# RUGBY YOUTH FOR CHRIST # TRUSTEES’ REPORT AND ACCOUNTS YEAR ENDED 5 APRIL 2025 RUGBY YOUTH FOR CHRIST ## ACCOUNTS - YEAR ENDED 5 APRIL 2025 ## ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS: Charity Registration Number: 1073315 ## Trustees: George Thurkettle (Chairman) David Clarke (Treasurer) Louise Eardley (Vice Chair/Secretary} Tony Shaw Address for Correspondence: 41 - 43 Temple Street Rugby, CV21, 3TB ## Examiner: BJ Gardner, CFA, ATT 23 Berrybanks, Rugby CV22,71)) ## Bankers: Barclays Bank pic 36 North Street, Rugby TMMESSION Beriog Sort dals _ Period end date a a ; _ From re ee ee : Other names charity is known by! Rugby YFC Registered charity number (if any} Charity's principal address |41 - 42 Temple Street | oe | ‘Postcode V21,3TB Names of the charity trustees whe manage the charity r any) 2|DavidClarke1| GeorgeThurkette [chairman||SSCS~*” 3 [treaswer | | SC~*s S |louisefardley | VicechairSecretary **|** 4{tonyshew PT —“*é*irYSC“‘“CRSNSNNNNNYYYCCS 5 5 7, es Se eene ee PO aDO tO— GO od od 16neeeeeee a i og A 20 ee ee Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees) TAR 1 imines **----- Start of picture text -----**
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Section B Structure, governance and management
Description of the charity's trusts
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How thehe charitych ie is constitutedPOas a Trust under the management of an Executive: (Board of Trustees) |
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Trustee selection methods || |
| [Trustees are][ selected] [by][ the] [Executive] . [ according] 5 [ to] [their] . [ particular] ‘ [ experience,] . |
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* policies and procedures adapted |Trustees must be Evangelical Christians and active church members with a
for the induction and training of | Passion to see the gospel of Christ introduced to the young people of Rugby.
trustees;
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the charity's organisational includes confirmation of any safeguarding or wider issues raised. This ensures
Structure and any wider network | +2 any areas of risk are identified and dealt with ona timely basis.
with which the charity works;
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parties;
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risks and the system and
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Section C Objectives and activities ## TAR 2 cnetmranoieitsninaneniienteinenitentnnksntetinssainaessisersia **n** teniessnmmnemeanrscarrating **ar** easarannenteror tetris **----- Start of picture text -----**
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Summary of the objects of the | communicateRugby Youth for Christ the truths continues of the Gospel to servein an theactive, schoolsexciting of Rugby, and helpingnon- to |
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| Rugby Youth for Christ works in the majority of the schools in Rugby in various
| capacities, dependent on the individual needs of each school. in some they
offer assemblies and in some they offer a range of lessons based on the
national curriculum and in some they provide additional activities to boost
| morale and participation.
Various out of school clubs and events are arranged for the young people of
Rugby and include fun, games and worship. |
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undertakenof forthe themainpublic activities benefit public benefit and the activities run by the charity. |
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## Section D ## Achievements and performance e TAR 4 **e** n EE |Section D||Achievements and performance|Achievements and performance|| |---|---|---|---|---| |:
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During2024-2025theteamhosted3youthle**a**ders’breakfastto
cultivate relationshipwith localyouth leaders ndsupporttheyouth||| ||||workhappening inlocalchurches.Should thisbe
asuccesswewould||| |||®|lookto increasetheirfrequencyin2025/2026.
September 2024we digitallyattended the National DayofPrayer.||| |||*|RugbyYouthforChrist’smentoringprogrammerecommenced inearly||| ||||September2024.Workingwith3ofthe largerhigh schools inthetown.|| ||||Ourteamworked consistentlyduringtheacademicyearto deliverone|| ||||toonementoring, bankingover1000 hoursofmentoring.We|| |||
i|e|continuedwith studentsthatneededongoingsupportfrombeforethe
summerholidays.Casesref**e**rredfromallthree high school(H**a**rris,AVS,
RFS)continuedtobecompl x and involvingmultiagencycoll boration
throughouttheacademicyear.
Ourlessonsandassembliesrecommenced in earlySeptember2024.||
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|| ||:||Therewasanincreaseinlessonsbookedduringthisacademicyearthan
inpre-pandemicyears.|i| ||‘|e|During2024/2025theteamcontinuedwiththechurchtouratvarious
pointinthecalendar,deliveringchurch servicestoraisethecharities
profileandfinancialsupport.||
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|| |||©|During2024/2025theteam deliveredyouthsessionatchurches|| ||||including BEC, Elim, StOswald’sandNew Life,to furtherbuild
relationshipswith localchurchesandsupporttheirongoingyouth
programmes.||
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January2025 RugbyYouthforChristattended Advance, severaltown
wide unityservicestosupportandpromotechurch relationships.
February2025 RYFCdelivertheStreetPastors,youthcultur**e**training.
DuringSpring2024wehelped hostthemental healthandw llbeing||
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|| ||||days in HarrisCofEAcademy.Wedelivered sports activities, including|| ||i||‘TheCage’programmeacrosstheyeargroupstoprompt goodmental|| ||||health and wellbeing.|| ||i|®|Teammembersattendedthe National FocusDaywith BritishYouthfor|i| ||||Christ, lookingatthe national strategyfortheacademicyear.|;| |||
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@|March 2025 RYFChostatownwideyouthprayerevening,in
partnershipwithCoventryDiocese.Thiswasattendedbychurch
leadersandcongregantsfrom inandaround Rugbyandthe
surroundingvillages.
{InMarch 2025weworkedwith AylesburyYouthforChristto deliver
sessions withinthegrammarstreamsatAshlawn and in Lawrence
Sheriffschool
inJanuary2025,theteamattendedourannual staffconference. During
theconferenceeachof theteamreceived schoolsworkandmentoring
training.Aswellasopportunities forfurther personal/professional
growthanddevelopment.||
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support HarrisCofEAcademy in a chaplaincycapacity.
Spring2025,webeganmentoringatAshlawn.
Rugby Youth for ChristwereinvitedtohostRugbyFreeSchool'sannual
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|||summerschool forthe transitioning year6astheybeginyear7.This||| |---|---|---|---|---| |||was a great success, andwe have been invited to return inSummer||| |||2025.||| ||e|inJune 2025, membersoftheteam updated theirSafeguarding||| |||Training.||| ||JuniorSchools|||| |i||®
Juniorschool’s lessonsandassembliesrecommenced inSeptember||| |||2024.||| |||¢
WildWorship returned after its hiatusfollowingthepandemic and||| |||pandemic recoveryperiod.This helps locat schoolsdelivercollective||| |:||worship ina creativeanddynamicway injuniorandprimary||| |||schools.||| ||
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Wewere partofthe eamwhoplannedand delivered the Bilton||| ||
|||JuniorSchool prayerweek.Thisweekincludeddailyprayerslotsfor
the students to participate inan interactive prayerspacealongside
learningthesignificanceofprayer.
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i|¢|Ourannual staffconferencewas held in Birminghamandwasattended
bytheteam.Trainingwasprovided forschool’sworkand mentoringas||.| |||well asseminarsand trainingaround personal/professionalgrowthand||—| |||development. Eachof theteamwhoattendedweextremely||| |||encouraged andfound thetimeawayvery refreshing.Asa centrethe||| ||
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©|Wehostedyouthleaders’breakfaststhroughout theacademicyearto
helpsupportandgrowour working relationshipswith localyouth
leadersandsupport thelocalchurch.
Wewere invited to participate in several localchurch servicesto raise
theprofileofRugbyYouthforChristandcontinuetocultivategood
workingrelationships with the local church, inconnectionwithour
school’s work.|||
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|| |||@|Webegandeliveringyouthactivitiesinlocalchurchesduringtheir
Sunday morningservice,to both support local youth leadersand local||| |i||churchesaswellhas raisethe profileofRugbyYouthforChrist.|:|| |i|@|Wewereasked todelivertheStreetpastor'sYouthCulturemodulefor||| ||||theirannualtraining.||| |i||||| |5||||| TAR 6 Achievements and performance : ## Section D - i | | Sacial® MediaSocial media continues to play a huge role in how we deliver youth work and communicate with youth leaders and supporters of Rugby Youth for Christ. We will continue to develop this throughout the academic and calendar year. - e Weare looking at how best we can use our social media platforms to - | @ Wesupporthave the worked younghard in the to schools develop we content are workingacross with.all our social media platforms. - | @ We have developed seasonal online content along with bespoke | responses to current affairs that directly affect young people in Rugby. Funding ‘ - ® We continue to connect with churches and individuals to support our - i work and gain the funding for our team and the schools work we do. i | @ We managed to secure an opportunity for the school we deliver mentoring in to make a financial donation 6 times throughout the academic calendar. i i ia | | | i i i | |i i | | | 'i i i iH { ## TAR 7 ## ee **----- Start of picture text -----**
Section E Financial review
Brief ' Rugby Youth for Christ continues to carry reserves, which enable it to meet its
statement of the | obligations for several months in the event of any reduction in the levels of |
charity’s policy on reserves —_|_ donations received. The trustees have calculated that the minimum level of |
reserves shouid not be less than £71,000 at present and therefore consider the |
level of reserves currently held to be adequate for the management of financial |
risk.
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Further financial review details (Optional information)
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additional information, where
relevant about: |
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sources of funds (including
any fundraising); i
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supported the key objectives
of the the charity;
* investment policy policy and |
objectives including any |
ethical investment policy
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Section G Declaration
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.
Signed on on behalf of the of the the charity’s trustees trustees
Signature(s)PZ _
Position (eg Secretary, Chair,
Date| 19/1/2026 |
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## Signed on on behalf of the of the the charity’s trustees trustees TAR 8 ## independent examiner’s report to the trustees of RUGBY YOUTH FOR CHRIST ## (Charity no: 1073315} | report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 5 April 2025. ## Responsibilities and basis of report: As the charity trustees of the Trust you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirement of the Charities Act 2011 {“the Act”). | report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the Act and in carrying out my examination, | have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145 (5) (b) of the Act. ## independent examiner’s statement: i have completed my examination. | confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in any material respect: accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act or the accounts do not accord with the accounting records { have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Signed: / hwon Name: Bryan| Gardner, CTA, ATT Address: 23 Berrybanks, Rugby, Coventry, CV22, 7J Date: 14.4 2O26 Rugby Youth for Christ ## Income Statement Year ended 5 April 2025 ||BarclaysCommunityAccountb/f||£5,480.68|| |---|---|---|---|---| ||BarclaysPremium bif
Barclays ReserveAccount||£117,459.20
£3,239.98|| |income|||£126,179.86|| ||‘DonationsGiftAided
Donations -Organisations
DonationsNonGA
Bank Interest
_|£36,987.00
£30,013.32
£20,193.95
£1,657.04||| ||LPB.
_ Other Income|£1,200.00
£8,757.83||| ||TOTALINCOME||£98,809.14|£224,989.00| |Expenditure||||| |Staff|Salaries
‘Lessons /Assemblies
DirectorExpenses
StaffMeetings/Training|£112,607.98
£1,056.57
_ £0.00
£2,393.94||| |Admin
_|TythetaNYFC
GeneralAdmin|£1,548.00
£2,852.03||| ||MediaExpenses|£914 48||| ||Sundies|£377.14||| ||BankFees|£0.00||| ||TravelExpenses|£1,944.00||| |Offices|OfficeRent
General Expenses
Equipment|£2,400.00
£0.00
£148 59||| |‘IncomeLessExpenditure|||£27 433,59|£98,746.27| ||BarclaysCommunityAccount
BarclaysPremium
BarclaysReserve||(£3,964.34
£91,493.87
£3,288.06|| |||||£98,746.27| |APPROVED FOR
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