ANNUAL REPORT 23 BRItJGE "Youth Pr-oject
THE BRIDGE YOUTH PROJECT
REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER 1184436
ACCOUNTS AND TRUSTEES' REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBER 2023
| Index | Page |
|---|---|
| Constitution, structure, governance and management | 1 |
| Trustees' report | 2 to 5 |
| Statement of financial activities | 6 |
| Balance sheet and trustees' approval | 7 |
| Statement of cash flows | 8 |
| Notes to the accounts | 9 to 14 |
| Independent examiner's report | 15 |
THE BRIDGE YOUTH PROJECT
CONSTITUTION, STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT
The Bridge Youth Project was registered with the Charity Commission as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) on 16th July 2019 under number 1184436 and is administered and managed in accordance with its constitution, which was adopted as part of the registration process.
Its principal object is to advance the Christian faith for the public benefit in the Salisbury area by working with young people in schools. The constitution includes as a schedule a 'statement of faith' with which all trustees and supporters are expected to be in overall sympathy.
The only voting members of the CIO are its trustees. There shall be at least four but no more than ten trustees: seven trustees were appointed by the constitution, for terms of between 2 and 4 years. Additional trustees may be appointed by the existing trustees for 4 year terms but no trustee shall serve more than three consecutive terms.
The CIO is administered by the trustees, who meet regularly to set policy and review reports on its work and finance. They are also responsible for the regular review and mitigation of risk. Day to day management is led by the paid director and his senior team.
There is also a Council of Reference of between four and eight members, which advises on matters relating to spiritual direction. Members are appointed by the trustees for 4 year terms up to a maximum of 12 years.
The CIO welcomes 'supporters' as informal members and holds an annual meeting to report to them.
As a CIO the charity is required to file its periodic accounts and related trustees' report with the Charity Commission. The accounts are prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 and the Charities SORP (FRS 102), using the accounting policies set out in note 1.
The CIO's policy on reserves is to ensure that sufficient funds are maintained to meet its anticipated outlays, both for direct charitable expenditure and for management and administration. There is no intention to accumulate large reserves but the aim is to hold three months of anticipated expenditure in reserves.
The following served as trustees during the year:
Mr W H Graham (Chairman) Mr D C Holloway Mr D J R Morgan (Secretary) Mrs E J Kelly Mrs C M Starmer (Treasurer) Mr D M Wraight
There have been no trustee changes since the end of 2023.
PUBLIC BENEFIT: as required by section 4 of The Charities Act 2011, the trustees have considered the guidance published by the Charity Commission in respect of public benefit. They believe that the CIO's principal object, as set out above, falls within the definition of charitable purposes in section 2 of the Act and that the activities set out in the trustees' report on pages 2 to 5 contribute to achieving that purpose.
H M Revenue & Customs charities reference number ZD06858.
Registered at: C/O Pembroke Park Primary School, Devizes Road, Salisbury, Wiltshire SP2 9LY
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2023 has proved to be an incredible year of progress and transition as we celebrate our 30[th] year as a charity and continue our journey towards embedding our model of chaplaincy across the schools.
Our Celebration of Change, year-6 transition lesson in full-swing
We love a pilot at the Bridge and the beginning of 2023 was no exception, with the team busily continuing work on our primary mentoring pilot across 6 of our schools. Up until now, Bridge mentoring had always focused on secondary schools but, throughout 2022, there had been a real surge in demand for earlier intervention, particularly within the year 5-6 agerange. As a result, the Bridge team developed a new primary mentoring package, which we called ‘My Happy Place’. A team then began to deliver this across our pilot schools and very quickly we saw the benefit it was having amongst the children.
Our work across all 11 chaplaincy
schools continued after the Christmas break and it was a busy start to the year for our ‘Chaplaincy Lite’ team, who continued to deliver lessons, whole-day events and assemblies across multiple schools. The Bridge team enjoyed welcoming several local youth and children’s workers to a training day on children’s spirituality and our desire to link with and support CYP work across the churches is as strong as ever. Indeed, in February we had the great privilege of partnering with St Paul’s Church in Salisbury to host a wonderful exhibition led by CMJ (Church’s Mission to Jews). Over the course of the week, we welcomed 600 children from across multiple schools, bringing to life the historical context of the Gospels, with lots of opportunities for interactions, including artefacts, displays, a to-scale model of the temple in Jerusalem and even one or two Roman soldiers walking around the place! All in all, we had 1000 people come through the doors to explore this unique exhibition.
Easter is always a particularly busy time, and this year proved to be no exception, with our Chaplaincy Lite team, and Chaplains delivering multiple lessons, resources and reflection spaces across the schools. We were struck by the significance of the availability of Bridge Chaplains to engage with thought-provoking questions and discussions from students and staff. One of our frustrations in previous years had been down to the fact that our team would typically leave a school after delivering a lesson and not return for a week or two. Whereas, under this emerging model of Chaplaincy, those same conversations, discussions and questions can immediately spill out from the
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classrooms into the corridors, playground and staff rooms due to the Chaplains simply being there and being present throughout the day.
The role of Chaplain is really wide-ranging, and this was particularly stark during the teacher strikes in the spring of 2023, when our team were able to draw alongside and support the school community in lots of different ways, from being on the school gate for worried parents, to sitting 1:1 with beleaguered staff members. It so often comes down to the needs of each specific day. Within our Chaplaincy framework of Faith, Hope, and Love. 1:1’s are always a crucial, staple part of our roles, but so are collective worships, RE lessons, being on the school gate and on the playground and staff room, running small group work, drop-ins, and linking the school with the community and church on their doorstep. In the spring of 2023, one of our Chaplains set up a donation station in Trafalgar School in Downton as part of a partnership with the local food-bank
“ “ We so value her time and her role is complementary to the pastoral team. She’s disconnected in a healthy way. Her “hat” is constant, whereas we all wear lots of different hats”.
- Primary school teacher
and the local church. By the summer, the donation station had received almost 1000 items and it had become a key focal point for the community. In Winterbourne Earls Primary School, one of our Chaplains started to develop a Messy Church initiative for local children and their families to attend after school.
One of the highlights of our year is always our ‘Check it out’ week at Sarum Academy and we were very glad to be able to run this again, this time with the theme of “Where is the Love”! It was a great success, with the arrival of Jozzy (our visiting DJ/MC) becoming a key tradition of the school. Jozzy led collective worships, shared his journey of faith and ran rap/music workshops for students who needed additional support. Every morning at 8am the students and staff were woken up to a live DJ set in the main entrance foyer of the school, with 150+ joining in (including lots of staff!) and dancing their socks off! The school even had OFSTED come in during the week(!) Every single year group came into the Café space that the Bridge created, for an RE lesson that covered different topics focused around bringing the Easter story alive.
In May 2023, we conducted a survey across several churches within the city. This was a piece of research that we were able to feed back to the churches and, before the summer, we brought together a local network of church leaders to present our findings. Our desire to act as that bridge between schools and churches continues to be paramount to our service delivery and we are hopeful of being able to establish some more formal partnerships or collaborations with churches over the next couple of years.
As we continued to jointly reimagine what Chaplaincy could look like in schools, we were grateful for the ongoing support of Nigel Roberts at CYM, a Professor in Chaplaincy. One of the areas that Nigel helped us to navigate was the move away from “Bringing Faith, Hope and Love TO” towards “Being WITH”.... as we recognise the growing importance of a slower, relational connection with staff and students across the schools.
As we neared the end of the academic year, we ran another series of brilliant whole-day events supporting year 6 cohorts across the schools through our ‘Celebration of Change’
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transition package. This is always an invaluable service as we support children making that step up to secondary school but also welcome Chaplains from neighbouring senior schools, who can be that friendly face in September. With transition being such a key priority for schools, this element of provision is particularly significant as we move into the summer period.
It’s so difficult to say what season of the year is our favourite but June/July is definitely up there! This is the time of the year when we go around the schools and measure the impact/difference that we’re making. We visited all our Chaplaincy schools and met with groups of students and staff
to unpack what Chaplaincy feels and tastes like in each context. It’s clear that the role of Chaplain is a unique one indeed, and increasingly crucial to the schools’ being served. We spoke with 100 students in small groups; 30 primary students from across the Thrive Hub Pilot and 70 from across the Salisbury pilot schools (30 primary/ 40 secondary). Groups were given a range of surveys, interview questions and additional activities. Six key themes became clear to us: Chaplains were (i) A distinctive and unique relational presence. (ii) A vital ingredient for spiritual growth and development; (iii) an inclusive and welcoming presence to the whole school community; (iv) able to facilitate an invitation to spiritual practices; (v) improve outcomes for wellbeing and positive mental health and, finally, increase community connections. In short, the uniqueness of Chaplaincy was really becoming very evident.
“Our Chaplain runs our ‘Discover Club’, which is a helpful space to ask questions and think about how my faith interacts with my everyday”.”
- Year 7 Student
We ended the academic year with very mixed feelings. Despite the success of Chaplaincy and the primary mentoring pilot, in July 2023 we sadly said goodbye to Emma Waters, our Secondary Team Lead, who had also been Chaplain to Wyvern St Edmund’s School. We want to take this opportunity to thank Emma for her dedication to the role and for all she did throughout her year with us.
September 2023 really was a very new season for the Bridge. No longer were we referring to two separate teams (primary and secondary) but now a move towards one overarching Chaplaincy team and an increase this academic year from 11 to 18 chaplaincy schools. We want to take this opportunity to thank some amazing funders who have made this possible. Last year we received our first donation from the Peanuts Trust, which went towards funding our work around mental health and wellbeing and this has enabled us to do so much to support young people, ranging from 1:1 support, to group work and everything in between. Wiltshire Community Foundation have also been a wonderful partner for many years and have enabled us to really develop our mentoring package to primary and secondary schools. In September 2023 we received a donation from GEM (Goodnews Evangelical Mission) to support the growth of Chaplaincy across the DSAT (Diocese of Salisbury Academy Trust). DSAT have become a key and trusted partner for us as a multi-academy trust, with Bridge Chaplains now embedded in 8 of their schools. In October 2023, we were blown away by the news that we’d been
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successful with a 3-year grant to the Benefact Trust, to develop our Chaplaincy model across all the schools. We are hugely grateful for the generous support of our donors, churches, and supporters, without which we simply wouldn’t be able to do what we do.
After a busy but exciting start to the academic year, we had an amazing Commissioning service with our friends at Salisbury Baptist Church on October 5[th] , where we welcomed our supporters and Wes Thorpe, Headteacher at Alderbury & West Grimstead Primary School, as our keynote speaker. It was an amazing evening of stories, worship and a chance to unpack our journey of chaplaincy so far, whilst also enjoying an amazing performance from the Stratford-Sub-Castle Primary School choir.
Towards the end of the year, we began to explore a number of
Supporting parents is an increasingly common feature of Bridge Chaplaincy
additional partnerships that we felt were worthwhile in order to serve our schools more deeply. However, momentum was lost a little when we received the sad news that Paul Cable, our Deputy Director, was to step down to take up an exciting lecturer position with our friends at Moorlands College in Christchurch. We were pleased that he was able to continue with us one-day-a-week, with a streamlined focus on training and funding. We want to take this opportunity to thank Paul for all his instrumental and foundational work in helping the charity get to this place, particularly when it comes to developing our model of chaplaincy.
In November, we came across a wonderful and unforeseen new opportunity through connections with our friends at the Smash Youth Project in Swindon and the Office of the Police & Crime Commissioner. A new 18-month project, called ‘Safer Streets’, was launched with a view to placing youth workers on the streets of Wiltshire, with a particular focus on specific regions, which included Salisbury as well as Devizes. At the beginning of December, we received some brilliant detached-work training from the Smash team and welcomed new staff to deliver this work on the streets of Salisbury and Devizes; Tim, Ayo (Team Lead), Kyle, Hannah (all in Salisbury) and Heidi, who joins Rob, our existing Bridge Chaplain in the north of the county (Devizes). This was a hugely exciting time and a chance for Chaplaincy in schools to spill out and over into the streets of both Salisbury and Devizes.
As we approached the end of 2023, we looked back on the year with great joy and thankfulness. God has certainly been very faithful to us as a charity as we have navigated this journey of Chaplaincy and, with more schools already looking to join us, 2024 promises to be quite the year! Thank you, again, to all our supporters and schoolswe’re so glad to partner with you!
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THE BRIDGE YOUTH PROJECT STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES For the year ended 31st December 2023
| INCOME FROM Churches Individuals (including under gift aid and from CAF) Legacy and In Memoriam Trusts and other organisations Donated services Donations and grants School services Safer streets Events Income tax recoverable Bank and other interest Other income TOTAL INCOME EXPENDITURE ON Staff costs, includung national insurance and pension contributions Trainee support Travel Other costs and expenses Events Depreciation of equipment Direct charitable expenditure Telephone and internet Insurance Rent Printing, postage and stationery Computer costs Staff recruitment and training Publicity and website Office equipment and maintenance Sundries Payroll charges Bank charges Depreciation of equipment Management and administration TOTAL EXPENDITURE NET INCOME/(DEFICIT) TOTAL FUNDS BROUGHT FORWARD TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD |
UNRESTRICTED RESTRICTED GENERAL TOTAL FUNDS FUND FUNDS £ £ £ - 25,241 25,241 546 39,386 39,932 - - - 100,750 17,228 117,978 - 7,740 7,740 101,296 89,595 190,891 - 61,229 61,229 - 6,750 6,750 - 7,597 7,597 - 9,403 9,403 - 50 50 - 200 200 101,296 174,824 276,120 95,044 131,933 226,977 - - - 68 1,356 1,424 3,266 5,431 8,697 - 3,582 3,582 1,585 - 1,585 99,963 142,302 242,265 - 644 644 - 2,194 2,194 - 7,288 7,288 - 2,310 2,310 - 737 737 - 3,226 3,226 - 199 199 - 216 216 - 406 406 - 482 482 - 166 166 - 1,025 1,025 - 18,893 18,893 99,963 161,195 261,158 1,333 13,629 14,962 24,554 22,819 47,373 25,887 36,448 62,335 Year ended 31st December 2023 |
UNRESTRICTED RESTRICTED GENERAL TOTAL FUNDS FUND FUNDS £ £ £ - 31,240 31,240 - 50,875 50,875 - 3,862 3,862 80,244 1,200 81,444 - 8,360 8,360 Year ended 31st December 2022 |
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| 80,244 95,537 175,781 - 35,123 35,123 - - - - 4,131 4,131 - 7,713 7,713 - 2 2 - 945 945 |
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| 80,244 143,451 223,695 |
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| 63,019 159,213 222,232 5,000 73 5,073 - 1,454 1,454 - 4,183 4,183 - 3,804 3,804 1,587 - 1,587 |
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| 69,606 168,727 238,333 |
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| - 1,269 1,269 - 1,883 1,883 - 7,700 7,700 - 2,572 2,572 - 572 572 - 4,004 4,004 - 792 792 - 399 399 - 693 693 - 511 511 - 195 195 - 1,027 1,027 |
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| - 21,617 21,617 |
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| 69,606 190,344 259,950 |
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| 10,638 (46,893) (36,255) 13,916 69,712 83,628 |
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| 24,554 22,819 47,373 |
Details of movements on individual restricted funds are set out in note 12 on pages 13 and 14.
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Docusign Envelope ID: B334A49D-3A8A-4A89-A75F-C71E3838102F
THE BRIDGE YOUTH PROJECT BALANCE SHEET At 31st December 2023
| 31st | December 2023 | 31st | December 2022 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNRESTRICTED | UNRESTRICTED | ||||||
| NOTE | RESTRICTED | GENERAL | TOTAL | RESTRICTED | GENERAL | TOTAL | |
| FUNDS | FUND | FUNDS | FUNDS | FUND | FUNDS | ||
| £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | ||
| TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS | |||||||
| Equipment | 4 | 2,610 | 1,406 | 4,016 | 4,195 | 2,431 | 6,626 |
| CURRENT ASSETS | |||||||
| Debtors | 5 | - | 2,149 | 2,149 | - | 13,485 | 13,485 |
| Cash at bank and in hand | 6 | 23,277 | 108,332 | 131,609 | 20,359 | 43,877 | 64,236 |
| 23,277 | 110,481 | 133,758 | 20,359 | 57,362 | 77,721 | ||
| LIABILITIES | |||||||
| Creditors | 7 | - | 75,439 | 75,439 | - | 36,974 | 36,974 |
| NET CURRENT ASSETS | 23,277 | 35,042 | 58,319 | 20,359 | 20,388 | 40,747 | |
| TOTAL NET ASSETS | 25,887 | 36,448 | 62,335 | 24,554 | 22,819 | 47,373 | |
| THE FUNDS OF THE CHARITY | |||||||
| Restricted funds | 12 | 25,887 | - | 25,887 | 24,554 | - | 24,554 |
| Unrestricted general fund | - | 36,448 | 36,448 | - | 22,819 | 22,819 | |
| 25,887 | 36,448 | 62,335 | 24,554 | 22,819 | 47,373 |
TRUSTEES' APPROVAL
The accounts and notes and the trustees' report for the year ended 31st December 2023 set out on pages 1 to 14
were discussed and approved by the Board of trustees on 24th September 2024
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Signed on behalf of the trustees
Name William Graham Name Christine Starmer
Signature Signature
Date 10/30/2024 Date 10/30/2024
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THE BRIDGE YOUTH PROJECT STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
For the year ended 31st December 2023
| CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES Net cash generated/(consumed) by operating activities CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES Interest Purchase of equipment CHANGE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS at start of year CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS at end of year Cash and cash equivalents are 'cash at bank and in hand' as shown in note 6. RECONCILIATION OF NET INCOME TO NET CASH FLOW FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES Total net income/(deficit) per statement of financial activities on page 6 Adjustments for: Depreciation charges Interest Decrease /(Increase) in debtors Increase in creditors Net cash generated/(consumed) by operating activities |
Year ended 31st December 2023 £ £ 67,323 50 - 50 67,373 64,236 131,609 14,962 2,610 (50) 11,336 38,465 52,361 67,323 |
Year ended 31st December 2022 £ £ (10,958) 2 (5,979) (5,977) (16,935) 81,171 64,236 (36,255) 2,614 (2) (6,118) 28,803 25,297 (10,958) |
Year ended 31st December 2022 £ £ (10,958) 2 (5,979) (5,977) (16,935) 81,171 64,236 (36,255) 2,614 (2) (6,118) 28,803 25,297 (10,958) |
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| (10,958) |
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1 ACCOUNTING BASIS AND POLICIES
2 FUNDS AND RESERVES
THE BRIDGE YOUTH PROJECT NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS For the year ended 31st December 2023
The accounts are prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 and with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) and Financial Reporting Standard 102. The accounts are prepared on the historical cost basis.
The accounts are prepared using the following principal accounting policies: Tangible fixed assets: are included at historic cost less provision for depreciation and impairment. Depreciation is calculated at 25% of original cost per annum. For office equipment the depreciation is shown as part of management and administration but for restricted funds equipment it is shown as part of direct charitable expenditure. The depreciation on restricted funds equipment is charged to the relevant restricted fund and the remainder to general fund.
Income and expenditure: is recognised on the accruals basis as and when it becomes due or payable.
The CIO has a number of restricted funds where donations and grants have been received to be used for specific projects.
There is a restricted fund for the purchase of equipment. The fund balance represents the carrying value of the relevant equipment and annual depreciation charges on it are charged to the fund.
There are further restricted funds in support of specific projects or areas of work, including school chaplaincy work and mentoring, the provision of an additional primary worker and church youth ministry.
A new restricted fund was started in 2021 for an initiative called Thrive based in a hub of four schools to the north of Salisbury, and including provision for an additional full time chaplaincy worker for a period of three years.
A new restricted fund was started in 2022 called Youth Voice (from the National Lottery Community Fund) that included equipment as well as staff time to partner with the Salisbury Youth Provision Forum to hear directly the views of young people, to inform both the work of The Bridge and overall provision in Salisbury.
A short term restricted fund was set up in early 2023 to support an educational exhibition for the Church's Ministry Among Jewish People (CMJ).
Details of the movements on all restricted funds, including unspent balances to be carried forward to future periods, are given in note 12.
The remainder of the Trust's funds are unrestricted and are shown as 'general fund'.
As noted on page 1, it is the trustees' policy to aim to hold three months of anticipated expenditure in reserves. This covers both restricted and general funds and includes expenditure on direct charitable expenditure and management and administration.
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THE BRIDGE YOUTH PROJECT NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS
For the year ended 31st December 2023 (continued)
3 TRUSTS AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS
The CIO is grateful to the following organisations that made grants during 2023:
The Aldhelm Misssion Fund Salso SCORE Barnabas Trust (Wessex) Sarum St Michael Educational Charity Benefact Trust Tindall Trust Breamore Lodge Care Home Vernham Dean Gospel Hall The Community of St Denys Wiltshire Community Foundation The Fulmer Charitable Trust Wiltshire Council: Goodnews Evangelical Mission - Salisbury Area Youth Board The Peanuts Trust - South Wiltshire Area Board The St Christopher's Educational Trust
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TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS
| 4 TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS |
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|---|---|---|
| UNRESTRICTED OFFICE EQUIPMENT £ COST At 1st January 2023 4,123 Additions - Disposals - At 31st December 2023 4,123 DEPRECIATION At 1st January 2023 1,692 Charge for year 1,025 Eliminated on disposals - At 31st December 2023 2,717 NET BOOK VALUE At 31st December 2023 1,406 At 31st December 2022 2,431 5 DEBTORS 2023 £ Accrued income 58 Income tax recoverable under 'gift aid' 421 Expense prepayments 1,670 2,149 |
RESTRICTED FUNDS EQUIPMENT £ 7,045 - - 7,045 2,850 1,585 - 4,435 2,610 4,195 2022 £ 6,832 4,799 1,854 13,485 |
TOTAL £ 11,168 - - |
| 11,168 | ||
| 4,542 2,610 - |
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| 7,152 | ||
| 4,016 | ||
| 6,626 | ||
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THE BRIDGE YOUTH PROJECT NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS For the year ended 31st December 2023 (continued)
| 6 CASH AT BANK AND IN HAND HSBC new current account HSBC business money manager account HSBC old current account HSBC old deposit account 7 CREDITORS PAYE and national insurance Pension contributions Expense accruals Income received in advance 8 STAFF COSTS AND NUMBERS Remuneration Employer social security costs Employer contributions to defined contribution pension scheme Average headcount during the year |
2023 £ 66,609 65,000 - - 131,609 2023 £ 2,393 1,138 75 71,833 75,439 2023 £ 204,532 7,364 15,081 226,977 Number 12 |
2022 £ 64,201 - 15 20 |
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| 64,236 | ||
| 2022 £ 2,630 1,450 157 32,737 |
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| 36,974 | ||
| 2022 £ 199,115 8,728 14,389 |
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| 222,232 | ||
| Number 12 |
No employee received remuneration of more than £60,000.
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THE BRIDGE YOUTH PROJECT NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS
For the year ended 31st December 2023 (continued)
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TRUSTEE REMUNERATION, EXPENSES AND DONATIONS AND
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
None of the trustees received any remuneration or expense payments in this or the previous year.
The trustees together made freewill donations to the Trust during the year of £4,688 (2022 £6,218).
There were no related party transactions requiring disclosure in this or the previous year.
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INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S FEES
No remuneration was paid to the independent examiner in this or the previous year.
11 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM DONATED SERVICES AND UNPAID VOLUNTEERS
The CIO is grateful to Sarum Academy (until June 2022) and to Pembroke Park (from July 2022) for making office space and related support services available to the charity without charge. As required by the Charities SORP (FRS 102), the estimated monetary value of these items has been included in these accounts and shown as income under 'donated services', the total being £7,740 (2022 £8,360).
In common with many charities, the CIO benefits significantly from the unpaid work of volunteers, both in the provision of its direct charitable activities and in its management and administration. In accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102), no monetary value is put on these contributions.
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THE BRIDGE YOUTH PROJECT NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS For the year ended 31st December 2023 (continued)
12 RESTRICTED FUNDS
The following is a summary of the movements on restricted funds in the year ended 31st December 2022 and the make up of the closing balances:
| CHURCH | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EQUIPMENT | CHAPLAINCY | MENTORING | THRIVE | MENTAL | PRIMARY | LOCAL | YOUTH | YOUTH | TOTAL | |
| HEALTH | WORKER | GIVING | VOICE | MINISTRY | ||||||
| £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | |
| Brought forward 1st January 2022 | 1,688 | 4,400 | 2,500 | - | 4,828 | - | 500 | - | - | 13,916 |
| Received from trusts and other organisations | - | 29,800 | 5,000 | 25,000 | - | 2,500 | - | 14,144 | 3,800 | 80,244 |
| Spent as part of staff costs | - | (12,667) | (6,374) | (25,000) | (4,828) | (2,500) | (500) | (10,050) | (1,100) | (63,019) |
| Spent as part of trainee support | - | (5,000) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | (5,000) |
| Depreciation of tangible fixed assets | (563) | - | - | - | - | - | - | (1,024) | - | (1,587) |
| Carried forward 31st December 2022 | 1,125 | 16,533 | 1,126 | - | - | - | - | 3,070 | 2,700 | 24,554 |
| Balance at 31st December 2022 comprised: | ||||||||||
| Equipment at net book value | 1,125 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3,070 | - | 4,195 |
| Cash at bank | - | 16,533 | 1,126 | - | - | - | - | - | 2,700 | 20,359 |
| 1,125 | 16,533 | 1,126 | - | - | - | - | 3,070 | 2,700 | 24,554 |
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THE BRIDGE YOUTH PROJECT NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS For the year ended 31st December 2023 (continued)
12 RESTRICTED FUNDS (continued)
The following is a summary of the movements on restricted funds in the year ended 31st December 2023 and the make up of the closing balances:
| CHURCH | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EQUIPMENT | CHAPLAINCY | MENTORING | THRIVE | PRIMARY | YOUTH | YOUTH | CMJ | TOTAL | |
| WORKER | VOICE | MINISTRY | EXHIBITION | ||||||
| £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | |
| Brought forward 1st January 2023 | 1,125 | 16,533 | 1,126 | - | - | 3,070 | 2,700 | - | 24,554 |
| Mentoring fund merged with chaplaincy | - | 1,126 | (1,126) | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Received from trusts and other organisations | - | 70,750 | - | 25,000 | 3,000 | - | - | 2,000 | 100,750 |
| Received from individuals | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 546 | 546 |
| Spent as part of staff costs | - | (64,627) | - | (24,932) | (3,000) | - | (2,046) | (439) | (95,044) |
| Spent as part of travel and other costs | - | (505) | - | (68) | - | - | (654) | (2,107) | (3,334) |
| Depreciation of tangible fixed assets | (562) | - | - | - | - | (1,023) | - | - | (1,585) |
| Carried forward 31st December 2023 | 563 | 23,277 | - | - | - | 2,047 | - | - | 25,887 |
| Balance at 31st December 2023 comprised: | |||||||||
| Equipment at net book value | 563 | - | - | - | - | 2,047 | - | - | 2,610 |
| Cash at bank | - | 23,277 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 23,277 |
| 563 | 23,277 | - | - | - | 2,047 | - | - | 25,887 |
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THE BRIDGE YOUTH PROJECT INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT For the year ended 31st December 2023
I report to the trustees of The Bridge Youth Project on the accounts for the year ended 31st December 2023 set out on pages 1 and 6 to 14.
RESPONSIBILITIES AND BASIS OF REPORT
As the charity's trustees, 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 charity's accounts carried out under section 145 of the Act, and 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 that give me cause to believe that, in any material respect:
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the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act;
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the accounts did not accord with the accounting records;
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the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a true and fair view, which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.
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.
The charity's gross income exceeded £250,000 and I am qualified to undertake the examination by being a qualified and practising member of the ICAEW.
Mr. Simon Ellingham
Fawcetts LLP Chartered Accountants Windover House St. Ann Street Salisbury SP1 2DR
Date: 31 October 2024
Signed:
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