2021-03-31-accounts - The Linking Network

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Trustees		Bishop Toby Howarth	Bishop Toby Howarth
		Rev Denise Poole
		Wahida Shaffi
		Zoe Mawson		(Appointed	2 December 2020)
		Yvette Thomas		(Appointed	17June 2021)
		Ameerah Turner-Desai		(Appointed	17June 2021)
Charity number		1163901
Principal address		Margaret McMillan	Tower
		Princes Way
		Bradford
		BD1 1NN
Independent	examiner	Naylor Wintersgill	Limited
		Carlton House
		Grammar School	Street
		Bradford
		BD1 4NS
Bankers		CCLA Investment	Management
		85 Queen Victoria	Street
		London
		EC4V 4ET
		Unity Trust Bank
		Brindley Place
		Birmingham
		B1 2HB

			Page
Trustees' report			1-15
Independent examiner's		report	16
Statement offinancial	activities
Balance sheet			18
Statement ofcash flows			t9
Notes to the financial	statements		20 - 33

Schools Linking Area	Schools Linking Area	Organisation leading Schools Linking							Date
									Linking
									Established
Birmingham		Faith and Belief Forum Birmingham							2017
Bolton		Achievement, Cohesion gr Integration	Service (ACIS), Bolton Council						2013
Blackburn	with	Blackburn with Darwen Council							2017
Darwen
Bradford		The Linking Network, Bradford in partnership				with Bradford for			2001
		Everyone, Bradford Council
Bristol		Bridges for Communities, Bristol							2020
Buckinghamshire		Buckinghamshire County Council							2009
Burnley		Burnley and Pendle Faith Centre, Lancashire				Council			2017
Bury		CLAS (Curriculum and Language Access		Service),			Bury Council		2018
Calderdale		Calderdale Museums Service, Calderdale			Metropolitan			Borough	2010
		Council
Derby		Global Education Derby							2017
Kent		Inclusion Support Service (ISS), Kent County Council							2010
Kirklees		Kirklees Council							2006
Leeds		Leeds DEC (Development Education Centre)							2019
Leicester		St Philip's Centre, Leicester							2018
London (FBF)		Faith and Belief Forum (FBF)in London							2007
Luton		Luton First Teaching Alliance on behalf	of		Luton		Council		2009
Manchester		Ethnic Diversity Service, Stockport Council			for Manchester				2017
Newcastle	and	Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums		(Laing Art Gallery),					2018
Gateshead		Newcastle and Gateshead City Council;
Nottinghamshire		Nottinghams hire County Council							2018
Oldham		Oldham Council							2001
Pendle		Building Bridges Pendle							2014
Peterborough		Peterborough Vivacity, Peterborough	City		Council				2019
Rochdale		Rochdale Borough Council							2017
Rotherham		Development Education Centre South	Yorkshire				(DECSY)		2017
Sheffield		Development Education Centre South	Yorkshire				(DECSY)		2017
Stockport		Ethnic Diversity Service, Stockport Council							2009
Tower Hamlets		HEC Global Learning Centre, Tower Hamlets							2018
Waltham	Forest	Faith and Belief Forum, Waltham Forest							2017
Walsall		Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council							2018

			Unrestricted	Restricted	Total	Unrestricted	Restricted	Total
			funds	funds		funds	funds
			2021	2021		2020	2020	2020
		Notes		E		E	F	E
Income from:
Donations and legacies				454,058	454,058		198,351	198,351
Charitable activities			940	441,488	442,428	31,980	566,488	598,468
Investments			284		284	554		554
Total income			1,224	895,546	896,770	32,534	764,839	797,373
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Charitable activities		6	927	656,766	657,693	4,937	540,478	545,415
Gross transfers
between funds						65,253	(65,253)
Net income for the yearl
Net movement	in funds		297	238,780	239,077	92,850	159,108	251,958
Fund balances at 1 April
2020			429,556	241,993	671,549	336,706	82,885	419,591
Fund balances	at 31
March 2021			429,853	480,773	910,626	429,556	241,993	671,549

					2021		2020
				Notes	f		f
Current assets
Debtors					7,409		16,248
Cash at bank and		in	hand		1,057,454		658,709
					1,064,863		674,957
Creditors:	amounts		falling due within
one year				12	(154,237)		(3,408)
Net current	assets					910,626		671,549
Income funds
Restricted	funds			14		480,773		241,993
Unrestricted	funds
Designated	funds			15	350,000
General unrestricted			funds		79,853		429,556
						429,853		429,556
						910,626		671,549


					Notes	8		8
Cash flows from operating				activities
Cash generated		from	operations		19		398,461		435,790
Investing	activities
Interest received						284		554
Net cash	generated		from investing
activities							284		554
Net cash	used	in financing		activities
Net increase in		cash	and cash equivalents				398,745		436,344
Cash and	cash	equivalents		at beginning	ofyear		658,709		222,365
Cash and	cash	equivalents		at end of	year		1,057,454		658,709

			Restricted	Restricted
			funds	funds
			2021f	2020f
Grants listed below			454,058	198,351
Grants receivable	for core activities
Pears Foundation			339,650	176,533
Culham St Gabriel's	Trust		15,000
The Dulverton Trust			30,000
Bradford Council			4,800
Controlling Migration	fund			7,500
My Home Life Intergenerational		—National	49,108	14,318
My Home Life Intergenerational		—Bradford	15,500
			454,058	198,351

					Charitable	Income
					Income
					2021	2020
					6	6
Service delivery					940	31,980
Ministry of	Housing.	Communities	& Local
Government (MHCLG) including			Department	for
Education	(DfE)				441,488	566,488
					442,428	598,468
Analysis by fund
Unrestricted	funds				940	31,980
Restricted	funds				441,488	566,488
					442,428	598,468

		Unrestricted	Unrestricted
		funds	funds
		2021	2020
		5
Interest	receivable	284	554

				2021	2020
				E	E
Staff costs				289,001	242,012
Programme		costs		296,409	217,378
Sessional	advisors			56,945	52,014
Promotion		and webstte		4,421	8,627
				646,776	520,031
Share of support costs (see note 8)				7,893	21,131
Share ofgovernance			costs (see note 8)	3,024	4,253
				657,693	545,415
Analysis	by fund
Unrestricted		funds		927	4,937
Restricted		funds		656,766	540,478
				657693	545415

					2021	2020
Grants to institutions:
Faith & Belief Forum Birmingham					7,000	10,000
Achievement, Cohesion & Integration Service Bolton Council					17,000
Bridges for Communities, Bristol					7,000
Buckinghamshire Country Council					17,000
Burnley & Pendle Faith Centre,	Lancashire	County		Council	17,000
Curriculum & Language Access	Service, Bury Council				17,000
Calderdale Museums Service, Calderdale		Council			7,000	10,000
Global Education Derby					7,000	10,000
inclusions Support Service, Kent					17,000
Yorkshire Spirit, Kirklees						(11,000)
Carry My Story, Kirklees Council					7,000	21,000
Development Education Centre,	Leeds				17,000	14,000
St Philip's Centre, Leicester					7,000	10,000
Faith & Belief Forum, London					17,000
Luton First Teaching Alliance on behalf of		Luton Borough Council			7,000	10,000
Ethnic Diversity Service, Stockport Council		(Manchester)			10,000
Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle &Gateshead		City Council			7,000	10,000
Nottinghamshire County Council					17,000
Oldham Council					17,000
Building Bridges Pendle					7,000	10,000
Vivacity, Peterborough						7,000
Rochdale Borough Council					17,000
Development Education Centre,	South Yorkshire		(Rotherham)		3,000	10,000
Development Education Centre,	South Yorkshire		(Sheffield)		7,000	10,000
Ethnic Diversity Service, Stockport Council		(Stockport)			17,000
Humanities Education Centre, Tower Hamlets					7,000	10,000
Faith & Belief Forum, Waltham	Forest				3,000	10,000
					280,000	141,000

Support costs
	Support	Governance	2021	Support	Governance	2020
	costs	costs		costs	costs
		6		6	f
Phone and broadband	981		981	1,060		1,060
General office costs	1,810		1,810	3,003		3,003
IT	2,887		2,887	3,314		3,314
Insurance	1,725		1,725	1,332		1,332
Travel and subsistence	106		106	11,981		11,981
Bank charges	199		199	251		251
Legal and professional	185		185	190		190
Accountancy					1,200	1,200
Independent examination
fees		3,024	3,024		2,880	2,880
Trustees travel					173	173
	7,893	3,024	10,917	21,131	4,253	25,384
Analysed between
Charitable activities	7,893	3,024	10,917	21,131	4,253	25,384

	2021	2020
	Number	Number
Employment costs	2021	2020
Wages and salaries	251,655	209,872
Social security costs	20,903	17,717
Other pension costs	16,443	14,423
	289,001	242,012

11	Debtors
					2021	2020
	Amounts falling due		within one year:		f	6
	Trade debtors				220	1,930
	Prepayments	and accrued income			7,189	14,318
					7,409	16,248
12	Creditors: amounts		falling due within one year
					2021	2020
				Notes		6
	Deferred income			13	150,000
	Trade creditors				341
	Accruals				3,896	3,408
					154,237	3,408

						2021	2020
						5	8
Other deferred		income				150,000
Deferred	income		is included	in the financial statements	as follows:
						2021	2020
							5
Brought forward							10,000
Received	in year					150,000
Released	in year						(10,000)
Carried forward						150,000

							Movement	Movement	in funds			Movement in funds	Movement in funds
						Balance at 1 April 2019 6	Incoming resources	Resources expended f		Transfers	Balance at 1 April 2020 6	Incoming resources	Resources expended 6	Transfers 31 6	Balance at March 2021 6
MHCLG and DfE	(Schools	Linking)				30,130	391,488	(421,618)				391,488	(391,488)
Pears Foundation	Social Action		1			5,755			(5,755)
Pears Foundation	Core Schools		Linking				37,833		(5,280)	(32,553)		309,650	(27,339)	(17,000)	265,311
Pears Foundation	Matched	Funding					58,700	(21,994)		(2,700)	34,006		(1,580)	(2,000)	30,426
Culham St Gabriel' s												15,000	(15,000)
Bradford for Everyone, Bradford			Council
(MHCLG)						32,000		(31,800)		(200)
Bradford for Everyone, Bradford			Council				175,000		(5,495)	200	169,705		(69,705)		100,000
The Dulverton Trust						15,000		(15,000)				30,000			30,000
Controlling Migration Fund,		Bradford			Council
							7,500		(7,500)
My Home Life							14,318	(14,318)				49,108	(49,108)
Pears Foundation	(hietwork	Capacity			Grant)		30,000			(30,000)		30,000			30,000
Pears Foundation	(Social Action		2)				50,000		(11,718)		38,282		(23,596)		14,686
Department for Education		Extension										50,000	(50,000)
My Home Life Intergenerationai Bradford			Linking									15,500	(15,500)
Bradford Council	(Critical Thinking			Training
Project)												3,450	(3,450)
Bradford Schools	Linking												(10,000)	19,000	9,000
Bradford Council	Light installation			Project								1,350			1,350
						82,885	764,839	(540,478)		(65,253)	241,993	895,546	(656,766)		480,773

		Movement
		in funds
		Incoming	Balance at	Transfers	Balance at
		resources	1 April 2020		31 llllarch 2021f
Contingency	fund			350,000	350,000
				350,000	350,000

Funds
	Balance at 1 April 2019		Incoming resources	Resources expended	Transfers	Balance at I April 2020	Incoming resources	Resources expended	Transfers	Balance at 31 March 2021
		5			6	6	f	F		5
General funds	336,706		32,534	(4,937)	65,253	429,556	1,224	(927)		429,853
Restricted funds	82,885		764,839	(540,478)	(65,253)	241,993	895,546	(656,766)		480,773
	419,591		797,373	545,415		671,549	896,770	657,693		910,626

17	Analysis of net assets	between	between	funds	funds	funds
		Unrestricted					Restricted					Total	Unrestricted	Restricted	Tote I
				funds			funds						funds	funds
				2021				2021				2021	2020	2020	2020
					E				E			E	E	E	E
	Fund balances at 31 March 2021			are	represented			by:
	Current assets/(liabilities)
			429,853				480,773				910,626		429,556	241,993	671,549
			429,853				480,773				910,626		429,556	241,993	671,549
18	Related party transactions
	Remuneration of key	management			personnel
	The remuneration of key management					personnel		is as		follows.
														2021	2020
														E	E
	Aggregate compensation													101,569	101,591
	There have been no other related			party		transactions			during		the	year	(2020 none).
19	Cash generated from	operations												2021	2020
														E	E
	Surplus for the year													239,077	251,958
	Adjustments for:
	Investment income recognised		in	statement			offinancial			activities				(284)	(554)
	Movements in working	capital:
	Decrease in debtors													8,839	197,068
	Increase/(decrease) in	creditors												829	(2,682)
	Increase/(decrease) in	deferred	income											150,000	(10,000)
	Cash generated from	operations												398,461	435,790