BLACKBiTrN RAGGED SCHOOL
STATEMENT OF ACCOUIYTS
ItOR THE YEARENDED 31 MARCH 2024
Charlty Commtssloyj ReforoncoNo. 216247

BLACKDURN RAGGED SCHOOL
stAteJ￿ent ofAccounts- Year Exded 31 Msrch 2024
CONTENTS
PAGE
Prof¢8sional Advisors
Truslets, Report
In(kp¢ndcntBxAmine¢s Report
Receipts fjnd PAynknl8 A¢counl
Stakmentof As%¢ts ahd Llabilitits
Not¢5 to the Accout

BLACKIIURN RACGED SCHOOL
Prnfessk)nil Advl8or4
IKdependeMt KK&mln¢r
H¢leD Bintss FCA
B¢¢ver 8nd SirnlhÈr5 Ch8rt¢T¢d A¢¢ountants
The Beelli
Lious Drive
Sh?asworth Bu8iness P8tÉ
Blockburn
BBI 2QS
BAbkeY¥
Uoyds TSB
Chw¢h Street
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Trustee51 Report
Tbe tr￿steeS of Blnckburn BAgged School (Cbofitycomrnissiou lieferth¢eNumber2162471 hav8 Ple￿￿￿ in presenlinstheir Rop)rt
Fittèrtcial Stsiemenls forthe year ended 31 M￿ch 2024.
prtntlpal alrnB aAd •bJecllve5:
Th¢ Blackbtsrn IlaBEed Sehool was originally estsblish¢d uknd¢r 4 Iw¥t (k¢d d&ted 9 September 1895 to Provid¢ 5UPPOrt for the
y ¢tuldren of the boTwgh. OD 8 A￿8￿1 2001 und¢r att order frott) ibe Chartty Comn)Issirn¢rs for Englalld #ttd Wales it wa5
merged with BiAckburn arld Distsi¢t Cr*ppledChildren'g Society. Tho objectof th¢ rombiR¢d ¢Jtyrity 18 to fvrlhLY the ￿ligio￿
oth¢r¢haritftbl¢ PUFP08¢5 of the United Refon)%d Cknreh in Blackburll and Éh¢ sum)unding atea.
ThE Trn8te&q confirnithAt Iliey have r¢forred to the guidance ronlained its tbc ￿￿ritycom￿￿$StO￿'g x¢nu81 Buid8nceon public
ftcfii whtn r¢v%¢w¢rtg Ib¢ tru¥l'$ aitns And obieeiives And in ¢onsid¢ring its fvtur¢ o¢¢ivltie5.
Th¥ Chaiity'& principAI llddr¢J8 id KiDgawAy, Gr¢onhwts* Pla￿ B14okbyrJb, BB2 INA.
Mal& Betlvltles. a¢hlevements a#d fjD•w¢lxl p¢rformau
ThtOU8knut the 2023-2024 pcriod covet&S by Ihese Accounts we bave continu¢d in mu¢h ihe way as IhepreYi¢)us )f8r. Church
s¢tvices haveb¢tn both traditlOlJ81 glld 50m¢ exwessions of worship? especially Meysy Chlltcb which b¢¢omc a re8ul8T feature
of thewarkwe support. Thi¥ eniourd¥es faLllili¢8 lo com¢ tQ8eihv foE ¢r8ft acliviiAe4 & co(thd meal •lld worship partS¢u1￿ th¢me
onc¢ H month. P48loTlll ¢0te hos been a priority for th¢ M￿nytId¢rIY PEopl¢we have i8sociatedwith u$ and mfytty fim&Ala hav¥ lak¢n
place.
Joitslly 8PODsored ewntswith OUT Blsler chwch ￿ W¢A)datkls hayoincludtd a thrivingvrtkiyCirerB 8J¥J Todd16TS S¢wts
(Beaws, Ojbs, Scouts and Explor¢rs).
For athjlts the week]y W&rni8nd Welc(bJrem¢¢ling held e&cb Th￿l¥dayal1¢Mo0D brings tog¢tlw g of people to enjoy 8 sorlgl
liijje sn which they part&e itt tsblc 8amc8 and jiggaws atsd on *'special' afttrttoon Wh￿ w¢ moy luve some vi$itiDg
¢ntort81fb￿¢tst. A plettteix18 supply of lea and rake as oviilible attd on0t1￿0¢¢￿SiO￿¥ a bmffet rn￿1. AddilioDAI ¢02Lmunity¢v¢nls
hpjd at ikn f¢8tlval tim￿.
Som¢ 5UPPOrt hfjs beerk made Available lo thos¢ in n¢¢d 01￿ ¢&p￿18]lY the homeless with h#nd and feet warmers Ojkd oiher gilts to Ibe
FoOdba[￿ andNi8htsaf< 4 ythlrtKpe￿0N'8 d&yand nightcarz
OurnwiTh sovrc¢of iDCQm¢ ronti1111¢4 loeome from thos¢ Who￿We SE￿ by t¥gulargiving by Wdy of donjtioas Aud frOMthe8r￿llal
Chri&bn8s tnaTkeL
kegerYeB polley:
Thc ¢barity t￿IdS r¢5¢rYw, 14TE¢ly reptesenled by incom¢ gEn¢raliB4lnvestmettts. to provide acontributiott towatdg ther￿Ul[l￿g
aDnual¢bRrilablc ¢wttiditttt& The level of ￿tIv￿ is monilvred alld rovi¢wed by th¢ TNst¢es ￿￿￿#[[Y.
Cus*odl•n TrusteE:
The Unlicd Refomwj Church (North W¢Bl¢rn Prov1Èwe)Tn￿iLIm￿t¢d i5 th¢ trus￿Or the charity.
OklttE Trustees
Th¢Eld¢rs for ih¢ lim¢ beill￿ of the Blackburn Ragged Schwl Unikd Refomwt CFLurch, gr¢ thz trnslee& Tht followin
acted I￿ thGtGapacitydurillg th¢ period coyertd by theA¢coEuJts:
Mr A Barnts
MT5 M Fith
Mrs C Kirkham
Mr8 J Bro
MtB M Molloy
Miss E P4lin
Future t￿St¢t8 will b¢ appointed by cxi8ling1rn8t¢C8.

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Trvstoes. Report
PA$tor
MrABBrn
AddT¢S¥
Ki￿g5waY
re¢nhurst Plg
B18¢kburn
BB2 INA
Approved by thebwieesortd sigttedolltheir bthllf by..
Mrs C KlrlLb&m
Mr A Barne$
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llldep¢mdtntExw￿￿mer.s ll¢pDtl tofhe Tr4Jt¢tJ ofB1*tkbtsr￿ RagEed S¢lwDI
I repDrtOD tkn•¢¢outtts oftllec1￿Tlty for th•year 31 M•rch 2024, which ares¢toul onpages 5 lo7.
R8$pec*lve RespDnilblJltles ofiheTruste¢s aKd
Th¢¢hariilB I￿St¢￿ 8reT¢4poJb3lble for Ihepr¢pAraliotTr of theaccounls. The Ch￿]￿st￿5¢￿3￿I￿Ssderlhal
8n audit $8 not requir¢d fortliisyeaf undet Sec￿01} 144{2) Trf the Ch&r%ties Act2011 (IbeCharili¢& Acll Ibat Inder￿deTht
cxRmin31ion is needed
It is Dwr¢spon5iblllty to..
-¢xaminetbe *tooMts 145 of thtCharflie8 Aet,.
-to follow the prockn IBiddDwn ik th¢ 8¢tr81 Di1￿110￿8 givenbytho ChDrity Col)￿th)n grf*iotsJ
545(bl of the Chbritie3Ath', 8nd
- to 5tste whBtherpArti¢ulormattorshav¢ com¢ ￿MY￿ttentE0D.
Bisls oftkn ludtpendent St&tem¢•t
h(ycxamtDatiOJl WO8 ¢allitdoutinAc¢ordao¢? wlth the Gener&1 Direetiotts giv¢D bytboCb￿JtycOti￿lSs10￿¢ry. Att cxamitiatio
itt¢lth ll Teview of the ￿O￿thiDE rvords kept bythE chsrity&Jd g cottw*tisott Trf the 8¢¢ouN&pr¢senkd wkib those re¢ord$.
It also ill¢lud¢8 con8ithra¢iLfflof il¢m9 ordl8¢losur¢s ￿ th¢ Beekingoxplanalions fmmyou As tr]slees
¢)n¢erninB 8ny8llch rn&tt¢￿. Th¢pr￿eth￿oS wthwÈaken do ttotpmvifl¢g11 IheewldEnce IhBt would be required InaD audil
eonsequtntly Jw>opl￿on is lo wlwth¢r the a¢eouÈit8pres￿lo'tr￿ ftttr TrAeW tho w)0rt Is lill￿t￿t0 thos¢ Inatt¢r8
sol itrj thttitatottwit b¢]ow.
lkndepeudent 8tatemeit
Tn ¢onnKtl¢)ll witb my eX&n￿￿￿tION r￿M￿ll¢rhaI ¢ome 10 myall¢DIig
which gives mBre4Bonabk¢Av5¢ tobelieve that bt &Thy malerial resp￿tIb¢ r4uir¢ments'.
tokeqj accowttiDgre¢orda kn RccoFdawewitb8eclton 130 of Ih¢Chariiie8 A¢i' artd
lo prepate *t¢ounts whi¢ha¢¢ord wlth th¢iwounling records *tvJ ¢othply with the attOW￿l]
requireEncnls of tha Charilie8A¢l
have Dot bevn ￿et.. or
121
t¢¥ whlch. ÉutuyopiDion, auerttiott be thawtt knorder to wbk a properwukrsiattdkngorik¢¥￿Qullts to be reached.
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be£v¢r &Dd Clw*t¢d A¢¢oMDlatt
Th¢ Beehiv$
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]{￿¢1p¢S PpY￿￿￿t9ActoUll1 f(hr*ht yenrtmdcil JI Miiiili 2024
2024
UnreslrloleJ Eiidownlwit
2fj23
furtds
Rtctiiits
Iiicoine froindoraiionsand leg￿les
13,758
W0￿19ndS salary ￿nIDhU&l￿n
13.042
13,042
12,623
In(￿lle froill inyesvTrmt%
7,925
Receip15 froin sylesofinvcsimentg
30.000
Tolnl r¢wlpEs
36.371
64.306
PtsyEntnlS
120,4411
Minisiry and Missioii bund
IIEnthl aiid Servic¢ Chaige forKinESi¥8y
Repairs Rttd mRllltenance
S18iionery and
IILSUIAllCe
110.0￿)
(1?.,0771
17201
16801
16801
Iisoi
13.9401
13,0831
dries
Donation5
M#nk" ¢bJrBCS
Accowlzncy Fees
Loan r¢pjyi￿nls
13.9401
13.0831
(45431
12.9801
11.4821
12,7301
Totsl ￿y[n￿LI￿
55.6451
NEt i*etipisllpAyillctttsl
8.661
Reconcilirttits
h fiinds biouBhE fonyord
23.930
23,930
15,269
C45h fiibd$ tttsrriod fonvard
8,5E5
5.5¥5
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SIAteme•l ofAb*eis U4blUtlfjsw *131 Mar¢b 21b24
slbwmpttt
Tol*l
Tg¢
Is￿33
142 426
158,059
15.633
187426
203.059
Inve8tmeMS
26
204,5J8
45,orxi
CurreJkt•5￿ts
Bollk
B,S8S
8,585
21,930
$,5BS
8,585
23,9JO
Net CurrentA￿¢t1
8.585
8,585
2J.910
228.468
Thè knndsof tbt ehaTJty.'
B￿j￿W￿¢nI
Unte5ts1ct
45.000
45,000
45.ODO
16f>.Ib44
228 46¥
ApproY¢d bythCiThthaS￿&81Sll¢￿ ort th*lrb¢halfby.'
Mr¥C KlrJdbAm
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Note4 to the AccoNutsfoT tht Yeir EAd¢d Jl Mgreh 2024
Basls of attounllng
Th¢ fin8n¢i&l Stat¢m¢itsha￿1K<nvVl￿td IN aceordoncewith A¢wliug aDd RwrtlThg byCh•riliey'. Sl&lemeDI of
ReEoJ]JtnEttded Pr1￿1¢¢$pPliC￿blc to chwili¢S 111¢￿8￿cOu]￿1tt￿¢￿rJ?o¢CwIth theFinfvn¢ial It¢POTljn8S¢a￿da[d
plicabie 5A lkne UKand th¢R¢public of Ire]￿lld IFRS IOZI{off¢ctive l j￿TrU￿ry 20191- 1¢J￿Ill¢S SOiIP IFRS 10211 and Ibv
Finan¢ial Ryrting Sith fyppl¢¢fjble in IheUKAnd R¢publi¢ of Ir¢W (FRS lffl).
ofthe ¢bArlty
Umr¢¥tri¢tcd futth tepresetslth¢fiv￿ of B￿Ckbun1Rd¥8￿S¢J￿ th4tartnotsubje¢i to anyrcstrlctiom t4prdÈD8
their use#tyJ ¥v&l￿b]e forappliraliDD on th¢ 8tRet&lpuTpi*of theBla¢kbwD Rgggd Schotrl.
Bndowment at¢ in ftlatiorLtopetm8rtent furtds a8id< 9$ ar￿Ult0f ¢f a In 1985. TheB¢fund$ are
tobDJddwttTr2Jklty, to thed&ytod8y¢xpeM
Fl¥¢¥rualld Vittl￿￿
Co¥t
Costas at l April 2W23
DLfjposal$
11.479)
Co8tasat31 M*£h 2024
15.633
love¥tmeDts
Cost
Co&ta8 01 l Awll 21ll3
IB7,426
Coyt &$ 8131 M•roh 2024
187,426
The EnBrketvtt￿eOf th¢ 1DV¢Stm￿￿ a8*t JI ma￿￿2024 w#&£216,756 (2023-£223.088)
D￿rIDg￿ to ulilÉsethÈb4nkbAtancefor doyto dAy operations v8thErthpD teo11
incomegerterttingirLvthMent8. A¢eordingly£45,QOOof the uiv&%tmeThts hov¢ bccndexi￿ate￿ 88 T¢IAti]kg lo th# endowmenl
filE￿ ITr place of the ivnsum¢d baDkbatsxL*.
Unre8lrlcled Fu*dJ
Th¢ trhk%lttjpjtpa￿uTt￿lpIs and￿YMents ac¢ounlslwwinB th¢ tnovemeDt QD CB5h fllAth. To
bJrth¢ritd undor81Jndln8oftht tlnanciBI posillon Ibry alsosupplya Bwtementof 055¢t&
ThE]nov￿1 ¢)n the unTutri¢*d (und$8hown on thB a5Jtt51NlemerLt
As at l Apri] 2023
Net tasb surplus from IhBteroiptSfjDd p&ymettts 4ceouDI
DispwAI of fixtur¢s and filllnas al ￿81
183.468
(15,3451
(IN791
A# al 31 March2024
166,644