## The Parochial Church Council of The Ecclesiastical Parish Of St John, Bowling, Bradford Charity number 1135113
Annual Report and Financial Statements
for the year ended 31 December 2024
The Parochial Church Council of The Ecclesiastical Parish Of St John, Bowling, Bradford
Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2024
|**Contents**|**Page**|
|---|---|
|Trustees' report|2 to 3|
|Examiner's report|4|
|Statement of financial activities|5|
|Balance sheet|6|
|Notes to the accounts|7 to 12|
## **Prepared by West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO**
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## The Parochial Church Council of The Ecclesiastical Parish Of St John, Bowling, Bradford
## 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**
**Position Dates** Tim Thomas Chair Janette Miller Treasurer Simon Ward Sharon Ward Ian Eskriett Sandra Foxcroft Sue Hannan Paul Ayers Helen Eskriett Harold Kolawole Victor Aladejana Amin Ramezani Soheil Chenari
Resigned 28 April 2024
Appointed 28 April 2024 Appointed 28 April 2024 Appointed 28 April 2024 Resigned 22 July 2024
**Charity number** 1135113
Registered in England and Wales
## **Registered and principal address**
## **Bankers**
Neville Rd Lloyds Bank plc Bradford Hustlergate BD4 8TU Bradford BD1 1NT
## **Independent examiner**
Simon Bostrom FCIE **West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO** Stringer House 34 Lupton Street Leeds LS10 2QW
## **Structure, governance and management**
The charity is governed by the Parochial Church Council Powers Measure (1956) as amended and church representation rules.
## **Method of recruitment and appointment of trustees**
The trustees of the charity are appointed by the members at the AGM.
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The Parochial Church Council of The Ecclesiastical Parish Of St
## John, Bowling, Bradford
## Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 December 2024
## **Objectives and activities**
## **The charity's objects**
Promoting in the ecclesiastical parish the whole mission of the Church.
## **The charity's main activities**
The charity provides a variety of religious activities and community projects.
## **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.
## **Achievements and performance**
We have had another busy and successful year at St John’s Bowling. Our buildings continue to be in use 7 days a week for congregational and community-based activities. The church congregations have continued to grow, with people from across the world joining the St John’s family. We have continued to see particular growth in our youth and refugee/asylum seeker outreach works.
St John’s Bowling Hub continues to host many local partners as well as running our own community outreach projects. In particular, the Pete’s Place project continues to thrive with our work supporting over 350 local households in 2024. This was primarily through the provision of low-cost food to the community through our Grub Club and Grub Club Xtra sessions and the Pete’s Place hot meal provision. These sessions attracted people from over 44 nations. Other activity sessions included arts and crafts sessions, English language tuition, community cooking sessions and distributing SIM cards to community users via the National Databank network. All this work has flourished through strengthening our partnerships with other local organisations including schools and other charities in 2024. Towards the end of the year, Pete’s Place became a Foodsavers outlet, which has significantly helped our Grub Club users manage their money better and start a financial savings journey through links with Bradford District Credit Union. We have grown our staff and volunteer team in 2024, many thanks to some of our funders who have enabled this to take place. Special thanks to these volunteers who have given over 3800 hours of time serving at Pete’s Place.
Our usual variety of community activities running from the Hub have increased in the past 12 months including hosting local faith groups, exercise classes and addiction support groups. We also continued to run a busy schedule of private bookings for activities, parties and events.
In the last quarter of the year, our main building underwent significant capital improvement works to remove signs of a dry rot infestation whilst undertaking roof and gutter renovation/replacement works along the south side. This work was satisfactorily completed before the year end and we await the scoping of the final phase of roof renovation works in 2025.
## **Financial review**
The net expenditure for the year was £132,382, including net expenditure of £118,697 on unrestricted funds and net expenditure of £13,685 on restricted funds after transfers.
## **Reserves policy**
The charity's free reserves, excluding fixed assets, at the year end were £46,369.
The reserves policy is to retain funds that are not committed or invested that amount to between 1 and 3 months of annual expenditure. The purpose of the reserve is to enable the smooth running of the charity and to allow for an orderly winding up should the charity need to close. Annual budgeted expenditure is approximately £260,000 which means that the reserves should be between £22,000 and £65,000.
Approved by the board of trustees on 25/03/2025
Janette Miller (Trustee)
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## The Parochial Church Council of The Ecclesiastical Parish Of St John, Bowling, Bradford
## Independent examiner's report to the trustees of The Parochial Church Council of The Ecclesiastical Parish Of St John, Bowling, Bradford
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the charity for the year ended 31 December 2024, which are set out on pages 5 to 12.
## **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**
Since the charity'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 ACIE 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:
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
31/03/2025
## **West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO**
Stringer House 34 Lupton Street Leeds LS10 2QW
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## The Parochial Church Council of The Ecclesiastical Parish Of St John, Bowling, Bradford
## 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)
104,889
Venue hire
32,127
Other earned income
10,107
VAT reclaim
23,349
Bank interest
-
Insurance claims
-
**Total income**
170,472
**Expenditure on:**
Salaries, NICs and pension
(3)
30,064
Training
1,550
Clergy expenses
1,059
Phone and internet
4,542
Utilities
5,587
Insurance
9,159
Cleaning
3,616
Repairs and maintenance
153,612
Resources and congregation expenses
6,434
Administration
3,195
Communications and marketing
5,057
Printing and stationery
1,639
Home mission - donations
820
Overseas mission - donations
6,500
Events and activities
3,846
Diocesan share
37,510
Bank charges
274
Independent examination
1,071
Depreciation
13,634
Donations
-
**Total expenditure**
289,169
**Net income / (expenditure)**
(118,697)
**Fund balances brought forward**
590,487
**Fund balances carried forward**
(4)
471,790|2024
Restricted
funds
£
142,221
-
-
-
-
-
142,221
80,249
1,050
-
-
11,964
-
715
11,789
-
1,358
301
22
-
-
44,282
-
-
-
-
4,176
155,906
(13,685)
33,982
20,297|2024
Total
funds
£
247,110
32,127
10,107
23,349
-
-
312,693
110,313
2,600
1,059
4,542
17,551
9,159
4,331
165,401
6,434
4,553
5,358
1,661
820
6,500
48,128
37,510
274
1,071
13,634
4,176
445,075
(132,382)
624,469
492,087|2023
Total
funds
£
297,953
27,738
9,573
5,497
6
1,909
342,676
85,006
-
1,191
4,287
13,696
4,450
3,115
48,487
8,406
4,531
565
1,919
1,300
6,040
53,782
39,484
248
1,071
13,634
-
291,212
51,464
573,005
624,469|
|---|---|---|---|
All incoming resources and resources expended derive from continuing activities.
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## The Parochial Church Council of The Ecclesiastical Parish Of St John, Bowling, Bradford
## Balance sheet
|as at 31 December 2024
2024
Unrestricted
£
**Fixed assets**
Tangible assets
(5)
425,421
**Total fixed assets**
425,421
**Current assets**
Debtors and prepayments
(6)
3,955
Cash at bank and in hand
(7)
46,900
**Total current assets**
50,855
**Current liabilities:**
**amounts falling due within one year**
Creditors and accruals
(8)
4,486
**Total current liabilities**
4,486
**Net current assets / (liabilities)**
46,369
**Net assets**
471,790
**Funds**
Unrestricted funds
471,790
Restricted funds
-
**Total funds**
471,790|2024
Restricted
£
-
-
-
20,297
20,297
-
-
20,297
20,297
-
20,297
20,297|2024
Total
£
425,421
425,421
3,955
67,197
71,152
4,486
4,486
66,666
492,087
471,790
20,297
492,087|2023
Total
£
439,055
439,055
21,562
168,381
189,943
4,529
4,529
185,414
624,469
590,487
33,982
624,469|
|---|---|---|---|
The financial statements were approved by the board of trustees on 25/03/2025
Janette Miller (Trustee)
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## The Parochial Church Council of The Ecclesiastical Parish
## Of St John, Bowling, Bradford
## 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.
## **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 £500 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: Property Improvements: over 50 years
Project and office equipment: over 5 years
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## The Parochial Church Council of The Ecclesiastical Parish
## Of St John, Bowling, Bradford
Notes to the accounts
for the year ended 31 December 2024
## **1 Accounting policies continued**
## **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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The Parochial Church Council of The Ecclesiastical Parish Of S
## Bowling, Bradford
## Notes to the accounts continued
## for the year ended 31 December 2024
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|---|---|---|---|---|
|2|Grants and donations|2024|2024|2024|
|Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|
|funds|funds|funds|
|£|£|£|
|-|
|Bradford City Challenge Foundation|1,750|1,750|
|-|
|CBMDC Community Building Grants|6,600|6,600|
|CBMDC Community Chest|-|250|250|
|-|
|CBMDC Household Support Fund|29,502|29,502|
|-|
|Department for Culture, Media and Sport DCMS|29,366|29,366|
|Leeds Diocese|-|38,831|38,831|
|-|
|People's Health Trust Active Communities|4,246|4,246|
|-|
|The Joseph Rank Trust|12,500|12,500|
|The Wilats Trust|-|15,000|15,000|
|-|-|-|
|Archbishop Fund|
|-|-|-|
|CBMDC King's Coronation|
|-|-|-|
|Sainsbury Family Charitable Trusts|
|-|-|-|
|UK Shared Prosperity Fund|
|Gift aid|17,435|-|17,435|
|Other donations|87,454|4,176|91,630|
|104,889|142,221|247,110|
|3|Staff costs and numbers|2024|
|£|
|Gross salaries|103,463|
|Social security costs|6,928|
|Employment allowance|(5,501)|
|Pensions|5,423|
|110,313|
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The average number of employees during the year was 4.9, being an average of 3.5 full time equivalent (202 FTE). There were no employees with emoluments above £60,000.
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|---|---|
|Defined contribution pension scheme|2024|
|£|
|Costs of the scheme to the charity for the year|5,423|
|Amount of any contributions outstanding at the year end|321|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|4|Restricted funds|Balance b/f|Incoming|Outgoing|Transfers|
|£|£|£|£|
|-|
|The Joseph Rank Trust|10,583|12,500|12,666|
|Leeds Diocese|-|35,331|34,027|-|
|-|
|CBDMC - Household Support|7,889|29,502|30,689|
|The Wilats Trust|-|15,000|15,000|-|
|-|-|
|Sainsbury Family Trusts|1,500|1,500|
|-|
|Peoples Health Trust|13,886|4,246|18,132|
|DCMS|-|29,366|29,366|-|
|CBDMC Community Chest|-|250|250|-|
|-|-|
|CBDMC - Community Building|6,600|6,600|
|-|-|
|Leeds Diocese Building fund|3,500|3,500|
|-|-|-|
|Bradford City Challenge Fdn.|1,750|
|Archbishop Fund|124|-|-|-|
|Funeral donations fund|-|4,176|4,176|-|
|-|
|33,982|142,221|155,906|
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## St John,
2023 Total funds £ 5,000 4,000 - 35,080 16,678 24,894 20,305 12,500 16,000 200 200 1,500 5,500 20,587 135,509 297,953
2023 £ 80,871 5,746 (5,649) 4,038 85,006
23: 4.7, 3.1
2023 £ 4,038 186 Balance c/f £ 10,417 1,304 6,702 - - - - - - - 1,750 124 - 20,297
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The Parochial Church Council of The Ecclesiastical Parish Of St
## John, Bowling, Bradford
Notes to the accounts continued for the year ended 31 December 2024
## **4 Restricted funds**
## **Fund name**
The Joseph Rank Trust Leeds Diocese
CBDMC - Household Support The Wilats Trust Sainsbury Family Trusts Peoples Health Trust DCMS
CBDMC Community Chest CBDMC - Community Building Leeds Diocese Building fund Bradford City Challenge Fdn. Archbishop Fund Funeral donations fund
## **Purpose of restriction**
Mission work with asylum seekers and refugees.
Strategic development fund - towards Mission apprentice salary and operation support costs.
Towards household support and food provision. Fund staff salaries an extra 20 hours per week. To fund cook and eat sessions.
Active Communities Grant to fund Pete’s Place staffing / project development Funding through the Community Organisations Cost of Living Fund. Towards the cost of a community event.
Community Utilities Grant for running costs of the Community Hub. Towards the cost of roof repairs.
Towards the running costs of Pete's Place.
To support evangelism through a local school Christian Union. During the year the charity collected donations to be passed on to the relatives of one of the church members who passed away during the year.
|**Tangible assets**
**Cost**
£
£
At 1 January 2024
-
-
Additions
-
-
At 31 December 2024
-
-
**Depreciation**
At 1 January 2024
-
-
Charge for year
-
-
At 31 December 2024
-
-
**Net book value**
At 31 December 2024
-
-
At 31 December 2023
-
-
**Debtors and prepayments**
Prepayments
Accrued income
Other debtors
**Cash at bank and in hand**
Cash at bank
Cash in hand
Class 3
Class 4|£
18,099
-
18,099
9,819
3,620
13,439
4,660
8,280
Equipment|£
500,711
-
500,711
69,936
10,014
79,950
420,761
430,775
2024
£
359
3,596
-
3,955
2024
£
67,113
84
67,197
Property
improvement|Total
£
518,810
-
518,810
79,755
13,634
93,389
425,421
439,055
2023
£
359
21,017
186
21,562
2023
£
168,369
12
168,381|
|---|---|---|---|
## **5 Tangible assets**
## **6 Debtors and prepayments**
## **7 Cash at bank and in hand**
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## The Parochial Church Council of The Ecclesiastical Parish Of
## St John, Bowling, Bradford
## Notes to the accounts continued
## for the year ended 31 December 2024
|**8 Creditors and accruals**
Accruals
Other creditors|2024
£
4,114
372
4,486|2023
£
4,529
-
4,529|
|---|---|---|
## **9 Related party transactions continued**
## **Donations from trustees and related parties**
The total aggregate value of unconditional donations to the charity from the trustees or related parties was £21,788 (2023: £71,504).
## **Trustee expenses**
No trustee received any expenses during this year or the previous year.
## **Trustee remuneration and benefits**
During the year, Janette Miller, a trustee was engaged on a freelance basis to provide admin services for the charity. She was paid £3,185 during the year for these services (2023: £3,472). The authority for this engagement arises from the governing document and meets the criteria set out in s185 of the Charities Act 2011.
No other trustee received any remuneration or benefit during this or the previous year.
## **10 Operating leases**
|Within one year
In the second to fifth years inclusive
Over five years from the balance sheet date
Expected future minimum lease payments over the remaining life of the
lease, analysed into the period in which the commitment falls due:|2024
£
3,834
502
-
4,336|2023
£
4,911
4,336
9,247|
|---|---|---|
|**11 **|**Funds held as agent**|Balance b/f
Incoming
Outgoing
Balance c/f|
|---|---|---|
||Credit Union savings|£
£
£
£
-
209
209
-|
|||-
209
209
-|
||**Fund name**|**Additional information**|
||Credit Union savings|During the year the charity acted in an intermediary capacity by collecting|
|||sums from service users to be passed on to Bradford District Credit Union as|
|||savings.|
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## The Parochial Church Council of The Ecclesiastical Parish Of St
## John, Bowling, Bradford
## 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
104,889
156,096
Venue hire
32,127
27,738
Other earned income
10,107
9,573
VAT reclaim
23,349
5,497
Bank interest
-
6
Insurance claims
-
1,909
**Total income**
170,472
200,819
**Expenditure**
Salaries, NICs and pension
30,064
19,281
Training
1,550
-
Clergy expenses
1,059
1,191
Phone and internet
4,542
4,287
Utilities
5,587
1,943
Insurance
9,159
4,450
Cleaning
3,616
2,957
Repairs and maintenance
153,612
40,715
Resources and congregation expenses
6,434
8,406
Administration
3,195
4,500
Communications and marketing
5,057
565
Printing and stationery
1,639
1,919
Home mission - donations
820
1,300
Overseas mission - donations
6,500
6,040
Events and activities
3,846
6,512
Diocesan share
37,510
39,484
Bank charges
274
248
Independent examination
1,071
1,071
Depreciation
13,634
13,634
**Total expenditure**
289,169
158,503
**Net income / (expenditure)**
(118,697)
42,316
**Transfers between funds**
-
1,620
**Net movement in funds**
(118,697)
43,936
**Fund balances brought forward**
590,487
546,551
**Fund balances carried forward**
471,790
590,487|2024
Restricted
funds
£
142,221
-
-
-
-
-
142,221
80,249
1,050
-
-
11,964
-
715
11,789
-
1,358
301
22
-
-
44,282
-
-
-
-
155,906
(13,685)
-
(13,685)
33,982
20,297|2023
Restricted
funds
£
141,857
-
-
-
-
-
141,857
65,725
-
-
-
11,753
-
158
7,772
-
31
-
-
-
-
47,270
-
-
-
-
132,709
9,148
(1,620)
7,528
26,454
33,982|2024
Total
funds
£
247,110
32,127
10,107
23,349
-
-
312,693
110,313
2,600
1,059
4,542
17,551
9,159
4,331
165,401
6,434
4,553
5,358
1,661
820
6,500
48,128
37,510
274
1,071
13,634
445,075
(132,382)
-
(132,382)
624,469
492,087|2023
Total
funds
£
297,953
27,738
9,573
5,497
6
1,909
342,676
85,006
-
1,191
4,287
13,696
4,450
3,115
48,487
8,406
4,531
565
1,919
1,300
6,040
53,782
39,484
248
1,071
13,634
291,212
51,464
-
51,464
573,005
624,469|
|---|---|---|---|---|
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