REGISTERED COMPANY NUMBER: 03205487 (England and Wales) REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1056330 rt of the Trustees and Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 Mar¢h 2025 for Joint Activities and Motor Edueydtion Serrice JAMES Walkers Accountsnts Limited Aireside House Aireside Business Centre Royd Ings Avenue Keighley West Yorkshire BD214BZ Joint Activities and Motor Education Service JAMES Cont¢nt$ of th¢ FinanciAI Statements for the ear ended 31 M4rch 2025 Page Chairperson's Report Report of the Trustees Independent Ex*mlner's Report Statement of Financial Activities Balance Sheet 10 to 11 Cash Flow Statement 12 Notes to the C￿h Flow Statement 13 Notes to the Finan¢ial Statements 14 to 24 Joint Activities and Motor Educatlon Serriee JAMES Chair erson's Re ort for the ear ended 31 March 2025 The Board presents its RepoTt for the y¢ar ended 31st March 2025, my first as Chair of the Trustees. Firstly, I would like to thank Paul Robinson for his six years in the role, undoubtedly a hard act to follow. We wish Paul all the best in his recovery from his accident. I would also Eike to express the Board's heartfelt thanks to all our staff and volunteers for their support. Commitn￿nt and resolve over this last year; without you, there would be no JAMES. We have welcomed ttvo new members to the Board over the period. Mazafar Jan and Cathy Pilkington. each contributing additional experience and expertise to the organisation's governance and I thank all Board members for their continuing commitrnent to JAMES. The decision to leave the Frizinghall site and cease being an independent school Iw led to a transfomiative 12 months. Whilst being an ideal base in many ways, remaining at Frizinghall had become financially unviable. The Board extends special thath to Kevin M¢t¢alfe BEM and his stsff for their bard work packing resources, moving everything to the Keighley. Sbipley and Holme Wood sites, preparing, painting and decorating the new locations, all whilst also doing their day-to-day jobs. This was proper teamwork and a pleasure to see. Programmes delivered this year have gone well, especially Alternativ¢ Education which has had excellent attendances, and we thank local schools for their continued support. Stronger Families and Family Aid programmes are extraordinarily cornplex and the council database is continually changtng, which makes more IT work for staff and less time to spend with families. Positive Futures, RSE and IDVA all continue to rLm smoothly. Funding is always a challenge for JAMES, but the Board would like to thank all funders during this budget year. Whilst always facing financial pressu￿. we have nevertheless maintained a stable financial position. The Board thanks Sandra and Jolm for their oversight and management of income and expenditure. The JAMES website www.jamesuk.org has been updated and is now mu¢h easier to navigate. Finally, the Board extends its congratulations to staff members IAura Firth (Alternative Education) on the birth of her Son and to Shelly Bnllnnlltt (IDVA) on the birth of her daughter. We look fonvard to the coming year and th¢ challenges that it will inevitably bring. Mrs R Seton JP {Chair) Pag¢ I Joint A¢tlvfitles and Motor Education SerTrryce JAMES stered number: 03205487 ort of the Tru$tee$ for the vear ended 31 March 2025 Th¢ trustees who are also directors of the ¢haTity for the purposes of the Companies Act 2006, present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 Ma￿h 2025. The trustees have adopted the provisions of Accounting and Reporting by Charities.. Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in a¢¢ordance with the Financial Reporting Standard appli¢able in the UK and R¢public of Ireland {FRS 102) (effective l January 2019). OBJECTIVES AIYD ACTIVITIES Objt¢tfives and alms As per our Memorandum and Articles our objectives are: a) to advan¢¢ the education and vocational training of young people who need additional support, OT are disengaged from mainstream provision. To support them ihrougb individualised learning packages, raising attainment and achievement. Primarily supporting young people resident in Bradford District. b) to assist young people especially, but not exclusively, tbrough recreational, educational and other leisure time activitie$ to develop their physical, mental and spiritual Cap￿ltieS so that they grow to full nlaturity as individuals and take a useful and responsible pla¢e in the commurrity. c) to support families, working to address their specific needs; enabling them to become more resilient, leading to sustainable improved outsomes. d) to enable those with lived experience to be at the heart of JAMES, through opportunities including. staff roles, volunteering, traineeships and work experience. The Management Conllnittee confirni that they have referred to the guidance contained in the Charities Commission's general guidance on the public benefit when reviewing the Charitys aIll￿ and objectives and in planning activities and setting the grant making policy for the year. Methods To achieve these objectives JAMES offers the followlng services. Education - we are an alternative education provider, supporting vulnerable learners through per50nalised learning packages. Prevention engaging young people and families in individualised support and positive activitie5, including: sport, craft, conflict resolution, training programme$, healthy lifestyles And relationships. - Training and Employment - providing placements accruing experience, knowledge and skills of working and learning within our specialist environments. Family Focus matching a Keyworker to a family to overcome barriers and Implen￿nt strategies to improving resilience. Providing support when families need it most. The charity has worked with young people. whose ¢ircumstances or way of lifr puts them at risk of coming into conflict with the Criminal Justice System or has already done so, especially but not exclusively, through recreational, educational and other leisure time activities. Page 2 Joint Activitie5 anil Motor Education Sen4ee JAMES Re stered number: 03205487 rt of the Trnstees for the vear ended 31 March 2025 OBJECTIVES AIW ACTIVITIES Slgnifi¢Ant a¢tlvldes 1118 participants engaged this year, of which 570/0 id¢ntifi¢d as f¢mal¢. Th¢ ag¢ of participants ranged from O to 83 year5. 74% identified as white British" with 130/0 identifying as Asiafy Asian British and Bangladeshi. furtb¢r participants identified as. Slovakiao Czechoslovakian, Hungaria￿ Filipino and African. reflecting the diversity of our district and our reach across all our conunuDities. 650/0 of JAMES parti¢ipants were aged 25 years or below, reflecting thai the majority are young people, with over 500/0 of all participants aged 6-17 years. JAMES delivered over 3.800 sessions within our cotnmunities and across the district. JAMES has taken pre-emptive actions to respond to ongoing budget pressures, these decisions have been taken in the ongoing environment of flat contracts, where little OT no uplift. in real ternjs. mean a ¢ut in resources. Investment in our community sites has been required to facilitate fjjture reductions in overheads. Keighley Tramshed is now ￿llY operational &$ a motor vehicle learning space, where the funding from the UK Government Community 0￿￿eTShip Fund and in partnership with the Garfield Weston Foundation, the Bernard Sunley Foundatio￿ and the Clothworkers Foundation, have built a fantastic local re50urce for years to ¢ome. Objectives and Acti￿tieS. Our strategic plan to move out of FrizinglMII came lo f￿ltiOn this year, wheTe we finally handed back the keys and started the new academic year in our community bases in Shipley, Holme Wood, and Keighley. We have been in Frizinghall since 2012: and it was in this space that we became an independent school, embedded and evolved our quality learning offer, and gained a 'good' across the board in our last Ofsted inspection. Frizinghall has been our head office and flagship learning site and it was with sath)ess that our era in the building has ¢ome to an end. The improvements to OUT community sites and increased delivery space at Shipley. have brought new opportunities this year and young people and staff have settled into their new routines. Behaviour from young people deserve5 a note of Praise as they have responded ex¢¢ptionally well to our smaller community settings. We bave fi￿her deepened our relationships with local schools and their links to our 3 Community Sltes this year. butlding on our new delivery strategy. Volunteers As ever, JAMES tnlly appTeciates the wide-ranging support from our dedicated volunteers. Thank you so much for the support you provide to staff and for all our young people and families, where many of you have faced the same lived experience challenges. Even the little actions and inputs, can make a huge difference. Page 3 Jolnt Actlvities and Motor Education Servtce JAMES Re '$tered number: 03205487 Re ort of tht Trustt¢s for the vear ended 31 March 2025 STIL4TEGIC REPORT Aehfievements And performance Charitable actiiTrties Charitable activities - many of OUT core services continue to be delivered this year, where both forntsl and infomal partnerships sil at the backbone of our ethos to supporting young people and families. Significant programll￿s thi8 year include: Alternative Education The su¢cess of our education provision has led to ongoing waiting lists for this programme, where we continue to see the fall-out from the pand¢mi¢ on those that are disengaged from mainstream education. A theme of further embedding functional skills within the garage environment has continued, where we have supported young people to achieve their industy r¢cognised IMI vocational qualificalions. Young people have undertaken fornial qualifications, where exams have been sat both online and on paper. where for many, the qualifications at JAMES are their route into further training, education, and employment. Marlne Dlvlslon As part of the planning to leave Frizinghall, JAMES made the decision to take on additional space at The Whar£ Shipley site. Additional capacity was necessary and the site will enable both ¢lassroom-based l¢arning and hands-on provision along the canal corridor. COF- Level]ing Up Grants were received of £31.476 to significantly improve our Keighley Tramshed site during the year, supporting JAMES sustainability in the longer t¢m]. Costs were incurred totalling £38.438. Relationships and Sei Education (RSE) Now in its 4th year of deliv¢ry, this progranllne {in partnership with Step 2 as lead and HALE) is now established within schools in the district. Our Dew schools, coordinator has swiftly developed our booking and recording systems and the partnership team had a great success in both their inaugural RSE Conference and the creation of video content that reflected our Bradford youllg people. Sub$tAn¢e Mi$u$e JAMES were successful in gaining some resources to support impToved outcomes around $ubstsn¢e misuse. W¢ have up skilled a n￿mber of staff who has gained a qualification in substance misuse, which will have impact across our delivery portfolio. We also gained some new resources to support delivery in this area. including VR goggles for interactive learning. T1￿1ve We know the importance of moving families towards and into work and the positive long-terni impact this has on improved outcomes. JAMES undertook a small Programme by GToundwoTk, focusing on these families. One of our senior family support workers, Caroline, did a great job in engaging, supporting and securing training and job outcomes for 15 families on the programme. 2 participants moved into employmentlself-employment, 4 engaged into trainingleducation, 8 moved into job search and 8 gained basi¢ skills. Family Aid Workers (FAW) The 2 FAW workers have had fantastic out¢omes for the families they work wbile juggling the movement to the new EHM recording system. Both FAW staff have risen to the challenge and are now synchronised in the system of wider Early Help in the district. This culn)inates the transfornTrtion of all our Early Help services onto the new recording system and their compliance with new pra¢ti¢e standards. whieh have been brought in across the district. Financial reviejy Fin4ncial position The hard strategic decisions of the past few years and our Completion of the movement out of Frizinghall this year have enabl¢d us to continue to focus resources on delivery on the frontline. JAMES, as a result, has been able to support salary increases for slaff, at 40/0. JAMES have had numerous cottversations with funders and commissioners about the impact of no uplifts in budgets and the implication on OUT ability to deliver support on the ground to young people and families. However budgets a￿ set for the forth coming financial year. Page 4 Joint Activities and Motor Education Servfice JANIES tered number: 03205487 for the ear ended 31 March 2025 STRATEGIC REPORT Flnantlal r¢vfiew Principal funding sources 800/0 of JAMES resour¢e5 this year were secured locally, as we have seen the impact of a further devolution of budgets, in parallel wilh the culn)ination of the renovation of our Keighley site. 8/0 of fimds came from regional. or West Yorkshire sour¢¢s. Ffinanelal Revlew The Current situation with funding is that levels have decreased to £965,259 (2024.. £1,069,862). We anticipate that our fiinding levels will decrease during 2025126 due to continued cuts in.gov¢rnment and local council spending. Expenditure has increased to £919,052 (2024.. £881.635) JAMES will continue to keep a tight reign of its spending. The Accounts show that reserves have increased to £803,143 (2024: £756,936) of which free reserves are £388,419 (2024: £336,034). Reserves Policy JAMES robust financial management Continues to renmin in a strong reSe￿e position and can support strategic short-terni deficits when necessary. JAMES maintain a policy of retaining 6-9 months, operational costs as unrestricted reserves. Unrestricted reserves are ¢urrently in excess of this but in the current economic climate and the uncertainty of funding, the Trustees are going to explore options that enable JAMES to ￿rther improve our long-tern) stsbility. The reserves policy is reviewed annually by Trustees and the management team. STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT Governing document The charity is controlled by its governing document. a deed of trusL and constitutes a lin)ited company. limited by guarantee. as defined by the Companies Act 2006. The organisation is a charitable company limiled by guarantee, in¢ory)OTated on 30 May 1996 and registered as a charity on 24 June 1996. Th¢ company bas established under a Memorandum of Association which established the objects and powers of the charitable company and is governed under its Arti¢les of Association. Reeruitment and appointment of nejy trustees The directors of the company aTe also charity trnstees for the purposes of charity law and under the companls Articles are known as members of the Management Committee. Under the requirements of the M¢rnorandutn and Articles of Asso¢iation the members of the Management Con]mittee are elected to serve for a period of one year after which they must be re