## Bradford Under-Fives Association
Charity number 1167014
## Annual Report and Financial Statements
## for the year ended 31 March 2022
## Bradford Under-Fives Association
Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2022
|**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 9|
**Prepared by West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO**
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## Bradford Under-Fives Association
## Trustees' report for the year ended 31 March 2022
## **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**
**Name Position Dates** Doreen Williams Chair Sally Griffin Treasurer Jeni Lynch Secretary David Morrison Resigned June 2021 **Charity number** 1167014 Registered in England and Wales **Registered and principal address Bankers** Mayfield Centre Unity Trust Bank plc Virgin Money Broadway Avenue Nine Brindleyplace Jubilee House Bradford Birmingham Gosforth BD5 9NP B1 2HB Newcastle Upon Tyne NE3 4PL
## **Independent examiner**
Helen Galvin FCCA
## **West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO**
Stringer House 34 Lupton Street Leeds LS10 2QW
## **Structure, governance and management**
The charity, number 1167014, is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) registered on 10 May 2016 and is governed by an association 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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## Bradford Under-Fives Association
## Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 March 2022
## **Objectives and activities**
## **The charity's objects**
To advance the development and education of children under statutory school age within the area of the City of Bradford and its neighbourhood for the public benefit, by providing in particular but not exclusively, a support service to the managers, leaders, practitioners or volunteers working in non-domestic group settings for children under five years old.
## **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**
This financial year has been very challenging for the staff but they have risen to this challenge and worked very hard to work to the targets which had been set for them.
Even though we did not get the tender that the Council had sent out we have not been deterred. We are looking at other avenues of funding to help us keep going over the coming years. To help us with this we have used the services of a bid writer.
We are continuing to work with our toddler groups as we recognise that they need our support now more than ever.
As the year progressed more toddler groups reopened as the buildings they are held in have opened. Leanne has worked really hard with all the toddler groups to help them reopen and be confident to have families in their settings.
We have done a lot of our work online but in April we finally managed to get outside to run some stay and play sessions, then in May we were back inside to run the stay and play sessions.
Susan has worked really hard with admin and social media work to keep our profile up. She has also worked with the bid writer to put bids together for pots of money for our running costs.
In January we were lucky to secure a grant from the Council to refresh our branding and build a more modern website, these measures will help support our funding applications. Susan has worked together with the web designer and we are really pleased with the result.
All members of staff have worked very hard to support each other and the groups we are working with.
We are working well with those groups that are open and keeping in contact with those still to open.
I would like to thank Susan, Leanne and Heather for all their hard work over the last year and the rest of the committee for their work over covid as well. The staff at BUFA have worked so hard over this time and all the committee are very proud of them.
Doreen Williams Chair
## **Financial review**
The net payments for the year were £19,122, including net payments of £20,151 on unrestricted funds and net receipts of £1,029 on restricted funds.
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## Bradford Under-Fives Association
## Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 March 2022
## **Reserves policy**
The charity's free reserves at the year end were £82,154.
## **Maintaining and monitoring a prudent level of reserves**
The amount held in the reserves will be calculated with reference to changes in operational running costs that may have occurred in the previous year.
It is the charity’s policy to hold six months running costs based on the current rates of salary, rent and insurance costs, whilst maintaining current staffing hours and office space and redundancy costs. This level of reserves will be reviewed on an annual basis and/or in the light of changes to our commitments. Our current calculation to cover these costs is £40,000.
We are currently holding reserves in excess of our policy. As a result of our funding being cut we will be using these excess reserves to fund some of our work while we seek alternative funding.
Signed on behalf of the board of trustees on 24/05/2022
Doreen Williams (Trustee)
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## Bradford Under-Fives Association
## Independent examiner's report to the trustees of Bradford Under-Fives Association
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the CIO for the year ended 31 March 2022, which are set out on pages 6 to 9.
## **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 CIO as required by section 130 of the Act; or 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.
Signed: …………………………………… Name: Helen Galvin FCCA
07/06/2022
## **West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO**
Stringer House 34 Lupton Street Leeds LS10 2QW
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## Bradford Under-Fives Association
## Receipts and payments account for the year ended 31 March 2022
|Notes
2022
Unrestricted
funds
£
**Receipts**
Contract income and grants
(2)
22,666
Bulk buy shop income
181
Member subscriptions
265
Bank interest
760
**Total receipts**
23,872
**Payments**
Salaries NI and pensions
32,494
Payroll charges
414
Training services
650
Travel expenses
394
Office expenses and telephone
1,650
Rent and rates
4,566
Insurance
775
Bulk buy shop purchases
314
Equipment and resources
743
Independent examination
576
Bookkeeping
283
Bank charges
72
Trustee travel expenses
-
Volunteer expenses
-
Website design
-
Consultancy
1,092
**Total payments**
44,023
**Net (expenditure) / income**
(20,151)
**Fund balances brought forward**
102,305
**Fund balances carried forward**
(3)
82,154|2022
Restricted
funds
£
1,810
-
-
-
1,810
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
31
-
-
-
-
-
750
-
781
1,029
758
1,787|2022
Total
funds
£
24,476
181
265
760
25,682
32,494
414
650
394
1,650
4,566
775
314
774
576
283
72
-
-
750
1,092
44,804
(19,122)
103,063
83,941|2021
Total
funds
£
51,666
102
83
7
51,858
34,594
347
614
37
1,249
4,535
608
58
800
480
255
72
36
26
-
-
43,711
8,147
94,916
103,063|
|---|---|---|---|
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## Bradford Under-Fives Association
## Statement of assets and liabilities
|as at 31 March 2022
2022
2022
Unrestricted
Restricted
£
£
**Cash funds**
Cash at bank
82,132
1,787
Cash in hand
22
-
**Total cash funds**
82,154
1,787
**Monetary assets**
Shop stock
Prepaid insurance and equipment rental
**Assets retained for the charity's own use**
Three laptops
Three desktop computers
One photocopier
**Liabilities**
Independent examination
HMRC
Outstanding invoices at the year end
The financial statements were approved by the board of trustees on 24/05/2022|2022
Total
£
83,919
22
83,941
£
1,159
500
1,660
£
456
230
431
1,117|2021
Total
£
103,033
30
103,063|
|---|---|---|
Doreen Williams (Trustee)
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## Bradford Under-Fives Association
## Notes to the accounts
for the year ended 31 March 2022
## **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 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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## Bradford Under-Fives Association
## Notes to the accounts continued
## for the year ended 31 March 2022
|**2 Contract income and grants**
City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council
**3 Restricted funds**
Bradford Parent & Toddler Association
BMDC Early Years
BMDC|2022
Unrestricted
funds
£
22,666
Balance b/f
£
558
200
-
758|2022
Restricted
funds
£
1,810
Incoming
£
-
-
1,810
1,810|2022
Total
funds
£
24,476
Outgoing
£
31
-
750
781|2021
Total
funds
£
51,666
Balance c/f
£
527
200
1,060
1,787|
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## **Fund name Purpose of restriction**
Bradford Parent & Toddler Association BMDC Early Years BMDC
To fund toddler projects to benefit member groups To support Parent and Toddler groups across Bradford South, East and West and deliver specified key Public Health messages and early education projects To refresh the branding and a new website
## **4 Related party transactions**
## **Trustee expenses**
During the year no trustees were paid any expenses (previous year: 1 trustee and £36 in respect of travel).
## **Trustee remuneration and benefits**
No trustee received any remuneration or benefit during this or the previous year.
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