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2020-09-30-accounts

Registered Charity no. 1142398 Registered Company no. 06922981

Action For Community Limited (Company Limited by Guarantee)

Trustees Annual Report and Accounts Year Ended 30th September 2020

Action For Community Limited

Year Ended 30th September 2020

Contents Page

Page
Legal and Administrative Information 1
Trustee's Annual Report 2
Independent Examiners Report 7
Statement of Financial Activities 8
Statement of Financial Position 9
Notes to the Financial Statements 11

Action For Community Limited

Year Ended 30th September 2020

Legal and Administrative Information

Reference

The Charity is called “Action For Community Limited”. The charity which is a limited by guarantee was formed on the 3 June 2009 registered in England and Wales. It is governed by a memorandum and articles of association. The liability of the members in the event of the company being wound up is limited to a sum not exceeding £10.

Registered Charity Number 1142398 Registered Company Number 06922981 Registered Office Carlisle Business Centre 60 Carlisle Road Bradford BD8 8BD

The Trustees and Directors

The trustees during the financial period and up to and including the date the report was approved were:

Roland Clark Chair of trustees Shaukat Ahmed Hamayun Arshad Ruby Bhatti

Primary Bankers

Independent Examiner:

Barclays Bank Plc 10 Marlet Street Bradford BD1 1EG Nigel Wyatt BSC FCA Wyatt & Co Chartered Accountants 125 Main Street Garforth, Leeds, LS25 1AF

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Notes to the Financial Statements

Method of recruitment and appointment of trustees

The trustees of the charity are also the directors for the purposes of company law and are appointed by the members at the AGM.

Achievements and performance

Achievements and performance 2019-20 for the Doula Project

Bradford Doulas are funded by Bradford City Clinical Commissioning Group and Better Start Bradford.

The service offers (non-clinical) practical and emotional support to pregnant women six weeks before, during labour and six weeks after the birth. Support can be delivered within the home, community, or a mutually agreed location through trained and accredited Volunteer Doulas. Acting as a ‘professional friend’, a Volunteer Doula will support the individual to make positive and informed choices, accompany them to appointments, provide practical support at the birth, build positive relationships with other services, and offer emotional support.

This year saw the funding from BSB for the Doula Project extended for another 3 years. During a lengthy service specification design process with the funder, the Logic Model was updated, and a proposal to increase staff numbers was accepted. Also by working closely with the Innovation Hub during this period, the Doula Project team were able to set up the Process Flow and Data Requirements that would enable the project to utilise System One in year 5 2021. This piece of work began November 2019 and will be completed by February 2021 with bi-weekly meetings with the Facilitator at Better Start Bradford, Doula Project Manager and the wider Doula team.

The Bradford Doulas Stats for 19/20 were as follows:

112 women referred to the service

20 births supported

Labour Support re-started in September 2020, however no home visiting was allowed in line with the Doula Project’s Covid risk assessment.

In response to the challenges of the pandemic and working from home, the Doula team developed successful virtual support strategies for the Volunteer Doula service. All staff and volunteer meetings as well as Doula support sessions to mums were virtual for the whole of 2020. The Project was able to invest in new laptops for the team to facilitate this service transformation, and there was a focus upon staff wellbeing and mental health during this difficult time. The Volunteer catch up sessions also focussed upon wellbeing with virtual upskilling and the latest Covid guidelines and changes to services also covered.

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Action For Community Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements

This period of change also saw the project increase its use of interpreting services. As Doulas could not do face to face meetings, it became more important than ever to ensure women and families were aware of their choices particularly when having a baby in lockdown.

The Project did not deliver any new training of volunteers in this period. Better Start Bradford agreed to support the project to push back the dates. Instead of training September 2020 the training was re-scheduled for January 2021.

Plans for the future

The Doula Project is set in the coming year to receive additional funding from the Reducing Inequalities in Communities #RIC programme led by the Bradford District & Craven Clinical Commissioning Group, ‘closing the health gap in central Bradford’. This opportunity will mean an expansion of the Doula team in 2021.

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Action For Community Limited

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Notes to the Financial Statements

Public Benefit

The Trustees, in making decisions about the activities of the organisation, have had due regard to the commission’s public benefit guidance when exercising any powers or duties to which the guidance is relevant.

Financial review

The net expenditure for the year was £9,361, including net expenditure of £216 on unrestricted funds and net expenditure of £9,145 on restricted funds. The total funds held at the year end was £6,563, of which £2,975 was restricted and £3,588 was unrestricted.

Reserves policy

The charity's free reserves at the yearend were £3,588. At the point of signing and submitting the accounts the trustees where in the process of reviewing, assessing, and updating the organisations reserves policy. It is the target and ambition of the board to hold the appropriate level of funds to support the charity in meeting its aims and also to minimise any uncertain short term financial risk. It is expected to have an updated and approved reserves policy for the year ending 30 September 2021.

Funds In deficit

At 30 September 2020 the Doula BSB restricted fund had a deficit balance of £10,125. This is due to funds having been spent in anticipation of being recouped at a later date as the BSB funding is part of an ongoing stream for the Doula Project. The board are making steps for the negative balance to be eliminated by the future income stream of the project contract and through review of other completed projects which have residual funds that may possibly be released for the organisation to use freely within its objectives.

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Action For Community Limited

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Notes to the Financial Statements

Statement of trustees' responsibilities

The trustees (who are also the directors for the purposes of company law) are responsible for preparing the

Trustees report and the financial statements in accordance with the applicable law and UK Accounting Standards.

Company law requires the trustees to prepare financial accounts 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 the year. In preparing these financial statements, the trustees are required to:

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

This report has been prepared in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities (Charities SORP (FRS102)), and in accordance with the special provisions of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.

Signed on behalf of the board of trustees:

Signed:

Name: Roland Clark

Date: 02/02/2022

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Independent Examiners Report

I report to the trustees on my examination of the financial statements of Action For Community Limited ('the charity') for the year ended 30 September 2020.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the trustees of the charity you are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’).

I report in respect of my examination of the charity's financial statements carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent examiner's statement

I confirm that I am qualified to undertake the examination because I am a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW), 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 Act; or

  2. the financial statements do not accord with those records; or

  3. the financial statements 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.

03/02/2022 Nigel Wyatt BSC FCA Date: Independent Examiner 125 Main Street Garforth Leeds LS25 1AF

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Statement of Financial Activities

Statement of Financial Activities
12 months 18 months
2020 2019
Unrestricted Restricted Total
Funds Funds Funds Total funds
Note £ £ £ £
Income
Donations and legacies 2 - 120,371 120,371 225,947
Investment Income - - - -
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Total Income - 120,371 120,371 225,947
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Expenditure
Expenditure on charitable activities 4 216 127,226 127,441 228,233
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Total Expenditure 216 127,226 127,441 228,233
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Net income / (expenditure) (216) (9,145) (9,361) (2,286)
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Net income and net movement in funds
Total funds brought forward 3,804 12,120 15,924 229,530
Transfers - - - -
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Total funds carried forward 10 3,588 2,975 6,563 227,244
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All income and expenditure derive from continuing activities.

The statement is a combined Statement of Financial Activities and Income and Expenditure Account for the purposes of meeting both companies act and charity SORP reporting requirements.

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Action For Community Limited

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Statement of Financial Position

Statement of Financial Position
2020 2019
Note £ £
Current assets
Debtors 8 20,917 21,997
Cash at bank and in hand 24,324 8,549
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45,241 30,546
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year 9 36,387 14,622
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Net current assets 8,854 15,924
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Net assets 11 8,854 15,924
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Funds of the charity
Restricted funds 10 5,266 12,120
Unrestricted funds 10 3,588 3,804
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Total charity funds 8,854 15,924
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Directors Responsibilities

The Directors are satisfied that for the year ended on 30th September 2020 the charitable company was entitled to exemption from the requirement to obtain an audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 and that no member or members have required the company to obtain an audit of its accounts for the year in question in accordance with section 476 of the Act. However, in accordance with section 145 of the Charities Act 2011, the accounts have been examined by an Independent Examiner.

The Directors acknowledge their responsibility for complying with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts. These Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies’ regime and with FRS 102 (effective January 2019).

Name of Trustee:

R G Clark

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Signed on behalf of the Trustees:

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Date of approval:

02/02/2022

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Action For Community Limited

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Notes to the Financial Statements

1 Basis of Preparation

The charity constitutes a public benefit entity as defined by FRS 102. The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with 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 (FRS 102) issued on 16 July 2014 as amended by Bulletin 1, the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom (FRS 102), the Charities Act 2011, the Companies Act 2006 and UK Generally Accepted Practice as it applies from 1 January 2015.

The financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis under the historical cost convention, modified to include certain items at fair value. The financial statements are repared in sterling which is the functional currency of the charity and rounded to the nearest £.

The significant accounting policies applied in the preparation of these financial statements are set out below. These policies have been consistently applied to all years presented unless otherwise stated.

Assessment of Going Concern

Preparation of the accounts is on a going concern basis. The trustees consider that there are no material uncertainties about the Charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Fund Accounting

Unrestricted income funds comprise those funds which the trustees are free to use for any purpose in furtherance of the charitable objects. Unrestricted funds include designated funds where the trustees, at their discretion, have set aside resources for a specific purpose.

Restricted funds are funds which are to be used in accordance with specific restrictions imposed by the donor or the term of specific appeal, often know as a ‘special offering’ in the church.

Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the accounts.

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Notes to the Financial Statements

Incoming Resources

All incoming resources are recognised once the charity has entitlement to the resources, it is probable that the resources will be received, and the monetary value of incoming resources can be measured with sufficient reliability.

• All voluntary income from members of the church are recognised as donations and are included in full, with associated Gift Aid receivable in the Statement of Financial Activities.

• Grants where entitlement is not conditional on the delivery of specific performance by the charity are recognised when the charity becomes unconditionally entitled to the grant.

• Income resources from charitable trading activities such as the letting of the building are accounted for when invoices are drawn up (as the point of entitlement).

• Donated services and facilities are included at the value to the charity where this can be quantified.

• Gifts in Kind are accounted for at a reasonable estimate of their value to the charity or the amount actually realised.

• Volunteer time, the value of voluntary support for the work of the church is not included in the accounts but is described in the Trustees annual report.

• Investment Income is included in the accounts when receivable.

Resources expended

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.

Governance Costs

Include costs of the preparation and examination of statutory accounts, the costs of the trustees' meetings and cost of any legal advice to trustees on governance or constitutional matters.

Liability Recognition

Abilities are recognised as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to pay out resources.

Tangible fixed assets

Tangible fixed assets are stated at cost less depreciation, assets which cost less than £700 are not capitalised. Depreciation is provided at rates calculated to write off the cost less estimated residual value of each asset over its expected useful life.

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Notes to the Financial Statements

Pensions

The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme. Contributions are charged to the Statement of Financial Activities as they become payable in accordance with the rules of the scheme.

Operating Leases

Rental charges payable under operating leases are charged on a straight line basis over the terms of the lease.

Taxation

The charity is exempt from tax on its charitable activities.

Judgements and key sources of estimation

Accounting estimates and judgements are continually evaluated and are based on historical experience and other factors, including expectations of future events that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances.

The annual depreciation charge for tangible assets is sensitive to changes in the estimated useful economic lives and residual values of the assets. The useful economic lives and residual values are reassessed annually. They are amended when necessary to reflect current estimates, based on technological advancement, future investments, economic utilisation and the physical condition of the assets. See note 5 for the carrying amount of the property plant and equipment, and note 1.5 for the useful economic lives for each class of assets.

Accounting Period

The accounts year ending 30 September 2019 was a 18 month period of account from the 1 April 2018 to the 30 September 2019.

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Notes to the Financial Statements

**2 ** Analysis of Income
Unrestricted Restricted Total Funds
Funds Funds 2020
£ £ £
Donations and legacies
Grants - 120,371 120,371
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Total Income - 120,371 120,371
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Unrestricted Restricted Total Funds
Funds Funds 2019
£ £ £
Donations and legacies
Grants 225,947 225,947
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- 225,947 225,947
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Total Income - 225,947 225,947
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**3 ** Grants and Donations
Unrestricted Restricted Total Funds
Funds Funds 2020
£ £ £
Bradford & Airedale NHS - 29,103 29,103
Better Start Bradford - 91,269 91,269
Come Dine with me - - -
CNET Well Bradford - - -
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- 120,371 120,371
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Unrestricted Restricted Total Funds
Funds Funds 2019
£ £ £
Bradford & Airedale NHS - 68,091 68,091
Better Start Bradford - 151,106 151,106
Come Dine with me - 1,794 1,794
CNET Well Bradford - 4,955 4,955
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- 225,946 225,946
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Notes to the Financial Statements

4 Expenditure on charitable activities by fund type

Unrestricted Restricted Total Funds
Funds Funds 2020
£ £ £
Staffing - 91,624 91,624
Sundry Costs 181 1,204 1,385
Travel Expenses - 42 42
Rent and Rates - 10,742 10,742
Light & Heat - 354 354
Cleaning - 433 433
Management Fee - 6,059 6,059
Staff Training & Monitoring 23 10,332 10,355
Legal and Professional - 614 614
Office stationary & Equipment 40 2,867 2,907
Catering expenses - 738 738
Telephone & computer costs - 2,216 2,216
Bank charges - - -
Independent Examinations (28) - (28)
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216 127,226 127,441
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Notes to the Financial Statements

tes to the Financial Statements
Unrestricted Restricted Total Funds
Funds Funds 2019
£ £ £
Staffing - 125,039 125,039
Sundry Costs - 281 281
Travel Expenses - 542 542
Rent and Rates - 16,092 16,092
Light & Heat - 695 695
Cleaning - 1,020 1,020
Management Fee - 7,324 7,324
Staff Training & Monitoring - 21,524 21,524
Legal and Professional 13 4,357 4,370
Office stationary & Equipment - 5,913 5,913
Catering expenses - 6,696 6,696
Telephone & computer costs - 3,822 3,822
Bank charges - 30 30
Independent Examinations 729 - 729
MHLI Activities - - -
Doula CCG - 7,102 7,102
Doula BSB - 20,508 20,508
C Net - 4,019 4,019
Come Dine With me - 1,746 1,746
Misc. re Inter Company - 781 781
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742 227,491 228,233
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Notes to the Financial Statements

5 Independent examination fees

Fees payable to the independent examiner for:

Independent examination fees
Fees payable to the independent examiner for:
2020 2019
£
£
Independent examination and preparation of the financial
statements
1,080 900

6 Staff costs

Staff costs Staff costs
The total staff costs and employee benefits for the reporting period are analysed as follows:
2020 2019
£ £
Wages and salaries 85,355 123,629
Social security costs 5,247 -
Employer contributions to pension plans 962 1,410
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91,564 125,039
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The average head count of employees during the year was as follows:

2020 2019
Average Head Count 6 6

Number of employees who received benefits of more than £60,000 during the year was as follows:

More than £60,000

2020 2019 - -

The staff are employed by Action for Business Limited and includes a salary paid to the CEO for work relating to the work on the charity of £6,059 (2019: £7,238).

Key Management Personnel

The trustees deem that the key management personal of the charity is the CEO.

7 Trustee remuneration, expenses and donations

No trustee received and expenses during this year or the previous year. No trustee received any remuneration or benefit during this or the previous year.

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Notes to the Financial Statements

8 Debtors

2020 2019
£ £
Trade Debtors 1,062 16,895
Prepayments 5,031 3,538
Other Debtors 7,132 1,309
Related Party Debtors 7,691 255
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20,917 21,997
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Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2020 2019
£ £
Accruals 1,304 2,863
Other Creditors 6,720 6,720
Trade Creditors 8,056 5,039
Deferred Income 20,308 -
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36,387 14,622
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9 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year

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Notes to the Financial Statements

10 Analysis of Charitable Funds

Unrestricted Funds

Unrestricted Funds
1 Oct 2019 Income Expenditure Gains/Loses Transfers 30 Sep 2020
£ £ £ £ £ £
Unrestricted
General 3,804 - (216) - - 3,588
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Total Unrestricted 3,804 - (216) - - 3,588
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Restricted Funds
Doula BSB (3,837) 91,269 (97,557) - - (10,125)
Doula CCG 3,472 29,103 (29,669) - - 2,906
MHLI 11,849 - - - - 11,849
C Net 588 - - - - 588
Come Dine With Me 48 - - - - 48
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Total 12,120 120,371 (127,226) - - 5,266
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Total Funds
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Total 15,924 120,371 (127,441) - - 8,854
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Fund Descriptions

Restricted Funds

Doula BSB Peer support for vulnerable pregnant mums through pregnancy and child birth. Doula CCG Peer support for vulnerable pregnant mums through pregnancy and child birth. MHLI A healthy living initiative for Manningham and Girlington. C Net Part of Well Bradford Small Grants Scheme for Doula Programme. Come Dine With Me Part of Home Office funded Building a Stronger Britain Together programme.

Negative Fund Balances Doula BSB

At 30 September 2020 the Doula BSB restricted fund had a deficit balance of £10,125. This is due to funds having been spent in anticipation of being recouped at a later date as the BSB funding is part of an ongoing stream for the Doula Project. For more details regarding this please refer to the trustees report on page 4.

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Notes to the Financial Statements

11 Analysis of net assets between funds

Unrestricted Restricted
Total Funds
Funds Funds 2020
£ £ £
Current Assets 39,976 5,266 45,241
Creditors less than 1 year (36,387) - (36,387)
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3,589 5,266 8,854
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Unrestricted Restricted
Total Funds
Funds Funds 2019
£ £ £
Current Assets 18,426 12,120 30,546
Creditors less than 1 year (14,622) (14,622)
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3,805 12,120 15,925
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12 Company Status

The company is a company limited by guarantee and not having a share capital. Every member of the company undertakes to contribute in a winding up a sum not exceeding £10 whilst they are a member, or within one year after ceasing to be a member, towards debts and liabilities contracted before ceasing to be a member.

13 Related party transactions

The trustees - Shaukat Ahmed, Hamayun Arshad and Ruby Bhatti - are directors of Action For Business (Bradford) Limited (ABL) - company number 02728593. Following transactions have taken place between the charity and Action for Business (Bradford) Limited.

2020 2019
£ £
Management fee 6,059 7,324
Rent, room hire & service charges 13,820 13,405
Salaries 91,564 125,039
Activities paid by ABL and recharge - 19,842
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111,442 165,610
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14 Prior Period Adjustment

The 2019 signed accounts included an inconsistency between the restricted fund balance outlined in the financial statements and the restricted funds notes. This difference total was £781. In order to amend for this difference the total restricted funds balance from the 2019 restricted funds note has been carried forward into the accounts year ending 30th September 2020. The £781 difference has been applied to the opening unrestricted fund balance resulting in a change from £4,585 to £3,804.

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Notes to the Financial Statements

**15 ** Detailed analysis of income and expenditure
2020 2019
£ £
Donations and legacies
Grants 120,371 225,947
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Expenditure on charitable activities by fund type
Staffing 91,624 125,039
Sundry Costs 1,385 281
Travel Expenses 42 542
Rent and Rates 10,742 16,092
Light & Heat 354 695
Cleaning 433 1,020
Management Fee 6,059 7,324
Staff Training & Monitoring 10,355 21,524
Legal and Professional 614 4,370
Office stationary & Equipment 2,907 5,913
Catering Expenses 738 6,696
Telephone & Computer Costs 2,216 3,822
Bank Charges - 30
Independent Examinations (28) 729
MHLI Activities - -
Doula CCG - 7,102
Doula BSB - 20,508
C Net - 4,019
Come Dine With me - 1,746
Misc. re Inter Company - 781
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127,441 228,233
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Net income / (expenditure) (7,070) (2,286)
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