improve the provision of food aid.

	2024
	£
Armley Action Team	3,300
Bramley St Peters PCC	5,000
Calderdale Credit Union Ltd	3,000
Champions Community Sport And Health Cic	10,000
Church of God of Prophecy	5,110
Community Kettle	250
Complete Woman	6,500
Cornerstone Baptist Church	5,122
Damasq Ltd	5,000
FareShare Yorkshire	1,000
Flourishing Families Leeds	1,981
Focus4Hope	1,000
Give a Gift	7,847
Hainworth Wood Community Centre	350
Health for All (Leeds)	19,485
HOPE Halton Moor & Osmondthorpe Project for Elders	1,130
Hyde Park Source Ltd	9,421
Inn Churches	18,000
Involve Leeds	2,013
Ireland Wood Food Pantry	2,117
Leeds North and West Foodbank	16,750
Lighthouse West Yorkshire	250
Loveinaboxoutreach CIC	3,526
Middle Eastern and Mediterranean Community	250
Neruka's Soul Food Soup Kitchen	4,967
Oblong Ltd	4,975
Other	250
Pudsey Community Project	10,000
Rethink Food	18,198
Right Choices	1,100
Soup & More - Leeds Central Seventh Day Adventist Church	18,000
South Bank Sanctuary Church of the Nazarene	4,971
St Augustine's Church - Wrangthorn	1,900
St George's Crypt	3,340
St Luke Cares	5,000
St Monica's Housing Ltd	7,500

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Leeds Christian Community Trust

Year Ended 31st December 2024

Notes to the Financial Statements

es to the Financial Statements
Grants awarded(Continued)
	2024
	£
St Pauls Church Ireland Wood	8,935
Swinnow Community CIC	2,660
The Welcome Centre (Huddersfield)	2,250
Voluntary Action Community (VAC)	5,000
West Yorkshire Destitute Asylum Network (WYDAN)	25,000
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	252,448
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10 Analysis of Income and expenditure by activity

The activities undertaken by the charity are specifically related to the differing projects that operate within the organisation. The expenditure disclosure does not include amounts associated with Charitable projects transferred out of the Charity.

	Income	Expenditure
	2024	2024
	£	£
Non-project activity	42,353	37,975
City of Sanctuary	4,969	4,126
Connecting Crossgates	70,920	85,787
Gather Leeds	377	2,199
Hawa Dal	-	485
Horsforth Chaplaincy Project	44,553	47,055
Hunslet Initiative General	40	7,231
Leeds Dads	28,300	15,193
Leeds Space Network	13,266	12,128
Migrant Action	59,536	88,869
Pathways	28,858	30,072
People of Peace	600	6,162
Reaching for Peace	93	12
Simply Mobilising	8,280	6,234
Sunflower ESOL	18,284	11,763
Unity In Poverty Action	337,496	308,965
Women Arise	16,775	17,328
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	674,700	681,584
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Notes to the Financial Statements

11 Independent examination fees

	2024	2023
	£	£
Independent examination of the financial statements	1,685	1,620
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	1,685	1,620
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12 Overhead allocation by fund

The overheads incurred by Leeds Christian Community Trust are charged out to the separate projects in order to share the overheads of the organisation against all active projects. During the year this was done by charging each project an overhead allocation of cost that occurred in the year.

	2024	2023
	£	£
City of Sanctuary	497	102
Connecting Crossgates	7,000	7,000
Gather Leeds	38	500
Hope for the Nations	50	43
Horsforth Chaplaincy Project	4,405	3,690
Hunslet Initiative General	250	1,570
June Project	-	-
Leeds Dads	2,830	1,405
Leeds Space Network	1,327	1,320
Migrant Action	4,083	7,000
Pathways	2,878	3,326
People of Peace	60	85
Reaching for Peace	12	141
Hawa Dal	-	60
Simply Mobilising	828	755
Sunflower ESOL	1,828	375
Unity In Poverty Action - General	7,000	5,000
Women Arise	1,678	1,557
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	34,764	33,929
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13 Staff costs

The total staff costs and employee benefits for the reporting period are analysed as follows:

	2024	2023
	£	£
Wages and salaries	245,028	236,939
Social security costs	7,574	6,391
Employer contributions to pension plans	9,698	8,576
	──────────	──────────
	262,301	251,907
	──────────	──────────

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Notes to the Financial Statements

The average head count of employees during the year was as follows:

	2024	2023
Average head count	21	22

The average head count of employees during the year is analysed as follows:

	2024	2023
	No.	No.
Project workers	17	18
Management and fundraisers	4	4
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	21	22
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Number of employee who received employee benefits of more than £60,000 during the year was:

	2024	2023
More than £60,000	0	0

Key Management Personnel

The charity considers its key management personnel to be the Trustees as listed in the trustee's report.

14 Trustee remuneration and expenses

The trustee's received no reimbursement for out of pocket expenses during the year (2023: £0) and no trustees were remunerated for their work as trustees (2023: £0).

15 Debtors

Debtors
	2024	2023
	£	£
Trade debtors	1,235	11,726
Prepayments and accrued income	19,866	9,405
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	21,101	21,131
	──────────	──────────

16 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year

	2024	2023
	£	£
Accruals and deferred income	9,044	11,805
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	9,044	11,805
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Notes to the Financial Statements

17 Analysis of charitable funds

Analysis of charitable funds
	At 1 Jan				At 31 Dec
	2024	Income	Expenditure	Transfers	2024
	£	£	£	£	£
Unrestricted funds
General fund	54,791	33,565	(37,059)	-	51,297
Designated funds
LCCT Central	37,754	-	-	-	37,754
Lent Prayer Diary	1,802	2,189	(727)	-	3,264
Network Leeds	495	6,599	(189)	-	6,905
	──────────	──────────	──────────	──────────	──────────
Total unrestricted funds	94,842	42,353	(37,975)	-	99,220
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Restricted funds
City of Sanctuary	2,634	4,969	(4,126)	-	3,477
Connecting Crossgates	25,138	70,920	(85,787)	-	10,271
Gather Leeds	2,539	377	(2,199)	-	717
Hope for the Nations	1,160	500	(467)	-	1,193
Horsforth Chaplaincy Project	14,499	44,053	(46,588)	-	11,964
Hunslet Initiative General	12,072	40	(12,112)	-	-
June Project	445	-	-	-	445
Leeds City Prayer Community	642	-	-	-	642
Leeds Dads	8,916	28,300	(15,193)	-	22,023
Leeds Space Network	7,853	13,266	(12,128)	-	8,991
Migrant Action	141,984	59,536	(201,520)	-	-
Pathways	6,994	28,858	(30,072)	1,312	7,092
People of Peace	5,829	600	(6,162)	-	267
Reaching for Peace	1,231	93	(12)	(1,312)	-
Hawa Dal	505	-	(485)	-	20
Simply Mobilising	909	8,280	(6,234)	-	2,955
Sunflower ESOL	1,185	18,284	(11,763)	-	7,706
UPA - General	66,538	64,596	(56,517)	-	74,617
UPA - West Yorkshire Fund	-	46,500	(32,250)	-	14,250
UPA - UKSPF Food Infrastructure Project	-	194,000	(187,348)	-	6,652
UPA - Asylum Fund	-	32,500	(32,500)	-	-
UPA - West Yorkshire Police
Commission	450	(100)	(350)	-	-
Women Arise	4,105	16,775	(17,328)	-	3,552
	──────────	──────────	──────────	──────────	──────────
Total restricted funds	305,628	632,347	(761,141)	-	176,834
	──────────	──────────	──────────	──────────	──────────
	──────────	──────────	──────────	──────────	──────────
Total funds	400,470	674,701	(799,116)	-	276,054
	──────────	──────────	──────────	──────────	──────────

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Leeds Christian Community Trust

Year Ended 31st December 2024

Notes to the Financial Statements

	At 1 Jan				At 31 Dec
	2023	Income	Expenditure	Transfers	2023
	£	£	£	£	£
Unrestricted funds
General fund	45,401	21,045	(11,655)	-	54,791
Designated funds
LCCT Central	37,754	-	-	-	37,754
Lent Prayer Diary	1,919	2,349	(2,466)	-	1,802
Network Leeds	17,278	8,312	(25,095)	-	495
	──────────	──────────	──────────	──────────	──────────
Total unrestricted funds	102,352	31,706	(39,216)	-	94,842
	──────────	──────────	──────────	──────────	──────────
Restricted funds
City of Sanctuary	3,294	1,019	(1,679)	-	2,634
Connecting Crossgates	3,358	76,968	(55,188)	-	25,138
Gather Leeds	2,502	5,002	(4,965)	-	2,539
Hope for the Nations	1,014	425	(279)	-	1,160
Horsforth Chaplaincy Project	15,863	36,898	(38,262)	-	14,499
Hunslet Initiative General	13,559	15,705	(17,192)	-	12,072
June Project	445	-	-	-	445
Leeds City Prayer Community	642	-	-	-	642
Leeds Dads	18,563	14,053	(23,700)	-	8,916
Leeds Space Network	19,251	13,201	(24,599)	-	7,853
Migrant Action	89,240	178,414	(125,670)	-	141,984
Pathways	4,033	33,263	(30,302)	-	6,994
People of Peace	12,122	850	(7,143)	-	5,829
Reaching for Peace	-	1,410	(179)	-	1,231
Hawa Dal	-	595	(90)	-	505
Simply Mobilising	807	7,554	(7,452)	-	909
Sunflower ESOL	1,063	3,747	(3,625)	-	1,185
UPA - General	67,807	54,780	(56,049)	-	66,538
UPA - Leeds City Council	594	-	(594)	-	-
UPA - West Yorkshire Police
Commission	4,148	-	(3,698)	-	450
Women Arise	3,426	15,571	(14,892)	-	4,105
	──────────	──────────	──────────	──────────	──────────
Total restricted funds	261,731	459,455	(415,558)	-	305,628
	──────────	──────────	──────────	──────────	──────────
	──────────	──────────	──────────	──────────	──────────
Total funds	364,083	491,162	(454,774)	-	400,470
	──────────	──────────	──────────	──────────	──────────

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Leeds Christian Community Trust

Year Ended 31st December 2024

Notes to the Financial Statements

Fund Descriptions of the larger projects within the charity:

Connecting Crossgates

Gathering people together in Crossgates and East Leeds to promote positive health & wellbeing, encourage intergenerational activities, equip families, children & young people, support & signpost those in need, and explore faith & spirituality.

Horsforth Chaplaincy Project

Working in Horsforth area and around, the project helps churches work together to help the community flourish. It’s work includes a Farmers market with 750 people coming, delivering 40 plus primary school assemblies, delivering free music concerts, supporting 200 refugees with weekly activities.

Hunslet Initiative

This project provides activities for children, teens and young adults across inner South Leeds. They run after school clubs, sports activities and one to one mentoring.

Leeds Dads

Leeds Dads is a voluntary organisation that brings together a diverse community of fathers for social interaction and support. We host playgroups for dads and kids, organise social events for dads and families, and provide information and expert parenting support. Leeds Dads is unique in our key aim of supporting fathers to actively engage with their children, and build lasting relationships.

Leeds Space Network

Leeds Space Network is a network of youth groups across some of Leeds' inner city estates. Run by volunteers from across a wide spectrum of churches, Space seeks to build relationships with young people and their families to help to transform whole communities with the love of God.

Migrant Action

An advocacy and migrant rights based organisation that exists to challenge the structures that create a hostile environment for vulnerable migrants.

Pathways

Pathways offers an affordable professional counselling service to individuals who are experiencing emotional difficulties.

Simply Mobilising

Simply Mobilising UK is part of a global movement mobilising all God's people to live a life on mission with God. From our UK office in Harehills, we offer various courses to raise awareness and equip Christians in the UK to engage cross-culturally with the different peoples of the world both here and abroad.

Women Arise

We are a project that supports women from immigrant backgrounds through providing weekly ES0L sessions on topics appropriate to building up and equipping women.

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Leeds Christian Community Trust

Year Ended 31st December 2024

Notes to the Financial Statements

18 Analysis of net assets between funds

	Unrestricted	Restricted	Total funds
	Funds	funds	2024
	£	£	£
Tangible fixed assets	-	-	-
Current assets	108,264	176,834	285,098
Creditors less than 1 year	(9,044)	-	(9,044)
	──────────	──────────	──────────
	99,220	176,834	276,054
	──────────	──────────	──────────
	Unrestricted	Restricted	Total funds
	Funds	funds	2023
	£	£	£
Tangible fixed assets	-	-	-
Current assets	106,647	305,628	412,275
Creditors less than 1 year	(11,805)	-	(11,805)
	──────────	──────────	──────────
	94,842	305,628	400,470
	──────────	──────────	──────────

19 Related party transactions

There were no related party transactions during the year (2023: £0).

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Leeds Christian Community Trust

Year Ended 31st December 2024

Notes to the Financial Statements

20 Agency accounting

In 2021 Leeds Christian Community Trust entered an agreement with the Leeds City Council through Unity Poverty Action, to distribute funding from the Council to other front line organisations across the city as part of a central Government initiative called the Household Support Fund.

The purpose of the Government's Household Support Fund was to provide support to households, particularly those including children and pensioners, who would otherwise struggle to buy food or pay essential utility bills or meet other essential living costs or housing costs (in exceptional cases of genuine emergency) to help them with significantly rising living costs.

It was arranged that Unity Poverty Action would distribute the funding to a number of Council approved organisation to be spent inline with the purpose of the Household Support Fund.

In line with the Charities SORP FRS102 the funding received for distribution has been accounted for on an Agency Accounting basis following section 19 of the Charities SORP. The funds received by Leeds Christian Community Trust as an agent are not recognised as an asset within the accounts because the funds are not within its control. Consequently, the receipt of funds as the agent are not recognised as income nor is its distribution recognised as the agent’s expenditure.

The only income recognised by Leeds Christian Community Trust is the agreed contribution from the funding to cover the administration cost and time of distributing the funds on an agency basis.

From 2021 five rounds of funding have been received for distribution. These include the 2021 Winter Household Support Fund, the 2022 Summer Household Support Fund, the 2022 Winter Household Support Fund and the 2023 Household Support Fund, the 2024 Household Support Fund.

At the year end £114,788 (2023:175,886) of funding was held in Leeds Christian Community Trust's bank account for distribution. This amount is not disclosed with the Charity's Cash at bank balance at the year end due to not having control over these funds.

Agency accounting funds received and distributed

	2024	2023
	£	£
Funds received
Household Support Fund	1,300,000	1,300,000
	──────────	──────────
	1,300,000	1,300,000
Funds distributed
Household Support Fund	(1,330,598)	(1,254,821)
	──────────	──────────
	(1,330,598)	(1,254,821)

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Leeds Christian Community Trust

Year Ended 31st December 2024

Notes to the Financial Statements

Agency accounting movement on received and distributed funds

	At 31 Jan	Funds	Funds	Agency Cost	At 31 Dec
	2024	Received	Distributed	Contribution	2024
	£	£	£	£	£
Household Support Fund Round 4	175,886	-	(173,809)	(1,500)	577
Household Support Fund Round 5	-	650,000	(633,739)	(14,500)	1,761
Household Support Fund Round 6	-	650,000	(523,050)	(14,500)	112,450
	──────────	──────────	──────────	──────────	──────────
Total	175,886	1,300,000	(1,330,598)	(30,500)	114,788
	──────────	──────────	──────────	──────────	──────────
	At 1 Jan	Funds	Funds	Agency Cost	At 31 Dec
	2023	Received	Distributed	Contribution	2023
	£	£	£	£	£
Household Support Fund Round 2	847	-	(847)	-	-
Household Support Fund Round 3	157,360	-	(157,360)	-	-
Household Support Fund Round 4	-	1,300,000	(1,096,614)	(27,500)	175,886
	──────────	──────────	──────────	──────────	──────────
Total	158,207	1,300,000	(1,254,821)	(27,500)	175,886
	──────────	──────────	──────────	──────────	──────────

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