AGM Report
Septemeber 2023- May- 2024
In the last year we... Reached 1769 young people. Ran 269 Mentoring sessions. Held 113 Youth Cafe sessions. Saw 6 young people confirmed. Worked in 4 schools. Equipped 2 young leaders
Staffing
Steph Pring took on the role of Director in May 2023, transitioning from her role as Church Partnership Worker.
Catherine Stephenson volunteered for Coventry Youth for Christ a day a week this academic year and has supported our work through mentoring she left to take up a payed role as a mentor in July 23.
Steph Pring moved on from Coventry Youth for Christ in April 2024. We are grateful to her for all the work that she did and energy she gave, for the last 2 years while working for Coventry Youth for Christ.
We are currently recruiting for a Pioneering Youth Worker.
Paul and Bose joined the trustees.
Safeguarding
There has been one safeguarding issue reported to St James C of E Whitley in October 2023 concerning a young person's emotional wellbeing. This was immediately passed onto the safeguarding officer at St James C of E Whitley.
All staff and trustees are up to date with safeguarding training through Thirtyone:eight organisations including Jo Simonds and Pete Gardiner completing the Trustees safeguarding.
Church Partnership Role
The St Christopher’s Youth Cafe continues to thrive, with around 15 young people attending each week. Steph continued to serve the church during the first term, however they now have enough team to successfully run the youth cafe independently and have therefore dropped out of the church partnership agreement with Coventry Youth for Christ.
At St Catherines, Steph and the team there continued to serve hot chocolates each week. This has built to serve around 80 drinks each week. Steph has also helped run holiday clubs in half term and Easter as a result of this.
At St James, the Youth Cafe is regularly getting around 10 young people attending. Again the team have stepped up and they have been running the Youth Cafe themselves since the new year.
Schools
Steph supported Bluecoat school by running a lunch club each week, building relationship with the students there. She also led assemblies to the whole school in October on the theme of integrity.
Steph mentored 4 young people at Ernesford Grange, helping with mental health and wellbeing, as well as behaviour issues.
We would like to thank all the workers and volunteers for the time and dedication they have given to our work supporting seeing young lives changed by Jesus in Coventry.
CHARITY COMMISSION FOR FNCIIAND AND WALFS Cov• Youth for Christ Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For thè pèriod To 01109r2022 31A)8r2023 Section A Receipts and payments UnTP5tricted funds Restricte funds Endowrnent fvnds Total funds Last year A1 R•¢¢lpts One Off Giving RegularGwry Grfl AK1 Refijnds Work Related Income Grants arxl rnonEyfor wqe¢ts 1.210 .OZ3 4.618 14,2 1.210 2.52D 18.332 4618 14,268 18.587 Resource Saks 255 Sub total(Gnss inconw for ARI 41,374 41.374 43,488 A2 Asset and In¥estrnen¢ 8ale¥. 1$0• tablol. Sub total 41,374 41,374 43.466 2S,2 2$,2 995 61 331 t47 Sub total 61.701 A4 A55et and inYastm•nt purchases, (see tsblel Sub total 34,268 51,701 Net of rne•ptsl(paymwJts) AS Transfers bets¥een fur A6 Cash fund* last year end 7.1 7.106 40.354 47 21A11 21,411 61.T65 68,871 48.589 GGXX R1 awounls ISSI 17104r2024
Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unrestricted Resirfjcted nds gndowment funds B1 Ca8hfvnd$ BaT of ScotL8nd 47.160 21.411 Total Cash funds 47,460 21,411 i•gte rauAPtsd paYML% funds funds fund Fundtowhlch Currvni value Fund towhlch Curront value B4 Assets r•trlnod for the ¢h•rlty's ovm usa Fund ¢0 which AMwnidu• due BS Liabilltle5 bthawof al tIEtJu¥tees SwJn8iure Print Name Date of approval gimohd& 22.52 ?Z 4"29- CCXX R2 accolmts ISSI 17A5412024
CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trusteesl members of Coventry Youth for Christ On accounts for the year ended 31 August 2023 Charfty no (rf any) 1069852 Set out on pages 1and2 I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity {Ihe Trusf) for the year ended Responsibllities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation basis of report of the accounts in accordance wtlh the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 {'Ihe Act"). I report in respect of my examination of the Trusfs accounts Carried out under sedion 145 of the 2011 Act and in carying my examinatr"on, I have followed the applicable Directi¢)ns given by the Charity Commissron under section 145(5)Ib) of the Act. I have completed my examination. I confimi that no material matters have corne to my attention in connection with the examination which me cause to beh.eve that in. any material respect.. accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or the accounts do not aCcd with the accounting records Independent examinerfs statement I have no COnmS and have corne auoss no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in orderto enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. . Please (klete the words in the brackets rfthey (*) not apply. Slgned: 1710412024 Name: Trevor R Brunwin Relevant professional qualffi&ition(s) or body (If any): Address: 3. Turrell Drive Kessingland Lowestoft. NR33 7UA IER October 2018
Section B Disclosure Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concem (see CC32. Independent examination of charity accounts" directions and guidan for examiners). Give here brief detalls of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose. IER October 2018