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Report of the Trustees and

Unaudited Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

for

The Meeting Place (Bookham)

The Meeting Place (Bookham)






Contents of the Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 31 December 2024




Page

Chairman's Report 1 to 4

Report of the Trustees 5 to 6

Independent Examiner's Report 7

Statement of Financial Activities 8

Balance Sheet 9 to 10

Notes to the Financial Statements 11 to 17

The Meeting Place (Bookham)

Chairman's Report
for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

Trustees

One third of Trustees/Board members retire by rotation each year according to date of appointment but may be re-elected for further periods. Edna Woodhouse and Hilda Williams are due for retirement or re-election this year. Edna is willing to be re-elected and Hilda will take this opportunity to retire due to pressure of other commitments. We are very grateful to them both for their service on the Board.

The other Board members are Elaine Crutchley, Margaret Hibbert, Anne-Marie Lewis and David Ryder.

Kirsten Hughes-Hallet (who was a founder Trustee of The Meeting Place) and Clare Curran have offered to join the Board.

Chairman's Report: Activities and Future Plans

The Meeting Place runs a range of activities aiming to enrich our community and promote social inclusion. During 2024 we continued to develop all our areas of operation. The Trustees met regularly throughout the year and held an Away Day at which we reviewed progress and worked on the Budget. During the year we commissioned a new website for a more effective online presence.

We are grateful to all our local churches for making premises and facilities available to us and for their support in a variety of ways.

Coffee Shop

The Coffee Shop is a central feature of our activities and ran on Saturday mornings throughout 2024 at Bookham Baptist Church Hall, offering hot drinks with cakes baked by The Grange Centre in Bookham. Our welcoming volunteers always have time for a chat, and a member of the Chaplaincy team comes along each session too. We make a folder of community information available to assist in signposting people to a variety of local services.

During 2024 an average of over 150 people attended the Coffee Shop each month. Attendance varied each week according to weather conditions and what other local events were on. Many customers are regulars, and feedback remains very positive, with particularly appreciative comments received on our being open over the Christmas period. Just before Christmas we gave individual Christmas puddings and cards to all our visitors.

Hearing Loss

Our Hearing Champions service continued to offer free support on the operation and maintenance of NHS hearing aids, as well as information and signposting to other services and equipment. Sessions were held on Saturday mornings in a private room when the Coffee Shop was open, helping a total of 58 clients with 113 hearing aids.

The Meeting Place organises and subsidises Lipreading classes run on zoom by a professional teacher. The small class size of approximately 8 members per term means that the tutor can be aware of individuals and help everyone in a friendly and supportive environment. A wide variety of topics are covered for practice, and the group also meets up face-to-face occasionally.

Language Hub

The Language Hub offers classes for those for whom English is not their first language by providing language development skills and practice opportunities with volunteer TEFL qualified teachers and assistants.

During 2024 classes were taught in three groups, Beginners, Elementary and Intermediate. Intermediate level classes were held on zoom, and Beginners and Elementary classes were held face-to-face at the Mole Valley Skills Hub in Leatherhead. Beginner level in particular covers a wide range of competency and we have found that the extra support our teaching assistants can offer one a 1:1 basis is particularly valuable.


The Meeting Place (Bookham)

Chairman's Report
for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

Numbers attending classes remained much the same in 2024 with an average of 15 registered across the Beginners and Elementary groups and 12 in the Intermediate.

The Language Hub is well known locally and is in contact with local organisations such as Epsom and Ewell Refugee Network. Since the Language Hub started, the team has had the privilege of helping students of over 30 nationalities from all around the world.

Community Fridge

The Community Fridge team continued to offer Help Yourself tables on Tuesday, Friday and Saturday mornings at Bookham Baptist Church. We also help supply the in-house Community Fridge at The Grange Centre.

Supermarket collections of surplus food vary in size and content each week but on average, the supermarket collections are in excess of 1000kg/week, providing 2,500 meals. In this way we are able to save a considerable volume of useable food from landfill with the additional benefit of making it available to local people. Over the Christmas period there were additional collections and the Fridge was open on a slightly different timetable to ensure this food got used. We are also able to take any glut of products from local gardeners and allotment holders. Our regular visitors average 200 households each week.

Before the Tuesday and Friday sessions, volunteers from Bookham Baptist Church have made a warm space and refreshments available to those waiting for the Community Fridge which has been very popular.

Community Chaplaincy

Liz Tapp started as our Anna Chaplain in January 2024 and has a team of Anna Friends and volunteers working alongside her. Anna Chaplaincy is a national network of community chaplains reaching out to older people offering spiritual care and support, licensed to The Meeting Place through Bible Reading Fellowship (BRF). Liz was commissioned at a service at St Nicolas Church in November.

Visits are made to local elderly people in their homes as part of the befriending service offered by the Chaplaincy. Often those visited are lonely and/or housebound. Praise and Craft sessions continued at Liberham Lodge Care Home and are popular with 15-20 attending each time. A series called Hymns we Love was introduced to the care home in 2024. This has proved to be very popular and is much appreciated by the residents who attend. The Living Well in Older Age talks continued in Bookham Library, with topics ranging from Technology Talk to Therapy Dogs. We attended Bookham Village Day to raise awareness of what the Chaplaincy and TMP can offer to the oldest members of our community. In August there were two Holiday at Home days offering a virtual cruise with the theme "Ship to Shore". These were well attended (a total of 39 guests over the two days) and much appreciated. In December we held a simple Carol Service retelling the Christmas story with favourite carols to sing and refreshments served beforehand.

Volunteers

None of the activities described above would have been possible without the loyalty and dedication of our team of over 85 volunteers, to whom the Trustees are very grateful. We held a Thankyou Tea in January which was enjoyed by many. Trustees are also volunteers and each brings their unique skills, insights and experience which are greatly valued.

We have welcomed school students fulfilling their Duke of Edinburgh's Award service requirement at the Community Fridge and the Coffee Shop on Saturday mornings. We are always pleased to offer our volunteers the opportunity to gain qualifications - for example, Level 2 Food Handling certificate, manual handling or TEFL training.

We value the prayerful and financial support of the Friends of The Meeting Place, which is a great encouragement.

Future Plans

During 2025 we plan:

The Meeting Place (Bookham)

Chairman's Report
for the Year Ended 31 December 2024


- to strengthen and extend our teams of volunteers and Trustees. If you are enthusiastic about the aims and activities of The Meeting Place and want to become more involved, please get in touch

- to build on our support for older people through our Chaplaincy and Befriending activities

- to continue to improve communication about the activities we offer, adapting and developing our existing services in accordance with demand and resources available and responding to any new community wellbeing needs that fulfil our charity objectives

Reserves Policy

The Reserves Policy is based on an assessment of the perceived risks to The Meeting Place and is reviewed annually. Now that we have designated some of our funds to the Anna Chaplaincy we can look at reserves that we need for the rest of the business. The Trustees consider it prudent to maintain our reserves at a level equivalent to 6 months of the expenditure budgeted for our non-Anna Chaplaincy activities. This amount is budgeted to be just under £16,000 which means that our reserves have to be a minimum of £8,000. We are in the fortunate position of inheriting a heathy bank balance and we estimate that at the year end we will still have £46000 in the bank which means that we can virtually cover both the designated amount and the reserves by year end.

Treasurers Comments

Introduction

Our income of £28,879 was nearly £2,000 higher than our income in 2023 at £27,005. Part of this was an increase in income at the Community Fridge and the other part was the increased interest rate so a higher investment income. As previously explained at last years AGM a lot of this extra money from the Community Fridge flows straight through to the amount we give to the Bookham Baptist Church.

This great result is due to the hard work of our volunteers and to the help we receive from our benefactors for which we are extremely grateful.

Although it is not shown as a separate income stream we continue to reclaim Gift Aid on donations where the donors have signed up to the gift Aid scheme. A claim goes in twice a year in June and December and we received just under £1,000 in total for the year. We allocate the money back to the source of donation eg Anna Chaplaincy.

We also claimed £2,000, the maximum possible, under the small donation gift aid scheme for the Community Fridge. This has to be claimed after the end of the tax year and covers the period of the tax year. Thus when the April accounts are completed at the beginning of May we can make a claim. We would expect to claim a similar amount this year.

This year we spent £39,614, some £10,000 more than last year This was almost entirely due to the extra money spent on the Anna Chaplaincy. This was foreseen last year as our new Anna Chaplain works 20 hours/week (twice the hours of our previous incumbent) and we also pay into a pension scheme contribution for her.

As far as the Coffee Shop is concerned, we had an income of £3,052 so slightly up on the previous year. The expenses were up by a similar amount so the net contribution remained the same.

Lipreading does not generate any income and the expenses that we incur are the money that we pay to subsidise the course that is run.

Language Hub has a small income from the students taking part who feel able to make a contribution. Some of the classes are held in Leatherhead so mostly the expenses incurred are course materials, mileage and parking expenses for the tutors giving the lessons.


The Meeting Place (Bookham)

Chairman's Report
for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

This year we reduced our funds from £58,255 at the beginning of 2024 to £47,520 at the end of the year. We made donations of £1,000 to three local charities whose aims are similar to ours (Leatherhead Youth Project, Leatherhead Community Hub, Mid-Surrey Dementia Care). This number not only includes cash in the bank but the value of our stocks and assets. We expect our funds to have reduced to around £37,000 by the of 2025.

Financial Review

This year will still be challenging with interest rates starting to drop so causing our investment income to fall. Uncertainties from national and international politics may also prove challenging.

Investment Policy

We maintain enough money in our current account to meet our immediate needs, the rest is held in a savings account where it earns a small amount of interest. This year we received £1,563, up from last year which was £1,193. This is merely because of higher interest rates being paid rather than us doing anything clever with the funds. We do not wish to take any risks with the money by investing in something which might give a higher return but would inevitably be riskier.

The Meeting Place (Bookham) (Registered number: 07817471)

Report of the Trustees
for the Year Ended 31 December 2024


The trustees who are also directors of the charity for the purposes of the Companies Act 2006, present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 December 2024. The trustees have adopted the provisions of Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019).

OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES
Objectives and aims
A summary of our objectives is "to reduce isolation in our community".
This is expressed more formally in The Meeting Place's statement of purpose:

To further or benefit the residents of Bookham and District in conjunction with the local authorities, voluntary and other organisations in a common effort and in a welcoming environment to provide helpful services, to advance education with the objective of improving the conditions of life for the residents including relief of financial hardship through provision of goods or services.

The Board is aware of the provisions of the Charities Act 2011 concerning public benefit, the guidance published by the Charity Commission on this subject and of the obligation to report on ways in which they believe The Meeting Place meets the public benefit which is reflected by our charitable objects.

Charitable Objects

1. To prevent or relieve need, by reason of youth, age, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage by providing: grants, items and services to individuals in need and/or charities or other organisations working to similar principles and purposes.
2. To promote social inclusion for the public benefit by preventing people from becoming socially excluded, relieving the needs of those people who are socially excluded and assisting them to integrate into society, in accordance with Christian principles.
For the purpose of this clause, "socially excluded" means being excluded from society, or parts of society, as a result of one or more of the following factors: financial hardship; youth or old age; ill health (physical or mental); disability; or inability to speak or understand English.
3. To protect and preserve the environment for the public benefit, in particular but not exclusively by the promotion of waste reduction and the use of surplus food.

Values Statement

The Meeting Place aspires to improve social inclusion and contribute to the spiritual, social, physical and economic well-being of our community. We help to make a difference through Christian principles and values and aim to provide safe, sustainable, and ethical activities to promote community enrichment.

STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT
Governing document
The charity is controlled by its governing document, a deed of trust, and constitutes a limited company, limited by guarantee, as defined by the Companies Act 2006.

REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS
Registered Company number
07817471 (England and Wales)

Registered Charity number
1192001


The Meeting Place (Bookham) (Registered number: 07817471)

Report of the Trustees
for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

Registered office
13 Eastwick Drive
Bookham
Leatherhead
Surrey
KT23 3PY

Trustees
Mrs E Crutchley Retired
Mrs K H Dove Teacher Of Esol (resigned 16.3.24)
Mrs S H M Hibbert Freelance Editor
Dr D N Ryder Retired
Mrs E S Woodhouse Retired
Ms H S Williams Retired
Mrs A Lewis Retired

Independent Examiner
Bullimores LLP
Chartered Accountants
Old Printers Yard
156 South Street
Dorking
Surrey
RH4 2HF

Approved by order of the board of trustees on 26 February 2025 and signed on its behalf by:





Mrs S H M Hibbert - Trustee

Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of
The Meeting Place (Bookham)

Independent examiner's report to the trustees of The Meeting Place (Bookham) ('the Company')
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Company for the year ended 31 December 2024.

Responsibilities and basis of report
As the charity's trustees of the Company (and also its directors for the purposes of company law) you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 ('the 2006 Act').

Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the Company are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of your charity's accounts as carried out under Section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 ('the 2011 Act'). In carrying out my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under Section 145(5) (b) of the 2011 Act.

Independent examiner's statement
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe:

1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Company as required by Section 386 of the 2006 Act; or
2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or
3. the accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements of Section 396 of the 2006 Act other than any requirement that the accounts give a true and fair view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination; or
4. the accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities (applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)).

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.








Nicholas Boot FCA

Bullimores LLP
Chartered Accountants
Old Printers Yard
156 South Street
Dorking
Surrey
RH4 2HF

19 March 2025

The Meeting Place (Bookham)

Statement of Financial Activities
for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

31.12.24 31.12.23
Unrestricted Restricted Total Total
fund funds funds funds
Notes £    £    £    £   
INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM
Donations and legacies 18,495 5,179 23,674 22,530

Other trading activities 2 3,642 - 3,642 3,282
Investment income 3 1,563 - 1,563 1,193
Total 23,700 5,179 28,879 27,005

EXPENDITURE ON
Charitable activities 4 19,219 19,006 38,225 27,671


Other 427 962 1,389 1,391
Total 19,646 19,968 39,614 29,062

NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE) 4,054 (14,789 ) (10,735 ) (2,057 )
Transfers between funds 14 (10,360 ) 10,360 - -
Net movement in funds (6,306 ) (4,429 ) (10,735 ) (2,057 )

RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS
Total funds brought forward 52,403 5,852 58,255 60,312

TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD 46,097 1,423 47,520 58,255

The Meeting Place (Bookham) (Registered number: 07817471)

Balance Sheet
31 December 2024

31.12.24 31.12.23
Unrestricted Restricted Total Total
fund funds funds funds
Notes £    £    £    £   
FIXED ASSETS
Tangible assets 10 854 992 1,846 3,235

CURRENT ASSETS
Stocks 11 264 - 264 243
Debtors 12 70 - 70 70
Cash at bank and in hand 46,250 932 47,182 56,306
46,584 932 47,516 56,619

CREDITORS
Amounts falling due within one year 13 (1,341 ) (501 ) (1,842 ) (1,599 )

NET CURRENT ASSETS 45,243 431 45,674 55,020

TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT
LIABILITIES

46,097

1,423

47,520

58,255

NET ASSETS 46,097 1,423 47,520 58,255
FUNDS 14
Unrestricted funds 46,097 52,403
Restricted funds 1,423 5,852
TOTAL FUNDS 47,520 58,255

The charitable company is entitled to exemption from audit under Section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 for the year ended 31 December 2024.


The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2024 in accordance with Section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.


The trustees acknowledge their responsibilities for
(a)ensuring that the charitable company keeps accounting records that comply with Sections 386 and 387 of the Companies Act 2006 and
(b)preparing financial statements which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company as at the end of each financial year and of its surplus or deficit for each financial year in accordance with the requirements of Sections 394 and 395 and which otherwise comply with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 relating to financial statements, so far as applicable to the charitable company.


The Meeting Place (Bookham) (Registered number: 07817471)

Balance Sheet - continued
31 December 2024

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to charitable companies subject to the small companies regime.


The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees and authorised for issue on 26 February 2025 and were signed on its behalf by:





D N Ryder - Trustee

The Meeting Place (Bookham)

Notes to the Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of preparing the financial statements
The financial statements of the charitable company, which is a public benefit entity under FRS 102, have been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) 'Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019)', Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' and the Companies Act 2006. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.

Income
All income is recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities once the charity has entitlement to the funds, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably.

Expenditure
Liabilities are recognised as expenditure as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to that expenditure, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefits will be required in settlement and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all cost related to the category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources.

Tangible fixed assets
Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life.


Plant and machinery - 20% on cost

Stocks
Stocks are valued at the lower of cost and net realisable value, after making due allowance for obsolete and slow moving items.

Taxation
The charity is exempt from corporation tax on its charitable activities.

Fund accounting
Unrestricted funds can be used in accordance with the charitable objectives at the discretion of the trustees.

Restricted funds can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the objects of the charity. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes.

Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the financial statements.

Pension costs and other post-retirement benefits
The charitable company operates a defined contribution pension scheme. Contributions payable to the charitable company's pension scheme are charged to the Statement of Financial Activities in the period to which they relate.


The Meeting Place (Bookham)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

2. OTHER TRADING ACTIVITIES
31.12.24 31.12.23
£    £   
Coffee Shop income 3,052 2,972
Language Hub 590 310
3,642 3,282

3. INVESTMENT INCOME
31.12.24 31.12.23
£    £   
Deposit account interest 1,563 1,193

4. CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES

Raising donations and legacies

31.12.2431.12.23
Restricted££
Anna Chaplaincy - Training and staff expenses2,3761,661
Community fridge expenditure- 5,725

Unrestricted
Community support costs5,3257,146
Support costs5,7803,497
Community fridge expenditure6,280 -
19,76118,023


Other trading activities

31.12.23 31.12.22
Restricted £ £
Anna Chaplaincy - wages 15,600 7,800
Anna Chaplaincy - pension 1,030
Unrestricted
Coffee Shop costs 1,345 1,154

17,975 8,954


The Meeting Place (Bookham)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

4. CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES - continued

Investment management costs
31.12.24 31.12.23
£    £   
Administration costs 489 694

Aggregate amounts 38,225 27,671

5. NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)

Net income/(expenditure) is stated after charging/(crediting):

31.12.24 31.12.23
£    £   
Depreciation - owned assets 1,389 1,391

6. TRUSTEES' REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS

There were no trustees' remuneration or other benefits for the year ended 31 December 2024 nor for the year ended 31 December 2023.


Trustees' expenses

31.12.24 31.12.23
£    £   
489 694
During the year, 4 trustees incurred costs in fulfilling their duties for which they were reimbursed by the charity or had such costs met by the charity directly. This comprised telephone expense, stationery, mileage and zoom license fee.

7. STAFF COSTS

The average monthly number of employees during the year was as follows:

31.12.24 31.12.23
Anna Chaplaincy 1 1

No employees received emoluments in excess of £60,000.


The Meeting Place (Bookham)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

8. COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES
Unrestricted Restricted Total
fund funds funds
£    £    £   
INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM
Donations and legacies 14,307 8,223 22,530

Other trading activities 3,282 - 3,282
Investment income 1,193 - 1,193
Total 18,782 8,223 27,005

EXPENDITURE ON
Charitable activities 12,485 15,186 27,671


Other 427 964 1,391
Total 12,912 16,150 29,062

NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE) 5,870 (7,927 ) (2,057 )


RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS
Total funds brought forward 46,533 13,779 60,312

TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD 52,403 5,852 58,255

9. GRANTS PAYABLE

Grants were made by the charity in the year to a number of charities. These are included within Community support costs.

Institution Purpose 31.12.24 31.12.23
£    £   
Mid Surrey Dementia Care Trust Support those with memory difficulties or
in the early stages of dementia
1,000
Leatherhead Community Hub Supporting locals to reduce social
isolation and strengthen support networks
1,000
Leatherhead Youth Project Support for socially and economically
disadvantaged young people
1,000
Surrey Young Carers (Action for carers) Supporting young carers. 1,000
Connect Supporting people with dementia and
their carers.
1,000
The Grange, Outdoor Learning and
Community Centre
Assisting those with learning disabilities
to obtain training opportunities, practical
experience and paid employment.
1,000
Dyscover Supporting those with aphasia. 1,000
Home Start - Epsom, Ewell and Banstead Supporting local parents and children
under five.
1,000

The Meeting Place (Bookham)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

9. GRANTS PAYABLE - continued


3,000 5,000

10. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS
Plant and
machinery
£   
COST
At 1 January 2024 and 31 December 2024 6,952
DEPRECIATION
At 1 January 2024 3,717
Charge for year 1,389
At 31 December 2024 5,106
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 December 2024 1,846
At 31 December 2023 3,235

11. STOCKS
31.12.24 31.12.23
£    £   
Stock 264 243

12. DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
31.12.24 31.12.23
£    £   
Prepayments and accrued income 70 70


The Meeting Place (Bookham)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

13. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
31.12.24 31.12.23
£    £   
Other creditors 1,842 1,599

14. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS
Net Transfers
movement between At
At 1.1.24 in funds funds 31.12.24
£    £    £    £   
Unrestricted funds
General fund 52,403 4,054 (10,360 ) 46,097

Restricted funds
Anna Chaplaincy 3,617 (13,977 ) 10,360 -
Community Fridge 2,235 (812 ) - 1,423
5,852 (14,789 ) 10,360 1,423
TOTAL FUNDS 58,255 (10,735 ) - 47,520

Net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:

Incoming Resources Movement
resources expended in funds
£    £    £   
Unrestricted funds
General fund 23,700 (19,646 ) 4,054

Restricted funds
Anna Chaplaincy 5,179 (19,156 ) (13,977 )
Community Fridge - (812 ) (812 )
5,179 (19,968 ) (14,789 )
TOTAL FUNDS 28,879 (39,614 ) (10,735 )


The Meeting Place (Bookham)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

14. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued

Comparatives for movement in funds

Net
movement At
At 1.1.23 in funds 31.12.23
£    £    £   
Unrestricted funds
General fund 46,533 5,870 52,403

Restricted funds
Anna Chaplaincy 8,108 (4,491 ) 3,617
Community Fridge 5,671 (3,436 ) 2,235
13,779 (7,927 ) 5,852
TOTAL FUNDS 60,312 (2,057 ) 58,255

Comparative net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:

Incoming Resources Movement
resources expended in funds
£    £    £   
Unrestricted funds
General fund 18,782 (12,912 ) 5,870

Restricted funds
Anna Chaplaincy 5,120 (9,611 ) (4,491 )
Community Fridge 3,103 (6,539 ) (3,436 )
8,223 (16,150 ) (7,927 )
TOTAL FUNDS 27,005 (29,062 ) (2,057 )

15. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES

There were no related party transactions for the year ended 31 December 2024.