## St Christopher's Family Centre
Charity number 1175935
## Annual Report and Financial Statements
for the year ended 31 December 2023
## St Christopher's Family Centre
Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2023
|**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 10|
## **Prepared by West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO**
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## St Christopher's Family Centre
## Trustees' report for the year ended 31 December 2023
## **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**
**Position Dates** Rev. Gary Hodgson (Ex-officio) Chair Lesley Allen (Appointed) Treasurer Louise Connacher (Nominated) Secretary Angelo Meneghello (Appointed) Andrew Sykes (Nominated) Simon Rulton (Appointed)
Resigned 1 June 2023 Appointed 1 February 2024 Registered in England and Wales
## **Charity number**
1175935
## **Registered and principal address Bankers**
St. Christopher's Church HSBC Bank plc Holme Wood Road 47 Market Street Bradford Bradford BD4 9EJ BD1 1LW
## **Independent examiner**
Rhys North ACA **West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO** Stringer House 34 Lupton Street Leeds LS10 2QW
## **Structure, governance and management**
The charity is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) formed on 27 November 2017 and is governed by a foundation constitution.
## **Method of recruitment and appointment of trustees**
The Vicar of Tong and Laisterdyke shall automatically be a trustee ("ex-officio"). Tong and Laisterdyke Parochial Church Council may appoint up to three trustees (nominated). Other trustees are appointed by a resolution passed at a properly convened meeting of the charity trustees.
## **The charity's objects**
The objects of the CIO are:
a) to promote the benefit of the inhabitants of Holme Wood and Bradford without distinction of sex, sexual orientation, race or of political, religious or other opinions, by associating together the said inhabitants and the local authorities, voluntary and other organisations in a common effort to advance education and to provide facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation and leisure-time occupation with the object of improving the conditions of life for the said inhabitants in accordance with the teaching of the Christian Church.
b) to establish or secure the establishment of a family centre and to maintain and manage the same in furtherance of these objects.
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## St Christopher's Family Centre
## Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 December 2023
## **Objectives and activities**
## **The charity's main activities**
The Family Centre achieves these objectives by providing a range of activities and interventions to support young families, school age children, young people, and their parents and carers. We provide a safe place to gather, have fun and learn new skills at our Centre based at the St Christopher Church buildings in the middle of Holme Wood, as well as detached work across the estate and home and school visits.
The Family Centre works in partnership with other local organisations, including Emerge, the Valley Project, the Salvation Army and St Christopher’s Church.
## **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 providing education for all interested parents in parenting young families and teenagers, healthy eating and exercise, creating safe spaces for parents, children and young people to learn, share experiences, develop new skills and grow in confidence.
## **Achievements and performance**
## **We support young families through:**
Being an advocate for young people and families
Weekly age-related preschool groups
Peer support groups for parents with children under 2 Home visits and support
## **We support young people through:**
Detached work to nurture relationships and create opportunities for early intervention Weekly after school drop-in sessions
Life skills sessions to nurture skills and confidence for their start into independent adult life 1-2-1 sessions in schools on a referral basis
School visits
## **People reached in 2023**
During 2023 the Family Centre directly supported 253 people and delivered 266 sessions with a total of 550 hours of sessional delivery.
The Family Centre has increased its level of support for families by creating a new support group for parents with babies and small children under 2 years of age and employed a family outreach worker who is connecting with families on the estate.
Networking and partnership work has increased, and the Family Centre is part of the Bradford Advisory Group.
The Centre has also partnered with two other charities to work in partnership to support school-aged children and started to network with the local schools to provide 1-2-1 support.
We provided holiday provisions throughout the school holidays and took families and young people on trips during the summer holidays.
Individual support took place with families, who needed more intense support. We could address their needs such as liaising with the housing association to help a family get a bigger house and supporting other families who had children with additional needs.
The Family Centre also worked closely together with St Christopher’s Church and Community Centre by signposting families to the local food pantry and getting referrals from St Christopher’s Community Centre, especially during the Christmas period when a toy appeal was held for the most vulnerable families.
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## St Christopher's Family Centre
## Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 December 2023
## **Achievements and performance continued**
## **Looking ahead**
We want to focus on providing more intense family support for the families in Holme Wood by increasing the level of individual support and group support for young parents. There are also plans to network with schools and statutory organisations to increase the number of families reached over the next year. Our aim is to grow the family support by increasing individual support and offering parenting courses, tailored to the family’s needs.
## **Financial review**
The net payments for the year were £26,808, including net payments of £22,996 on unrestricted funds and net payments of £3,812 on restricted funds.
## **Reserves policy**
The charity's free reserves, at the year end were £44,318.
The Trustees have reviewed the charity’s need for reserves in line with guidance issued by the Charity Commission and have set a target of 3-6 months reserves for contingency and risk and have developed a plan and budget to manage this level effectively as funding permits. Based on budgeted 2024 expenditure the charity's target reserves are between £31,100 and £62,200.
## **Funds in deficit**
At 31 December 2023 the WW Spooner Charitable Trust fund had a deficit of £1,000. This was resolved following the receipt of planned additional grant support in January 2024.
Approved by the board of trustees on 14/10/2024
Rev. Gary Hodgson (Trustee)
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## St Christopher's Family Centre
## Independent examiner's report to the trustees of St Christopher's Family Centre
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the CIO for the year ended 31 December 2023, which are set out on pages 6 to 10.
## **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 charity as required by section 130 of the Charities Act; 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.
Rhys North ACA
14/10/2024
## **West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO**
Stringer House 34 Lupton Street Leeds LS10 2QW
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## St Christopher's Family Centre
## Receipts and payments account
## for the year ended 31 December 2023
|Notes
2023
Unrestricted
funds
£
**Receipts**
Grants and donations
(2)
32,018
Contributions from service users
909
Other income
350
**Total receipts**
33,277
**Payments**
Salaries and NIC
(3)
33,513
Staff and volunteer training and expenses
2,691
Sessional delivery and support
535
Activity resources
2,040
Food, drink and refreshments
2,385
School holiday activities and resources
2,907
Equipment
-
Insurance
793
Rent, utilities and phone
6,919
Office costs, stationery and printing
1,247
Network and IT
611
Finance and administration
309
Funding and development
823
Independent examination
900
Website development
600
**Total payments**
56,273
**Net receipts / (payments)**
(22,996)
**Fund balances brought forward**
67,314
**Fund balances carried forward**
(4)
44,318|2023
Restricted
funds
£
51,891
-
-
51,891
34,057
1,811
1,050
5,276
1,296
4,979
-
-
437
537
427
1,187
3,296
-
1,350
55,703
(3,812)
25,521
21,709|2023
Total
funds
£
83,909
909
350
85,168
67,570
4,502
1,585
7,316
3,681
7,886
-
793
7,356
1,784
1,038
1,496
4,119
900
1,950
111,976
(26,808)
92,835
66,027|2022
Total
funds
£
84,795
1,043
1,215
87,053
59,803
4,334
815
2,829
1,633
3,945
4,768
709
7,182
1,968
1,409
1,407
3,142
720
-
94,664
(7,611)
100,446
92,835|
|---|---|---|---|
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## St Christopher's Family Centre Statement of assets and liabilities
|as at 31 December 2023
2023
Unrestricted
£
**Cash funds**
Cash at bank
44,198
Cash in hand
120
**Total cash funds**
44,318
**Debtors and prepayments**
Prepayments - Insurance
Other debtors - Grant due
**Assets retained for the charity's own use**
Computer equipment
Office equipment and furniture
Play equipment
**Liabilities**
Accruals - Independent examination fee|2023
Restricted
£
21,709
-
21,709|2023
Total
£
65,907
120
66,027
2023
£
132
1,000
1,132
2023
£
1,080
1,080|2022
Total
£
92,811
24
92,835|
|---|---|---|---|
The financial statements were approved by the board of trustees on 14/10/2024
Rev. Gary Hodgson (Trustee)
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## St Christopher's Family Centre
## Notes to the accounts
for the year ended 31 December 2023
## **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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## St Christopher's Family Centre
## Notes to the accounts continued
## for the year ended 31 December 2023
|**2 Grants and donations**
Awards For All
Bradford City Challenge
E:merge (UK) Company Ltd
The Henry Smith Charity
Sovereign Health
The Brelms Trust CIO
The Liz & Terry Bramhall Trust
Tudor Trust
WW Spooner Charitable Trust
Pears Youth Fund
The Clothworkers' Foundation
Trusthouse Charitable Trust
Other donations
**3 Staff costs and numbers**
Gross salaries
Social security costs
Employment allowance
Pensions|2023
Unrestricted
funds
£
-
7,000
-
-
-
-
-
25,000
-
-
-
-
18
32,018|2023
Restricted
funds
£
9,974
-
9,894
14,800
5,048
5,675
5,000
-
1,500
-
-
-
-
51,891|2023
Total
funds
£
9,974
7,000
9,894
14,800
5,048
5,675
5,000
25,000
1,500
-
-
-
18
83,909
2023
£
66,119
3,276
(3,276)
1,451
67,570|2022
Total
funds
£
-
6,500
13,800
-
-
-
27,000
1,000
9,784
5,000
10,000
11,711
84,795
2022
£
58,382
3,115
(3,115)
1,421
59,803|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|The average number employees during the year was 7, being an average of 3.4 full time equivalent|The average number employees during the year was 7, being an average of 3.4 full time equivalent|(2022: 6|
|---|---|---|
|WTE; 2.7 FTE). There were no employees with emoluments above £60,000.|||
|**Defined contribution pension scheme**|2023|2022|
||£|£|
|Costs of the scheme to the charity for the year|1,451|1,421|
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## St Christopher's Family Centre
## Notes to the accounts continued
## for the year ended 31 December 2023
|**4 Restricted funds**
Awards for All
Henry Smith
Trusthouse Charitable Trust
Pears Youth Fund
WW Spooner Charitable Trust
E:merge
Sovereign Health
The Brelms Trust
The Liz & Terry Bramhall Trust|Balance b/f
£
-
2,724
13,989
8,808
-
-
-
-
-
25,521|Incoming
£
9,974
14,800
-
-
1,500
9,894
5,048
5,675
5,000
51,891|Outgoing
£
4,704
11,654
13,989
8,808
2,500
5,786
3,256
5,006
-
55,703|Transfers
£
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-|Balance c/f
£
5,270
5,870
-
-
(1,000)
4,108
1,792
669
5,000
21,709|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
## **Fund name**
Awards for All Henry Smith Trusthouse Charitable Trust Pears Youth Fund WW Spooner Charitable Trust E:merge
## **Purpose of restriction**
Youth work sessions.
Staffing and sessional development sessions and associated running costs. Youth work sessions. Young carers sessions.
Towards summer provision costs.
Delivery of Holme Wood Youth Work Partnership working with E:merge and The Valley Project.
Sovereign Health Youth work sessions. The Brelms Trust Towards core costs. The Liz & Terry Bramhall Trust Towards core costs.
## **5 Related party transactions**
## **Trustee expenses**
No trustee received any expenses during this year or the previous year.
## **Trustee remuneration and benefits**
No trustee received any remuneration or benefit during this or the previous year.
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