JERICHO COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION CIO
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
Charity Registration Number: 1168203
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TRUSTEES’ ANNUAL REPORT AND FNANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
| CONTENTS | PAGES |
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| Charity Information | 3 |
| Trustees’ Annual Report | 4 |
| Statement of Trustees’ responsibilities | 7 |
| Independent Examiner’s Report | 8 |
| Statement of Financial Activities | 9 |
| Balance Sheet | 10 |
| Notes to the accounts | 11 |
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CHARITY INFORMATION FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
TRUSTEE COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Charlotte Christie (Chairman) Peter Stalker (Treasurer) Michael Barnes John Crabtree Scott Ellis (resigned April 8 2025 ) Zoe Guy
Jack Nicholson (Resigned April 8 2025) Amy Stein (appointed 14 May 2025) Colin Runacres (appointed 8 April 2025) Phyllis Starkey George Taylor Alex Towler
SECRETARY
Amy Stein
REGISTERED OFFICE
Jericho Community Centre 33a Canal Street Oxford OX2 6BQ
CHARITY REFERENCE NUMBER
1168203
ACCOUNTANTS
SPX Oxford Ltd Peace House 19 Paradise Street Oxford OX1 1LD
SOLICITORS
Knights Solicitors Midland House West Way Botley Oxford OX2 0PH
CONSULTANTS FOR NEW CENTRE ESTABLISHMENT
Stuart Larkin & Associates Limited Bullingdon House 174B Cowley Road Oxford OX4 1UE
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TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
Chairman’s report 2025
The main channels of communication are regular mailings to members on information and events and the Association’s community website ‘Jericho Online’ at www.jerichocentre.org.uk which is updated regularly with information relating to the Community Centre and news about Jericho. Key meetings and activities are also notified by posters in the Centre windows, the two community notice boards and occasional leaflets.
We have 381members, an increase of 33 on last year. Anyone can join the association, either as full members for Jericho residents, or as an associate member if they live elsewhere and they can do so at any time online or by contacting the community centre.
Achievements and performance
Our AGM in 2025 heard an interesting talk by local historian Mark Davies who has done a great deal of research and written books on Jericho. His latest book centres on a scrap book created in 1955 by Constance Hawtrey which she entered into a competition run by the Oxfordshire Rural Community Council. Mark was able to demonstrate that the Suburb of Jericho came into being with the first houses built in 1825 making this Jericho’s 200[th] anniversary.
We recorded our thanks to Scott Ellis who had been an active and dedicated member of the committee for several years. Scott had to move away from Jericho for family reasons and felt he could no longer give the commitment in the future. He would be the first to draw your attention to his autism which brought him challenges but allowed him to bring a directness and clarity to committee discussions. We wished him well for the future.
In addition, we recorded thanks to Jack Nicolson who had been our secretary for one year and also stood down as he has moved away.
Our main regular task remains the operation and maintenance of the Jericho Community Centre. As an old building, not designed for modern needs, this involves us in a great deal of discussion about priorities. We are acutely aware of the limitations of the building. We have no area that can be ‘open access’ for informal gatherings or meetings that would be usual in many modern Community Centres. There is no accessible toilet for wheelchair users and no way of installing one without a major remodelling of the ground floor.
We took the decision to support the Saturday café to allow one morning a week where people can gather with friends and neighbours for low-cost refreshments. Our policy is to use our funds to pay for the salary of the cook/ caterer (Andrea, who does an excellent job and has met demand by expanding into vegan options for the traditional breakfast). We then price the food and drink at a level that will cover costs of ingredients. The level of custom varies from week to week, but we feel it is important that neighbours know that, with the exception of annual leave, the café will be open on a Saturday.
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There continues to be a wide mix of activities which Peter will be reporting on. Most of these are run by individuals who rent the rooms on a regular basis. The income from commercial organisations enables us to cross-subsidise other groups such as Alive and Kicking for older people which can use the Centre free of charge.
We support Greening Jericho, a local group that has done so much to make our area not just greener but also healthier and more attractive. In addition, we maintain the Jericho bouledrome which is used regularly by local and visitors.
We continue to have volunteers on the first Saturday of the month participating in local Litter Picking for which we provide the equipment and we participated again in the OxClean project where local groups are supported to run litter picking in their area.
On the ‘First Saturday’ our councillors have their surgery in our café and the community police occasionally visit to give local people an opportunity to raise questions and concerns.
Our main community event is the Annual Street Fair in June. In this we are joined by the Bookbinders who support with live music and St Barnabas Church supplying cream teas.
The JCA subsidises the cost of hiring a stall for residents to make it affordable for local people to be actively involved. Part of the money to do this is raised by a raffle which local businesses generously gave prizes for and we thank them for that. We also receive small grants for the city council and in this way, although we do not make a profit, we can cover our costs of putting on a what we consider to be a valuable and enjoyable community event.
Once again this year we joined with the school PTA and repeated the successful model of combining our annual community events into a full weekend of ‘Jericho Fest’. The Street Fair took place on the Saturday and the very successful Run Jericho took place on the Sunday.
We continued to support the Jericho Pantry by offering the space free of charge for the regular Tuesday session. The purpose is to use up food that would otherwise be thrown away and has expanded to serving curry made of surplus vegetables. We are grateful to the dedicated team of local volunteers who have made this such a success and particularly Dr Saman Jamshidifard who continues to be actively involved despite being involved what is now a wide number of similar projects across Oxford.
The JCA continues to work alongside the Jericho Wharf Trust (JWT) to pursue the development of the Jericho Canalside site which will incorporate a new Community Centre. The committee continues to play an active part in the debate and champion the Community’s need for a sustainable new Community Centre. Our speaker this evening will update us on the current position.
Health & Safety report
There were no major health & safety issues.
The age of the building continues to raise issues of maintenance. We employ a part time Maintenance Officer who checks the building on a weekly basis and deals with any emergency issues. He and the Centre Manager devise a plan for prioritising routine maintenance within our limited
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budget. Commercial cleaners come in three times a week early in the morning when the Centre is empty to avoid inconveniencing users.
Future Plans
We will continue to apply our strategy of facilitating the widest possible use of the building and where possible subsidising groups which meet a particular local need. There are a range of different activities available and despite the constraints of the building we have many loyal groups and users who return year after year. We have had to turn some new requests away since our evenings are regularly fully booked. We ensure that the long lets of the rooms on the top floor continue to provide a steady income which allows us to keep charges competitive.
A priority remains to continuing to work within the Jericho Wharf Trust for the development of the Canalside site and a new Community Centre.
Charlotte Christie Chairman JCA July 2026
July 2026
Treasurer’s Report
Thanks to a busy year at the Community Centre, the Association made a surplus of around £11,169, bringing accumulated funds to £75,930. This brings us back to where we were before the COVID period. However, approximately £40,000 of this must now be set aside for urgent renovations, notably the replacement of 19 fire doors.
Peter Stalker Treasurer July 2026
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STATEMENT OF THE TRUSTEES’ RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
The trustees are responsible for preparing the Trustees’ Annual Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
The law applicable to charities in England and Wales requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and of the incoming resources and application of resources of the charity for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the trustees are required to:
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select suitable accounting policies and apply them consistently;
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observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP
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make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
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state whether applicable accounting standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements;
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prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to assume that the charity will continue in business.
The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose, with reasonable accuracy, the financial position of the charity and which enable them to ascertain both the financial position of the charity and ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011 and the Charity (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
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INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF JECRICHO COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
I report on the accounts of the Trust for the period ended 31 December 2025, which are set out on pages 9 to 17.
Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner
The charity’s trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity’s trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act) and that an independent examination is needed.
It is my responsibility to:
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examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Charities Act
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to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act
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to state whether particular matters have come to my attention
Basis of independent examiner’s report
My examination was carried out in accordance with the general Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a ‘true and fair view’ and the report is limited to those matters set out in the next statement.
Independent examiner’s statement
In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention:
(1) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements:
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to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the 2011 Act and
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to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the 2011 Act
have not been met or
- (2) to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Name: Sheila Parry
Relevant professional qualification or body: FCCA
Address: Peace House 19 Paradise Street Oxford OX1 1LD Date:
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STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
| Unrestricted funds £ 606 58,612 4,608 858 64,684 6,223 46,574 52,797 11,887 - 802 11,085 64,182 75,267 |
2025 Restricted funds £ - 5,044 - - 5,044 - 5,762 5,762 - 718 802 84 579 663 |
Total funds £ 606 63,656 4,608 858 69,728 6,223 52,336 58,559 11,169 - 11,169 64,761 75,930 |
Unrestricted funds £ 126 52,641 3,874 - 56,641 5,662 45,423 51,085 5,556 107 5,663 58,519 64,182 |
2024 Restricted funds £ - 44,907 - - |
Total funds £ 126 97,548 3,874 - |
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| 44,907 | 101,548 | ||||
| - 45,196 45,196 - 289 - 107 - 396 975 579 |
5,662 90,619 |
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| 96,281 | |||||
| 5,267 - |
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| 5,267 59,494 |
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| 64,761 |
All recognised gains and losses are included in the Statement of Financial Activities.
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BALANCE SHEET FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
| Notes FIXED ASSETS Tangible Assets 7 CURRENT ASSETS Debtors 8 Cash at bank and in hand CREDITORS:Amounts falling due within one year 9 NET CURRENT ASSETS NET ASSETS INCOME FUNDS General funds 14 Designated funds 14 Restricted funds 14 TOTAL FUNDS |
2025 £ £ 311 3,333 74,811 78,144 2,525 75,619 75,930 58,287 16,980 663 75,930 |
2024 £ £ 1,114 3,140 62,580 65,720 2,073 63,647 64,761 47,202 16,980 579 64,761 |
2024 £ £ 1,114 3,140 62,580 65,720 2,073 63,647 64,761 47,202 16,980 579 64,761 |
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| 64,761 | |||
| 47,202 16,980 579 |
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| 64,761 |
These accounts were approved by the board of trustees on 8/07/26 and signed on their behalf by:-
George Taylor Trustee
Peter Stalker Trustee
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NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
1. STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Accounting convention
These accounts have been prepared under the historical cost convention, and in accordance with the Statements of Recommended Practice 2019 (SORP 2019), ‘Accounting and Reporting by Charities’, issued by the Charities Commission and the Charities Act 2011, together with applicable standards.
Income
Income represents income receivable from room hire, rental income, fundraising, donations, gifts and interest received.
Donations and legacies are reported in the Statement of Financial Activities if they are received or due in the financial year.
Any income received relating to a forward period has been deferred.
Grants receivable are included in the year in which the offer is conveyed by the charity except in those cases where the offer has conditions, such grants being recognised as income when the conditions attaching are fulfilled. Grants offered subject to conditions which have not been met at the year end are not included in the financial statements.
Expenditure
All expenditure is included on an accruals basis and is recognised when there is a legal or constructive obligation to pay for such expenditure, inclusive of any VAT which cannot be recovered.
Grants payable are charged in the year when the offer is conveyed to the recipient except in those cases where the offer is conditional, such grants being recognised as expenditure when the conditions attaching are fulfilled. Grants offered that are subject to conditions which have not been met at the year end are noted as a commitment, but not accrued as expenditure.
Resources are expended in the furtherance of the charity’s objectives.
Depreciation
Depreciation is provided at the following rates so as to write off the cost less residual value of the assets over their estimated useful lives. A full year’s depreciation is provided in the year of acquisition.
Office equipment – straight line basis at 25% per annum. Leasehold improvements – straight line basis at 20% per annum.
Items included in fixed assets are capitalised where there is an identifiable asset and / or when the purchase cost exceeds £100.
Fund accounting
Funds held by the charity are either:-
Unrestricted general funds – these are funds which can be used in accordance with the charity’s objectives at the discretion of the trustees.
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NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
Designated funds – these funds represent monies set aside for specific purposes at the discretion of the trustees rather than the donors.
Restricted funds – funds received can only be used for specifically nominated expenditure by the donor and are credited to income in the year in which they are received. Where amounts are not specifically allocated against expenditure in that year the balance is deferred and added to the balance brought forward on the restricted funds and is used in subsequent years in line with the restrictions placed by the donor.
Taxation
The organisation, being a charity, is not liable to taxation on its income.
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NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
2. INCOME FROM CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES
| 2025 | 2024 | |||||
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| Unrestricted | Restricted | Total | Unrestricted | Restricted | Total | |
| funds | funds | funds | funds | funds | funds | |
| £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | |
| Rentals and room hire | 58,612 | - | 58,612 | 54,641 | - | 54,641 |
| Grants | - | 5,044 | 5,044 | - | 44,907 | 44,907 |
| 58,612 | 5,044 | 63,656 | 54,641 | 44,907 | 99,548 |
3. INCOME FROM OTHER TRADING ACTIVITIES
| Café income Street fair Other income |
Unrestricted funds £ 1,148 2,844 616 4,608 |
2025 Restricted funds £ - - - - |
Total funds £ 1,148 2,844 616 4,608 |
Unrestricted funds £ 1,043 2,631 200 3,874 |
2024 Restricted funds £ - - - - |
Total funds £ 1,043 2,631 200 |
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| 3,874 |
4. EXPENDITURE ON RAISING FUNDS
Café purchases Café wages Street fair purchases |
Unrestricted funds £ 792 3,306 2,125 6,223 |
2025 Restricted funds £ - - - - |
Total funds £ 792 3,306 2,125 6,223 |
Unrestricted funds £ 903 2,519 2,240 5,662 |
2024 Restricted funds £ - - - - |
Total funds £ 903 2,519 2,240 |
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| 5,662 |
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NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
5. EXPENDITURE ON CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES
| Wages Rent and rates Utilities Housekeeping Insurance Repairs and maintenance Telecoms Grant expenditure Sundries Depreciation Governance costs |
Unrestricted funds £ 7,817 8,245 7,495 7,712 1,118 7,954 2,248 - 1,264 803 1,918 46,574 |
2025 Restricted funds £ - - - - - 2,008 - 3,754 - - - 5,762 |
Total funds £ 7,817 8,245 7,495 7,712 1,118 9,962 2,248 3,754 1,264 803 1,918 52,336 |
Unrestricted funds £ 7,428 8,095 8,097 5,920 1,066 7,409 2,710 - 2,007 803 1,888 45,423 |
2024 Restricted funds £ - - - - - 322 - 44,874 - - - 45,196 |
Total funds £ 7,428 8,095 8,097 5,920 1,066 7,731 2,710 44,874 2,007 803 1,888 |
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| 90,619 |
6. GOVERNANCE COSTS
| Accountancy fees Independent examination |
Unrestricted funds £ 1,668 250 1,918 |
2025 Restricted funds £ - - - |
Total funds £ 1,668 250 1,918 |
Unrestricted funds £ 1,648 240 1,888 |
2024 Restricted funds £ - - - |
Total funds £ 1,648 240 |
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| 1,888 |
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NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
7. TANGIBLE ASSETS
| Costs At 1 Jan 2025 Additions Disposals At 31 December 2025 Accumulated depreciation At 1 Jan 2025 Charge for year Disposals At 31 December 2025 Net book value At 1 Jan 2025 At 31 December 2025 |
Office equipment £ 3,842 - - 3,842 3,842 - - 3,842 - - |
Leasehold improvements £ 30,563 - - 30,563 29,449 803 - 30,252 1,114 311 |
Total £ 34,405 - - |
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| 34,405 | |||
| 33,291 803 - |
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| 34,094 | |||
| 1,114 | |||
| 311 |
The net book value represents fixed assets used for direct charitable purposes.
8. DEBTORS
| 8. DEBTORS | ||
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Trade debtors Bad debt provision Prepayments and accrued income Other debtors |
2025 £ 385 - 122 3,060 10 3,333 |
2024 £ 673 - 500 2,967 - |
| 3,140 |
9. CREDITORS: amounts falling due within one year
| Accruals and deferred income Other creditors |
2025 £ 2,327 198 2,525 |
2024 £ 1,875 198 |
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| 2,073 |
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NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
10. TRUSTEE REMUNERATION, TRUSTEE EXPENSES AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
No members of the management committee received any remuneration during the period. No committee costs were reimbursed to trustees during the period. No trustee or other person related to the charity had any personal interest in any contract or transaction entered into by the charity during the period.
11. INDEPENDENT EXAMINATION AND OTHER FINANCIAL SERVICE FEES
| Independent Examiner's fees Other financial services 12. STAFF COSTS AND EMPLOYEE BENEFITS Wages and salaries Employer's pension contributions Employer's National Insurance |
2025 £ 250 1,668 1,918 2025 £ 11,123 - - 11,123 |
2024 £ 240 1,648 |
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| 1,888 | ||
| 2024 £ 9,686 261 - |
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| 9,947 |
Average head count: 2
No employees received employee benefits of more than £60,000.
13. REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS RECEIVED BY KEY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL
The key management personnel of the charity are the voluntary trustees. There are therefore no remuneration or benefits of the key management personnel to disclose.
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NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
14. MOVEMENTS IN FUNDS
| As at 1 Jan 2025 |
Income | Expenditure | Funding capital expenditure |
Transfers | Transfers | As at 31 December 2025 |
As at 31 December 2025 |
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| £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | |||
| Unrestricted funds: | ||||||||
| General funds | 47,202 | 64,684 | - 52,797 | - | - | 802 | 58,287 | |
| Designated funds: | ||||||||
| Establishment of new community centre |
16,980 | - | - | - | - | 16,980 | ||
| Total | 64,182 | 64,684 | - 52,797 | - | - | 802 | 75,267 | |
| Restricted funds: | ||||||||
| Alive & Kicking | 90 | 500 | - 150 | - | - | 440 | ||
| Norham | 101 | 126 | - 226 | - | - 1 | - | ||
| Building repairs | - | 2,000 | - 2,008 | - | 8 | - | ||
| Green Jericho | 388 | - | - 334 | - | - | 54 | ||
| Jericho Pantry | - | 1,060 | - 1,049 | - | - | 11 | ||
| JWT | - | 1,200 | - 1,995 | - | 795 | - | ||
| St Sepulchre's | - | 158 | - | - | - | 158 | ||
| Total | 579 | 5,044 | - 5,762 | - | 802 | 663 | ||
| 64,761 | 69,728 | - 58,559 | - | - | 75,930 |
Purpose of designated funds:
As at the end of the period, funds of £16,980 were held in respect of funds collected and expended in connection with the establishment of a new Community Centre for the charity.
Purpose of restricted funds:
£54 was held for Greening Jericho to pay for ongoing expenses for plants and equipment. £158 was held for the St Sepulchre’s gardening group for equipment purchase. £440 was held for Alive and Kicking activities.
15. ANALYSIS OF NET ASSETS BETWEEN FUNDS
| Tangible fixed assets Cash at bank and in hand Debtors Current liabilities |
General funds £ 311 57,169 3,333 - 2,525 58,288 |
Designated funds £ - 16,980 - - 16,980 |
Restricted funds £ - 663 - - 663 |
Total £ 311 74,812 3,333 - 2,525 |
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| 75,931 |
16. POST BALANCE SHEET EVENTS
There have been no significant post balance sheet events.
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