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The Parents’ Forum for Bradford and Airedale Financial Statements Year Ended 31 March 2021

Charity registration number: 1149878

The Parents Forum for Bradford and Airedale

Financial Statements

Year Ended 31 March 2021

Contents
Page
Charity Reference and Administrative Details 1
Trustees’ Annual Report 2 - 3
Independent Examiner’s Report 4
Receipts and Payments Account 5
Statement of Assets and Liabilities 6
Notes to the Financial Statements 7 - 8

The Parents Forum for Bradford and Airedale

Charity Reference and Administrative Details

Year Ended 31 March 2021

Charity registration number 1149878 Trustees Gary McHale Sue McHale David Michael Firth Carol Beardmore

Registered office and principal address

Accountants

Bankers

Unit 73 Carlisle Business Centre 60 Carlisle Road Bradford BD8 8BD BHP LLP New Chartford House Centurion Way Cleckheaton Bradford BD19 3QB CAF Bank 25 Kings Hill Avenue Kings Hill West Malling Kent ME19 4JQ

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The Parents Forum for Bradford and Airedale

Trustees’ Annual Report

Year Ended 31 March 2021

The Trustees present their report and the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2021.

Trustees of the charity

The trustees who have served during the year and since the year end were as follows:

David Michael Firth - Chair Carol Beardmore Jennifer Chicoko (resigned 1 April 2021) Naomi Heseltine (resigned 1 April 2021) Wahida Kosser (resigned 1 April 2021) Gary McHale Sue McHale

Charity Number

The charity was registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales on 23 November 2012, registered charity number 1149878.

Structure, governance and management

The charity is governed by a constitution adopted on 19 June 2012 and updated in October 2016.

Method of recruitment and appointment of trustees

The management committee normally meets once every 6 weeks. Membership of the management committee is open to all parents/carers of the PFBA membership.

Trustees/committee members are elected at the annual general meeting which is held in October. There must be a minimum of two and a maximum of twelve trustees.

Mission

To empower parents/carers by influencing positive changes in health, education and social care policies and practices for families, children, and young people with disabilities/additional needs.

Charitable objectives

The promotion of social inclusion among disabled children and their parents and carers who are socially excluded from society, or part of it, as a result of their disability in the Bradford District and surrounding areas, in particularly but not exclusively:

Activities

The charity holds events and activities bringing parent/carers together to gain information and to learn about what services and support they can access. Peer support workshops are held throughout the year on education, health, and social care topics and to promote and empower parent/carer participation and confidence. Bigger Voice Events bring local support groups together to focus on joint working and partnership. The charity has representatives on 5 strategic groups across health, social care and education including representatives on The Carers Partnership and Carers in Action

Public benefit statement

In setting objectives and planning for activities, the Trustees have given due consideration to general guidance published by the Charity Commission relating to public benefit, including the guidance 'Public benefit: running a charity (PB2)'.

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The Parents Forum for Bradford and Airedale

Trustees’ Annual Report

Year Ended 31 March 2021

Achievements and performance

The beginning of this year saw huge changes for staff, trustees and the way we run our organisation. The impact of Covid limited our contact with parent/carers and instead of the events we would normally hold (in person) we had to use virtual platforms and social media to connect with families. Although this took some time to set up by the end of the year we were able to run our workshops, ensure our involvement in strategic groups and gather the voice of families. Our trustees found it extremely difficult to engage due to their own personal circumstances as parent/carers of children with disabilities and/or special needs. We were unable to hold as many trustee meetings as we would have liked but did continue updating and connecting and were able to hold an AGM on the 21st March 2021. Some trustees made the decision not continue and therefore we began concentrating on reaching out and recruiting new trustees to fill the vacancies.

Moving from self-employed staff to employed staff was a challenge and although this enabled better security for staff the cost in terms of tax/insurance and pensions has reduced our cash reserves.

We have continued to secure funding from the Department of Education and the local authority (BMDC). More importantly, local health services were able to join with education services to jointly commission the PFBA, acknowledging the importance of our service and support we provide across all areas of health, education and social care.

Even though difficult circumstances have impacted our work, our membership has continued to grow, our representation at strategic levels has increased and we continue to get positive feedback from the families we come in contact with.

Financial review

The net expenditure for the year was £38,564 including net expenditure of £30,228 on unrestricted funds and net expenditure of £8,336 on restricted funds (after funds transfer).

Reserves Policy

The charity will endeavour to maintain unrestricted and designated reserves to provide cover for:

At 31 March 2021, the charity had free reserves of £1,313. These reserves will be used to support cash flow or in the case of the need to wind down the charity meet obligations to the best of our ability.

Approved by order of the members of the board of Trustees and signed on their behalf by:

David Michael Firth

David Michael Firth (Jan 31, 2022 13:50 GMT) ……………………….. David Michael Firth Chair of Trustees

Date: Jan 31, 2022

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The Parents Forum for Bradford and Airedale

Independent Examiner’s Report

Year Ended 31 March 2021

Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees of The Parents Forum for Bradford and Airedale

I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2021 which are set out on pages 5 to 8.

Responsibilities and basis of report

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’).

I report in respect of my examination of the charity’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 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 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 accounts do not accord with those records; or

  3. the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair view’ which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Signed:

Date: Jan 31, 2022

Lesley Kendrew BSC FCA

BHP LLP

New Chartford House Centurion Way Cleckheaton Bradford West Yorkshire BD19 3QB

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The Parents Forum for Bradford and Airedale

Receipts and Payments Account

Year Ended 31 March 2021

Note
Receipts:
Grants and donations
2
Sales and fees
Total receipts
Payments:
Project management
Rent & Rates
Events and activities
Development and resources
Admin support and bookkeeping
Consultancy
Training
Parent carer expenses
Infrastructure and office costs
Max cards costs
Legal and professional
Insurance
Interpreting services
Total expenditure
Net (payments) / receipts
Transfer between funds
Net movement in funds
Cash funds brought forward
4
Cash funds carried forward
4		 2021
Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
Total
£
£
£
7,500
30,000
37,500
208
-
208
7,708
30,000
37,708
-
31,220
31,220
-
5,786
5,786
449
-
449
231
-
231
23,711
11,856
35,567
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1,930
1,930
-
759
-
-
-
-
330
-
-
759
330
-
25,150
51,122
76,272
(17,442)
(21,122)
(38,564)
(12,786)
12,786
-
(30,228)
(8,336)
(38,564)
31,541
8,336
39,877
1,313
-
1,313		 2020
Total
£
60,968
434
61402
14,496
5,754
1,716
175
9,758
13,352
289
2,423
1,409
720
2,400
413
497
53,402
8,000
-
8,000
31,887
39,877

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The Parents Forum for Bradford and Airedale

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

Year Ended 31 March 2021

Cash funds
Cash at bank
Total cash funds		 2021
Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
Total
£
£
£
1,313
-
1,313
1,313
-
1,313		 2020
Total
£
39,877
39,877
Liabilities
Independent examination and accounts		 3,120
3,120		 3,120
3,120

The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the Trustees and signed on their behalf by:

David Michael Firth

David Michael Firth (Jan 31, 2022 13:50 GMT)

………………………..

David Michael Firth Chair of Trustees

Date: Jan 31, 2022

The notes on pages 7 to 8 form part of these financial statements.

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The Parents Forum for Bradford and Airedale

Notes to the Financial Statements

Year Ended 31 March 2021

1 Summary of significant accounting policies

(a) General information and basis of preparation

The Parents Forum for Bradford and Airedale is a registered charity in England. The address of the registered office is given in the charity information on page 1 of these financial statements. The nature of the charity’s operations and principal activities are disclosed in the Trustees Report.

The trustees have taken advantage of section 133 of the Charities Act 2011 and have prepared the accounts on a receipts and payments basis.

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.

(b) Funds

Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the charity and which have not been designated for other purposes.

Restricted funds are funds which are to be used in accordance with specific restrictions imposed by donors or which have been raised by the charity for particular purposes. The cost of raising and administering such funds are charged against the specific fund. The aim and use of each restricted fund is set out in the notes to the financial statements.

(c) Taxation

As a registered 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.

(d) Going concern

The Trustees have considered the impact of Covid-19 on the Charity’s income and beneficiaries, as well as the wider economy. Whilst it is not considered practical to accurately assess the duration and extent of the disruption, the Trustees are confident that they have plans in place to deal with and mitigate any financial losses that may arise. The Trustees therefore consider that the level of reserves for the charity are adequate. The Trustees continue to adopt the going concern basis of preparation for these financial statements.

2 Grants and donations

Bradford MDC
DfE		 2021
Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
Total
£
£
£
-
7,500
30,000
-
30,000
7,500
7,500
30,000
37,500		 2020
Total
£
49,500
11,468
60,968

3 Trustees expenses

During the year one trustee was paid expenses of £175 (2020 – £nil). Trustee expenses were allocated to software expenses, as the reimbursements related to software costs.

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The Parents Forum for Bradford and Airedale

Notes to the Financial Statements

Year Ended 31 March 2021

4 Fund reconciliation

Fund reconciliation – current year

Unrestricted funds
Restricted funds
BMDC grant		 Balance at 1
April 2020
Income
Expenditure
Transfers
Balance at 31
March 2021
£
£
£
£
£
31,541
7,708
(17,442)
(12,786)
1,313
31,541
7,708
(17,442)
(12,786)
1,313
8,336
30,000
(51,122)
12,786
-
8,336
30,000
(51,122)
12,786
-

Fund reconciliation – Prior Year

Unrestricted funds
Restricted funds
BMDC grant		 Balance at 1
April 2019
Income
Expenditure
Transfers
Balance at 31
March 2020
£
£
£
£
£
31,877
11,902
(12,238)
-
31,541
31,877
11,902
(12,238)
-
31,541
-
49,500
(41,164)
-
8,336
-
49,500
(41,164)
-
8,336

Fund descriptions

BMDC grant fund relates to monies received towards project costs.

5 Related party transactions

There were no related party transactions during the current year or prior year.

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