## **Charity number 1194595 Company registration number 12042987**
## **The Girlington Centre Limited**
**Annual Report and Financial Statements**
**for the year ended 31 March 2023**
## **The Girlington Centre Limited Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2023**
## **Contents**
||**Page**|
|---|---|
|Trustees' report|2 to 3|
|Manager's report|4 to 5|
|Examiner's report|6|
|Statement of financial activities|7|
|Balance sheet|8|
|Notes to the accounts|9 to 12|
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## **The Girlington Centre Limited Trustee's report for the year ended 31 March 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** Fozia Shaheen Chair Ruby Bhatti Vice- Chair Joined December 2022 Wakas Ahmed Val Rowlands Adal Ahmed Zulfiqar Hussain Mohammed Salim Isabel Resigned February 2023 Farooq Qureshi Mohammed Ameen Ali Qudrat Shah Joined December 2022, resigned May 2023 Sajida Parveen Saber Resigned April 2023 Samina Shah Resigned 25 October 2022
## **Registered and Principal address**
The Girlington Centre Limited Girlington Road Bradford BD8 9NN
## **Bankers**
Unity Trust Bank Plc 9 Brindle Place Birmingham B1 2HB.
## **Independent examiner**
Arshad Mahmood BA (Hons) FCCA For and on behalf of: **Associate Accountancy Services** Preston House Preston Street Bradford BD7 1JE.
## **Structure, governance and management**
The charity is governed by a constitution adopted on 21 April 1998, and amended on 28 June 1999, 17 June 2002, 8 December 2006 and 25 October 2007.
## **Method of recruitment and appointment of trustees**
The trustees of the charity are appointed by the members at the AGM.
## **Objectives and activities**
## **The charity's objectives**
To help relieve poverty, and the distress and sickness caused by it, and to help to advance the education and to preserve and protect good health among the inhabitants of Girlington and surroundings by the provision of quality information and advice service appropriate to the needs of the local people.
## **The Charity's main activities**
The Girlington Centre Limited (TGAC) offers information, advice, and advocacy to the general public and helps to eliminate poverty. TGC also offers accredited training and raises public awareness on issues such as immigration, welfare benefits, health and education.
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## **The Girlington Centre Limited Trustee's report (continued) for the year ended 31 March 2023 Public benefit statement**
## _**Chair’s Report**_
I am pleased to present The Girlington Centre’s annual report for the year 2022/2023, which incorporates the information for both The Girlington Centre, and Girlington Community Association. Despite a difficult climate, the Centre has continued to improve and expand its core services, and enable community access to its facilities for service users and the local community as a whole.
In terms of facilities and services for our users, this year has been very productive. Despite financial constraints the Centre has worked very hard to maintain and improve the quality of its delivery. For this we are very grateful to the many partner organisations who have worked with the Centre on a number of projects.
The Centre has worked diligently to improve its management systems, policies and procedures in order to give a robust edge to all aspects of operational matters. The staff and volunteers have been involved, briefed and trained in any changes so that they have an understanding of what is expected of them.
The Centre has also progressed a number of maintenance matters which have been delayed or ‘held in the pipeline’ whilst waiting for clear direction over the Community Asset Transfer. It is a matter of frustration that the CAT process has not yet been brought to a conclusion with Bradford Council, however, the Centre and its Board continue to press for an outcome, in what has been a very lengthy process thus far.
Whilst the Centre is very committed to continually improving its facilities and services, the Board are mindful of the fact that financial constraints may mean some aspects of the Centre’s delivery in the future will need to be reviewed. We continue to work towards the Centre becoming self-sustaining, and any review of services will need careful thought, and will include input from the various key stakeholders and community members.
The Centre continues to look at diversifying its provision within the broad remit of advice, health, well-being and education, and a number of emerging needs within the community are being considered. Certainly, we are looking at interesting and challenging times ahead, but I am confident that the Board has the vision and capacity to move the Centre forward.
I would like to record my gratitude to all the Girlington Centre staff, trainees and volunteers for their input and support towards making the Centre a successful provider of services for the benefit of the community. Particular appreciation goes to Rubina Burhan for managing the Centre, bringing in innovative ideas, sourcing funding, strengthening partnerships and the many other roles and responsibilities she carries to ensure the centre runs and delivers much needed services to the local community.
Finally, I am much indebted to The Girlington Centre’s Board of Directors / Trustees for their support and guidance.
## Fozia Shaheen
_Chair_
Signed on behalf of the board of trustees.
Signed: .............................................. Date: .................................................. Name: .............................................. (Trustee)
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## **The Girlington Centre Limited Manager's report for the year ended 31 March 2023**
## _**Manager’s Report -** Rubina Burhan_
The work of the Centre is overlapping, with both The Girlington Centre, and Girlington Community Association working together to deliver our services as a community hub. This report therefore addresses the work of both organisations as they work together to provide holistic care for our community, and towards the merger as The Girlington Centre.
The Centre made very positive progress towards the planned merger. The Girlington Centre gaining charitable status in April 2021, and following this Girlington Advice and Training Centre merged with The Girlington Centre in May 2022. As the leaseholder for the building, it was decided that the Girlington Community Association will not merge into The Girlington Centre until the Community Asset Transfer (CAT) process has been completed.
The Spring of 2022 saw a tidy up around the outside of the building, with some enthusiastic volunteers tackling the overgrown bushes and weeds. We were gifted some raised vegetable beds and new seating with the assistance of People and the Dales, which were put to good use – and service users enjoyed an array of vegetables and herbs from the beds throughout the Summer months as part of meals provided at the Centre.
The building interior also received some attention, with the Probation service providing the man / woman power to carry out painting of the walls. It remains a work in progress with painting upstairs yet to be completed.
Our advice work remains a core service that we provide to the local community, assisting them with whatever challenges they face. Our team has worked hard in the face of ever-changing advice and service user needs, and our systems, procedures and provision are kept under constant review to meet local demand, which continues to grow.
The EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS), which provided advice and assistance to EU nationals in applying for and obtaining pre-settled status, was due to end in June 2022. As the deadline approached, our advice team were working at full speed (and more!) to process all the required paperwork before the deadline. This involved arranging a number of trips to the Slovak Embassy in London so that clients could receive assistance from our advice workers as their documentation was processed. Although the deadline expired, the work has continued on the EUSS scheme. Other outreaches reopened over the year, and we worked with the BAME Collaborative to provide outreach advice from September 2021.
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## **Manager's report continued**
As part of reducing inequality (RIC) and CLIC funding we recruited volunteers, developed health and wellbeing services, and developed volunteers and projects through our Volunteer Co-ordinator and Community Development worker.
Our work with children and families continued, with a HAFS (Holidays and Food Scheme) programme running during the Easter and Summer holidays. Because of the covid restrictions in place at Easter, activities and food were provided to families in the form of packs delivered to them at home. With the arrival of Summer, and relaxed restrictions we were able to welcome children
One of the aspects we most value about the work we do is our ability to provide multi-faceted services for clients, so that The Girlington Centre acts as a community-based hub offering support to clients in a holistic way. We were able to offer an increased range of in-person health and wellbeing services over the year, with the advice and health & wellbeing teams working in tandem to ensure clients’ needs were addressed in a one-stop-shop. Some of the case studies included in this report bear testament to the complexity of the work carried out at the Centre to ensure clients received appropriate support from the Centre, or were referred externally to more specialist
We aim as a Centre to respond to the needs of the community that surrounds us, and two projects from the year illustrate this: the Autumn of 2022 saw us embark on a project in partnership with the Thornbury Centre and Trident focussed around the Roma community, and the specific challenges they face in accessing services and health care. Secondly, the refugee group, using the Centre as a base, has grown and will be supported by the Centre over the coming year as it looks to
The Centre was able to welcome a number of trainees and volunteers to the team: six people were taken on as part of the Government ‘Kick Start’ scheme, working with the administrative, advice and Roma project teams. Two summer interns joined us from the University of Bradford for 6 week placements over the Summer, with a number of shorter placements provided for law and
Many volunteers have given of their time at the Centre, and their participation has flourished since the Centre re-started in-person activities. They are involved in all areas of work and make a very valuable contribution to the services offered at the Centre. In return we hope the Centre provides them with skills and confidence, and a number of our volunteers have been successful in obtaining
I would like to thank all the staff, Management Committee and volunteers who have made all these activities and services possible. We couldn’t do it without you!
## Rubina Burhan
_Manager_
_The Girlington Centre Limited / Girlington Community Association_
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**The Girlington Centre Limited Independent examiner's report to the trustees of The Girlington Centre Limited**
I report on the accounts of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2023, which are set out on pages 5 to 10.
## **Respective responsibilities of the trustees and the examiner**
The Girlington Advice and Training Centre (charity number 1103439) closed and transferred all its assets, funds and liabilities to The Girlington Centre Limited (charity number 1194595). The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. They consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 43(2) of the Charities Act 1993 and that an independent examination is needed.
It is my responsibility to examine the accounts under section 43 (2) of the 1993 Act, follow the procedures laid down in the general directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 43 (7) (b) of the Act) and state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
## **Basis of independent examiner's statement**
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 kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedure undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a "true and fair view" and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.
## **Independent examiner's statement**
In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention:-
- 1) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements:
- a) to keep accounting records in accordance with section 41 of the 1993 Act;
- b) and to prepare accounts which accord with accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the 1993 Act have not been met; or
- 2) to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to reached.
Signed Name: Arshad Mahmood
Relevant professional qualification or body: ACCA
Date:
For and on behalf of:
**Associate Accountancy Services** Preston House Preston Street Bradford West Yorkshire BD7 1JE.
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## **The Girlington Centre Limited Statement of Financial Activities for the year ended 31 March 2023**
|**Notes**
**2023**
**2023**
**Unrestricted Restricted**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**£**
**£**
**Income**
Welfare advice
153,111
-
Health and Wellbeing
207,488
Reimbursements
98,918
Other income
569
-
**Total income**
460,086
-
Staff costs
3
340,394
-
Service Charges
12,412
Volunteer Expenses
-
Rates
8,407
Repairs and Renewals
3,065
Legal and Professional
270
Printing and Stationery
4,194
-
Telephone, Postage and Internet
1,396
-
Publications and Subscriptions
691
Consultancy
16,494
Reimbursements
82,676
Events, Workshops and Activities
3,765
-
Insurance
1,030
Accountancy
1,500
Bank Charges
148
Depreciation
2,296
**Total**
478,738
-
**Net incoming/ (outgoing) resources**
(18,652)
-
**Funds balances brought forward**
698,073
679,421
-
Transfer between funds
**Funds balances carried forward**
679,421
-|**2023**
**2022**
**Total**
**Total**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**£**
**£**
153,111
163,780
207,488
136,737
98,918
91,068
569
1,868
460,086
393,453
340,394
224,625
12,412
13,270
-
2,751
8,407
2,607
3,065
2,430
270
3,000
4,194
7,212
1,396
2,770
691
3,416
16,494
4,259
82,676
14,960
3,765
7,696
1,030
-
1,500
-
148
203
2,296
2,402
478,738
291,601
(18,652)
101,852
698073
596221
679,421
698,073
-
-
679,421
698,073|
|---|---|
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## **The Girlington Centre Limited Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2023**
|**Notes**
**Fixed Assets**
Tangible assets
4
**Current Assets**
Debtors and prepayments
5
Cash at bank and in hand
6
Current Assets
**Amounts falling due within one**
**year**
Creditors and accruals
7
**Total current liabilities**
**Total current assets**
**Total net assets**
**FUNDS**
Unrestricted funds
8&9
Restricted funds
10
**Total Funds**|**2023**
**Unrestricted**
**£**
43,582
13,551
366,974
380,525
204,686
204,686
175,839
219,421
219,421
-
219,421|**2023**
**Designated**
**£**
-
460,000
460,000
-
-
460,000
460,000
460,000
460,000|**2023**
**Total**
**£**
43,582
13,551
826,974
840,525
204,686
204,686
635,839
679,421
219,421
460,000
679,421|**2022**
**Total**
**£**
44,278
-
710,462|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||
|||||710,462|
|||||56,667|
|||||56,667|
|||||653,795|
|||||698,073|
|||||698,073
-|
|||||698,073|
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## **The Girlington Centre Limited Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2023**
## **Accounting policies**
## _**Basis of accounting**_
The financial statements have been prepared under historical cost convention. The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities (SORP 2005) and the Charities Act 1993.
There has been no change to the accounting policies since last year.
## _**Incoming resources**_
All incoming resources are included in the Statement of Financial Activities (SOFA) when the charity becomes entitled to the resources, the trustees are virtually certain they will receive the resources and the monetary value can be measured with sufficient reliability.
## _**Grants and donations**_
Grants and donations are only included in the (SOFA) when the charity has unconditional entitlement to the resources. Where grants are related to performance and specific deliverables, they are accounted for as the charity earns the right to consideration by its performance.
## **Commissioned**
In order to show a true and fair view of the performance of the centre, this year the board has decided that the commissioned income from the Girlington Community Centre would be declared both in income and the expenditure. Comparison figures have been adjusted accordingly.
## _**Expenditure and liabilities**_
Expenditure is recognised on an accrual basis as a liability is incurred. Liabilities are recognised as soon there is legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to pay out the resources.
## _**Taxation**_
As 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.
## _**Tangible fixed assets**_
Tangible fixed assets costing more than £250 are capitalised and included at cost including any incidental expenses of acquisition. Gifted assets are shown at the value to the charity on receipt. Depreciation is provided on all tangible fixed assets at rates calculated to write off the cost of a straight line based over their expected useful lives as follows:
Property - over 50 years
Project and office equipment - over 5 years at reducing balance method Computer equipment - over 3 years at reducing balance method Motor vehicle - over 4 years at reducing balance method
## _**Pension**_
Since the introduction of the "Auto -Enrolment" pension scheme by the government, the charity has joint a government recommended pension company , Nest. The contribution rate for the employer is 5% and employee contribution rate is 3% as recommended by the new pension regime.
## _**Fund accounting**_
Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in the furtherance of the general objectives of the charity. However, they 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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|**The Girlington Centre Limited**
**Notes to the Accounts**
**for the year ended 31 March 2023**
**2**
**Welfare advice**
**2023**
**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**£**
Equality Together
10,656
Charity Work
10,983
Bradford VCS Alliance
14,655
Inspired Neighbour
11,900
Bradford CAB
80,417
EUSS
24,500
153,111
**Health Wellbeing**
**2023**
**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**£**
HALE Project
25,620
Bradford VCS Alliance
181,868
207,488
**Reimbursements**
**2023**
**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**£**
Fuel Topup
82,676
Food Parcels
15,942
Family Action
300
98,918
**Other Income**
**2023**
**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**£**
Sundry
569
569
**3**
**Staff costs and numbers**
Gross salaries
Social security costs
Pensions
Staff Travel and Subsistence
Staff Training and Tuition expenses|**2023**
**Restricted**
**Funds**
**£**
-
-
-
-
-
**2023**
**Restricted**
**Funds**
**£**
-
-
-
**2023**
**Restricted**
**Funds**
**£**
-
-
-
-
**2023**
**Restricted**
**Funds**
**£**
-
-|**2023**
**2022**
**Total**
**Total**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**£**
**£**
10,656
14,116
10,983
18,110
14,655
11,184
11,900
-
80,417
107,870
24,500
12,500
153,111
163,780
**2023**
**2022**
**Total**
**Total**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**£**
**£**
25,620
**15655**
181,868
**121082**
207,488
**136737**
**2023**
**2022**
**Total**
**Total**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**£**
**£**
82,676
81,087
15,942
6,200
300
3,781
98,918
91,068
**2023**
**2022**
**Total**
**Total**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**£**
**£**
569
1,868
-
569
1,868
**2023**
**2022**
**£**
**£**
330,700
215,796
9,166
6,158
528
1,349
-
1,097
-
225
340,394
224,625|
|---|---|---|
The average number of employees during the year was 28 full time and part time, and 23 in (2021:2022). There were no employees with emoluments above £60,000.
High gross salaries for this year are due to higher number of average employees and a gross salary charge of £47,782 paid by the Girlington Community Centre over past years for the charity.
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## **The Girlington Centre Limited Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2023 Defined contribution pension scheme**
|Costs of the scheme to the charity for the year
Amount of any contributions outstanding at the year end
**4**
**Tangible fixed assets**
**Property**
**Plant and**
**machiner**
**y**
£
**£**
**Cost**
At 1 April 2022
44,831
14,111
Additions
Surplus on revaluation
-
Disposals
-
At 31 March 2023
44,831
14,111
**Depreciation**
At 1 April 2022
4401
13,665
Charge for the year
897
149
Surplus on revaluation
-
On disposals
-
At 31 March 2023
5,298
13,814
**Net book value**
At 31 March 2023
39,533
297
At 31 March 2022
40,430
446
**5**
**Debtors**
**6**
**Cash at bank and in hand**
Unity Trust Bank current account
Unity Trust Bank deposit account
Cash in hand
Unity Trust Bank C Account- TGC Ltd
**7**
**Creditors and accruals**
Accruals
Owed to GCC
Prepayments and accrued income|Costs of the scheme to the charity for the year
Amount of any contributions outstanding at the year end
**4**
**Tangible fixed assets**
**Property**
**Plant and**
**machiner**
**y**
£
**£**
**Cost**
At 1 April 2022
44,831
14,111
Additions
Surplus on revaluation
-
Disposals
-
At 31 March 2023
44,831
14,111
**Depreciation**
At 1 April 2022
4401
13,665
Charge for the year
897
149
Surplus on revaluation
-
On disposals
-
At 31 March 2023
5,298
13,814
**Net book value**
At 31 March 2023
39,533
297
At 31 March 2022
40,430
446
**5**
**Debtors**
**6**
**Cash at bank and in hand**
Unity Trust Bank current account
Unity Trust Bank deposit account
Cash in hand
Unity Trust Bank C Account- TGC Ltd
**7**
**Creditors and accruals**
Accruals
Owed to GCC
Prepayments and accrued income|**2023**
**£**
528
-
528
**Motor**
**Vehicle**
**£**
5,800
5,800
3,354
612
3,966
1,834
2,446|**2022**
**£**
749
-
749
**Fixtures,**
**fittings,**
**tools and**
**equipment**
**Total**
**£**
**£**
7,624
72,366
1,600
1,600
-
-
-
-
9,224
73,966
6,668
28,088
638
2,296
-
-
-
-
7,306
30,384
1,918
43,582
956
44,278
**2023**
**2022**
**£**
**£**
13,551
-
**2023**
**2022**
**£**
**£**
-
-
-
-
228
228
826,746
710,234
826,974
710,462
**2023**
**2022**
**£**
**£**
56,667
56,667
148,019
-
204,686
56,667|
|---|---|---|---|
||14,111|||
||13,665
149
-
-|||
||13,814|||
||297|||
||446|||
|||||
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**The Girlington Centre Limited Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2023**
## **8 Trustee expenses**
No trustee received any expenses during the year (nil 2021: 2022)
## **9 Related party transactions**
There were no related party transactions during the year (nil 2021:2022).
## **10 Funds**
|Designated funds
Unrestricted|**2023**
**2022**
**£**
**£**
460,000
-
219,421
698,073
679,421
698,073|
|---|---|
At the last annual general meeting the Trustees agreed to transfer £400,000 for acquiring and renovation of premises for the centre and £60,000 for the future redundancies, to Designated Funds.
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