COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 7992682 CHARITY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 1150859
Personal Bridge Company Limited by Guarantee Unaudited Financial Statements 31 March 2024
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Personal Bridge
Company Limited by Guarantee
Financial Statements
Year ended 31 March 2024
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| Trustees' annual report (incorporating the director's report) | 1 |
| Independent examiner's report to the trustees | 4 |
| Statement of financial activities (including income and | |
| expenditure account) | 5 |
| Statement of financial position | 6 |
| Notes to the financial statements | 7 |
Personal Bridge
Company Limited by Guarantee
Trustees' Annual Report (Incorporating the Director's Report)
Year ended 31 March 2024
The trustees, who are also the directors for the purposes of company law, present their report and the unaudited financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2024.
Reference and administrative details
Registered charity name Personal Bridge Charity registration number 1150859 Company registration number 7992682 Principal office and registered Room 1, 2nd Floor office Albion Mills Albion Road,Greengates Bradford BD10 9TQ
The trustees
L Duncan W Duncan J Fennings A Moreton A Gray V Smithson K Awe-Cunningham Independent examiner D P Bohorun FCCA FCMI 6 Howley Park Business Village Pullan Way Leeds England LS27 0BZ
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Personal Bridge
Company Limited by Guarantee
Trustees' Annual Report (Incorporating the Director's Report) (continued)
Year ended 31 March 2024
Structure, governance and management
Personal Bridge was established on 15 March 2012. Personal bridge is a charitable company incorporated on 15 March 2012, with company registration number 7992682 and a charity registration 1150859.
The aims and objectives of the charity are to support individuals in the United Kingdom, trapped in drugs and alcohol addiction, achieve freedom from their habits, and to work towards re-entry back into local community and restored relationships where possible; and to promote a transfer of character, by the introduction of a more positive way of thinking, and developing positive mental & physical work ethic, through various working opportunities. We also encourage and help develop practical life skills to enable individuals to make good, healthy decisions.
All Trustees give of their time freely and no trustee remuneration was paid in the year. Trustees are required to disclose all relevant interests and register them with the chair of trustees and in accordance with the charity's policy withdraw from decisions where a conflict of interest arises.
Related parties and co-operation with other organisations: none of our trustees receive remuneration or other benefit from their work with the charity. Any connection between a trustee of the charity stakeholders must be disclosed to the full board of trustees in the same way as any other contractual relationship with a related party. In the current year no such related party transactions were reported.
Risk Management
The trustees actively review the major risks which the charity faces on a regular basis and believe that maintaining reserves at the current levels will provide sufficient recourses in the invent of adverse conditions. The trustees have also examined other operational and business risks faced by the charity and confirm that they have systems in place to mitigate the significant risks.
Objectives and activities
The aims and objectives of the charity are to support individuals in the United Kingdom, trapped in drugs and alcohol addiction, achieve freedom from their habits, and to work towards re-entry back into local community and restored relationships were possible. As well as to promote a transfer of character, by the introduction of a more positive way of thinking, and developing positive mental & physical work ethic, through various working opportunities. We also encourage and help develop practical life skills to enable individuals to make good, healthy decisions.
Strategic report
The following sections for achievements and performance and financial review form the strategic report of the charity.
Achievements and performance
Our achievements have made significant differences to the lives of many individuals.
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Personal Bridge
Company Limited by Guarantee
Trustees' Annual Report (Incorporating the Director's Report) (continued)
Year ended 31 March 2024
Financial review
The attached financial statements show the current state of finances, which the trustees consider to be sound, especially in light of the nature of our charity activities.
The trustees' annual report and the strategic report were approved on 23 December 2024 and signed on behalf of the board of trustees by:
L Duncan Trustee
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Personal Bridge
Company Limited by Guarantee
Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of Personal Bridge
Year ended 31 March 2024
I report to the trustees on my examination of the financial statements of Personal Bridge ('the charity') for the year ended 31 March 2024.
Responsibilities and basis of report
As the trustees of the company (and also its directors for the purposes of company law) you are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 ('the 2006 Act’).
Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the company are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of the charity’s accounts as carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the 2011 Act’). In carrying out my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act.
Independent examiner's statement
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe:
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accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 386 of the 2006 Act; or
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the financial statements do not accord with those records; or
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the financial statements do not comply with the accounting requirements of section 396 of the 2006 Act 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; or
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the financial statements have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102).
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.
D P Bohorun FCCA FCMI Independent Examiner 6 Howley Park Business Village Pullan Way Leeds England LS27 0BZ
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Personal Bridge
Company Limited by Guarantee
Statement of Financial Activities (including income and expenditure account)
Year ended 31 March 2024
| 2024 | 2024 | 2023 | ||
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| Unrestricted | ||||
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| Income and endowments | ||||
| Donations and legacies | 5 | 13,150 | 13,150 | 2,626 |
| Investment income | 6 | 21,302 | 21,302 | 6,167 |
| Other income | 7 | 24,027 | 24,027 | 63,062 |
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| Total income | 58,479 | 58,479 | 71,855 | |
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| Expenditure | ||||
| Expenditure on raising funds: | ||||
| Costs of raising donations and legacies | 8 | – | – | 10,072 |
| Expenditure on charitable activities | 9,10 | 28,934 | 28,934 | 41,435 |
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| Total expenditure | 28,934 | 28,934 | 51,507 | |
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| Net income and net movement in funds | 29,545 | 29,545 | 20,348 | |
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| Reconciliation of funds | ||||
| Total funds brought forward | 399,323 | 399,323 | 378,975 | |
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| Total funds carried forward | 428,868 | 428,868 | 399,323 | |
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The statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the year. All income and expenditure derive from continuing activities.
The notes on pages 7 to 14 form part of these financial statements.
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Personal Bridge
Company Limited by Guarantee
Statement of Financial Position
31 March 2024
| 2024 | 2023 | ||
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| Fixed assets | |||
| Tangible fixed assets | 16 | 1,492 | 91,984 |
| Current assets | |||
| Cash at bank and in hand | 428,120 | 308,019 | |
| Creditors: amounts falling due within one year | 17 | 744 | 680 |
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| Net current assets | 427,376 | 307,339 | |
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| Total assets less current liabilities | 428,868 | 399,323 | |
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| Net assets | 428,868 | 399,323 | |
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| Funds of the charity | |||
| Unrestricted funds | 428,868 | 399,323 | |
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| Total charity funds | 18 | 428,868 |
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For the year ending 31 March 2024 the charity was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.
Directors' responsibilities:
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The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the year in question in accordance with section 476;
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The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of financial statements.
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies' regime.
These financial statements were approved by the board of trustees and authorised for issue on 23 December 2024, and are signed on behalf of the board by:
L Duncan Trustee
The notes on pages 7 to 14 form part of these financial statements.
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Personal Bridge
Company Limited by Guarantee
Notes to the Financial Statements
Year ended 31 March 2024
1. General information
The charity is a public benefit entity and a private company limited by guarantee, registered in England and Wales and a registered charity in England and Wales. The address of the registered office is Room 1, 2nd Floor, Albion Mills, Albion Road,Greengates, Bradford, BD10 9TQ.
2. Statement of compliance
These financial statements have been prepared in compliance with FRS 102, 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and the Republic of Ireland', the 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) (Charities SORP (FRS 102)) and the Companies Act 2006.
3. Accounting policies
Basis of preparation
The financial statements have been prepared on the historical cost basis, as modified by the revaluation of certain financial assets and liabilities and investment properties measured at fair value through income or expenditure.
The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the entity.
Going concern
There are no material uncertainties about the charity's ability to continue.
Disclosure exemptions
The charity has taken advantage of the small companies exemption in preparing the above report.
Judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty
The preparation of the financial statements requires management to make judgements, estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported. These estimates and judgements are continually reviewed and are based on experience and other factors, including expectations of future events that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances.
Fund accounting
Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees to further any of the charity's purposes.
Designated funds are unrestricted funds earmarked by the trustees for particular future project or commitment.
Restricted funds are subjected to restrictions on their expenditure declared by the donor or through the terms of an appeal, and fall into one of two sub-classes: restricted income funds or endowment funds.
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Personal Bridge
Company Limited by Guarantee
Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)
Year ended 31 March 2024
3. Accounting policies (continued)
Incoming resources
All incoming resources are included in the statement of financial activities when entitlement has passed to the charity; it is probable that the economic benefits associated with the transaction will flow to the charity and the amount can be reliably measured. The following specific policies are applied to particular categories of income:
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income from donations or grants is recognised when there is evidence of entitlement to the gift, receipt is probable and its amount can be measured reliably.
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legacy income is recognised when receipt is probable and entitlement is established.
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income from donated goods is measured at the fair value of the goods unless this is impractical to measure reliably, in which case the value is derived from the cost to the donor or the estimated resale value. Donated facilities and services are recognised in the accounts when received if the value can be reliably measured. No amounts are included for the contribution of general volunteers.
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income from contracts for the supply of services is recognised with the delivery of the contracted service. This is classified as unrestricted funds unless there is a contractual requirement for it to be spent on a particular purpose and returned if unspent, in which case it may be regarded as restricted.
Resources expended
Expenditure is recognised on an accruals basis as a liability is incurred. Expenditure includes any VAT which cannot be fully recovered, and is classified under headings of the statement of financial activities to which it relates:
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expenditure on raising funds includes the costs of all fundraising activities, events, noncharitable trading activities, and the sale of donated goods.
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expenditure on charitable activities includes all costs incurred by a charity in undertaking activities that further its charitable aims for the benefit of its beneficiaries, including those support costs and costs relating to the governance of the charity apportioned to charitable activities.
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other expenditure includes all expenditure that is neither related to raising funds for the charity nor part of its expenditure on charitable activities.
All costs are allocated to expenditure categories reflecting the use of the resource. Direct costs attributable to a single activity are allocated directly to that activity. Shared costs are apportioned between the activities they contribute to on a reasonable, justifiable and consistent basis.
Tangible assets
Tangible assets are initially recorded at cost, and subsequently stated at cost less any accumulated depreciation and impairment losses. Any tangible assets carried at revalued amounts are recorded at the fair value at the date of revaluation less any subsequent accumulated depreciation and subsequent accumulated impairment losses.
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Personal Bridge
Company Limited by Guarantee
Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)
Year ended 31 March 2024
3. Accounting policies (continued)
Tangible assets (continued)
An increase in the carrying amount of an asset as a result of a revaluation, is recognised in other recognised gains and losses, unless it reverses a charge for impairment that has previously been recognised as expenditure within the statement of financial activities. A decrease in the carrying amount of an asset as a result of revaluation, is recognised in other recognised gains and losses, except to which it offsets any previous revaluation gain, in which case the loss is shown within other recognised gains and losses on the statement of financial activities.
Depreciation
Depreciation is calculated so as to write off the cost or valuation of an asset, less its residual value, over the useful economic life of that asset as follows:
| Plant and machinery | - | 25% reducing balance |
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| Fixtures and fittings | - | 25% reducing balance |
| Motor vehicles | - | 25% reducing balance |
Impairment of fixed assets
A review for indicators of impairment is carried out at each reporting date, with the recoverable amount being estimated where such indicators exist. Where the carrying value exceeds the recoverable amount, the asset is impaired accordingly. Prior impairments are also reviewed for possible reversal at each reporting date.
For the purposes of impairment testing, when it is not possible to estimate the recoverable amount of an individual asset, an estimate is made of the recoverable amount of the cashgenerating unit to which the asset belongs. The cash-generating unit is the smallest identifiable group of assets that includes the asset and generates cash inflows that largely independent of the cash inflows from other assets or groups of assets.
For impairment testing of goodwill, the goodwill acquired in a business combination is, from the acquisition date, allocated to each of the cash-generating units that are expected to benefit from the synergies of the combination, irrespective of whether other assets or liabilities of the charity are assigned to those units.
Financial instruments
A financial asset or a financial liability is recognised only when the charity becomes a party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.
Basic financial instruments are initially recognised at the amount receivable or payable including any related transaction costs.
Current assets and current liabilities are subsequently measured at the cash or other consideration expected to be paid or received and not discounted.
Debt instruments are subsequently measured at amortised cost.
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Personal Bridge
Company Limited by Guarantee
Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)
Year ended 31 March 2024
3. Accounting policies (continued)
Financial instruments (continued)
Where investments in shares are publicly traded or their fair value can otherwise be measured reliably, the investment is subsequently measured at fair value with changes in fair value recognised in income and expenditure. All other such investments are subsequently measured at cost less impairment.
Other financial instruments, including derivatives, are initially recognised at fair value, unless payment for an asset is deferred beyond normal business terms or financed at a rate of interest that is not a market rate, in which case the asset is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest for a similar debt instrument.
Other financial instruments are subsequently measured at fair value, with any changes recognised in the statement of financial activities, with the exception of hedging instruments in a designated hedging relationship.
Financial assets that are measured at cost or amortised cost are reviewed for objective evidence of impairment at the end of each reporting date. If there is objective evidence of impairment, an impairment loss is recognised under the appropriate heading in the statement of financial activities in which the initial gain was recognised.
For all equity instruments regardless of significance, and other financial assets that are individually significant, these are assessed individually for impairment. Other financial assets are either assessed individually or grouped on the basis of similar credit risk characteristics.
Any reversals of impairment are recognised immediately, to the extent that the reversal does not result in a carrying amount of the financial asset that exceeds what the carrying amount would have been had the impairment not previously been recognised.
4. Limited by guarantee
Personal Bridge is a company limited by guarantee and accordingly does not have a shrae capital.
Every member of the company undertakes to contribute such amount as may be required not exceeding £1 to the assets of the charitable company in the event of its beinb wound up while he or she is a member, or within one year after he or she ceases to be a member.
5. Donations and legacies
| Unrestricted | Total Funds | Unrestricted | Total Funds | |
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| Funds | 2024 | Funds | 2023 | |
| £ | £ | £ | £ | |
| Donations | ||||
| Donations | 13,150 | 13,150 | 2,626 | 2,626 |
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Personal Bridge
Company Limited by Guarantee
Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)
Year ended 31 March 2024
| 6. | Investment income | ||||
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| Unrestricted | Total Funds | Unrestricted | Total Funds | ||
| Funds | 2024 | Funds | 2023 | ||
| £ | £ | £ | £ | ||
| Bank interest receivable | 21,302 | 21,302 | 6,167 | 6,167 | |
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| 7. | Other income | ||||
| Unrestricted | Total Funds | Unrestricted | Total Funds | ||
| Funds | 2024 | Funds | 2023 | ||
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| Gain on disposal of tangible fixed | |||||
| assets held for charity's own use | 24,025 | 24,025 | 12,732 | 12,732 | |
| Other income | 2 | 2 | 50,330 | 50,330 | |
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| 24,027 | 24,027 | 63,062 | 63,062 | ||
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| 8. | Costs of raising donations and legacies | ||||
| Unrestricted | Total Funds | Unrestricted | Total Funds | ||
| Funds | 2024 | Funds | 2023 | ||
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| Costs of raising donations and legacies | |||||
| - Donations | – | – | 10,072 | 10,072 | |
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| 9. | Expenditure on charitable activities by fund type | ||||
| Unrestricted | Total Funds | Unrestricted | Total Funds | ||
| Funds | 2024 | Funds | 2023 | ||
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| Charitable Activities | 25,989 | 25,989 | 39,061 | 39,061 | |
| Support costs | 2,945 | 2,945 | 2,374 | 2,374 | |
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| 28,934 | 28,934 | 41,435 | 41,435 | ||
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| 10. | Expenditure on charitable activities by activity type | ||||
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| directly Support costs | 2024 | 2023 | |||
| £ | £ | £ | £ | ||
| Charitable Activities | 25,989 | 2,945 | 28,934 | 41,435 | |
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Personal Bridge
Company Limited by Guarantee
Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)
Year ended 31 March 2024
11. Analysis of support costs
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| activity 1 | Total 2024 | Total 2023 | ||
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| Governance costs | 2,945 | 2,945 | 2,374 | |
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| 12. | Net income | |||
| Net income is stated after charging/(crediting): | ||||
| 2024 | 2023 | |||
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| Depreciation of tangible fixed assets | 498 | 664 | ||
| Gains on disposal of tangible fixed assets | (24,025) | (12,732) | ||
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| 13. | Independent examination fees | |||
| 2024 | 2023 | |||
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| Fees payable to the independent examiner for: | ||||
| Independent examination of the financial statements | 744 | 720 | ||
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| 14. | Staff costs |
The total staff costs and employee benefits for the reporting period are analysed as follows:
| 2024 | 2023 | |
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| Wages and salaries | 6,858 | 7,152 |
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The average head count of employees during the year was 1 (2023: 1). The average number of full-time equivalent employees during the year is analysed as follows:
| 2024 | 2023 | |
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| Number of staff | 1 | 1 |
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No employee received employee benefits of more than £60,000 during the year (2023: Nil).
15. Trustee remuneration and expenses
No remuneration or other benefits from employment with the charity or a related entity were received by the trustees.
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Personal Bridge
Company Limited by Guarantee
Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)
Year ended 31 March 2024
16. Tangible fixed assets
| Freehold | Plant and | Fixtures and | Motor | ||
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| £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | |
| Cost | |||||
| At 1 April 2023 | 89,994 | 336 | 3,802 | 12,670 | 106,802 |
| Disposals | (89,994) | – | – | – | (89,994) |
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| At 31 March 2024 | – | 336 | 3,802 | 12,670 | 16,808 |
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| Depreciation | |||||
| At 1 April 2023 | – | 318 | 3,694 | 10,806 | 14,818 |
| Charge for the year | – | 5 | 27 | 466 | 498 |
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| At 31 March 2024 | – | 323 | 3,721 | 11,272 | 15,316 |
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| At 31 March 2024 | – | 13 | 81 | 1,398 | 1,492 |
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| At 31 March 2023 | 89,994 | 18 | 108 | 1,864 | 91,984 |
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17. Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
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| Accruals and deferred income | 744 | 680 |
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18. Analysis of charitable funds
Unrestricted funds
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| 1 | April 2023 | Income | Expenditure | 4 | |
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| General funds | 399,323 | 58,479 | (28,934) | 428,868 | |
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| At | 31 | March 202 | |||
| 1 | April 2022 | Income | Expenditure | 3 | |
| £ | £ | £ | £ | ||
| General funds | 378,975 | 71,855 | (51,507) | 399,323 | |
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Personal Bridge
Company Limited by Guarantee
Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)
Year ended 31 March 2024
19. Analysis of net assets between funds
| Unrestricted | Total Funds | |
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| Funds | 2024 | |
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| Tangible fixed assets | 1,492 | 1,492 |
| Current assets | 428,120 | 428,120 |
| Creditors less than 1 year | (744) | (744) |
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| Net assets | 428,868 | 428,868 |
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| Unrestricted | Total Funds | |
| Funds | 2023 | |
| £ | £ | |
| Tangible fixed assets | 91,984 | 91,984 |
| Current assets | 308,019 | 308,019 |
| Creditors less than 1 year | (680) | (680) |
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| Net assets | 399,323 | 399,323 |
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