1192346 CE023860 Company number THE LIGHT CHURCH BRADFORD Report and Accounts for the year 31 December 2023 ooooo" The Light Chur¢h • The Jublloe C•ntre• Jorniyn Strnot . Bradford W Yorks • BD14EJ ThE UGHTCHURCH BRADFORD Report and Accounts forthe year to 31 Oe<*mber 2023 Page Trust Infomiatlon Trustees Report Trustees Respon51bilitles Independent Examlnerfs Report Statement of Flnanclal Actwitles Balance Sheet Notes to the Accounts I￿12 Detalled Statement of Finandal Activitles THE LIGHT (IIURI>I BRADFORD Trust InfornMtion for the year to 31 Dec•mb¢r2023 Charfty Nurnber 1192346 Company nunthr CE0238 TNstaes Peter Geoffrey Mcmahon IChalmMn) Peter Jonathan Edward Snell Floren￿ Sakufiwa Carol Joy Ball Ja50n Stokes Danlel Bullen Appolnted 2311012023 Addrnss The Ught Church The Jubllee Centre Jermyn Street Bradtord West Yorkshl BOI 4LI Independ•nt Eumlner SJ Sutcllffe FCCA Torevell Denl Llmlted 1-3 St Ann's Place Pellon Lane Halifax HXI 5RB Bankers The Ctroperative 8ank plc l Balloon Street Manchester M604EP Page I THE UGHT CHURCH BRADFORD Tntstees Aftnual Report for the yearto 31 Dee•nber 2023 The tNstees present thelr Annual Report and ACc￿nts for the yeaf ended 31 Oecember 2023. Govemln8 d(Kurnent The Llght Church Bradford Trust is a CIO FOUNDATION re81stered 16 Nov 2020. Trustee5 Peter Geofftey Mddahon {ChalmMn) Peter Jonathan Edward Snell Norence Sakuflwa Carol Joy Ball Jason Stokes Danlel Bullen Rlsk Mana8•ffrfnt The trustees have a duty to Idenllfy and review the rlsks to which the charlty Is exposed and to ensure approprlate contmls are In ￿a¢e to wovlde ￿0$O￿able assuran￿ agalnst fraud and error. Ob nd Axtl¥ltles ObJ•ctlves and alms The objectlves of the charity are:. al To advance the Christlan fath. In accordance wlth the Stslement of 8ellets, In Yorkshlre and other parts of the UK or the world bl To relieve persons who are In conditions of need or hJrdshlp, or who a￿ aged or slck and to relleve the distress caused thereby cl To advance educatlon in accordance wlth Chrfstlan prlnclple5 Annual re rt 2023- Churth 2023 was our first full year of truty InhalAtln8 our new bulld1￿ t￿1￿8 It to the full, genernt1￿ Income from rents15 and refurbishin8 ourtop floor to host all of our children's work. It was also a year of l8nlficant chan8e and transltion in some key roles, butthrough these tha￿leS the church demonstrated the commitment, tslent and loyaltythat Iles wlthln our church famlty. The year saw us do what we do best as a church- weN)ined together to encoura8e one another In our worshlp of God. spurrlng one an￿her on to live Ilves of lfft. devotlon and aclive servi￿. We tsu8ht the blble, we ran our kids groups, we worshlpped together, we shared food. we built community and we seNed the communny beyond our walls. Through home thurches, Sunday meetings* youth weeker￿S away, Foodbank and advlce centre, Renew Wellbelng arbd many socials we created o safe ￿ace for those with sron8 tslth, those wlth dwindlSn8 faith, and those with none, to come together. experience family and communty and flnd a place of hope. Page 2 THE LIGHT CIIURCH BRADFORD Trustees Annual Report {¢Ontin￿) for the yearto 31 December 2023 nd ach As we look bad( on the year, we would Ilke to glve very special mentlon to our volunteer leadetship members and trustee team forthe way they n￿lSated the thurch thrO￿h *nificant change in such a way that the church barely felt the impact of it. Matt Barfow. who was our Lead Pastor. gave notlce of his time in post coming to an end at the beginning of the year and moved on from post at the end of October. We then celebrated the birth of a baby to Rachel Dawson. our Assistant Pastor whith ￿tural￿ saw her leave for rnatemity leave in early November. In addition to this. two of our leadership team stepped down due to health COn￿m$. All of thls led to increased burdens upon our other leaders and ourtrustees. In addltion to th14 we ran two unsuccessful recruitment campalgns for a new Lead Pastor. However, Into the gaps our many very capableleaders ar￿ trustees stepped up to the plate Induding two new leadersjolnlng our leadershlp team and one new tn￿ee joining the trustee team. We are grateful to God for the provlslon of these amazln8 people. We arE also so proud of our thurth, who navigated th15 Instsbility wlth Incredible and loyalty. At year end we were stlll wIthO￿ a Lead Pastor, but our programmes Just carried on runnln8 and our comrnunity carrled on fvnLtlonI￿ 5UPPOrtln8 one another so well, and welcomlng In new people. Trustin8 that God would bring the rf8ht person or 501utlon, an open ended, flexible recrultment campai8n was then launthed towards the end of the year. Financlally the church has remalned stron& able to meet all of Its commltments throu8h the 8eneroslty of the church famlly alon8 wSth Foodbank ralsln8 enO￿h money to cover the ￿sts of hosting It within our bulldlng. We were exclted to ralse an encouragln8 amount of money from ￿ntIn8 Out the Jutslee Centre. We ente￿d a partnership wlth 8radford Theolo8y school to run thelr one year course once a month. We rented out a section of our top floor to Teth Styles, a communSty ￿akdanCIng company, br5￿1￿ YOU￿ people onto our premises. We hostéd many meetlngs for Bradford ForsterAcademy, a day conference for Makln Dixoft. as well as two weddings, the venue provlng to be a beautlful weddln8 venue. Ourvlslon Is to be a famlly of dlsdples maklng dlsdples. we dM)se thls wordln8 because it reminds everyone that they have a part to play and disciple maklng Isn'tjust the work of the leaders. We were 8fdteful to everyone who played a part In thls, espedally our Home Church leaders, our Kids and Youth leaders, our pastoral team. our worshlp team, our preachln8 and leading team. all of whom play a dlrert role In makin8 dlsciples. We're also 8rateful for many serrfice teams WI￿ enable church life to happen. Throu8hout the year. because of everyone's hard work and the p)wer of the Holy Spliit, we have seen many8rown and streiwhen in their faith as well as Ih05e cornlng to falth for the flrst tlme wlth 8 people gett6￿ baptised In the year. Foodbank & Advke Centrn The Cost of Livlng Cdsis deepened th15 year, pushlrfj even MO￿ families into food crisis than Covld. With less food donation5 comin8 In we saw our lowest levels of food In stock But the whole communlty came tO8ether to 8ive Ihelr tlrne and donatlons and we stlll met the need. We fed 16,184 people arKI gave 24.167 meals to help familie5 food on the table fortheir chlldren. Families who have nowhere else to tum faciThJ inpossible thoices every rneal time. 139,395kg or £280.(M) of food was donated by our 8enerous supportes 5th0015. thurches and the council which is so inspirin8 when everyone Is feeling the plnch Alongside our emergenry 3 day parcels we give away fresh ve8etsbles, bread and other produ￿. We delivered 2.430 parcels to people who were too ill to leave their hou5e* Our volunteer drlvers stopped them goln8 hungry and cold in their hour of need. We also run a café and served approxlmately 2,(KK) free hot meals to people who sometime5 haven't eaten for daysl Page 3 THE UGTrrr CHURCH BRADFORD Trust••s Annual Report Icontinued) forth• y•ar to 31 Deomber 2023 Foodbank & Advkn Centre cort We don't lust feed familles, we also help people with the root (ause of their food crisis. The first step is to meet wlth our wonderful team of s18TrPOSters. who chatto every dient to see what MO￿ we can do. We proylde expert beneffts advlce In all our sesslons through our partr￿rShiP w(th Equality Together. Benefits advice and helplng people to applyfor the beneffts to which they are entitled is key to puttln8 mo money people's pockets so they won't need a Foodbank. In Aprll we launched one to one Job Coathin8 In all oui sesslons backed up by e￿lIent resources from CAP and funded by Yorkshlre Bulldln8 Society. Slnce Aprll We￿ u>ad*d 122 people, hel￿d write 97 cv's, helped with IT skllts and Job searchiNd. As a result 12 people secured employmenL a fvrther 15 entered into tralnSn8 opportunbtles and 14 started volUnteerf￿. We have accessed Coundl fvndin8 to provlde emer8enry fuel grnnts to L107 households wlth these 8rants and assoclated budgetln8 help releaslry £110,7Th) into people's P￿1% Through the Trus5ell Trus1'S pathershlp wlth Vodafone, we have 8lven out 1,382 free Vodafone SIM cards to help people overcome di8itsl exclus10n. We have also started to provide a Wekome / Warn) space on a Monday. Wednesday and Sunday. On a Wednesday thls Is accompanled by a free hot meal within the Foodbank space. Many people In fot)d crfsis are stru88lin8 ￿th thelr mentsl health and beln8 alone and 46 people have benefited from our Renew Wellbein8 café, a safe space ¥the￿ It's okay not to be okay. At Chrlstmas we gave out 6(Ll Christmas hampers and hundreds of tys whlth parents chose forthelr chlldren. Ultlmately 8ovemment poliLry needs to cha￿e to pirt more money Into people'5 pocket5 as Unlversal C￿dIt simply isn't enough money for people to Ilve on. The media is a key to ralsin8 the voice of the volceless ar powerless to say thss isn't falr, ivs not r?Bht. we￿ been featured on Look North. Irrf Calendar News. Radlo 4, Heart Radlo, Capltal Radio and local BCBC radio regularly campalgnlrE to'Guardntee our Essentlals,. Our wonderful team of 80 volunteers along With our supporters made all thls possible. We have all stepped up to the mark to say I'm willin8 to do what I can to ￿1p. As a result we have all achieved somethlng very remarkable together. Page 4 THE UGKf CHIIRCH 8RAOFORD TrusteesAnnual Reportlrontlnu•d) iy lorthe y•arto 31 D¢rnthr2023 Full detalls ol Ihe financlal tran5atti 31 December 2022 Re￿re*S. Voluntsry Income Offerings and donations Gift Aid tax reclaimed Other Income 222.333 37.3% 279,788 539J17 229,739 41.370 698.039 969,148 Inv•stm•nt Income Bank interest 2.217 294 Total lrtomlry Resouvrns 541.734 969A42 Regourus Exp•nd•d: Staff ￿larfe$ and penslon Llght. heat, fates and water Telephone Posta8e and statlonery Sundry expenses Insurance Hire of premlses Gifts and other aid Hospitality and refreshments Admlnlstratlon fees and Ikences Trainln8 Teachlng materlals Travellin8 and volunteers expenses Equlpment and software Refvrbishment costs Cleanlng and malntenan Advertlslng Bank charges Le8al and professional fees Depreclatlon Security Loan interest and set up charges Accountancy 202.493 12.602 1,613 4.807 1.396 7,734 193.502 29,333 2.815 5,241 2,226 8,115 17.821 45.831 12,267 5.$90 S.232 5,087 23,529 14.570 286.500 12,447 55 226 1,518 29,692 1.369 27.341 1.608 134,220 14,703 3.252 2.402 2,861 14.024 13.912 13.527 32,090 1,142 603 26.278 261 51,299 I,iio 73L915 Net Incofne (2.063) 237527 Pa8e 13