2020-11-30-accounts - The Bristol Joshua Trust

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THE BRISTOL JOSHUA TRUST FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

30 NOVEMBER 2020

Company Registration Number 05614852 Charity Number 1113988

THE BRISTOL JOSHUA TRUST

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

PERIOD ENDED 30 NOVEMBER 2020

CONTENTS	PAGE
Reference and administrative details of the charity and its
advisors	1
Trustees annual report	2 to 3
Statement of financial activities (including income and
expenditure account)	4
Balance sheet	5
Notes to the financial statements	6 to 7

THE BRISTOL JOSHUA TRUST

REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS

PERIOD ENDED 30 NOVEMBER 2020

Status

The Bristol Joshua Trust is a company limited by guarantee (registration number 05614852) and granted charitable status by the Charity Commission under number 1113988.

Trustees

The directors of the charitable company (“the charity”) are its trustees for the purposes of the charity law and throughout this report are collectively referred to as the trustees.

The Trustees who served during the year and since the year end were as follows:

A White Y Ariho A G Palmer

Registered Office

16 Farleigh Road, Backwell, Bristol BS48 3PA

Bankers

Barclays Bank

The Trustees present their report and the unaudited financial statements of the charity for the year to 30 November 2020.

Reference and administrative information set out on page 1 forms part of this report. The financial statements comply with current statutory requirements, the memorandum and articles of association and the Statement of Recommended Practice – Accounting and Reporting by Charities.

Structure, Governance and Management

The charity is governed by its Memorandum and Articles of Association dated 7 November 2005 and as amended by Special Resolutions dated 16 March 2007and 22 November 2017.

As stated in the Memorandum and Articles of Association, the number of trustees shall be no less than three. New Trustees may be appointed by a resolution at a meeting of the Trustees at which the majority of the Trustees are present. The Trustees may be removed at a meeting of the Trustees at which the majority of Trustees present decide by a clear majority to remove the Trustee and give notice in writing. The Trustee, upon receipt of the notice, ceases to be a Trustee. In selecting persons to be appointed, the trustees shall take into account the benefits of appointing a person who is able by virtue of his or her qualifications and experience to make a contribution to the pursuits of the objects or the management of the charity. The trustees are not actively looking to appoint further trustees at this stage.

Objectives and activities

Objects of the Charity

The prevention or relief of poverty anywhere in the world by providing: grants, items and services to individuals in need and/or charities, or other organisations working to prevent or relieve poverty; in accordance with a Christian ethos

Activities & Achievements

In this year the Charity has continued its’ support to Mission Destiny and also sought to develop projects in South Bristol. During this time the surplus has decreased to £2,221.

Trustees’ responsibilities in relation to the financial statements

The trustees are responsible for preparing the Annual Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.

The trustees are required to prepare financial statements for each financial year in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (United Kingdom Accounting Standards and applicable law). The financial statements are required by law to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and of its incoming resources and application of resources of the charity for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the trustees are required to:

select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
make judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in business.

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The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and enable them to ensure that the financial statements 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 special provisions for small companies under Part 15 of the Companies Act.

Approved by the trustees and signed on their behalf by:

A White Trustee Date: ……30 August 2021

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THE BRISTOL JOSHUA TRUST

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES (Including Income and Expenditure Account)

PERIOD ENDED 30 NOVEMBER 2020

Unrestricted Funds £ 1,300 -	Restricted Funds £ 37,000 - -	Total Funds 2019 53,952 - -
1,300	37,000	53,952
7,769	37,051 -	50,032
7,769	37,051	50,032
(6,469) 8,690	(51) 51	3,920 4,821
2,221	-	8,741

All of the activities of the charity are classed as continuing There are no other recognised gains and losses other than those included above.

The notes on pages 6 to 7 form part of these financial statements

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THE BRISTOL JOSHUA TRUST

BALANCE SHEET

AT 30 NOVEMBER 2020

Note Current assets Cash at bank Creditors : Amounts falling due within one year Net current assets Net assets Funds Restricted funds Unrestricted funds	2020 £ 2,221 2,221 2,221 2,221 - 2,221 2,221	2019 £ 8,741
		8,741 -
		8,741
		8,741
		51 8,690
		8,741

The directors are satisfied that the company is entitled to exemption from the provisions of the Companies Act 2006 (the Act) relating to the audit of the financial statements for the year by virtue of section 477, and that no member or members have requested an audit pursuant to section 476 of the Act.

The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for:

(i) ensuring that the company keeps proper accounting records which comply with section 386 of the Act, and

(ii) preparing financial statements 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 its profit or loss for the financial year in accordance with the requirements of section 393, and which otherwise comply with the requirements of the Act relating to financial statements, so far as applicable to the company.

These financial statements were approved by the trusteees on 30 August 2021 and are signed on their behalf by:

ANNE WHITE

……………………………….

A White Trustee

The notes on pages 6 to 7 form part of these financial statements

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THE BRISTOL JOSHUA TRUST

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

PERIOD ENDED 30 NOVEMBER 2020

1 Accounting policies

a) The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention, and in accordance with the Companies Act 2006, applicable accounting standards and the Statement of Recommended Practice, Accounting and Reporting by Charities issued in March 2005.
b) Income from gifts and donations is included incoming resources when these are receivable, except as follows:

i) When donors specify that donations given to the charity must be used in future accounting periods, the income is deferred until those periods.

ii) When donors impose conditions which have to be fulfilled before the charity becomes entitled to us such income, the income is deferred until the pre-condition have been met.

c) Resources expended are recognised in the period in which they are incurred. Resources expended include attributable VAT which cannot be recovered.
d) Most expenditure is directly attributable to the main charitable activity and has been included in Charitable activities. No support costs have been incurred.
Activities for the generation of voluntary income were undertaken by the trustees on a voluntary basis.
e) Unrestricted funds can be used in accordance with the charitable objects at the discretion of the trustees.
f) Restricted funds can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the objects of the charity. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes.

2 Voluntary Income

Gifts and donations Grants	Unrestricted Funds £ 1,300 -	Restricted Funds £ 37,000	Total Funds 2020 £ 38,300 - 38,300	Total Funds 2019 £ 53,952 0
	1,300	37,000		53,952

3 Incoming resources from charitable activities

Unrestricted Funds £ -	Restricted Funds £ -	Total Funds 2020 £ - -	Total Funds 2019 £
-	-		-

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THE BRISTOL JOSHUA TRUST

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS PERIOD ENDED 30 NOVEMBER 2020

4 Charitable activities

Charitable activities
Community projects Publicity Admin	Unrestricted Funds £ 7,479 - 290	Restricted Funds £ 37,051 -	Total Funds 2019 £ 44,530 - 290 - 44,820	Total Funds 2018 £ 48,710 966 356 -
	7,769	37,051		50,032

5 Taxation

The charity is exempt from corporation tax on its charitable activities.

6 Company limited by guarantee

The company is limited by guarantee and as such has no issued share capital. In the event of the company being wound up the liability of the members is limited to £1 each.

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Independent examiner's report on the accounts

Section A Independent Examiner’s Report

Report to the trustees/ members of

The Bristol Joshua Trust

On accounts for the year 30 November 2020 Charity no 1113988 ended (if any) Set out on pages 1-7

Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner

The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The

charity’s trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 (the Charities Act) and that an independent examination is needed.

It is my responsibility to:

examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act,
to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act, and
to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.

Basis of independent My examination was carried out in accordance with general Directions given by the examiner’s statement Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a ‘true and fair’ view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.

Independent In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention examiner's statement 1. which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in, any material respect, the

which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in, any material respect, the requirements:
to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; and
to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the Charities Act
have not been met; or
to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply.

Signed: Andrew Pitcher Date: 30 August 2021 Name: Andrew Pitcher Relevant professional Associate of Chartered Institute of Bankers qualification(s) or body (if any): Address: 16 Farleigh Road Backwell, Bristol BS 48 3 PA

IER

March 2012

Section B Disclosure

[Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material problems. ] NIL

IER

March 2012

Give here brief details of NIL any items that the examiner wishes to disclose .

IER

March 2012