## 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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## Better Action for Families CIO
## 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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## Better Action for Families CIO
## 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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## Better Action for Families CIO
## 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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## Better Action for Families CIO
## 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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## Better Action for Families CIO
## 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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## Better Action for Families CIO
## 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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## Better Action for Families CIO
## 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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## Better Action for Families CIO
## 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|
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**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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## Better Action for Families CIO
## 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.
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