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2023-12-31-accounts

Brighouse West Yorkshire Area Quaker Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Britain Charity number 1191435

Annual Report and Financial Statements

for the year ended 31 December 2023

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

Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2023

Contents Page
Trustees' report 2 to 9
Examiner's report 10
Receipts and payments account 11
Statement of assets and liabilities 12 to 13
Notes to the accounts 14 to 18

Prepared by West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO

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Brighouse West Yorkshire Area Quaker Meeting of the

Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Britain Trustees' report for the year ended 31 December 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 Deryck Hillas Chair Dawn Beck Chris Greaves Treasurer David Provis Suzie Bogle Rachel Taylor Janet Walters Appointed 15 January 2023 Area Meeting Officers Mark Holtom Coordinating Clerk Richard Jarvis Correspondence Clerk Rachel Taylor Co-Clerk Rosemary Daley Meeting for Sufferings Rep Frank Sharman Membership Clerk Jan Walters Registering Officer Charity number 1191435 Registered in England and Wales Registered and principal address Friends Meeting House Church Street Paddock Huddersfield HD1 4TR

Bankers

Cooperative Bank, 1 Balloon Street, Manchester M60 4EP

CAF Bank Limited, Kings Hill, West Malling, Kent ME9 4TA Skipton Building Society, The Bailey, Skipton, North Yorkshire BD23 1DN Triodos Bank, Brunel House, 11 The Promenade, Bristol BS8 3NN

Custodian Trustee

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

Independent examiner

Rhys North ACA

West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO

Stringer House 34 Lupton Street Leeds LS10 2QW

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Brighouse West Yorkshire Area Quaker Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Britain Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 December 2023

Structure, governance and management

Brighouse West Yorkshire Area Quaker Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Britain (BWYAM) is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) formed on 23 September 2020 and is governed by a constitution. Memoranda of understanding specify the relationship between BWYAM and its 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.

Method of recruitment and appointment of trustees

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-year terms with the option for reappointment for a second term, and in exceptional cases, a third term (maximum 9 years in total).

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 2023 there were 135 Members and 81 Attenders as detailed below:

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.

Objectives and activities

The charity's objects

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 Meeting and beyond.

The charity's main activities

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. “

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Brighouse West Yorkshire Area Quaker Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Britain Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 December 2023

Brighouse West Yorkshire Area Meeting 2023

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”..

Through Local Meetings, we manage three Meeting Houses (Bradford, Huddersfield and Scholes) and three Legacies funded by departed Friends (Carol Killick, Marlene Maundrill and Edna Woodhouse). Hebden Bridge and Halifax Local Meeting hire or lease rooms for their meetings. The Area Meeting through the Trustee body also manages three burial grounds not attached to Meeting Houses at Idle (Bradford), Newlands (Brighouse) and Shewbread (Todmorden).

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.

All five local meetings hold a weekly Sunday morning Meeting for Worship in person. Hebden Bridge meeting has also continued with an online meeting every Sunday, which is sometimes ‘blended’. A Wednesday evening online meeting is held by Scholes and is open to all. Huddersfield Meeting hold a two-hour 9.30am meeting for worship once a month. Some meetings have held special all-age meeting events, especially around Christmas time.

In June we held an Area Meeting day silent retreat providing time for peaceful reflection.

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, or through the use of ‘circles’, rather than through specific appointments.

Area Meetings

Meetings for Area Meeting business were held bi-monthly during 2023, online in January and in person for all other meetings.

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.

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Brighouse West Yorkshire Area Quaker Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Britain Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 December 2023

Achievements and performance continued

Children and Young People

At the end of 2023 there were 18 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 2023. 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 2023 included:

Glenthorne Weekend

The Area Meeting Glenthorne weekend in the Lake District took place in February 2023, with a full house and a wide range of ages present. Plans are under way for another Glenthorne weekend in November 2024.

Support for refugees and asylum seekers

Our Local Meetings share a concern about our national hospitality for refugees and asylum seekers leading some to become Sanctuary Everywhere Meetings. We help local refugee support groups, in particular the Bradford African Community, the Bradford Community Alliance, the St Augustine’s Centre in Halifax and Sanctuary Kirklees. Huddersfield Meeting House hosts the offices of Immigration and Asylum Support Kirklees (IASK)

Climate Emergency and Peace Activism

Local Friends were involved in a range of non-violent direct actions in 2023:

Bradford Local Meeting purchases all its electricity from green energy sources and generates electricity from photovoltaic cells on the roof of its Meeting House. Huddersfield Meeting has purchased its electricity from Good Energy for several years and is currently reviewing its electricity and gas suppliers with the intention of transferring to ethical and green providers.

National and Regional Involvement

Yearly Meeting Gathering

Friends of all ages from across our Area Meeting attended Yearly Meeting which was held at Friends House, London from 27[th] April to 1[st] May 2023. Friends then shared the Epistle and issues covered at Yearly Meeting experiences with local Friends.

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Brighouse West Yorkshire Area Quaker Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Britain Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 December 2023

Achievements and performance continued National and Regional Involvement continued

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. As an Area Meeting we undertook discernment on the issue of membership during 2023 and forwarded the results to Meeting for Sufferings.

Other Involvement

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

Friends have also attended a number of events including:

Friends actively support a range of local causes:

On the international stage we have links with:

Educational Grants

This year, in addition to educational grants to individuals mentioned above, the Edna Woodhouse Legacy Fund, administered by Bradford Local Meeting, supported the West Yorkshire Youth Development Worker in their work providing fun educational resources and activities for our young people.

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”.

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Brighouse West Yorkshire Area Quaker Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Britain Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 December 2023

Plans for 2024

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. A planning group made contact with Woodbrooke, to arrange an event for our Area Meeting for mid-2024. 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.

Halifax Meeting House Charity Trust (HMHCT)

In August 2023 HMHCT resolved that it would be wound up and BWYAM agreed to receive their assets. We appointed Lupton Fawcett to organise this and the winding up process was completed with the Charity Commission in February 2024. The HMHCT assets are being transferred to the Area Meeting during 2024. We aim to produce financial guidelines that embrace our current activities and our new responsibilities for managing the funds transferred from HMHCT before the end of 2024.

Professionalisation of our Back Office

For several years, we have paid for bookkeeping and accountancy services from an Attender at one of our Meetings which provides considerable help to local Meeting treasurers. We may consider extending this type of service in future years.

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 develop in the coming year.

Website

Our Website Development Manager has further developed our website to help improve communication and organisation within our Area Meeting and arranged for its transfer to the national Quaker Meetings Network platform.

Youth Development Worker

In collaboration with other Area Meetings, we fund a Youth Development Worker for Yorkshire. We provided £7,000 for 2023 including funding from the Mem Maudrill Fund, the Edna Woodhouse Fund and Halifax Meeting House Charity Fund. We plan to continue this support in 2024.

Trustees

Trustees met five times in 2023 to consider issues including those outlined below.

Property

Meeting houses in Bradford, Huddersfield and Scholes are managed by their respective Local Meetings whilst the burial grounds at Shewbread (Todmorden), Idle (Bradford) and Newlands (Brighouse) are managed by trustees. Trustees consider expenditures above £1,000. A 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. During the year Scholes Meeting fully renovated the kitchen in their premises. Between 31/01/2022 and 5/03/2022, a local firm of architects carried out thorough quinquennial surveys on the three Meeting Houses which were received in April 2022. Trustees have received regular reports from Friends in these meetings concerning the work undertaken to address issues requiring attention that were identified in these reports.

Employees

We employ a caretaker/lettings officer at Huddersfield Meeting House and use Third Sector Leaders to manage the associated payroll on our behalf. She is enrolled in a pension scheme with The People’s Partnership. 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.

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Brighouse West Yorkshire Area Quaker Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Britain Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 December 2023

Policies

We have the following polices:

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:

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 2023 included:

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.

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Brighouse West Yorkshire Area Quaker Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Britain Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 December 2023

Statement of Going Concern

Brighouse West Yorkshire Area Quaker Meeting is well-funded and with assets that are well maintained. The financial effects of Covid 19 were much diminished in 2023 as room hirings and investment property rentals fully 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

The net payments for the year were £15,347, including net payments of £14,191 on unrestricted funds and net payments of £1,156 on restricted funds.

At year end we held unrestricted funds comprising £88,541 in cash (including bank accounts) and £94,337 in investments. The need for maintaining reserves is determined by each local meeting and include general risk management, repairs and maintenance and planned projects. We recognise that total reserves held by meeting funds exceed the target of £176,000 set in our reserves policy. Some meetings are holding less than their target (Bradford, Huddersfield and Halifax Meetings) and others are holding more (Hebden Bridge, Scholes and Area Meeting) - as shown in Note 9 to the accounts.

Funds or subsidiary undertakings materially in deficit

At 31 December 2023 three funds were in deficit - the fund for paying quinquennial survey fees by £3,960; the fund for dissolution costs of Halifax Meeting House Charity by £2,840; and the fund for Headstone costs by £570. The Halifax Meeting House Charity has agreed to provide grants which will clear these deficits. Additionally the fund for burial grounds maintenance was in deficit by £700 and Quakers in Yorkshire have agreed to provide a grant for this amount.

Approved by the board of trustees on 18/08/2024

Deryck Hillas (Trustee)

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Brighouse West Yorkshire Area Quaker Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Britain Independent examiner's report to the trustees of Brighouse West Yorkshire Area Quaker Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends

I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the CIO for the year ended 31 December 2023, which are set out on pages 11 to 18.

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.

Rhys North ACA

10/09/2024

West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO

Stringer House 34 Lupton Street Leeds LS10 2QW

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Brighouse West Yorkshire Area Quaker Meeting of the

Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Britain Receipts and payments account

for the year ended 31 December 2023

Notes
2023
Unrestricted
funds
£
Receipts
Voluntary income
(2)
52,270
Activities generating funds
23,443
Investment income
13,128
Other income
50
Quaker activity income
3,419
Investment sales
(3)
16,000
Total receipts
108,310
Payments
Activities Generating Funds
317
Premises Costs:
Improvements and maintenance
38,767
Salaries and NI
(4)
6,836
Insurance
3,181
Rent and rates
9,912
Utilities and telephony
16,245
Other premises costs
4,479
Total Premises Costs
79,420
Quaker Activity Costs:
Governance
3,621
Grants and donations
(5)
28,536
Training and courses
690
Residential retreats
7,295
Other Quaker activity costs
2,622
Total Quaker Activity Costs
42,764
Total payments
122,501
Net receipts / (payments)
(14,191)
Fund balances brought forward
102,732
Fund balances carried forward
(6)
88,541		 2023
Restricted
funds
£
5,676
-
72
-
-
5,000
10,748
-
700
-
-
1,917
759
-
3,376
2,958
5,000
-
-
570
8,528
11,904
(1,156)
(6,485)
(7,641)		 2023
Total
funds
£
57,946
23,443
13,200
50
3,419
21,000
119,058
317
39,467
6,836
3,181
11,829
17,004
4,479
82,796
6,579
33,536
690
7,295
3,192
51,292
134,405
(15,347)
96,247
80,900		 2022
Total
funds
£
54,766
20,206
11,756
106
4,768
5,000
96,602
613
24,661
6,348
2,956
9,532
12,588
8,328
64,413
5,467
22,695
226
1,426
2,973
32,787
97,813
(1,211)
97,458
96,247

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Brighouse West Yorkshire Area Quaker Meeting of the

Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Britain Statement of assets and liabilities

as at 31 December 2023

2023
2023
Unrestricted
Restricted
Cash funds
£
£
Cash at bank:
BWYAM Current Account
10,549
(9,371)
Bradford Meeting Current Account
1,561
-
Bradford Meeting Deposit Account
2,504
-
Edna Woodhouse Deposit Account
388
-
Halifax Meeting Current Account
11,598
(700)
Hebden Bridge Meeting Current Account
25,216
(570)
Huddersfield Meeting Current Account
12,019
3,000
Huddersfield Meeting Deposit Account
15,765
-
Scholes Legacy Building Society Account
-
-
Scholes Meeting Current Account
8,822
-
Cash in hand:
Bradford Meeting
44
-
Halifax Meeting
75
-
Total cash funds
88,541
(7,641)
Debtors and prepayments
Debtors - Rental income
Debtors - Residential fees
Debtors - Halifax Meeting House Charity
Debtors - Quakers in Yorkshire
Prepayments - Residentials
Prepayments - Insurance
Other debtors - Gift Aid
Investment assets
Bradford Meeting Investments
Edna Woodhouse Fund Investments - restricted
Huddersfield Meeting Investments
Scholes Meeting Investments
Assets retained for the charity's own use at market value February 2021
Bradford Meeting House
Huddersfield Meeting House
Scholes Meeting House		 2023
Total
£
1,178
1,561
2,504
388
10,898
24,646
15,019
15,765
-
8,822
44
75
80,900
2023
£
3,360
-
11,028
1,400
848
2,252
6,021
24,909
2023
£
19,610
4,224
2,999
71,728
98,561
2023
£
170,000
295,000
145,000
610,000		 2022
Total
£
9,273
8,626
4
315
11,481
24,734
10,439
20,464
4,712
6,119
64
16
96,247
2022
£
3,036
2,318
6,800
-
-
2,094
4,852
19,100
2022
£
18,342
8,248
2,999
85,847
115,436
2022
£
170,000
295,000
145,000
610,000

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Brighouse West Yorkshire Area Quaker Meeting of the

Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Britain Statement of assets and liabilities

as at 31 December 2023

Liabilities
Creditors - Glenthorne Retreat
Creditors - Utilities
Creditors - Other
Accruals - Independent examination fee
Other creditors - Pension costs		 2023
£
-
4,931
533
1,650
53
7,167		 2022
£
5,428
-
592
1,650
-
7,670

The financial statements were approved by the board of trustees on 18/08/2024

Deryck Hillas (Trustee)

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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 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.

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Brighouse West Yorkshire Area Quaker Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Britain Notes to the accounts continued for the year ended 31 December 2023

2 Grants and donations
Grants:
Halifax Meeting House Charity
Quakers in Yorkshire
Sir James Reckitt Charity
Donations
Bequests and legacies
3 Investment sales
Edna Woodhouse Fund investments
Scholes Meeting Investments
Total
4 Staff costs and numbers
Gross salaries
Pensions
Payroll charges
The average number employees during the year
emoluments above £60,000.
Defined contribution pension scheme
Costs of the scheme to the charity for the year		 2023
2023
2023
2022
Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
Total
funds
funds
funds
funds
£
£
£
£
-
2,676
2,676
3,542
-
3,000
3,000
3,200
4,000
-
4,000
-
48,270
-
48,270
46,024
-
-
-
2,000
52,270
5,676
57,946
54,766
2023
2022
2023
2022
Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
Total
funds
funds
funds
funds
£
£
£
£
-
5,000
5,000
5,000
16,000
-
16,000
-
16,000
5,000
21,000
5,000
2023
2022
£
£
6,457
5,941
263
291
116
116
6,836
6,348
2023
2022
£
£
263
291
was xx (2022 - 1). There were no employees with

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

for the year ended 31 December 2023

5 Grants and donations
Contribution to Britain Yearly Meeting
Donations to other Quaker bodies
Donations to individuals
Donations to non-Quaker bodies:
Abigail Housing
Anchor Project
BEACON Bradford
BIASAN
Bradford African Community
Bradford Community Alliance CIC
Bradford Metropolitan Food Bank
Bradford Soup Run
Emmaus Bradford
Inn Churches
Peace Museum
Refugee Action
Sanctuary Kirklees Buzz
St Augustine's
Undercliffe Cemetery Charity
Unitarian Church Bradford
Yorkshire CND
6 Restricted funds
Balance b/f
£
Edna Woodhouse Legacy Fund
315
HMHC - Halifax Meeting House
-
QIY - Brighouse Burial Ground
-
HMHC - Dissolution Costs
(2,840)
HMHC - Quinquennial
(3,960)
QIY - Fire Alarm
-
HMHC - Headstone
-
(6,485)		 2023
Unrestricted
funds
£
16,060
4,511
955
400
400
400
400
400
400
400
100
400
400
400
400
500
1,400
150
60
400
28,536
Incoming
£
5,072
2,676
-
-
-
3,000
-
10,748		 2023
Restricted
funds
£
5,000
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
5,000
Outgoing
£
5,000
2,676
700
2,958
-
-
570
11,904		 2023
Total
funds
£
21,060
4,511
955
400
400
400
400
400
400
400
100
400
400
400
400
500
1,400
150
60
400
33,536
Transfers
£
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-		 2022
Total
funds
£
20,620
1,487
588
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
22,695
Balance c/f
£
387
-
(700)
(5,798)
(3,960)
3,000
(570)
(7,641)

Fund name

Edna Woodhouse Legacy Fund

HMHC - Halifax Meeting House QIY - Brighouse Burial Ground HMHC - Dissolution Costs

HMHC - Quinquennial

QIY - Fire Alarm

HMHC - Headstone

Purpose of restriction

This fund was created by a legacy of £50,000 and is used for the benefit of people attending conferences and educational courses.

To support Halifax Local Meeting's rental costs.

Towards the maintenance costs of the Brighouse Newlands burial ground. To reimburse legal costs paid by the CIO on behalf of HMHC; the grant being outstanding at 31 December 2023.

To support quinquennial survey fees; the grant being outstanding at 31 December 2023.

Towards the costs of new fire alarm safety equipment and works at Hudderfield.

To support the provision of a headstone; the grant being outstanding at 31 December 2023.

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Brighouse West Yorkshire Area Quaker Meeting of the Religious

Society of Friends (Quakers) in Britain Notes to the accounts continued for the year ended 31 December 2023

7 Related party transactions

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.

8 Funds held as agent
Funds collected on behalf of other organisations
Ploughshares		 Balance b/f
£
356
-
356		 Incoming
£
2,018
1,500
3,518		 Outgoing
£
1,719
-
1,719		 Balance c/f
£
655
1,500
2,155

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Brighouse West Yorkshire Area Quaker Meeting of the Religious Society

of Friends (Quakers) in Britain Notes to the accounts continued

for the period ended 31 December 2023

Hebden Area
**9 ** Reserves Bradford Halifax Bridge Huddersfield Scholes 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 - - - - 15,000 - 15,000
New carpeting - - - - 5,000 - 5,000
Installation of solar panels - - - - 1,000 - 1,000
Agreed Reserves 42,000 12,000 14,000 45,000 56,000 7,000 176,000
Actual Reserves at 31 December
Bank and Cash Reserves
Investment Reserves		 2023:
4,497
19,610		 11,673
-		 25,216
-		 27,784
2,999		 8,822
71,728		 10,549
-		 88,541
94,337
24,107 11,673 25,216 30,783 80,550 10,549 182,878

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