**Charity Registration Number: 1142534**
**MEN BEHAVING DADLY Trustees Annual Report and Financial Statements**
**Year Ended 30 September 2024**
## **MEN BEHAVING DADLY**
## **CONTENTS**
||**Page**|
|---|---|
|Members of the Board and professional advisers|2|
|Trustees Annual Report|3-5|
|Independent Examination|6|
|Receipt and Payments Accounts|7|
|Statement of Assets and Liabilities|8|
|Notes to the financial statements|9-10|
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**MEN BEHAVING DADLY**
## **MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND PROFESSIONAL ADVISORS**
**Registered Charity Name** Men Behaving Dadly **Charity Number** 1142534 **Registered Office** Greenacres Community Centre Galland Street Oldham OL4 3EU **Trustees** J Griffith (Treasurer) S Gill (Secretary) B Bedford (Chairman) **Accountants** Community Accounting Lancashire C.I.C. Foxfields 9 Norley Close Chadderton Oldham OL1 2RA **Bankers** Virgin Money 47 Market Place Oldham OL1 3AD
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**MEN BEHAVING DADLY**
**TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT**
The Management Committee presents its trustees annual report and financial statements for the year ended 30[th] September 2024.
## **Reference and Administrative Information**
|Charity Name|MEN BEHAVING DADLY|
|---|---|
|Charity Registration No|1142534|
|Bankers|Virgin Money|
||47 Market Place|
||Oldham|
||OL1 3AB|
|Accountants|Community Accounting Lancashire CIC|
||Jacqueline Bird FMAAT|
||Foxfileds|
||9 Norley Close|
||Chadderton|
||Oldham|
||OL1 2RA|
|Principal Address|Men Behaving Dadly|
||Greenacres Community Centre|
||Galland Street|
||Greenacres|
||Oldham|
||OL4 3EU|
|Telephone No|07708 383895|
|E.mail|menbehavingdadly@hotmail.com|
|**Management Committee / Trustees**||
|**Trustees**||
|Chair|Bill Bedford|
|Treasurer|Jill Griffith|
|Secretary|Steph Gill|
|**Committee Members**||
||Christopher Bradley|
||Dean Dickinson|
||Robert Titherington|
||Robert Prestwich|
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**MEN BEHAVING DADLY**
## **TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT**
## **Trustees' responsibility for the accounts**
The trustees are responsible for preparing the Trustees Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.
Charity law requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which show a true and fair view. In preparing those financial statements, the trustees are required to:
- Select suitable accounting policies and apply them consistently;
- Make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
- Prepare the accounts on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the Charity will continue in operation.;
The trustees are responsible for maintaining accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the Charity. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the Charity and for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
## **Report of the Trustees**
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
Men Behaving Dadly is a registered Charity number 1142534. The Charity was registered in 2000. MBD has at its core a commitment to enabling relationship building between dads/male carers and their children, raising self-esteem, increasing confidence in parenting, promoting the values of play and combating the sense of isolation many dads feel.
## **Recruitment and Appointment of Management Committee**
The members of MBD’s Management Committee are trustees of the charity as specified in charity law.
Under the requirement of the constitution, the MBD Management Committee shall consist of not less than three elected officers. The Management Committee as a whole must consist of not less than three and not more than twelve committee members.
In addition, the constitution allows for a person or persons to be co-opted by the Management Committee to assist with particular pieces of work. The number of co-options must not be more than one third of the total number of Management Committee members currently serving. Any agreed co-options will be granted voting rights.
## **Risk Management**
Procedures are in place to ensure compliance with current legislation and good practice to ensure the health and safety of staff, volunteers, children/young people and parents using the services and general public when sharing public space.
## **Public Benefit**
The trustees have regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit, and discuss this at our trustees meetings where we plan and make decisions for the carrying out of our activities to which the guidance is relevant.
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## **MEN BEHAVING DADLY**
## **TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT**
## **Organisation Structure**
Men Behaving Dadly has a voluntary Management Committee. The Management Committee meets bimonthly. Core members of staff and group attendees also attend these meetings.
The Management Committee is responsible for the strategic direction and development and implementation of policies within the organisation. The Co-Ordinator is responsible for the day-to-day management of the project, services specified by funders and that key performance indicators and targets are met.
## **Policies to achieve objectives**
MBD has a full and active commitment to equality of opportunity. MBD is committed as an equal opportunities employer to eliminating all forms of discrimination, whether based on race, gender, disability, sexual orientation age or religious belief, both through the work of the organisation and through the implementation and review of its’ equal opportunities policy. MBD plays an active role in challenging such forms of discrimination.
## **Development, activities and achievements in the year**
MBD has developed this year with welcoming new members, gaining new followers on social media and building new relationships with other organisations.
We have had arts, crafts, trips out, camping, games and lots of play!
It has been a great year for Men Behaving Dadly with new members and great memories made.
## **Staff Training and Project Development**
MBD staff and volunteers have undertaken a range of ongoing training including pediatric first aid and defibrillator training. MBD staff have attended various open days and public events to promote MBD.
## **Conclusion**
MBD has continued to maintain and develop its work in accordance with its agreed priorities.
J. Griffith – Treasurer/Trustee 12[th] February 2025
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## **MEN BEHAVING DADLY**
## **REPORT TO THE MEMBERS ON THE UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF MEN BEHAVING DADLY**
## **YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2024**
I report on the accounts for the year ended 30 September 2024 as set out on pages 7 to 10.
## **Respective Responsibilities of Trustees and Examiner**
As the charity’s trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).
The charity’s trustees consider an audit is not required for this year under section 144 of the 2011 Act, and that an independent examination is needed.
It is my responsibility as independent examiner to:
- ~ examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Act
- ~ follow the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commissioners under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act, and
- ~ to state whether particular matters have come to my attention
## **Basis of Independent Examiners Report**
My examination was carried out in accordance with the Directions given by the Charity commission.
An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items of disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters.
The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently I do not express an audit opinion on the accounts.
## **Independent Examiners Statement**
I have completed my examination for the year ended 30 September 2024.
I can confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
- ~ accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the 2011 Act or
- ~ the accounts do not accord with the accounting records to comply with the accounting requirements of the 2011 Act
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
13[th] February 2025
## **Miss Jacqueline Bird F.M.A.A.T.**
Community Accounting Lancashire C.I.C. Foxfields 9 Norley Close Chadderton Oldham OL1 2RA
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## **MEN BEHAVING DADLY**
## **RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS**
## **YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2024**
|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**Restricted**
**Funds**
**2024**
**2024**
**_Notes_**
**£**
**£**
**RECEIPTS**
Grants
**_2_**
500
29,130
Donations
1,085
-
Refunds
59
-
Other Income
**_3_**
-
-
Interest Received
6
-
**TOTAL RECEIPTS**
**1,650**
**29,130**
**PAYMENTS**
Salaries
2,393
9,739
Sessional Staff
-
-
Insurance
249
280
Premises Costs (Rent)
299
1,300
Telephones
32
48
Materials and Refreshments
-
1,376
Resources
64
332
IT Equipment
-
-
Website
98
-
Office Expenses
-
-
Travel and Subsistence
-
-
Trips and Events
81
869
Volunteer Expenses
-
-
Training
-
-
Professional Fees
**_4_**
609
8,539
Sundries
3
-
**TOTAL PAYMENTS**
**3,828**
**22,483**
**Net of receipts/(payments)**
**(2,178)**
**6,647**
**Cash funds at 30 September 2023**
**_7_**
31,854
3,232
**Transfer of Funds**
**_7_**
(423)
423
**Cash funds at 30 September 2024**
**_7_**
**29,253**
**10,302**|**Total**
**Funds**
**2024**
**£**
29,630
1,085
59
-
6
**30,780**
12,132
-
529
1,599
80
1,376
396
-
98
-
-
950
-
-
9,148
3
**26,311**
**4,469**
35,086
-
**39,555**|**Total**
**Funds**
**2023**
**£**
27,574
420
-
2,440
5
**30,439**
11,994
4,310
497
2,707
93
1,510
83
109
98
61
7
1,463
-
20
5,517
18
**28,487**
**1,952**
33,134
-
**35,086**|
|---|---|---|
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## **MEN BEHAVING DADLY**
## **STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITES**
## **AS AT 30 SEPTEMBER 2024**
|**CASH FUNDS**
Bank
Cash in Hand
**OTHER LIABILITIES**
Accountancy Fee (Independent Examination)|**2024**
**£**
39,402
153
**39,555**
495|2023
£
34,933
153
**35,086**
495|
|---|---|---|
The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees on the 12[th] of February 2025 and signed on their behalf:
J Griffith **Trustee**
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## **MEN BEHAVING DADLY**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS**
## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2024**
## **1. RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS**
Receipts and payments accounts are statements that summarise the movement of cash into and out of the organisation during the financial year. In this context “cash” includes cash equivalents, for example, bank accounts where cash can be readily withdrawn to pay for debts as they become due.
|**2.** **GRANTS**
**Grant Funding Received**
**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**Restricted**
**Funds**
**2024**
**2024**
**£**
**£**
Greater Manchester Perinatal & PIMH
_[Peer Support Grant (GMPS)]_
-
-
British Science Association
_(Ideas Fund Grant Extension)_
-
8,488
British Science Association_(Ideas Fund)_
-
9,462
One Oldham Fund
-
9,580
One Oldham Fund_(Team Building)_
-
-
WG Edwards Foundation
-
1,150
Action Together_(Volunteer Fund)_
-
450
Action Together_(Coronation Breakfast)_
-
-
Equilibrium Grant
500
-
The Prince of Wales Charitable Fund
-
-
**500**
**29,130**
**3.** **OTHER INCOME**
**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**Restricted**
**Funds**
**2024**
**2024**
**£**
**£**
Greenacre Community Centre
(Wellbeing Sessions)
-
-
**-**
**-**
**4. PROFESSIONAL FEES**
**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**Restricted**
**Funds**
**2024**
**2024**
**£**
**£**
Consultancy Fees
-
7,155
Workshop*
-
1,150
Independent Examiner’s Fees
495
-
Accounts Support Work & Training
-
-
Payroll Costs
114
234
**609**
**8,539**|**Total**
**Funds**
**2024**
**£**
-
8,488
9,462
9,580
-
1,150
450
-
500
-
**29,630**
**Total**
**Funds**
**2024**
**£**
-
**-**
**Total**
**Funds**
**2024**
**£**
7,155
1,150
495
-
348
**9,148**|**Total**
**Funds**
**2023**
**£**
1,000
-
23,888
-
750
-
-
936
-
1,000
**27,574**
**Total**
**Funds**
**2023**
**£**
2,440
**2,440**
**Total**
**Funds**
**2023**
**£**
4,766
-
340
135
276
**5,517**|
|---|---|---|
_*Delivered by Oldham Play Action Group (OPAG)_
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## **MEN BEHAVING DADLY**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS**
## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2024**
## **5. STAFF COSTS AND EMOLUMENTS**
|**Staff Costs**|**2024**|2023|
|---|---|---|
||**£**|£|
|Wages and salary costs|12,132|11,994|
No employee received emoluments of £60,000 or above (2023: none).
## **6. TRUSTEES PAYMENTS**
No trustees have been paid any expenses or received any remuneration during the year (2023: none).
## **7. FUND ANALYSIS**
|**Fund Name**
**Balance**
**as at 1st**
**October**
**2023**
**£**
**Unrestricted Funds**
31,854
**31,854**
**Restricted Funds:**
British Science Association
_(Ideas Fund Grant Extension)_
-
British Science Association_(Ideas Fund)_
3,232
One Oldham Fund
-
WG Edwards Foundation
-
Action Together_(Volunteer Fund)_
-
**3,232**
**TOTAL FUNDS**
**35,086**|**Receipts**
**Payments**
**Transfers**
**Balance**
**as at 30th**
**September**
**2024**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
1,650
(3,828)
(423)
29,253
**1,650**
**(3,828)**
**(423)**
**29,253**
8,488
(2,333)
-
6,155
9,462
(13,117)
423
-
9,580
(5,883)
-
3,697
1,150
(1,150)
-
-
450
-
-
450
**29,130**
**(22,483)**
**423**
**10,302**
**30,780**
**(26,311)**
**-**
**39,555**|
|---|---|
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