## The Immanuel Project
Charity number 1152419
## Annual Report and Financial Statements
for the year ended 31 December 2021
The Immanuel Project
Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2021
|**Contents**|**Page**|
|---|---|
|Trustees' report|2 to 4|
|Examiner's report|5|
|Receipts and payments account|6|
|Statement of assets and liabilities|7|
|Notes to the accounts|8 to 10|
## **Prepared by West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO**
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## The Immanuel Project
## Trustees' report for the year ended 31 December 2021
## **Reference and administrative details of the charity, its trustees and advisors**
The trustees during the financial year and up to and including the date the report was approved were: **Name Position Dates**
**Position Dates** Janet Bannister Chair Brian Noble Trustee John Bottomley Trustee Anthony Chapman Trustee
## **Charity number**
The charity was registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales, number 1152419, on on 13 June 2013.
## **Principal address**
## **Bankers**
Middleton House Yorkshire Bank 16 Middleton Avenue 10 Kirkgate Ilkley Otley West Yorkshire LS21 3HJ LS29 0AH
## **Independent examiner**
Rhys North ACA
## **West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO**
Stringer House 34 Lupton Street Leeds LS10 2QW
## **Structure, governance and management**
The charity is governed by a deed of governance adopted on 15 April 2013 as amended on the 15 September 2014.
## **Method of recruitment and appointment of trustees**
New trustees are appointed by a resolution of the trustees passed at a special meeting.
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## The Immanuel Project
## Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 December 2021
## **Objectives and activities**
## **The charity's objects**
The relief of those in need by running a Christian faith based drop in centre to provide meals, care and support, in particular but not exclusively for the homeless or others suffering loss, pain, addiction and abuse.
## **The charity's main activities**
Based in our newly renovated Community Hub in the City centre, we offer a safe and secure environment to those in our community who are most in need. We provide meals, clothing, physical, health, emotional and pastoral care. In addition our Outreach support, includes outdoor activities and experiences, home, hospital and prison visits. All our activities are designed to improve the confidence and wellbeing of the most vulnerable in our community.
## **Public benefit statement**
In setting our objectives and planning our activities, the Trustees have given serious consideration to the Charity Commission's general guidance on public benefit and in particular the help and support of vulnerable members of our community including the homeless, those with life controlling issues, fallen on hard times, requiring help with mental illness or with substance and alcohol dependencies.
## **Achievements and performance**
The Immanuel Project continued to help support the needs of our guests in 2021, however COVID-19 restrictions prevented us from serving indoors. Instead, we served take away meals to around 250 – 280 guests every week. On Tuesdays and Thursdays, we have been running Happiness and Wellbeing Groups, but numbers are limited to 12 – 15 people due to Covid restrictions.
We look forward to being able to return to a more normal operation which will see us invite guests into our building on Mondays and Wednesdays; providing breakfast, hot lunches, snacks, teas and coffee, plus practical and pastoral support to those in our community who are in most need.
Our team of 30 or so dedicated and caring volunteers plus, our strong links with local government agencies and other like-minded charities enables us to help or signpost our guests to the most appropriate place for their needs. Our volunteers are supported by two experienced part time staff and in the last year we have also recruited two additional part time staff to help with the practical cooking, serving and running of the charity. Between them they provide excellent in house and outreach support with their administrative, organisational and mental health training, benefiting all involved with the Charity.
Our aim as always is to continue to serve and support the homeless and vulnerable members of our community. To be there for them at all times, no matter how tough - and in many cases when no one else is.
## **Financial review**
The net receipts for the year were £5,216, including net receipts of £24,967 on unrestricted funds and net payments of £19,751 on restricted funds.
Like many individuals, charities and businesses up and down the country, Covid-19 pandemic has adversely affected the work of The Immanuel Project and we have had to change our approach to ensure we continue to operate safely, whilst still serving guests in our community.
The Immanuel Project has been blessed by the support of individuals and businesses who have wanted to continue to donate to the charity in these uncertain times. Therefore, at the time of signing these accounts, whilst recognising the challenge of the pandemic, the trustees have reassessed the charity’s ability to continue for at least 12 months from the date that the accounts are approved and conclude that no material uncertainties exist that cast significant doubt on the charity's ability to meet its liabilities as they fall due.
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## The Immanuel Project
## Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 December 2021
## **Reserves policy**
The charity's free reserves, excluding fixed assets, at the year end were £54,092.
Reserves comprise The Immanuel Project’s unrestricted funds that are freely available to spend on any of our charity’s purposes.
The Immanuel Project seeks to maintain between 6 and 12 months expenditure in Reserves at all times, made up of the following items:
Unforeseen emergency costs
Unforeseen day-to-day operational costs
Provision for non renewal of a source of income
The need to fund short-term deficits in a cash budget
The Reserves amount will be reviewed and approved by the Trustees at least annually.
As at 1 April 2022 trustees have calculated the target level of unrestricted reserves to be between £35,000 and £70,000.
Signed on behalf of the board of trustees on 3/5/2022
Anthony Chapman (Trustee)
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## The Immanuel Project
## Independent examiner's report to the trustees of The Immanuel Project
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Trust for the year ended 31 December 2021, which are set out on pages 6 to 10.
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the charity 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 Trust's accounts as carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act. 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.
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.
Rhys North ACA
23/5/2022
## **West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO**
Stringer House 34 Lupton Street Leeds LS10 2QW
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## The Immanuel Project
## Receipts and payments account for the year ended 31 December 2021
|Notes
2021
Unrestricted
funds
£
**Receipts**
Grants and donations
(2)
17,154
Fundraising
15,122
Gift aid
-
**Total receipts**
32,276
**Payments**
Salaries and NIC
(3)
-
Food and wellbeing
622
Rent and rates
-
Insurance
-
Chiropody services
-
Equipment and furniture
-
Repairs and maintenance
720
Crockery etc.
257
Other costs
1,918
Christmas and activity costs
264
Cleaning costs
146
Independent examination
450
New building alterations
1,492
Utilities
33
Computer equipment
-
Fund raising costs
726
Transport and other staff costs
681
**Total payments**
7,309
**Net movement in funds after transfers**
24,967
**Fund balances brought forward**
29,125
**Fund balances carried forward**
(4)
54,092|2021
Restricted
funds
£
50,679
-
-
50,679
33,607
6,800
6,617
804
-
5,213
1,658
1,253
12
186
-
9,870
4,410
-
-
-
70,430
(19,751)
56,259
36,508|2021
Total
funds
£
67,833
15,122
-
82,955
33,607
7,422
6,617
804
-
5,213
720
1,915
3,171
276
332
450
11,362
4,443
-
726
681
77,739
5,216
85,384
90,600|2020
Total
funds
£
80,395
4,514
546
85,455
30,066
4,192
3,750
624
120
6,683
260
-
510
200
451
300
28,730
1,150
483
-
-
77,519
7,936
77,448
85,384|
|---|---|---|---|
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## The Immanuel Project
## Statement of assets and liabilities
|as at 31 December 2021
2021
Unrestricted
£
**Cash funds**
Cash at bank
54,082
Cash in hand
10
**Total cash funds**
54,092
**Other monetary assets**
Gift aid to be received
HMRC re Employers NI Allowance
Prepaid rent
Prepaid insurance
**Assets retained for the charity's own use**
Kitchen equipment
Computer equipment
Musical equipment
Projector and sound system
Furniture
**Liabilities**
Independent examination
Utilities
Pension
**Approval of the accounts**|2021
Restricted
£
36,508
-
36,508|2021
Total
£
90,590
10
90,600
£
2,081
402
1,250
402
4,135
£
600
347
60
1,007|2020
Total
£
85,384
-
85,384|
|---|---|---|---|
The financial statements were approved by the board of trustees on 3/5/2022
Anthony Chapman (Trustee)
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## The Immanuel Project
## Notes to the accounts
## for the year ended 31 December 2021
## **1 Accounting policies**
## **Basis of accounting**
The trustees have taken advantage of section 133 of the Charities Act 2011 and have prepared the accounts on a receipts and payments basis.
There has been no change to the accounting policies since last year.
No changes have been made to the accounts for previous years.
## **Taxation**
As a 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.
## **Fund accounting**
Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the charity.
Restricted funds are subjected to restrictions on their expenditure imposed by the donor or through the terms of an appeal.
Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the accounts.
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## The Immanuel Project
## Notes to the accounts continued
## for the year ended 31 December 2021
|**2 Grants and donations**
Bradford Metropolitan District Council
Co-op Community Fund
Dacre Son & Hartley Ltd
The Arnold Clark Community Fund
The National Lottery
The Neighbourly Foundation
The Screwfix Foundation
Charities Aid Foundation (CAF)
Tesco Community Fund
Bradford Resilience Fund
Inn Churches
Liz & Terry Bramall Foundation
Inn Churches
Donations
**3 Staff costs and numbers**
Gross salaries
Social security costs
Employment allowance
Pensions|2021
Unrestricted
funds
£
-
-
4,820
-
-
500
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
11,834
17,154|2021
Restricted
funds
£
4,440
4,248
-
1,000
31,121
4,870
5,000
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
50,679|2021
Total
funds
£
4,440
4,248
4,820
1,000
31,121
5,370
5,000
-
-
-
-
-
-
11,834
67,833
2021
£
33,581
1,117
(1,117)
26
33,607|2020
Total
funds
£
-
-
-
-
43,802
-
-
10,011
500
10,000
2,600
2,134
1,200
10,148
80,395
2020
£
29,784
1,371
(1,089)
-
30,066|
|---|---|---|---|---|
The average number employees during the year was 2.7, being an average of 1.3 full time equivalent (2020: 2.4, 1.2 FTE). There were no employees with emoluments above £60,000.
|**Defined contribution pension scheme**
Costs of the scheme to the charity for the year
**4 Restricted funds**
The National Lottery Fund
Happiness Group
CAF Resilience Fund
Bradford Resilience Fund
Move for Health
Co-op Community Fund
The Screwfix Fund
B&Q Fund
Arnold Clark Fund
Bradford Mental Health 2021 Fund|Balance b/f
£
43,193
357
10,011
564
2,134
-
-
-
-
-
56,259|Incoming
£
31,121
-
-
-
-
4,248
5,000
4,870
1,000
4,440
50,679|2021
£
26
Outgoing
£
43,468
322
10,011
564
101
4,238
5,000
4,870
380
1,476
70,430|2020
£
-
Balance c/f
£
30,846
35
-
-
2,033
10
-
-
620
2,964
36,508|
|---|---|---|---|---|
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## The Immanuel Project
## Notes to the accounts continued
for the year ended 31 December 2021
## **4 Restricted funds (continued)**
## **Fund name**
## **Purpose of restriction**
The National Lottery Fund For the Stepping into Light project, salaries and running costs. Happiness Group For improving mental health wellbeing through client engagement, trips and activities. CAF Resilience Fund Towards staff costs and on costs. Bradford Resilience Fund To cover on costs and salaries during the pandemic. Move for Health For wellbeing of guests attending the programme, activity costs and staff costs. Co-op Community Fund Towards operational costs. The Screwfix Fund Towards decoration costs and installation of WC upstairs. B&Q Fund Towards the installation of new boiler, radiators & HIVE. Arnold Clark Fund Towards operational Costs. Bradford Mental Health 2021 Fund Towards staff costs, gym equipment, arts and craft materials, trips out and food costs
## **5 Related party transactions**
## **Trustee expenses**
No trustee received any expenses during this year or the previous year.
## **Trustee remuneration and benefits**
No trustee received any remuneration or benefit during this or the previous year.
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