Jesus Shaped People
(A Cbaritsble Incoryorated Organisation)
Annmal Report and Financial St*tements
For the year ended 31 Dettmber 2024
Charity registration number
1169938

Jesus Sbaped People
(A Charitsble Incorporated OrEanisation)
Contents
Page
Independent examiner's reEM)rt
Ststcmcnt of fmancial activities
Balan¢¢ sh¢¢t
10
Notcs to the flllancial stat¢tn¢nts
11-15

JL8us Sb8ped Peopk
(A Charitsble Incorporated Organisation)
Ikgal and admini8tralive information
Charity number
1169938
Registered office
Church HO￿¢,
17-19 York Place,
l£eds LSI 2E
Trustee
Rt Revd Paul Slat¢r- ChaIrn￿ (from 7 Jun¢ 2024)
Rt R￿d Anm Arora - Chairman (to 5 March 2024)
Rcvd Canon Gordon Iky
Brother B¢ncdict SSF
Jacquclinc Stampcr
D¢borah Cl)ild- Vicc chair
Rcvd Canon D¢nisc Pool¢
Revd Canon Andy tklmegc (to 27 Fcbruary 2024)
Tony Hesselwo(Ml
Rcvd Cat￿ll Phil Stonc
Revd Canon Phil Arnold
Revd Grabatn Potter
Independent exxminer
A Neal
31 BcEtc TcrrdC¢
[all￿t¢r
Bankers
POBox250
Iklf Hou
Southway
Skehncrsdal
WN8 6wr
Solititors
Anthony Collins Solicitors LLP
134 Edmund Street
B3 2ES

Jesus Shaped People
(A Cbaritable Incorporated Organ￿110￿)
Trn$tees' Annual Report
Thc Trustecs present their report and the unaudited financith slat¢mmts for th¢ y¢ar ¢ndcd 31
December 2024. The Trust¢es as listed on page I have serve4l &8 dctsile(L throughout the period and
up to thc dat¢ of this rcporL
Strnttur< governance and m4n4geD*nt
Jesus Shaped People is a charitabl¢ in¢oryyTat¢d organisatioTh It was incojporatcd on 28 Octobcr 2016.
Its governing documcnt is its COALStitution &$ ado0￿ on lnLx)r￿ratio
Organisalional Struchwe
The TnL8tees, who are also the mcmbcrs of the charity. meet on a TC8ular basis to ￿VieW progr¢ss.
Their names s¢t out on pagc l. R¢vd Brendan Bass¢tt th¢ Team tthler (Full time employee) d¢als
with the day-to-day managem¢nt and dcv¢lopment of JSP and along with Rcvd Canon Gordon D¢y
¢ngag¢s with a ran￿ of ChU￿h¢S, di(Kew and othw ag¢n¢i¢s for the advancement of JSP Practice
and principles. Mrs Julie Raincr is part time Administralor. James Clayton manag¢s the ￿ and w¢bsit¢
administration. Tony Hessclwood undcrtak&8 the financial adMi￿tratIon on beI￿lf of th¢ Tmsttts.
Related Parties
The charity h&s the I£eds Diocesan Board of Fijjancc as a related party, having historidly bccn a
source of funding and s¢condcd staff up to Scpt¢mbcr 2017. Th¢y now provide mttting facilities for
the Board of Trustees.
Risk
Th¢ principal risk of the cEwity is that IÉ will bc unabl¢ to maintain fiDancial viability through lack of
fundin& The Trustees aT¢ constantly monitoring th¢ ongoing w)sIti(￿. The Tn]stres have identified
other risks and regularfy ￿vieW the mitigation of suc
Objectives and aetivities
Charitable Objecls
The purp)s¢ of the clwity is to pmvide Christian di8cipla8hip rcsourcas and training.
Jesus Sbaped People is a movan¢nL a 'whole church discipleship adventh.. It offets an innovattve
way of enCOura￿ng church&8, particularly thosc serving mar￿nalIS¢d communitie4 to re-shape their
vision and WOTK responding to the call of Jesus to 'Follow me,. JSP aims to see spiritual renewal and
tra￿$fornIati0￿ thUrCh￿ lospir￿ afr¢sh in mi&s1o￿ and w¢lcomtng all.
JSP offcrs a vision and a method that ¢nabl&s local churchcs. cspe£ially thos¢ serving areas of social
disadvantsgc. to adopt mor¢ intentionally th¢ wioriti¢s that Jesus modeled in his thrcfrycar ministy.
It assists churches to explore thesc priorities in enjoyable and practical ways and to reshape
th¢ms¢lv¢s. JSP h&8 a specific focus on induding children and young p￿p]e. It ain￿ to hclp churchcs
evaluate their progress and n￿AntsIn a Jesus Sha￿d focus in every arca of church lif¢.
Jesu5 Shaped Peopk Ori￿nated in 2￿6 in a church scryed a larg¢ urban estat¢ comtnunity in
Brndfor(L In 2011 the Church comm￿s1One]￿ approved the inc1￿810n of JSP in their 'Church Growth
in Deprived Communities. scheme seeking effective models to halt steep decline of church
mw]bcrship in such Communities. Trir subwuent grant awar4 plus additional gencrow support
from the Diocese of Bradfordlt£ds helped JSP ronodel enabling wid¢r adoptio￿ Growth and
expansion followed with JSP establislKd a8 a Charitabl¢ IncOrE￿ Organisation in 2016.

Jesus Sbaped People
(A Charitable Incorpor8ted Organisation)
Trnstees. Annual Report {¢ontinued)
Adoption of JSP enables a chuwh to b¢tt¢r understand itselc and identify what it is being called to I
and to do- so that it can bettcr [￿l¢fill¢ its fvture mission strategy. This will involve th¢ inclusion of
marginalised pcople; adoption of teaching methods that are mor¢ in keeping with those of Jesus.
development of local Icadership" intentional relationally based evangelism. dev¢Roping work witli
children and young people that is appropriat¢ to th¢ Conte￿ serviLY to the community" and speaking
out courdgeously on behalf of such communities. Church¢s thai adopt Jesus Shaped Pwplc discover
n¢w visioffj d¢plty and pwpose. fmd ncw ways of cngaging with thcir local communitics and begin to
atlract new Mcmb￿S.
Main aclivilies
Jesus Shaped People PrOgMmn￿. offus an introduction to th¢ JSP for church Icadaship teams and
cOng￿gatiO]IS. If adopte4 it provid￿ an initial 15-w¢ck JSP 'whole church discipleship adventure.
which ¢nabl¢s Church￿ to ¢valuatc themselvcs againsl thc life of Jes￿￿, mostly using the Gos￿1 of
Mark. It encouragcs them to bc morc strat¢gic in adoptiDg his mdhods. and to view this as th¢ kcy
measure of 'success'. It invit&8 them to believe that as they reshape their life and work that Jesus will
fulfd his pmmise Iwill be H'ilh Ivu always io the end ofthe ag& '
Accompartin￿n1.. JSP offers ongoing accompanimcttt and supwrt to Church￿ cngagd in the
programm¢. ￿lStIng with ¢valuation and nexi sty, &8 they scck to disccrn what God is calling thcm
to ¢mbark on and how best to bc equipFfd for this.
Inclu￿On of Children and Young Peoplr. JSP w)vid&g dcdicalcd support and rcsources for wo
with childrcn and young people and is now d¢v¢loping int¢r-g¢ncraiiona] worsbip and teaching
malcrials, with spccial hclp for Churchcs with very few or Cvcn no woA( with Childrcn and Young
Peopl¢.
Resource development. JSP rcsourcc dcvclopmcnt is coniinuing. Materials arc availabl¢ for Sunday
worship and small - including swmon notes, prayers, worship idw. and a wide ￿]ge of
rcsourccs for wozk with peopl¢ of all agcs. Additionally in rcsponsc to Cxprcsscd a rang¢ of
additional r¢sourc&s arc creatc<L t&sted and D]adc availabl¢
Establishing Dioe￿an (or equivolenl) Support. thc ¢xpaDsion ofJSP to paTishcs in n¢w di0￿s￿ and
areas will nornwlly Éncludc thc ￿bliShMent of a pathership with a diocesanldcnominational mission
team. A church may k accepted onto thc pilot proj¢cL Sup￿rted by the JSP Team L￿er, th¢
Diocesan Champion and Mission Accompaniers. At present the Mission Accotllpaniers are JSP
trustces, but the T¢am L£adcr and Champion arc w0￿1ng to r¢cruit and train local peopl¢ in this
rolc. This should enhance and develop local provision and people in line with the Project's aims
Encoura￿￿gPrQyeT Suworfr. JSP ￿ognISeS its dq)cnd¢ncc on God and sccks to cncourage ￿gUlar
pray¢r for its work
Acbievements And performance
Trustee Meetings: Th¢ TnISte￿ mct on 5 Occasio￿ in F¢bnJary. ApTil. Jun4 Swtcmbcr and
November 2024
JSP adoption: Duting 2024 JSP w&8 at a variety ofme¢tings and (X)nfcr¢nCi￿. Church¢s hav¢ adopted
and dcployed our materials during 2024 or bav¢ pla￿ to introduc¢ thc material at an appropriat¢ time.
We hav¢ h¢lp¢d with uew wuiri¢s from many pats of the UL often in disadvantaged communities.

Jesus Shaped People
(A Cbaritsble Incorporated OrgaDisalioD)
Trustees, Anttual Report (coDIiDued)
Th¢ Churth Commissioner's 'lnnovative Fund. continu¢s to fund partnership with 2 dioccses in 10
parishes to roll out and imbed JSP in th¢ dioLW. Two Dioceses. Cl￿ter and Bristol have been
identified as partners but the impl¢m¢ntation has t*en delayed rasulting in agr¢em¢nt ofextending the
delivery perfft0￿ A cliampion w&s in p)st in ch￿ througknut the ycar and from th¢ sunmier in
Bristol.
Discussions have taken place with a third Dioc¢se which is io the of discerning whether JSP
is th¢ prime discipleship adventure for it to adopL
Activities.
Work and Tcscarch on int¢rgcn¢ralional ministy l)avc becn the major focus of our children and young
people's work a8 we believe it represents the best hope for churchL8 with no children or young people
and limit¢d rcsourccs. New Interg￿eratiOnal rcsourccs hav¢ be¢n creat¢d to accompany our maln
programm¢. Brejth Bassett th¢ Team t£ader h&8 tak￿ on this WO￿ in the absence of funding for a
development work¢r.
A Grove Trxioklct writtcn by JSP -A Whole Church Discipleship Adventurf published in September
2024 and h&s ¢onlinued to be w¢ll r¢¢¢iv¢d
New training and introductory videos w¢Tt r￿d￿l to enbance the effeetiveness of JSP.
Partnership DevelopmeDL alongside th¢ existing parth¢r6hips with dio¢¢san teanL8, thc National
Estates Churches Network (NECN) and thc Frdnciscan movcmcnL new partnerships werc cstablishcd
with the Estates Evangelism Task Force. Setting God's People Free. Scawll Movement and the
Anglican Communion Intentional Discipl&8bip Fonlln. A ￿dC￿$t with NECN h&$ been cstablished
with 9 q)isodcs now rccorded. Wc are also in contact with KICK Acadani¢s &s a ref¢r¢ncc point for
churches who want to rwnd to JSP'S challenge to engage young people.
Prayer Support: Th¢ JSP Pray¢r supp￿ Basc h&$ b¢¢n ¢xt¢ndcd and a ￿gUlar n¢wslettcr goes out
to ovcr 100 prayer supp)rters.
Strategic Grovrth *Dd Developmemtr Growth in aclivity was n￿InlY through thc accclcrating the
tnnovalion Funding Projcct (JSPI) whcrc the Tcl&ioJLsbip with Bristol and Chcst¢r Dioces¢
sp¢ctiv¢ly. has been strengthened and deepened &s JSP'S profile and impact it￿r￿eS.
Tr￿st¢¢S and oth¢rs ar¢ accompanying churchcs outsidc Chcst¢r and Bristol on the JSP journey.
Thc team Lcader h&s r¢prcs¢nted JSP & a nurnb￿ of nationaj and ryonal COnf￿enCeS and fonuns
and began strategic conversations (ongoing) about adopiingJSP with 2 fiutherAnglican dioc￿¢ (York
and Southwark). A number of international ¢onla¢ts with churches and organisations in South
Americ4 EllrO￿ and Africa havc also been fith &8tablish¢(I
Churches have run JSP rew)rt thaL"
JSP helped tak£ thef￿lS awayfrom confizc¢ (DTd individuaLy'
A reminder that Inc1￿1ve culture 1Sfra￿le we work at il.

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Tru5tees' Annual Report {¢ontAnued)
JSP has shown thiy is only the start ofthejourney.
'IYe appreciated the involvement ofchildren andyoungpeople bth we've hadnoi been good at
reaching children oiher ihan those who are brought along on a Sunday. Our relahomhip with ihe
Uniformed organisatiom haf not beenfruifyl orparncularly meaningfvl. We need io look at that,
'Il s helping us relearn ihe gospeLf again.
'IfeelJSP gave w (the PCC) more authority among ihe congregation lo challenge inlrospective
attitudes rh￿ usually trarnylate af *&F, what about me Iwont. it s o culthre and way of
Ihinhng ihat hay h￿nP￿red ourprtW4gS'
'Ir helped us ￿seSS soaetal Ch￿ge and eqzni) us lofacilitate ihose chang￿,
'Liked the age andgeneralional challenge.
'Cross shaPedJ￿￿ is ihe b￿1 Lenl resource ever used,
'JSP helpedme go beYOndj￿rsa￿n& Igo church. <vxl adually h(Jve more me(mingfvl
conversahons,
'The material was incredibly well received by all our congregationF'
'IYe wed Ihe Children s and Young People curnculum malenal.
Somefeedbackfrom Old Cohv)w." 'O￿KidS team ihoroughly enioyedihep1ap￿ing materials and
thefeedback Wafpositivefvmfamilies as they couldthscuss the same lopic thal all ages and
pecls ofsundaymorning services ihroughout the week '
It's aboutpeople l Helped make ug n￿re Conscio￿ ofothers.
During thc rcy)rting perio￿ 36 thurch¢s wer¢ scrved with our Ksources equating to approxiniatcly
1.200 peopl¢ coming within the spherc of JSP'S valucs and visiim througb local churchcs mostly in
low-itwme commutiitics.
Policiej and Proeedures: Th¢ Tn￿¢￿8 kq)t polici￿ and priKcdurcs under rcvicw that cnablc JSP to
adher¢ to cmploymcnt law, and to monitor and xccss risk in rclation to JSP activiti¢s and provision.
Thc risk rcgistcr was regulaAy revi￿
GDPR Compliance: In 2024 thc pr(Kdurcs for Data Privacy wcrc revi￿ed to guid¢ thcir l¢gal
¢omplian¢¢ with GDPR 1¢8islation and lake every precaution lo prote￿ peN)nal dat&
Financial review
Th¢ UDauditcd financial statan¢Dts sbow the fmancial transactions for the year.
The small deficit for the year h&s been fi￿ded from 8fdnt moni¢s previously bcld.

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Th¢ T￿￿t¢¢$ arc actively ¢n￿WagIng thurches and individuals who have b￿¢fitted from JSP to give
gular fmancial supp)rL Growth in such incomc is slow since the engagemenL in the Ma1￿ is with
¢hur¢h¢s facing many challenges, including their own financial wsitioL The arc gratcful to
thosc who hav¢ been able to contribute financially.
The Innovation Funding through the Church Commissionffs. Stiategic Ikv¢lopm¢nt Fund provides
significant resources cOv￿1ng 65% of the tcam leader's emplojment adminislrativ¢ support and
grants to the participating dioccses to establish I￿al sup￿)rL This wag initially for a period of 3 years
from l April 2023 but has been extended by 18 nwnths to September 2027 with the Commitment
remaining at £249,810.
Th¢ truste¢s aTe mindful that new sourc¢s of fill￿1ng will bc n¢edcd from October 2027. A different
model of funding support to any Diocese adopting JSP &8 a pr¢fcrred discipleship PrO￿￿m¢ is bcing
explored which will g¢n¢rate appropriat¢ funding. The fu￿[ appraisal report of the current schcme
may rclcas¢ new avenues of fundin
Resen
The Trustees, aim is to hold a reserve of and net asscts equivalent to 6 months overheads,
currently £42,000. Currently th¢ nujority of costs arc covered by the LF Grant which is bcing claimed
on a quarterly b&8is. At the end of the ycar the gcncral rcscrv&s wcrc £8197 and an additional £1,753
h¢ld &8 d¢fcTrd incom¢ from thc grant drawdow
Plans for futhre periods
The immediate futuK look8 challenging tA)sitivc &8 the Rcvd Brendan Bassett (a Baptist mijjister
b&sed in Bristol and Plymouth) the WOTL His from inn¢r city contcxts Icnds its¢lf to
engaging churchcs in socially disadvantaged communities.
'JSP Innovation, our pmject with the COE will tske up the bulk of our capacity but in the strategic
hope it will h¢lp r¢plicat¢ JSP morc cffcctivcly. Brendan also pr￿¢nts JSP to various forums in regions
and nationally. JSP h&8 been included in the COE'S national Disciplesbip Foruni 'MDEN'.
The Trustees. committnent to making JSP available 'free at the point of need, is cL)unter cultural in
th¢ worId of finance. Ivhilst having no strategy for charwg churche5 for the support and resources
made available to they tn￿ that there will be a growing number of churchcs and individuals
who will dccidc to niakc g¢nernus donatio￿$ to supp)rt futurc JSP dcv¢lopm¢nL FUrthwDu￿fy ourncw
evaluation forn￿ now &8k directly if a chur¢h that h&s IKnefited from JSP ])as CA)Thgidered a donatioL
Additionally, in thc futur¢ JSP wijl scd( to: _
support JSP Innovation
conduct a comprehensive review of existing materi￿, dev¢lop additional appropriate r¢souwes
and digitslis¢ th¢m to eDhancc aCc￿1b]ll￿.
develop gr¢at¢r collegiality amon￿ ¢hurches that have adopted JSP
¢ngage with denominational regional leadaship to encourage church&8 to participate and to
provide local support
enhance r¢cord keeping
encourage partnership with others wlx) share a common vision for 'culture ¢I￿e, in the
church
continue to supwrt parishes and ¢hur¢kn who have adoptcd JSP
maintsin and develop th¢ ￿ntact with supp)rt¢TS.

Jesus Shaped People
(A Charitable IDcorporated Organisation)
Trustees, Annual Report (eonlillued)
Public benefit statement
In setting our objectives and planning our activitics our Trustces have gtY¢n scrious consideration io
the Charity Commission's g¢neral guidance on public ben¢fit and in particular the advancement ofthc
Christian religion for the ￿￿¢fiL of £hc publi
8 Jesus Sbap¢d People has a strong Priority for cngaging with churches on social housing estatcs and
socially dq)rAved arcAs, th¢ Trustees arc committed to thc availability of acconwaniment and resources
being free of cbaTg¢ to thos¢ who adorn JSP.
Ststement of trustees. responsibilities
The Trustees are restM)nsible for preparing the Tn￿lees. Annual Report and thc financta] statements
in accordancc with applicablc law and United Kingdom Accounling SLqndard8 (Unitcd Kingdom
Gencrally A￿epted Accounting Practice)-
Charity law requires the TnISt￿ to prqwe financial stalcments for fu￿￿1&1 y¢ar. which giv¢ a
truc and fair view of the state of atTairs of th¢ chariiablc incorrx)rated organisation and the incoming
resources and application of r¢source4 including the incom¢ and eX￿ndItU￿, of the ChaTitabl¢
Incorwratcd Organisation for that period. In preparing thesc financial statcments. the Tn￿te¢S arc
rcquircd to:
Select suitable accounting ￿1￿cleS and then apply them consistently"
ObserY¢ th¢ methods and principlcs in the Clwities SORP 2015 (FRSSE):
Makc judgcmcnts and ¢5timatcs that are reasonabl¢ and prud¢nL
ststc wbcthcT appttcablc accounting slandards hav¢ bc¢n follow¢4 subject to any
material departs￿£$ discloscd and cxplain￿ in th¢ financial statements:
Pryr¢ thc financial slaiemcnts on thc going conccrn b&8is unless it is inappropriatc io
presumc that thc charity will continuc in operatio
Th¢ Trusttts arc resw)￿81blC for keq)iDg propcr aLrounting records thal are disclose with reasonabl
accuracy at any tim¢ the fmancial w>sition oflbc ComE￿Y and ￿￿b]e them to ¢nsur¢ that th¢ financial
statcm¢nts comply with th¢ Cbaritics Act 2011. Th¢y arc also r￿n8]ble for safeguardtng the asscts
of the wmtrany and h¢ncc for taking re&8onablc stcps for th¢ prcvcntion and d¢t¢ction of fraud and
other irregularities.
On behalf of the Board
P Slat¢r
Truste&lChair
4 Sept¢mbcr 2025

Jesus Shaped People
(A Charitable Incoryorated OryniMtion)
INDEPENDENf EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF JESUS SHAPED
PEOPLE
I report to the tnwees on my exaMi￿tion of the ac£outts of Jesus Shap*J People (the CIO) for the year ended
31 December 2024 which are set out on pag&$ 9 to 15.
Respective rTsponsibilities of trustea and ex4miDer
As the CE￿ity trustees of Ibe CIO you are TesFM)DSible for the Eryat*ion of the accouots in accorknce with
the requirements of the Clwities Act 2011 (The Act).
I report in respect of my emmination of the CIO'S accounts carried out section 145 of the 2011 Act and
in carrying out my exami￿0￿ I have followed all the appli(abk Directions givm by the Cftwity com￿10n
under sethion 145(5Xb) of the Act.
Independent eMmia¢r's statement
I have completed my ¢xarninatIo￿ I confiThn that no Materi￿ mattas h&ve come to attention in c￿nn￿tiOn
with the examination giving mc to believe that in any t[kni￿ rcsp
(l) Accounting records were not keo in re$￿t of the CIO as required by section 130 of the Act; or
(2) The a¢￿untS do not accord wtth th￿C rec(rds' or
(3) The accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the forni and content of
accounts set out in the Charities (A￿OUnts and RepoTts) Rcgulatiolls 2008 other than any requirement
that the accoutts give a'%nK and fair vierf vthich is not a mattff wnsidcrcd &$ part of an independent
I have no conLwns and have Con￿2¢roSS ￿other￿kn in cojmection with the examI￿tiOn to which attention
should be drawn in this rq)ort in orts to eoable a proper undet• ofthe accounts to be reacheiL
AndTCW N
31 Belle Vue Tejrace
Date: 4 September 2025

Jesus Sh8ped People
(A Charitable Incorporated OrEanisation)
Statement of fiDaneial aetiviti
For Ihe year ended 31 December 2024
Unrestricted Restricted 2024
funds
funds
Totsl
2023
Notes
Ineoming resource5
Sncoming resources from gcncrating fim&8:
Donatio￿$ and legaciG8
Investment incomc
8.509
263
71,653
80,162
263
61.560
259
Total incoming resourees
8,772
71.653
80,425
61,819
Resources expended
Expenditurc on cl)arfttable activities
8,927
71,653
80.580
70,015
Totsl resourcts expended
8,927
71.653
80,580
70,015
Net ineoming (outgoimg) resources
for the year
(155)
(155)
(8.196)
Funds brought forward
8.352
8,352
16,548
Totsl funds tarried forward
8,197
8.197
8.352
Th¢ charity h&8 no rccognised gains or los￿8 oth¢r than thc results for thc ycar &8 sct out alK)V¢.
All the activitics of the company ar¢ cl&wd &$ conlinuin
These fmancial stat¢ments bav¢ been subjcctcd to an Inde￿Ident examinatioD- sc¢ Teix)rt on pagc 8

Jesus Shaped Peopk
(A Charitable Ineoryor*ted Organisation)
Balance sheet
As at 31 Deeember 2024
CIO registration number 1169938
2024
2023
Notes
Current assets
Dcbtors
Casb at baDk and in hand
io
1.423
11584
1,757
18.202
14.(K17
19,959
Creditors: anyounts falling
due within one year
li
5,810
11,607
Net curr¢Dt As8ets
8.197
8.352
Totsl aMets less current
liabilities
8.197
8,352
Net asgets
8.197
8,352
Funds
Unrestricted income fimds
Rcstrictcd Funds
13
14
8.197
8,352
Total funds
8.197
8.352
Th¢s¢ r￿cial statements were approved by the Ix)ard on 4 September 2025 and ar¢ siwied on their
behalf by:
Antbony P He￿ehYO0d
Trustee
on pagc
uditcd f￿anCIal Statem￿ts havc bcen subicctcd to an independent exami￿on- see report
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Jesus Sbaped People
(A Charitsble Ineoryorated Organi8ation)
Notes to fiDan¢ial ststements
for the period ended 31 De¢ember 2024
Accounting policies
The principal accounting FM)li¢ics arc SuMn￿sed below. The accounting rK)licies have
applied consistcntly throughout the year and thc preceding year.
1.1. Basis of ateounting
Thc financial stat¢mcnts ar¢ pryarcd under th¢ hisknrical cost convention and in accordance
with the Ststcmcnt of Recomm¢nd¢d Practice 'Accounting and Rep)rting by Clwitics, issued in
July 2015.
1.2. Incon)ing resources
All incoming r&sourc￿ are included in th¢ statement of financial activities whcn thc charily is
¢ntitlcdto thc incom¢ and the anjount can be quantified with rca8onabl¢ accurncy. Th¢
following spwific tx)licies arc applied to particujar catcgorics ofincomc:
Voluntary incom¢ is rec¢iveAI by way of grant& donations and gills and is Includ￿ in full in the
statemcnt or financial activities when receivable. Grants whcrc entitlem¢nt is not conditional on
thL. dclivcry of a specific I￿rforn￿1¢e by thc ckwity ate rccognised whcn thc clwity becomes
unconditionally cntiilcd to the grant. Donated services and facilities arc includcd at the value to
th¢ charity where this can be quantifie& Th¢ valuc ofscrvices provided by volunteers has not
been included.
IJ. Resources expended •nd recognits>n of liabililies
F.xp¢nditur¢ is recognised on an axrual b&8iS &8 a liability is incunr(L FJXtKnditurc includ¢s
any VAT which cannot bc I￿ver¢(L and is r¢EK)rted as part of thc cxpcndiiure to which it
rclatcs.
Costs of gcncrating comprisc thc costs assocAated with attraciing voluntary incom¢.
Charitable expcnditure compriscs thos¢ (x)sts incurrd by the clwity in the dclivery of its
activiti￿ and seTViC¢S for its kncf1ciari￿. It includcs both costs that can b¢ allocat¢d dsTWtIy
to such activities and those costs of an indircct nature necessary to supwrt them.
Support cosis arc thosc costs incurred direct]y in 5UPIKIrt of expenditi￿e on thc objccls of the
charity and includ¢ project managcmcnL
Governancc costs includ¢ those costs &w)ciaicd with meeting costs &ssociat&l with the
constilutional requirements of the charity and include costs of indcmnity insurdncc.
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Jesus Shaped People
(A Chxritsble Incorporated Organisation)
ly0t￿ to the finaDeial statements
for the year ended 31 December 2024
Voluntsry income
UnrestrictedRestrict￿l 2024
funds
fllDds
Totsl
2023
Total
DonatiODS
Grants from churches
Grants
Srtcome tax recoverable
4,964
2,370
71,653 71,653
1.175
6.733
2,900
50,333
1,594
2,370
1.175
8.509
71,653 80.162
61,560
Expenditure on charitsble *etivities- by fund type
Unrestricted Restricted 2024
funds
funds
Total
2023
Tolal
Salarics
Grants to Scrvice providcrs
4,778
50,240 55,018
13.679
13,679
127
51,617
127
8,035
986
2,530
2,215
632
4.000
Office Cxpa
Wcbsiic and Exhibition costs
Travcl extMscs
Insurance
PrOf￿S1O￿al f¢es
2,182
375
624
2,182
1109
624
6.000
1,734
8,927
71,653 80.580
70.015
Expenditure ou cbaritsble *ctivities- by *etivity
Activities
uDd¢rt*ken Govern*Dee Support 2024
directly
Totsl
2023
Totsl
Programme delivery ¢osts
78,909
624
1.097 80,630
70,015
5. AD*lysis of governance e(K4ts
Unrestrictal Restrieted 2024
funds
Total
2023
Total
624
624
632
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Jesu5 Shaped People
(A Charitable Incorporated OryDi8ation)
Notes to the financial statements
for the year ended 31 December 2024
& ADatysis of suptM)rt costs
2024
Totsl
2023
Totsl
Communicalion and infornwtion tethiology
Other office ¢XPCDses
256
243
986
1.097
1.229
Net inu>ming resourtts for the year
2tr24
2023
Ncl iticoming rcsourc¢s is slatd aftcr charging:
Independent exatniner's fees
Employees
Rcmuneration:
50,698
4.320
47.573
4.044
P¢nsion
55.017
51.617
Thc av¢ragc numbcr of cmployees in thc pcriod w&8:_
2024
2023
Number Number
Dcvelopment worker
No cmploye¢ was paid at a ratc in exc￿ of £60.(KKI p&
Tax*tio
Thc charity's activiti¢s fa]1 within the exemptions afforded by the provisions of thc Incomc and
co￿￿ratIOn Taxes Act 1988. Accordingly. th¢r¢ is no i&¥ation cbarg¢ in th¢s¢ a￿OUllts.
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Jesus Sbaped People
(A Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
Notes to the financial statements
for the year eDded 31 DeL*mber 2024
10. Debtors
2024
2023
Incomc Tax rccovcrablc
Prcpaid expenses
1.185
572
576
1,423
1.757
11. Creditors: amounts fAIIiDg due witbiH one year
2024
2023
ACcn￿lS and d¢furcd incom¢
5.810
11,607
5,810
11,607
12. Analysis of Det a&8ets betsveen funds
UDrestrictedRestricted Total
funds
fuDds
funds
Fund balances at 31 Decembcr 2024 &8 represcntcd by.
Current &ssets
Currcnt liabilitics
8.483
5,524 14,007
(286) (5.524) (5,810)
8.197
8,197
13. Unrestricted funds
At
At
l J*n IDeoming Outgoittg 31 De¢
2024 resourtu resources 2024
Gen￿￿ Fund
8.352
8.772
(8,927) 8,197
14. Restricted Funds
At
At
l Jan Inconiing OuQoing 31 Dec
2024 resources resources 2024
Core T¢am employment costs
Innovation Fund Project
38,191 (38,191)
33,462 (33,462)
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Jesus sha￿ Pe￿￿e
(A Charitable Ineorporated OrganiMtion)
Notes to the finaDeial statements
for the year ended 31 December 2024
l& Commitments
Ther¢ wer¢ no op￿tIng or capita] conunitmcnts at the y¢ar a)d.
16. Tr4nsaetions with trustees
No rcmun¢ration has be¢n paid to any trustee. EX￿ of NIL (2023 NIL) have been
paid to trusttt5.
17. Related pfirty traDsaetionJ
Thcrc wcrc no related ￿rty transactions.
18. Events since the Balanee Sbeel date
Therc havc been no significant cvcnts since thc year en
19. P¢DSIOD
Pension contributio￿$ of £4,320 (2023 £4.044) wcr¢ paid into personal PCDsion
sch¢mes of staff m¢mbws.
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