Disability Partnership Calderdale
Charity number 1155007
Annual Report and Flnancial Statements
for the year ended 31 March 2025
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Disability Partnership Calderdale
Annual Report and Financial Statements
for the year ended 31 March 2025
Contents
Page
Trustees, report
2to5
Examinerfs report
Receipts and payments account
Statement of assets and liabilities
Notes to the accounts
9t010
Prepared by West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO

Disability Partnership Calderdale
Trustees. report for the year ended 31 March 2025
Reference and administrative details of the charity, its trustees and advtsors
The trustees during the financial year and up to and including the date the report was approved were..
Name
Position
Dates
Alison Schofield
George Brian Sutcliffe
David Ashton
Donna Turner
Georgina King
Geraldine Rushton
Malcolm lfjelty MBE
Marion Spruce
Appointed 10 October 2024
Treasurer
Secretary
Chair
Charity number
1155007
Registered in England and Wales
Registered and principal address
Resource Centre
Hall Street
Halifax
HX7 SAY
Bankers
The Co-operative Bank PLC
1 Balloon Street
Manchester
M60 4EP
Independent examiner
Sarah Coates MAAT
West yorkshi￿ Community Accountancy SeNice CIO
Stringer House
34 Lupton Street
Leeds
LS10 2QW
Structure, govemance and management
The charity is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) formed on 13 December 2013 and is
governed by a constituts'on. This was amended on 26 July 2022.
Method of recruitment and appointment of tNstees
The trustees of the charity are appointed by the members at the AGM.

Disability Partnership Calderdale
Trustees. report (continued) for the year ended 31 March 2025
Objectives and activities
The charity's objects
The charity's objects are to relieve the needs of disabled people, for the public benefit, in Calderdale to enable
them to live as independently as possible by:_
a) Working in partnership with commissioners and service providers to raise awareness of issues of concern to
disabled people, so that commissioners and service providers can make improvements to maximise access to
mainstream and specialist services for people with physical and sensory impairments.
b) Raising the profile of disabled people in Calderdale,.
c) Developing the CIO as an independent user led organisation (ULO) of adults who are interested in working
together to support change for disabled people who live andlor work in Calderdale and have physical andlor
sensory impairments.,
d) Delivering services and organising and facilitating events involving disabled people, to make the long term
future of the CIO more secure.,
e) Holding regular meetings which look at issues in detail, where the membership works together in partnership
with numerous commissioners and service providers to idents'fy barriers faced by disabled people and improve
service design and delivery so that disabled people have better access, experiences, improved wellbeing and
quality of life,
Q Ensuring that disabled people are fully informed about policy changes that may affect their lives,.
g) Empowering disabled people to take control of their lives and have greater confidence, choice, control and
louder voice over the way their needs are met so they can influence service improvement.,
h) Ensuring that disabled people have greater access to housing, health, education, employment, leisure, and
transport opportunities and can participate in family and Community life.
The charity's main activities
We are an organisation for disabled people, led by disabled people. Our members are disabled people, mosly
with physical andlor sensory impairments. Nine of our ten Trustees are disabled people. Our Trustees meet
monthly and they are very involved, committed and fully informed.
We operate at the heart of a partnership of Disabled Peoples, organisations in Calderdale. We are at the 'hub'
of a Disability Partnership, and act as a key conduit between service providers and commissioners, and the
people living with disabilities who use those services. We provide information, signposting, engagement and
consultation as a ￿0-WaY process between both the statutory, voluntary and private sectors and disabled
people, and knowthat we are best placed to deliver our work. By involving disabled people in this way, we aim
to achieve the removal of barriers to access, and improvements to services for the benefit of disabled people.
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 to enable disabled people in Calderdale to
live as independently as possible by working in partnership with service providers and commissioners to raise
awareness of issues of concern to disabled people and to maximise access to mainstream and specialist
services.

Disability Partnership Calderdale
Trustees. report (continued) for the year ended 31 March 2025
Achievements and perfomiance
DPC were su¢cessful in their application for grant funding from National Lottery Reaching Communities Fund
for three years 2024 - 2027 thich will allow us to continue our work with the disabled communities in
Calderdale and wider West Yorkshire Region.
DPC has continued to deliver a service to a wide range of service users across Calderdale and the wder West
Yorkshire region via in person meetings and over several social media platforms.
We have successfully delivered a "New, Podcast service entitled "Lets Talk. this was supported by a generous
grant from Community Foundation for Calderdale who also grant funded a "Summer Messaging. project.
Our reach:
weekly avera8e152
Weeks)
Platform
Website
Newsletter
Social media
Podcast
En8a8ements
40125
43147
189145
6319
772
830
3637
122
278736
5360
In additson, we received Funding from National Lottery Awards For All to deliver°Juke Box Memories" radlo
podcast wth our Partners Phoenix Radio
Interviews
Date Of Broadcast
Derek
lan
John
Harr
Lee Mount and Halifax memories
Ton
Andrew
Carol and Jim
23rd December. 2024
20th Januaw2025
24th Februa
, 2025
24th March, 2025
28th A
ril, 2025
28TH Ma
, 2025
TBA
TBA
During the financial year we have Held 8 open meetings, including a summer garden party and a Christmas
lunch attracting over 400 members and a wde range of guest speakers, all of our meets'ngs are supported by
British Sign Language signers to assist our deaf and hearing impaired members.
DPC Received a grant of £25,000 from Postcode neighbourhood Trust to allow us to develop and grow our
service in 202415 and 202516 financial years.
As with all organisations we are faced wÉth cost increases from suppliers but with good financial management
and the support of our funding partners we have been able to maintain the level of delivery to our members.

Disability Partnership Calderdale
Trustees. report (continued) for the year ended 31 March 2025
Financial review
The net receipts for the year were £48.181, including net payments of £234 on unrestricted funds and net
receipts of £48,415 on restricted funds after transfers.
ReseNes policy
The charitys free reserves, at the year end were £10,395.
Disabilty Partnership Calderdale will look to ensure a minimum of reserves to cover 2 months average
operab'ng costs (£5,000) to allow an orderly wnding up should the Charity need to close.
Approved by the
trustees on
Signed..
(Trustee)
Name..

Disabllity Partnership Calderdale
Independent examlnefs report to the trustees of Disabllity Partnership
Calderdale
I report to the charty trnstees on my examlnation of the accounts of the CIO for the year ended 31 March
2025, which are set out on pages 7 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 (Yhe ACY).
I report in respect of my examlnation of the CIO'S accounts as carrled out under secllon 145 of the 2011 Act.
In carrying out my examination I hav8 follow8d all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission
under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
Indopendent examlngrf8 Statement
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my att8ntion in connection
with the examination giving me cause to b81ieve that in any materi81 respect:
1 accoUn￿ng records were not kept In respect of the charity as r8quired by seclon 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 8xamination to which
attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be
reached.
Signed:
Name: Sarah Coates MAAT
2910912025
West Yorkshlro Communlty Accountancy Sarvlco CIO
Stringer House
34 Lupton Street
Leeds
LS10 2QW

Disability Partnership Calderdale
Receipts and payments account
for the year ended 31 March 2025
Notes
2025
Unrestricted
funds
2025
Restricted
funds
2025
Total
funds
2024
Totsl
funds
Receipts
Grants and donations
Fee income
Total receipts
{21
589
486
1.075
123,379
123,968
486
124.454
73.579
450
74,029
123,379
Payments
Venue hire
8SL interpreting service
Administration
Transport
Catering
Independent examination
Website
Insurance
Development workers
Administration workers
Worker expenses
Equipment
Donations
Productions costs
Phone costs
Total payments
Net receipts l (payments)
Fund balances brought forward
Fund balances carried forward
377
1,347
697
562
3,053
732
10,064
393
32,168
20,405
59
192
377
1,472
710
572
3,053
732
10,064
393
32,417
20,405
59
1,019
858
1,998
4,693
509
3,322
1,056
5,584
393
32,911
18,267
82
230
550
125
13
10
249
827
4,875
40
74,964
48.415
4,875
125
76,273
48,181
85
1,309
(234)
198
70,651
3,378
20,492
68,673
17,114
20,492
131
10,395
58,278

Disability Partnershlp Calderdale
Statement of assets and liabllities
as at 31 March 2025
2025
Unrestricted
2025
Restricted
2025
2024
Total
Totsl
Cash funds
Cash at bank
Cash in hand
Total rAsh funds
10,258
137
10,395
58,278
68,536
137
68.673
20,378
114
20,492
58,278
Debtors and prepayments
2025
Prepayments
360
360
Assets retained for the charity's own use
Cupboard
Four printers
Two digital voice recorders
One roller case
Four laptops
Diary and penfriend pens and labels
One conversor pro and bNo headsets
Three tsblets
Liabilities
2025
Accruals
792
792
The financial statements were approved by the board of trustees on ..A.s19.1Ls-
Signed..
(rrustee)
Name..

Disability Partnership Calderdale
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
relates.
Fund accounting
Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discrets'on 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.

Disability Partnership Calderdale
Notes to the accounts continued
for the year ended 31 March 2025
2 Grants and donations
2025
Unrestricted
funds
2025
Restricted
nds
2025
Total
funds
2024
Totsl
funds
National Lottery Community Fund (NLCF)
Postcode Lottery
National Lottery Awards for Al
Comm. Foundats'on Calderdale
Sir George Martin Trust
Donations
75,500
25,000
16,549
6,330
75,500
25,000
16,549
6,330
70,000
1,850
1,729
73,579
589
589
589
123,968
123,379
3 Restricted funds
Balance blf
Incoming
Outgoing
Transfers
Balance clf
NLCF 22-24
Awards 4 All
Postcode Lottery
Comm. Foundation Calderdale
Sir George Martin Trust
NLCF 24-27
9,753
9,753
4,875
4,767
5,300
110
50,159
74,964
16,549
25,000
6,330
11,674
20,233
1,030
110
75,500
123,379
25,341
58,278
9,863
Fund name
NLCF 22-24
Purpose of restriction
To increase visibility, profile and influence of DPC across Calderdale and
Kirklees's VCS, Public and Private Sectors on behalf of the disabled
communty.
Towards a bespoke project delivering a series of "memories Jukebox"
podcast reminiscence sessions.
To support the expansion of our online presence to provide a greater
Service to a greater number of people.
Comm. Foundats"on Calderdale To support a series of Podcasts to help us reach our community in new and
innovative ways.
To help produce a bi-monthly hardcopy bulleting titled 'Enabled'.
To help towards growing and expanding the comprehensive service we
provide to meet the increasing demand.
Awards 4 All
Postcode Lottery
Sir George Martin Trust
NLCF 24-27
4 Related party transactions
Donations from tNstees and related parties
Trustee expenses
No trustee received any expenses during this year or the previous year.
Trustee expenses
During the year 3 trustees were paid a total of £294 in respect of travel, meeting expenses & equipment
(previous year-. 1 trustee and £44).
Trnstee ￿muneratIon and benefrts
No trustee received any remuneration or benefit during this or the previous year.
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