2025-03-31-accounts - People First Keighley & Craven

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People First Keighley & Craven

Charity number 1125278

Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2025

People First Keighley & Craven

Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2025

Contents	Page
Trustees' report	2 to 7
Examiner's report	8
Statement of financial activities	9
Balance sheet	10
Notes to the accounts	11 to 16

Prepared by West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO

People First Keighley & Craven

Trustees' report for the year ended 31 March 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

Tracey Lines Charlotte Longbottom Steven Brundle Stephen Whiteside Tom Walsh

Charity number

1125278

Registered in England and Wales

Registered and principal address

Bankers

Room 26, Central Hall Virgin Money Alice Street 73 North Street Keighley Keighley BD21 3JD BD21 3SD

Independent examiner

Simon Bostrom FCIE

West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO

Stringer House 34 Lupton Street Leeds LS10 2QW

People First Keighley & Craven

Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 March 2025

Structure, governance and management

The charity is governed by a constitution adopted on 1 April 2007, as amended 8 July 2008.

People First Keighley & Craven is governed by a Board of Trustees who are responsible for the strategic direction, governance, and financial oversight of the charity. Trustees meet regularly (every 6 weeks) to review performance, ensure compliance with legal and regulatory requirements, and support the organisation to develop. David Wilford supports the board to deliver its legal governance and charitable objectives.

The charity is led operationally by a staff team who report to the Trustees. Trustees ensure that appropriate policies, safeguarding measures, and financial controls are in place and reviewed regularly.

Method of recruitment and appointment of trustees

The trustees of the charity are appointed by the members at the AGM.

Objectives and activities

The charity's objects

To relieve the needs of people with learning difficulties including enabling them to manage a voluntary group, speak up for themselves and go on social outings.

The charity's main activities

People First Keighley and Craven is a self and group advocacy organisation, and day service. Working with adults with learning disabilities and/or neurodiversity.

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 advancement of education and the relief of those in need, by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage.

Achievements and performance

Advocacy and Voice

Advocacy remained central to the charity’s work throughout the year. Members were supported to take part in speaking-up activities, discussions, and engagement with local partners. Trustees observed increased confidence among members, with many actively sharing their views and representing themselves both within the organisation and externally.

The one to ones have continued to help people live the lives they want to.

We continued providing lived-experience training to Airedale Hospital and Bradford University.

We began working with Sue Ryder Care providing their CPD on supporting people with learning disabilities and/or those who are neurodivergent.

Members were reporters at the Learning Disability England Conference and did a great job of covering the important event on our podcast.

Life stories work

Meet the team, YouTube series.

Social, Community and Wellbeing Activities

The charity delivered regular social activities and group sessions aimed at reducing isolation and promoting wellbeing. These activities provided safe, inclusive spaces where members could build friendships, develop peer support networks, and enjoy shared experiences. Trustees recognise the importance of these activities in supporting emotional wellbeing and community inclusion.

People First Keighley & Craven

Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 March 2025

Trips out of the office:

Yorkshire Dales National Park Accessibility Assessment. Visit to Brontë Museum to support their use of accessible information. Inclusive Wellbeing Festival 2024 Bradford 2025 launch event! Co-production group event at Manningham Mills. Healthier lives meetings throughout the year. People Powered Press work, creating art using the world’s largest letter press. Modality event supporting our local GPs to do annual health checks with people with learning disabilities at Cougar Park Safer streets events. Airedale hospital PFKC event to thank us for the work we’ve done together. Community Positive Board in Keighley Library. Positivity pop up in Keighley town centre Positivity pop up at Modality event. Naidex trip and stall. Group litter picking sessions This Is Me Festival Trip. Learning Retreat to Beamsley Project. Hoot creative arts collaboration work. Beechcliffe School Information Day Summer Wellbeing Walk at Cliffe Castle Walk and Draw at Cliffe Castle

Events at Central Hall

Visit from Mencap Seated Exercise Session Airedale Hospital Sensory room consultation M-Technique training Women’s health event in the office. Awards ceremony for members. PFKC Boyband video (at a request from a 1-1). Mince Pie Moment Event. Learning Disability Awareness Week Celebrations. Autism Awareness Week. Italian Day Learning Disabilities event with Wil Quick Talking Mats event- with member SB Self Care Week International Day Of Persons With A Disability. Chinese New Year Celebration Volunteer Appreciation Week celebrations. Oliver’s Outreach- donating to homeless people. McMillan Coffee Morning in memory of a member’s Grandad. Halloween video Love Workshop all about music and Love with Dr Katherine Williams and Dr Lucy Series. Makaton awareness day. Frontline wellbeing Makaton Training. Everybody’s Equal video. Vegan week Hidden disabilities official organisation week

People First Keighley & Craven

Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 March 2025

Social nights

Airedale Heifer social night. PFKC Summer Bash at Bingley Rugby Club. Taylor’s on the green social night. Brontë Restaurant social night. Games Night at Central Hall! Christmas Ball. Balti House Social Night. The Inn At Eastburn social night.

Skills Development and Learning

Members were supported to develop a range of skills through structured activities, creative projects, and group decision-making. Trustees note the positive impact of these opportunities on confidence, communication, and independence.

Training provided was:

Mental Capacity Act Training. What is bias? training. Social media training refresher (new for recently joined members). Accessible Information Chinese New Year with Alina Makaton level one training for volunteers and new staff. National self care week workshops UN Women UK workshops with Catrina about CSW69. Try It, Like It, Do It event with Mencap and Our Active Community. This had lots of wellbeing workshops and training.

Hate crime awareness training and informational videos. Gentle Dental training at Cougar Park with Modality. Safer streets training. Anaphylaxis Awareness Training. Communication training for social workers and social work students. Wellbeing walk training at Cliffe Castle. Pride month workshop Voting passport week. Dying Matters Week

Inclusive Wellbeing Festival Sessions

Innabox disability training session. Happiness Enchanters Confidence Session MissFits movement workshop InclusFit fitness session Kirran Shah wellbeing sessions JiggleFiit body positivity dance class Modality partnership mindfulness session. Eat, Move, Be Happy session. The M Technique workshop. Kate Stanforth and Chris audio movement media session

People First Keighley & Craven

Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 March 2025

The People First Podcast

The People First podcast continued to be an important platform for skills development and self-expression, enabling members to share lived experience while gaining experience in media, teamwork, and public communication.

Podcasts go out every Wednesday from February to the middle of December.

Here are the podcasts between April 24 – March 25:

Interview from Future Leader Event in Bradford Interview with Jo from Bradford Talking Media Interview from Safer streets Skipton Interview with author Tiffany Yu about her book The Anti Ableist Manifesto Interview from Naidex Interview with Staveley Court, Supported Living Interview about Dying Matters Awareness Week Interview with Adam Stanton Wharmby Interview with Vicky Foxcroft. Interview with Alex Craddock Sports Interview with Pride in the Dales Interview with Sean from the Good Shepherd Centre Learning Retreat Interview with Inga Julia Reichelt Interview with Tom Howells from The Good Food Partnership Women’s Health podcast. Interview with Maggie Philbin Interview with Anton Lesser. Interview with Outside The Box. Interview with Motability Interview with Bradford Council about Waste and Recycling Interview with Brooke Millhouse of Disabled and Proud Interview with Take a Hike Interview with Airedale and Wharfedale Autism Resource Accessible Information Annual General Meeting coverage Interview with Ali’s sensory boxes Life Stories Learning Disability England Conference Interview with Clive Mantel Interview with local service called Magpies. Interview with SELFA Interview with Rhiannon from Rhitrition. Interview with Makaton Charity practitioners. Interview with Holibreaks, Equality Together & Janet Clarke. This Is Me Festival Podcast. Interview with Gary Bourlet Interview with Skipton Step Into Action Vegan week Hate Crime Awareness week Hallowe’en Special Voting podcast Podcast with Coach Sean who runs our football sessions Special Olympics interview. World Cerebral Palsy Day. Interview with People Powered Press Interview with facilitators from our Inclusive Wellbeing Festival

People First Keighley & Craven

Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 March 2025

The People First Podcast

Podcasts go out every Wednesday from February to the middle of December.

Communication and Public Engagement

The charity maintained an active public presence through social media, particularly Facebook. Trustees consider this an effective way of demonstrating transparency, celebrating achievements, and raising awareness of learning disability issues. Posts throughout the year highlighted member involvement, activities, and key messages around inclusion and self-advocacy.

We were covered in Aspire Magazine for the work around the Inclusive Wellbeing Festival. We were interviewed on the Disabled And Proud Podcast.

We were interviewed on BCB radio about our Safer Streets initiative. We were featured on Able magazines website. We created our own magazine to support the Inclusive Wellbeing Festival.

We do a round up of the week that is shared on our social media and on our website so that families and friends can see what their loved ones have been working on.

Our newsletter is another great resource to see what we have been doing.

Financial review

The Trustees confirm that the charity has managed its finances responsibly during the reporting period. Funds have been used to deliver activities in line with the charity’s objectives and to support members effectively. Appropriate financial controls and oversight arrangements are in place.

The net expenditure for the year was £2,775, including net income of £37,113 on unrestricted funds and net expenditure of £39,888 on restricted funds.

Reserves policy

The Board of Trustees consider that they should review the level of reserves held by the charity at regular intervals. The Board of Trustees feel that reserves should equate to approximately three months running costs to ensure that adequate resources are available to allow continued furtherance of the objectives of the charity in the event of a temporary shortfall in incoming resources while alternative funds are sought. The management committee believe that holding adequate funds to cover three months operating costs would allow for an orderly winding up of the organisation and would also enable the organisation to be able to meet its obligations towards staff and creditors in the event of there being no possibility of securing alternative longer-term funding. This would equate to approximately £50,000.

The charity's free reserves, excluding fixed assets, at the year end were £61,762.

Approved by the board of trustees on 03/02/2026

Stephen Whiteside (Trustee)

People First Keighley & Craven

Independent examiner's report to the trustees of People First Keighley & Craven

I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2025, which are set out on pages 9 to 16.

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

03/02/2026

West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO

Stringer House 34 Lupton Street Leeds LS10 2QW

People First Keighley & Craven

Statement of Financial Activities

(including summary income and expenditure account) for the year ended 31 March 2025

Notes 2025 Unrestricted funds £ Income from: Grants, contracts and donations (2) 4,854 Activity contributions 59,240 Fundraising 45 Day services income 85,411 Total income 149,550 Expenditure on: Salaries NI and pensions (3) 53,501 DBS checks 112 Freelance and sessional workers 2,308 Freelance board support, admin and finance 11,693 Events, activities and service delivery 5,092 Equipment and resources 3,021 Insurance 1,326 Memberships and subscriptions 393 Advertising and publicity 477 Food and refreshments 2,697 Rent and utilities 13,589 Repairs and maintenance 336 Room and facility hire 1,715 Stationery, printing and postage 974 Telephone and internet 2,950 Travel 1,236 Training and welfare 4,603 Independent examination 1,080 IT, support and software 2,171 Other expenses 632 Depreciation 2,531 Total expenditure 112,437 Net income / (expenditure) 37,113 Fund balances brought forward 27,815 Fund balances carried forward (4) 64,928	2025 Restricted funds £ 44,396 - - - 44,396 80,157 - 1,658 - 495 391 - - 1,110 - - - - - - 102 125 - 246 - - 84,284 (39,888) 47,109 7,221	2025 Total funds £ 49,250 59,240 45 85,411 193,946 133,658 112 3,966 11,693 5,587 3,412 1,326 393 1,587 2,697 13,589 336 1,715 974 2,950 1,338 4,728 1,080 2,417 632 2,531 196,721 (2,775) 74,924 72,149	2024 Total funds £ 108,199 6,747 2,434 77,038 194,418 132,631 100 7,630 12,788 15,626 888 1,015 1,282 5,061 110 13,366 115 5,046 3,238 2,385 2,100 4,182 1,800 2,462 870 3,946 216,641 (22,223) 97,147 74,924

All incoming resources and resources expended derive from continuing activities.

People First Keighley & Craven

Balance sheet

as at 31 March 2025 2025 Unrestricted £ Fixed assets Tangible assets (5) 3,166 Total fixed assets 3,166 Current assets Debtors and prepayments (6) 22,536 Cash at bank and in hand (7) 42,715 Total current assets 65,251 Current liabilities: amounts falling due within one year Creditors and accruals (8) 3,489 Total current liabilities 3,489 Net current assets / (liabilities) 61,762 Net assets 64,928 Funds Unrestricted funds 64,928 Restricted funds - Total funds 64,928	2025 Restricted £ - - 27,051 (19,830) 7,221 - - 7,221 7,221 - 7,221 7,221	2025 Total £ 3,166 3,166 49,587 22,885 72,472 3,489 3,489 68,983 72,149 64,928 7,221 72,149	2024 Total £ 4,419 4,419 60,047 16,324 76,371 5,866 5,866 70,505 74,924 27,815 47,109 74,924

The financial statements were approved by the board of trustees on 03/02/2026

Stephen Whiteside (Trustee)

People First Keighley & Craven

Notes to the accounts

for the year ended 31 March 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, 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 costing more than £250 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:

Freehold land: nil Freehold buildings: over 50 years Computers and equipment: over 4 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.

People First Keighley & Craven

Notes to the accounts

for the year ended 31 March 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.

People First Keighley & Craven

Notes to the accounts continued

for the year ended 31 March 2025

2 Grants, contracts and donations Bradford VCS Alliance City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council Equality Together Equality Together Innovation fund Keighley Town Council Asda Foundation Community Chest Keighley National Lottery Community Fund (NLCF) Other grants and donations 3 Staff costs and numbers Gross salaries Social security costs Employment allowance Pensions	2025 Unrestricted funds £ - - - - - - - - 4,854 4,854	2025 Restricted funds £ 5,000 5,500 27,075 3,696 3,000 - - - 125 44,396	2025 Total funds £ 5,000 5,500 27,075 3,696 3,000 - - - 4,979 49,250 2025 £ 127,756 8,947 (5,000) 1,955 133,658	2024 Total funds £ - 5,000 51,645 23,580 - 400 497 27,051 26 108,199 2024 £ 126,693 8,910 (5,000) 2,028 132,631

The average number of employees during the year was 7.4, being an average of 4.9 full time equivalent (2024: 7.1, 4.9 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 £ £ CBMDC Wellbeing 4,786 5,000 Community Chest Keighley 298 - CBMDC Creative - 5,000 Innovation Fund 7,446 3,696 Lot 2 Self Advocacy 23,950 27,075 NLCF 5,629 - CBMDC Safer streets - 500 Keighley Town Council - 3,000 Sovereign 5,000 - Training grant - 125 47,109 44,396	Outgoing £ 9,786 298 - 11,142 51,025 5,629 500 779 5,000 125 84,284	2025 £ 1,955 - - Transfers £ - - - - - - - - - - -	2024 £ 2,028 - - Balance c/f £ - - 5,000 - - - - 2,221 - - 7,221

Notes to the accounts continued

People First Keighley & Craven

for the year ended 31 March 2025

4 Restricted funds

Fund name

CBMDC Wellbeing Community Chest Keighley CBMDC Creative

Innovation Fund

Lot 2 Self Advocacy NLCF CBMDC Safer streets

Keighley Town Council

Sovereign Training grant

Purpose of restriction

Towards the wellbeing project. Towards the cost of IT equipment.

For a project giving our members the skills to express themselves using various creative disciplines including music, creative writing, and art. Funding from Equality Together to help people plan their own day opportunities.

Lot 2 funding for self and group advocacy and peer support. To cover core costs, salaries and support learning holidays. For a project to enable us to reach out into the community to highlight the challenges our community is facing on the streets.

For a project to enable us to reach out into the community to highlight the challenges our community is facing on the streets. Towards the Your Health, My Life project. Grant towards training costs.

Tangible assets Cost £ £ At 1 April 2024 - - Additions - - At 31 March 2025 - - Depreciation At 1 April 2024 - - Charge for year - - At 31 March 2025 - - Net book value At 31 March 2025 - - At 31 March 2024 - - Debtors and prepayments Debtors Prepayments Accrued income Other debtors Cash at bank and in hand Cash at bank Cash in hand Class 3 Class 4	£ 8,280 - 8,280 7,608 336 7,944 336 672 Computers	£ 9,548 1,278 10,826 5,801 2,195 7,996 2,830 3,747 2025 £ 21,670 425 27,051 441 49,587 2025 £ 22,821 64 22,885 Equipment	Total £ 17,828 1,278 19,106 13,409 2,531 15,940 3,166 4,419 2024 £ 27,674 315 31,051 1,007 60,047 2024 £ 16,144 180 16,324

5 Tangible assets

6 Debtors and prepayments

7 Cash at bank and in hand

People First Keighley & Craven

Notes to the accounts continued

for the year ended 31 March 2025

8 Creditors and accruals Creditors Accruals	2025 £ 609 2,880 3,489	2024 £ 2,266 3,600 5,866

9 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.

Remuneration and benefits received by key management personnel

The total employee benefits received by key management personnel were £28,926 (previous year: £28,926).

People First Keighley & Craven

Statement of Financial Activities including comparatives for all funds (including summary income and expenditure account) for the year ended 31 March 2025

2025 2024 Unrestricted Unrestricted funds funds £ £ Income Grants, contracts and donations 4,854 26 Activity contributions 59,240 6,747 Fundraising 45 2,434 Day services income 85,411 77,038 Total income 149,550 86,245 Expenditure Salaries NI and pensions 53,501 48,672 DBS checks 112 100 Freelance and sessional workers 2,308 1,529 Board support, admin and finance 11,693 5,752 Events, activities and service delivery 5,092 7,439 Equipment and resources 3,021 45 Insurance 1,326 347 Memberships and subscriptions 393 1,282 Advertising and publicity 477 3,095 Food and refreshments 2,697 52 Rent and utilities 13,589 4,740 Repairs and maintenance 336 - Room and facility hire 1,715 1,019 Stationery, printing and postage 974 622 Telephone and internet 2,950 2,385 Travel 1,236 901 Training and welfare 4,603 4,182 Independent examination 1,080 1,800 IT, support and software 2,171 941 Other expenses 632 298 Depreciation 2,531 3,946 Total expenditure 112,437 89,147 Net income / (expenditure) 37,113 (2,902) Fund balances brought forward 27,815 30,717 Fund balances carried forward 64,928 27,815	2025 Restricted funds £ 44,396 - - - 44,396 80,157 - 1,658 - 495 391 - - 1,110 - - - - - - 102 125 - 246 - - 84,284 (39,888) 47,109 7,221	2024 Restricted funds £ 108,173 - - - 108,173 83,959 - 6,101 7,036 8,187 843 668 - 1,966 58 8,626 115 4,027 2,616 - 1,199 - - 1,521 572 - 127,494 (19,321) 66,430 47,109	2025 Total funds £ 49,250 59,240 45 85,411 193,946 133,658 112 3,966 11,693 5,587 3,412 1,326 393 1,587 2,697 13,589 336 1,715 974 2,950 1,338 4,728 1,080 2,417 632 2,531 196,721 (2,775) 74,924 72,149	2024 Total funds £ 108,199 6,747 2,434 77,038 194,418 132,631 100 7,630 12,788 15,626 888 1,015 1,282 5,061 110 13,366 115 5,046 3,238 2,385 2,100 4,182 1,800 2,462 870 3,946 216,641 (22,223) 97,147 74,924

People First Keighley & Craven

Charity number 1125278

Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2025

People First Keighley & Craven

Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2025

Contents	Page
Trustees' report	2 to 7
Examiner's report	8
Statement of financial activities	9
Balance sheet	10
Notes to the accounts	11 to 16

Prepared by West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO

People First Keighley & Craven

Trustees' report for the year ended 31 March 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

Tracey Lines Charlotte Longbottom Steven Brundle Stephen Whiteside Tom Walsh

Charity number

1125278

Registered in England and Wales

Registered and principal address

Bankers

Room 26, Central Hall Virgin Money Alice Street 73 North Street Keighley Keighley BD21 3JD BD21 3SD

Independent examiner

Simon Bostrom FCIE

West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO

Stringer House 34 Lupton Street Leeds LS10 2QW

People First Keighley & Craven

Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 March 2025

Structure, governance and management

The charity is governed by a constitution adopted on 1 April 2007, as amended 8 July 2008.

Method of recruitment and appointment of trustees

The trustees of the charity are appointed by the members at the AGM.

Objectives and activities

The charity's objects

To relieve the needs of people with learning difficulties including enabling them to manage a voluntary group, speak up for themselves and go on social outings.

The charity's main activities

People First Keighley and Craven is a self and group advocacy organisation, and day service. Working with adults with learning disabilities and/or neurodiversity.

Public benefit statement

Achievements and performance

Advocacy and Voice

The one to ones have continued to help people live the lives they want to.

We continued providing lived-experience training to Airedale Hospital and Bradford University.

We began working with Sue Ryder Care providing their CPD on supporting people with learning disabilities and/or those who are neurodivergent.

Members were reporters at the Learning Disability England Conference and did a great job of covering the important event on our podcast.

Life stories work

Meet the team, YouTube series.

Social, Community and Wellbeing Activities

People First Keighley & Craven

Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 March 2025

Trips out of the office:

Events at Central Hall

People First Keighley & Craven

Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 March 2025

Social nights

Skills Development and Learning

Training provided was:

Inclusive Wellbeing Festival Sessions

People First Keighley & Craven

Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 March 2025

The People First Podcast

Podcasts go out every Wednesday from February to the middle of December.

Here are the podcasts between April 24 – March 25:

People First Keighley & Craven

Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 March 2025

The People First Podcast

Podcasts go out every Wednesday from February to the middle of December.

Communication and Public Engagement

We were covered in Aspire Magazine for the work around the Inclusive Wellbeing Festival. We were interviewed on the Disabled And Proud Podcast.

We were interviewed on BCB radio about our Safer Streets initiative. We were featured on Able magazines website. We created our own magazine to support the Inclusive Wellbeing Festival.

We do a round up of the week that is shared on our social media and on our website so that families and friends can see what their loved ones have been working on.

Our newsletter is another great resource to see what we have been doing.

Financial review

The net expenditure for the year was £2,775, including net income of £37,113 on unrestricted funds and net expenditure of £39,888 on restricted funds.

Reserves policy

The charity's free reserves, excluding fixed assets, at the year end were £61,762.

Approved by the board of trustees on 03/02/2026

Stephen Whiteside (Trustee)

People First Keighley & Craven

Independent examiner's report to the trustees of People First Keighley & Craven

I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2025, which are set out on pages 9 to 16.

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').

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.

Simon Bostrom FCIE

03/02/2026

West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO

Stringer House 34 Lupton Street Leeds LS10 2QW

People First Keighley & Craven

Statement of Financial Activities

(including summary income and expenditure account) for the year ended 31 March 2025

Notes 2025 Unrestricted funds £ Income from: Grants, contracts and donations (2) 4,854 Activity contributions 59,240 Fundraising 45 Day services income 85,411 Total income 149,550 Expenditure on: Salaries NI and pensions (3) 53,501 DBS checks 112 Freelance and sessional workers 2,308 Freelance board support, admin and finance 11,693 Events, activities and service delivery 5,092 Equipment and resources 3,021 Insurance 1,326 Memberships and subscriptions 393 Advertising and publicity 477 Food and refreshments 2,697 Rent and utilities 13,589 Repairs and maintenance 336 Room and facility hire 1,715 Stationery, printing and postage 974 Telephone and internet 2,950 Travel 1,236 Training and welfare 4,603 Independent examination 1,080 IT, support and software 2,171 Other expenses 632 Depreciation 2,531 Total expenditure 112,437 Net income / (expenditure) 37,113 Fund balances brought forward 27,815 Fund balances carried forward (4) 64,928	2025 Restricted funds £ 44,396 - - - 44,396 80,157 - 1,658 - 495 391 - - 1,110 - - - - - - 102 125 - 246 - - 84,284 (39,888) 47,109 7,221	2025 Total funds £ 49,250 59,240 45 85,411 193,946 133,658 112 3,966 11,693 5,587 3,412 1,326 393 1,587 2,697 13,589 336 1,715 974 2,950 1,338 4,728 1,080 2,417 632 2,531 196,721 (2,775) 74,924 72,149	2024 Total funds £ 108,199 6,747 2,434 77,038 194,418 132,631 100 7,630 12,788 15,626 888 1,015 1,282 5,061 110 13,366 115 5,046 3,238 2,385 2,100 4,182 1,800 2,462 870 3,946 216,641 (22,223) 97,147 74,924

All incoming resources and resources expended derive from continuing activities.

People First Keighley & Craven

Balance sheet

as at 31 March 2025 2025 Unrestricted £ Fixed assets Tangible assets (5) 3,166 Total fixed assets 3,166 Current assets Debtors and prepayments (6) 22,536 Cash at bank and in hand (7) 42,715 Total current assets 65,251 Current liabilities: amounts falling due within one year Creditors and accruals (8) 3,489 Total current liabilities 3,489 Net current assets / (liabilities) 61,762 Net assets 64,928 Funds Unrestricted funds 64,928 Restricted funds - Total funds 64,928	2025 Restricted £ - - 27,051 (19,830) 7,221 - - 7,221 7,221 - 7,221 7,221	2025 Total £ 3,166 3,166 49,587 22,885 72,472 3,489 3,489 68,983 72,149 64,928 7,221 72,149	2024 Total £ 4,419 4,419 60,047 16,324 76,371 5,866 5,866 70,505 74,924 27,815 47,109 74,924

The financial statements were approved by the board of trustees on 03/02/2026

Stephen Whiteside (Trustee)

People First Keighley & Craven

Notes to the accounts

for the year ended 31 March 2025

1 Accounting policies

Basis of accounting

Going concern

The trustees are satisfied that there are no material uncertainties about the charity's ability to continue.

Incoming resources

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

Taxation

Tangible fixed assets

Freehold land: nil Freehold buildings: over 50 years Computers and equipment: over 4 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.

People First Keighley & Craven

Notes to the accounts

for the year ended 31 March 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.

People First Keighley & Craven

Notes to the accounts continued

for the year ended 31 March 2025

2 Grants, contracts and donations Bradford VCS Alliance City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council Equality Together Equality Together Innovation fund Keighley Town Council Asda Foundation Community Chest Keighley National Lottery Community Fund (NLCF) Other grants and donations 3 Staff costs and numbers Gross salaries Social security costs Employment allowance Pensions	2025 Unrestricted funds £ - - - - - - - - 4,854 4,854	2025 Restricted funds £ 5,000 5,500 27,075 3,696 3,000 - - - 125 44,396	2025 Total funds £ 5,000 5,500 27,075 3,696 3,000 - - - 4,979 49,250 2025 £ 127,756 8,947 (5,000) 1,955 133,658	2024 Total funds £ - 5,000 51,645 23,580 - 400 497 27,051 26 108,199 2024 £ 126,693 8,910 (5,000) 2,028 132,631

The average number of employees during the year was 7.4, being an average of 4.9 full time equivalent (2024: 7.1, 4.9 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 £ £ CBMDC Wellbeing 4,786 5,000 Community Chest Keighley 298 - CBMDC Creative - 5,000 Innovation Fund 7,446 3,696 Lot 2 Self Advocacy 23,950 27,075 NLCF 5,629 - CBMDC Safer streets - 500 Keighley Town Council - 3,000 Sovereign 5,000 - Training grant - 125 47,109 44,396	Outgoing £ 9,786 298 - 11,142 51,025 5,629 500 779 5,000 125 84,284	2025 £ 1,955 - - Transfers £ - - - - - - - - - - -	2024 £ 2,028 - - Balance c/f £ - - 5,000 - - - - 2,221 - - 7,221

Notes to the accounts continued

People First Keighley & Craven

for the year ended 31 March 2025

4 Restricted funds

Fund name

CBMDC Wellbeing Community Chest Keighley CBMDC Creative

Innovation Fund

Lot 2 Self Advocacy NLCF CBMDC Safer streets

Keighley Town Council

Sovereign Training grant

Purpose of restriction

Towards the wellbeing project. Towards the cost of IT equipment.

For a project to enable us to reach out into the community to highlight the challenges our community is facing on the streets. Towards the Your Health, My Life project. Grant towards training costs.

Tangible assets Cost £ £ At 1 April 2024 - - Additions - - At 31 March 2025 - - Depreciation At 1 April 2024 - - Charge for year - - At 31 March 2025 - - Net book value At 31 March 2025 - - At 31 March 2024 - - Debtors and prepayments Debtors Prepayments Accrued income Other debtors Cash at bank and in hand Cash at bank Cash in hand Class 3 Class 4	£ 8,280 - 8,280 7,608 336 7,944 336 672 Computers	£ 9,548 1,278 10,826 5,801 2,195 7,996 2,830 3,747 2025 £ 21,670 425 27,051 441 49,587 2025 £ 22,821 64 22,885 Equipment	Total £ 17,828 1,278 19,106 13,409 2,531 15,940 3,166 4,419 2024 £ 27,674 315 31,051 1,007 60,047 2024 £ 16,144 180 16,324

5 Tangible assets

6 Debtors and prepayments

7 Cash at bank and in hand

People First Keighley & Craven

Notes to the accounts continued

for the year ended 31 March 2025

8 Creditors and accruals Creditors Accruals	2025 £ 609 2,880 3,489	2024 £ 2,266 3,600 5,866

9 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.

Remuneration and benefits received by key management personnel

The total employee benefits received by key management personnel were £28,926 (previous year: £28,926).

People First Keighley & Craven

Statement of Financial Activities including comparatives for all funds (including summary income and expenditure account) for the year ended 31 March 2025

2025 2024 Unrestricted Unrestricted funds funds £ £ Income Grants, contracts and donations 4,854 26 Activity contributions 59,240 6,747 Fundraising 45 2,434 Day services income 85,411 77,038 Total income 149,550 86,245 Expenditure Salaries NI and pensions 53,501 48,672 DBS checks 112 100 Freelance and sessional workers 2,308 1,529 Board support, admin and finance 11,693 5,752 Events, activities and service delivery 5,092 7,439 Equipment and resources 3,021 45 Insurance 1,326 347 Memberships and subscriptions 393 1,282 Advertising and publicity 477 3,095 Food and refreshments 2,697 52 Rent and utilities 13,589 4,740 Repairs and maintenance 336 - Room and facility hire 1,715 1,019 Stationery, printing and postage 974 622 Telephone and internet 2,950 2,385 Travel 1,236 901 Training and welfare 4,603 4,182 Independent examination 1,080 1,800 IT, support and software 2,171 941 Other expenses 632 298 Depreciation 2,531 3,946 Total expenditure 112,437 89,147 Net income / (expenditure) 37,113 (2,902) Fund balances brought forward 27,815 30,717 Fund balances carried forward 64,928 27,815	2025 Restricted funds £ 44,396 - - - 44,396 80,157 - 1,658 - 495 391 - - 1,110 - - - - - - 102 125 - 246 - - 84,284 (39,888) 47,109 7,221	2024 Restricted funds £ 108,173 - - - 108,173 83,959 - 6,101 7,036 8,187 843 668 - 1,966 58 8,626 115 4,027 2,616 - 1,199 - - 1,521 572 - 127,494 (19,321) 66,430 47,109	2025 Total funds £ 49,250 59,240 45 85,411 193,946 133,658 112 3,966 11,693 5,587 3,412 1,326 393 1,587 2,697 13,589 336 1,715 974 2,950 1,338 4,728 1,080 2,417 632 2,531 196,721 (2,775) 74,924 72,149	2024 Total funds £ 108,199 6,747 2,434 77,038 194,418 132,631 100 7,630 12,788 15,626 888 1,015 1,282 5,061 110 13,366 115 5,046 3,238 2,385 2,100 4,182 1,800 2,462 870 3,946 216,641 (22,223) 97,147 74,924

People First Keighley & Craven

Independent examiner's report to the trustees of People First Keighley & Craven

I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2025, which are set out on pages 9 to 16.

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').

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.

Signed: …………………………………… Name: Simon Bostrom FCIE

03/02/2026

West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO

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