Charity Registration No.. 249927 THE MOTHERS, UNION BLACKBURN DIOCESE TRUSTEES, REPORT AND UNAUDITED ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 Mother ' Christian care for f amilies THE MOTHERS, UNION BLACKBURN DIOCESE Contents Page Legal and Admlnlstrative Informatlon Report of the Trustees >9 Independent Examiners Report 10 ststement of Financial Activities 11-12 Balan￿ Sheet 13 Notes to the Finandal Ststements 14-20 The Mothern, Unlon Bl ckburn Dloce8e Annual R For ed 31 December 2024 rtoft The trustee5 submit thoir report for Tha Mother8. UnK>n. Bl*bum DwJC￿ for th8 year ended 31 Decentsr 2024. consti￿tIOnal Arrangoments The Mother8, Union, Blad(bum DI(￿8 *lheres to the Constilution of the Mothers. Union and work8 a￿ordIng to the Diocesan Constitution and Regula￿n8 agre&d by the trustees on 24 Juty 2021 and effective from 1 January 2022. Tru8tees following petson5 serv&J as trustees durro the yw 2024. Date of 8PFOintment c￿np18th)n of offi¢e san PTrsid8nt Gill*an IreLandl Susan IMlh)ughby' 01 J￿uary 01 J￿uary 2018 2￿25 31 tknber 2024 Deputy PTrsident-Bl8ckbum A￿ry Jennifer Towers 01 September 2019 Elaine GeId8rd 01 January 2025 31 December 2024 Kath18￿ Lane 01 January 2015 Unit C(￿1￿1￿al0rs Leslgy Jana Cgims Margaret Slm 01 Janu¥y 01 hpril 201 Aruhdeaconry Tnths Wendy Barber Sharon Ba188 K*h Blll Elrlabelh C Elvzatr*ih Johns LurAlle Porter 01 J￿Uary 01 Jantjary 01 Apnl 01 January 01 January 20 June 21r25 2016 2019 2022 2021 2023 Cw)ted TThstg0 Diana Ruth Smth Louk8e Wllliams 21 January 01 January 2023 2025 31 D￿9Mber 2024 ' Appointed DKKesan Prnsifknt f January 2022. 2 Diocesan Sgcrelary untLI 31 D8cember2L724. ' AppOInt￿ Deputy P￿RIent l January 2022. ' Appoint&d Unit Cfrordmiator 1 J8nu8ry 2025. BankaY8 Lloyds Bank plc Fishergate Preston Lancashire PR12JB Independent Examlngr Anita C Mason BA(Hons) BFP FCA Mitchell Char￿$w(%th, ALrountanls Suites C, D, E & F. 14th Floor. The Plaza 100 Ohj Hdl Street L3 9QJ oth 'Un Bl urnD Forthe ear onded 31 December 2024 Annual R rt of the Tru8teg8 d Admlnlstrallve In Dlocomn So¢rètary Su8an Willoughby Dlocesan TTeasur8r Marlon Barkm Ruth Smith to 31 December 2024 fnvn l January 2Lr25 anco and Mana ement The Molh8TS' Union, Blackburn Drcetse i8 an Uninc(￿￿ated charty whose work ￿nSIstS of following the Aim and Objacts of the Mothers, Un￿. Merrt)ers are invow in social Folicy iBsues and offer practul support to families n Lancashwe. Men*>8￿ akn ￿ fund8 to 5UPPOrt Mothers, Union worf( In this DDcese, the President and Dewty Prespjents ars ¥pc4nted by the Blslw of Blthum following ¢onsultation witt) the D￿cesan Trustees. Six Archdeaconry Trustees (thr88 from each of the Axchdeaconries of Blackburn and Lanca518r) are nc¥ninated and el*tsd by Deanery Presldlng Member8. Unlt C(>ordinators are appolnted by the DKscesan PresKlent ¥i consultation wtth the Diccesan TnJstee8 and approved by th￿. Deanery PresKling Memlxrs ￿e nominated and dected by Bra￿h Leaders In ea¢h deanory in ¢onsuttaiv)n with the memb8rnhW. The Tru8tee Board meets f￿r times a year trj •Jree the broad strategy and areas of a￿l￿ty for the ¢harity. Ji tru5te8s a￿ expected to atterKI a training course which covets Ihair roles and responsibilit￿S during thelr temi of ofi*e. They are al80 given copies of the Central and D*)CeS￿ Constitutions and a copy ol the Charity cCfflM￿IQn Booklet CC3 Th6 Essential Trustee: what you Jwd to know, ttsJether vith relevant diLx68an hfc*matin Indudng a copy of the aco)unt The day.t(Hlay work of the dHrrty i¥ d*gaW to the tYit)wn Setyelary and ￿0Ce88n Treasurer. During 2024 the Gharity employed Iwo of stsff. Alm The athancgment of the Chri8tian R8l*Jion in the Sph￿e of Marria￿ and famity life. Objects, P¢rforniance and Futyrn Plan8 1. To l￿hOld ChrBfs on ts na￿re of ￿￿rr￿ge and to prornote its wthr underslandlng. 2. To enwurage F*rents tu briNd UP theirthildren in tho f8ith and lrfe of th8 Church. 3. To maintain a work*wKle fdlrMship of chrtstial￿ united in prayer, worship and servKe. 4. To o)ndftlons In favwrabb Io 8tsbb lrfe and the Prot￿tKIn ofchiklren. 5. To help tht)88 who8e If8 has ￿￿twIth adversrty. In this DM)¢ese there are three Unris, fUrt￿r the w(Kk of the Aim and Objects. llw are Adi)n and Outreach, Faith and Polw and Fundraising and CoMmun￿ation. These Units are re8Wn8Ib￿ for 8ever81 Sect￿8 to whKh various projects are alk)Gated. E.g., Sc¢ial Polcy Issues, Worldwide Issues, Indoor Member3 pray￿ Cirde andAway Frcffi ￿All hc4wJays. In praGli¥ethe Un￿3 together to address the O￿.￿ttts. e Motho For the ' Unlon BlackJ)urn Dloce8e Annua ed31 bor 2024 Work whlch was u Adlon and Outrga¢h Away From It All Hollday S¢home (AFIA) During 2024, 15 familie8.132 adU￿S and 32 chikjren) benefitted from holidays under the AFIA scheme. The holKlays. families in need of a breaK are offered in the BLgckbum Dloce8e Mothers. Union c*ravan ¢)n the Lanca8hire coast and were much appwiated by everyone oncomwj. (12 families in 2023) {21 a(bJlls and 23 ¢hlklren) Contnblrtions fTom AFIA fund8 were aiBO m•Je to th8 folknwing: three-day Christlan holw, for 82 young por* 8t B(xwi¢* Hall, Lanca8hire ted by the Bishop of Bla¢kbum. AFIA 8UPPOrt en*Jled knili&s, Indr￿duts and children from socialty depthfed backgrounds to L￿efft from tlme away and experierK£ cfvl8tl￿ ￿chIng and tsll(Hship. (Object 51 Pla￿ for 2025- to offer hofMJay8 In thè ¢aravan e￿ week throughoul Ihe season. to WOTkto*7rds the uptake of rwre holhlays tslamilies with proschool chlldren. to respond to requests for firwwl h81) for chr￿lIan events, if appropriate and as funds alluw. Work In Prf60n8 Support to prisoner5 and I￿r famli ies has continued in the establsshments wilhin tho Dioce88 of Blackbum, utilising Ilnk$ with ¢ther organisath)n8 that run the f￿llY ￿nITes. HMP Lancasier Famis has t￿nerrt￿ fr￿7 the supwt of Lancaster, Morecamtp and Tunsta Deanery, esFeaalty at malorfestNals. The Deanery Pre8KlirMJ m￿nber has forged am8zlng links wlth and 18 valued by the many(rfth8 faM￿Y centre. HMP Preston has reGeNed ChrBtrna8 ￿C￿￿at&S for the lamilie8 and c8rd8 prisorhers that attend Chapel, kn addihon Easter Eggs from Meaningfvl Clbjcolate Company were donated, along with Easter Cards. Preston. on oc¢ask)n8. has also appealed for nonftrreseriplion gLqs8es. wthich Mernt*￿ h*Je donabj. HMP lQt*han also recthd clKKolth at Chrthrns and Easter. Ltxal branch members also reSp￿ded to an appeal for d)thes for a WTsonw who required PIL￿ Siz8 cbthirKJ and had no relatwes to buy i18ms him. HMP Wmott received Easkr Eggs and had ask￿1[ woukl knit litt58 bear8 to comfr)rt children arKI ttrshirts. for visitors to put on ¢)ver Gbthing to maintain rncmjesty, the request wa8 prayerfvlly achieved. Members also attended Card at HMP and Pr88ton. {Obje¢ls 4 & 5) Plans for 2025- to continue io reSp￿d to need as dilletent siiuatb)ns ariso. 'Rlge Up, Campalgn and Retuge &pport The ¢ampavJn was fwmty emt*(htsJ tn ts d￿Cese in 2024 véith deaneri98 and branches contoiuing lo hohd events to rak88 awaren6s8 of dc¥n85tiG abuse. These included tslks about the of cases ofdomests thse. frcffi volunteers who worf( wifh abusod individua18 and families, and three 'Souls of our Shoe8. exhibit•Jn$. A peaceful demonstration wa$ also hold he Mothe For nlon Blackb m Dk)ceBe Annual gnded 31 Dec bor 2024 rt of the Tnmtees outside Bl￿burn Cath￿Iral during the '16 days of Actsvi5m,' agaln to rarJg awarene88 of domestic asuse. By the end of 2024, n recognillon of achievements in this area, the cèntral Motherd, Union l*d awarded Cwtificth to eightegn b18￿h88, arKlth6 Siw Certif￿al8 to on8 branch. Branches aLw C{￿tinUed to be resp¢Y￿ to the needs of refvges and member8 generous donated mary varied items, for exampie. deaning prc*lucts, tolletrieg, childr8n's and adult's n*h￿e¥r. alway8, the m￿nber$. swport 18 (xrt8tanding arKI humbling. Plans for 2025. 'Rise Up, Carrf)aign- the will continue. ￿ the end of 2025, it18 expected that at lea81 50% of brnn¢hes will h8¥8 be￿ awarded Bronze Certlficates in rwnitDn of their commith8nt to the cause and that the dK>cesan MotheT8' Union wlll al80 ￿1ve the award. IObie¢ts 4 and 5} supwrt- Mothers, Union pfans to SUPFXYt literacy In one refuge by don*ing books and approptste bcokcases. to help ￿IntaIn children'8 1rf(w with arxes8 to reading malorial, durtng incredlbty 8tre8sful and disruptNe tlmes. If SUC￿SsfUl, th18 type of suprx)rt may be offered to ¢Ah¢r refuges in tha dM)cesg. (011.￿ 4 & 5} Membérs are I￿redib￿ re8FKfftsive to r6x]ue8ts fL* craft items. and It ¢annot bo undere8timatsd the joy it gfves them to make and tho comfort to those that re¢eNè these hems. Mfymt*rs make t￿ld￿s, worry woms. Ixby ththes, Prayer 4u8￿, hearts, the Ilsl of challonges grow& Branche¥ makg up bag8 containing toibty e88entials for folk who are admrtted lo hospitals in an emergency. Earlier this y￿[ trAgs we aiso m•Je to csrry dralns in fc* pali&nts who had u￿argone maslectomi88. Plans for 2025 - li IB hcfed that the8e PT(4e(#s wll continue to IkJUriSh. and members remaln rasponsNe to errwging proi&i& {ObJ&X8 4 and 5> Worldwkle Unks. The Blarknim Dioce8e'MU N￿. mwine continued to be sent to th8 fve links el8ctronic81ty. Email ccmrnunKation to the Ilnks was also u8ed to raise awarenes8 of activitw in this diocese. Tr links are HighvelJ (South Africa). Niger Dolla (N¥Jeria). N￿bab (Kenya) arHd Bhopal {Indlal. We continue to search for a link with Guinea Ivvesl Africa). so￿al M￿18 aThJ MU News regularly infomi members in Bla(*bum DKKese of frfe within the ar&q8. ptans for 2026 - to mdntsin and enhance our Inks in ihe88 aw$ of tho workl where drcumstsn(*s allow this to te po88I)le and to eno)urage tran￿￿ to ￿￿tinUe to pray fcr Mothers, Union members in these areas. (Ok*e¢t 3) Falth and Poll¢y Prayer Gonlinues to underpin all the work of the Mothers, UnK)n, as initkgled by our Founder. Mary Sumrter. Prayer is a vrial part ofour thities In branch. deanery and dic*esan evgnts along wlth a short Act of Worshlp. I deane￿S hold Servi￿ in many fcMs. scffie to celebrate churth seasons such as AdvenL Chiistrnas, E￿phany. L￿t and Easter. Othern hokj seNces such as Songs of Praise. All deanerfes have held t)eanery Fesli¥ak. some Eucharisttc, others as a SeMc8 ofthe Word. Long Sarvice Awards are a￿vaYS presented. A v• OfServ￿ have been arrarw in dean￿783 to replace the traditM)nal Ind¢￿ Membw5' Tea Paty. The Moth ' Unlo Bla kbu ortho ear eniled 31 December 20 gs0 Annual rtof theTru The D&)cesan Moth￿, UnA)n Llary, I￿lUdir*g MKlday Prayer8, the Vvave of Prayer and requests for prayer for diocesan. deartery and 8peclal braN* events, continues to bo publt8hgd monthty. It is avail&le io Deanery ChaplaTh, Trustee& and Dearw Pre$lding Members, who Itwns on Faith & PolKy are included n the quartety issues of the diccesan MU News. Card8 for al member8 of the In)vering GDPR. 8afeguardlng updates a questlonvanckanswer forum enabling members to ralse ncems or issues. Group $￿iC￿S in the aftemoon on the Cc*r*nunities of Inlèrest and the 8harlng of ideas for branch advities. sever￿ Membe￿ Joinod the Membership, A1x￿e arbd Failh CcxnMUnrt￿ of Interest zoom meetings from Mary Sumner House. Fdlowng thg launch of the'Rw Up. campavjn OFVXtunfaes were available for members to learn more oijout th8 nature of domest￿ abuse and the ￿w. Several deanerks mounted thg 'Sou55 of Our Shoe5. exhibidon to ralse awareness of dometh abu88 and have sin￿ been awarded bronze and silver (*rtificale& Plans for 2025 l trustees will parbLipate in the safeguarthg training programme pruwded ty ￿ntral mOt￿r8, Unlon. Members wlll also be oncouraged to engage wth other Irdining progr8mme8 offereLI through thg year. for example the 'Bystander' and leadersh￿• training. MgmbgTr wdl also be offered supp where th@y urKlertake SpeCr￿ rol88 and r88[￿IbIlitieS. Core Safeguarding training wll b& cAfered to all branth lead￿$. Safeguarding Varyll rem8in a high pr￿)rity. It is h(yd that P8Mlng ojurses VAII ￿ r&In￿l￿d ty central Mothers, Union. A full day Sharlng Day is planned for 91h O(aobwwith a s￿ifiC focus on Chlldren and F8mlli8s. {Object8 1-51 The Motheys. Unlon Blackl)urn Dlocese Annual For ¢d31D8 2024 Th8 totsl membetshp in the (kK88e 2024 was 2,C140 ￿ryth each Mam￿ payuw a subscrryition of £29.60 of whi¢h £23.00 was foTh¥arded to the central office of Mother8, Unh)n. The balan¢e of 8ub8crlptions remainiThJ was ulrfi8ed to meet g8Mral adminthtsv8 exp8n888. AJI Unit activtties are SUFPOrted by diLKesan funds and in g8nwd, the a888ts of the charty are hekj lo secuR the medium4ern future. bl1¢ Ben Th6 trustee4 in accordance with Sectbn 1715) of the 2011 Charities A¢( have taken due regard of the Wb1￿ b8nefrts and aoted accK)rdiroly. During the year, Ihe trustees have Identi￿ aThJ review&J the ri8k8 the charity faces and are confident that dl m4or ri8ks have been 88se8sed and athlressed. uardln The trustees are aware of Ihelr res￿Si￿1ty to provide 8 8afe and caring environment for all Mothet8' Un￿n acliiiitie8 and place safeguarding at the heart of their commitsnenl The Safeguarding Pollcy Statement is availeble on the www.mubl#(*bum.org wobsite., hard COFM8S are availab18 from th8 DI(￿an Secretary. There are hvo Safegu&ding Office￿. on8 to fc¥)Js on and slrnlegy and onè to manage the appliGation5 for the Disclowie and Barring se￿iCe ￿tif￿te8 ihrough Thirtyone'.ebght. In 2024 saw an increase in actNflies in most 8reas d Mothers, Union. alihoty2h S￿78 membern are stlll reluctant to meet and engag8 In thibes, 0ft8n du8 to an ￿eIng membwship and p081 pandemic lrfestyle change& Net income wa8 £130 arKI togetherwith the £1,859 galn in inve8tment valué, the year finished with an ovwall net increase in funds of £1.989. Th8 charity is very appreciat￿e of the continued support and contrlbut*)ns from ts m￿b￿S whi¢h on*le the Aim and 0￿.ects ofthe charity to be met, Falling member8hip and bwch closure8 remain a ￿￿ern and new ways of ed￿tIr0 tha bran¢h6s to aryXffir￿knt0 th¢ thanges in to*'s Ifrfestyks in nEetings 0)nlinLP to be consDJored. The Irustees hav8 reviewed the re8eNe8 and reLxyJni8e Ihe Inm8e unrestrcted re5erve3. Tho r8viow ¢onsldered the varfou$ income and expenditure stre￿￿ and the need to rnalch income with commitments. The review condudad that to allryw effri¢nt and effe¢tNe management of the charlty, unrestricted resorvos shoukt be maintanad at a rninimum level equNalent to twelve months of charitable expendlture plus 25% for any spec￿1 projects. The trustees revw the r8S8rves poltcy wth a viw to identfying and supporung projects and initthes ￿>85 the th0￿se CNer the next tw￿ lo three year5. The cu￿ent level of reseryes also alkhvs the truste88 to cx)ntribule to worldwide emergency appea18, as necessary. Unrestrict￿1 reserves al 31 Decemter 2(Y24 were £321,740, cOwhiGh £79,294 is hetd in 120 deanery, branch and IteTature ￿)unts under local control. Designated funds at 31 tkcember 2024 were £53.￿6. The trustees W to ￿ntinue to d&5ignate the funds relating to the provision of Away From11 All (AFIA) holMJays aThJ breaks. and for the future replac*ment of the caravan. The trustees also agre￿ to exdude detsigna￿ fijnds frr*n Ihe cakwlatK)n of thè reseThe8. rust in Relation to Financlal Slatemonts The trustees are responslile preparing the Tru8iee6' R8Fut and th8 accounts In a￿(*dan￿ wlth applicable law 8nd Unlted King(kn Aminting Standards (unit￿ Kingdom Gen8raI￿ NLC8Pted Accounung pTa(￿ce). Mothern, Unlon Blackburn Dk)coso Ann 31 al or The law applÈcablo to chaTities h England and VVale8 requires the trustee8 to prepare ￿lunt5 for e*h flnancigl year whic4) gNe a tsue and fair vmv of the state of affab5 of tho charity of th& incoming re80urce8 and application of re8ourc8s of the for that year. In preparin9 these ￿lunt4 the trustees are required to: ssknt Sulta￿ *r*Junllng pol￿ aNJ 8Fpiy them c¥)nsistentty. observe th8 meth(Kls and princple8 in the ChwTb8s SORP, make judgements and e81imates that are reasonable arKI pnthn( state wh8ther applkable accounttng $L￿dardS have been folkw￿d. suts￿t to any material departures disdosed and explained in the wjunts, and prepare the a(￿Unts on the o)nGem unless ￿ Is Inawropri8te to presume that the charity wlll ¢ontinue in operation. The truslee8 are re8pon8ibfe for keeping suffiC￿t Kcounling r￿rts that dlsdose wfth re8sonable accuracy at any time the flnancial r￿sItiOn of the charity and enable them to ensure that the aGGounts LX)mply with the Charit￿8 Act 2011. the Ch8rAy (Accounts and Rep)rtsl RegulatNJns 2008 the provisions of the trust deed. They are also resp)n￿b￿ for safeguarding the assets of the charty and hence for t￿Ing reasonable steps for preV￿rtiOn of fraud and olther wrogularrtw. pro rd ofTrusteeson 11 Sept￿ts2o25 and Sig￿don ilts b&h#lfby Susan Wlkiughby. ntslae and DkTh88n President INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE PAOTHERS. UNION BLACKBURN DIOCESE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 I rewi to thB Trustee on my examln81iM oftt* fina¥ial statements of The Mothar8' Unlon Bl￿buM Dloces8 (the charity) for the yew ended 31 December 2024. Th18 report 18 made solety to the Ch￿tys ITUStee, &9 a bc#Jy. in xcordancewlth S￿On 14S of Ihe Chadtles Act 2011. My erdmirHtion ha5 bgen undertaken 80 that I might state to the charlW8 truste& th0￿ matt8r8 1 am reT4uired to slats to them in arl Independent E￿unerfS rewrt and for no other purpose. To the ￿lIest extent pemiitted ty law. I do ncl ac(%pt or assume resp￿b]Ity to anyone other fhan th8 charity atKI the chadty'$ tru8toes as a bc￿, for my ex8mlnat1￿, ky llis reFX)IL the opini(x7s I havts forn￿d. Rgsponslbllltles and bas1# of rgport As the TNStee of the ch￿ty yw are re5pcffNbl8 for th8 Fwtation of the fin￿¢¥￿ statements in accordan¢e Ih the reqLiTgrnents of the CFArftles Aut 2011 (ts 2011 Ad). I report in respect of my examlnauon of Ihe Gharitls finaJKad statsments GarTied out uMkr 8ectlon 145 of 2011 Ad. In carrylng out my examinafion I have fc41(A%ed 811 tr* aFplicalAe (IrecUiTh glven by the Charfty Commission uThJer section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 ACL Independont examlner's Stat￿￿ent Your attention is dr8wn lo the fact that the chty has Ixep¥ed )7nancial statement8 In aceAYdan¢6 wth Accounting and Repo￿n9 by Charities preparing Ihelr acctyjnts in accc*dancÉ IMth the Financial Reportlng Standard apFAicable In tt)e UK and Rowb1￿ of Irel¥KI {FRS 102) in preference to theAccounting and Reporting by Charitle8'. Statement ol Recommended Practtce 58s￿d on 1 April 2005 ￿t1th is referred to in the &xt8nt r8gulation8 but has Th)w been wItt￿ra￿Tr. l understandthatthis has been d¢)ne in orderforfinancial statements to provide a t￿￿ and falrvlew in accordance vhth GenerdUyACceptedAo￿ntsng Prd¢ts￿effec(iVe forrekx¥iiro ￿10￿$ beginning on orafter 1 January 2015. I have comkletsd my examination. I confimi that ￿ matt8vJ have (¥>me to my attention In CC￿nectIon the eXa￿￿natIOn giving me CAUS& to beiieve that In ary materioj reS[￿t aCco[￿ting re¢LYds were not kept in resp￿1 of Ihè (knrity as Tequ[v￿1 by wbon 130 ofthe 2011 Act., or Ihe financial statements do not acc#)fd *ilh th08e records.. c tho finanoal Btatements do not comF4y appli￿18 requlrements DJnGerning the form and content of accx)unts Set wt in the ChariUe8 {A￿)unts and Re[￿ts) RegLA8tknns 2(M)8 othoT than any ￿u￿rement that the aecourts give a true and f8ir ￿eW is not a matter conBid8red as part of an Independent examlnatk*n. I have no corKem8 and have come across noothermatters in connth*rykn th8 8xaminatkJn towhi¢h attention sI￿Uld be dra￿ in thkg rep(xl In orderto ￿eble a prcwunderstarbJlrKJ of the financid 8t8tementsto be reached. Jc Anlta C Mason BA(Hon6) BFP FCA Mitchell Charte8vThth Accountant$ Suf(e C, D, E & F, 14th Flts)r, The Plaza 1rK) Old Hall Street Liv8rpool L3 9QJ 10 Tho Mothor8' Unlon Blackbum Dl¢)Go8• statomert of Flnanclal A¢tlvlttes for the Year èndèd 31 December 2024 2024 ds aTh ENlowment fiJnd8 Income and endowments from: DonaYOn$,Iy￿S and 8ub8criplons 102.495 112.166 other trading activStl8S 41.614 41.614 Investments 10204 2,324 297 12.825 Total Incom• Expendlture on: Rai81ng funds 16.618 16.818 Charitable activltigs 133,821 8.813 7.223 149,857 Total Expondlturn 150.439 7,223 186475 Net galn8 or (1088681 on inve8tswts 1.859 1,859 Ngt Incomg1(oxpgndttur¢y net m¢Yement In funds 5.733 137 -3,881 1,989 Roconclllatlon of fund8'. Total knidB brought fowArd 316,007 23,877 393,713 Totsl fund6 Garrfgd ft)rwanl 321.740 395,702 The Ststement of FI￿n￿l Actr¥ities inthles all gahs and k)sge8 recogn18ed kn the w. I Ine4Jme and expendlture derive from t￿￿n￿1n9 athirtie Th8 notes on page8 14 to 20 fomi part ofIt￿e 11 Th8 Mothèrs. Unlon Blackbum Dloc Statom8nt of Flnanclal AclMt189 tho Year ended 31 Decembor 2024 2023 Total ond Endowmenl Income and endowments from: Donations,legaGies aTr subs￿iplI￿8 101,172 7,248 792 109,212 Other tradlng act1v￿e3 41,459 41,459 Inve8tmenls 8,818 1,981 253 11,052 Totsl Income 151449 ￿29 161723 Expenditure on: Raislng ffijnds 20.709 2D.709 Charitable ath¥ities 122,T12 9,369 7,124 139,265 Totsl Expgndllurn 159974 Net ggins or (k)$888) on rnv88lments 7,040 Ng1 Incomellexpbndltuffjy net movoment In funds 15.008 -140 -6,079 8.789 Reconciliation of funds: Total fvnds brwght forW￿d 300,999 53, 29,956 384,924 Total fund8 Can1￿ forward 31&007 S3,829 23,877 393,713 The Ststemenl of Finar%k￿ Aclivitles Inclth all and k)sses the year. All income and expendrbJe derive from LxJnliNry activith. 12 The Mothoys. Unlon Blacklwrn Dloce8e Balance Sheet a8 at 31 Decemb8r 2024 2024 2023 Flxad Assèts: T￿gible Assets Inv88tment8 4,234 289,242 293,476 8,471 274 828 283,299 Total ffxed assets Currgnt A$80ts: stocks crf tles and literature DebtLY8 Cash at bank in hand 10,189 3,636 93,227 107.052 9,945 4,424 99,204 113,573 10 Llabllitlgs." C￿dItI)r8. Amwnts falllry yw. 11 4,826 3,159 101226 110414 Total net assets 395.702 393,713 The fund$ of the charlty: Restricted Income and eNJth*Tnent fijnds Desgllaled funds Unrestrfct&d funds 12 12 19.996 53,966 321.740 23,877 53,829 316,007 T(Aal charfty fvnds 39&702 393,713 Approved by tho Boanl of Trustees on 11 September 2028 Jo Susan Wllloughby Dlotssan Prosldont The N)te$ on pages 14 to 20 form partof these 13 (rfaGcounl11 at nwket vakm. Tr*1kn8kK%81 prep8r•J In lh8 Ch8rEtbE Act 2011. AcCoun￿￿j and W0￿r￿J byCh8rfl* Statemert ol Recomxrb*d Pwaclkelcf L*srMl88 the Rep￿n9 SIaNja￿ 1Q2 (Jwwy 2018) appl￿￿ 81aTr￿. Thtr o F￿bI￿ Benolt EthAyao by FRS I The accounts havedepartd from ts C1￿￿￿eS IA(a)Jrts •)J Repwbl Re￿atiOnS 2LYJ8 lo lheem￿L raqu*8d lo p￿￿de 8 tn￿ 8rwJ lalr th. TFd8depariue h88 [c￿￿r0 Ihè Stai8m8nt orR￿Van8nd&d Pr8cY¢etrdwltb$ apptyiNJ FRS 102 rthrlh8n thg olfv &at*n8kttofRe(•n¥n•hl*J whl¢h ￿ refwred to In Regthkys Ixrtwluth I￿$ 5iTK• b*elknsw*o1 8r8 tolf*rwr8$1£ L*aTly has t*8n thntage ofts SORPts¢JwikB FRS u￿￿818 PAll￿n 1 n(atOPT8W a 5tat8m8rrt dCa8h Flv Do￿th￿s. l•gado8 and 8ub•¢hlplion8 Do￿th￿r￿ are acowrrted fur tt¢ 8tt*AJrts they¥re ￿*￿e￿. from acuwted rp￿￿1 kn vkw ofts unr£rtWnty LP to ts pohttr% arno￿18 are rBC*W. IMU Ent￿se81. Th8 Income Is rec• tha charfty has entitlemont to dw%ty Is r*rt8ln Expandlturn Exp$ndthre b trthjed h) IheslHtewortoffrwdal basts. ofenyVATwth ¢8nool be recovered. Ewernl*ure. *tffjre UtrEL#bf attrfbutabb.ls a￿￿tett lo fiJNJ¥. acLWes Panslons Invèstm*)ts ale 8t81ed In %f*elattstrmwketTMk*. tt ¥1&tel￿ Offin￿l￿ adni I galns arnl It￿8$ ar8 lknttsth8 stat￿ IuE6e5 al¢uWJ 45 the dfferwc¥ tr* mawketvakw *thB yeAr8TrJ 8TrJ ynlrvj mwk81 v*u8. Tanglbl•flxod as8ets l assets mfmè £2.iJyJ an D•predallon of FIK8d A80•ts ihè c8rav&n 1$ 12.5% of ¢ost. 14 Tho Motherf Unlon Bknkbum OloG••e A¢couniing Polt¢lo• l¢Mknu¢d) ¢aeh cash CredRorn Golng ￿nCern Atthètkn8 a¢cO￿tr, thb In￿ thfit Ihe knpsdof Covkl-19 on lh8 ch8tty In ¢JpeTrlbrwl e>isten￿ forttwkn5ee4ilefittrye. Th￿. In*5 c•1•￿tr) ￿1)P1￿,9[￿v ba60 Of￿untr￿ n prepth aC￿u￿ n8ndal Imtrumonts )IherHnan￿ Irtsirfftnts15￿s, L*FRS 102to ald*s fmThxlInstrwr￿. FlnarKJd Inqtmmenls we rEcogrfs8d In ￿ L>W bkn 51*0tyrt￿ tt*dwty bswm88 pwtyIDth tradual provtsons of Ih8 Instrumert. Fknandal 0$8ets aThl114billue8 ar• offset. wlth ts net Kffesefiw statemBnb, there 1$ 4 Wly ￿htt0 sÈt rfll* o¢x)gnlsed ts8J6 an ir*¢rll¢ffj to seth net bas16 oito asset4TrJ se(Ye ts Wyuty Baslc flnancw a880ts Ba￿e￿n￿al tKS8t8, Ind￿J? debtusaTrJ cash 8Th1 m8asur*1 at transac￿ lftthdhvd tsans￿￿ aTh1 at 8mrMts8d (￿t￿SIng1h cIBssifed BS recdvalle tme Ye￿8[0n01￿rllS•J. Ba￿¢ flnan¢W Iltkniifd•8 Bas￿ fl￿wA81 rnabl￿. lTh¥wlbvJ and are attrall8th ar￿r￿￿et& tA)nsllute5 Ir•t4iw Ythre debt at Ihe r￿P5a￿t value ofU￿ IEkn pH5Thent511tswMrt•a at a fflarkst rate Of**er￿1. FIna[￿￿ dos8ffi•J w5 payab Intérest rnte m81hJ Trade o*aUon5to pay fryrgoots crthces that1￿￿% been •wlrBd hth8 orthary CDW5e of operallons frcm suppllers. knourts payablo claS￿￿tt a6 IlablKtss WpayTh8nt Is ￿1hkn o year or1888. Krnt. Itw 8f8 pr888nlEd as r￿￿ranklAbkn8. Trth u8dtttss ar8 iniwy al tran88don prkx rfteawrwl 6ffth Intorg$1 rr¢dM)d. Tax•tlun or80on t&¥ Inrjjm ￿gaIn8(al1￿j wlhkn Ihose ÈxemrAb charfty tts T3L Ls rwl¢d ulVAT. In the applithon oftho ch¥Ws Whx&s. fvln•t88s •B rwgjto maka h￿g￿ents, ¢stkn8t8s and *out the oF￿ats that are nt*[W￿lY Oppath from oth SQUT(w. Thees￿[Trate5 arKI 8sywiated are l)a*J on IdEtotThl eNpkn and ptherfvt*orJ The esdmat88 arnt a8sumr1t¢￿ *¢ f8vth*d ￿ an (M￿(*¥j bèth. to est•Trafes a￿ ￿n￿ed In*ldch the estrnate * rvAgedkn tevkk>Tr affpcts ontythat pedods. 15 Th• M•thorn' Unlon Bknklwm Aecountkng PoH¢k* Iconlknl FurMI A￿0￿111￿9 ulr8 dlsdosw8 8sfvIknJts.' RgStrf(*d I￿* orxlJrnl kn¢Js.' alm8 ofih8 wanlsallon. Th88e fund8 may b8 only1*￿re thè rApSts1 bb r&tthii or aThl ¢aW ￿8￿1￿8 th)n8tkM IrK•n* derfvbw may ty•￿). ithrg61rf(#Bd furK*: D8tslgnat8d fLAKts.. Part ofthtr unr¢$tsfr￿1 futh **ithth• hThewmaTkqd kna 23 Total $ubsclpdc￿S Dot)aUon8. G8n8ral FLmd Don8llon8- Caravan FWNI Gfft Akl t8*￿¢￿￿ InGoThfrom act￿111 ProvM&l SeNke Offsrtory F•lth and Po]Icy Days BmTrch aThJ do8￿ry ,384 2,539 59,312 3,066 7,688 4,898 4.994 21X) 95,512 Don4t10￿ to the MDther5' UnlwwDrfthvld rftBln aTKI Irel3ThI tbvdopm8ntWoT* & Pr(*18 Ov6rsea5 Work & Proj￿ tNoc68an Har¥estApwl OtherLÈnN appesl& SutnmerApppal 42 6.347 314 136 8T2 13.473 13,473 13,670 102.49S 8.045 112,1e6 7.248 12 Othvrtradlng acltvwe Branch fundral* Inc￿M8 t)e&￿ry Sale ol 24.PAM) 3.12 24.8DD 3.129 3D 13.655 21056 1.707 13.665 1&636 41.459 41.459 41.459 IDvè&tshert Bank interasl 417 417 10.1S3 1255 Y12 8180 2220 DI￿8[￿j8 102U4 1324 297 8018 18 Tho 110thory' Unlon B*kbwn Dlocwe Ilal&log D8an8ry ￿Th￿ra￿1r1J c(*ts Llterature S8raion 679 14.570 14,5TO 16.731 18,618 Subs￿p￿¢￿$ 45.129 Caravan oDd AF14 holdays F&fth a￿j Pc4l¢y iknlt Fhanc• aTrJ C￿1 Unli Fundr8L8èw 8nd Cl￿mUnIca10Tr 8,813 5,195 14.008 2.077 19￿09 14,048 818 18,182 2.Dn 19.9tr3 1,081 BroTKh arxl expBndllJfy" &Jb4thal 11fj,589 8.813 131M5 122,123 4,913 13,319 TLaal 1&3,821 4,913 3,410 13,732 139,265 DDr*akn$ to tho K*Ytw8' CharttaN& adfvli*s 149 857 7.124 139 Totli Irthperwjerl exorrknJ AnnualAccounts. & po8t4e GDPR- conffthnttal S8kguardlry- DBS rAstB 2e9 180 477 TnJ51ee trawl Wha]18y Abbw m8 144 3,410 3.410 17 Th• M(thor8' UnhJTh Bl•ckburn txou TonBlblp Flxod AB80ts 8$ 8t 1 Jwuwy2tr24 tkpos81$ ytrw AddWons ¢Juthg tho year 33.891 as at 31 2024 33.891 98 at 1 Jarwjary 2024 Ellmlnalwl M dL%po8 (￿8￿9 for￿￿ yoar 25.420 4237 4,237 qt 31 Lknber2024 14ot Book VAIu8'. 8 at 31 Lkno8mbor 2024 81 8t 31 f*comb8r20rJ 2W44 Churi* FurKI- 3,593 ￿￿￿K91 valuo l January2024 .220 74.180 Urweattsed GolrfL0881 1.8Sg Mark8t Value 31 c*¢￿1*r2024 81 DtyDsI￿ Churth Lkpo¥l Furbj .163 193.8 Totsl UK Irtv6sknents 274.828 10 D•btorn 23 1,192 1.816 1.&ry2 1,918 674 4.424 11 ¢red%¢>rn'. An>)uTrta fallry on¢ 2023 mott￿$, lknk)n *•rfd fiNK15 Llter8ture HMRC- PAYE 163 1.122 412 1.784 tnswartt- In$w#rth- Cawen 12 f8 Th8 mot1￿￿, Unkn Blackburn Dtoco Notés tothè Flnan¢lalSlat¥mthts forth•yw *¥lad 31 D•¢*n*W24 l¢tyth*dJ 12 A¢¢llmtht￿ Fund• Total urff8St￿ wMfrom£19.g96 m*j&￿81 (0&x￿. 31 DFrgrnbBr Rathctsd fvnd8 324 1.670 1243 * fvndr*Iwon￿ 212 91B Caravan reF**m8nt C¥av8n ho1118yS Dlofwn b8Met Iw 14241 4237 10,301 Total 31 Lknt 2023 ReBtrf¢t•d eranch and de8nwy b8M8rknJs Branch lU￿r4181n9ld0r Branth bgths. Branc* ovemas fijnd 1.011 1,2n 1,056 1,824 352 14225 14,241 Caravan hold8yS LlorM8n baMèrfiJtbJ Endowmentfvnth TfAal Restrfcvons atse BperJW by tsdonor. Th& puw5&8 ofthe lu￿ ￿¢. AF￿ l•uaw.ft* any IM)IKla￿ G8rrf be acts)n￿8￿Y forlhe gw purposes of the AYRY Frorn ItAI hol￿sY￿￿om&. Cardv3n replaceffffjnt.ftmd$ rats•J In 2017 to r8*f* tr* w8& wvdw$8d 112018. Bann8rfunds. pur¢hase 8nd of bar￿r5. Legad6s. IncfAne defmng fvom, or￿PItal arKI irK¥)me. to ￿ used Overs￿& fiJNls-donalkx￿kn7 fordwritobk ￿[￿ ofthg mothe￿ Urn0nw)F￿. r*l9natsd fwmls 2024 AWBY From IIMI IAFIAI Iwidoys breaks ￿[￿kS li rnBd. forts rapI￿￿n￿ ofth8 caravan. The fwMI at 31 DewiwW24 ¥rn8£53.￿6. On 14 Septsmber2023th8TFUSt8es agrned to th8 fi*Nts Yg10tsry ¢0 pr￿v￿10￿ of Away From It￿1 (AF￿) ￿ayS *d •) wl. a￿1 ofth8 carav￿. The fuNI b818n(* at 31 CbÈth2W23*Rs£&gM. Transfg EalAncgat 31 D￿￿rni Awty From ItAI Widays Caw8vqn rBpk9￿rn8nt 8,813 31 D￿r￿m￿oI Away From klthYday8 Caravan rgpJ**m8 19 Tho MothoTr' UrdoTh Bloekburn Dtoe 13 TrfjMaclloD¥ TnMt••8 120fd.. 91ntstee4 to£2,185) atllaNo ar*yl Travel prtnllng. StaUow & Conf8r8nc8 1868 1A41 144 10 2,186 1215 14 Trn4t•o Indom￿ IABuMnt• 2023 Twustse Irthmrdty 16 8IAff u4ts4nd ernokmwrt• T¢)tsl swf%>xtsIDr2•ryWo>w5werB £8,S64.12O23.. È8WI Ther8 p8rt.Im8 slaff e4th18rt cl*58 Ihan 0.5 POfJ.' Kay mwmnt 8laff *re: 2024 DI0￿$&n Se¢TFt8ry tknGesan Trea￿￿ 4277 4.122 8244 Im*endafft Ex￿1￿•0￿n 1.￿0 17 An￿￿1￿ ol n81•01¢ts h￿f￿rn 2024 RaBtrtct¢d ar￿ e51gTra￿ ffiJt)J8 10. 46,W)7 289,242 102226 471 9,715 9.288 91,413 IIOA14 28,877 53.829 Deslgnated frJThJs 224.594 274 71 713 18 Rèlatèd pfywtytranB8¢Uon8 19 FIN￿la1 IiiwuhlWhl• I In5tfumert8 muswed 8t aM￿ti*l Ewlty ￿str￿MentS m88swed 8ttslrvEI 103.826 289.242 .105 Carrylng *I￿n￿OI￿n￿lI Il* •JÈ26urBd ot an¥yti5￿ ¢))gt 4.051 747