2025-03-31-accounts - Better Action For Families CIO

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Better Action for Families CIO

Charity number 1154286

Annual Report and Financial Statements

for the year ended 31 March 2025

Better Action for Families CIO

Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2025

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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Trustees' report for the year ended 31 March 2025

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

Joanne Lay Chair Paul Broadbent Treasurer Adam Ogilvie Jackie Hartley Kausar Iqbal Rebecca Greenwood Yvonne Ugarte Leanne Benson John Ruddette Kelly Hartley Christopher Charlton

Appointed 18 March 2025 Resigned 15 October 2024

Resigned 15 October 2024

Charity number

1154286

Registered in England and Wales

Registered and principal address

Bankers

Beeston Village Community Centre Virgin Money Beeston Park Place 86A Queen Street Leeds Morley LS11 8DQ Leeds LS27 9BU

Independent examiner

Simon Bostrom FCIE

West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO

Stringer House 34 Lupton Street Leeds LS10 2QW

Structure, governance and management

The charity is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) association formed on 21 October 2013 and is governed by a constitution.

Method of recruitment and appointment of trustees

The trustees of the charity are appointed by the members at the AGM.

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Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 March 2025

Objectives and activities

The charity's objects

The objects of the CIO are for the public benefit:

(1) The advancement of health
(2) The advancement of education
(3) The relief of those in need because of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage in particular through targeted and inclusive action for the improvement of the lives of people with learning disabilities and their families and carers.
(4) The provision of facilities for recreation or leisure time occupation in the interests of social welfare to persons who have need of those facilities by reason of their youth, age, infirmity or disability, poverty or social and economic circumstances and to their families and carers.

The charity's main activities

BAFF run several groups in the community that support parent/carers, people with learning disabilities, their families and the wider community. The groups consist of a Monday social evening, two allotment sessions, family fun, chair based exercise, dancercise and an educational walking group. Our main priority is to focus on an inclusive service that will benefit everyone, while improving the lives of people with learning disabilities and their families in Leeds, through targeted and inclusive action. BAFF are commissioned to deliver three services for Leeds City Council. Facilitate the Carers Reference Group that feed back to the Learning Disability Partnership Board. Manage the ‘As One’ project working with families of adults with learning disabilities to promote inclusion in the community. Asset Based Community Development facilitators to work on people’s skills and assets to develop 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.

Achievements and performance

BAFF have listened to people with learning disabilities, their families and the wider community to support them to participate in new experiences, changing their health and wellbeing helping to adapt to a healthier lifestyle, building friendships with other local people, creating a circle of support in the area.

This has helped build confidence, self-esteem, improved integration and empowerment, encouraging people to become volunteers, access training and become more active in the local community. We have more attendees than before which shows the desire and passion our local community has to safely come together again. BAFFs allotment group continue to have success at the Great Middleton Park Show for their amazing produce, winning certificates.

Our manager, Lynn, was honoured by having her name added to the Ribbon Sculpture celebrating the inspirational women of Leeds. BAFF also held an event to celebrate the achievements of the 6 year long ABCD project which ended in early March 2025.

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Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 March 2025

Financial review

The net payments for the year were £28,532, including net receipts of £70 on unrestricted funds and net payments of £28,602 on restricted funds after transfers.

Reserves policy

The charity's free reserves, at the year end were £13,180.

The charity does not currently have a reserves policy in place. However, the board of trustees is actively working on developing one.

Approved by the board of trustees on 14 July 2025

Jackie Hartley (Trustee)

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Independent examiner's report to the trustees of Better Action for Families CIO

I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the CIO for the year ended 31 March 2025, which are set out on pages 6 to 10.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the charity trustees of the CIO 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 CIO'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 Charities Act; 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.

Simon Bostrom FCIE

17 July 2025

West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO

Stringer House 34 Lupton Street Leeds LS10 2QW

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Receipts and payments account for the year ended 31 March 2025

Notes 2025 Unrestricted funds £ Receipts Grants and donations (2) 532 Other income 34 Total receipts 566 Payments Staff costs - Staff travel - Hall and facility hire - Insurance - Equipment and materials 107 Activity costs and resources - Travel and transport 372 Refreshments 5 Stationery and postage 41 Telephone 142 Exercise classes - Household support - Ingredients - Independent examination - Volunteer expenses - Small Sparks - Facilitator - Office and other expenses 361 Promotional video - Grant repayment - Total payments 1,028 Net (payments) (462) Transfers between funds (3) 532 Net movement in funds 70 Fund balances brought forward 13,110 Fund balances carried forward (3) 13,180	2025 Restricted funds £ 40,940 - 40,940 34,175 - 3,690 270 692 7,628 8,018 685 41 - 6,905 - 1,253 660 79 2,950 735 1,229 - - 69,010 (28,070) (532) (28,602) 49,236 20,634	2025 Total funds £ 41,472 34 41,506 34,175 - 3,690 270 799 7,628 8,390 690 82 142 6,905 - 1,253 660 79 2,950 735 1,590 - - 70,038 (28,532) - (28,532) 62,346 33,814	2024 Total funds £ 56,033 1,199 57,232 33,256 54 2,040 270 1,759 4,507 6,217 856 135 174 7,128 - 1,017 516 105 750 375 191 8,990 540 68,880 (11,648) - (11,648) 73,994 62,346

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Statement of assets and liabilities

as at 31 March 2025 2025 Unrestricted £ Cash funds Cash at bank 13,090 Cash in hand 90 Total cash funds 13,180 Liabilities Creditors Accruals	2025 Restricted £ 20,634 - 20,634	2025 Total £ 33,724 90 33,814 2025 £ 1,003 5,592 6,595	2024 Total £ 62,275 71 62,346

The financial statements were approved by the board of trustees on 14 July 2025

Jackie Hartley (Trustee)

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Notes to the accounts

for the year ended 31 March 2025

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

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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Notes to the accounts continued

for the year ended 31 March 2025

2 Grants and donations Leeds City Council (ABCD Project) Leeds City Council (Adult Social Care) Leeds City Council (Carers Group) Household Support Fund The National Lottery Wades Other donations 3 Restricted funds Balance b/f £ LCC - ASC 24/25 6,034 LCC (Carers) 11,837 Awards for All - LCC (MICE) 56 LCC (ABCD) 22,314 Aspire 232 LCC (ABCD Small Sparks) 4,717 Cycling UK 993 WYCA 1,660 My Future Project 545 Wades 848 Household Fund - 49,236	2025 Unrestricted funds £ - - - - - 532 532 Incoming £ 10,000 6,000 19,940 - - - - - - - - 5,000 40,940	2025 Restricted funds £ - 10,000 6,000 5,000 19,940 - - 40,940 Outgoing £ 10,529 7,483 18,446 56 21,071 200 4,217 - 1,660 - 848 4,500 69,010	2025 Total funds £ - 10,000 6,000 5,000 19,940 - 532 41,472 Transfers £ - - - - - (32) - - - - - (500) (532)	2024 Total funds £ 25,000 10,000 6,000 - 9,990 5,000 43 56,033 Balance c/f £ 5,505 10,354 1,494 - 1,243 - 500 993 - 545 - - 20,634

Fund name LCC - ASC 24/25

LCC (Carers) Awards for All

LCC (MICE) LCC (ABCD) Aspire

LCC (ABCD Small Sparks)

Cycling UK WYCA

My Future Project

Wades

Household Fund

Purpose of restriction

Adult Social Care funding towards the managers salary, rent, insurance and other running costs.

To facilitate the Carers Reference Group for Leeds.

To hire an instructor and a support worker to run family fun and walking groups in the local community. Also, refreshments, transport, pantomime tickets, insurance and AGM.

Towards the costs of the allotment and holistic relaxation sessions. For the Asset Based Community Development project.

To purchase equipment for an accessible changing room. The transfer relates to the reallocation of overhead costs and management fees to unrestricted funds.

To make small awards to residents to allow them to organise local activities.

To purchase cycles and other equipment to deliver group cycling sessions. To purchase equipment, helmets, first aid kits, cycles and training so BAFF can deliver cycling group sessions.

To deliver sessions with adults with learning disabilities on skills and strengths for future job workshops.

Towards the weekly groups running costs and transport for the summer trips.

To provide vouchers for food, clothing, bedding etc due to cost-of-living crisis. The transfer relates to the reallocation of 10% management fees to unrestricted funds.

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Notes to the accounts continued

for the year ended 31 March 2025

4 Trustee expenses

No trustee received any expenses during this year or the previous year.

Trustee expenses

During the year trustees were not paid in respect of travel (previous year: 3 trustees and £242).

Trustee remuneration and benefits

No trustee received any remuneration or benefit during this or the previous year.