2024-06-30-accounts

Trustèes, Annual Report forthe Year to 30 June 2024 Charbty namo: Shlpley Chrl8tlans Togoth•r Charlty rnglstratlon numbor: 1190091 Objectlves and Actlvltles The purpo888 ofthe chanty. 28 set out in rt$ goveming thument. are." 1 To advance the Christian religion and edu¢ab"on In Sbipley and the Surrounding area for the benefit of the public by the provision of regular Opportunit￿ for the diKussDn of matters of and actK)n on ecumenul o)neern - the pLqnning and Imp￿mentatIon of ecum8nical acts of public worship and felbwship organi$ing and promotrng e¢umeni¢al opportunities for tni5sK)n - tsking any further action5 which may encourage the development orth8 8cumenical agenda. 2. To facilitste the provisDn and participation of servKes to meet hdentrfied needs of the community of shiP￿Y and the surrounding area, including the r81ief of povarty and other Social and health needs. erther by itsew or in cwrath)n with other voluntary or statutory agencies. The main actNiti88 in relation to those purposes for th8 Publ￿ benefft. in parti¢ukr. the a¢tivrtie5, Ptoje￿$ or 5erwce5 idenb'fEd in the accounts, were.. running a ChrBtians Against Povety Debt Centre running a Bible Stall in ship￿ market supporting refugees from Ukraine putting on a Christrllas Day Meal for people who are on their own or disadvantaged - organising live music evenings at the hxal Costa Coffee Th8 Tru5t885 confirm thal Ih8y have complied with their duty to have due regard to the Charity C¢Mimis$ion'5 guidance on public ben8fft. Achievemants and Perfonnance 1. The drff8r8nc8 the charty's w0￿rt hos made to the ¢ircumstan¢e$ of rt8 benefioaries are". Debt Centre clients have received 501utions for their deb¢ 8rtuatKJns and have experienc¢d a consequent improvement in their mental health. During the year 11 households have ¢ho$en to work with CAP. 5 hou$eholds have gone debt free. £75.393.26 of debt has been removed through insofvency, and 7 8m8rg8nGy for￿ shop8 have b88n done Iwrth funding from shIp￿Y Town Coun(all. - The Bibb Stall has handed out 39 free bibles. Since SCT Ukraine Prqect wa$ started in the spring of 2022, 22 poople lage range 7> 21 have been assi8ted to esc2pe the war zone in Ukraine and tesettle.

• Over 70 people were gNen a meal on Christmas Day. Achlevements and Perfomiance (continued) Seven live music evenings have been arranged at Costa Coffee.
• W*Jer ￿nerrtS lo sOc￿ty as a whole are..
• A signp05ting stall has helped the members of the Community to acr*$6 support 88Nces
• Support has been given to the k)¢al foodbank
• A community café has been supwrted
• A nuht shelter for the hOMe￿S$ ha8 b8en 6UPPOrt8d Financial Reviow
• Roviow of the charity'• fi#•n¢i•l po•ilion ¥t thg ond of the partod The Charity's re￿Ipts for the year end8d 30 June 2024 amount8d to £22.16912023 £28.2721 and payments on its activit￿S, 8mployrnent and administiatwe cost5 arnounled to £24.13912023 £29,856). Receipts and payments have been allccated lo one of four funds. three of wh￿h are con51deied rèstricted and onè unrestricted. These are the General Fund lunreslrictedl, the Holiday FO￿ Fund Irestrrledl. the Ukraine Refugee Fund Ir8Strict8dl and the CAP Debt Centre Fun¢t Ireslrictedl The balances al 30 June 2024 We￿ £410 for the General Fund12023 £8561". £791 for the Holiday Food Fund12023 £3591.. £2.198 for the Ukraine Refugee Fund12023 £2.6701 aTTd £4,421 for the CAP Debt Centre Fund12023 £5.9051. The CAP Debt Centre Fund is mainly funded in November which accounts for its relatW81y high dosing balance at year end Further infom8tion u8 shown in the Finanrial statements.
• Statement •xplmlnlng tho poll¢y for h¢4ldlng statlng why thoy ara hald The Charity has not y8t cited a policy on r888rves. The d818y in formalising sl￿ 8 policy is due to the uncertain and generally lower levels of receipt5 into the Chanty'$ funds. Despite managing to control cost5 suffKi8nUy well over the past year, budgeted re5etve5 a anticipated lo fall next year below the three months of recurrent exp8nditur8 deerned satisfactory. The budget for next year, lo be presentell at the Annual General Meeting. wll $8ek to ￿taIn re88N88 in th8 General Fund at Months of annual recurrent eypendrture.
• Amount of I￿+￿¢• hèld The G8neral Fund ha8 cash 8quivaleTht to approxirnatety hvo mnth5 of annual recurront expenditure12022." five monlhsl. The higher 2022 figure is due to a £400 non-recurrent grant. Excluding the effect of thi5 9rant the cash resetve5 St(KxJ at just bebw three tnonths. worth of annual recurrent expenditure. Ideally the Charty would seek to mainiain three months, of res8rv8s but the current finanrAal srtuation Is less fa¥ourable.
• R￿￿nI lor holding ru•Th¢•

NIA 5. D•tall• of fund mat•thlty Sn d•fft¢lt No fund va materially in d8fKrt 6. Explanatlon of any unc8rtalntlo8 about tho charity contlnulng a8 a golng concgm The Charty 18 prudent about th8 athvrties It undertakes and recognises that rts IncA)me flow L8 necessarity uncertain. Commrtted expenditu￿ 1$ managed appropriately." for example the Dabt Centre project is being fund8d in Ihree-year periods and the employment contracts of managers are therefore Set up for equlva￿nt tirn&trarnes. This flexibilty together wrth budgetary ¢ontrol Shou￿ enable to Chaity to expand or contraci its activitie5 Wrthout questioning rts going con¢ern status. Structure, Govemance and Management The charty's governing document is an as50ciatK)n CIO eonsts.tut￿n The charity 16 a CIO Th8 rn8mb8ts of the CIO ar8 churches in th8 Shipley area Trustees art nominated by rnernber churche5 and elected to post at the AGM Reference and Administratlve detalls Other name the charil uses". Non isler8d chari numb8r.' 1190091 Charity s principal address. 6 Springswood Road Shipley BDI8 3DG Narno8 of tho charity tru¥teos who rnanage tho charity Dats* ati•d if ntytfotwhd• TfUgt¢e narne Offie• Ill inyl N•m• ol pryThon l¢ir body) •nbthd toa rfan Adam James Caryer Chair 0110712023 to 121C612024 Hu9h Fim)an Vi¢e ChairlA¢ting Chair Caroline Rebeux Davison Firth And￿W Bruce Gray Treasurer

Catherine Jane Hardy Geoffrey Pollard SecretarylActing Chair orato trustees- narn88 of tha director• at the dot¢ the r•Jort wa• a DlrKtor nam• None roved N•m¢ of trust•￿ holding t1￿+ to property b8k>nging to the charity Ttu*t4• namé Non¢ D•t•8 actsd rf nottorwho Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others Description of the asset5 hell in this ¢apa¢rty None Name and oth'ects of th8 charity on whose behalf the assets a￿ and how this falls within the custodian charity'8 object8 NIA Details of arrangement5 for safe GUSt¢Ay and $egrrfation of $u¢h assets from the charity's own ass8t8 NIA Declarations The tru8ts88 declar• that th•y hav• approved the tfustee8' report above. Slgned on behalf of th• ¢h•rity'• trustee Sign•tur•• Full names Hugh Firman Acting Chair GeO1￿Y Pollard Po8ition1og Secrotary. Chalr. ¢t¢l Secretary D•t• xolioliDzLr

Shipley Christians Together (Charity Reg. No. 119(X)g11 Financial Statements as at 30 June 2024

Shipley Christians To8ether (Charity Re8. No. 11900911 Receipts and Payments Account forthe Year endin8 30June 2024 RestrlrtedFw¥ds Note Holidav Food Fund Ukraine Refugee FunLI CAP Debt Centre Fund £ Tot8130 June 20Z4 Holiday Ukraine Refvgee Fund c4p Debt Cenrre Funé £ Tota130 J¥JJe Fund 2023 Grants Church Funding 420 413 11,570 833 11,570 7,198 14.545 1,511 14,545 9.148 6,530 7,637 Don*ion5 Other 225 95 155 475 2LK) 250 450 TotulRecelpts 645 6,625 12.806 20,076 2LKJ 7.63? 16,306 24.143 Paymert5 17,0431 15,60)> 18.OQ)I 112,856) 18.0001 13461 110,0351 17,2001 19,6161 Employment Costs Other 16901 17441 15961 TotolPoymerts 17,0971 114.2901 121.6LK)I 110,0941 IZ7,7931 Net Recelpt5llPa rnentsl 432 14721 11.4841 11,5241 11461 12,4571 11,0471 I3￿50) Fund 8alantes Brou8ht- Forward Fund Balallte5 359 2,670 5,905 8.934 505 5,127 6,952 11.584 791 2,198 4,421 7.410 359 2,670 5,905 8,934 Fun¥afd

Shipley Chrfstièns Together (Charity Reg. No. 11900911 Receipt5 ond Payment5 Account for the Year endin8 30June 2024 Icontd.I Note General Fund Total aojune I014 Genernl Fund Trtq130June 2023 Receipt5 Annual Sub5CriPtiOll5 Grant5 Individual DmaJons Fund Activitie5 7W 650 120 650 120 759 190 190 1.203 I,Z03 759 TotolRecelpts 2.093 2,DYY 2,129 2.129 Paymonts 17771 11,3621 14001 16871 16871 Fund Activities Other 11.3621 14001 Total Payments 12.5391 12,5391 12,0631 IZ,0631 Nei Ro£ÈiwsIIPaymentsl 14461 66 Fund Balances 8rou8ht- Forwafd Fund Ual4nresCarried- Forward 856 790 410 410 856

Shipley ChristiansTogether (Charity Reg. No. 11500911 Statement of Assets and ￿abilItIeS as at 30 June 2024 rie5trktedFunds Note Ho4iday Food Fund Ukraine Refugee Fund CAP Debt Centre Fund Totsl Holidoy Food Funé Ukroine Relugee FunLI CAPDebt Centre Fund Tot41 June 2024 June 2023 A5set5 Cè5h at Bank Toial 791 2,198 4,421 7.410 359 2,670 5,905 8,934 791 2.198 4,421 7,410 3S9 2,670 5,905 8,934 Payables Total Net 791 2.198 4.421 ?,410 359 2.670 5,915 8.934 UnrestrkttdFuftds Note General Fund Total 30 June Z024 GeneralFuJ)d Tot413Q Assets Cash at Bank 410 410 856 856 Totsl Nssets 410 410 856 856 ilatsilitle5 Payable5 Totsl Liabilitle5 etAfsets 410 410 856 856

Shipley ChristiansTogether (Charity Reg. No. 119fA1911 Notes to the Accountsyear ending 30 June 2024 Génwal Shipley Christians Together is a Charltable Incorporated Oryanisation ICIOI and a re8lStered charity no. IIYJ091. It was Incorporared on 24JuThe 2020. Prbr to charitable incorporation it Wa5 a le5s-formali5ed association of chuTche5 in shipley, promotin8 ecvmenical activities. uutreaih and gmmunity serwces WlthiD the towD. soiDg back several decades. The decision to incorpDrate as registered Iharity %va5takEnto further enable the work of Shipley ChristlansTo8ether to tontinue and grow on a firmerfound3tional footin8. tlote l Accountini Policles Nots 1.1 Fund desl8rTr*lons The General Fund is an unresrricred fund for use at the dlscretion of the tru5teE5 ID furtherance of the general objectives of the chafity. Finant1311y, the General Fund meet5 the administrative needs of the tharity ThÈ Holiday Food Fund. CAP Debt Centre Fund and the Ukraine Refuge FunLI are restricted fund5 subject to restrictions oTrthe use of receipts from donors or 8ranting agencie5. More detail5 of these funds and activitiescan be fotsnd In the TrusteE5 Annual Report. Note 1.2 BaOsof ￿COuntIngThe trustees have made use of section 133 of the Ch3ritie5 Ad 2011 3nd have prepared the attounts on a receipts and pèyments bas15. Note Z Annual wbscrlptlonsThese comprise annual voluntarymntrlbvtlonsfrom the member churches, with a minlmum Df £50 per anntsm reque#e(J. N￿e 3 Grants In 2024 è total af £833 was provided by ShipleyTown and 8radford Counclls to be used In helping rhe needy In Shlpley12023.. E6501. P4oiE4 Churth Fundlngconsi5t5 af afflounts provided by member churchesforsupportingthe CAP Debt Centre Project We are cvrrenrty In rhe first yearof our second three-yearcommitment, whKh ends in November 2026. Note S Admlnlstratlon payments include insurance, publlclty and other administratwe c05t5 incurred by Shlpley Chrlstlans Together. 14ote 6 Futhd A<￿vItIeS are paymellts in furtherance of the oblectlves of the funds. In 2024 the amount of £5,6￿12023.. £7.2001 w35 paid to CAP Bradford t¢supportthe 0￿ration of the Slipley CAP Debt Centre. In 2024 a total of £7,04312023.. £10.0351 was di5bur5ed to help Ukrainian refu8ee5 Ilvln8ln Shlplev and being 5UPPOrted by ifjdividua15 connected to churches In Shlpley. In partlttslar the ¢harfty Is ¢ontribuiinB to the rent, ga5, elertriiity, phone and broadband and council tax expenses incurred by housing an extended Ukrainian faTnily in a property1et out for this purpose by friends of Shipley Baptist Church. The significant reduction in Costs ob5ervEd in 2024 15 due to contribution5 rnade by members of the Ukrainian farnitythem5elve5.

Note 6 Fund Artlvltles Icantlnuedl The Holiday Food Fund was used to payfor a Christmas lunch for the elderty arnountlng to £213 12023. £1461 Fund 3ctivity costs under the General Fund ¢onsist 01 £572 in respect of 8ible purchases and stall rental at Shipley Market12023." £6441 and E79012023. £560lforthE Lwe@ C05tB monthly Sunday evenin¥Chri5t13n music event. 80th ofthesecosts were to varying degrees offset or covered through dtsnationsand pay a5 feel collectI0Tr5. In 2024 £9012023.. £1401 was received to support the Bible purchase and stall cost and £i,11312023-. £6191 recelvèd towards the tiwE@ Costa event5. rtote Y Employrnent COSts relateto the salary and penslon costs arisin8 from the part-time employment Df the CAP Debtcentre rnana8er116 hour5 per weekl. The average numberof fu11 time equlvalent employees over the year 15 11312023.. 1121. Gro&s salary £7,81712023.. £9,389) Social Se¢uritv £011023.. EOI Pension costs £18312023.. £2271 Note8Trustee expense4 remuneratlon and beneffts. Notrustee received anyexpenses. remufieration or benefiis durin8 the year. Not29 ￿$nIn8 on behallolthe Trnst4•s Hugh Firman (Actin8 Ch3irl Date io Iiolx02 Geoffrey Pollard (Secretaryl DatÈ AdomJame5Corverre5j9nedas Cholrmon ond Trustee on J2June2024.