**The Bury Project** ## **The Bury Project** Charity Number 1183543 # **Statement of Receipts & Payments Accounts for the Period 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2020** ## **The Bury Project** ## **Contents Page** ||Page| |---|---| |Charity information|1| |Trustees' report|2 & 3| |Trustees' certificate|4| |Receipts and payments account|5| ## **The Bury Project** ## **Charity Information** **Charity number 1183543** Trustees Mr N Thompson Mrs M Smith (Resigned 15th June 2021) Mr D Sutherland Ms A Renyard (Appointed 16[th] September 2020) Registered office: The Manna House Irwell Street Bury BL9 0HE Contact: David Sutherland Bankers: The Co-operative Bank plc PO Box 250 Skelmersdale WN8 6WT Page 1 ## **Independent Examiner’s Report Trustees' Report for the period ended 31 December 2020** ## **Objectives and activities** The Bury Project (TBP) was set up in Bury as a cross Christian church charity with the vision of ‘creating hopes & building futures’. Our first project is the provision of CAP (Christians Against Poverty) Debt Centre in the Bury Metro area to serve people encountering or about to encounter personal financial difficulties We continue to explore further opportunities. ## **Achievements and performance** With the Covid pandemic impacting communities in 2020 we saw an increase in the services of our CAP Debt Centre which was made even more challenging with the lack of face-to-face meetings given the guidelines coupled with some people reticent to come forward in the current climate. A more flexible and creative approach was therefore needed. A very challenging time but a reminder of the importance of the need for our services. One highlight was securing of some short funding from Forever Manchester enabling our debt centre manager to work for 3 days i.e., 1 extra day. Ongoing challenges exist around funding with a reliance of one-off grants and donations outside of the regular church and individual supporters to meet the running costs of the Debt Centre. Some key highlights from 2020 were: - 25 clients registered in 2020 - 3 became debt free in the year (they started their journey in ’19) - 17 volunteers helped with the work In terms of clients, we have a healthy geographical spread around the borough as follows: - Bury 11 - Prestwich 4 - Radcliffe 5 - Whitefield 5 The demand for the services coming into 2021 remains strong. ## **Structure, governance and management** The governing document was based on the CIO Foundation Constitution with a minimum of three trustees. Approved by the trustees on 5[th] August 2021 and signed on their behalf by: ………………………………… Mr N Thompson Page 3 ## **The Bury Project** ## **Trustees' Certificate** ## **for the Period Ended 31 December 2020** We certify that the books, vouchers and information from which the attached accounts have been prepared, contain a full and correct record of the charity's transactions to the best of our knowledge and belief. **Mr N Thompson Trustee** **Ms A Renyard Trustee** **Mr D Sutherland Trustee** **Date: 5[th] August 2021** Page 5 ## **The Bury Project** ## **Receipts and Payments Account for the Period Ended 31 December 2020** |Total Receipts
**Receipts**
Donations
Grants
Cash funds this year end
**Payments**
Operating expenses: Wages and salaries
Travel expenses
Administration costs:
Grants and Donations Made
CAP Central Subscription
Total Payments
Net of receipts/ payments
Transfers between funds
Cash funds last year end|Total
£
12,071
8,813
20,884
7,137
588
917
1,335
5,550
15,527
5,357
0
4,892
10,249|Unrestricted
Funds
£
12,071
7,989
20,060
7,137
588
917
5,550
14,192
5,869
4,112
9,980
**2020**|Restricted
Funds
£
824
824
1,335
1,335
**-511**
780
269|Total
£
5,771
5,990
11,762
6,217
272
170
210
0
6,870
4,892
0
4,892|Unrestricted
Funds
Restricted
Funds
£
£
5,771
5,000
990
10,771
990
6,217
272
170
210
6,660
210
4,112
**780**
4,112
780
**2019**| |---|---|---|---|---|---| Page 6