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2024-03-31-accounts

BD4 Community Trust Limited

Charity number 1152702

A company limited by guarantee number 06753751

Annual Report and Financial Statements

for the year ended 31 March 2024

BD4 Community Trust Limited

Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2024

Contents Page
Trustees' report 2 to 6
Examiner's report 7
Statement of financial activities 8
Balance sheet 9
Notes to the accounts 10 to 14

Prepared by West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO

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BD4 Community Trust Limited

Trustees' report for the year ended 31 March 2024

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 Lisa Normington Chair Lorna Brickman Joanne Medd Timothy Thomas Collette Cousins Tahire Zenelli

Resigned 20 October 2023

Charity number 1152702 Registered in England and Wales Company number 06753751 Registered in England and Wales Registered and principal address Bankers St Johns Hub HSBC Bank plc Lloyds Bank plc Neville Road 47 Market Street PO Box 1000 Bradford Bradford BX1 1LT BD4 8TU BD1 1LW

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 a company limited by guarantee and was formed on 19 November 2008 and registered as a charity 3 July 2013. It is governed by a memorandum and articles of association, as amended by special resolution on 2 May 2013. The liability of the members in the event of the company being wound up is limited to a sum not exceeding £10.

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.

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BD4 Community Trust Limited

Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 March 2024

Objectives and activities

The charity's objects

Under a Christian ethos:

  1. To further or benefit the residents of East Bowling, Bradford, West Yorkshire and the surrounding south Bradford area, without distinction of sex, sexual orientation, race or of political, religious or other opinions by associating together the said residents and the local authorities, voluntary and other organisations in a common effort to advance education and to provide facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation leisure time occupation with the objective of improving the conditions of life for the residents. In furtherance of these objects but not otherwise, the trustees shall have power: to establish or secure the establishment of a community centre and to maintain or manage or co-operate with any statutory authority in the maintenance and management of such a centre for activities promoted by the charity in furtherance of the above objects;

  2. To relieve the needs of elderly people, in particular but not exclusively by the provision of day care facilities and a lunch club;

  3. To advance the education of babies and young children, in particular but not exclusively by offering appropriate play facilities and courses for the children and their families.

The charity's main activities

The Aim of BD4 CT is to support and restore community across the generations. This work is split into two projects, each of which contributes to the aim of improving the quality of life for the residents of the BD4 postcode area in Bradford.

The BD4 Family project strongly focuses on working with families with pre-school children and provides sessions each week through term time to support families by providing a place to meet other people, participate in activities, get training and advice, and be encouraged to find out what is available to them and how to access it. There is also the offer of one-to-one support sessions in the home to individual parents and carers according to their needs.

The Gems project works with the older members of our community delivering a variety of activities each week with additional activities at times throughout the year. The project provides opportunities for older people to make friends, participate in healthy activities, learn a new skill, enjoy a nutritional meal, and enjoy day trips.

Both projects are supported by two Activity Leads, whose responsibilities include smooth delivery of services and a coordinated response to the needs of the community.

Public benefit statement

In setting our objectives and planning our activities our Trustees have given serious consideration to the Charity Commission’s general guidance on public benefit and in particular the advancement of education.

Achievements and performance

We have seen another productive year at BD4 Community Trust, with much growth and development. Our staff team has undergone changes in structure and reach. We work in partnership with the Department for Education under their new Start for Life programme, and the NHS in one of their Core20Plus5 initiatives to help reduce inequalities in the Bradford 4 area. We have 6 paid staff, 3 full-time and 3 part-time as well as 13 greatly valued volunteers, all working over the two different projects and our Befriending service. Our team is committed to ensuring the smooth delivery of services to meet our vision and aims as a charity and to provide the best service we can to our service users and wider community.

We are joint community anchors for our local area partnership. Working alongside council development teams, primary care trusts and other health professionals and community organisational leads

We have a new Five-Year Development Plan in place, and we developed this through user consultation and participation of all staff, volunteers and trustees.

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BD4 Community Trust Limited

Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 March 2024

Achievements and performance continued

Through consultation and community engagement, we have started delivering services specifically to help meet the complex needs of adult service users, that supports them with their mental and emotional health through physical activity. The three new services are a Steady Swim group at a local swimming pool; a Walking Group, getting out and about in local green spaces; and a Fitness Class within the local gym. All the new sessions are free for adults to attend and led by a qualified fitness instructor.

Our CEO is also responsible for the line management of the new Start for Life Coproduction Coordinator in Bradford. This is a government funded post and was created in collaboration with the Department for Education. Our Coproduction Coordinator exists to be the bridge between statutory early years provision and community led EYS organisations. Their role is to work with parents of children aged 0-2yrs and find out their views, opinions and hopes for the provision of early years services district wide and identify gaps and marginalised groups.

BD4 Family continues to offer a varied programme of activities: The Family Links Nurturing course, working alongside local Primary Schools in the area to encourage parents to attend and help them to learn strategies to help them to better cope with the pressures of parenting and family life. The HENRY parenting programme, to support parents of younger children to encourage them to think healthier and make healthier family choices. Both programmes are nationally recognised. First Friends, a support and friendship group for families with children under 1 year, providing messy and sensory play alongside breastfeeding and peer support services. We have also partnered with our local Health Visiting team to provide our parents with a childrens 0-5 years Health Visiting Clinic. This gives local parents an opportunity to make an appointment with a Health Visitor in a community setting, to get advice, support, baby weighing and measuring and to be signposted to other statutory services where needed. Infant message, a 5-week programme promoting healthy physical and emotional development, stronger bonding, and attachment. Tots Unlimited, a school preparation group where stimulating and engaging environments are provided for children to learn through play and exploration, alongside their parents or carers. Children also benefit from going on visits to museums and other places in the community to further their knowledge and understanding of the world. 3x Stay & Learn sessions each week, providing free play and exploration for pre-school aged children whilst supporting parents/carers to gain new skills and positive role modelling strategies to gain the best start in family life. Our intergenerational group, called Garden Gang, engages individuals of all ages to learn new skills in ‘growing your own’ fruit and vegetables. An after-school Boxercise class offered to children of primary school age and their parents or carers.

Through additional funding from the Core20Plus5 strategy in Bradford, we have developed and created a new group, specifically for pregnant families in the Bradford 4 area to support with antenatal education and emotional resilience and health. Working in partnership with public sector providers and other health professionals.

The Gems project has continued to provide a more diverse timetable of trips and outings on a more regular basis which service users have benefited from greatly and gained much enjoyment from. We offer older people a range of services including weekly gentle exercise classes, indoor bowls, well-being sessions, a nutritious lunch, beauty treatments, and day trips, wellbeing walks and a coffee and chat group. The team are trained as Dementia Friendly volunteers and have all had training in Mental Health First Aid. We now provide dementia friendly activities for our more vulnerable members to support with engagement and belonging. We have a partnership with a local taxi service to be able to provide a door-to-door collection service enabling those with mobility issues to access the lunch and other services on offer. During the year we have seen 50-60 older people using the project per week, the majority being between 70 and 90+ years of age. Through our work we provide close support to older people which helps them to remain in control of their own lives and stay independent for as long possible. We aim to reduce isolation for older members of our community by creating a social, caring context and opportunities for people to re-connect with their community.

We provide a befriending service within Gems. We have a Befriending Co-Ordinator who is responsible for recruiting and training volunteers to offer weekly support to our more vulnerable and isolated members.

As well as delivering sessions aimed at bringing families and older people together, we continue to put on events throughout the year, such as live vocalist sessions and sing-alongs and afternoon tea events. These are great opportunities to bring all ages from the two projects, together.

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BD4 Community Trust Limited

Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 March 2024

Future Developments for April 2024 – March 2025

Using the knowledge gained from our Five-Year development plan we will be looking to recruit and start two new service user steering groups. The two steering groups will represent both BD4 Family and Gems. Both groups will become the Voice and Influence of our two projects and their ideas and recommendations will be shared directly to the Board of Trustees to help keep our focus on being community led and relevant.

Financial review

The net income for the year was £19,850, including net income of £11,641 on unrestricted funds and net income of £8,209 on restricted funds after transfers.

Reserves policy

The charity's free reserves, excluding fixed assets, at the year end were £50,761.

The Trustees have reviewed the charity's need for reserves in line with guidance issued by the Charities Commission and consider it prudent that free, unrestricted reserves of between 3 and 6 months of running costs (between £48,100 and £96,150 based on budgeted 2024/2025 expenditure) are retained both to enable the smooth running of the charity and to allow for an orderly winding up should that become necessary.

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BD4 Community Trust Limited

Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 March 2024

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:

select suitable accounting policies and apply them consistently;

observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP;

make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;

state whether applicable UK accounting standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements;

prepare the accounts on a going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charitable company will continue in operation.

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.

Approved by the board of trustees on 23/10/2024

Lisa Normington (Trustee)

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BD4 Community Trust Limited

Independent examiner's report to the trustees of BD4 Community Trust Limited

I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the charitable company for the year ended 31 March 2024, which are set out on pages 8 to 14.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the charity's trustees of the charitable company (and also its directors for the purposes of company law) you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 ('the 2006 Act').

Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the charitable 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 your charity's accounts as carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act ('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 material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:

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

25/10/2024

West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO

Stringer House 34 Lupton Street Leeds LS10 2QW

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BD4 Community Trust Limited

Statement of Financial Activities

(including summary income and expenditure account) for the year ended 31 March 2024

Notes
2024
Unrestricted
funds
£
Income from:
Grants and donations
(2)
2,382
Fees and charges
12,647
Partnership agreements
20,580
Fundraising
-
Total income
35,609
Expenditure on:
Salaries, NI and pensions
(3)
15,719
Sessional workers
-
Rent
542
Office and administrative costs
30
Staff expenses
226
Insurance
627
Resources and office supplies
1,341
Activities and trips
3,736
Business development
-
Independent examination
402
Volunteer costs
41
Food and refreshments
67
Training courses
-
Bank charges
-
Depreciation
1,237
Publicity and website costs
-
Subscriptions and licences
-
Total expenditure
23,968
Net income / (expenditure)
11,641
Fund balances brought forward
40,749
Fund balances carried forward
(4)
52,390		 2024
Restricted
funds
£
118,899
-
52,922
-
171,821
110,610
250
12,899
6,388
2,215
-
8,538
8,703
7,454
858
546
3,580
780
121
-
400
270
163,612
8,209
40,758
48,967		 2024
Total
funds
£
121,281
12,647
73,502
-
207,430
126,329
250
13,441
6,418
2,441
627
9,879
12,439
7,454
1,260
587
3,647
780
121
1,237
400
270
187,580
19,850
81,507
101,357		 2023
Total
funds
£
89,715
10,578
79,611
1,062
180,966
119,743
550
12,630
5,779
2,360
557
2,978
8,215
4,130
858
1,591
2,204
250
165
1,237
525
248
164,020
16,946
64,561
81,507

All incoming resources and resources expended derive from continuing activities.

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BD4 Community Trust Limited

Balance sheet

as at 31 March 2024
2024
Unrestricted
£
Fixed assets
Tangible assets
(5)
1,629
Total fixed assets
1,629
Current assets
Prepayments
-
Cash at bank and in hand
53,247
Total current assets
53,247
Current liabilities:
amounts falling due within one year
Creditors and accruals
(6)
2,486
Total current liabilities
2,486
Net current assets / (liabilities)
50,761
Net assets
52,390
Funds
Unrestricted funds
52,390
Restricted funds
-
Total funds
52,390		 2024
Restricted
£
-
-
-
48,967
48,967
-
-
48,967
48,967
-
48,967
48,967		 2024
Total
£
1,629
1,629
-
102,214
102,214
2,486
2,486
99,728
101,357
52,390
48,967
101,357		 2023
Total
£
2,866
2,866
627
78,872
79,499
858
858
78,641
81,507
40,749
40,758
81,507

For the year ending 31 March 2024 the charitable company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.

The members have not required the charitable company to obtain an audit of its accounts for the year in question in accordance with section 476. The trustees (who are also the directors for the purposes of company law) acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.

These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies’ regime and with FRS 102 (effective January 2019).

The financial statements were approved by the board of trustees on 23/10/2024

Lisa Normington (Trustee)

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BD4 Community Trust Limited

Notes to the accounts

for the year ended 31 March 2024

1 Accounting policies

Basis of accounting

These accounts have been prepared under the historical cost convention with items recognised at cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant note(s) to these accounts. The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019) and with the Charities Act 2011.

The charity constitutes a public benefit entity as defined by FRS 102. There has been no change to the accounting policies since last year. No changes have been made to the accounts for previous years.

Going concern

The trustees are satisfied that there are no material uncertainties about the charity's ability to continue.

Incoming resources

All incoming resources are included in the Statement of Financial Activities (SOFA) when the charity becomes entitled to the resources, if it is more likely than not that the trustees will receive the resources and the monetary value can be measured with sufficient reliability.

Grants and donations

Grants and donations are only included in the SOFA when the charity has unconditional entitlement to the resources.

Where grants are related to performance and specific deliverables, they are accounted for as the charity earns the right to consideration by its performance.

Expenditure and liabilities

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.

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.

Tangible fixed assets

Tangible fixed assets costing more than £500 are capitalised and included at cost including any incidental expenses of acquisition. Gifted assets are shown at the value to the charity on receipt. Depreciation is provided on all tangible fixed assets at rates calculated to write off the cost on a straight line basis over their expected useful economic lives as follows: Computer equipment: over 4 years Fixtures and fittings over 4 years

Pensions

The charity operates a defined contribution scheme for the benefit of its employees. The costs of contributions are recognised in the year they are payable.

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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BD4 Community Trust Limited

Notes to the accounts continued

for the year ended 31 March 2024

2 Grants and donations
Asda Foundation
Bradford City Challenge
Bradford Metropolitan District Council (BDMC)
HALE (Health Action, Local Engagement)
Morrisons Foundation
NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board
People's Health Trust
The Henry Smith Charity
Trusthouse Charitable Foundation
Bradford Trident
CNET
Sovereign Health Care
The Scurrah Wainwright Charity
Thornbury Wellbeing Hub
Other donations
3 Staff costs and numbers
Gross salaries
Social security costs
Employment allowance
Pensions		 2024
Unrestricted
funds
£
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2,382
2,382		 2024
Restricted
funds
£
1,047
7,000
14,697
-
4,275
25,000
17,180
29,700
20,000
-
-
-
-
-
-
118,899		 2024
Total
funds
£
1,047
7,000
14,697
-
4,275
25,000
17,180
29,700
20,000
-
-
-
-
-
2,382
121,281
2024
£
116,906
8,968
(5,000)
5,455
126,329		 2023
Total
funds
£
-
8,000
10,341
-
-
-
10,307
29,200
20,000
500
1,011
4,000
4,086
1,348
922
89,715
2023
£
110,890
8,664
(5,000)
5,189
119,743

The average number of employees during the year was 6, being an average of 4.7 full time equivalent (2023: 7, 4.4 FTE). There were no employees with emoluments above £60,000.

Defined contribution pension scheme 2024 2023
£ £
Costs of the scheme to the charity for the year 5,455 5,189
Amount of any contributions outstanding at the year end 182 -

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BD4 Community Trust Limited

Notes to the accounts continued

for the year ended 31 March 2024

4 Restricted funds
Balance b/f
£
Asda Foundation
-
Awards for All Befriending
276
NHS West Yorkshire ICB
-
BMDC Mental Health Wellbeing
-
Bradford City Challenge
1,390
BSB Garden Gang
104
Bradford Trident
12,602
BMDC Older People
1,414
BBC Children in Need
15
Henry Smith
2,969
Morrisons Foundation
-
Peoples Health Trust
5,822
Scurrah Wainwright
2,613
Sobell Foundation
329
Sovereign Healthcare
1,791
Trusthouse Charitable Foundatio
11,433
40,758		 Incoming
£
1,047
-
25,000
3,660
7,000
-
52,922
11,037
-
29,700
4,275
17,180
-
-
-
20,000
171,821		 Outgoing
£
572
276
6,352
1,882
7,726
104
60,380
10,128
15
30,402
3,864
17,378
2,613
329
1,791
19,800
163,612		 Transfers
£
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-		 Balance c/f
£
475
-
18,648
1,778
664
-
5,144
2,323
-
2,267
411
5,624
-
-
-
11,633
48,967

Purpose of restriction

Fund name Purpose of restriction Asda Foundation To support the provision of activities and resources for older people. Awards for All Befriending To support a befriending mentor and related activity/overhead costs. NHS West Yorkshire ICB To enable the leadership, development and delivery of the Bay Circle in BMDC Mental Health Wellbeing To support health, fitness and wellbeing activities. Bradford City Challenge Towards venue hire, activities and food for sessions. BSB Garden Gang To deliver Garden Gang sessions Bradford Trident

Bradford Trident To support the Neighbourhood Project as part of the Better Start Bradford programme. BMDC Older People Towards services for older people. BBC Children in Need Towards Tots Unlimited. Henry Smith Towards core costs. Morrisons Foundation To support the provision of activities and resources for older people. Peoples Health Trust To support the Stay and Learn group activities. Scurrah Wainwright To deliver Boxersize classes. Sobell Foundation Towards core costs for older peoples project. Sovereign Healthcare To deliver the Culture Comforts project. Trusthouse Charitable Foundatio To contribute to activity lead salary costs and related overhead costs.

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BD4 Community Trust Limited

Notes to the accounts continued

for the year ended 31 March 2024

5
**6 **		 Tangible assets
Cost
At 1 April 2023
Additions
At 31 March 2024
Depreciation
At 1 April 2023
Charge for year
At 31 March 2024
Net book value
At 31 March 2024
At 31 March 2023
Creditors and accruals
Creditors
Accruals
Other creditors		 £
5,584
-
5,584
3,597
797
4,394
1,190
1,987
Computer
equipment		 £
1,759
-
1,759
880
440
1,320
439
879
2024
£
1,044
1,260
182
2,486
Fixtures
and fittings		 Total
£
7,343
-
7,343
4,477
1,237
5,714
1,629
2,866
2023
£
-
858
-
858

7 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.

Remuneration and benefits received by key management personnel

The total employee benefits received by key management personnel were £35,976 (previous year: £35,132).

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BD4 Community Trust Limited

Statement of Financial Activities including comparatives for all funds (including summary income and expenditure account) for the year ended 31 March 2024

2024
2023
Unrestricted Unrestricted
funds
funds
£
£
Income
Grants and donations
2,382
922
Fees and charges
12,647
10,578
Partnership agreements
20,580
-
Fundraising
-
1,062
Total income
35,609
12,562
Expenditure
Salaries, NI and pensions
15,719
-
Sessional workers
-
-
Rent
542
-
Office and administrative costs
30
3
Staff expenses
226
-
Insurance
627
557
Resources and office supplies
1,341
-
Activities and trips
3,736
-
Business development
-
316
Independent examination
402
168
Volunteer costs
41
-
Food and refreshments
67
-
Training courses
-
-
Bank charges
-
-
Depreciation
1,237
1,237
Publicity and website costs
-
2
Subscriptions and licences
-
-
Total expenditure
23,968
2,283
Net income / (expenditure)
11,641
10,279
Transfers between funds
-
1,584
Net movement in funds
11,641
11,863
Fund balances brought forward
40,749
28,886
Fund balances carried forward
52,390
40,749		 2024
Restricted
funds
£
118,899
-
52,922
-
171,821
110,610
250
12,899
6,388
2,215
-
8,538
8,703
7,454
858
546
3,580
780
121
-
400
270
163,612
8,209
-
8,209
40,758
48,967		 2023
Restricted
funds
£
88,793
-
79,611
-
168,404
119,743
550
12,630
5,776
2,360
-
2,978
8,215
3,814
690
1,591
2,204
250
165
-
523
248
161,737
6,667
(1,584)
5,083
35,675
40,758		 2024
Total
funds
£
121,281
12,647
73,502
-
207,430
126,329
250
13,441
6,418
2,441
627
9,879
12,439
7,454
1,260
587
3,647
780
121
1,237
400
270
187,580
19,850
-
19,850
81,507
101,357		 2023
Total
funds
£
89,715
10,578
79,611
1,062
180,966
119,743
550
12,630
5,779
2,360
557
2,978
8,215
4,130
858
1,591
2,204
250
165
1,237
525
248
164,020
16,946
-
16,946
64,561
81,507

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