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Bristol Hospitality Network

ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

31 MARCH 2025

Company Registration Number 7308750 Charity Number 1138498

Bristol Hospitality Network

Year Ended 31 March 2025

Annual Report and Financial Statements

CONTENTS PAGE	CONTENTS PAGE
Reference and administration details of the charity and its
advisors 3
Trustees Annual Report 4 to 8
Independent Examiner’s Report 9
Statement of Financial Activities
(Including Income and Expenditure Account) 10
Balance Sheet 11
Directors’ Statements 12
Notes to the Financial Statements 13 to 23

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Annual Report and Financial Statements

Status

Bristol Hospitality Network is a company limited by guarantee (registration number 7308750) incorporated on 8th July 2010 and granted charitable status by the Charity Commission under number 1138498 on the 21st of October 2010.

Trustees

The following served as trustees during the year:

Laura Barrow (Resigned November 2024) Asma Akter (appointed November 2022) James Collett (Chair 8 July 2022, Co-chair 25 January 2024, Vice chair 25 April 2024) Emmanuel Kamuhanda (Resigned November 2024) Anita Mawondo (Treasurer, resigned November 2024) Katherine Jane Lang (appointed 25 April 2024) Emmanuel Musonda Nsofwa (appointed Co-chair 25 January 2024, Chair from 25 April 2024) Emily Mayloney Williams (appointed 25 April 2024) Tom Cole (appointed November 2024) Colin McInnes (Treasurer, appointed November 2024) Jess Thompson (appointed November 2024) Akram AlMansai (appointed November 2024, resigned December 2024)

Registered Office

Bristol Hospitality Network c/o ECFC Beaufort Street Easton Bristol BS5 0SQ

Bankers

Unity Trust Bank plc Nine Brindley place Birmingham B1 2HB

Independent Examiner

Linden Accountants Ltd Scrapstore House 21 Sevier St Bristol BS2 9LB

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Trustees Annual Report

The Trustees present their report and the unaudited financial statements of the Charity for the year ended 31 March 2025.

Reference and administrative information set out on page 3 forms part of this report. The financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011, the Companies Act 2006, the Memorandum and Articles of Association, and Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2015).

Structure, Governance and Management

Organisation

The Charity is controlled by its governing document, Memorandum and Articles of Association.

Risk Review

The trustees have a duty to identify and review the risks to which the Charity is exposed and to ensure appropriate controls are in place to provide reasonable assurance against fraud and error. The trustees monitor risk on an ongoing basis and have appropriate frameworks in place for risk management.

The Directors

The Board of Directors, who are Trustees for the purpose of charity law, who served during the year and up to the date of this report are set out below.

Objectives of the Charity

To relieve financial hardship amongst those seeking asylum, and those granted refugee status, and their dependents who are destitute and living temporarily or permanently in Bristol and the surrounding areas, in particular but not exclusively by the provision of temporary accommodation, advice, information, support and advocacy, for the public benefit.

Such other charitable purposes for the public benefit and the benefit of those seeking asylum, and those granted refugee status, and their dependents who are destitute in such ways as the trustees shall determine.

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Achievements and Performance

Bristol Hospitality Network (BHN) continued its vital work supporting people left destitute while seeking asylum in the UK those we call our members.

The need for our work has never been more urgent. Hostile asylum and immigration policies mean that when someone’s claim is refused, they lose the right to work, access public funds, and secure housing. This often results in street homelessness or sofa-surfing, with no income and no stable base from which to continue pursuing protection.

Our core aim is to support and empower our members to move forward, whether by continuing their asylum claims or finding other safe, long-term solutions. That journey begins with a stable foundation, which is why accommodation remains our immediate priority. We currently offer housing in our 11-bed men’s house and through our volunteer Hosting Network. The men’s house is supported by a live-in host couple and a team of volunteers, with oversight and supervision from our Hosting Manager.

During the year, BHN worked with 18 host families, an increase from 14 the year before. We made 52 placements involving 35 individuals (30 men and 5 women), providing 5,740 nights of accommodation, an average of 164 nights per person. By comparison, in 2023–24 we hosted 30 individuals for 7,142 nights, an average of 238 nights per person. This shift shows we supported more people in 2024–25, with a shorter average stay, reflecting improved efficiency and wraparound support.

Outcomes for hosted members were positive. Five members received leave to remain, 10 were offered Home Office accommodation, one moved away for a job, one was not hostable, and five no longer had active cases, likely staying with friends. As of April 2025, 13 people continue to be hosted: two have since moved on after failed appeals, two secured Home Office accommodation, and nine are still working on their cases. Importantly, 91% of survey respondents told us the BHN Advice Team helped them understand how things work in the UK. Our hosts go far beyond offering a room, they provide food, bedding, conversation, and vital support navigating the complex systems around housing, healthcare, and transport.

Our Welcome Centre drop-in has also been busier than ever. High turn-around in hotel placements and the ongoing cost-of-living crisis meant more people including families came to us for breakfast, lunch, and support. We ran 47 Monday morning drop-ins, attended by 703 individuals (including staff, volunteers, and members), with a total of 5,112 visits.

Between 6 April 2024 and 5 April 2025, BHN supported 652 service users: 310 people accessed our Advice Team, and 617 attended the drop-in, a 9.8% increase on the previous year.

Improving our members’ mental health and wellbeing remains central to our mission. The Welcome Centre is the heart of BHN, we provide a vibrant, safe, and welcoming space where staff, volunteers, trustees, and members connect and find community. Each week we serve a hot meal to up to 120 people, cooked by trained member-volunteers alongside our part-time Kitchen Coordinator. The drop-in also offers English and poetry classes, a barber service, games, crafts, sewing, and art. Members are supported to volunteer in many areas from setup and cleaning to cooking, strengthening both confidence and connection.

Our Solidarity Fund continues to provide hosted members with £130 per month for essentials like phone credit, clothing, and travel to our services.

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In partnership with Trauma Foundation South West , we also provide regular psychosocial support for our frontline staff. This trauma-informed supervision helps our team respond with care under pressure, reduces stress and burnout, and contributes to lower sickness absence. Our services are trauma-informed and person-centred grounded in the belief that everyone deserves dignity, care, and a chance to rebuild.

Our catering social enterprise, Moveable Feast , also grew this year. We catered 12 events, including weddings, conferences, and fundraisers reaching over 750 people. This initiative gives members valuable work experience and industry-recognised qualifications, preparing them for employment if and when they’re granted status. Through food, Moveable Feast continues to promote integration, empowerment, and community. By building real partnerships, offering meaningful roles, and running inclusive events, we’re helping members build brighter, more connected futures.

Our Advice Team played a key role in supporting members through complex asylum and immigration systems. They attended all 47 drop-ins, supported by seven trained volunteers, and worked with at least 310 individuals over 1,336 advice sessions, a 17% increase on last year. The main issues dealt with were asylum claims, Home Office support, and housing. The team’s presence and guidance has been transformative for members navigating confusing and often traumatic processes.

Volunteers

Our work would not be possible without our incredible volunteers. They provide essential support in our Welcome Centre and at our men’s house. In October 2024, we were fortunate to receive funding to recruit a dedicated Volunteer Coordinator. Over the year, at least 196 volunteers supported BHN 82% with lived experience, and 18% UK or settled volunteers. Many took on multiple roles. We are also proud that 3 of our 9 trustees are people with lived experience, having previously been BHN members themselves.

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI)

We continue to prioritise Equity, Diversity and Inclusion as central to our values and our way of working. BHN remains committed to being a member-led organisation. We are developing leadership pathways for members and strengthening our advisory board and consultation processes. In July 2024, we held a BHN Strategy Day to revisit our aims and clarify our commitments:

We actively listen to members and make changes based on their needs and feedback.
We have staff, trustees, and advisors with lived experience empowered to shape our work.
We aspire to governance that is led by people with lived experience of the asylum system.

“Our aim is to be an organisation where everyone feels like they belong where all can participate, contribute, and thrive.”

This year, BHN has established a more stable financial footing, giving us the confidence and capacity to begin implementing some of our longer-term commitments.

Public Benefit

The trustees have complied with their duty under Section 17 of the Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to the guidance on public benefit published by the Charity Commission.

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Financial Position and Thanks

The organisation finished the year with a deficit of £18,185. Income rose by £824 compared to 2023/24, from £355,592 to £356,416, but expenditure increased by £54,386 from £320,215 to £374,601, an increase of 17%. As well as on-going cost pressures the increase also resulted from increasing the staffing complement by two and aligning staff pay with National Joint Council pay rates. The extra staff has addressed areas that needed strengthening in the organisation.

A huge thank you to all those who have supported BHN financially this year including: The Burden Trust, The Big Give, Lloyds Bank Foundation, The Leathersellers’ Company, Quartet, Bristol City Council, Swire Charitable Trust, Tuixen Foundation, Feeding Bristol, NGED WE Plc bike, The Bike Project, The Nisbet Trust, Aid Box Community and The National Lottery Fund. Also, to our many, dedicated individual donors, particularly those who donate regularly.

Future Developments

There is continued demand for the provision of accommodation and solidarity for destitute asylum seekers in Bristol, which is the core activity of BHN. The organisation has continued to raise sufficient grants and donations to cover operating costs to date, with campaigns planned and a strategy in place to raise the required funds to ensure that the organisation can continue to operate and to meet its financial obligations for at least the next 12 months and with reasonable expectation for the foreseeable future.

Reserves Policy

The Trustees typically aim to have three to six months’ total expenditure available in unrestricted reserves. This is to allow sufficient time to respond if income is reduced, giving the organisation time to find alternative income streams, or to scale back activities if required. A significant proportion of our income comes from voluntary donations; we rely on the ongoing support of our regular donors.

Due to the £18,185 loss, BHN reserves have reduced from £164,285 to £146,100. Current reserves are equivalent to 4.7 months of spend, just at the upper end of Trustee policy to hold 3-6 months funding in reserve.

Trustees’ Responsibilities in relation to the Financial Statements

The trustees (who are also directors for the purposes of company law) are responsible for preparing the Trustees' Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

Company law requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including the income and expenditure, of the charitable company for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the trustees are required to:

Select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently.
Make judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent.
State whether applicable accounting standards and statements of recommended practice have been

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followed, subject to any departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements; and prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in operation.

The trustees are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charitable company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charitable company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

The trustees are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the corporate and financial information included on the charity’s website. Legislation in the United Kingdom governing the preparation and dissemination of financial statements may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions.

The above report has been prepared in accordance with the special provisions relating to the small companies’ regime as set out in part 15 of the Companies Act 2006.

Approved by the trustees and signed on their behalf by:

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Date: 10/11/2025 Colin McInnes, CPFA Trustee Treasurer

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Statement of Financial Activities (including Income and Expenditure Account)

		Unrestricted Funds	Restricted Funds	Total Funds	Total Funds
	Note			2025	2024
		£	£	£	£
Income from:
VoluntaryIncome	2	57,823	0	57,823	67,797
Other TradingActivities	3	22,512	0	22,512	15,692
Charitable Activities	4	139,860	133,272	273,132	271,178
Other income		2,949	0	2,949	925
Total Incoming Resources		223,144	133,272	356,416	355,592

Expenditure on:

Charitable Activities	5	206,946	164,511	371,457	318,462
Other	6	3,144	0	3,144	1,753
Total Resources Expended		210,090	164,511	374,601	320,215

Net Resources In/(Out)		13,054	(31,239)	(18,185)	35,377

Total Funds at 01 April 2024		123,118	41,168	164,286	128,867

Transfers Between Funds		0	0	0	0

Total Funds at 31 March 2025	7	136,172	9,929	146,101	164,286

All of the activities of the Charity are classed as continuing.

The notes on pages 13 - 23 form part of these financial statements

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Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2025

		2025	2024
	Note	£	£
FIXED ASSETS
Equipment	13	5,486	0

TOTAL FIXED ASSETS		5,486	0

CURRENT ASSETS
Debtors	14	2,020	4,629
Cash at Bank		138,966	161,748
Cash Held		279	2,367

TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS		141,265	168,744

CURRENT LIABILITIES
Creditors fallingdue within oneyear	15
Accruals		(650)	(4,459)

TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES		(650)	(4,459)

Net Current Assets		140,615	164,285

Total Assets less Current Liabilities		146,101	164,285

Represented by:
CAPITAL AND RESERVES - Charitable Funds
Restricted Fund		6,118	41,168
Unrestricted Fund		139,983	123,168

Total Charitable Funds	7	146,101	164,285

The notes on pages 13 – 23 form part of these financial statements

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Directors’ Statements

The directors are satisfied that the company is entitled to exemption from the provisions of the Companies Act 2006 (the Act) relating to the audit of the financial statements for the year by virtue of section 477, and that no member or members have requested an audit pursuant to section 476 of the Act.

The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for:

(i) ensuring that the company keeps proper accounting records which comply with section 386 of the Act, and

(ii) preparing financial statements which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company as at the end of the financial year and of its profit or loss for the financial year in accordance with the requirements of section 396, and which otherwise comply with the requirements of the Act relating to financial statements, so far as applicable to the company.

These financial statements were approved by the trustees on 20 October 2025 and are signed on their behalf by:

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Date: 10/11/2025 Colin McInnes, CPFA Trustee Treasurer

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Notes to the Financial Statements

1 Accounting policies

a) 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 on 1[st] January 2015, the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and with the Charities Act 2011.

Under the SORP 2015, where there is no specific requirement to adopt a specific accounting requirement a charity may follow their existing accounting policies provided that the policies and disclosures made are consistent with accepted accounting practice. This charity has decided that the accounting policies set out below, which it followed prior to SORP 2015, shall continue to be followed.

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 trustees consider that there are no material uncertainties about the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

The charity meets the definition of a public benefit entity as defined by FRS 102.

b) Income from donations is included in income when this is received, except as follows: a. When donors specify that donations given to the charity must be used in future accounting periods, the income is deferred until those periods.

b. When donors impose conditions, which must be fulfilled before the charity becomes entitled to use such income, the income is deferred until such conditions have been met.

c) Expenditure is recognised in the period in which it is incurred. Expenditure includes attributable VAT which cannot be recovered.

d) Most expenditure is directly attributable to specific activities and has been included in those cost categories. Support costs have been allocated 100% towards the charitable activities of the charity.

e) Rentals applicable to operating lease agreements where substantially all of the benefits and risks of ownership remain with the lessor are charged against profits on a straight-line basis over the period of the lease.

f) Financial Instruments: The charity only has financial assets and financial liabilities of a kind that qualify as basic financial instruments. Basic financial instruments are initially recognised at transaction value and subsequently measured at their settlement value, with the exception of bank loans which are subsequently recognised at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

g) Pension Scheme: contributions in respect of the charity’s defined contribution pension scheme are charged to the income and expenditure accounts for the year in which they are payable to the scheme. Differences between the contributions payable and contributions actually paid during the year are shown as either accruals or prepayments at the year end.

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Notes to the Financial Statements continued

h) Unrestricted funds can be used in accordance with the charitable objects at the discretion of the trustees and designated for specific purposes as determined by the trustees from time to time.
i) Restricted funds can only be used for restricted purposes within the charity’s objects.

2 Voluntary Income

	Unrestricted	Restricted	Total Funds	Total Funds
	Funds	Funds	2025	2024
	£	£	£	£

Donations - General	57,823	0	57,823	80,845
Gift Aid	3,477	0	3,477	5,647

	61,300	0	61,300	86,492


Voluntary Income –prioryear
	Unrestricted	Restricted	Total Funds
	Funds	Funds	2024
	£	£	£

Donations - General	80,845	0	80,845
Gift Aid	5,647	0	5,647

	86,492	0	86,492

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Notes to the Financial Statements continued

3. Other Trading Activities

	Unrestricted	Restricted	Total Funds	Total Funds
	Funds	Funds	2025	2024
	£	£	£	£

Movable Feast Events	22,512	0	22,512	15,692

	22,512	0	22,512	15,692

Other Trading Activities: prior year

	Unrestricted	Restricted	Total Funds
	Funds	Funds	2024
	£	£	£

Movable Feast Events	15,692	0	15,692

	15,692	0	15,692

4. Incoming Resources from Charitable Activities

	Unrestricted	Restricted	Total Funds	Total Funds
	Funds	Funds	2025	2024
	£	£	£	£

Grants	139,860	133,272	273,132	271,178

	139,860	133,272	273,132	271,178

Incoming Resources from Charitable Activities: prior year

	Unrestricted	Restricted	Total Funds
	Funds	Funds	2024
	£	£	£

Grants	102,906	168,273	271,178

	102,906	168,273	271,178

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Notes to the Financial Statements continued

5. Expenditure on Charitable Activities

	Unrestricted	Restricted	Total Funds	Total Funds
	Funds	Funds	2025	2024
	£	£	£	£

BHN House	31,634	5,000	36,634	50,675
Welcome Centre	25,243	30,703	55,946	47,743
SolidarityPayments	26,352	12,863	39,215	33,651
Host Network	3,740	29,043	32,783	22,729
Moveable Feast	6,858	11,596	18,454	13,090
Fundraising	1,686	0	1,686	4,643
Training& Supervision	4,215	1,900	6,115	7,268
Volunteer Coordination	8,043	17,492	25,535	5,219
Advice Team	23,873	12,543	36,416	22,658
Office Costs	38,598	11,111	49,709	34,228
Core Salaries	34,299	20,624	54,923	58,307
Member & EDI	0	11,640	11,640	15,121
Insurance	2,404	0	2,404	3,130

	206,946	164,511	371,457	318,462

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Notes to the Financial Statements continued

Expenditure on Charitable Activities: prior year

	Unrestricted	Restricted	Total Funds
	Funds	Funds	2024
	£	£	£
BHN House	40,348	10,326	50,675
Welcome Centre	18,491	29,251	47,743
SolidarityPayments	10,251	23,400	33,651
Host Network	16,029	6,700	22,729
Member & EDI	8,505	6,617	15,121
Moveable Feast	6,727	6,363	13,090
Training& Supervision	1,218	6,050	7,268
Volunteer Coordination	205	5,014	5,219
HelpTeam	15,837	6,821	22,658
Database Project	0	0	0
Core Salaries	45,363	12,944	58,307
Office Costs	17,270	16,958	34,228
Insurance	2,130	1,000	3,130
Fundraising	4,643	0	4,643

	187,018	131,444	318,462

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Notes to the Financial Statements continued

6. Other Costs

	Unrestricted	Restricted	Total Funds	Total Funds
	Funds	Funds	2025	2024
	£	£	£	£

Governance	2,771	0	2,771	1,771
Communications	373	0	373	42

	3,144	0	3,144	1,813

Other Costs: prior year

	Unrestricted	Restricted	Total Funds
	Funds	Funds	2024
	£	£	£

Governance	1,771	0	1,771
Communications	42	0	42

	1,813	0	1,813

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Notes to the Financial Statements continued

7. Movement in Funds

	Opening Balance	Incoming Resources	Resources Expended	Transfers	Closing Balance
Project	£	£	£	£	£
Quartet	0	5,000	(5,000)	0	0
Swire	20,000	15,000	(35,000)	0	0
NACCOM	0	15,000	(15,000)	0	0
Moveable Feast	0	29,057	(29,057)	0	0
LLoyds	0	2,500	(2,500)	0	0
BigGive	0	2,409	(2,409)	0	0
BIF	0	42,127	(42,127)	0	0
Tuixen	15,000	15,000	(30,000)	0	0
Nisbets	6,118	12,481	(12,481)	0	6,118
Comic Relief	0	30,000	(30,000)	0	0
Unrestricted Grants	0	31,720	(31,720)	0	0
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Total Restricted Funds	41,118	200,294	(235,294)	0	6,118
Total Unrestricted Funds	123,168	156,122	139,307	0	139,983
Designated Funds	0	0	0	0	0
Total Funds	164,286	356,416	374,601	0	146,101

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Notes to the Financial Statements continued

Movement in Funds: prior year

	Opening Balance	Incoming Resources	Resources Expended	Transfers	Closing Balance
Project	£	£	£	£	£

Quartet	0	5,000	(5,000)	0	5,000
Covid-19 Response Fund - Solidarity	0	30,000	(30,000)	0	30,000
Swire	0	20,000	0	0	20,000
Bristol Impact Fund	0	23,093	(23,093)	0	23,093
Tuixen	0	15,000	0	0	15,000
HelpTeam Fund	2,552	0	(2,552)	0	0
FeedingBristol	0	4,760	(4,760)	0	4,760
NGED WE Plc bikes	0	3,901	(3,901)	0	3,901
Bike Project	1,738	0	(1,738)	0	0
Nisbets	0	12,481	(6,363)	0	12,481
Aid Box Community	0	11,700	(11,700)	0	11,700
CommunityCost of Living	0	42,338	(42,338)	0	42,338

Total Restricted Funds	4,290	168,273	(131,444)	0	41,118
Total Unrestricted Funds	109,578	187,361	(173,771)	0	123,168
Designated Funds	15,000	0	(15,000)	0	0

Total Funds	128,868	355,634	(320,215)	0	164,286

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Notes to the Financial Statements continued

There were no transfers from restricted to unrestricted funds in the year.

Grants and donations which the donor or grant-maker has designated for a specific purpose, or which must be spent within a specified time frame have been treated as restricted income, along with restricted grant income. Funds have been allocated to the relevant projects which have taken place during the year, with the corresponding expenditure treated as restricted.

	Purpose/Use (and source of funding inyear where applicable)	Purpose/Use (and source of funding inyear where applicable)
Project/Fund	Purpose/Use (and source of funding inyear where applicable)
Bristol Impact Fund	Funding from Bristol City Council set to grant investment aiming to tackle inequality; grant funding to Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) organisations in the city.
SolidarityFund	Fundingfrom various donors for supportingmembers with solidarity payments.
Covid-19 Response Fund-Solidarity	Funding from Bristol City Council and Crisis UK, for responding to the impact of Covid-19 onour membersthroughadditionalemergency support.
Chagford	Funding from Chagford Community Fund for staffing costs.

Bike Project	The bike project Funded by Wesport and ESG Robinson operates at the BHN centre with members getting help and training on Bike repairs. The project runs in conjunction with Bristol Bike Project which provides bikes for people resident in the hotels.
Postcode Local Trust	Funding supports smaller charities and good causes in the west of England to make a difference to their community for the benefit of people and the planet. Funding has gone towards staffingcosts
Help Team Fund	Funding from various donors for providing advocacy support to destitute asylum seekers.
Quartet	Supports disadvantaged communities in the West of England. Funding to BHN was towards Volunteer coordinator'spost
Swire	The Swire Charitable Trust is an independent UK grant making trust. Funding for providing accommodation, financial support, community, wellbeing activities and advice for refused asylum seekers in Bristol.
Tuixen	Tuixen provides core support grants to allow organisations to concentrate on how to be effective and accomplish theirgoals in the bestpossible way.
Feeding Bristol	Feeding Bristol exists to change the current inequality in our local food system. Fundingtowards our welcome drop-in,melas,wellbeingactivities
NGED WE Plc bikes	Funding towards our Welcome drop-in, meals, wellbeing activities,
Nisbets	Independent charitable trust primarily funded by the business activity of Key West Holdings. Fundingfor moveable feastprogram.
Aid Box Community	support asylum seekers and refugees with a free shop & welcome hub, activity groups,signpostingadvice,a crisis fund and a befriendingservice.
Community Cost of Living	Funding aims to maintain and expand support for people and communities under severe pressure because of the increased cost of living, by distributing grants to critical frontline services seeingincreased demand and increased deliverycosts.

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Notes to the Financial Statements continued

8 Taxation

The charity is exempt from corporation tax on its charitable activities.

9 Trustee expenses

Reimbursement for expenses was £1,273.80 in the financial year 2024/25 to cover costs for travel and internet access. No trustees received remuneration in 2023/24.

10 Company limited by guarantee

The company is limited by guarantee and as such has no issued share capital. In the event of the company being wound up the liability of the members is limited to £1 each.

11 Analysis of prior year funds, as required by paragraph 4.2 of SORP 2015

	Unrestricted	Restricted	Total Funds
	Funds	Funds	2024
	£	£	£

Income from:
voluntaryincome	57,823	0	57,823
other tradingactivities	22,512	0	22,512
charitable activities	139,860	133,272	273,132
other income	2,949	0	2,949

Total incoming resources	223,144	133,272	356,416

Expenditure on:
Charitable Activities	206,946	164,511	371,457
Other	3,144	0	3,144

Total Resources Expended	210,090	164,511	374,601

Net Resources In/(Out)	13,054	(31,239)	(18,185)

Total Funds at 01 April 2023	124,578	4,289	128,867

Transfers Between Funds	0	0	0

Total Funds at 31 March 2023	137,632	(26,950)	110,682

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Notes to the Financial Statements continued

12. Staff costs and numbers	2025	2024
	£	£

Wages and salaries	221,617	179,498

	221,617	179,498

No employee received emoluments of more than £60,000. The total value of salary and employee benefits paid to key management personnel was £37,800 (£58,000 in 2024). The average monthly headcount was 10 (10 in 2024) with FTE at 31st March being 6.6.

14. Debtors
	2025	2024
	£	£

Debtors	2,020	4,629

Debtors at 31 March 2025	2,020	4,629

15. Creditors
	2025	2024
	£	£

Creditors	(650)	(4,459)

Creditors at 31 March 2025	(650)	(4,459)

16. Related Party Transactions

Transactions with related parties: There were no related party transactions throughout the period. Controlling party: The charitable company was under the control of the trustees throughout the period.