THE BRIDGE CHURCH OTLEY
UNITED REFORMED CHURCH CHARITY
Registered Charity No. 1128673
17e
United
Reformed
Church
ANNUAL REPORT
AND
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
YEAR TO 31ST DECEMBER 2024
GROWING WtTh CHRIST
www.otleybridgechurch.org.uk

THE BRIDGE CHURCH OTLEY UNITED REFORMED CHURCH CHARITY
Reglstered Charfty Number 1128673
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31"DECEMBER 2024
This reFQrt indudes infonnation required by the CharTbes {Accounts and Reports)
Regulations 2008 and the Statement of Recommended Pr&#1￿ for Accounting by Chanties
2005 as applicable to charities enlitled to prepare a¢xounts on the and expenditure
basis.
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
The Bridge Church Otley Unrted Reformed Chur(* Charity is a I￿81 thurch of the Unrted
Refomed Church in Great Brrtain, and is a member of the Yorkshire Syn¢xl of the Church. It
was registe￿ March 2009 as a Chanty Nunknr 1128673.
The Bridge Church is srtuated on Bridge Street. Ouey. West Yorkshire, LS21 1 RW,
teta
echurch.o
The rmmbers of the Elders, Meeting for the ts'me bw'ng are rec£)gnised as the charity
trustees. Those who senied from 1° January 2024 unts'l the dale this report was approved
are..
Alan Anslow
Alison Ans1(
Margaret Amiitage
Carolyn Bames (resigned 1112124)
Christopher T Beckwrth
Gillian S Chapman
Isobèl Evans
John Evdeigh {Church Secretary)
Andrthv Howard (Church Treasurer)
Tina Johnson
Reverend Jason M¢Cullagh (Minister)
Christine Paterson
Barbara Scholes
Malcolm Wainwright
Colin Whllaker
Anne Wgglegworth
The Church building, and the manse at 37 St Davrd's Road are ¥tsted in the yO￿shIre
Congregational Union as trustees and hebj for the benefrt of the Bridge Church URC. Otley
in accoTdanr* wrth the trusts applicable to URC properties.

STRUCTURE GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT
The acb'vrties of the Bridge Church United Reformed Chufc* are ovepxen by the Elders.
Meeting of the Church in accordance with the promsions of The Stnjcture of the United
Reformed Church determined by Ihe General Assembly of the United RefOny￿ Church. and
supplemented by the rules of the Bridge Church. The goveming d￿Un￿nt of the registered
charily is a statement adopted by the Church Meeting on 9 May 2021.
The Elders, Meeting is responsible for the finan¢ial administration of the Church. and the
care and Maintenan￿ of Church p￿MIseS and the manse. The Church Meeting lof all
members wishing to attend) gives general guidance on the life and work of the Church.
The members of the Elders. MeetirMJ are the minister in pasloral c*arge Irf any) and up to 16
members of the Bridge Church, nominated and elected by rnembers of the Bridge Church in
Church Meeting. Elders serve for five years. retire by rotation and are eligible for re-election
for one further five year temi. Following the compleb'on of Cons￿u￿.ve five year terms
the elder will nol be eligible for re-election to the Eldets, Meeting for at least one year (the
only exception lo this rule is that of the p￿rtJ"On of Church Treasurer, where a further tsvo
extensions could be sought. rf desired). The members of the Elders, Meeting are the trustees
of the registered chanty during their period of ser41￿ as elders.
The Elders. Meeting met 6 times during the year and held their annual conference in
Octoter. There are also four su￿￿nmrtteeS of the Eklers. Meeting which oversee speafic
area$ of the church's lrfe, these all ha￿ ￿rtain delegated resp)nsibilth'es {as laid down by
the Temis of Reference for exh commrttee) and they 811 feFK)rt back to the Elders, Meebng.
The Church Meeting met in S occasions (Ind￿ling the Annual General Meeting} during the
year.
OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES
As a local congregation of the United Refom)ed Church. The Bndge Church Otley United
RefomHI Church seeks to 8dv8n¢* the Christs'an religion th[￿gh rt$ activiknes arKI the
faalities offe￿d to the ￿MmunrtY by rts building.
The Elders, Meeting is aware of the Chanty Commission's guidance on public benefft in 'The
Advancement of Religion for the Public Benefrt. and has regard to it in the administration of
the Church.
The Elders, Meeting telieves that the Church provides benefft to the public by.
Providing resources arKI facilrlies for putr￿￿ worship, pastofal care and spiritual, moral
and intellectual deVelOp￿￿nt, both for the congregab'on and for anyone else who
shes to benefft from what the church offers.
Promoting Christs'an values arKI sep¥ice by members of the u)ngregation to the
communty, for the benefft of individuals and SffAety as a whole.

REVIEW OF ACTIVITIES AND ACHIEVEMENTS
The Bridge Church has an open p)licy tQ4vards the &xraments and Iherefore all who wish to
partake in Holy Communion and bapb'sm are welcome. This open policy is part of the
church's mission. Our revised Bapts'sm Policy pla￿$ an expectation of a minimum period of
attendan￿ pri(y to bapts.sm laking Pl￿ 80th adult and infant bapts'sm is Offe￿d. and where
families bring their babbes for baw'sm they are also inlrc#Juced to and encouraged lo make
use of the f￿lItieS such as a fuSly equipFed cr&he. staffed by experienced ff*mbers who
have enhanced disdosure under the DBS system. The Bridge Church is licensed for Ihe
conduct of Christian marriage afKJ has recently receiv&1 confiM￿tion that we are registered
to conduct the maftiages of same sex cnuples..
There are several opportunities for chiklren from the o)mmunty to be nurtured and cared
for, both in the teaching of the Christian fath. through our Junior Church system. and
through the uniformed organisations (all cl <)ur v￿urrteer staff have enhar￿ed disclosure
undef the DBS system).
We have very successful Scoubng and Guiding gr(￿p8. c4terirKJ for boy$ and girfs from the
age of 5 through to young adulls up to the age of 18. Our Scouting Group served a 'Big
8reakfast' in September. raising rrK)ney for new camping equipment and towards the Ch￿￿1
chanty. Members of the Explorers group also prepar*1 and Se￿*d a Christmas Dinner for
our Men's Supper Club.
For those of prfrschwl age church offers a very popular Toddlefs group
{Toddlers@the8ndgel on mmings a week dunng This is open to all
members of the community, and parents. grandparents and carefs atterMI with babies and
young thildren. Members of these groups are activefy enc¢)uragwJ to attend S￿81 seNc4s
such as the Christmas crib servic*. the annual grft service arKJ the harvest festival. This year
Toddlers
theBndge 0180 opened on Thursdays thrr)L¥Jhout the gch(M)I summer holKlays.
The church has also continued to provide'messy Church.. as a more infomwl way of
bringing worship to children and families. We have held five of these e¥ents during the year
and all have been wdl supported.
We also work along￿de Church88 in Otley to run an After Schod Club, kncywn 88
the Youth Dropln, for Year 7 to Year 9 students from Ic￿1 CoMprehen￿ve school.
These sessions are overseen by Leeds Farth in Schods, and operate on our premises. for
which the church does not charge A ty￿Cal session I￿ude$ playing ta￿e tennis. table
football. computer arKI board games. and offers free ftjod and 'chill-zone', on weeks
there are twenty ￿u$ young people in attendancx. The Nolunteer supFy)rt (all DBS check&l)
is pmwded from the five thurches that make up Otley Chuth Together.
All of the above groups are very *EII supported flourishing. but they would not be
available were it not for the church members who give of their ts'me and talents voluntarily to
prepare for and run them.
Pastoral care is a major feature of the Bridge Churth and we provide many opportunities for
the public to receive this through vanous thannds. Our monthty 'FoTrJ & Friends. ct)rrtinues

to provide a meeting plac* for both members arKI others to share a tN)t m8al (prepared and
overseen by the church's caterirMJ team). fell(ywship and pastoral care. This service Is
entirely staffed by volunteers who have undergone enhanced disdosure through the DBS
system. The church also prowded a Chrislmas Day meal for more than 30 ffEmbers of the
church and local communty (receiwng referrals from Otley Action for Older PeO￿e and the
local Parish Church and others).
Recognising that not eNeryone wants to, or is able to attend a full church servFce on a
Sunday, we have, for several years, offered a short Holy Communion se￿￿ on a
Wednesday moming in the sanctuary. This act of worship is followed by a of fdlowship
over a cup Of0￿e.
Our Sunday moming acts of worship are well attended. and Holy Communion is cdebrated
on the first Sunday morning each m(￿th.
The churth also provides Bible Study. and during the year our House Gr￿p5 also met to
explore speafic study on Discipleship. Vle also njn a discussion group for those members
who subscribe to the Unrted Reformed Church's magazine 'Refom'. where the features and
articles published are di8UJS8ed.
The churth buildings are alx) host to many payrng groups of the community both on
regular basis and on&offs for a particular function. The￿ a￿ three church adu￿ groups wt
meet regu￿rIy, usually to hear a speaker, but a￿layS to provKle felluwship and pastoral care.
The premises are host several time8 a year in rotation to an 'open for all. prayer bre8kf88t,
run by Churches Together in Otley.
We havd a relatiNely ne* gmup- Faith AliNE arKI Active- which meets three times a year, to
address matters of C￿teMporary importance. with a speaker and a meal served. This year
we were &Jdressed by our Member of PartIaff￿nt (Katie MPI and also covered
themes of the Legacy of Ihe Trans-Allantic Slave Tr* arKI 'Texlual Orienlation. The Bible,
Christians and Sexuality.. Farth Alive and Active has t*en opened up to members from
other churches in the town.
The church continues to contribute to Ihe URC'S development apreal, Commitment for
Life, and also to Leeds Farth in Schojls, a chanty which provides the seN¢e of Chrislian
youth workers who support loamirKJ oxtrxurricular aclivÉti8s wrthin th8 Leeds schcM)Is,
ineluding Prince Henry's Grammar School in Cxley. The Bridp Church 1$ a Fairtrade
Church.
Chantable giving has atrways been a feature of the 8ndge Church, and each year the church
has a specific charity that il supwrts through various e¥Ents. in the past year the church
supported the Hollybush C￿se￿IatIon Propct, based in ￿'rkstal1, Lwls.
During Lent members t¢Jok part in a 'Lent Chdlenge, by donating tins and packels of goods
to the 'Shine' Food Bank in the West Bcmling area of Bradtord.

Our Harvest and Christmas gtft Servi￿ donations were this year donated to RETAS
(Refugee Education Trdining and Adwce se￿￿) based in Leeds. an organisation that the
church has had a 1orKJStar￿lrKj reL2tionship with.
The Bridge Café has been well supwrted by those in our cornmunty who live with dementia
and their carers, and operates weekly. This is run entirdy by volunteer church members who
support dients and carers with ￿tl￿tieS such as jigsaws, (k)rn1r￿. arts and crafts, singing
befriending and listening. Ligm refreshments are available throughout the aftemoon. As with
all other church groups all volunteers haNe enhanced disdosure under the DBS system.
The elders and members of the Bridge Church have always tsken their reswnsikn'lity to
maintain and improve the church buildings seriously. To over58e the work required an
appointed group- the 'Buildings' Commis&on' is cons1rtLrt￿, with their own Temis of
Referen￿ and report to the Church Meeting. The group are respK)nsible for delivering an
agreed caprtal programme.
The Bridge Church makes full use of its extensive gardens., we rrt)t only make them available
for casual passersvby, LKrt at drferenl tsmes of the year have other attractions. During the
surnff￿r months. for the Se￿nd year. members created 8 number of stsrecrows which were
displayed throughout the grounds, and which drew in many local residenls and visrtors to the
town We also held our 'Teas on the Lawn, event on 0￿eY Carnival Day. drawing large
crowds, and supporting the church chanty. During Ad4ent silhouettes of the nativrty scene
were displayed on the lawn, drawing many favourable comffents.
During Septeml)er the church hosled a National Hentage Open Day on two consecutive
Saturdays (the secorKI of which also rrirKided with the Yorkshire Histonc Churth Trust's
'Yorksh1￿ Churches Day.. and receiNed a goJd number of v¢sitors throughout the day.
The Bridge Church hosted tsvo mai)r exhibilions in Ihe past year. In February the 'Shroud of
Turin exhibth'on, drew in a considerable number of visrtors. likewise, in October when we
hosted a Knitted Bible exhibiti'on, on loan from St George's United Refomed Church in
HartlepL%)l. We also hetd an exhibrtion of pholograthy througlK)Ut the sumrr*r featuring the
Wofk of one of our members.
Re￿gnIsIng that our sanctuary is of the largest spac*s wrthin the town. and wrth
excellent acouth'cs we ha¥t held a number of musical concerts during the year, induding the
Otley Brass Band, The Hebjen Bridge Brdss Band and the Orphèus Glee Union M818 Voice
Choir, from Colne in Lantsshire. Th8se conc*rts hav8 all been well supported.
The church continues to look for opw)rtunities to work wth our local ￿Mmunrty, and
supports a I￿al group {Otley 20301 by gi¥ing them free use of our premises for the purpose
of prowding fruit and vegetable hamper5 to indiwduals and families wrthin the community
who otherwise would ha* struggled to provide fresh food. The thurch took part in the
town's Victorian Fayre and in the Snowman Trail, in the run up to Christmas.
The church is also pleased to supp)rt local Sch￿1$ where possible. and were pleased to
host Ashfield Primary Sthool and the Wthartons Pnmary ￿¢)01.$ Harvest Cdebrations and

Christmas concerts. DurirKJ July the church hosted a group of Prince Henry's Year 10
students for their Timanyane Day - wken the school offers prathcal supwrt to I(￿1 groups.
We continue to assess and improve our mission and oUtre￿h strategy and this is overseen
by the Church Growth Group which operates an on-going ath'on plan adopted by the Church
Meeling annually.
FINANCIAL REVIEW
Total Teceipts on unrestricted funds were £152.459. an inrnse of £1.901 (￿ last year. This
induded income from room lethngs of £24.954, an increase of £6.835. A grant from the
National Lottery Community Fund (Awards for All) of £20,000 was recwved t¢)wards the end
of the year. of which £3.￿)0 was applied to the ￿OUnts in 2024, the remainder carried over
to 2025 to support our communrty work and to offset some speofic exFendrture. Restncted
Funds also re￿iVed income totalling £5.385.
Giving through the offertory FAate, envelopes & bgnkerfs orders induding the Gfft Aid
re￿ary increased by £3.939 or 3.6% to £113.872. This ￿fleC￿ed increased giving by
members. but al80 by new pe* in the lile al church, offset by the loss of members
through death. The Gift Aid refund of £20,508 induded £2,000 under the Gift Aid Small
Donatsons Scheme. No leg￿e8 Y￿re recaved during the year. The church Tap & Give
faol¢ty introduced in 2023, enabling casua donats'ons to be r￿el￿d by contactless card,
produced donations of £1.628 in 2024 in addibon to bthng used for payment of entry fees to
some fun&raising events.
Our contribution to the URC'S Mission & Ministry fund decreased from £49,534 to £46,498
stly refieth'n9 a small decrease in membership. This Fund pays all the ministers, stipends
within the URC and also the cenlral administration costs & cwjtreach of the twtional church.
The Synod Levy was suspended by the Synod.
In order to offer worship and carry out our work arThJngst the congregation including the
many young people's groups we to provide Ihe buildings lo do this. The ￿$t of general
maintenance of the fabric of these buildings was £7.950 in the year. and our energy costs
were £25.673. an increase of £5.929. refiects'ng the full year effect of a large increase in
electricity costs from October 2023. also inm8ed use of the premists. Overall,
exFendrture incTea8ed by £7.632.
The net result of all these I￿torS was an eX￿$S of receipts over payments on the General
Fund of £12,628. A contribution of £10,000 was made to the Repairs & Renewals Reserve to
conts'nue to finance a very large pDJgramme of repairs and maintenan￿. A contributson of
£2,000 was also made tt) the General Resep4*. leavir*J a surplus on the General Fund of
£628. These contributions are in line with the poliaes agreed by Ihe Trustees.
The Designated Funds have two principal funds- the General Re$ep￿ and the Repairs &
Renewals Reserve. The General Reserve is there to meet sI￿rtfallS of income or
unexFected expenditure. The church t￿ildIngS are extensive and GraJe11 Listed. As a result.
it is necessary to have prowsion to maiof items of repair Of maintenance and the
Repairs & Renewals Fund is constrtuted to do that. No payments were mae this year from

the Repairs & Rene4Yals Fund. A number of schemès are in the pipeline induding the
replacement of the church roof. The cost of this is more than I￿r current reg)urces and th8
chu￿1 is exploring large grants to enable the work to l)egin. The Deslgnated Funds balance
totals £323,482 an irKrease of £21.431 C￿ last year.
The Restricted Funds ￿mprise the Churth Buildings Fund. and donats'ons m*le for spetsfic
appeals for tharitses. The 8uildin9s Fund which is to provide monies for upgrading the
church premis8S totals £22.771. a reduction of £2,693 from last year. Giving to the fund,
including Gifl Aid recovery, increased from £3,885 to £5,849. During the year the Fund met
the cost of the archrtects. fees for the upgrading of the Manor Room and the planning
application for the scheme to renew the church and MarK>r Room roots. Our programme to
raise funds for extemal charities and a sum of £9.550 was raised, indudiThJ £1,676 for the
URC'S Commrtment for Life ap￿.
Desprte the effects of Ihe conts'nuing rise in ￿1 cosls, paftscularly energy costs, the church's
finances remained reasonably strong in 2024. This is due to the continued sacnficial giving
of rts members & fnends. We are indebted to them for thwr conty'nued support of Ihe lrfe and
witness of the Bftdge Church. Howe*r, g￿n9 fomard. the church is f8C4ng 8 more drfficult
period as exFenditure rises contlnue arKI it will prove a challenge io keep giwng at a
comparable levd when allowance is taken ft)r nonnal changes in membership and the
effects of inflationary rises on ewerytoty's costs. The enomious costs of maintaining the
building, Grade 2 Listed. and to make rt fft for purpose in the future. wll inevrtably have a
huge impax on the finances of the church.
This rerA)rt was approved by the Elders, Meeting on 9th February 2025 arKI is signed on its
behaw by Reverend Jason Mccullagh. Chaiman.

THE BRIDGE CHURCH OTLEY UNITED REFORMED CHURCH CHARITY
Registered Charity Number 1128673
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
TO
31 DECEMBER 2024
CONTENTS
S￿lement of Financial Aciivitias
Balance Shtsi
Notes to the FrwKial StateMW￿s
Treaswerfs Statement
Indepen¢M Examw*rfs Rewl

THE BRIDGE CHURCH (IfLEY.UNtTED REFORMED CHURCH CHARrrY
srATEMEKf OF FINANCIAL AcfivITIES
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31sr DECEMBER 2024
TOTAL
2024
23
INCOMING RESOURCES
Volurtsry I
117,&86
33,107
9.712 127,598
5,725
41,617
120A
Transfer of Catsl Funds
732
16,169 181,084
Totsl InCOn￿n9 R••ourf
152,459
12,456
164,252
RESOURCES EXPENDED
URC MISSI￿ & Mlnl#ry FuThl
SYrm￿ Lery
Mlnlrtertal co
46,498
46,498
49,534
7,897
97,015
7,026
101657
84,716
3,025
9,274
720
18 823 161679
168.844
N•t hKomlNJl(outgok¥) raaurr
12,628
9,431
-2,654
19,405
4,592
13.1
N•t hKomlThJl(outgok¥) v•*wrr
628
Toi•l fundi blfwd l Janu•ry 2024
27,534
302.051
25.651 355,236
359,828
Totsl funds cltml 31 2024
£ 28162 É 323482 £ 22997£ 374641
INrl• 121
(Nth 131
rh)tss on pages 3 to 8 fomi pwt of these ffinartial statements

THE BRIDGE CHURCH OTLEY, UNtrED REFORMED CHURCH CHARrrY
BALANCE SHEEr
AS AT 31sr DECEMBER 2024
TOTAL
2024
Funth
2023
FIXED ASSErs
TaNJible assets
io
12,169
12,169
12,169
12,169
14,959
14,959
CURRENT ASSErs
22,637
16,035
38,672
1,941
321,541
323,482
855
25,433
26,277
363,853
27,132 389,286
24,198
326,150
35Q348
Bank cath balarKes
CURREKT LIABILMES
C￿lItorS pardble wlthln year
12
21679
4,135
26,814
10,071
NEf CURRENT ASSETS
15,993
323,482
21997 362,472
X),277
TOTAL NEf ASSErs
28,162 £ 323,482 £ 21997 £ 374,641
É 355,236
THE FUNDS OF THE CHARrrY
Unrestrkted Ir￿0￿* fuThls:
28,162
28,162
323,482
351,644
27,534
302,051
329,$85
De*nated
Totsl
13
323,482
323,482
28,162
14
997
22,937
£ 28,162 £ 323,482 £ 22,997 £ 374,641
25,651
É 355,236
APPROVED ty the Church MeetyrKJ F*kJ ￿ 26th Fely￿ry 2025
shJne(I ￿ Its Lthlf ty RthveJMI Ja￿• TrkCuNaJ) (Chatr)

THE BRIDGE CHURCH OTLEY, UNrrED REFORMED CHURCH CHARtrY
NOTES TO THE STATEMEiff OF FINANaAL AcnvrrIES
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2024
ACCOUPlllNG pouaES
la Basls of Ac£ounting
PraC￿:ACC￿nti(vj arKI RetxJtlThJ ty Oorll*s (SORP 2(W try ￿ CI• CLxnmlsskn, aThJ
United Rthn￿j ￿u1th guklar￿.
Ib Fund Acowntlng
Unrestrtted fvrNls are a￿lIatr￿￿ ftr use at tt* d19Jeikn (rf the church In furttffince of rts d￿rital￿e
In twms of a granL
Ic Tanglble Flxed Assets
Free1￿Id Property: Tr Trustees of d￿rch mar6e ￿Ik11r￿S are the Yc*k
paNYlture thurch martse b wrltten crff In ￿r Itls hurr￿1.
thar estimated useful Ilves:
Fumltu
rr Eq￿p￿t
IO% strdw kn (w 10 ￿rs)
33.33% strahJht I1￿ (CW4V 3 )tws)
sirahjht Ilne ((yft 4 Y￿5)
Id Jncomlng Rewlurc
All vduntsry gfvirrfj is br￿1￿ In tt* tknarKial statements tr* In vthth it is r￿rIe￿.
All other Is gwvalty reccrfjnsed Wh￿ It Is recejvth.
The URC mI￿10n & Minlsby FuThJ c(thIMrtkn Is paky rnjularty knKI￿ th tr* tknarKlal
ststerMts to It rdates.
R&wrces exr￿￿ are reccxjnlwl In tsE t*rkKI to whth tty a￿ Ir￿rr&I a￿1 ￿nd￿je attrlbutsble
VAT whlch cannot ￿ rther￿. Tfv a￿ alkxated to ts twt¥JJk3r to vthKh relate.
As most of the management afKI Ktsvity cl the ch￿ch Is carried %tdunt*5, this intsfKJitrAe cost
Is rK)t I￿ud￿j In tr* fknarthl Statem￿ as tNs c(Ythlxrtth to ￿ life rj ts￿ d)urth Is
IncakulatAe
If Tantlon
UrKler ￿ Chadtles Act 2[￿ the Churth was to rgjlster as a charlty, and was ￿[st￿ed
Isxh March 2009 as Charity Numtky 1128673. Accoydtyly it ts ￿ta)lialty exempt from taxation h)
respect of irKOffe a￿1 captsl galns receib*1 to the extent that irKome cy gains are to

THE BRIDGE CHURCH OTLEY, UNrrED RFORMED CHURCH CHARrrY
NOTES TO THE sfATEMEKf OF FINANCIAL AcrIvrrIES . contlnued
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31sr DECEMBER 2024
TOTAL TOT
2024
2023
vowKrARY INCOME
Offwlngs
93,064
4,014
20.
5,385
3,637
98,449
7,651
21,498
93,010
6,801
20,994
Inco￿ lax refurKls urKler &ft All
£ 117886£
9712£ 127598 £ 120,815
ACllVrnES FOR GENERATING FUNDS
Church lettlrwjs
24,954
24,954
4,405
5,725
18,119
3,955
5,192
714
3,250
FuThJ ra￿r& e¥ents
contrltKrtK￿ frcffi URC
Grants
Tcthler Grtsjp
5,72S
1785
2,785
5725£ 41617 £ 33,836
INVEsfMEKf INCOME
Bank Interest
732
732£ 11869 £
9,611
9,611
1466£ 9671£
MISSION & M1141sfRY FUND
The churth contribJte5 to the cw)tral URC costs of tranhw mI￿$t￿5 tt*
centrallsed payffMt rj rmskn Contr1￿11*x$ WKI ottv f(Y mlnlstus), run￿n9 the
dwmlnakn, atNd the wthr missth rf ttE rwtkThil thwch. In 2024
was £46,498
SYNOD LEVY
Ycykshlre of URC has cwbE¥)ty the SyNxl Lery , years was
£10 ￿ membtr. Th15 was to help co¥v part of the costs rf run￿ SYTMXI.
TOTAL TOTAL
2024
2023
MIt41sfERIAL COSTS
ar Runnirvj C¢￿ts
Manse Costs
Remval Costs
5,126

THE BRIDGE CHURCH OTLEY, uiirrED REFORMED CHURCH CHARrrY
NOTES TO THE sfATEMEpif OF FINANCIAL AcrIvrTIES . contlnued
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31sr DECEMBER 2024
TOTAL TOTAL
2024
2023
COSTS OF CHURCH ACllVmES
urth costs:
Inwran
Gas, Elthty & Water
Bulk11Th￿ malntw)arKe
Caretsker
CkanlrwJ, Refuse cdleCt￿ etc
L￿en￿ arKI muslc
Equipfftht
Drama Costs
(Xtrv runnlw costs
13,6(M)
13,
26,086
Il143
2Q113
14,39)
12,282
2.567
13,584
1,494
711
13,584
711
3,970
E4128
Teachlng costs:
pul￿ suroty
Chiklren & Y(￿ThJ
Worshlp Ewses
(hganlsts, iTrgans & Plarns
39)
39J
436
1.612
1,875
419
1,875
419
Communkatk)ns:
prtntlThJ, Ststiwy, T￿e￿ & BrothTrJ 4,664
5.313
Fcyxl & Fr*nds aub
klge Café
conferen￿ & T￿nI
C￿sU1￿nCY Ftts
TcKldber Gr(￿p
199
1,188
199
1,188
215
Ikllngs FuThl Exrthlltu
t*ryedatkin ￿ fuMItu￿ arKI
9,274
9,274
19,912
£ 84716£ 3025£
9274£ 97015 £ 101657
GRANTS PAYABLE AND DONATIOIIS PASSED ON
Leeds Fath In 9JKx4s
CommItn￿t ftx Llfe
Otsr (Note 14)
720
720
1,676
1,676
720£
9549£ 10269 £
9,627
10 TANGIBLE FIXED ASSErs
Total
Funk Equ￿ 2024
2023
ht fcKward l Jarrtwry 2024
in
11209
641
14,959
1,792
13,793
6,672
-5.5C6
1,151
Carr*A forward 31 D￿ernt￿ 2024
0£ 10864£
1305£ 1

THE BRIDGE CHURCH OTLEY, UNrrED REFORMED CHURCH CHARrrY
NOTES TO THE sfATEMENT OF FINANCIAL AcfIvmES . (vntinued
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31sr DECEMBER 2024
10 TANGIBLe llXED ASSEfs - cmtlnued
For the reasons stated in kcwntlrKJ rth Ic, the dKwch arvj I￿kIl￿5 are rrt tarrfjlble
r￿ed a55ets of ￿ thuth. In￿rarts wrF(ses ttE thuth bjlkllws are Ins￿&￿ ty the churth for
£20,982,050 arKJ the man* fy £394,487. Tr chwch oJ)tents ￿e inwral try churth
£2,176,7CKI (indth organ)
TOTAL TOTAL
2024
23
11 DEBTORS
ft Akl Tax rthvai
Interest
20,308
20,958 20,dP34
2,106
1,941
165
1,820
855 £ 25 433 £ 24 198
12 CURRENT UA81LrnES
CJgJltLYs payatAe wthn one year:
Loans
HMRC for PAYEINIC
ndry c￿lItC￿5
81
4,+12
81
12
4,135
1,355
4135£ 26814 £ 10,071
£ 22679£
13 DESIGNATED FUNDS
equlpw*nt or rKWt
The Repalrs & ReneNats Resern Is to fvrnl etc. at iK)th tt* Manse.
The Drama (knp ￿f￿m$ a numtEr muskals In the Ilfe d the church aThl thls fuThl
The ￿k$ge Church has a wllcy of dIr￿t gMrKJ for its cy*m requIre￿Its.
13.1 The mOve￿ts (w) the De*nated Fw#ts durfNJ ts yw Y￿e.
Gwjl Rylr• Drnma Todth* Total T(tsl
2024
2023
BakrKe blfwd l January 2024
46,518 251,485
1,501
8,126
1639 302,050
9,672
2,785
291.718
45
Sundry I￿0
1785
&ants
Transftr frDm f£J￿rnI Furnl
50,019 269,611
1,453
5,424 326,507 309,846
-3,025
ExrthJibJre in Year
Transth Between Fu￿ts
Bala￿e rIfv￿ 31 Decemt*r 2024
£ 50 019 269 611
2,424 323,482 £ 302,(60

THE BRIDGE CHURCH OTLEY, UNrrED REFORMED CHURCH CHARrrY
NOTES TO THE sfATEMEtir OF FINANCIAL ACTIVMES - contlnued
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31sr DECEMBER 2024
13 DESZGNATED AINDS - crnlinued
13.2 Tr paYn￿ts ojt of tre ReFoirs Reserbe vfft as folkths
14 RESTRicfED FUNDS
The church ￿COUnts 2 Restr1￿ FuThts, wlN¥e nKths can be used the sP￿C
purp)se for whkh were entrusted to the church. Tlv are at the dbk)xal of the
Church MeetlrKJ for any otrv wrpose, aNJ reryesent:
The Brl&Je Church Buikliffjs Furnl was creat8J ty thurth MeetiThJ to Uk¥Jt￿IIr￿j ar¥J maj
malntenarKe of the chuich kxemlses arKI ￿ Manse. Thts is suppmyted ty Dlrett GlvlThJ ahjne. in
aCcOrdar￿ with Church Meetlw
The fvnd B not INrt reryesalts rdi￿r for a partknlar ct• ty the thurch
such as the URCS 'Ccrfnmltment ts Ufe, LY Chrisban AKI.
14.1 ty) ￿ Restrlctrfj Furrtts duriNJ trt year were:
Bulklings
Fund
Donatkm$ Total
2024
Tot•1
2023
Balance Wlwd l January 2024
Direct GI￿￿j
Incorr￿ Tax Refutts Cjft AKJ
Ltrjac
Grants
Fund Ralslng
Interest Recebltd
Transfer fmm C￿1 Furnl
25,464
5,385
187
3,637
226
25,651
9,022
5,725
5,725
732
5,192
1.014
732
32,045
-9,274
9.775
41,820
-9,549 -18,823
54,5rKJ
-28,849
Exrfftl1tu￿ in Year (rntes14.2 to 14.3)
Balar￿ clfwd 31 D￿ntff 2024
226 £ 22 937 £ 25,651

THE BRIDGE CHURCH OTLEY, UNITED REFORMED CHURCH CHARITY
NOTES TO THE sfATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTivrriES . contlnwl
FOR ThE YEAR ENDED 31sr DECEMBER 2024
14 REsfRicfED FUNDS . a)ntlnued
14.2 Brklge Church Bulldlng$ Fund
Archrtects Fee5 on MarKY R(KNn Ur4raJirvJ
PlanniNJ Akw1tat￿ . Ro
Bat Su
642
2024
23
(Restrlcted Funds)
320
361
Chrlstsn Ajd Lur(h
Chrlstlan Ald
DEC MK*Jle East AFWI
DEC Turkeylsyrki Earttr￿Uake
TCV H￿l￿sh
Commrtment for Llfe
4,IT3
435
722
2.177
6758
1676
9550 £ 8.9)7

CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WAIES
Independent examinerfs report on the
accounts
Section A
liidependeiit Examiner's Report
R•port to the trusteesl
memb•rs of
On accounts for the year
•nd•d
Chartty no
(If •nyl
II28US
Set out on pag
I report to the trustees on rrry examinalion of the acwunts of the above
charity {Ihe Trusf) for the year ended
R•sporvJlbllttle$ and
basls of r•port
As Ihe charity's trustees. you are responsible for the preparation of the
accounts in accordarK% With the requiremnts ol the Chariti'es Act 2011
(Ihe Acr).
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust'8 accounts I￿rried out
under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carying out my examination, I
haNt followed all the applicat4e Directions given by the Charity Commission
under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
Independent
examlnerfs statement
I have (xlmpleted my examinab'm. I confimi that no material matter8 have
Con￿ to my attention in ￿nn8￿10n wtth the examination telheTr
which gives me cause lo believe that in, any material
respect..
the accounts'ng records were not kept in ￿COrdanCe with section 130
ol the Chaiities Act; or
the accounts did not accord with the a￿inting records., or
the accounts did not ¢(Mn￿Y wtth the applicable requirements
conceming the fom and content of ￿luntS set out in the Chartties
{Acc￿ntS and RerA)rtsl Regulats'ons 2008 other than any requirement
Ihat the a¢¢ounts gNe a Ime and fairf view which is not a matter
considered 88 part of an independent examination.
I have no concems and hava ￿rne &ross no other matters in connection
with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in
Order to enable a proper understsnding of the aC￿UnIS to be ￿&hed.
' Please delete the
in the brackets rfthey do not apply.
Slgned:
Dat•:
10IC
Nam•:
Relevant professional
quallficationls) or body
QA{L(￿)
IER
Oct 2018

Ilf any):
Addreu:
qL
Section B
Disclosure
Only complete If Ihe examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern
(see CC32. Independent examination of charTty ac£ount$.' directions and
guidan￿ for examiners).
Glve here brfef detslls of
any Items thatthe
•xaminer wlsh88 to
dIsclo￿.
IER
Oct 2018