Company regislralion number.. 02672194 Charity registration number- 1007702 Base51 (A company limiied by guarantee) Annual Report and Financial Statemenls for the Year Ended 31 March 2024 Community Accounting Plus Units l & 2 North West 41 Talbot Street Nottingha NGI 5GL Base 51 Contents Reference and Administralive Details Trustees Report 2to6 Independent Examiner's Report Statement of Financlal Activities 8t09 Balance Sheet io Statement of Ca%h Flows Notes lo the Financial Sialements 12to23 Base 51 Reference and Administratii'e Details Trustees P Morley, Chair H Banl¢y G KauT M Orozco F mu%￿fa L Binney N Stevenson. Treasurer P Duckworth S Trivedi M Dunn J Hipkiss L Raddon Jackson Senior Management Team Jo J¢pson. CEO Charity Registration Number 1007702 Company Registration Number 02672194 Registered Office 4a Peachey Sireel Noiiingvham N(TI 4AN Independenl Examiner John O'Brien. employee of Coininunily Accounling Plus Unils l & 2 Nonh We%1 41 Talboi Street Noltingham NGI 5GL Solicitors: Nelsons Solicitors Pennine House 8 Stanford Street Notlingham NGI 7BQ Lloyds Bank PLC 28 Gresham Sireel London EC2V7HN Bankers Page I Base 51 Trustees Report The trustees, who are directors for the putposes of company law. present the annual report together with the financial stalements and auditors, report of the charitable coinpany for the year ended 31 March 2024. Trustees and orricers The Iru%lees kmd officers serving during Ihe year and since Ihe year end were as follows.. Trustees.. P Morley. Chair H Bartley Kaur M Orozco F Mustafa L Binney N Stevenson. Treasurer (appointed 19 June 2023) P DuLkworth (appointed 5 December 2023) S Trivedi (appointed 18 March ?0?4} M Dunn (appointed 10 June 2024) J Hipki%s (appoinled 10 June 2024) L Raddon Jackson (appointed 5 December 2023) T Knighi (resigned I l April 2024) G Eves (resigned 5 December 2023) M Barnell (resigned 15 June 2024) Structure, governance and management Nature ofgoverning documen¢ The charity is a company limited by guarantee and regislered charity. It is operaled under the rules of its memorandum and articles of assoLiation dated 18th DeLember 1991 and mosl recenily amended 16th December 2018. It has no share Lapital and the liability of each member in the event of winding-up is limited lo £1. Recruilmenl and appoinlmenl oflru51ee5 During this year we have employed a specialist agency Trlol for Profit People. to assist us in recruiting diverse Trustees. who have the skillsel to enable the charity to deliver on current and future objectives. Objectives and activities Objec¢s and aims The objects of the Centre are- ( l) To promote the preservation and protection of the physical and mental health of young persons between the ages of I l and 25 in the City of Nottinghain Nottinghamshire and the East Midland5,' (2) To advance the education of such young persons as aforesaid and to provide in the interests of social welfare facilities for their recreation or other leisure-time occupation. Page 2 Base 51 Trustees Report Objectives, strategies and activilies The main aclivities of Base 51 are in summary; Provision of a young people's Counselling Service, working within our facility. communities and in GP surgeTi¢%' Pro￿.1￿10n of an open access youth centre. wilh affordable and acce%sible aclivities, welfare and health service all under one roof,. Provi%ion of lJrgeted programmes which address the welfatt of young people. Provi%ion of a Training Academy which 1% central to the quality and a¢Lessibility of safe services for young people in Nottingham and Nottingham%hire. Public benefit The public benefits Ihat flow from purpose { l ) are.. a) improving the ment141 and emolion1L I hei11ih of young peopl¢, so ihai they lead happier lives. b) enabling young people to make h¢alihy decisions and be belter able io cope when ihings go wrong. The public benefits ihal flow from purpose {2) are.. a) to equip young people with the skills and behaviours lo succeed in their chosen path: b) to m&ike po%ilive use of their leisure time. building positive iTrnd supporting peer groups: c) young people to be informed and able to make positive choices. The tru%tees confirm Ih¢lt they have Lomplied with the requiremenls of seclion 17 of the Charitie% Act 201 I to have due regy&ird to the publiL benefit guidance published by the Ch&Wity Commission for Eng7land 4ind Wales. Achievements and performanee The Board of Tru%lee% are incredibly ihankful for the dedicaiion of Ihe leain. their unwavering commitinent to support young people has been inspiralional. They exlend their Ihanks and appreciation io everyone who has supported Base 51 Ihi5 year a5 we move into our new year. in new premises and with new future plan5. During this year w'e coniinued to feel the financial impaci of increasing costs, particularly associated with running costs of NGY. Our priority was to relain as many froni line service5 as possible during thi5 year of transition. Whilst we were unable lo pass any of the rising costs onto others using ihe NGY building we were left no choice but to absorb1055e5 through our reserves. while negotialing new lease ternjs and designing an exit strategy. From 1st Oclober 2023 our lease tem15 changed to a short ter]n 5eThwiced lease arrangement with Nottingham City Council. and we had an exit plan lo move out of NGY by the 31 st March 2024. We are proud to report that our ¢ore service5 were %u¢cessfully retained and this was due to our unwaverinb, dediiation to in¢ome generation dnd entreneurial approach to service development. Counselling.. during thib year we delivered 1373 Sessions across our full ¢ounselling provision. Presenting i55ues include dnxiety, family and relational i55ues, exam 5tre55 and the ongoing impavt uf COVID. This year saw our seLond year in partnership with ABL Health for our Lore service, this serviLe primarily offered a single session inlervenlion. NGY (managing the NGY building); we ivelcomed 4842 young people into NGY during this year, with 107 being new lo our services, some accessing the range of Base 51 sessions. others meeting with the Youth Justice Serwice or joining the Princes Trust programmes. Page 3 Base 51 Trustees Report Open Access Youth Work. during this year we worked with 2791 young people across our universal youth sessions, activilies included gaines nights, arts and crafts, cooking workshops, lopical discussions and film nights. Many young people come lo Base 51 sessions as it is a safe place to meel with friends and just 'hang out,, others need 1-2-1 services and support - this year we had altendances for crisis support. Group Work - Outburst {LGBTQ+). Junior Outbursl, Young Leaders. Art in Mind. OutbuT51 continues to be one of our flagyship services with 130 young people ￿'hO idenifiy as LGBTQI+ regularly joining sessions, Ihey enjoy a safe SOLial space, meetingF new friends, acti￿.1t1es and wlecome in gFuest speakers to talk lo ihein about issues th(It LGBTQI+ young people face. This group ivere also ￿ery involved in our media c(Impaigyn in March to raibe awareness of our fundingy challengFes for ihe year ahead. able to speak confidenily and passionately about the impact Ba%e 51 ha% had on their lives. Evolution trauma focu$8ed therapy for young people who have experienLed seTiOU% violence. Thi8 year working with 118 young people who ha(1 experienced trauma. a ioial of 347 one to one coun%elling se%8ion w¢r¥ held c1nd 53 support se%%ions with youih workeTS were also carried out io provide a holistic WTap around erviL¢. Social prescribing. this year we worked with the NNE Primary Care (yroup. and know Priinary Care Network, coniinuing lo d¢￿'¢10p the young people's social pr¢sLribing projeci. This project includ¢4 a full lime SoLial PresLribing Link Worker, and 8 0.5 FTE Coun5¢11or. additionally we had a part time Hybrid Young People, Menial He6ilih Worker - this role be%pok¢ lo Arrow Healih PCN and was ￿e￿.elOped with the Clinical Director who identified the benefit to paiienis using this specific model of support. During the year we received 573 referrals of young people referred by their LIP for mental health support. Base 51 Training Academy; during this year we continued lo grow our Training Academy. This year we ran accredited Youih Work Iraininsy courses with youth workers from the community and voluniary sector - which wal funded Ihrougyh a contract with the Poli¢e and Crime Commi%%ioner and delivered youth work Iraii)ii)gy jii P&lrtnership with the East of Enbyldnd Rebyional Youth Work Unit. This year .%dW us launLh our Couii%ellinb ALademy having, gyained 'Centre ReLobynilion'with AIM (yroup. we delivered our first Luhort thi% year with learners Lompletingy within this finanLial year. During this year we supported a total of 39 volunteer roles. these volunteerinup opportunities ran&Fed froin Loun%ellinb'. youth work. fundraising and event% and admini%lralion. Towards the end of thi% year we were SULcessful with a National Lottery Award io expand and develop our Volunteering programme, Ihis mean8 we can provide training and development pathways for all volunteers, supported by a dedicated Volunteer Coordinator. Financial review During this year we saw a significant movement in our restricted funds balance. this was due to our long tenn lease arrangements with Nottingham City Council. Ihe remaining balance of the sinking fund was returned, thi.s value being £107,602. Whilst the City Council took on ihe running and maintenance of NGY from 0111012023 there were residual contracts that we were obliged to maintain and we had an agreement with NCC to reclaim some of these costs that we incurred for day to day servcies, such as cleaning. The ongoing pressure on reserves Teduced our unrestricted balance, this will impact fulure In￿estment and operational plans. Policy on reserves Trustees continue to agree reserves at the annual planning meeting each year. a target of six months continues to be our aim. HaN'ing these reserves enables us to continue with critical services for Trwlnerable young people if we experience changes in funding. Longer lem funding challenges are considered in our risk regisler. and built into our income generation strategy. Page 4 Base 51 Trustees Report Principal risks and uncertainlies Financial ri.sks The unrestricted fund deficit recognised during this year of £42,406 reflects the challenging and changTin environinenl that we had to managye through. this follows the previous year of funding cuts, boih created significant challenges that affeLied OUT unre%lricled reserve%. Our ongoing commitinent to operalionq and d¢liv¢Ty l¢am8 were supported through funds. Ihis includes investment into income gen¢ralion and diveTSification. Plans for future periods Aim.1 and kry i•hje£'tive.Iforfulure period. Immediate plans for 2024 included the moving of facililies. the plan to move from NGY into a serviced building in Nottin&yham was realised in April 2024. This move will support our future sustainability plans. reduce ongoing ulilily and maintenance pressures and enable us lo focus on service provision. Future plans currently include working in partnership with a developer. who is renovating and restoring a cold war buildinb,. Ioc1