2022-12-31-accounts - Brighouse West Yorkshire Area Quaker Meeting Of The Religious Society Of Friends (Quakers) In Britain

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Brighouse West Yorkshire Area Quaker Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends

(Quakers)

Annual Report and Accounts for the Year Ending 31[st] December 2022 Charity Number 1191435

Administrative Details

Purpose and Constitution

The object of Brighouse West Yorkshire Area Quaker Meeting is the furtherance of the general religious and charitable purposes of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Britain in the area of Brighouse West Yorkshire Area Quaker Meeting and beyond.

Our principal activity is the holding of public meetings for worship according to Quaker tradition in the constituent Local Meetings of Bradford, Halifax, Hebden Bridge, Huddersfield and Scholes.

Our governing document states that “Income and property are used to further our object by work such as:

i) strengthening the life and witness of Quaker meetings both in the area of Brighouse West Yorkshire Area Meeting and beyond;

ii) spreading the message of Quakers and interpreting and developing the thought and practice of the Religious Society;

iii) undertaking Quaker service for the relief of suffering at home and abroad;

iv) funding the concerns that Quaker meetings in the area of Brighouse West Yorkshire Area Meeting or beyond have adopted or agreed to support;

v) providing for the pastoral care of individual members and attenders including assistance to those in need and for education;

vi) maintaining and developing Quaker meeting houses as places for public worship and from which to carry our witness into the world;

vii) administering and maintaining the organisation of Brighouse West Yorkshire Area Meeting and contributing to the support of Britain Yearly Meeting. “

Brighouse West Yorkshire Area Quaker Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) (BWYAM) is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) registered with the Charity Commission in accordance with the Charities Act 2011, and is CIO number 1191435. Our governing document was adopted on 23/11/2020. Memoranda of understanding specify the relationship between BWYAM and our constituent Local Meetings. Area Meeting, Local Meetings and Trustees conduct their business in accordance with “Quaker Faith and Practice,” the book of Christian discipline of the yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Britain.

Address for Correspondence

The Area Meeting Clerk, Friends Meeting House, Church Street, Paddock, Huddersfield, HD1 4TR.

Managing Trustees and Officers

BWYAM has between 5 and 15 Trustees and a number of Officers appointed by the Area Meeting in session after nomination by the Area Meeting Nominations Committee. Appointments are for three years with possible reappointment for up to two more terms (maximum 9 years in total).

Trustees during 2022

Suzie Bogle Dawn Beck Chris Greaves (Treasurer) Jeanette Hattersley (Resigned 31/12/23) Deryck Hillas (Clerk) Rebecca Mattingly (Resigned 31/12/23) Jane Morris (Resigned 14/8/23) David Provis

Other Area Meeting Officers during 2022 Frank Sharman (Membership Clerk) Rosemary Daley (Meeting for Sufferings Rep) Jan Walters (Registering Officer)

Area Meeting Clerking Team until March 2022 Elizabeth Backhouse (Co-Clerk) Rachel Taylor (Co-Clerk) Alison Leonard (Co-Clerk) Jim Ledwidge (Co-Clerk) Jane Milne (Co-Clerk) Mo O’Ryan (Co-Clerk) Hazel Bone (Co-Clerk)

Area Meeting Clerking Team from March 2022 Mark Holtom (Coordinating Clerk) Richard Jarvis (Correspondence Clerk) Mo O'Ryan (Co-Clerk) Rachel Taylor (Co-Clerk) Jane Milne (Co-Clerk)

Bankers

Cooperative Bank, 1 Balloon St, Manchester M60 4EP

CAF Bank Ltd, Kings Hill, West Malling, Kent ME9 4TA

Skipton Building Society, The Bailey, Skipton, North Yorks BD23 1DN

Triodos Bank, Brunel House, 11 The Promenade, Bristol BS8 3NN

Custodian Trustee

Friends Trusts Ltd, Friends House, 173-177 Euston Rd, London NW1 2BJ (Registered Charity 237698)

Independent Examiner

Rhys North ACA, West Yorkshire Community Accounting Service CIO, Stringer House, 34 Lupton St, Leeds LS10 2QW

Membership

Membership of BWYAM is granted by Area Meeting in session. Non-members who regularly attend Meeting for Worship and take an active role in the life of one of our Local Meetings are referred to as “Attenders” to distinguish them from “Members”. The Term “Friends” is used to include Members and Attenders. On 31 December 2022 there were 137 Members and 90 Attenders as detailed below.

	Bradford	Halifax	Hebden Bridge	Hudd- ersfield	Scholes	Total 2022	Total 2021
Members	22	9	58	40	8	137	143
Attenders	8	12	29	21	20	90	90
Total	30	21	87	61	28	227	233

Records

The Clerks and Treasurers of Local Meetings, Area Meeting and Trustees keep recent minutes and financial records. Minutes are regularly compiled and stored in the Brotherton Library at Leeds University along with corporate information such as deeds, our governing document, memoranda of understanding (between Area Meeting and Local Meetings) and policies.

Brighouse West Yorkshire Area Meeting 2022

Introduction

An area meeting should “provide that balance between worship, mutual support, administration, learning, deliberation and social life which can make its meetings enjoyable” (Quaker Faith and Practice 4.02).

Brighouse West Yorkshire Area Meeting comprises five Local Meetings: Bradford, Halifax, Hebden Bridge, Huddersfield and Scholes. Each meeting is unique and the life and times of each can be read in their own annual reports and in our own Area Meeting journal, “Meeting Points”. Some local meetings experienced reduced levels of attendance in early 2022 due to the effects of the Covid pandemic, but most meetings now report new growth and a rebuilding of their community.

Through Local Meetings, we manage three Meeting Houses (Bradford, Huddersfield and Scholes) and three Legacies funded by departed Friends (Carole Killick, Marlene Maundrill and Edna Woodhouse). Hebden Bridge and Halifax Local Meeting hire or lease rooms for their meetings.

Achievements and Performance

Worship

Public meetings for worship are usually held on Sundays by each Local Meeting. This is the focus of our community. These are traditional unprogrammed Quaker meetings where deep silence is valued as well as spoken ministry. Area Meeting appoints Elders to support the spiritual life of each Local Meeting through activities such as discussions, presentations and individual spiritual support for those who need it. Some meetings use the term ‘spiritual advisor; for this role.

Some of our meetings were held online meetings during 2022, some of which were blended with in person meeting for worship. However, there was a move back towards in person meetings as the year progressed. A regular Thursday evening online meeting for worship was hosted by Hebden Bridge Meeting throughout 2022, which was available to Friends across the Area Meeting. This midweek meeting was laid down in January 2023, but a Wednesday evening online meeting held by Scholes continues and is open to all. Huddersfield Meeting began holding a two-hour 9.30am meeting for worship once a month from November 2022.

Pastoral Care

Area Meeting appoints people to support pastoral care in each Local Meeting. Variously referred to as pastoral carer, pastoral friend and or link friend, these people also provide a listening ear to individuals, facilitate supportive relationships, organise shared lunches and offer practical support often in the form of grants to individuals for education, spiritual development or to relieve hardship.

Some meetings currently arrange their pastoral care on an informal basis, rather than through specific appointments.

Area Meetings:

Meetings for Area Meeting business were held bi-monthly during 2022, online early in the year and in person as the year progressed.

Discussion and reading groups

Local meetings have held discussion groups and reading groups on a range of topics during the year, both online and in person. These are mostly held on Sundays after Meeting but some take place midweek. Meetings report the value of these groups in forging a stronger sense of community.

Children and Young People

At the end of 2022 there were 22 children and young people under 16 recorded as involved in our Local Meetings, although actual numbers tend to be fluid. Some Local Meetings have a Children’s Meeting which provides engaging activities for children whilst enabling parents to attend Meeting for Worship. Children usually attend a short period of worship before or after Children’s Meeting. Hebden Bridge meeting’s annual holiday at Barmoor included children as well as adults in 2022. Some of our young people (13 to 18) attended the Yorkshire Friends Holiday School. We are also helping to fund a Yorkshire Youth Development Worker in collaboration with other Area Meetings.

Outreach

Outreach activities undertaken in 2022 included:

Distribution of white poppies and laying of white poppy wreaths at remembrance events
A copy of the Friend has been supplied to Hebden Bridge and Todmorden Libraries by Hebden Bridge Local Meeting, although this ceased at the end of 2022
Our outreach web site is a gateway to local Quaker Meetings for those searching online.
Vigils and other peace and justice events involving Friends provide a visible local presence for Quaker witness in our communities

Glenthorne Weekend

Bookings for the February 2023 Area Meeting Glenthorne weekend took place in late 2022, with a healthy level of take-up of places, including children.

Sanctuary Everywhere

Our Local Meetings share a concern about our national hospitality for refugees and asylum seekers leading some to become Sanctuary Everywhere Meetings and Area Meeting has agreed to support Sanctuary Everywhere. We help local refugee support groups, in particular the Bradford East Africa Community, the Bradford Rohingya Community, the Bradford East Africa Community, the St Augustine’s Centre in Halifax and Sanctuary Kirklees.

Climate Emergency and Peace Activism

Many local Friends were involved in numerous non-violent direct actions in 2022.

An Earth Vigil is held monthly At Huddersfield Meeting House in association with Extinction Rebellion to reflect on the roots of the crisis and our response to it.

Local Friends have joined with others in their local areas in vigils relating to the war in Ukraine.

We continue to support the Swords into Ploughshares group which is seeking to divert funds away from military purposes and towards humanitarian and eco-friendly purposes.

Bradford Local Meeting purchases all its electricity from green energy sources and generates electricity from photovoltaic cells on the roof of its Meeting House. Scholes Local Meeting has set aside funds to do likewise.

Concern about slavery and reparations:

Local meetings and Area meeting have spent time during 2022 considering the issue of racial justice / reparations for slavery. The results of discernment at Area Meeting were forwarded to Meeting for Sufferings.

National and Regional Involvement

Yearly Meeting Gathering

Friends from across our Area Meeting attended Britain Yearly Meeting gathering, which was held at Friends House and online with the theme: ‘faith, community and action’. Friends then shared the Epistle and issues covered at Yearly Meeting experiences with local Friends.

Meeting for Sufferings

Our representatives attended Meeting for Sufferings, the body which sets the direction for the work of Britain Yearly Meeting during the year. We have received updates and advice on a range of issues.

Other Involvement

Several local Friends serve on national and regional Quaker bodies including:

Northern Friends Peace Board
Quaker Peace Studies Trust
Woodbrooke as tutors
Group to Reinvigorate and Simplify Structures and Processes (GRASP)
Ackworth School General Meeting
Quakers in Yorkshire
Quaker Peace and Social Witness

Friends have also attended the following events

Quaker Committee for Christian and Interfaith Relations conference
Quaker Peace and Social Witness Annual Conference and sub-committees
Quakers in Yorkshire

Friends actively support a range of local causes

Bradford City of Sanctuary
Bradford East Africa Community

Bradford Peace Museum
Bradford University Department of Peace Studies
Bradford University Chaplaincy
Calderdale Interfaith Council
Calder Valley CND for Peace and Justice
Destitute Asylum Seekers Huddersfield (DASH)
Roots of Resistance
St Augustine’s Centre in Halifax
Sanctuary Kirklees
West Yorkshire Campaign Against the Arms Trade
Hebden Royd Christian Aid
Women of Faith Network
On the international stage we have links with
Moscow Friends Centre
Quaker Congo Partnership

Educational Grants

In addition to educational grants to individuals mentioned above, the Edna Woodhouse Legacy Fund, administered by Bradford Local Meeting, provides educational grants to Bradford College students experiencing financial hardship and financial support to individual Friends undertaking educational and creative activities.

Ecumenical and Interfaith

Most Local Meetings are involved with their local Churches Together group and several Friends attend meetings of the Calderdale Women’s Interfaith Group.

Libraries

Each Local Meeting maintains a Library of primarily Quaker reading material adding new works regularly throughout the year, many subscribing to journals such as “The Friend”.

Plans for 2023

We will continue to support people in worship and spiritual growth and Area Meeting and Trustees will offer the guidance, training and resources needed to promote safe and effective conduct of Quaker activities. We will continue our support of Friends and organisations involved in direct action to bring much needed attention to the ongoing climate emergency and in opposition to the arms trade and of groups involved in alleviating hardship for refugees and the homeless as well as those seeking to further the cause of peace.

Merger with Halifax Meeting House Charity Trust (HMHCT)

It is anticipated that HMHCT will be wound up and its assets transferred to us in the first half of 2023. We aim to produce financial guidelines that embrace our current activities and our new responsibilities for managing the funds transferred from HMHCT.

Professionalisation of our Back Office

With increased financial responsibility and the ever-increasing need for accountability we aim to employ professional staff to assist with bookkeeping, financial management and administrative support.

Glenthorne Weekend

Our Area Meeting weekend in the Lake District will go ahead in February 2023.

Burial Grounds

The restoration of Idle Burial Ground and development of a strategy for all our burial grounds will be a significant project we hope to commence in 2023.

Web Site

We hope to further develop our web site to help improve communication and organisation within our Area Meeting.

Youth Development Worker

In collaboration with other Area Meetings, we will continue to fund a Youth Development Worker for Yorkshire. We would like to provide around £7,000 per year for 2023 and 2024 and will seek funding from the Mem Maudrill Fund, the Edna Woodhouse Fund and Halifax Meeting House Charity Fund for this purpose.

Trustees

Trustees met six times in 2022 to consider issues including those outlined below.

Property

Meeting houses in Bradford, Huddersfield and Scholes are managed by their respective Local Meetings as well as burial grounds in Todmorden, Idle, Undercliffe and Newlands (Brighouse). Trustees consider expenditures above £1,000. A new lease of the offices at Bradford Meeting House to Bradford African Community has improved our income and provides a meeting place for a local cultural group. In 2022 we completed overdue quinquennial surveys of all our Meeting Houses and local meetings have already committed to implementing the repairs and improvements recommended therein.

Employees

We employ a caretaker/lettings officer at Huddersfield Meeting House and use VAK (Voluntary Action Kirklees) to manage the associated payroll on our behalf. She is enrolled in a pension scheme with The People’s Pension. Line management of our employee is the responsibility of Huddersfield Local Meeting in accordance with conditions of employment set out by Trustees. Trustees also ensure that self-employed contracts are in line with government definitions of self-employment. Hebden Bridge Meeting pays a local man on a self-employed basis to set out the meeting room on a Sunday morning.

Policies

We have the following polices

Reserves (renewed 2019)
Health and Safety (renewed 2019)
Safeguarding (renewed 2019)
Investment (renewed 2020)
Data Protection (2021)

It is intended to develop a financial policy in 2023/24.

Management of Risk

Trustees keep a risk register which identifies and prioritises risks in terms of likelihood and potential impact. The register also identifies any mitigating systems in place to reduce the likelihood or impact of each risk.

Trustees Responsibilities Statement

Trustees are required to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the charity’s financial activities during the year and its financial position at year end. Trustees should

Select suitable accounting policies and apply them consistently
Make reasonable and prudent judgements and estimates
State whether applicable accounting standards and statements of recommended practice have been followed, subject to any departures disclosed and explained in the financial statement
Prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the Charity will remain in operation.

The trustees are responsible for keeping accounting records and safeguarding the assets of the charity.

Public Benefit Statement

Our public meetings for worship offer a safe space for anyone to experience traditional Quaker worship. Rooms in our meeting houses are also available for hire by community groups that undertake activities that do not conflict with our charitable purpose.

Local Meetings and our Legacy Funds make donations to charities and organisations that work in accord with our charitable purpose. Beneficiaries in 2022 included:

Britain Yearly Meeting
Crawshawbooth Meeting House
Disasters Emergency Committee
Northern Friends Peace Board
Osmotherly Meeting House *
Peace Museum Bradford
Quaker Service Northern Ireland
Quaker Social Action
Quakers in Yorkshire
Scholarships for Street Kids
Welcome Centre

Trustee Payments

No Trustees received any remuneration during the year or the previous year. There were no related party transactions during the year or the previous year.

Statement of Going Concern

Brighouse West Yorkshire Area Quaker Meeting is vibrant, well funded and with assets that are well maintained. The financial effects of Covid 19 were much diminished in 2022 as room hirings and investment property rentals returned. The Trustees have assessed the charity’s ability to continue for at least 12 months from the date that the accounts are approved and are satisfied that there are no material uncertainties about the charity’s ability to meet its liabilities as they fall due.

Financial Review

There was a decrease in our funds of £1,211 during the year comprising an increase of £6,022 in unrestricted funds and a decrease of £7,233 in restricted funds.

At year end our meetings hold unrestricted reserves of £102,732 in cash (including bank accounts) and £107,188 in investments. The total reserves held by meeting funds exceed the target set in our reserves policy. As shown in Note 9 in the accounts, some meetings are holding less than their target (Bradford, Huddersfield and Halifax Meetings) and others are holding more (Hebden Bridge, Scholes and Area Meetings).

Funds in deficit

At 31 December 2022 the fund for paying quinquennial survey fees was in deficit by £3,960 and the fund for dissolution costs of Halifax Meeting House Charity was in deficit by £2,840. The Halifax Meeting House Charity has agreed to provide grants which will clear these deficits.

Signed: … Mark Holtom ……………… (Mark Holtom, Area Meeting Clerk)

Date: 10/9/23

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Receipts andpayments account
for theyear ended 31 December 2022

	Notes
		2022	2022	2022	2021
	Unrestricted		Restricted	Total	Total
		funds	funds	funds	funds
		£	£	£	£
Receipts
Voluntary income	(2)	48,024	6,742	54,766	63,001
Activities generating funds		20,206	-	20,206	6,318
Investment income		11,689	67	11,756	3,746
Other income		106	-	106	5,171
Quaker activity income		4,768	-	4,768	4,551
Investment sales	(3)	-	5,000	5,000	8,000
Transfer from unincorporated association		-	-	-	91,718
Total receipts		84,793	11,809	96,602	182,505


Payments
Activities Generating Funds		613	-	613	144
Premises Costs:
Improvements and maintenance		21,261	3,400	24,661	20,776
Salaries and NI	(4)	6,348	-	6,348	5,875
Insurance		2,956	-	2,956	2,837
Rent and rates		7,615	1,917	9,532	7,130
Utilities and telephony		12,163	425	12,588	8,273
Other premises costs		3,868	4,460	8,328	2,179
Total Premises Costs		54,211	10,202	64,413	47,070
Quaker Activity Costs:
Governance		2,627	2,840	5,467	4,308
Grants and donations	(5)	16,695	6,000	22,695	25,891
Training and courses		226	-	226	81
Residential retreats		1,426	-	1,426	5,503
Other Quaker activity costs		2,973	-	2,973	2,050
Total Quaker Activity Costs		23,947	8,840	32,787	37,833

Totalpayments		78,771	19,042	97,813	85,047
Net receipts /(payments)		6,022	(7,233)	(1,211)	97,458

Fund balances brought forward		96,710	748	97,458	-
Fund balances carried forward	(6)	102,732	(6,485)	96,247	97,458

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Statement of assets and liabilities
as at 31 December 2022
		2022	2022	2022	2021
	Unrestricted		Restricted	Total	Total
		£	£	£	£
Cash funds
Cash at bank:
BWYAM Current Account		9,273	-	9,273	10,514
Bradford Meeting Current Account		8,626	-	8,626	751
Bradford Meeting Deposit Account		4	-	4	4
Edna Woodhouse Deposit Account		-	315	315	248
Halifax Meeting Current Account		18,281	(6,800)	11,481	9,726
Hebden Bridge Meeting Current Account		24,734	-	24,734	23,418
Huddersfield Meeting Current Account		10,439	-	10,439	21,771
Huddersfield Meeting Deposit Account		20,464	-	20,464	20,409
Scholes Legacy Building Society Account		4,712	-	4,712	6,330
Scholes Meeting Current Account		6,119	-	6,119	4,111
Cash in hand:
Bradford Meeting		64	-	64	110
Halifax Meeting		16	-	16	16
Scholes Meeting		-	-	-	50
Total cash funds		102,732	(6,485)	96,247	97,458

Debtors and prepayments				2022	2021
				£	£
Debtors-Rental income				3,036	548
Debtors-Glenthorne Fees				2,318	-
Debtors-Halifax Meeting House Charity				6,800	-
Prepayments-Insurance				-	1,891
Other debtors-Gift Aid				4,852	4,994
				17,006	7,433

Investment assets				2022	2021
				£	£
Bradford Meeting Investments				18,342	20,521
Edna Woodhouse Fund Investments				8,248	14,620
Huddersfield Meeting Investments				2,999	2,999
Scholes Meeting Investments				85,847	95,860
				115,436	134,000

Assets retained for the charity's own use at market value February 2021				2022	2021
				£	£
Bradford Meeting House				170,000	170,000
Huddersfield Meeting House				295,000	295,000
Scholes Meeting House				145,000	145,000
				610,000	610,000

Liabilities				2022	2021
				£	£
Creditors-Glenthorne Retreat				5,428	5,428
Creditors-Britain Yearly Meeting Huddersfield LM				-	4,142
Creditors-Other				592	402
Accruals				1,650	1,440
				7,670	11,412
The financial statements were approved by the board of trustees on …………..…… 10/9/23				...…….
Signed: ……………...………….…. (Trustee) Deryck Hillas

Name: ……………..…..…………. Deryck Hillas

Brighouse West Yorkshire Area Quaker Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Britain Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 December 2022

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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	Notes to the accounts continued
	for theyear ended 31 December 2022

2	Voluntary income	2022	2022	2022	2021
		Unrestricted	Restricted	Total	Total
		funds	funds	funds	funds
		£	£	£	£
	Grants:
	Halifax Meeting House Charity	-	3,542	3,542	7,029
	Quakers in Yorkshire	-	3,200	3,200	1,330
	HMRC Job Retention Scheme	-	-	-	1,900
	Kirklees Council	-	-	-	8,500
	Donations	46,119	-	46,119	43,742
	Bequests and legacies	2,000	-	2,000	500
		48,119	6,742	54,861	63,001
		-95		-95
3	Investment sales	2022	2022	2022	2021
		Unrestricted	Restricted	Total	Total
		funds	funds	funds	funds
		£	£	£	£
	Edna Woodhouse Fund investments	-	5,000	5,000	6,000
	Bradford Meeting investments	-	-	-	2,000
		-	5,000	5,000	8,000

4	Staffcosts and numbers			2022	2021
				£	£
	Gross salaries			5,941	5,471
	Pensions			291	274
	Payroll charges			116	130
				6,348	5,875

	The average number employees during the period £60,000.	was 1. There w	ere no employees with emoluments above

	Defined contribution pension scheme			2022	2021
				£	£
	Costs of the scheme to the charity for the year			291	274

5	Grants and donations	2022	2022	2022	2021
		Unrestricted	Restricted	Total	Total
		funds	funds	funds	funds
		£	£	£	£
	Contribution to Britain Yearly Meeting	14,620	6,000	20,620	16,821
	Donations to other Quaker bodies	1,487	-	1,487	2,370
	Donations to individuals	588	-	588	-
	Donations to non-Quaker bodies:
	Bradford College	-	-	-	4,000
	Ackworth School	-	-	-	2,000
	St. Augustine's (from Hebden Bridge LM)	-	-	-	700
		16,695	6,000	22,695	25,891

Brighouse West Yorkshire Area Quaker Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Britain

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	Notes to the accounts continued
	for theyear ended 31 December 2022

6	Restricted funds	Balance b/f	Incoming	Outgoing	Transfers	Balance c/f
		£	£	£	£	£
	Edna Woodhouse Legacy Fund	248	5,067	5,000	-	315
	HMHC-Halifax Meeting House	-	2,342	2,342	-	-
	HMHC-Youth Worker	-	1,000	1,000	-	-
	HMHC-Brighouse Burial Ground	-	200	200	-	-
	HMHC-Quinquennial	-	-	3,960	-	(3,960)
	HMHC-Dissolution Costs	-	-	2,840	-	(2,840)
	QIY-Window	-	1,500	1,500	-	-
	QIY-Brighouse Burial Ground	-	700	700	-	-
	QIY-Floor Covering	-	1,000	1,000	-	-
	Legacy-M Dix	500	-	500	-	-
		748	11,809	19,042	-	(6,485)

	Fund name	Purpose of restriction
	Edna Woodhouse Legacy Fund	This fund was created by a legacy of £50,000 and is used for people attendingconferences and educational courses.				the benefit of
	HMHC-Halifax Meeting House	To support Halifax Local Meeting's rental costs.
	HMHC-Youth Worker	To contribute towards the cost of a regional youth development worker.
	HMHC-Brighouse Burial Ground	Towards the costs of the Brighouse Newlands burial ground.
	HMHC - Quinquennial	To support quinquennial survey fees; the grant being outstanding at 31 December 2022.
	HMHC - Dissolution Costs	To reimburse legal costs paid by the CIO on behalf of HMHC; the grant beingoutstandingat 31 December 2022.
	QIY-Window	Towards costs of improving ventilation at the Huddersfield meeting house.
	QIY-Brighouse Burial Ground	Towards the maintenance costs of the Brighouse Newlands burial ground.
	QIY - Floor Covering	Towards costs of changing the floor covering at the Huddersfield meeting house.
	Legacy-M Dix	For improvements to Huddersfield meeting house.

7	Related party transactions

	Trustee e~~x~~penses
	No trustee received any expenses	during this year or the previous year.

	Trustee r~~e~~muneration and benefits
	No trustee received any remuneration or benefit during this or the previous year.

	Independent Examiner Fees
	During the period West Yorkshire Community Accounting Service was paid £1,440 as the charity's Independent Examiner

8	Funds held as agent		Balance b/f	Incoming	Outgoing	Balance c/f
			£	£	£	£
	Funds collected on behalf of other organisations		-	1,746	1,390	356
			-	1,746	1,390	356

	Brighouse West Yorkshire Area Quaker Meeting of the Religious Societyof Friends(Quakers)in Britain	Brighouse West Yorkshire Area Quaker Meeting of the Religious Societyof Friends(Quakers)in Britain	Brighouse West Yorkshire Area Quaker Meeting of the Religious Societyof Friends(Quakers)in Britain	Brighouse West Yorkshire Area Quaker Meeting of the Religious Societyof Friends(Quakers)in Britain	Brighouse West Yorkshire Area Quaker Meeting of the Religious Societyof Friends(Quakers)in Britain	Brighouse West Yorkshire Area Quaker Meeting of the Religious Societyof Friends(Quakers)in Britain
	Notes to the accounts continued
	for theyear ended 31 December 2022

6	Restricted funds	Balance b/f	Incoming	Outgoing	Transfers	Balance c/f
		£	£	£	£	£
	Edna Woodhouse Legacy Fund	248	5,067	5,000	-	315
	HMHC-Halifax Meeting House	-	2,342	2,342	-	-
	HMHC-Youth Worker	-	1,000	1,000	-	-
	HMHC-Brighouse Burial Ground	-	200	200	-	-
	HMHC-Quinquennial	-	-	3,960	-	(3,960)
	HMHC-Dissolution Costs	-	-	2,840	-	(2,840)
	QIY-Window	-	1,500	1,500	-	-
	QIY-Brighouse Burial Ground	-	700	700	-	-
	QIY-Floor Covering	-	1,000	1,000	-	-
	Legacy-M Dix	500	-	500	-	-
		748	11,809	19,042	-	(6,485)

	Fund name	Purpose of restriction
	Edna Woodhouse Legacy Fund	This fund was created by a legacy of £50,000 and is used for people attendingconferences and educational courses.				the benefit of
	HMHC-Halifax Meeting House	To support Halifax Local Meeting's rental costs.
	HMHC-Youth Worker	To contribute towards the cost of a regional youth development worker.
	HMHC-Brighouse Burial Ground	Towards the costs of the Brighouse Newlands burial ground.
	HMHC - Quinquennial	To support quinquennial survey fees; the grant being outstanding at 31 December 2022.
	HMHC - Dissolution Costs	To reimburse legal costs paid by the CIO on behalf of HMHC; the grant beingoutstandingat 31 December 2022.
	QIY-Window	Towards costs of improving ventilation at the Huddersfield meeting house.
	QIY-Brighouse Burial Ground	Towards the maintenance costs of the Brighouse Newlands burial ground.
	QIY - Floor Covering	Towards costs of changing the floor covering at the Huddersfield meeting house.
	Legacy-M Dix	For improvements to Huddersfield meeting house.

7	Related party transactions

	Trustee e~~x~~penses
	No trustee received any expenses	during this year or the previous year.

	Trustee r~~e~~muneration and benefits
	No trustee received any remuneration or benefit during this or the previous year.

	Independent Examiner Fees
	During the period West Yorkshire Community Accounting Service was paid £1,440 as the charity's Independent Examiner

8	Funds held as agent		Balance b/f	Incoming	Outgoing	Balance c/f
			£	£	£	£
	Funds collected on behalf of other organisations		-	1,746	1,390	356
			-	1,746	1,390	356

Edna Woodhouse Legacy Fund This fund was created by a legacy of £50,000 and is used for the benefit of people attending conferences and educational courses. HMHC - Halifax Meeting House To support Halifax Local Meeting's rental costs. HMHC - Youth Worker To contribute towards the cost of a regional youth development worker. HMHC - Brighouse Burial Ground Towards the costs of the Brighouse Newlands burial ground. HMHC - Quinquennial To support quinquennial survey fees; the grant being outstanding at 31

	Notes to the accounts continued	Notes to the accounts continued	Notes to the accounts continued
	for theperiod ended 31 December 2022

9	Reserves	Bradford	Halifax	Hebden Bridge	Huddersfield	Scholes	Area Meeting	Total
	General	20,000	7,000	12,000	25,000	15,000	7,000	86,000
	Repair & Maintenance	17,000	5,000	-	20,000	20,000	-	62,000
	Emergency	5,000	-	2,000	-	-	-	7,000
	Projects:
	Children’s room/kitchen	-	-	-	-	30,000	-	30,000
	New carpeting	-	-	-	-	5,000	-	5,000
	Installation of solar panels	-	-	-	-	1,000	-	1,000
	Agreed Reserves	42,000	12,000	14,000	45,000	71,000	7,000	191,000

	Actual Reserves at 31 December 2022:

	Bank and Cash Reserves	8,694	18,297	24,734	30,903	10,831	9,273	102,732
	Investment Reserves	18,342	-	-	2,999	85,847	-	107,188
		27,036	18,297	24,734	33,902	96,678	9,273	209,920