## Bradford People First
Charity number 1122294
Annual Report and Financial Statements
for the year ended 30 September 2025
## Bradford People First
Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 30 September 2025
|**Contents**|**Page**|
|---|---|
|Trustees' report|2 to 4|
|Examiner's report|5|
|Statement of financial activities|6|
|Balance sheet|7|
|Notes to the accounts|8 to 13|
**Prepared by West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO**
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## Bradford People First
## Trustees' report for the year ended 30 September 2025
## **Reference and administrative details of the charity, its trustees and advisors**
The trustees during the financial year and up to and including the date the report was approved were: **Name Position Dates**
**Position** Surekha Thind Chair Maaryaah Khan Co-Chair Obaid Malik Katie Wrigglesworth Secretary Mehtab Ahmed Robert Wardle Gary Allsopp Jane Barrett Jack Allinson Alyssa McLaren Secretary Ian Margerison 1122294
Resigned 13 February 2025
Resigned 27 August 2025 Appointed 27 August 2025 Appointed 14 August 2024
## **Charity number**
Registered in England and Wales
## **Registered and principal address**
**Registered and principal address Bankers** Office F13 Virgin Money plc Mayfield Centre 14 Broadway Broadway Avenue Bradford Bradford BD1 1EZ BD5 9NP
## **Independent examiner**
Simon Bostrom FCIE **West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO** Stringer House 34 Lupton Street Leeds LS10 2QW
## **Structure, governance and management**
The charity is governed by a constitution adopted on 25 January 2005, as amended 18 December 2007, 30 March 2011 and 17 August 2016.
## **Method of recruitment and appointment of trustees**
The trustees of the charity are appointed by the members at the AGM.
2
## Bradford People First
## Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 30 September 2025
## **Objectives and activities**
## **The charity's objects**
To promote the relief of people with learning disabilities through self advocacy.
To promote the advancement of education of the public, professionals and people with learning disabilities in issues relating to learning disabilities.
## **The charity's main activities**
Bradford People First is an established self-advocacy and group advocacy organisation run by and for adults with a learning disability, learning difficulty and/ or neurodiversity and is part of a national self-advocacy movement, that gives people with a learning disability knowledge, skills, and support to have their say and be heard. We aim to promote awareness through educating the public, professionals, and people with learning disabilities, difficulties and neurodiversity about issues that matter.
We believe that people with a learning disability, learning difficulty and neurodiversity are experts in issues that affect them and should be supported to have their say and be peer supporters. We support people to be included and have a real say in making decisions that affect their lives by speaking up for themselves and other people with a learning disability, learning difficulty and or neurodiversity. Our organisation works over the whole of the Bradford district. We have been led by people with lived experience organisation for over 32 years. We raise awareness, deliver training, and continue to campaign for change.
By working together, we help not just our members and volunteers but others in the community with a learning disability, difficulty and or neurodiversity.
We work to ensure people with learning disabilities, learning difficulties and or neurodiversity have equal treatment in all aspects of their lives. Our Focus topics this year continues to be on health and wellbeing as well as safeguarding issues Hate Crime and Mate Crime, , ethnically diverse issues and Transport concerns, voting and campaigning to be able to continue to do our work. A large emphasis this year has been training others and sharing our lived experience.
## **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 the promotion of self-advocacy for people with learning disabilities, the promotion of equality and diversity and the advancement of education.
## **Achievements and performance**
This year we received ten thousand pounds from Wharfedale foundation. We have continued with funding from the council and have embarked on a new project as part of the consortium we are involved with (BTM and Equality together), this is called Voice Advocates and trains people with disabilities to advocate about the things they are passionate about. We also received funding, working within the consortium and the Cellar Trust to support people who are Neurodiverse or have learning disabilities to reengage with work after being off sick. We also received separate funding from the Council to continue the essential work we do regarding Self and group advocacy and awareness.
We have continued to train professionals and people with a learning disability, learning difficulty and neurodiversity as well as professionals and have received lots of positive feedback for this work. The healthy living group have been consulted as experts by experience to university professionals and we received payment for some of this work. We have also delivered a specially designed Scam awareness training package which has been in demand this year. Throughout the year we have continued to receive numerous referrals for support and advice from people within the community and requests for training. We have also continued to attend numerous meetings and be part of panels of experts by experience. promote the red bag scheme – enabling anyone with a learning disability an opportunity to have a red bag which flags up their requirements when going to hospital. We have also attended some promotional events throughout the year and a large Health and Wellbeing event with the NHs Integrated Care Board.
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## Bradford People First
## Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 30 September 2025
## **Financial review**
The net payments for the year was £19,916, including net payments of £24,250 on unrestricted funds and net income of £4,334 on restricted funds.
## **Reserves policy**
The reserves policy states that the organisation should have no more than 6 months and no less than 3 months running costs as reserve in order to enable the smooth running of the charity and to allow for an orderly winding up should the charity need to close.
The charity's free reserves, excluding fixed assets, at the year end were £55,039.
We are continuing to apply for funding however Bradford Council have confirmed we are being funded for a further year. We have explained we require more financial input to sustain our present activity and this has been acknowledged however we are unsure whether we will receive an uplift at this point. It may mean we have to reduce amount of activity during the year, if we are unable to gain more funding. We are also now receiving donations for our expert by experience work and our training and we hope this will grow- going forward.
Approved by the board of trustees on 16/03/2026
Gary Allsopp (Trustee)
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## Bradford People First
## Independent examiner's report to the trustees of Bradford People First
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the charity for the year ended 30 September 2025, which are set out on pages 6 to 13.
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the charity trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('the Act').
I report in respect of my examination of the charity's accounts as carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act. 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 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 Charities Act; 2 the accounts do not accord with those records; or
- 3 the accounts 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.
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.
Simon Bostrom FCIE
30/03/2026
## **West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO**
Stringer House 34 Lupton Street Leeds LS10 2QW
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## Bradford People First
## Statement of Financial Activities
## (including summary income and expenditure account) for the year ended 30 September 2025
|Notes
2025
Unrestricted
funds
£
**Income from:**
Grants and donations
(2)
975
Training fees
750
Fundraising events
-
Other income
40
**Total income**
1,765
**Expenditure on:**
Salaries, NIC's and pensions
(3)
24,406
Payroll charges
1,133
Project costs and activities
25
Training and conferences
-
Travel and subsistence
167
Refreshments
652
Rent and rates
3,758
Phone and internet
-
Postage, printing and office supplies
99
Insurance
-
Independent examination
882
HR support
126
Memberships and subscriptions
-
Repairs and maintenance
-
Computers and software
810
Room hire
50
DBS checks
-
Volunteer expenses and training
50
Advertising and publicity
-
Grants repaid
-
Events expenses
252
Depreciation
2,014
Donations
50
**Total expenditure**
34,474
**Net income / (expenditure)**
(32,709)
**Transfers between funds**
(4)
8,459
**Net movement in funds**
(24,250)
**Fund balances brought forward**
81,553
**Fund balances carried forward**
(4)
57,303|2025
Restricted
funds
£
75,111
-
-
-
75,111
43,963
-
-
-
61
90
11,102
941
949
1,476
-
-
352
-
2,739
-
-
-
-
-
645
-
-
62,318
12,793
(8,459)
4,334
20,611
24,945|2025
Total
funds
£
76,086
750
-
40
76,876
68,369
1,133
25
-
228
742
14,860
941
1,048
1,476
882
126
352
-
3,549
50
-
50
-
-
897
2,014
50
96,792
(19,916)
-
(19,916)
102,164
82,248|2024
Total
funds
£
94,228
270
22
-
94,520
86,443
1,190
2,552
375
512
1,283
17,110
1,025
1,223
1,405
882
-
625
148
4,076
240
123
19
134
763
620
1,764
-
122,512
(27,992)
-
(27,992)
130,156
102,164|
|---|---|---|---|
All incoming resources and resources expended derive from continuing activities.
6
## Bradford People First
## Balance sheet
|as at 30 September 2025
2025
Unrestricted
£
**Fixed assets**
Tangible assets
(5)
2,264
**Total fixed assets**
2,264
**Current assets**
Debtors and prepayments
(6)
20,520
Cash at bank and in hand
(7)
35,401
**Total current assets**
55,921
**Current liabilities:**
**amounts falling due within one year**
Creditors and accruals
(8)
882
**Total current liabilities**
882
**Net current assets / (liabilities)**
55,039
**Net assets**
57,303
**Funds**
Unrestricted funds
57,303
Restricted funds
-
**Total funds**
57,303|2025
Restricted
£
-
-
2,623
22,322
24,945
-
-
24,945
24,945
-
24,945
24,945|2025
Total
£
2,264
2,264
23,143
57,723
80,866
882
882
79,984
82,248
57,303
24,945
82,248|2024
Total
£
3,528
3,528
33,831
65,687
99,518
882
882
98,636
102,164
81,553
20,611
102,164|
|---|---|---|---|
The financial statements were approved by the board of trustees on 16/03/2026
Gary Allsopp (Trustee)
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## Bradford People First
## Notes to the accounts
## for the year ended 30 September 2025
## **1 Accounting policies**
## **Basis of accounting**
These accounts have been prepared under the historical cost convention with items recognised at cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant note(s) to these accounts. The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019) and with the Charities Act 2011.
The charity constitutes a public benefit entity as defined by FRS 102. There has been no change to the accounting policies since last year. No changes have been made to the accounts for previous years.
## **Going concern**
The trustees are satisfied that there are no material uncertainties about the charity's ability to continue.
## **Incoming resources**
All incoming resources are included in the Statement of Financial Activities (SOFA) when the charity becomes entitled to the resources, if it is more likely than not that the trustees will receive the resources and the monetary value can be measured with sufficient reliability.
## **Grants and donations**
Grants and donations are only included in the SOFA when the charity has unconditional entitlement to the resources.
Where grants are related to performance and specific deliverables, they are accounted for as the charity earns the right to consideration by its performance.
## **Expenditure and liabilities**
Expenditure is recognised on an accrual basis as a liability is incurred. Liabilities are recognised where it is more likely than not that there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to pay out the resources and the amount of the obligation can be measured with reasonable certainty.
## **Taxation**
As a charity the organisation benefits from rates relief and is generally exempt from income tax and capital gains tax but not from VAT. Irrecoverable VAT is included in the cost of those items to which it relates.
## **Tangible fixed assets**
Tangible fixed assets 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: Computer equipment: over 3 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.
8
## Bradford People First
## Notes to the accounts
## for the year ended 30 September 2025
## **1 Accounting policies continued**
## **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.
## **Leases**
Rents under operating leases are charged on a straight line basis over the lease term or to an earlier date if the lease can be determined without financial penalty.
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## Bradford People First
## Notes to the accounts continued
## for the year ended 30 September 2025
|**2 Grants and donations**
Bradford MDC
Equality Together (Accellerator)
Equality Together (Lot 2)
Equality Together (Voices)
The Wharefdale Foundation
CNET Mental Wellbeing
Equality Together (Innovations)
GSK
Lloyds Bank Foundation
Together For Health
Top to Toe
Other donations
**3 Staff costs and numbers**
Gross salaries
Social security costs
Employment allowance
Pensions|2025
Unrestricted
funds
£
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
975
975|2025
Restricted
funds
£
36,395
12,979
-
15,737
10,000
-
-
-
-
-
75,111|2025
Total
funds
£
36,395
12,979
-
15,737
10,000
-
-
-
-
-
975
76,086
2025
£
67,408
4,296
(4,296)
961
68,369|2024
Total
funds
£
-
-
57,720
-
-
5,000
15,755
9,000
2,500
2,400
1,300
553
94,228
2024
£
85,332
4,233
(4,233)
1,111
86,443|
|---|---|---|---|---|
The average number of employees during the year was 6, being an average of 3 full time equivalent (2024: 5.8, 2.8 FTE). There were no employees with emoluments above £60,000.
|**Defined contribution pension scheme**
Costs of the scheme to the charity for the year
Amount of any contributions outstanding at the year end
Amount of any contributions prepaid at the year end
**4 Restricted funds**
Balance b/f
Incoming
£
£
Equality Together (Accellerator)
-
12,979
Bradford MDC
-
36,395
Equality Together (Innovations)
1,576
-
Lloyds Bank Foundation
1,819
-
Equality Together (Lot 2)
8,569
-
CNET Mental Wellbeing
8,647
-
Equality Together (Voices)
-
15,737
The Wharefdale Foundation
-
10,000
20,611
75,111|Outgoing
£
4,453
24,863
1,576
1,819
8,569
938
13,310
6,790
62,318|2025
£
961
59
-
Transfers
£
(750)
-
-
-
-
(7,709)
-
-
(8,459)|2024
£
1,111
-
-
Balance c/f
£
7,776
11,532
-
-
-
-
2,427
3,210
24,945|
|---|---|---|---|
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## Bradford People First
## Notes to the accounts continued
## for the year ended 30 September 2025
## **4 Restricted funds continued**
**Fund name**
## **Purpose of restriction**
Equality Together (Accellerator) Towards the costs of employing a development worker to support neurodiverse adults or those with learning disabilities who were struggling at work and off sick. It also contributed towards 24 hours of development work, 2 hours of management time, and project resources
Bradford MDC
Towards the costs of delivering an awareness-raising and training programme focused on issues faced by disabled people, including people with learning disabilities. The funding also contributed to work with people who have lived experience to develop campaigns and provide information and support to help ensure their voices are heard.
Equality Together (Innovations) Bradford Innovations fund grant. The funder has agreed that this can be used for unrestricted purposes.
Lloyds Bank Foundation Equality Together (Lot 2) CNET Mental Wellbeing
Equality Together (Voices)
The Wharefdale Foundation
Towards core costs.
Towards salaries, rent and other running costs.
Towards pop up events within the community to increase our reach to people with learning disabilities to better manage their mental wellbeing. The transfer to unrestricted funds was approved by the funder.
Towards the costs of a project to empower people with lived experience to influence decision-making by creatively engaging them, amplifying their voices, and addressing wider issues impacting their lives beyond Adult Social Care.
Towards the costs of the Healthy Working Lives Project.
|**Tangible assets**
**Cost**
At 1 October 2024
Additions
At 30 September 2025
**Depreciation**
At 1 October 2024
Charge for year
At 30 September 2025
**Net book value**
At 30 September 2025
At 30 September 2024|£
5,292
750
6,042
1,764
2,014
3,778
2,264
3,528
Office
equipment|Total
£
5,292
750
6,042
1,764
2,014
3,778
2,264
3,528|
|---|---|---|
## **5 Tangible assets**
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## Bradford People First
## Notes to the accounts continued
## for the year ended 30 September 2025
|**6 Debtors and prepayments**
Accrued income
Other debtors
**7 Cash at bank and in hand**
Cash at bank
Cash in hand
**8 Creditors and accruals**
Accruals
Other creditors|2025
£
2,623
20,520
23,143
2025
£
57,441
282
57,723
2025
£
882
-
882|2024
£
15,471
18,360
33,831
2024
£
65,467
220
65,687
2024
£
882
-
882|
|---|---|---|
## **9 Related party transactions**
## **Trustee expenses**
During the year 3 trustees were paid a total of £43 in respect of travel (previous year: 5 trustees and £115 in respect of travel.).
## **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 £21,351 (previous year: £31,364).
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## Bradford People First
## Statement of Financial Activities including comparatives for all funds (including summary income and expenditure account) for the year ended 30 September 2025
|2025
2024
Unrestricted Unrestricted
funds
funds
£
£
**Income**
Grants and donations
975
12,053
Training fees
750
270
Fundraising events
-
22
Other income
40
-
**Total income**
1,765
12,345
**Expenditure**
Salaries, NIC's and pensions
24,406
20,887
Payroll charges
1,133
-
Project costs and activities
25
-
Training and conferences
-
-
Travel and subsistence
167
224
Refreshments
652
493
Rent and rates
3,758
909
Phone and internet
-
-
Postage, printing and office supplies
99
134
Insurance
-
-
Independent examination
882
-
HR support
126
-
Memberships and subscriptions
-
45
Repairs and maintenance
-
-
Computers and software
810
-
Room hire
50
60
DBS checks
-
62
Volunteer expenses and training
50
19
Advertising and publicity
-
-
Grants repaid
-
-
Events expenses
252
192
Depreciation
2,014
1,764
Donations
50
-
**Total expenditure**
34,474
24,789
**Net income / (expenditure)**
(32,709)
(12,444)
**Transfers between funds**
8,459
19,970
**Net movement in funds**
(24,250)
7,526
**Fund balances brought forward**
81,553
74,027
**Fund balances carried forward**
57,303
81,553|2025
Restricted
funds
£
75,111
-
-
-
75,111
43,963
-
-
-
61
90
11,102
941
949
1,476
-
-
352
-
2,739
-
-
-
-
-
645
-
-
62,318
12,793
(8,459)
4,334
20,611
24,945|2024
Restricted
funds
£
82,175
-
-
-
82,175
65,556
1,190
2,552
375
288
790
16,201
1,025
1,089
1,405
882
-
580
148
4,076
180
61
-
134
763
428
-
-
97,723
(15,548)
(19,970)
(35,518)
56,129
20,611|2025
Total
funds
£
76,086
750
-
40
76,876
68,369
1,133
25
-
228
742
14,860
941
1,048
1,476
882
126
352
-
3,549
50
-
50
-
-
897
2,014
50
96,792
(19,916)
-
(19,916)
102,164
82,248|2024
Total
funds
£
94,228
270
22
-
94,520
86,443
1,190
2,552
375
512
1,283
17,110
1,025
1,223
1,405
882
-
625
148
4,076
240
123
19
134
763
620
1,764
-
122,512
(27,992)
-
(27,992)
130,156
102,164|
|---|---|---|---|---|
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