## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 1[st] April 2024 Period start date To 31[st] March 2025 Period end date** ## **Charity name: Bradford Refugee Forum** ## **Charity registration number: 1171078** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**To support Refugees and Asylum**
**Seekers, and promote equality and**
**diversity in Bradford**| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|**BRF have run a befriending scheme to**
**provide support for refugees and**
**asylum seekers, especially those who**
**are new to Bradford. BRF have also**
**arranged events and activities to aid and**
**benefit refugees and asylum seekers.**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**The BRF trustees can confirm that they**
**are conscious of the need to make**
**decisions to ensure the best public**
**benefit possible, in line with guidance**
**issued by the Charity Commission.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference| |---|---| ||Para 1.38| |Policy on grant making|| ||Para 1.38| |Policy on social investment|| |including program related|| |investment|| ||Para 1.38| |Contribution made by|| |volunteers|| |Other|| ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|BRF have run The Welcome Project, a
befriending scheme to provide support for
refugees and asylum seekers, especially those
who are new to Bradford. BRF have also
arranged events and actvites to aid and
beneft refugees and asylum seekers.
BRF has partnered with other providers,
volunteers and supporters to run weekly
wellbeing and welcome chat sessions.| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**BRF’s income for this period exceeds**
**expenditure by a £6,790.**
**Trustees have streamlined all of the**
**running procedures to ensure the**
**charity is on a strong financial footing.**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|Reserves may be held for the following
reasons:
(a) to provide funds to facilitate the
continued operation of the organisation in
the event of a shortage of current funding at
any given time;
(b) to provide funds for unanticipated
opportunities; and/or
(c) to provide cover against unforeseen
risks
Although it may not be possible to achieve
it, the trustees have set a target for reserves
as 3 months expenditure for core costs. At
the time of writing that amounts to
approximately £2500.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£ 6,790 reserves**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**N/A**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**N/A**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**N/A**| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|| Other ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Constitution**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**CIO**| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|**In selecting individuals for**
**appointment as charity trustees, the**
**charity trustees must have regard to**
**the skills, knowledge and experience**
**needed for the effective**
**administration of the CIO.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|
Para 1.51|| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Bradford Refugee Forum| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|BRF| |Registered charity number|1171078| |Charity’s principal address|Refugee Action| |---|---| ||6 Mornington Villas| ||Bradford| ||BD8 7HB| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Carl White|Chair||| ||Micheal Faulkner|Treasurer||| ||Wellington Moyo|Secretary||| ||Alex Chipatiko|||| ||Ghazwan Al Saedi|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved ## **Director name** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity **Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** **Type of Name Address adviser** ## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **Other optional information** |**Section A Receipts and payments**
**1194778**
**CC16a**
**To**
**For the**
**period from**
**Receipts andpayments accounts**
01.04.24
31.03.25
CS~~Sa~~|**Section A Receipts and payments**
**1194778**
**CC16a**
**To**
**For the**
**period from**
**Receipts andpayments accounts**
01.04.24
31.03.25
CS~~Sa~~|**Section A Receipts and payments**
**1194778**
**CC16a**
**To**
**For the**
**period from**
**Receipts andpayments accounts**
01.04.24
31.03.25
CS~~Sa~~|**Section A Receipts and payments**
**1194778**
**CC16a**
**To**
**For the**
**period from**
**Receipts andpayments accounts**
01.04.24
31.03.25
CS~~Sa~~|**Section A Receipts and payments**
**1194778**
**CC16a**
**To**
**For the**
**period from**
**Receipts andpayments accounts**
01.04.24
31.03.25
CS~~Sa~~|**Section A Receipts and payments**
**1194778**
**CC16a**
**To**
**For the**
**period from**
**Receipts andpayments accounts**
01.04.24
31.03.25
CS~~Sa~~|**Section A Receipts and payments**
**1194778**
**CC16a**
**To**
**For the**
**period from**
**Receipts andpayments accounts**
01.04.24
31.03.25
CS~~Sa~~|**Section A Receipts and payments**
**1194778**
**CC16a**
**To**
**For the**
**period from**
**Receipts andpayments accounts**
01.04.24
31.03.25
CS~~Sa~~|**Section A Receipts and payments**
**1194778**
**CC16a**
**To**
**For the**
**period from**
**Receipts andpayments accounts**
01.04.24
31.03.25
CS~~Sa~~|**Section A Receipts and payments**
**1194778**
**CC16a**
**To**
**For the**
**period from**
**Receipts andpayments accounts**
01.04.24
31.03.25
CS~~Sa~~|**Section A Receipts and payments**
**1194778**
**CC16a**
**To**
**For the**
**period from**
**Receipts andpayments accounts**
01.04.24
31.03.25
CS~~Sa~~|**Section A Receipts and payments**
**1194778**
**CC16a**
**To**
**For the**
**period from**
**Receipts andpayments accounts**
01.04.24
31.03.25
CS~~Sa~~|**Section A Receipts and payments**
**1194778**
**CC16a**
**To**
**For the**
**period from**
**Receipts andpayments accounts**
01.04.24
31.03.25
CS~~Sa~~|**Section A Receipts and payments**
**1194778**
**CC16a**
**To**
**For the**
**period from**
**Receipts andpayments accounts**
01.04.24
31.03.25
CS~~Sa~~|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||**Unrestricte**
**d funds**|||**Restricted**
**funds**||**Endowment**
**funds**|||**Total**
**funds**||**Last year**|| ||||**to the nearest**|||**to the nearest**||**to the nearest**|||**to the**||**to the nearest**|**to the nearest**| ||||**£**|||**£**||**£**|||**nearest £**||**£**|| |**A1 Receipts**||||||||||||||| |Startingbalance|||**6,907**|**907**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**6,907**||**-**|| |Personal donations(Gift Aided)|||**1,180**|**180**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**1,180**||**-**|| |Personal donations(not Gift Aided)|||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|| |Donations from Organisations||||||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|| |Grant from Bradford CVS||||||**5,920**||**-**|**-**||**5,920**||**-**|| ||||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|| ||||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|| ||||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_||_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**8,087**|**8,087**||**5,920**||**-**|**-**||**14,007**||**-**|| |||||||||||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**||||||||||||||| |**(see table).**||||||||||||||| ||||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|||| ||||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|| |**_Sub total_**||**_Sub total_**|**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|| |||||||||||||||| |**_Total receipts_ **|||**8,087**|||**5,920**||**-**|**-**||**14,007**||**-**|| |**A3 Payments**||||||||||||||| |Co-ordinator Salaryand Pension|||**5,819**|**819**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**5,819**||**-**|| |Previousyear'sgrant funded actvities||||||**1,278**||**-**|**-**||**1,278**||**-**|| |Payment - Martin Johnson|||**60**|**60**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**60**||**-**|| |Bank charges|||**60**|**60**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**60**||**-**|| |||||||**-**||**-**|**-**||||**-**|| ||||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||||**-**|| |||||||**-**||**-**|**-**||||**-**|| ||||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|| ||||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|| |**_Sub total_ **|||**5,939**|**5,939**||**1,278**||**-**|**-**||**7,217**||**-**|| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**-**
**-**
**_Total payments_**
**5,939**
**1,278**
**-**
~~—————— ~~|||||||||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**7,217**
**-**
~~==~~|||| |**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**2,148**
**4,642**
**- 6,790**
**-**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**-**
**- -**
**-**
**-**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**-**
**- -**
**-**
**-**
**_Cash funds this year end_**
**2,148**
**4,642**
**- 6,790**
**-**
~~====—~~||||||||||||||| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 12/02/2026 1 ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
**B5 Liabilities**
**NOTES:**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B1 Cash funds**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B3 Investment assets**|_Wellington Moyo_
Signature
_Michael Faulkner_
None
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and
payments account(s))
CVS grant Feb 25
General Funds
**Details**
None
None|**Unrestricte**
**d funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**5,920**
**870**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**870**
**5,920**
Agreement
Error
Agreement
Error
**Unrestricte**
**d funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost**
**(optional)**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**-**
Print Name
Michael Faulkner
Wellington Moyo|**Endowmen**
**t funds**
**to nearest £**| |---|---|---|---| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**Endowmen**
**t funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||| ||||**-**| ||||**When due**
**(optional)**| ||||| ||||| ||||Date of
approval| ||_Michael Faulkner_|Michael Faulkner|27/01/2026| ||_Wellington Moyo_|Wellington Moyo|27/01/2026| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 12/02/2026 2