York Schools and Youth Trust (Yoyo) The Trustees present their report and accounts for the year ending 31st July 2024. York Schools and Youth Trust, also known as Yoyo, is Charity Number 1057991 first registered on 19° July 1996. eratin address throughout this year has been: Holgate Methodist Church Acomb York Y024 4AE Tel. 01904 798941 Email.. office@yoyotrust.org.uk Website.. www. otrust.or Trustees servin durin Mrs Cathy Roberts Mr Adrian Fuller Miss Elizabeth Hunt Mrs Ruth Somerville Rev Peter Horsley Mrs Dot Bevington Professor Bryony Beresford Rev Chris Ray Mrs Alexandra Hale Mrs Mandy Smith the ear.. Chair Treasurer (Resigned November 2023) Secretary (Resigned November 2023) Vice Chair (Elected July 2024) Staff team.. Tony Bower Andy Barthow Isobel Barthow Tamsin Nihill Janine Gray Emily Elks Isobel Embleton Kate Lamb Judith Summerfield Executive Officer (Appointed September 2023 Administration and Communications Officer Finance Administrator Inde endent Examiner of Accounts Keith Dixon 4 Crabtree Drive, Malton, North Yorkshire Y017 7FQ Bankers Lloyds PLC, Pavement, York Y01 9LB CCLA Fund Managers Ltd Senator House, 85 Queen Victoria Street, London, EC4 4ET Yoyo Annual Report & Accounts 2024 Structure, Governance and Management York Schools and Youth Trust is administered and managed as a charitable trust by the trustees under the Trust Deed declared in July 1996. The board of trustees comprises Christians from a range of churches and denominations across the City of York. The Charity is non-denominational and trustee recruitment is by an informal process. Potential trustees are recommended from within the local Christian community, they meet with some existing trustees and are given time to consider the possibility of joining the trust. Trustees are elected at the AGM or a Special Meeting called for this purpose. Trustees are elected for a three year term and can serve no more than three terms of three years. Office holders are elected eaGh year at the AGM. Trustees meet once or twice each school term, with an annual strategy half day and additional meetings as required. Interim meetings are held by sub-groups of trustees when required, with minutes available to all. The Principal Staff member (Executive Officer), to whom day to day management is delegated. is in attendance at all trustee meetings. The trustees consider risks affecting the trust from time to time. Such risks include: Issues relating to the safeguarding and protection of children and young people with whom the trust's workers are in contact. The trustees have appointed Dr lan Richardson, a retired OFSTED inspector, as their safeguarding officer. Financial risks.. The trustees have remained vigilant in their monitoring of budgets in 202312024 to ensure a good financial position. In respect of these and other matters that may arise the trustees seek to have in place policies and procedures to deal fully wtth the possible effects of such risks on the trust. No serious incidents have occurred this year related to finance or safeguarding. 2023-2024 a year of contlnued development and growth of schools, work During 202312024 the schools, team has worked with the vast majority of primary and secondary schools across the city with thousands of children and young people hearing about the Christian faith through projects, assemblies, lessons and clubs. The schools, team has responded to school requests for specific topics to be covered as well as offering our usual programmes at Christmas and Easter, "It's Your Bible" and the Transition programme 'lt's Your Move. during the summer term. In addition. the team have also led Collective Worships, RE lessons, lunchtime clubs and Prayer and Reflection Spaces. Some of the requests by schools have been topics relating to their RE syllabus for example "Why do people believe in God?" "If God is everywhere, why go to church?" What matters most to Christians and Humanists? Is it better to express your religion in arts and architecture or Gharity and generosity?. Other topics covered include, 'Playdough World" Radical Jesus" and "Death and the Afterlife" Schools have also invited the team in for"Question and Answerf sessions, and the team have been involved in delivering lessons on Holocaust Memorial Day and National Poetry Day. The team have also supported schools in developing HaNest, Christmas and Easter services. Yoyo Annual Report & Accounts 2024 New initiatives have been introdu￿d, for example in the autumn temi, a new project 'lt's Your City, was introduced to help children understand York's Christian heritage. This was based on a previous project called "It's Your City" which took place a number of years ago but was reshaped and reimagined to bring a fresh. new approach. The team took schools on a tour of the city to meet a variety of Christian figures such as John Wesley and Margeret Clitherow with a variety of team members and volunteers acting out the roles. Christmas saw a new initiative in partnership with a local church, the "Christmas Journey Experience" Schools were given the opportunity to walk through the various scenes of the Nativity, meeting the key characters, bringing the Christmas story to life. In the spring term, a Well-beinglPamper Experience was introduced to help to support school staff in their busy and demanding roles. In the summer temi, a project took pla￿ which involved Bible Stories being brought to life with children in Key Stage 1. The children produced some wonderful artwork to illustrate the stories. Following this project, a PowerPoint was produced for use in the schools who took part. Clubs in secondary schools have continued to develop and have increased in number over the course of the year with an increase in the number of young people attending them. Team members also worked with a number of local churches on their summer holiday clubs and continue to work with York Christian Youth Holidays on their summer camps for children and young people. As outlined in the Annual Report last year, all pro￿edS from the book published by Yoyo called "Believe in Miracles? A Hope for Ukraine. have been donated to 'Shelter' run by the Ukrainian Christian Sport Academy. Trustee meetings have all taken pla￿ in person throughout the year. Objectives and Activities The trustees continue to apply the trust's funds to the objects as set out in the Trust Deed.. "Working with York Schools and Churches to bring the Christian faith alive.. In carrying out this objective the Yoyo team has supported and served schools by communicating the Christian faith in ways relevant and effective to York's children and young people by: Taking RE lessons in both primary and secondary schools Leading assemblies and collective worship in primary and secondary schools Providing reflective spaces Supporting and encouraging staff and students through lunch time and after school clubs Developing resources that help and enhan￿ the delivery of religious education Recruiting, training and supporting volunteers who assist in the delivery of the work in schools Offering pastoral support for staff and students at times of crisis and stressful situations Developing and delivering creative ways of communicating the Christian faith that are cross curricular Sharing about the work in local churches who are supporters of the Trust Being involved in city wide youth work with local youth workers and other youth organisations Yoyo Annual Report & Accounts 2024 Preparing resources for schools, churches, children, young people, parents and teachers to use The Executive Officer has also been continuing to build relationships beyond the City of York boundaries with various new potential projects emerging. Regular prayer meetings have been held to support the work of Yoyo. These have been attended by team members, trustees and interested supporters from the local churches. They have been held electronically, using zoom and have also taken place in person in loGal churches. Staffing All staff, except the part time Finance Administrator, work directly with the young people of York to advance the Christian religion. One staff change took place during the year: Isobel Embleton was appointed on a part-time Gontract in September 2023. Kate Lamb primarily works in the office but has on occasions been into school with other team members. Kate took up the role as secretary to trustees in November 2023 and has continued in this role throughout the rest of the year. Achievements and Perfomance One of the main and ongoing achievements of Yoyo is its regular clubs which are attended by a variety of students, from both a faith and no faith background. The schools highly value the opportunities that a Christian Glub gives to their Gommunities. The year-round assemblies and lessons are also highly valued by both the primary and secondary schools. This can be evidenced by the fact that Yoyo works in virtually all the schools in York. The Executive Officer has continued to develop relationships with some schools and churches outside the City of York boundaries leading to some new projects being planned in these sreas. Online resources and books produced by Yoyo continue to be well received. New volunteers continue to join Yoyo to support the work of the team. Public Benefit Yoyo's provision of lessons, assemblies and clubs is available to every child, in every school in the York area, without discrimination or distinction of class, socio-economic background, colour or religion, and without charge. Yoyo provides valuable support to the schools of York in meeting the requirements of the Religious Education syllabus and by their contribution to variety of discussions within lessons in other subject areas. Yioyo's online resources have been available to anyone free of charge, in keeping with Yoyo's policy of free access. A full Statement of Public Benefit is available. Yoyo Annual Report & Accounts 2024 Financial Review A set of accounts for the year ending 31 St July 2024 are annexed to this report. During the financial year ending 31st July 2024, the trust incurred expenditure of £208,610 which funded a team of four full-time staff and five part-time staff, and the trust's accommodation at Holgate Methodist Church. During the year, the trust received donations from churches in the York area, grant making bodies and individuals totalling £211,951. This resulted in a net operating surplus of £3,341 for the year. The trust benefited from an overall increase in the value of its investments of £4,886 whiGh meant the total net surplus was £8,227. With the opening reserves balance of £90,125 the trust finished the year with a reserves balance of £98,352. The majority of the trust's funds is held in a general fund. This fund received £211,284 income during the year and expenditure totalled £206,443. This meant there was a net income of £4,841. The value of the investment increased in the year by £4,886. The total net income was therefore £9,727. The general fund reserves increased from £87,699 at the beginning of the year to £97,426 at the end of the year. A small amount of income and expenditure related to restricted funds, as follows: £632 was received specifically for the Trust's "It's Your City" project and spent on that project during the year, with no balance held at the end of the year. The opening balance of £688 from a grant from York Foodbank received in 2022 was spent in 2023, with no balance held at the end of the year. £35 was received from the sale of books and £847 spent on donations in respect of our support for Ukraine, funded by a grant received in 2023. The opening balance in this fund was £1738 and the closing balance of £926 will be used on future work connected with Ukraine. The trust's policy is to try and ensure that at the end of each term there are sufficient cash reserves to meet the following term's expenditure. This comes to approximately £50,000. The year ended with the general fund reserves at £97,426 whiGh meets this policy. Additional reserves of £926 were held to fund the ongoing work and aid for Ukrainian refugees. A claim for gift aid of £2,290 was made after the financial year end. Where possible, cash resenies in excess of half a term's expenditure are held in a high interest account or charity investment fund managed by CCLA Fund Managers Ltd. This is in order to maximise our return whilst minimising risk. The amount invested at the end of the financial year was £66,460 based on the valuation of the fund on 315t July 2024. A total of £1,854 in interest was received during the year and there has been an increase in the market value of £4,886. In March and May 2024 £10,000 was transferred from the investment fund to undertake the work of the charity in the year and in July 2024 £20,000 was transferred to the investment fund to fund the work of the charrty in the year ahead. The twstees are extremely grateful to our supporters. Their generosity has once again enabled the trust to carry out their objectives during the year. The trustees will be looking in the coming year at ways to increase the regular income in order to strengthen the general fund for future years. Yoyo Annual Report & Accounts 2024 The Way Ahead The team and trustees continue to look ahead and explore how the work can be built upon. Schools work and partnership working with local churches is reviewed each half term. Our Team and Trustee Away Morning focused on 'Communication': how we communicate the exciting story of Yoyo and widen our supporter base to build on our current financial support. A new venture was to run an exciting Summer Carnival. inviting families to come and enjoy a Tange of fun-filled activities, have the opportunity to talk to the team about the exciting work that they do and enjoy a barbeque. The event was well attended, and new folders containing information about the work of Yoyo on newly designed, colourful, eye-catching new branding were available for people to take away. The folders will continue to be given out to local churches and at Yoyo events. A newly designed postcard is also being developed as an additional means of sharing key information about Yoyo which will be available in the autumn term. New initiatives have taken place with schools as outlined above in the information included under the heading '2023-2024 a year of continued development and growth of schools, work.. In all matters the board of trustees continues to operate well and looks forward to continuing the Charity's objectives. ccL• Mrs Cathy Roberts Chair Revd Peter Horsley Vice Chair November 2024 Yoyo Annual Report & Accounts 2024 Paxton Charity Commission SOFA Report as at 3110712024 Pagelofl Charity no. 1057991 Yorkschools and Youth Trust Printed: 2010812024 UThreslricted fund$ Restricted lTreome fuNds Endowtn¢nt funds Total funds Prior year fuDds neome eTrdowments from: Donations and leg￿leS L"harii2ble activites Other trading aetivities Inv¢%lrncnts Separate InaL¢ria] itcm of income Oih¥r 209,294 135 632 35 209,927 170 175,461 683 1,854 1,854 1.920 Tot81 211,284 667 211,95 I 178.064 xpenditurt on: Raisii)g lunds Charilablc activiti¢.% Separaie maierial item of exp¥nse (Xhur 749 205.694 430 1,738 1,179 207.432 608 190.521 206,443 2,167 208.610 191.129 et 5ncomel{expenditure) efure invt.¥tment %#insl(10$ge8> NLt gain￿(10sS￿¥I on invcstmcnls et ineomel(expendilurel xtrnordin¥ry items I'rnn¥fep+ between fund$ et Movemtlll I￿ li ￿Thd5 4.841 .1,500 3.341 -13,116.S 4,886 4.886 -1.796 9,727 8,227 -14.861 Y,727 11,227 -14,1161 eeonciliation •f Funds otal funds brought forwdrd lal funds carried forwgrd 87,699 2.426 90,125 97.42() 926 Paxton Charity no. 1057991 Yorkschools and Youth Trust Charity Commission BalAnee Sheet as at 3110712024 Pagel ofl Printed." 2010812024 Un1¥5triLted Funds Restricted Income Furlds Endowment FuT]ds Total fiinds Prior y¥