Company registration number: 03251475 Charity registration number: 1058420 Colchester & Tendring Youth Enquiry Service (A company limited by guarantee) Annual Report and Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 Mawh 2024 Goody Chartered Accountants Unit 8 Old Forge Court Colchester Road Elmstead Market C07 7EA Colchester & Tendring Youth Enquiry Service Contents Referenc¢ and Administrative Details Trustees, Report 2to9 Independent Examiner's Rq io Statement of Financial Activities Balance Sh¢et 12to 13 Notes to th¢ Financial Statements 14to28 Colchester & Tendring Youth Enquiry Service Reference and Administrative Details Trustees Philip Strangward Natasha Wainaina LAura Mathi&s Jacqueline Ann Williams (Chairperson) Alexandra (Sacha) Bain (appointed 26 March 2024) Jane Taylor (appointed 26 March 2024) tA]cy Milgate (appointed 26 Mar¢h 2024) Charity Registration Number I058420 Company Registr8tlon Number 03251475 The charity is incorporated in England. Registered Office 9 Trinity Street Colchester Essex COI IJN Independent Examiner Goody Chartered Accountants Unit 8 Old Forge Court Colchester Road Elrnstead Market Essex C07 7EA Bankers Barclays Bank 9 High Street Colchester COI IPG Lloyd5 Bank 27 High Street Colchester COI IDU Page I Colchester & Tendrlng Youth Enqulry Service Trustees, Report The trustees who are also directors of the charity for the purposes of the Companies Act 2006, present their report with the fmancial statements of the charity for the year end￿ 31 March 2024. The trustees bave adopted the provisions of Accounting and Reporting by Charities.. Ststement of Recommended Practice applicable to chaTiti¢s preparing their accounis in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective l January 2015). OWECTIVES AND ACTIvrrIES Charity Background YES, is a youth focused charity offering support and advice on a rdnge of issues from, housing and homelessne5S, teenage pregnancy. and mental heahh counselling. The ch￿lty has been supporting yollng people io the North-East Essex area for over 35 years and has a recognised and respected reputation. The charity delivers support to young people in one of the most socially and economically deprived areas of the UK. YES, wa8 established in 1988 to support young people between the ages of 11-25 whose needs were not being by the I￿[th and social care services at thal time. Our original trustees were local people: a GP, a probation worker, a builder, and others who were concerned about the Iwk of accessible, appropriats, and timely support for young people in North-East Essex. T(yday we are continuing to work with young people. helping them navigate through their forniative years in previously unpreoedented circunjstances. In a post-covid world and a growing cost-of-living Crisis, the predicted impacl on young people has never been great¢r. The YES chaTity Still holds the Core values of the original trustr¢S 35 years ago and at our heart is to support and inspire young people of North-East Essex for the next 35 yeaTS. Objeetlves and aims These are set out in the Company Memorandum of Association, which has been approved by the Charities Commission. They are "lo promote the physical and mental health and social developrnent of young people by th¢ &stablislunent of an inforniation, advocacy, and counselling service in Colchester and Tendring for those in need by means of their so¢ial, ecollomic, mental or physical circumstances." During the year ending 2024 we have continued to deliver the final stages of the YES 3-year business plan, which has continued to deliver our key goals of sustainable ￿nding, InCre￿d provision of services and service developmenL The last 12 months have demonstrated growth and opportunity for the charity. The year 2023 - 2024 continues to see the impact of the COVID pandemic and the ongoing cost of living crisis on young people with an increase in the demand for YES services. The three Core services of mental health SUPPOTL housing & homelessness and parenting have seen a conlinued incre&se in numbers. This year YES has continued to grow its partners networking thL8 includes educational organisations, GPS. Health & Social care, VCSFE, housing providers and the wide community of Nortb-East Essex. In this year records show that over 3500 young people were directly supported by YES link workers across the three key services. The majority of young people will have multiple sessions, depending on their needs, and many. particularly those who com¢ w YES through th¢ pregnan¢y and parenting area may access all thr¢¢ of our services. We are proud of the wrap-around services provided in this year, which includes the Go Green project and mentoring. More thanlOO young people have been actively involved in these projeGts. Page 2 Colchester & Tendring Youth Enquiry Service Trustees, Report In addition, the sexual health and bereavernent sessions held in ￿hOols, and our community outreach work through schoou college assemblies and having a stand at multiple at con]munity events, has allowed us to engage with a much wider audience which we would estimate to be around 2,000 children and young people. Our core aim is to provide children and young people with an inforniation, advice and counselling service whi¢h supports them when they are most in need of help. To support this objective, we have developed three main foundations of OUT Charity with associated other smaller projects that have grown from our engagemenl with and learning from young people using these core projects. Core Servlces: Counselling YES provides high quality one to one counselling for young people between the ages of 11-25, this is a non- judgemental, confidential setting and is fully staffed by BACP regist¢r¢d and experienced counsellors, Counselling offers the OppOrtL￿1IY for a young person to explore different ways of looking at their life and enables a young person to find ways to cope WAth their issues and working through to resolution when possible. YES offers a free 8-week core offer of support. YES also provides a school navigator role supporting young people within the schoovcollege setting through active listening, engaging in discussion and helpful supportive feedback. This is not counselling and therefore the young person can simply talk through their Concerns or issues before the need for refe￿1 into other more specialised services. The navigator is a fwst point of conlaci and is a Sign poster to offer the services if required. All school navigatijrs are trained counsellors under the BACP register. Homelessness and housing YES provides a walk in and appointment-based service for young people up to the age of 25 years old, who are threatened with or are homeless. Our aim, in paTlneTship with lo¢al voluntary and statutory parthers is to prevent or alleviate homelessness. YES offers individual meetings or ongoing casework our proje¢t lead will endeavour to support our young person either to return to the family home where appropriate and safe to do so, or into altemative accommodation, some young people are fleeing abuse or witnessing domestic abuse prompting them to leave home. YES has se¢n a continued rise in housing and accommodation issues within the North-East Essex area and, like the rest of the UK, there is a recognised shortage of council, temporary or affordable a¢¢ommodatiOn. YES is predicting this to continue to rise for young people due to the cost-of-living crisis and the immigrdlion demands on local authorities. Pregnaney and Parenthig YES offers a support programme for young mothers (and partne￿) up to the age of 25 across North-East Essex. The YES pregnancy and parenting team works alongside the NHS specialist midwife under the daisy team remit. This allow5 YES to access all young Mothe￿ through the NHS malernity servi¢e, which can be deliver at the two YES office sites and or in a ¢ommunity setting. The pregnancy and parenting tearn provide a tsrgeted support offer amund debt and money management, maintaining healthy tenancies, living healthy lifestyles. YES also offers group work to cornmunicaie with peers around i&sueslconcern5 that can be shared and sorted. This group also reduc￿ isolation of the young mothers and allows YES to Continue to be involved in the early stages of the baby's life. Page 3 Colchester & Tendring Youth Enquiry Service Trustees, Report YES is part of the new Suffolk and North-East Essex Integrdted Care Board (SNEEICB) which works within six domains of a Live Well strategy. The domain YES maternity works within is Start Well and we are a recognis¢d partner in the ICB and arc looking to develop and deliver a wider offer in the future. Other projects that have grown from our engagement with young people using our Services.. Mentoring In this year YES continued to develop and deliver its mentoring offer across North-East Essex. The project continues to develop its offer and over the next year will introduce a mentoring group work strategy to support even more young people. Go Green The allotment-based project has continued this year. The programme works with young people to break down aThTiety issues, reduce social isolation and acl as programme of education and relaxation. The programme is success￿1 in building confidence and commutiity engagement. Tendring Drop-lll Service In an exciting new development, YES moved into new premises in Holland-on-sea in August 2023. This was a change from our previous location in Clacton and this will serve the wider Tendring area. This new centre has provided additional space to develop the navigator, well-being and dropin services lo enhance our local offer. Public benefit The charity provides services to the i i to 25 y¢ar age band. All services are currently free to the users. Page 4 Colchester & Tendring Youth Enquiry Servlce Trusteesl Report STRATEGIC REPORT Aehievement alld performance Charltable activities Achievements YES were the proud winners of Charity of the Year at the Colchester Business Awards 2023 Partnerships. YES, is an independent charity and has existing partnerships with HCRG, Colchester Borough Homes and SNEEICB and the National Lottery. Specific project parÈnerships are shown below: YES, partner5 with Colchester Borough Homes ,YMCA. Beacon House. KORBAN, Peabody Tn￿t, Mulberry Trn5t and Nationwide and Emmaus around housing and homelessness support. YES, works with SNEEICB, CAMHS. EPUT and other mental health sUPPOrt agencies such as MIND. Age Well East, Young Minds and Teen Talk and support young people with mental health concerns. YES, works in partnership with the HCRG. SNEEICB and the NHS daisy team around young people's pregnancy and parenting as well as other maternity partners who include, AFRI UK, and Next Chapter and Open Road YES, is developing an educational based parthership with 15 secondary schools. tbe Colchester 6 f{￿1, and the Colch¢ster institute. YES, also works in partnership with community 360, ECYVS and CVST around volunteering including Go Green, front of house, Counsellors. and m¢ntor volunteers. These partnerships allow us to build training, support, and best prnctice around our volunteering m(ydel. YES development. 2023-24 has seen YES continue to build on its expertise and reputation to take us forward for the next 35 years. Our National Lottery Community Funding enables us to review our core business support function to provide excellent custotner service to OUT clieDL$ and ensure we can become more efficient and resilienl as an organi8ation Through work with the SNEEICB we are exploring development into Suffolk, staring with our Pregnancy and Parenting worl but with aspirations of seeing the full YES model replicated in the SNEEICB geographical area by 2028. As demand lor counselling continues, we are re-focusing our counselling service, targeting early intmiention and the￿fOre the prevention of more significant mental health conrKrns for children and young peopl¢. Conclusion. YES continues to be a successful charity with a great reputation for supporting multiple needs for children and young people within North -East Essex, and continues to grow its sphere of influence and impa¢L YES has an active board of directors, Staff and volunteers who are fully conllnitted to supporting Young People. Page 5 Colchester & Tendring Youth Enquiry Service Trustees, Report Finaneial revlew The Charity spent unrestricted reseTves for the year of £109,124 At the end of the fmancial year unrestricted reserves stood at £178.332. The trustees have set aside £45,764 for Trinity Street repairs, £35.000 for redundancies. £20.000 for the development of the infrastructure and £75,000 for the Contingency Fund in accordance with the reserves w)licy stated below. The 'free cash, reserves therefore stand at £2,568. Investment policy and objectives The trnslees, having regard to liquidity requirements operafr a policy of keeping funds available in an interest bearing deposit account. Reserves polR¢y The Board ofTrustees have established a reserves policy which defines reserves as either'restricted fi]nds" (grants given for specific purpose5 as designated by the grant awarding body) or "designated funds" (general reserves which are designated for particular pU￿OSeS by the Board of Trustees at each Annual General Meeting). In the current clin￿t¢ the policy is for Reserves to not fall beneath those required to wind up the company in an ordered manner. This is estimated to be £75,000, being an estimate of 3 months, costs in a nomial operating year. Future plans YES.'s Priority remains our commitment to providing a holistic, non-judgemental and early intervention support s¢rvice for the children and young people in crisis in our arca. Our focus continues to be on suslainability and curing long-terni funding for our services. With the continued support of our experienced and dedicated team, and our Trnstees wc remain committed to PToviding high quality, free to the client services thal support children and young people in making positive life hoices and having positive lifestyles. YES are looking to explore other versions of counselling including more group work, digital and more flexible liming, and Ven￿S. YES continues to work with a wide set of partners as demonstrated in this Teport, ensuring young people are on the wider health & social care agendas. Page 6 Colchester & Tendring Youth Enquiry Service Trustees, Report STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT Governlng document Colchester & Tendring Youth Enquiry Service is a registered charity and company, limited by guarant¢e with no share capital and in the event of it being wound up each member is respon%ible for its debts and liabilities up to a 8um not exceeding £10. As of 31 March 2024 there were 7 members. Colchester & Tendring Youth Enquiry Service was incoTW)rated on 18th September 1996. It commenced trading on 1st October 1996 when the activities of the Youth Enquiry Service, an unincorporated charity (No. 800163) that had been running since 1987, were taken over. Recruitment and appointment of new trustees The n￿lagement of Colchester & Tendring Youth Enquiry Service is vested in a Board of Directors ("th¢ Board"), who are also the Trnstees, with a quorum consisting a minimum of 3 Trustees. The Board meets at monthly iniervals to detern]ine the policy and organisational stwcture and to review and monitor the management of Colchester & Tendring Youth Enquiry Service. The Board may apwint such sub-committees as may be deemed necessary for the Board and shall deterniine their ternis of reference* powers, durations and composition, provided that all acts and proceedings of such sub-¢on]mittee shall be reported back to the Board as soim as possible. New tn￿tee8 are recruited by an open recruiknent process targeting individuals who have relevant experience. Organisational strueture The charity has a board of members that oversee the rntining of the charity and makes key strategic decisions. The board typically meets on ihe third Tuesday of the month. The charity has a paid CEO responsible for the day to day rnnning of the charity together with fimd rdising, the CEO reports directly to the board of members. The CEO is supported by a finance manager. Other staff members work directly on projects and charitable activities. Induetion and training of new trustees New trustees are invited to th¢ offices lo meet the staff io gain an understanding of the Charity. The Memorandum and Articles of Association are available on request and advised that further guidance can be found ai the Charities ConMnission'5 website. As and when available Trnstees are infornied of relevant external training courses. Risk management The Trustees have identified major risks to which the Charity is exposed and consider that the syslems in place are adequate to mitigate those risks. The risks and systems are conlinually reviewed as appropriate. The major risks identified include: maintaining funding for services ensuring the correct policies are in place and adhered when working with young, vulnerable individuals ensuring the physical and mentsl well-being of staff and volunteers Page 7 Colchester & Tendring Youth Enquiry Service Trustees, Report Trustees and officers The trustees and officers serving during the year and since the year end were &s follows.. TThstees: Philip SITangward Nalasha Wainaina Laura Mathias Jacque]ine Ann Williams (Chairperson) Alexandra (Sacha) Bain (appointed 26 March 2024) Jane Taylor (appointed 26 March 2024 Lucy Milgate (appointed 26 March 2024) Statement of trustees, responsibfilfitles The trustees (who are also the directors of Col¢hester & Tendring Youth Enquiry Service for the purposes of ompany law) are responsible for preparing the trustees, teport and the fmancial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Ac¢ounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice), including FRS 102 "The Financi￿ Rq)orting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland" Company law requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each fmancial year. Under company law the trustees must not approve the fmancial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company and of the incoming resources and application of reSou￿¢s, including its income and expenditure, of the charitable ¢ompany for that period. In preparing these fmancial ststements, the trustees are required to: select suitsble accounting policies and apply them consistently. observe the methods and principles in the Cbarities SORP. make judgements and estimates thal are reasonable and pnmlenl slate whether applicable accounting standards, comprising FRS 102 have been followcd, subject to any material departures disclos¢d and explained in the fillanrial statements" and preparc the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate io presume that the haritable company will continue in busine&8. The trustee8 are responsible for keeping proper accounting records Ihat can disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the Charitable company and enable them to ensure that the fllmncial statemenls comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charitsble company and hence for taking rea%onable sleps for the prevention and detection of fraud 2nd other irregularities. The trustees are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of th¢ corporate and financial infonnation included on the charitable company's website. L£gislation governing the preparation and dissemination of financial statements may differ from legi51alion in other jurisdictions. Page S Colchester & Tendring Youth Enquiry Service Trustees, Report Diselosure of infonnation to auditor Each t￿￿tee has tsken steps that they ought to have taken as a trnstee in order to make themselves aware of any Televant audit Infom￿l10n and to establish that the charity's auditor is aware of thai inforn￿ti0n. The trust¢es cottfrn that there is no relevanl infomialion that they know of and of which ihey know the auditor is unaware. The annual report was approved by the trustees of the charity on 17 December 2024 and signed on its behalf by: Cqu ine Ann Williams (Chairpers Philip Stra Trustee ward Page 9 Colchesler & TeDdring Youth Enquiry Service Xndependent Exvdminer's Report to the trustees of Colchester & Tendring Youth Enquiry Service ("the Company") I report to the charity trnstees on my examination of the accounts of the Company for the year ended 31 March 2024. Responsibilities and basis of report As the charity's trustees of the Company (and also its directors tor the purposes of company law) you arc responsible for the pr¢paration of the