Together for Peace
Charity number 1125153
A company limited by guarantee number 06633741
Annual Report and Financial Statements
for the year ended 31 December 2024
Together for Peace
Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2024
| 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 2024
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 Michael Love Chair Alison Phelps Saiqa Sharif Gillian Holding Olivier Nkunzimana Edward Carlisle Hannah Langdana Annette Morris Deceased July 2024 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 2024
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
Our Vision is economic, environmental, racial and social justice and peace in Leeds and the surrounding region. We achieve this through our Mission of creating opportunities for people of diverse experiences and backgrounds to collaboratively engage, explore and transform complex issues impacting the city. We pursue our mission through our core Aims of:
• Engaging people - We bring together diverse partnerships of people and organisations working across the dividing lines, boundaries and borders of our city, to build meaningful connections and engage in complex issues of our time.
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Exploring idea s - We seek to reimagine society, local and global, through exploring creative and innovative ways for us all to live well together in our increasingly complex world.
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Transformative action - We translate creative ideas into practical actions that transform our communities, city and world.
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
2024 saw our Leeds Poverty Truth programme continue to host its fourth commission. We’ve seen how big an impact this work has had on Leeds, through the policy reforms, planning changes, new ways of working collaboratively and increased awareness by those in positions of power. In 2024 Leeds City Council funded the project to help the council and agencies across Leeds integrate lived experiences and deepen the culture of collaboration between itself, residents and communities in order to shape policy, decision making, delivery and strategy. Alongside the work with statutory organisations, we have delivered training sessions to support community anchor organisations across the 33 wards of the city to listen well within their local neighbourhood. The team also offered a learning session for organisations and individuals interested in the approach.
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Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 December 2024
Achievements and performance (continued)
In 2024 we also continued our work within the Climate Action Leeds partnership, supporting community-led responses to climate change via eight ‘ neighbourhood climate action hubs ’. The programme is now in its final year of the 5 year funding received from The National Lottery’s Climate Action Fund in 2020. Over the five years the impact of working with eight local neighbourhoods has seen over 500 volunteers come together, to work with other groups and catalyse new initiatives such as; an energy saving campaign, plant swaps, a community fridge, planter making, retrofit skill shares, car park pocket parks, craftivist awareness campaigns, a south Leeds green film festival, a library of things, local carbon roadmaps, a repair café, a bike fix project, kickstarting Alwoodley Community Energy project, a community buy-out of a Methodist Chapel in Otley, community growing projects, 100 nature gardens, a uniform exchange, mass tree planting, a forest garden and much more. In 2024 the team also distributed £88,269 of small and micro climate grants through a participatory grant making process in partnership with Leeds Community Foundation, out of a total of £132,198 of community climate grants over the 5 year programme.
T4P was also the lead partner in a city-wide bid to UKRI to develop a network promoting community-led/centred research in Leeds. We were successful in Phase 1 2023-2024 but not in Phase 2. Nevertheless there is still strong support for such a network and we continue to be involved in pursuing other funding alongside our partners.
In 2024 we hired a Finance Lead to build the capacity and strengthen the financial resilience of the charity. In July we were shocked and heartbroken to hear news of the sudden passing of our Trustee Annette Morris. Annette was a passionate and committed advocate and activist for social and racial justice who stood on our Board of Trustees between 2022-2024. Who she was and what she did has made such a difference for Leeds and her memory and influence lives on in all who knew her. Thank you, Annette.
Financial review
The net expenditure for the year was £124,581, including net expenditure of £18,232 on unrestricted funds and net expenditure of £106,349 on restricted funds after transfers.
Reserves policy
The charity's free reserves, excluding fixed assets, at the year end were £6,555.
T4P's policy is to keep reserves equivalent to 3 to 6 months' running costs, which is approximately £5,000 to £10,000, to enable the smooth running of the charity and to enable an orderly winding up should the charity need to close.
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Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 December 2024
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 1/7/2025
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 2024, 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
6/8/2025
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 2024
| Notes 2024 Unrestricted funds £ Income from: Grants and donations (2) 147 Contracts and service level agreements - Sales and fees - Total income 147 Expenditure on: Salaries NICs and pensions (3) 8,732 Consultancy and associates 11,791 Payroll charges 524 Training - Office rent and utilities 12 Travel 108 Printing, postage and stationery - Advertising and publicity 868 Food and refreshments 98 Independent examination - Equipment and materials - Insurance 76 Memberships and subscriptions 454 Legal and professional fees - External venue hire 245 Bank charges 19 Grants and donations payable 4,334 Community hub payments - Miscellaneous expenses - Workshops and events - Total expenditure 27,261 Net income / (expenditure) (27,114) Transfers between funds (4) 8,882 Net movement in funds (18,232) Fund balances brought forward 24,787 Fund balances carried forward (4) 6,555 |
2024 Restricted funds £ 341,636 - 2,788 344,424 27,185 173,721 - 502 1,157 1,997 2,869 1,269 5,316 1,071 10,312 533 353 - 3,034 61 88,269 119,382 45 4,815 441,891 (97,467) (8,882) (106,349) 206,919 100,570 |
2024 Total funds £ 341,783 - 2,788 344,571 35,917 185,512 524 502 1,169 2,105 2,869 2,137 5,414 1,071 10,312 609 807 - 3,279 80 92,603 119,382 45 4,815 469,152 (124,581) - (124,581) 231,706 107,125 |
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 1,438 544 5,743 72 43,929 142,374 120 - 426,012 32,815 - 32,815 198,891 231,706 |
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All incoming resources and resources expended derive from continuing activities.
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Balance sheet
| as at 31 December 2024 2024 Unrestricted £ Current assets Debtors and prepayments (7) 387 Cash at bank and in hand (8) 7,239 Total current assets 7,626 Current liabilities: amounts falling due within one year Creditors and accruals (9) 1,071 Total current liabilities 1,071 Net current assets / (liabilities) 6,555 Net assets 6,555 Funds Unrestricted funds General unrestricted funds 6,555 Designated funds (5) - Unrestricted funds 6,555 Restricted funds - Total funds 6,555 |
2024 Restricted £ 3,127 99,143 102,270 1,700 1,700 100,570 100,570 - - - 100,570 100,570 |
2024 Total £ 3,514 106,382 109,896 2,771 2,771 107,125 107,125 6,555 - 6,555 100,570 107,125 |
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 |
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For the year ending 31 December 2024 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 1/7/2025
Michael Love (Trustee)
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Notes to the accounts
for the year ended 31 December 2024
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 2024
| 2 Grants and donations Innovate UK Leeds City Council MICE National Lottery Community Fund (CECAP) Tudor Trust City College Leeds Community Foundation Leeds Culture Trust Poverty Truth Network Other donations 3 Staff costs and numbers Gross salaries Social security costs Employment allowance Pensions |
2024 Unrestricted funds £ - - - - - - - - - 147 147 |
2024 Restricted funds £ 19,308 27,250 300 237,479 50,000 - - - - 7,299 341,636 |
2024 Total funds £ 19,308 27,250 300 237,479 50,000 - - - - 7,446 341,783 2024 £ 34,551 1,260 (1,260) 1,366 35,917 |
2023 Total funds £ 22,209 25,000 200 344,321 50,000 96 3,695 300 250 120 446,191 2023 £ 23,726 752 (752) 946 24,672 |
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The average number of employees during the year was 2.8, being an average of 1.2 full time equivalent (2023: 2, 0.9 FTE). There were no employees with emoluments above £60,000.
| Defined contribution pension scheme | 2024 | 2023 |
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| £ | £ | |
| Costs of the scheme to the charity for the year | 1,366 | 946 |
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Notes to the accounts continued
for the year ended 31 December 2024
| Restricted funds Community Research Alwoodley Hub grant Climate Action Leeds Leeds Poverty Commission |
Balance b/f £ - 10,610 141,369 54,940 206,919 |
Incoming £ 26,967 940 237,542 78,975 344,424 |
Outgoing £ 24,335 647 355,843 61,066 441,891 |
Transfers £ (2,632) (5,886) 5,886 (6,250) (8,882) |
Balance c/f £ - 5,017 28,954 66,599 100,570 |
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4 Restricted funds
Purpose of restriction
Fund name
Community Research
Pilot funding to develop a community-led research network and partnership. Transfers relate to agreed contributions to core costs. A community-driven initiative to make Alwoodley zero carbon, nature positive and socially just by 2030. Transfers are community hub payments to contribute to Climate Action Leeds' project management costs.
Alwoodley Hub grant
Climate Action Leeds
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 citywide resources and to each other. Transfer is a contribution from the Alwoodley Hub grant for project management costs.
- Leeds Poverty Commission
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 contributions to core costs.
| Designated funds Website redesign |
Balance b/f £ 2,500 2,500 |
Incoming £ - - |
Outgoing £ 2,283 2,283 |
Transfers £ (217) (217) |
Balance c/f £ - - |
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5 Designated funds
Fund name
Website redesign
Reason for designation
For redesign of the website.
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Notes to the accounts continued
for the year ended 31 December 2024
6 Grant making
| Project or activity | 2024 | 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grants to | Grants to | ||
| institutions | institutions | ||
| £ | £ | ||
| Climate Action Leeds community grants | 88,269 | 43,929 | |
| Total | 88,269 | 43,929 | |
| In partnership with Leeds Community Foundation, grants were awarded to 28 organisations based in Leeds | |||
| to support neighbourhood-based climate action projects, as follows: | |||
| Harehills Action Team | £ 1,500 |
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| Hope through Music | 1,500 | ||
| Leeds Mindfulness Cooperative CIC | 6,034 | ||
| Otley 2030 | 1,500 | ||
| Zion Community Garden | 3,000 | ||
| Friends of Farsley Rehoboth Burial Ground | 4,400 | ||
| Friends of Horsforth Hall Park | 1,407 | ||
| Guiseley Theatre CIC | 2,060 | ||
| Leeds DEC | 855 | ||
| Friends of Trentham Park | 5,000 | ||
| We Are Halton | 5,000 | ||
| Involve | 3,749 | ||
| Far Headingley Village Society | 827 | ||
| Connecting Crossgates | 3,720 | ||
| Tangram Housing Cooperative | 5,000 | ||
| Radio Rangoli CIC | 3,018 | ||
| Roadblock CIC | 5,000 | ||
| Armley Action Team CIC | 5,000 | ||
| Karma Dance CIC | 4,998 | ||
| Leeds Permaculture Network | 5,000 | ||
| Friends of Gipton Woods | 1,150 | ||
| Leeds Blue Marble | 1,913 | ||
| Back to Front | 1,625 | ||
| Bee Inspired Eco Education CIC | 3,844 | ||
| Wetherby Sports Association | 5,000 | ||
| Leeds Bike Mill Ltd CIC | 1,170 | ||
| Love Farsley CIC | 4,999 | ||
| 88,269 | |||
| **7 ** | Debtors and prepayments | 2024 | 2023 |
| Debtors | £ 25 |
£ 6,947 |
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| Prepayments | 387 | 369 | |
| Other debtors | 3,102 | 31,071 | |
| 3,514 | 38,387 |
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Notes to the accounts continued
for the year ended 31 December 2024
| 8 Cash at bank and in hand Cash at bank Cash in hand 9 Creditors and accruals Creditors Accruals |
2024 £ 106,017 365 106,382 2024 £ 1,700 1,071 2,771 |
2023 £ 198,105 218 198,323 2023 £ 3,933 1,071 5,004 |
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10 Related party transactions
Donations from trustees and related parties
The total aggregate value of unconditional donations to the charity from the trustees or related parties was £3,659 (2023: £0).
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.
Remuneration and benefits received by key management personnel
The total employee benefits received by key management personnel were £10,032 (previous year: £0).
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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 2024
| 2024 2023 Unrestricted Unrestricted funds funds £ £ Income Grants and donations 147 120 Contracts and service level agreeme - 3,250 Sales and fees - 9,386 Total income 147 12,756 Expenditure Salaries NICs and pensions 8,732 - Consultancy and associates 11,791 46,194 Payroll charges 524 - Training - - Office rent and utilities 12 - Travel 108 251 Printing, postage and stationery - 109 Advertising and publicity 868 1,037 Food and refreshments 98 539 Independent examination - 416 Equipment and materials - 549 Insurance 76 341 Memberships and subscriptions 454 309 Legal and professional fees - - External venue hire 245 1,514 Bank charges 19 14 Grants and donations payable 4,334 - Community hub payments - - Miscellaneous expenses - 120 Workshops and events - - Total expenditure 27,261 51,393 Net income / (expenditure) (27,114) (38,637) Transfers between funds 8,882 2,500 Net movement in funds (18,232) (36,137) Fund balances brought forward 24,787 60,924 Fund balances carried forward 6,555 24,787 |
2024 Restricted funds £ 341,636 - 2,788 344,424 27,185 173,721 - 502 1,157 1,997 2,869 1,269 5,316 1,071 10,312 533 353 - 3,034 61 88,269 119,382 45 4,815 441,891 (97,467) (8,882) (106,349) 206,919 100,570 |
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 1,129 544 4,229 58 43,929 142,374 - 374,619 71,452 (2,500) 68,952 137,967 206,919 |
2024 Total funds £ 341,783 - 2,788 344,571 35,917 185,512 524 502 1,169 2,105 2,869 2,137 5,414 1,071 10,312 609 807 - 3,279 80 92,603 119,382 45 4,815 469,152 (124,581) - (124,581) 231,706 107,125 |
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 1,438 544 5,743 72 43,929 142,374 120 - 426,012 32,815 - 32,815 198,891 231,706 |
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