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 2025
The Parochial Church Council of The Ecclesiastical Parish Of St John, Bowling, Bradford
Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2025
| Contents | Page |
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| Trustees' report | 2 to 4 |
| Examiner's report | 5 |
| Statement of financial activities | 6 |
| Balance sheet | 7 |
| Notes to the accounts | 8 to 14 |
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 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 Dates
Position Tim Thomas Chair Janette Miller Treasurer Simon Ward Sharon Ward Ian Eskriett Sue Hannan Paul Ayers Helen Eskriett Harold Kolawole Victor Aladejana Amin Ramezani Debbie Neale
Resigned 27 April 2025
Resigned 27 April 2025 Appointed 27 April 2025 Registered in England and Wales
Charity number
1135113
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 2025
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
2025 was another busy and fruitful year at St John’s Bowling. Our buildings remained in use 7 days a week for congregational and community-based activities. Our church congregations continued to grow, attracting people from many different nations around the world as well as those who are Bradford born and bred. Our outreach to young people, asylum seekers and people on the margins continues to gain momentum, with many new people engaging with our various services and activities over the course of the year.
Our Pete’s Place project supported over 400 local households in 2025. This was primarily through the provision of low-cost food to the community through our Foodsavers sessions and our (free) hot meal provision. People from over 44 nations attended these sessions, which also offered help with housing and benefits issues, together with specialist support for people facing challenges with their mental health and/or addiction. Our ESOL classes helped 54 people improve their English language skills so as to be able to integrate better into society and enhance their prospects of finding employment.
Partnership working remains at the heart of our community work. We have developed strong links with the DWP, Horton Housing, Gamcare, Hope Housing, National Data Bank as well as the Bradford District Credit Union, which we promote through our Foodsavers sessions in order to encourage our shoppers to save a little bit of money each week so as to increase their financial resilience.
Our wonderful team of committed and enthusiastic volunteers gave a total of 3000 + hours over the course of the year in serving our local community, working tirelessly to help those in need.
As well as serving as a base for our community work, our buildings were also well used by other charities and community groups, as well as local residents to whom we hire out our buildings for private parties and other events.
Ensuring that our 184-year old Grade II listed building will continue to provide a warm, dry and welcoming place for our local community for many years to come remains one of our key priorities. With Phase 1 of our roof repair project and the dry rot remedial work now complete, we are fully focused on securing funding to complete the remaining repairs to the roof and windows.
None of our work over the course of 2025 would have been possible without the generous support of our many donors (including members of the congregation as well as external grant funders). We are very grateful to all those who have supported us financially, and through giving their time, over the course of the year.
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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 2025
Financial review
The net income for the year was £28,448, including net income of £11,448 on unrestricted funds and net income of £17,000 on restricted funds.
Reserves policy
The charity's free reserves, excluding fixed assets, at the year end were £70,148.
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 24/03/2026
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 2025, which are set out on pages 6 to 14.
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:
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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
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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
07/04/2026
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 2025
| Notes 2025 Unrestricted funds £ Income from: Grants and donations (2) 107,523 Venue hire 33,678 Other earned income 13,185 VAT reclaim 868 Total income 155,254 Expenditure on: Salaries, NICs and pension (3) 33,864 Training 350 Clergy expenses 918 Phone and internet 4,308 Utilities 7,721 Insurance 5,418 Cleaning 2,385 Repairs and maintenance 16,264 Resources and congregation expenses 5,723 Administration 3,447 Communications and marketing 144 Printing and stationery 1,441 Home mission - donations 120 Overseas mission - donations 8,500 Events and activities 3,840 Diocesan share 35,634 Bank charges 327 Independent examination 1,071 Depreciation 12,331 Donations - Total expenditure 143,806 Net income / (expenditure) 11,448 Fund balances brought forward 471,790 Fund balances carried forward (4) 483,238 |
2025 Restricted funds £ 122,491 - 147 - 122,638 65,364 - - - 3,947 460 566 2,745 - 1,682 - 276 - - 30,598 - - - - - 105,638 17,000 20,297 37,297 |
2025 Total funds £ 230,014 33,678 13,332 868 277,892 99,228 350 918 4,308 11,668 5,878 2,951 19,009 5,723 5,129 144 1,717 120 8,500 34,438 35,634 327 1,071 12,331 - 249,444 28,448 492,087 520,535 |
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 |
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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 2025 2025 Unrestricted £ Fixed assets Tangible assets (5) 413,090 Total fixed assets 413,090 Current assets Debtors and prepayments (6) 4,799 Cash at bank and in hand (7) 66,770 Total current assets 71,569 Current liabilities: amounts falling due within one year Creditors and accruals (8) 1,421 Total current liabilities 1,421 Net current assets / (liabilities) 70,148 Net assets 483,238 Funds Unrestricted funds 483,238 Restricted funds - Total funds 483,238 |
2025 Restricted £ - - - 37,297 37,297 - - 37,297 37,297 - 37,297 37,297 |
2025 Total £ 413,090 413,090 4,799 104,067 108,866 1,421 1,421 107,445 520,535 483,238 37,297 520,535 |
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 |
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The financial statements were approved by the board of trustees on 24/03/2026
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 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, 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 2025
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 St
John, Bowling, Bradford
Notes to the accounts continued
for the year ended 31 December 2025
| 2 Grants and donations BACSA BD4+Community Partnership Beyond the Margin Bradford City Challenge Foundation CBMDC Household Support Fund CBMDC Utilities Coulson Trust Joseph Rank Trust Leeds Diocese National Lottery Commumity Fund (NLCF) People's Health Trust Active Communities Soverign Health Care The Lauderdale Trust The Willats Trust CBMDC Community Building Grants CBMDC Community Chest Department for Culture, Media and Sport DCMS Gift aid The Joseph Rank Trust Other donations 3 Staff costs and numbers Gross salaries Social security costs Employment allowance Pensions |
2025 Unrestricted funds £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 14,783 - 92,740 107,523 |
2025 Restricted funds £ 4,000 2,500 5,560 1,250 21,254 5,000 200 12,500 15,161 19,818 3,995 3,000 17,449 8,125 - - - - - 2,679 122,491 |
2025 Total funds £ 4,000 2,500 5,560 1,250 21,254 5,000 200 12,500 15,161 19,818 3,995 3,000 17,449 8,125 - - - 14,783 - 95,419 230,014 2025 £ 93,328 9,389 (7,732) 4,243 99,228 |
2024 Total funds £ - - - 1,750 29,502 - - - 38,831 - 4,246 - - 15,000 6,600 250 29,366 17,435 12,500 91,630 247,110 2024 £ 103,463 6,928 (5,501) 5,423 110,313 |
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The average number of employees during the year was 4, being an average of 2.8 full time equivalent (2024: 4.9, 3.5 FTE). There were no employees with emoluments above £60,000.
| Defined contribution pension scheme | 2025 | 2024 |
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| £ | £ | |
| Costs of the scheme to the charity for the year | 4,243 | 5,423 |
| Amount of any contributions outstanding at the year end | 350 | 321 |
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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 2025
| 4 Restricted funds The Joseph Rank Trust Leeds Diocese CBDMC - Household Support The Willats Trust Peoples Health Trust CBDMC Utilities Sovereign Health Care Bradford City Challenge Fdn. Archbishop Fund Youth Fund NLCF BACSA The Lauderdale Trust Beyond the Margin Coulson Trust BD4+Community Partnership Petes Place Fund |
Balance b/f £ 10,417 1,304 6,702 - - - - 1,750 124 - - - - - - - - 20,297 |
Incoming £ 12,500 15,161 21,254 8,125 3,995 5,000 3,000 1,250 - 147 19,818 4,000 17,449 5,560 200 2,500 2,679 122,638 |
Outgoing £ 12,365 16,465 22,739 6,540 3,995 2,315 749 3,000 124 147 15,891 4,000 11,548 5,560 200 - - 105,638 |
Transfers £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
Balance c/f £ 10,552 - 5,217 1,585 - 2,685 2,251 - - - 3,927 - 5,901 - - 2,500 2,679 37,297 |
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Fund name
The Joseph Rank Trust Leeds Diocese
Purpose of restriction
Mission work with asylum seekers and refugees. Strategic development fund - towards Mission apprentice salary and operation support costs.
CBDMC - Household Support Towards household support and food provision. The Willats Trust Fund staff salaries an extra 20 hours per week. Peoples Health Trust Active Communities Grant to fund Pete’s Place staffing / project development and delivery. CBDMC Utilities Towards ongoing building costs. Sovereign Health Care Towards the running costs of Pete's Place. Bradford City Challenge Fdn. Towards the running costs of Pete's Place. Archbishop Fund To support evangelism through a local school Christian Union. Youth Fund Parental Contribution to Youth. NLCF Towards the running costs of Pete's Place. BACSA Towards the running costs of Pete's Place. The Lauderdale Trust Salary Contribution to Pastor for asylum seekers & refugees. Beyond the Margin To support Men's mental health. Coulson Trust Contribution to Unite Camp. BD4+Community Partnership Towards the running costs of Pete's Place. Petes Place Fund Donations made specifically for Pete's Place
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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 2025
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Tangible assets Cost At 1 January 2025 Additions At 31 December 2025 Depreciation At 1 January 2025 Charge for year At 31 December 2025 Net book value At 31 December 2025 At 31 December 2024 Debtors and prepayments Prepayments Accrued income Cash at bank and in hand Cash at bank Cash in hand Creditors and accruals Accruals Other creditors |
£ 18,099 - 18,099 13,439 2,317 15,756 2,343 4,660 Equipment |
£ 500,711 - 500,711 79,950 10,014 89,964 410,747 420,761 2025 £ 1,351 3,448 4,799 2025 £ 104,022 45 104,067 2025 £ 1,071 350 1,421 Property improvements |
Total £ 518,810 - 518,810 93,389 12,331 105,720 413,090 425,421 2024 £ 359 3,596 3,955 2024 £ 67,113 84 67,197 2024 £ 4,114 372 4,486 |
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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 2025
9 Related party transactions
Donations from trustees and related parties
The total aggregate value of unconditional donations to the charity from the trustees or related parties was £30,587 (2024: £21,788).
Trustee expenses
No trustee received any expenses by reason of their trusteeship, during this year or the previous year.
| Trustee remuneration and benefits Janette Miller Fees paid for work done Helen Eskriett Salary - Pete's Place Paul Ayers Salary - Mission Apprentice |
2025 £ 2,520 7,793 4,685 14,998 |
2024 £ 3,185 10,725 - 13,910 |
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No other trustee received any remuneration or benefit during this or the previous year.
Legal authority for the payments
The legal authority for the payments is via a provision within the charity's governing document.
| Funds held as agent Credit Union savings |
Balance b/f £ - - |
Incoming £ 767 767 |
Outgoing £ 767 767 |
Balance c/f £ - - |
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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 2025
| 2025 2024 Unrestricted Unrestricted funds funds £ £ Income Grants and donations 107,523 104,889 Venue hire 33,678 32,127 Other earned income 13,185 10,107 VAT reclaim 868 23,349 Total income 155,254 170,472 Expenditure Salaries, NICs and pension 33,864 30,064 Training 350 1,550 Clergy expenses 918 1,059 Phone and internet 4,308 4,542 Utilities 7,721 5,587 Insurance 5,418 9,159 Cleaning 2,385 3,616 Repairs and maintenance 16,264 153,612 Resources and congregation expenses 5,723 6,434 Administration 3,447 3,195 Communications and marketing 144 5,057 Printing and stationery 1,441 1,639 Home mission - donations 120 820 Overseas mission - donations 8,500 6,500 Events and activities 3,840 3,846 Diocesan share 35,634 37,510 Bank charges 327 274 Independent examination 1,071 1,071 Depreciation 12,331 13,634 Donations - - Total expenditure 143,806 289,169 Net income / (expenditure) 11,448 (118,697) Fund balances brought forward 471,790 590,487 Fund balances carried forward 483,238 471,790 |
2025 Restricted funds £ 122,491 - 147 - 122,638 65,364 - - - 3,947 460 566 2,745 - 1,682 - 276 - - 30,598 - - - - - 105,638 17,000 20,297 37,297 |
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 |
2025 Total funds £ 230,014 33,678 13,332 868 277,892 99,228 350 918 4,308 11,668 5,878 2,951 19,009 5,723 5,129 144 1,717 120 8,500 34,438 35,634 327 1,071 12,331 - 249,444 28,448 492,087 520,535 |
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 |
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