Together for Peace
Charity number 1125153
A company limited by guarantee number 06633741
Annual Report and Financial Statements
for the year ended 31 December 2023
Together for Peace
Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2023
| Contents | Page |
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| Trustees' report | 2 to 5 |
| Examiner's report | 6 |
| Statement of financial activities | 7 |
| Balance sheet | 8 |
| Notes to the accounts | 9 to 14 |
Prepared by West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO
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Trustees' report for the year ended 31 December 2023
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 Michael Love Chair Alison Phelps Saiqa Sharif Annette Morris Gillian Holding Olivier Nkunzimana Edward Carlisle Hannah Langdana Charity number 1125153 Registered in England and Wales Company number 06633741 Registered in England and Wales Registered and principal address Bankers 145a Cardigan Road Unity Trust Bank plc Leeds Four Brindleyplace LS6 1LJ Birmingham B1 2JB
Independent examiner
Alan Dodd FCCA West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO Stringer House 34 Lupton Street Leeds LS10 2QW
Structure, governance and management
The charity is a company limited by guarantee and was formed on 30 June 2008. It is governed by a memorandum and articles of association (as amended 25 October 2013). The liability of the members in the event of the company being wound up is limited to a sum not exceeding £10.
Method of recruitment and appointment of trustees
The trustees of the charity are also the directors for the purposes of company law and are appointed by the members at the AGM.
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Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 December 2023
Objectives and activities
The charity's objects
The promotion of racial harmony in the City of Leeds for the public benefit by (for example):
- a) Promoting knowledge and mutual understanding between different racial groups.
b) Advancing education and raising awareness about different racial groups to promote good relations between persons of different racial groups.
- c) Working towards the elimination of discrimination on the grounds of race.
d) To advance education and training in and promote peace building and conflict transformation in the City of Leeds.
e) To prevent or relieve poverty in the city of Leeds through raising awareness of the factors that contribute to poverty and promoting and enabling collaborative responses and solutions to mitigate these.
The charity's main activities
Together for Peace (T4P) co-develops and co-delivers community projects and events across Leeds, aiming to generate opportunities for diverse people to engage with 'the big issues of our time', and to foster harmony in the city.
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 to addressing significant challenges the city of Leeds faces in relation to poverty, climate change, widening inequalities, and polarisation of identity-based standpoints. Impact evaluation and reflective practice are core to how T4P operates.
Achievements and performance
The two long-running T4P projects are Climate Action Leeds (CAL) and the Leeds Poverty Truth Commission (LPTC). Our work with CAL continues to support the 8 communities across the city to develop their own tailored responses to the overall aim to create a zero carbon, nature friendly, socially just Leeds by the 2030s. LPTC has now started its 4th commission and has obtained funding from Leeds City Council to begin the Resourcing the City strand of the project to embed the PTC way of working in organisations across the city region.
T4P has an on-going relationship with Leeds-based charity, GIPSIL to provide project evaluation work.
T4P was successful in a first-stage bid to UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) to support community-led research in two areas of the city. The Project started in March and we have been collaboratively developing a network and partnership to bid for stage 2 funding of £1m over 5 years, starting in June 2024.
We have supported the development of Good Deeds, a South Asian-led intercultural sports programme for young leaders in Beeston through allocating funding and providing developmental support to our long-time associate and community activist, Mahbub Nazir.
In November we returned to our roots (T4P began life as a festival in 2003) and produced a festival of arts and social change showcasing work that had been done through the year.
We ran, in partnership with Open Source Arts, a training for 35 participants in the Art of Hosting and Harvesting Conversations that Matter.
We delivered training in conflict transformation to the University of Sheffield Students Union.
We have successfully recruited a strategic lead to build the capacity and strengthen the resilience of the charity.
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Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 December 2023
Financial review
The net income for the year was £32,815, including net expenditure of £36,137 on unrestricted funds and net income of £68,952 on restricted funds after transfers.
Reserves policy
The charity's free reserves, excluding fixed assets, at the year end were £24,787.
Included within this sum the trustees have designated £2,500 for the redesign of the website. After excluding this fund, the charity's free reserves were £22,287. The balance of unspent funds previously designated towards the costs of a city-wide festival and for Art of Hosting training were transferred back into general unrestricted reserves.
T4P’s policy is to keep reserves equivalent to 12 months’ running costs which in 2023 were approximately £30,000.
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Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 December 2023
Statement of trustees' responsibilities
The trustees (who are also the directors for the purposes of company law) are responsible for preparing the Trustees report and the financial statements in accordance with the applicable law and UK Accounting Standards.
Company law requires the trustees to prepare financial accounts for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including the income and expenditure, of the charitable company for the year. In preparing these financial statements, the trustees are required to:
select suitable accounting policies and apply them consistently;
observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP;
make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
state whether applicable UK accounting standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements;
prepare the accounts on a going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charitable company will continue in operation.
The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charitable company and to enable them to ensure that the financial accounts comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
This report has been prepared in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities (Charities SORP (FRS102)), and in accordance with the special provisions of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.
Approved by the board of trustees on 28/3/2024
Michael Love (Trustee)
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Independent examiner's report to the trustees of Together for Peace
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the charitable company for the year ended 31 December 2023, which are set out on pages 7 to 14.
Responsibilities and basis of report
As the charity's trustees of the charitable company (and also its directors for the purposes of company law) you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 ('the 2006 Act').
Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the charitable company are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of your charity's accounts as carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act ('the 2011 Act'). In carrying out my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act.
Independent examiner's statement
Since the charitable company's gross income exceeded £250,000 your examiner must be a fellow of a body listed in section 145 of the 2011 Act.
I confirm that I am qualified to undertake the examination because I am a fellow of ACCA 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:
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1 accounting records were not kept in respect of the company as required by section 386 of the 2006 Act; or 2 the accounts do not accord with those records; or
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3 the accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements of section 396 of the 2006 Act other than any requirement that the accounts give a 'true and fair view' which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination; or
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4 the accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities [applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)].
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Alan Dodd FCCA
29/3/2024
West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO
Stringer House 34 Lupton Street Leeds LS10 2QW
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Statement of Financial Activities
(including summary income and expenditure account) for the year ended 31 December 2023
| Notes 2023 Unrestricted funds £ Income from: Grants and donations (2) 120 Contracts and service level agreements 3,250 Sales and fees 9,386 Total income 12,756 Expenditure on: Salaries NICs and pensions (3) - Consultancy and associates 46,194 Payroll charges - Training - Office rent and utilities - Travel 251 Printing, postage and stationery 109 Advertising and publicity 1,037 Food and refreshments 539 Independent examination 416 Equipment and materials 549 Insurance 341 Memberships and subscriptions 309 Legal and professional fees - Companies House - External venue hire 1,514 Bank charges 14 Grants and donations payable (6) - Community hub payments - Miscellaneous expenses 120 Total expenditure 51,393 Net income / (expenditure) (38,637) Transfers between funds 2,500 Net movement in funds (36,137) Fund balances brought forward 60,924 Fund balances carried forward (4) 24,787 |
2023 Restricted funds £ 446,071 - - 446,071 24,672 146,430 360 2,111 282 2,196 1,537 317 2,703 655 977 116 1,129 531 13 4,229 58 43,929 142,374 - 374,619 71,452 (2,500) 68,952 137,967 206,919 |
2023 Total funds £ 446,191 3,250 9,386 458,827 24,672 192,624 360 2,111 282 2,447 1,646 1,354 3,242 1,071 1,526 457 1,438 531 13 5,743 72 43,929 142,374 120 426,012 32,815 - 32,815 198,891 231,706 |
2022 Total funds £ 329,159 8,800 (655) 337,304 14,437 130,261 195 356 179 1,057 497 212 624 1,021 103 403 581 - - 1,186 72 - 98,827 - 250,010 87,294 - 87,294 111,597 198,891 |
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All incoming resources and resources expended derive from continuing activities.
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Balance sheet
| as at 31 December 2023 2023 Unrestricted £ Current assets Debtors and prepayments (7) 2,882 Cash at bank and in hand (8) 23,666 Total current assets 26,548 Current liabilities: amounts falling due within one year Creditors and accruals (9) 1,761 Total current liabilities 1,761 Net current assets / (liabilities) 24,787 Net assets 24,787 Funds Unrestricted funds General unrestricted funds 22,287 Designated funds (5) 2,500 Unrestricted funds 24,787 Restricted funds - Total funds 24,787 |
2023 Restricted £ 35,505 174,657 210,162 3,243 3,243 206,919 206,919 - - - 206,919 206,919 |
2023 Total £ 38,387 198,323 236,710 5,004 5,004 231,706 231,706 22,287 2,500 24,787 206,919 231,706 |
2022 Total £ 348 212,816 213,164 14,273 14,273 198,891 198,891 23,424 37,500 60,924 137,967 198,891 |
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For the year ending 31 December 2023 the charitable company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.
The members have not required the charitable company to obtain an audit of its accounts for the year in question in accordance with section 476. The trustees (who are also the directors for the purposes of company law) acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.
These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies’ regime and with FRS 102 (effective January 2019).
The financial statements were approved by the board of trustees on 28/3/2024
Michael Love (Trustee)
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Notes to the accounts
for the year ended 31 December 2023
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.
Grants payable without performance conditions
Where there are no conditions attaching to the grant that enables the donor charity to realistically avoid the commitment, a liability for the full funding obligation must be recognised.
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.
Pensions
The charity operates a defined contribution scheme for the benefit of its employees. The costs of contributions are recognised in the year they are payable.
Fund accounting
Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the charity.
Designated funds are unrestricted funds earmarked by the trustees for particular purposes.
Restricted funds are subjected to restrictions on their expenditure imposed by the donor or through the terms of an appeal.
Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the accounts.
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Notes to the accounts continued
for the year ended 31 December 2023
| 2 Grants and donations City College Innovate UK Leeds City Council Leeds Community Foundation Leeds Culture Trust MICE National Lottery Community Fund (CECAP) Poverty Truth Network Tudor Trust Other donations 3 Staff costs and numbers Gross salaries Social security costs Employment allowance Pensions |
2023 Unrestricted funds £ - - - - - - - - - 120 120 |
2023 Restricted funds £ 96 22,209 25,000 3,695 300 200 344,321 250 50,000 - 446,071 |
2023 Total funds £ 96 22,209 25,000 3,695 300 200 344,321 250 50,000 120 446,191 2023 £ 23,726 752 (752) 946 24,672 |
2022 Total funds £ - - - - - - 277,039 - 52,000 120 329,159 2022 £ 13,882 480 (480) 555 14,437 |
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The average number of employees during the year was 2, being an average of 1 full time equivalent (2022: 1.3, 0.7 FTE). There were no employees with emoluments above £60,000.
| Defined contribution pension scheme | 2023 | 2022 |
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| £ | £ | |
| Costs of the scheme to the charity for the year | 946 | 555 |
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Notes to the accounts continued
for the year ended 31 December 2023
| 4 Restricted funds Alwoodley Hub grant Community Research Leeds Climate CAP Leeds Poverty Commission |
Balance b/f £ - - 100,801 37,166 137,967 |
Incoming £ 4,195 22,209 344,321 75,346 446,071 |
Outgoing £ 14,770 22,209 282,568 55,072 374,619 |
Transfers £ 21,185 - (21,185) (2,500) (2,500) |
Balance c/f £ 10,610 - 141,369 54,940 206,919 |
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Fund name
Alwoodley Hub grant
Community Research Leeds Climate CAP
Leeds Poverty Commission
Purpose of restriction
A community-driven inititiative to make Alwoodley zero carbon, nature positive and socially just by 2030. Transfers are community hub payments from the Leeds Climate CAP fund.
Pilot funding to develop a community-led research network and partnership.
For the Climate Emergency Community Action Programme project. T4P’s role is to support local communities to develop their own responses, develop local plans and climate action hubs, and to connect them with city-wide resources and to each other. Transfers are community hub payments into the Alwoodley Hub grant.
Funded primarily by the Tudor Trust and Leeds City Council for the Leeds Poverty Truth Commission project, which aims to ensure that people who have experienced poverty first-hand are at the heart of how the city thinks and acts in tackling poverty and inequality. Transfer relates to agreed contribution to core costs.
5 Designated funds
Festival 23 Website redesign Art of Hosting training
| Balance b/f £ 30,000 2,500 5,000 37,500 |
Incoming £ - - - - |
Outgoing £ 28,870 - 946 29,816 |
Transfers £ (1,130) - (4,054) (5,184) |
Balance c/f £ - 2,500 - 2,500 |
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Fund name
Festival 23
Website redesign Art of Hosting training
Reason for designation
Towards the costs of a city-wide festival. Balance transferred back to general unrestricted funds.
For redesign of the website. To subsidise places on an Art of Hosting training. This was principally funded from invoiced fees and the unspent balance was transferred back to general unrestricted funds.
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Notes to the accounts continued
for the year ended 31 December 2023
6 Grant making
| Project or activity Climate Action Leeds community grants Total |
2023 Grants to institutions £ 43,929 43,929 |
2022 Grants to institutions £ - - |
2023 Grants to individuals £ - - |
2022 Grants to individuals £ - - |
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In partnership with Leeds Community Foundation, grants of up to £5,000 were awarded to 11 organisations based in Leeds to support neighbourhood-based climate action projects, as follows:
| Beeston in Bloom Horsforth Climate Action Nature Group Alwoodley Climate Action Group Assembly House Friends of Bedford Fields Friends of Gledhow Valley Woods Gateway Building Trust Incredible Edible Leeds Season Well CIC SpringAid Consutancy International The Morley Shed |
£ 500 1,000 3,695 4,985 4,930 5,000 5,000 5,000 4,975 4,868 3,976 43,929 |
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| 7 Debtors and prepayments Debtors Prepayments Other debtors 8 Cash at bank and in hand Cash at bank Cash in hand 9 Creditors and accruals Creditors Accruals |
2023 £ 6,947 369 31,071 38,387 2023 £ 198,105 218 198,323 2023 £ 3,933 1,071 5,004 |
2022 £ - 348 - 348 2022 £ 212,816 - 212,816 2022 £ 13,253 1,020 14,273 |
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Notes to the accounts continued
for the year ended 31 December 2023
10 Related party transactions
Trustee expenses
No trustee received any expenses during this year or the previous year.
Trustee remuneration and benefits
No trustee received any remuneration or benefit during this or the previous year.
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Statement of Financial Activities including comparatives for all funds (including summary income and expenditure account) for the year ended 31 December 2023
| 2023 2022 Unrestricted Unrestricted funds funds £ £ Income Grants and donations 120 120 Contracts and service level agreeme 3,250 8,500 Sales and fees 9,386 (655) Total income 12,756 7,965 Expenditure Salaries NICs and pensions - - Consultancy and associates 46,194 7,808 Payroll charges - - Training - - Office rent and utilities - 64 Travel 251 41 Printing, postage and stationery 109 49 Advertising and publicity 1,037 - Food and refreshments 539 - Independent examination 416 475 Equipment and materials 549 - Insurance 341 69 Memberships and subscriptions 309 94 Legal and professional fees - - Companies House - - External venue hire 1,514 134 Bank charges 14 43 Grants and donations payable - - Community hub payments - - Miscellaneous expenses 120 - Total expenditure 51,393 8,776 Net income / (expenditure) (38,637) (811) Transfers between funds 2,500 - Net movement in funds (36,137) (811) Fund balances brought forward 60,924 61,735 Fund balances carried forward 24,787 60,924 |
2023 Restricted funds £ 446,071 - - 446,071 24,672 146,430 360 2,111 282 2,196 1,537 317 2,703 655 977 116 1,129 531 13 4,229 58 43,929 142,374 - 374,619 71,452 (2,500) 68,952 137,967 206,919 |
2022 Restricted funds £ 329,039 300 - 329,339 14,437 122,453 195 356 115 1,016 448 212 624 546 103 334 487 - - 1,052 29 - 98,827 241,234 88,105 88,105 49,862 137,967 |
2023 Total funds £ 446,191 3,250 9,386 458,827 24,672 192,624 360 2,111 282 2,447 1,646 1,354 3,242 1,071 1,526 457 1,438 531 13 5,743 72 43,929 142,374 120 426,012 32,815 - 32,815 198,891 231,706 |
2022 Total funds £ 329,159 8,800 (655) 337,304 14,437 130,261 195 356 179 1,057 497 212 624 1,021 103 403 581 - - 1,186 72 - 98,827 - 250,010 87,294 - 87,294 111,597 198,891 |
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