## Thrive Leeds Charity number 1182938 ## Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 August 2023 _Group's logo_ ## Thrive Leeds Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 August 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** 1 ## Thrive Leeds ## Trustees' report for the year ended 31 August 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** Catherine Armstrong Emmanuelle Bastide-Wilson Treasurer Helen Oakley Wilkins Copeland Secretary Dr David Cundall Chair Revd Graham Doel Vice-Chair Rev Nicola Robinson Rev Simon Nicholas Jones Rev Mark Stennett Rev Angela Hughes Resigned 26 September 2023 Appointed 30 November 2022 Appointed 5 October 2022 Appointed 5 October 2022 **Charity number** 1182938 **Registered and principal address Bankers** Chapel Allerton Methodist Church The Cooperative Bank Town Street 19/20 Commercial Street Chapel Allerton Leeds Leeds LS1 6AL LS7 4NB Registered in England and Wales ## **Independent examiner** Katy Sargeant 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) foundation formed on 11 April 2019 and is governed by a constitution. ## **Method of recruitment and appointment of trustees** Each partner church nominates two trustees. Nominated trustees serve for a term of four years. The Trustee Board may appoint up to three co-opted trustees who serve a term of three years and are appointed at a properly convened meeting of the charity trustees. 2 ## Thrive Leeds ## Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 August 2023 ## **Objectives and activities** ## **The charity's objects** The area of benefit is the geographical area served by the partner churches in Leeds. The objects are specifically restricted to the following, for the public benefit: The advancement of the Christian faith according to the principles of the partner churches. To advance in life and help children, young people and their families through: the provision of recreational and leisure time activities provided in the interest of social welfare, designed to improve their conditions of life. providing support and activities which develop their skills, capacities and capabilities to enable them to participate in society as mature and responsible individuals. ## **The charity's main activities** Youth work. We run two youth clubs per week during school term times. Totally Tuesday for children aged 9-12 years, and WOW for children aged 12+ Messy Church’ is a monthly gathering on Sundays where children and their families meet for craft and social activities and take part in informal worship. Work in schools. We lead assemblies in local primary schools, run groups for vulnerable children in transition from primary to secondary school and a girls’ group in a high school. An annual holiday club at the beginning of the school summer holidays. This lasts for three half-days and is for children aged 4-11 assisted by young volunteers and many adult helpers. Meanwood Youth Partnership: Working with other local agencies – InterACT, Carr Manor Community School and C.A.T.C.H - we are the lead partner in developing a new initiative working with young people in Meanwood. Some of the areas served are in the top 1-2% of the government’s 2015 indices of deprivation. ## **Public benefit statement** In setting our objectives and planning our activities our trustees have given serious consideration to the Charity Commission’s general guidance about public benefit. ## **Achievements and performance** A highlight was the young volunteers' awards event, where we celebrated the commitment and growth of young leaders during the year. It has been so encouraging to see young people giving their time, gifts and energy across our groups; for the benefit of their peers and community. It was great to join with local community organisation InterACT for the awards event and see 15 local young people, who came from different groups, but were connected by their volunteering achievement. These events will become a regular part of our rhythm at Thrive, as we see young people having the opportunity to lead and volunteer in a way that nurtures and grows the gifts that they bring. Messy Church is a vibrant gathering involving people of all ages. We are excited to see more volunteers from the local community getting involved. Totally Tuesday (for 9-12s) and WOW (for young people aged 12+) have fully recovered after Covid and had successful residential weekends in Autumn 2022 - these are times for exploring faith and deepening friendships while enjoying the countryside away from the stresses of school. Our schools' work, particularly facilitating a group to empower vulnerable girls, was appreciated by the girls and well-evaluated by the school. Holiday Club had a 'Time-Travellers' theme and about 55 children came. 3 Thrive Leeds Trustees. r•port (contlnued) for the year ended 31 August 2023 Achievements and perfommnce contlnufrd Our tm'ggesl development wth the Meanwood Youth Project this year has been the strengtheniro ol the after- sthool 'drop-in' 5essK)ns for high school s￿dentS Thursday aftemoon5 at stsIn￿Ck Church, These sessions are run jointly wilh IntefACT and C*r Manor School wrth young ￿￿erS taking key rdes in develcping 8r delivering the activities. Everw)ne is eagerly anltcipallng the Inslallallon of a mc*Jular building which will bè used as B bas6 for this wort, P18nrning peitnission for this was linally granted in Oct(kner 20231 Flnanclal revlew The nel receipts for the ygar ￿re £30,798, Sncluding nel reclypts of £4,393 on unrestn'cled fund5 and nel rec&trts of £28,405 on restricted funds 8Tter transfers. Res¢r¥￿ policy The charity's Iree reSe￿8s, al Ihe year end were £32,114. Our Oicy IS that we will dways have in reserve an amount of money equiv81enl lo Ihe runnino (x)sls ol Ir charity lor three months plus redundancy payments plLB any other cost5 associated with ck)sing the charlty. This currently gives a reseNes taiget of approximately £17k. Thrive's reswves f¢y this accounb'ng yeaf were slgnificanlly in excess of the re5eNes p)licy primarity b￿4￿5 Ihe actual cc6t of the Meanwoc¥J Pfoj8cI was UnCerta￿n so il was ￿jdent 10 have resefves in case of 8n unavoif18ble overspend wilh the buihjing cc6ts. Approved b Ihe board of trustees on .. Signed.. ITrusteel Nama.. ## Thrive Leeds ## Independent examiner's report to the trustees of Thrive Leeds I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the CIO for the year ended 31 August 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. Signed: …………………………………… Name: Katy Sargeant ACA 15/4/2024 ## **West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO** Stringer House 34 Lupton Street Leeds LS10 2QW 1 ## Thrive Leeds ## Receipts and payments account for the year ended 31 August 2023 |Notes
2023
Unrestricted
funds
£
**Receipts**
Grants
(2)
35,947
Individual donations
8,115
Subscriptions from clubs and activities
5,553
Other income
11
**Total receipts**
49,626
**Payments**
Salaries and on costs
36,039
Sessional staff
-
Events and activities
4,686
Training and development
657
Equipment and resources
-
Other admin and governance costs
41
Phone, IT and internet
252
Office expenses
993
Premises costs
1,638
Travel expenses
125
Insurance
442
Independent examination
360
**Total payments**
45,233
**Net receipts / (payments)**
4,393
**Fund balances brought forward**
27,721
**Fund balances carried forward**
(3)
32,114|2023
Restricted
funds
£
32,556
-
-
-
32,556
-
-
6,151
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
6,151
26,405
23,797
50,202|2023
Total
funds
£
68,503
8,115
5,553
11
82,182
36,039
-
10,837
657
-
41
252
993
1,638
125
442
360
51,384
30,798
51,518
82,316|2022
Total
funds
£
58,062
2,092
5,008
666
65,828
30,136
200
5,531
1,037
954
235
246
160
1,690
301
332
360
41,182
24,646
26,872
51,518| |---|---|---|---| 6 Thrive Leeds Statement of assets and Ilabllltles as at 31 August 2023 2023 Unrestride 2023 Restrided 2023 Total 2022 Total Cash funds Cash at bank Cash in hand Total cash funds 32,104 io 32,114 50,202 82,308 10 82.316 51.518 50,202 51.518 Debt0￿ and prepayments 2023 Debtor5 Prep8ymenls 464 442 906 Liabllitleg 2023 ¢￿al5 P&nsion ￿e￿il 1,123 202 1,325 The fln8ndal slalements ￿tre aptKoved by the t()¥d ol Iruslees on . Signed: .. (Trusleel Name.. ## Thrive Leeds ## Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 August 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. 8 ## Thrive Leeds ## Notes to the accounts continued for the year ended 31 August 2023 |**2 Grants and donations**
2023
Unrestricted
funds
£
Chapel Allerton Baptist Church
12,835
Chapel Allerton Methodist Church
4,000
Charles and Elsie Sykes Foundation
-
INTERACT Church
-
Magic Little Grant
500
Methodist Youth Activities
5,000
The Shepherd Building Group
-
St Matthew's Church
4,000
Stainbeck United Reformed Church
5,100
The Cooperative Community Fund
-
Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes (TMCP)
4,000
Yorkshire West District Advance Fund
Benefact Trust
-
Leeds City Council (MICE)
-
Leeds North and East Methodist Circuit
-
Leeds Older People Forum
-
National Lottery Community Fund
-
W W Spooner Charitable Trust
-
Other grants and donations
512
35,947
**3 Restricted funds**
Balance b/f
Incoming
£
£
Meanwood Youth Project
23,797
31,606
Transition work
-
850
Residentials
-
100
23,797
32,556|2023
Restricted
funds
£
-
4,000
2,000
3,215
-
-
1,000
-
15,000
1,792
-
5,000
-
-
-
-
-
-
549
32,556
Outgoing
£
6,151
-
-
6,151|2023
Total
funds
£
12,835
8,000
2,000
3,215
500
5,000
1,000
4,000
20,100
1,792
4,000
5,000
-
-
-
-
-
-
1,061
68,503
Transfers
£
-
-
-
-|2022
Total
funds
£
14,000
4,000
-
-
-
8,000
-
4,000
2,400
400
-
-
3,000
412
5,000
2,500
10,000
4,000
350
58,062
Balance c/f
£
49,252
850
100
50,202| |---|---|---|---| ## **Fund name** Meanwood Youth Project Transition work Residentials ## **Purpose of restriction** Funding from a variety of sources to create a modular building which will be sited in the grounds of Stainbeck United Reformed Church to act as a base for work with young people in the area. Transition work - supporting young people in local schools moving from Year 6 to Year 7, through small group work and mentoring. Residentials - weekend away activity breaks for our regular youth groups. 9 ## Thrive Leeds ## Notes to the accounts continued for the year ended 31 August 2023 ## **4 Related party transactions** ## **Donations from trustees and related parties 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. |**Details of remuneration and benefits**
Richard Hamlin|2023
£
-
-|2022
£
200
200| |---|---|---| ## **Legal authority for the payment** The legal authority for the payment is via a provision within the charity's governing document. 10