## **Longbenton Youth Project** Trustees Report and Financial Statements For The Year Ended 31 March 2021 Charity No. 1041060 ## **Legal and Administrative Information** Name: ## **Longbenton Youth Project** Reg'd Charity No: 1041060 Trustees: Chair: Darren Havis Members: Aliesha King Violet Wilson Kim Cummings Address: Longbenton Community Centre Chesters Avenue NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE NE12 8QP Bankers: Barclays Bank Independent Examiner: Mark Thompson MAAT VODA Linskill Centre Linskill Terrace North Shields NE30 2AY ## **Trustees' Annual Report** The Charities objects are to help young people, especially but not exclusively, through their leisure time activities, so as to develop their physical, mental and spiritual capabilities that they may grow to full maturity as individuals and members of society. This is developed via detached work, group and individual work, project work with the youth worker delivering informal education. This approach has led to a very successful track record and enables the young people to be at the centre of the decision making process. ## **Activity during 2020/21** Our activities over the last year have been hugely impacted by the Coronavirus restrictions meaning that we were furloughed for nine months of the year and working part time for the other three months. The centre that we use as our base was closed for much of the year which made it impossible for us to function properly. During the time we were operating for three months part time we received a support grant from Northumbria OPCC which we used to work with young people engaging in various activities using their leisure time more positively and diverted them away from anti-social behaviour and possibly violent crime. Figures received after this work from the Crime Commissioner indicated a large reduction in crime and anti-social behaviour on the estate. Overall we worked with 43 young people from both sides of the Estate during the year which is well down on our usual contact numbers. Currently we are still on furlough and our centre is closed but we hope that restrictions will be lifting soon and that we can get back to the crucial work with our young people. Hopefully things will improve during this next year and we can continue to do what we do best serving the young people of Longbenton. ## **Trustees’ Responsibilities in relation to Financial Statements** Charity Law requires the Trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which comply with the regulations set out in the Charities Act 1993. Signed: ………….………...……Chair, on behalf of Trustees Date January 2021 ## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT** ## **Report to the trustees of Longbenton Youth Project** |**On accounts for**
**the year ended**|**31 March 2021**
**Charity no**
**1041060**| |---|---| |**Respective**|The charity's trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year| |**responsibilities of**|(under section 43(2) of the Charities Act 1993 (the Act)) and that an| |**trustees and**|independent examination is needed.| |**examiner**|It is my responsibility to| ||• examine the accounts (under section 43 of the Act),| ||• follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the| ||Charity Commission (under section 43(7)(b) of the Act), and| ||• state whether particular matters have come to my attention.| |**Basis of**|My examination was carried out in accordance with General Directions| |**independent**|given by the Charity Commissioners. An examination includes a review| |**examiner’s**|of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the| |**statement**|accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of| ||any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking| ||explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The| ||procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be| ||required in an audit, and consequently I do not express an audit opinion| ||on the accounts.| |**Independent**|In the course of my examination, no matter has come to my attention:| |**examiner's**|1. which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in, any material| |**statement**|respect, the trustees have not met the requirements to ensure that:| ||• proper accounting records are kept (in accordance with section 41 of| ||the Act); and| ||• accounts are prepared which agree with the accounting records and| ||comply with the accounting requirements of the Act; or| ||2. to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a| ||proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.| |**Signed:**|**Date: 22 January, 2022**| |**Name:**|Mark Thompson MAAT| |**Address:**|VODA| ||Linskill Centre| ||Linskill Terrace| ||North Shields| ||NE30 2AY| ## **Longbenton Youth Project** ## **Statement of Financial Activities for the year ended 31 March 2021** |**Receipts**
Grants
**2**
HMRC Job Retention Scheme
Bank Interest
Profit on Sale of Property
**Total Receipts**
**Payments**
Salaries
**3**
Activity Costs
Repairs & Renewals
Rent
Heat & Light (Refund)
Motor Expense
Travel & Entertainment
Telephone & Internet
Post, Stationery & IT
Accountancy
**4**
Refreshments
Professional Fees
**Total Payments**
Surplus / deficit for the year
Funds at 1 April 2020
**Funds at 31 March 2021**|**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**Total**
**Total**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**2021**
**2021**
**2021**
**2020**
**£**
**£**
8694
8694
34763
34763
1
1
0
6868| |---|---| ||**1**
**43457**
**43458**
**6868**| ||2258
43457
45715
48656
1061
1061
3266
0
628
975
975
0
0
0
141
141
750
0
0
0
324
0
0
0
450
0
24
0
2673| ||**4435**
**43457**
**47892**
**56771**| ||-4434
0
-4434
-49903
83010
0
83010
132912| ||**78576**
**0**
**78576**
**83010**| ## **Longbenton Youth Project Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2021** |||**2021**|**2020**| |---|---|---|---| |||**£**|**£**| ||**Notes**||| |**Current Assets**|||| |Cash at Bank & in Hand||78576|83010| |Debtor|||| |**Total Cash Balances**||**78576**|**83010**| |**Current Liabilities**|||| |**Net Current Assets**||**78576**|**83010**| |**Net Assets at 31 March 2021**||**78576**|**83010**| |**Represented By:**|||| |Restricted Funds||0|0| |Unrestricted Funds||78576|83010| |||**78576**|**83010**| Signed …………….……………………… Position ……………………. Signed …………….……………………… Position ……………………. Date ………………………………………. ## **Longbenton Youth Project** ## **Notes to the accounts, 2021** ## **1. Basis of accounts** The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with 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 2015) – Charities SORP (FRS 102), the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the Companies Act 2006 Longbenton Youth Project meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102. Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at historical cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant accounting policy note(s). ## **2. Grants Received** Northumbria Police Crime Commissioner 8694 (All spent within the finncial year). **3. Trustees and Staff** Total Staff Costs for the year: Salaries **45715** ## **4. Costs of financial services** The cost for the Independent Examination for the financial period will be £450.