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2024-03-31-accounts

YOUTH FOR CHRIST Annual Report April 23 - March 24

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CHAIR OF TRUSTEES REPORT

Thank you for taking the time to read about the youth work at Camberley Youth for Christ.

Reflecting on this year God has been so faithful:

And most importantly we've seen young people's lives changed by Jesus.

Thank you for supporting us in this work through prayer, financial giving and volunteering.

Naomi Waite

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OUR VALUES

CHRIST LIKE ✝

Showing Jesus in our daily lives through the way we act, respond and work.

BOLD 💪

We are not ashamed of who we are and will bravely spread the Good News relevantly to every young person.

INNOVATIVE 💡

We dream big to reach and disciple young people in creative ways and we are not afraid to try new projects.

FUN 🤩

It's our nature. We don't take ourselves too seriously but believe in a serious message.

RELATIONAL 🧍PF

Our approach is to care authentically so every young person is seen, heard and valued.

COMMITTED ⛪

We are dedicated to God, to young people and to local community partnerships.

WHY WE EXIST

Our purpose is to bring the Good News relevantly to all young people in and around Camberley.

1. Schools Work

We provide faith based educational and pastoral input into local Secondary Schools. We provide an opportunity for local churches to come into school under our training and guidance.

We are passionate about introducing young people to Christ and when we do this relevantly we believe we see young people’s lives changed by Jesus.

2. Churches and Youth Workers

We believe Churches are the hope for our communities. We partner and network with local Churches and youth workers to enable a supportive and encouraging environment for additional collaborative projects and activities aimed at relationship building with both churched and non-churched youth in the area.

We are committed to our 4 D’s of evangelism - where we DEMONSTRATE the love of God, DECLARE who Jesus is, encourage a DECISION to follow Him and DISCIPLE young people to live their lives to the full (John 10:10).

We do all this by creating opportunities for Christians to tell young people their stories, giving genuine faith-based input into the lives of young people and supporting and encouraging others to do the same - youth workers, teachers and churches.

When applicable we support and provide advice on how Churches can engage relevantly with young people.

3. Online

Young people’s attention today is online. We aim to seize the hours beyond our face to face interactions, to build online relationships with young people using popular social medias.

In order to achieve our purpose and mission, we focus on three areas - Schools, Churches and Online.

SCHOOLS WORK

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COLLINGWOOD

At Collingwood we regularly met students 1:2:1 for active listening and to support them.

We also led assemblies. We always make sure our assemblies are fun, engaging and thought provoking with a Christian message.

We have begun a Christian Union (CU) at Collingwood. Jade (Year Out) and Katy (Youth & Church Worker) have lead two CU’s back-toback as Collingwood stagger their lunch breaks.

GORDONS

Rev Wright the Chaplain at Gordons continues to be very supportive of the Camberley Youth for Christ team coming into the school.

TOMLINSCOTE

Oli and Katy have been leading an after school Christian Union with a average of 8 -10 young people attending.

We have been given the opportunity to lead 2 GCSE lessons on Christianity and are hoping for more opportunity in the future.

We have also had the opportunity to lead an assembly about anti-bullying.

KINGS INTERNATIONAL

We meet with young people each week for 1:1 Active Listening and Mentoring. We also offer group sessions on antibullying, resilience, anger management and relationships.

At various times over this past year, Rev Wright and members of the CYFC team have gone around the different houses and common rooms chatting with young people at Gordons.

Oli has helped Rev Wright lead Youth Alpha on a Wednesday and occasionally lead chapel on Thursday and Friday.

A weekly Christian Union has continued at supported 1:2:1 breaktime and we run daily lunch clubs where we build relationships with students. through our Schools We’ve led assemblies and had the opportunity to take RS lessons too mentoring throughout the year.

Oli also lead an engaging, interactive and reflective prayer space which approximately 350 pupils engaged with.

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YOUTH WEEKEND AWAY

We were thankful to receive a grant from Frimley Fuel Allotments, which allowed us to provide the Youth Weekend Away free of charge for families with financial difficulty living in GU15 and GU16.

What an amazing weekend we had. 34 young people joined us and we had an epic time. We hired out part of Runways End and the young people enjoyed various outdoor activities over the weekend.

Thankyou Frimley Fuel Fund for making it possible for more young people to take part the Camberley Youth for Christ Weekend Away. Over many years the Frimley Fuel Fund have provided this grant and for that we and the young people are truly grateful.

Analice (from YFC) and her family came. Analice did a wonderful job leading the evangelistic programme.

The weekend was full of outdoor adventurous activities, wide games, late nights and good food provided by Peter and Fleur Jeffery.

We plan to run another YWA in May 2024 opening up to year 6's to join in and prepare for September.

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PARTNERING WITH LOCAL CHURCHES

THE POINT

We believe that Churches are the hope of our local communities.

We partnered with St Paul's and Frimley Baptist Church to organise our Youth Weekend Away.

We continued to support local youth workers by gathering in person for our Surrey Heath Youth Workers Forum. We share ideas, network and encourage one another.

We have built up a stronger relationship with St Martins and St Marys through employing Katy our Youth and Church worker.

This is our monthly youth service that’s led by CYFC in partnership with local churches.

Ultimately, our aim is to encourage young people to make Jesus the POINT of their lives.

We aim to connect young people across Surrey Heath; building a passionate and vibrant, Jesus centred community. This is done by inspiring talks, worship and prayer.

We continued to meet throughout the year with steady numbers with an average attendance of 30 young people.

The POINT is open to anyone in Secondary School to College.

At the end of each term we organise a fun and exciting social. We often hire an inflatable and have food.

We hope to continue reaching more young people with more youth workers bringing their youth groups to the POINT.

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Structure and Governance

Camberley Youth for Christ employs a full time Centre Director to set strategy, manage staff & volunteers and to lead and co-ordinate activities. The Director is

Naomi Waite is our designated safeguarding officer with Anna Murphy as a support to this role.

supported by a full time youth worker and gap year student from September 2023.

Chairman:

Naomi Waite, Frimley Baptist Church

Our office space is situated at:

Treasurer:

Esther Westwood, Frimley Baptist Church

Kings International College Watchetts Drive

Elected Trustees:

Camberley

Mike Clarke, St Peters Frimley Rev Graham Wright, Gordons School Katie Edwards Frimley Baptist Church Sophie Lovesmith St Pauls Anna Murphy St Pauls

GU15 2PQ

Email: admin@camberley.yfc.co.uk

The activities and Director of Camberley Youth for Christ are overseen by the Trustees. The Trustees met five times during the year, generally at half termly intervals, with at least 50% of the Trustees plus Centre Director present at each meeting.

Supporters

The trustees of Camberley Youth for Christ are extremely grateful to our supporters, both individual and Churches.

With this financial support we can offer our work to local Schools free of charge, which helps with our relationships.

We also recognise the valuable contribution of Kings International College in providing office space and a classroom free of charge.

Reserve Policy and Financial Review

The trustees believe, given that the majority of the costs are related to employment, that it is appropriate to hold reserves equivalent to 3 months costs. This currently equates to around £10,000. The total fund balances at 31 March 2024 were £70,032, made up of unrestricted fund balances of £66,412 and restricted fund balances of £3621 which are held on behalf of the POINT and Club Dean.

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At 31 March 2024 we held £30,525 in a fixed term deposit account, £37,404 in an interest earning business account and £967 in our current account, with LLoyds Bank.

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Camberley Youth for Christ Accounts

INCOME
1/4/23-31/3/24
1/4/22-31/3/23
Income from Churches & Schools
16,039.00
15,285.00
Income from individuals
26,000.24
24,581.15
Gift Aid received from HMRC
4,530.76
5,664.67
Events Income
6,862.50
3,785.00
Income from webinars / online
training provision
133.41
Fundraising income
547.06
8,078.36
Interest on Business bank account
1,139.10
122.34
Other Income
118.96
5.00
TOTAL INCOME
55,371.03
57,521.52		 EXPENDITURE
1/4/23-31/3/24
1/4/22-31/3/23
Gross Salaries
(48,730.82)
(36,960.34)
Employers Pension
(1,370.09)
(1,901.04)
Training
(1,384.41)
(428.00)
YFC Year Out Placement costs
(1,025.00)
Travel
(1,473.59)
(571.88)
Impact
(813.94)
(395.08)
Networking (including advertising)
(380.83)
(208.01)
-
-
Office Expenses
(986.25)
(215.16)
-
Camera Equipment
(289.00)
Events Expenses
(6,585.35)
(4,174.50)
Subscriptions/membership
(1,836.48)
(1,852.25)
Stripe transaction fees
(146.22)
(238.22)
Independent examiners fee
(380.00)
(360.00)
Insurance
(793.03)
(553.36)
TOTAL EXPENDITURE
(65,906.01)
(48,146.84)		 EXPENDITURE
1/4/23-31/3/24
1/4/22-31/3/23
Gross Salaries
(48,730.82)
(36,960.34)
Employers Pension
(1,370.09)
(1,901.04)
Training
(1,384.41)
(428.00)
YFC Year Out Placement costs
(1,025.00)
Travel
(1,473.59)
(571.88)
Impact
(813.94)
(395.08)
Networking (including advertising)
(380.83)
(208.01)
-
-
Office Expenses
(986.25)
(215.16)
-
Camera Equipment
(289.00)
Events Expenses
(6,585.35)
(4,174.50)
Subscriptions/membership
(1,836.48)
(1,852.25)
Stripe transaction fees
(146.22)
(238.22)
Independent examiners fee
(380.00)
(360.00)
Insurance
(793.03)
(553.36)
TOTAL EXPENDITURE
(65,906.01)
(48,146.84)		 EXPENDITURE
1/4/23-31/3/24
1/4/22-31/3/23
Gross Salaries
(48,730.82)
(36,960.34)
Employers Pension
(1,370.09)
(1,901.04)
Training
(1,384.41)
(428.00)
YFC Year Out Placement costs
(1,025.00)
Travel
(1,473.59)
(571.88)
Impact
(813.94)
(395.08)
Networking (including advertising)
(380.83)
(208.01)
-
-
Office Expenses
(986.25)
(215.16)
-
Camera Equipment
(289.00)
Events Expenses
(6,585.35)
(4,174.50)
Subscriptions/membership
(1,836.48)
(1,852.25)
Stripe transaction fees
(146.22)
(238.22)
Independent examiners fee
(380.00)
(360.00)
Insurance
(793.03)
(553.36)
TOTAL EXPENDITURE
(65,906.01)
(48,146.84)
EXPENDITURE 1/4/23-31/3/24 1/4/22-31/3/23
Gross Salaries (48,730.82) (36,960.34)
Employers Pension (1,370.09) (1,901.04)
Training (1,384.41) (428.00)
YFC Year Out Placement costs (1,025.00)
Travel (1,473.59) (571.88)
Impact (813.94) (395.08)
Networking (including advertising) (380.83) (208.01)
- -
Office Expenses (986.25) (215.16)
-
Camera Equipment (289.00)
Events Expenses (6,585.35) (4,174.50)
Subscriptions/membership (1,836.48) (1,852.25)
Stripe transaction fees (146.22) (238.22)
Independent examiners fee (380.00) (360.00)
Insurance (793.03) (553.36)
TOTAL EXPENDITURE (65,906.01) (48,146.84)
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1/4/23-31/3/24 1/4/22-31/2/23 Balances at 31/3/24 1/4/23-31/3/24 1/4/22-31/3/23
Income received on behalf of The Point 216.96 625.48 Current account
Business Bank account		 967.36
37,404.16		 6,004.34
58,435.74
Expenses paid on behalf of The Point (1,333.64) (1,778.90) Fixed term deposit account 30,525.00
Scottish Widows account 10,812.76
Club Dean Income- Grants 6,241.00 Tax reclaim due 364.88 3,690.90
Club Dean expenses (3,807.51) Events expenditure deferred 3350.72 1986.10
Net movements in year (9,218.17) 8,221.26 Examination fee due
Events income received in advance		 (380.00)
(2,199.45)		 (360.00)
(1,319.00)
70,032.67 79,250.84
Opening Current Account 1/4/23 10,002.34 29,903.42
Opening Business Bank Account 1/4/23
Opening Scottish Widows Account 1/4/23		 58,435.74
10,812.76		 30,358.16
10,768.00		 Held on behalf of the Point (Restricted
fund)		 1,187.39 2,304.07
Designated for Club Dean 2,433.49
Net Movement in year (9,218.17) 8,221.26
Available funds for CYFC 66,411.79 76,946.77
Total Funds 70,032.66 79,250.84

The accounts have been checked and signed off by the trustees.

Signed by Naomi Waite (Chair of Trustees) 28th Oct 2024

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Independent Examiners Report

TO THE TRUSTEES OF CAMBERLEY YOUTH FOR CHRIST FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2024

This report on the financial statements of Camberley Youth for Christ for the year ended 31st March 2024 is in respect of the examination carried out under Section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 (“the 2011 Act”).

Respective responsibilities of the trustees and the examiner

The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity’s trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144 of the 2011 Act and that an independent examination is needed.

It is my responsibility to:

examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Act,

to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act, and

to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.

Basis of this report

My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners. An examination includes a review of the

accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures

undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently I do not express an audit opinion on the view given by the accounts.

Independent examiner’s statement

In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention:

  1. which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements

to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the 2011 Act; and

to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and to comply with the accounting requirements of the 2011 Act

have not been met or;

  1. to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Andrew Mitchell

Chartered Accountant

amberley.yfc.co.uk Camberley YOUTH FOR CHRIST CYFC, Kings International College Watchetts Drive Camberley GU15 2PQ T 01276 686907 E admin@camberley.yfc.co.uk camberley.yfc.co.uk Charity No. 1076760. A member of British Youth for Christ