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|Reference and administrative<br>information.|Reference and administrative<br>information.||
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|Report ofthe Council.|||
|Independent<br>auditor's|report. .|.15|
|Statement offinancial|activities 2022|.18|
|Statement<br>of fina nciai|activities 2021|.19|
|Balance sheet. .||.20|
|Statement<br>ofcash flows.||.21|
|Notes to the financial|statements.|.22|





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|Registered|name:||Bible Reading Fellowship|Bible Reading Fellowship|(also known|(also known|as 'BRF')|
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|Charity registration||number:|233290|||||
|Company|registered|number:|301324|||||
|Registered|office:||19The Chambers,|Vineyard,||Abingdon|OX143FE|
|Vice presidents;|||Mrs A Donald|||||
||||Lord Green of Hurstpierpoint|||||
||||Canon<br>Dr G Lings|||||
||||Rt Revd SPlatten|||||
||||Rt Revd TThornton|(retired||September|2021)|
||||Rt Revd<br>M Turnbull|||||
||||Mrs A Persson (appointed||July 2021)|||
|Council/ trustees:|||Rt Revd C Fletcher|OBE (Chair)||||
||||Canon<br>Dr C Baxter|CBE(Vice||Chair)||
||||Mrs J Agg|||||
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|||Risk|||||Mitigating<br>action|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Voluntary|income|Negative|macro-economic<br>factors|||further|Raising the profile of BRFand its vision;|
|||limiting sources ofvoluntary||income to|||additional<br>investment<br>in the fundrai~ing|
|||support charitable<br>activities.|||||team; continuing<br>development<br>of a major|
||||||||gifts programme.<br>Finding<br>new streams|
||||||||such as merchandising<br>and text giving.|
|Income from sales of||Competitive<br>market for Bible||reading notes,|||Development<br>of a range ofroutes|
|resources||as well as continued<br>pressures|||on|the|to reach end users; sponsorship<br>of new|
|||Christian|bookshop<br>market,<br>leading to a||||p rod ucts.|
|||reduction|in income.|||||
|Costs||Rising and sustained<br>inflation||leading to cost|||Working with suppliers<br>and performing|
|||increases.|||||tenders where appropriate.<br>Looking at|
||||||||non-salary<br>benefits.|
|Staff||Loss ofknowledge<br>and interruption||||to the|Business continuity<br>planning;<br>articulation|
|||business|through<br>staff leaving|and||the|of BRF's core values as an organisation|
|||challenge|ofrecruiting<br>suitable||candidates||and embedding<br>these within<br>its day-to-|
|||to fill vacant and new positions.|||||day operations.|
|Reputation||Negative|reaction to one or more|||ofour|Implementation<br>and regular<br>review of|
|||ministries|(including<br>ministries||that interact||policies and procedures,<br>including|
|||with children),<br>publications<br>or fundraising|||||safeguarding<br>and volunteer<br>agreements;|
|||campaigns.|||||Continuing<br>Professional<br>Development|
||||||||(CPD) programme<br>for freelancers<br>working|
||||||||with churches; complaints<br>procedure;|
||||||||ability to respond<br>swiftly<br>in the event of a|
||||||||problem<br>arising. Membership<br>ofthe|
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|Data||Loss ofpersonal data, including|||sensitive||Continual<br>improvement<br>programme<br>on|
|||data and|data processed through|||fundraising|the handling<br>ofpersonai data; registration|
|||activities;|risk ofcyberattack.||||with appropriate<br>regulators<br>such as cyber|
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|Donations<br>and legacies|||||||
|Donations|||382,284|209,305|591,589|570,890|
|Grants|||33,007|569,266|602,273|747,619|
|Legacies|||146,058||146,058|4,207|
|Charitable<br>activities|||||||
|Working with indwiduals|||||||
|and churches|||49,711|751,352|801,063|781,596|
|Working with primary|||||||
|schools||||||105|
|Investments|||||||
|Interest received|||13,686|9,806|23,492|14,151|
|Total income|||624,746|1,539,729|2,164,475|2,118,568|
|Expenditure<br>on:|||||||
|Raising funds|||128,103|129,717|257,820|232,009|
|Charitable<br>activities|||369,083|1,430,680|1,799,763|1,712,275|
|Total expenditure|||497,186|1,560,397|2,057,583|1,944,284|
|Net income/(expenditure)|||||||
|before investment|gains||127,560|(20,668)|106,892|174,284|
|Gain/(loss)<br>on investment||12|(20,328)||(20,328)|156,847|
|Net income/(expenditure)|||107,232|(20,668)|86,564|331,131|
|Transfers<br>between<br>funds||18|(5,269)|5,269|||
|Net movement<br>in funds||8|101,963|(15,399)|86,564|331,131|
|Reconciliation<br>offunds|||||||
|Total funds brought<br>forward|||2,057,806|87,012|2,144,818|1,813,687|
|Total funds carried|forward||2,159,769|71,613|2,231,382|2,144,818|





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|Donations<br>and legacies|||||||
|Donations||||372,700|198,190|570,890|
|Grants||||191,425|556,194|747,619|
|Legacies||||4,207||4,207|
|Charitable<br>activities|||||||
|Working<br>with individuals|||||||
|and churches||||745,641|35,955|781,596|
|Working<br>with primary|||||||
|schools|||||105|105|
|Investments|||||||
|Interest received||||14,151||14,151|
|Total income||||1,328,124|790,444|2,118,568|
|Expenditure<br>on:|||||||
|Raising funds||||112,362|119,647|232,009|
|Charitable<br>activities||||977,640|734,635|1,712,275|
|Total expenditure||||1,090,002|854,282|1,944,284|
|Net income<br>/ (expenditure)|||||||
|before investment||gains||238,122|(63,838)|174,284|
|Gain on investment|||12|156,847||156,847|
|Net income<br>/ (expenditure)||||394,969|(63,838)|331,131|
|Transfers between|funds|||(92,572)|92,572||
|Net movement<br>in funds||||302,397|28,734|331,131|
|Reconciliation<br>offunds|||||||
|Total funds brought|||||||
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|Total funds carried||forward||2,057,806|87,012|2,144,818|





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||||BALANCE SHEET||||
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|Fixed assets|||||||
|Tangible assets<br>Investments||||11<br>12|388,825<br>901,223|410,239<br>921,551|
||||||1,290,048|1,331,790|
|Current assets|||||||
|Stocks||||13|86,950|115,707|
|Debtors||||14|179,817|163,486|
|Cash at bank|and in|hand|||1,013,020|808,150|
||||||1,279,787|1,087,343|
|Creditors: amounts||falling due within one year||15|321,967|261,596|
|Net current|assets||||957,820|825,747|
|Total assets|less current liabilities||||2,247,868|2,157,537|
|Creditors: amounts||falling due after more than|one year|16|16,486|12,719|
|Net assets|||||2,231,382|2,144,818|
|Charity funds|||||||
|Restricted<br>funds||||17|71,613|87,012|
|Unrestricted|funds|||18|1,569,938|1,447,364|
|Designated<br>funds|||||589,831|610,442|
|Total charity|funds||||2,231,382|2,144,818|





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|Net income/(expenditure)<br>for the reporting||period||86,564|331,131|
|Adjustments<br>to cash flows from non-cash||items||||
|Depreciation|||11|37,654|34,286|
|Realised<br>(gain) on disposal of investments|||12||(11,357)|
|Unrea(ised<br>(gain)/loss<br>on revaluation|of investments||12|20,328|(145,490)|
|||||144,546|208,570|
|Working capital adjustments||||||
|Decrease/(increase)<br>in stock and work|in progress||13|28,757|37,088|
|Decrease/(increase)<br>in debtors|||14|(16,331)|19,272|
|(Decrease)/increase<br>in creditors|||15|64,138|(5,795)|
|Net cash flow from operating<br>activities||||221,110|259,135|
|Cash flows from investing<br>activities||||||
|Payments<br>for tangible assets|||11|(16,240)|(64,285)|
|Sale proceeds ofinvestments|||12||107,841|
|Net cash flow used<br>in investing<br>activities||||(16,240)|43,556|
|Net increase<br>in cash and cash equivalents||||204,870|302,691|
|Cash and cash equivalents<br>at 1April 2021||||808,150|505,459|
|Cash and cash equivalents<br>at 31March 2022||||1,013,020|808,150|
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|6|ANALYSIS OF SU|PP|ORT COS|TS|||
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||Accommodation||||34,403|28,159|
||Legal and professional||||1,159|1,777|
||Telephone||||10,672|11,665|
||Depreciation||||37,654|34,286|
||Bank charges||||13,730|12,588|
||Printing,<br>postage||and stationery||8,941|6,207|
||Sundry administration||||16,420|10,740|
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|7|GOVERNANCE<br>COSTS||||||
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||Staff costs||||35,393|22,141|
||Trustee meetings||and other||118|46|
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||Depreciation||||37,654|34,286|
||Payments<br>under||operating|leases|3,168|3,951|
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|Wages|and salaries|1,134,529|1,011,002|
|Social|security costs|100,989|84,747|
|Other|pension costs|84,830|80,730|
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|At 1April 2021|460,000|132,381|88,577|680,958|
|Additions||12,448|3,792|16,240|
|Disposals||(1,584)|(12,378)|(13,962)|
|At 31March 2022|460,000|143,245|79,991|683,236|
|Depreciation|||||
|At 1April 2021|125,404|67,959|77,356|270,719|
|Charge for the year|9,204|21,635|6,815|37,654|
|Released on disposals||(1,584)|(12,378)|(13,962)|
|At 31March 2022|134,608|88,010|71,793|294,411|
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|At 31March 2022|325,392|55,235|8,198|388,825|
|At 31March 2021|334,596|64,422|11,221|410,239|





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||Realised gain on disposal|||||||11,357|
||Unrealised|gain/(loss)on||revaluation|||(20,328)|145,490|
||Valuation|31March 2022|||||901,223|921,551|
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||Work in progress||||||34,725|35,850|
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||Trade debtors||||||63,345|92,834|
||Other debtors||||||8,587|6,560|
||Prepayments<br>and accrued income||||||71,344|16,436|
||Amounts|owed by book distributors|||||36,541|47,656|
||||||||179,817|163,486|
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||Taxation|and social security|||||31,234|22,630|
||Accruals||||||90,205|54,020|
||Deferred|income —publications|||invoiced|in advance|141,234|146,340|
||Other Creditors||||||78||
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||Deferred|income brought|forward|||159,059|158,651|
||Released|to income during the year||||(150,688)|(148,841)|
||Deferred|in the year||||149,349|149,249|
||Deferred|income carried|forward|||157,720|159,059|
||Deferred|income due within<br>one year||||141,234|146,340|
||Deferred|income due after one year||||16,486|12,719|
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|Surplus/(Deficit)<br>for the year|||131,305||(3,745)||127,560|
|(Losses)/gains|on investments||(12,666)|(7,662)|||(20,328)|
|Transfer from|development|fund||||||
|Transfer to restricted<br>funds|||(5,269)||||(5,269)|
|Transfer from|property<br>fund||9,204|||(9,204)||
|Unrestricted<br>funds carried<br>forward at31March 2022|||1,569,938|244,284|20,155|325,392|2,159,769|



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|Tangible|fixed assets|||63,433|325,392|||388,825|
|Fixed asset investments||||656,939||244,284||901,223|
|Cash at bank and<br>in hand|||73,278|919,587||20,155||1,013,020|
|Stocks, work in progress<br>debtors||and|5,777|260,990||||266,767|
|Creditors|falling due within||(7,442)|(314,525)||||(321,967)|
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|Creditors|falling due after|one||(16,486)||||(16,486)|
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|Tangible fixed assets||||75,643|334,596|||410,239|
|Fixed asset investments||||669,605||251,946||921,551|
|Cash at bank|and in hand||83,368|700,882||23,900||808,150|
|Stocks, work<br>debtors|in progress|and|4,634|274,559||||279,193|
|Creditors<br>falling due within|||(990)|(260,606)||||(261,596)|
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|Creditors<br>falling due after||one||(12,719)||||(12,719)|
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