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a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO)
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For the year ending 31 December 2025
The report has two sectlons:
Business Review covering: l. Legal and Administrative Information and the
Report of Trustees of the CIO
and 2. Accounts covering: Statement of Financial Actlvltles, Balance Sheet
and Notes formlng part of the flnanclal statement
Reference and administ tl
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Name: Church on the Green Nelghbourhood Foundatlon
Registered number: 1192717
Registered address:
The Old Vlcarage, Brlggate, Silsden, West Yorkshire BD20 9JS
Trustees: Mr Greg Thomson (Chair), Mrs Amiri Agbai (Treasurer), Rev Canon
Richard Burge, Mr Simon Collings, Mr Nathan Crabtree, Mrs Elizabeth Ford, Mr
Jeremy Mark Green (also legal advisor), Mrs Helen Wilson.
Bankers: Co-operative Bank, l Balloon Street, Manchester M60 IGP
s and ob'ettives
fth
ws:
l. To advance the Chrlstlan ￿lIgIon for the public benefit In Kelghleyi West
Yorkshire.
2. To develop the capaclty and skllls of the members of the socially and
economlcally disadvantaged community of Keighley, West Yorkshire, in such
way that they are better able to identify, and help meet, thelr needs to
partlclpate more fully in society.
3. To provlde communlty meetlng facilities In the Interests of social welfare ft)r
recreation and lelsure tlme occupatlon wlth the objective of Improvlng the
conditions of life for the resldents of Kelghley.
cus of our work (durfng the year 2025)
The trustees met on seven occaslons during the year to conduct essentlal
business of the CIO. Buslness covered three areas: (i) Governance, Policy and

Procedures; (li) Strategy and Project Beacon; and (iii) Outreach and Delivering
Public Benefit.
Two major achlevements included obtaining full plannlng permission for Project
Beacon in March 2025 and filing a full appllcatSon for an eccleslastical faculty in
December 2025 (ca. 125 documents in support).
Four new trustees were appolnted during the year: The Rev Canon Richard
Burge, Mr Slmon Colllngs, Mr Nathan Crabtree and Mrs Helen Wilson.
The process of updating the 2024 Business Plan contlnued, to keep up wlth
project Beacon developments, receivlng external support from an academlc at
the University of Leeds. The 2024 Risk Register was updated In Ilne with the
trustee policy of annual review.
The newly-appolnted team rector, Rev Canon Richard Burge, was added as co-
petitioner of the ecclesiastical faculty application, whlch recelved full approval
of the trustees and of Keighley Parochial Church Councll prlor to flllng in
December 2025.
Work contlnued durlng the year In reviewlng and updating the Fundraislng
Strategy which subsequently resulted in the appointment of Constellation
Fundraising. In addition to providing strategic advice, this Important projett
partner will support the trustees on forthcomlng major fundralsing activities.
Thls appolntment has been made posslble by a most generous grant from the
Fenton Trust, whose contlnulng support the trustees wlsh to publicly
acknowledge with thanks.
It Is antlclpated that both a Fundralslng Actlon Plan and an updated Business
Plan will be presented to the trustees for adoption in Q2 2026, by which time It
is anticipated the ecclesiastical faculty will have been granted.
Pr
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The trustees worked on the Identlfled Strategy for the CIO'S work in 2025 In
keeplng wlth the agreed Project Beacon tssks and targets for the year.
Consultatlons on the design concept with the church congregatlon, the
Keighley PCC and the wider Kelghley community continued throughout 2025.
The Foundatlon's work receSved unanimous support from Keighley Town
Council, following a formal presentation made during the year.
The trustees continued to work closely wlth the CIO'S appolnted project
architett, whose design concept, based on the Statement of Need underpinned
the successful planning application to Bradford Councll In March 2025. This
design when realised following construction, wlll meet the percelved spacial
needs and facility requirements of St Andrews as a place of worshlp and

oUt￿aCh. The new flexible-use Community Hall will functlon as a key town
centre hub for enhanced community and social activities in Keighley.
As stated above, the CIO flled Its faculty appllcatlon wlth the Diocese of Leeds
In December 2025. The Chancellor of the Diocese of Leeds is anticlpated to
make his determination on the application early in 2026.
Once the faculty has been granted, the work of the CIO will move into the
maJor fundraising phase. It Is currently anticipated that thls wlll take
approxlmately 2 years for each of the two phases.
The all-volunteer fundraising bid-wrltlng team wlll start work wlth the
consultant just as soon as the ecclesiastical faculty has been granted.
reach an
ublic benefit
Numbers have continued to Increase both in corporate worship at St. Andrews,
Keighley and engagement wlth the various disadvantaged groups in the
communlty of Keighley.
Collectlve worship for the public benefit of Kelghley, Includlng clvlc servlces
such as Remembrance Dayi Annual Carol Sep4ice, Brownies and Guides
Thinking Day Serdice have all continued throughout 2025.
Holiday clubs at Christmas, Easter and Summer for primary age school children
continue, attracting approxlmately one hundred chlldren to each club.
The number of volunteers engaged In communlty attlvlty remalns very good.
The Welcome Cafe contlnues to provide valuable servlce to the community.
The weekly Grubs-up seniice to the homeless and those experiencing social
and economlc hardship contlnues to be a key provision in the community.
Thlrty-eight (38) indivlduals, Including the trustees, are now engaged
voluntarlly In some aspect of the charityi includlng fundralslng and provldlng
expert professional advice
Facllltles in the adJacent hall, which have benefited from some short-term
fabric upgrades, has meant the numbers of groups meeting there has
contlnued on an upward trajectory, eg drug addiction support; dementia
friendly support; welght and healthy Ilvlng support; alcohol addictlon support;
Brownles. Each one of these groups provldes opportunlty for trained volunteers
to be Involved in sen41ce to the Keighley community.
Addltionally, the now-deslgnated Community Hall is also used on a weekly
basss for children and youth groups on Sundays.
The CIO are also developing plans for co-working with leaders of other faith
groups in the Kelghley area.
The trustees look forward to the challenges of 2026.
GT/23.04.26

(HARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Receipts and payments accounts
CC16a
For the period
from
To
01101r2w25
31112r2025
Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
Endowrneni
fund$
Total fund5
Last year
10 the npawest £ tytr*neawest£ kn Ihe neatest£
to Ihe nearest£
to IhE neare5t£
A1 R&c•i
Tax EffraentGFwing
Just Gr￿g Donatio
Other Donauor
Grants
Markewace & Events
Tax Redaim
irferE
ts
12,155
8,572
78.(
12.155
8.572
7B.003
30.000
4,206
5.no
23.771
1.540
11.395
271
S.943
5,720
tota
Jss Income
AR)
I￿.944
138.944
42.920
A2 Asset and investment sales,
see table .
Loan5
50.000
108.944
13B,944
92,9
A3Pa
ments
hrtect Fees
OthEr Profe5wonal Fees
Furth*s￿0
Admirristrthn & GovemBnce
26.988
27,708
IU2
26,888
28,TO8
1442
814
18.750
40.923
34.318
478
935
100
18.750
Sub tolal
rn702
71.TQ2
76.754
A4 Asset and investment
Loan re
ment
Sub tolal
126,702
127,702
76.754
Net of receiTpts/(payments)
A5 Transfers between funds
A6 Cash funds last year end
Cash funds this yearend
17,7
11,242
16,165
49,817
32,059
49017
61,059
33,662
49.817
Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period

Unrestrl¢ted
funds
to nearest£
Restricted
funds
to neare5t£
Endowment
funds
to nearest£
Categorie5
Delatls
B1 Cash funds
32.059
29,000
Total cash funds
32,059
29,000
a¢G¢ufrtl$ll
Unrestrieted
funds
to neaFe$t£
Restricted
funds
to neaiest £
Endowmènt
funds
to n¢are¥t£
Grft to b8
asset be
ostlopUon41
Currentvalue
nal
Detèils
Fund to whlch
asset belon
Currentvalue
onal
Details
C05tlopknall
B4 Assets retained for the
harlty's own use
Fund towhlch
relates
Amount due
onal
When due
onal
Det?Il
BS Llabilities
Slgned by one orlwotsth5 on
behawof all the trustees
nature
Print Name
Date of
roval
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CHURCH ON THE GREEN NEIGHBOURHOOD FOUNDATION
Icioi
Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of Church on the Green Neighbourhood
Foundation
I report on the accounts of the charity for the twelve month period ended 31 December 2025 which are set out on
pages 1- 6
Respective responsibilltie5 of the trustees and examlner
The charity'5 trustees are responsible lor the preparation ol the aCCOLJnt5. The charity's trusiees consider that ari audit
is not required for this year under section 144121 of tlie Charities Act 2011 Ithe 2011 ACLI and that an Independent
examination is needed.
It 15 my responsibility to..
examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Act.,
to follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity Commission undeT"section
14515llbl of the 2011 Act,. and
to state whether particular matters have come to my attention
Basis of independent txaminer's report
My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commission. An
examination includes a review of the accounting records kepi by the charity and a comparison ol the accounts
presented with those records. It also includes consideration ol any unusual item5 or disclosures in the accounts, and
seeking explanations from you as trustees concernin8 any such matters. The procedure5 undertaken do not provide
all the evidence that would be required In an audit, and conseoijently no opinion is given as to whether the account5
present a 'true and lair view" and the report 15 limited to those matters set out in the statement below.
Independent examiner'5 Statement
In connection with of my examination, no matter has come to my attention..
11 which give5 me reasonable cause to believe that, in any material respect, the requirements..
to keep proper accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the 2011 Act.. and
to prepare accounts which agree with the accounting records and comply w*th the accounting requiremenrs
of the 2011 Att
have not been met, or
21 to which, in my opinion, atteniion should be drawn in order to enable a proper understandin8 of the accounts to
be reached.
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S Hart FCCA
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