REGISTERED COMPANY NUM8ER: 03884673 (England and Woles) REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1081416 R•port of iha Tru$t••s and Unqvdltad Financial 5tat•m•nl¥ for lh• Yeoi End•d 31 Mav¢h 2024 Jv•i Diop-ln Yovlh Info & Advie• Limii•d JUST. DRopjN HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE THEI FEET 'AOHDZIOH• 0611212024 COMPANIES HOUSE A22 #137 Dropln Yoyth Info & Advi¢• Limit•d Cont•nli ol th• Fin•ntial Slal•m•nt• f•1 lh• Y•ai Eftd•d 31 h 2024 Pag• R•port •f lh• Ckali I to 5 •port of th• Truit••¥ Ind•p•ftd•nt Ex•mln•t'i Roport Slol•m•nl ￿ linon¢ial Adlvlll•8 B•l•nM Sh• C•ih Flow Si•l•m•nt N•1•• h Ih• Calh Fl•w Stahm•nt Noh• ts ih• Fin•n¢l•l Sknt•m•nls 13 ts 18 D•tsll•d S••l•m•Tht ol Flnon¢lql Adlvltl•i 19 Jvsi DroplD Youlh Info & AdvlM L5mll•d It•p•rt d ih• Chqir lor th• Y•ar End•d 31 Ma￿h 2024 Inl¢odudl•n The tharity invesled tirne revisiling and refining our Charitable Purpose to enwrè that in a changing world we iemoin f•levunt ond f¢cused on where we make a drfference. It'5 Worth sharlng below to set the tone for thls report. Our Pvrpoio We are here to help and supp¢rt chlldren and young people who are flndlng Ilfe hard. We have o heartfelt commilmenl lo Improvlng ihelr mental health and wellbelngi helplng them to find thelr feet. For oll who drop in, we seek ioz create o sofe spacei inslil a Sen￿ ol self-worth and hopel relieve thèir struggles," embraee ond develop their Strengths; and build their resilience to face the world with renewed 5elf-confidence. Our alm Is thoi they grow to thelr fvll polenllal as Indlvlduuls und Il¥• fvllllled Ilv•s os members of thelr wmmunlll•s. W• conrfnued wlth th• sam• slobllliy ond of th• pr•vloui y•or bom• out of th• quallty of our p•opl• Ivolunt••n. ntroclor5. Trvslee5 and efflploye85) our eommlim•nl to Impact Prartlc• arKI l•arnlng• Portldpatlon and our approme Inegvulliies of acces5 still remain Iporticularly relating to Wellbeing Services) overall our services provld• good geogrophlcal coveroge. The developmèni of our srnall Knutslord Hub wa5 a partlcular hlghllghi of the year and •nabl•d swi• of thls posSllv• Change. oll•ng•s hav• contlnued to come Irom hlgh d•mand and $1gnlfl¢antly Iner•a*d eompl•xlty In tho face of a very dlfflculi IIna￿[al dlmato. Choll•ng•s hov• b••n •xoc•rbal•d by th• •xt•rnol •nvlrMm•nt* POrtl¢ulorly towards th• and of th• y•ar wlth waltlng1S9ts for ￿at￿lorY seThlc•s growlng •xpon•nilally• and $om• iyst•mJ th¢nglng. Both ha¥• broyghi hlgh•r d•mond for thè wrvlce wiihovl In¢r•ai•d Invethnent. Ou• lo flnanclal pr•iwr•s, w• w•r• unabl• b d•v•lop and •Jtpond ¢)ur Wellb•lng Serv1¢• Olfer as w• would hov• hop•d ond at tlm•> we had to Ilmli access. Towards th• •nd of th• y•ar. w• w•r• obl• t• d•v•lop som• n•w Inlllollv•s ond hop• I￿r•al9 ¢op¢clty nexl y•ar. Sorfsla¢tlon levels. from oll ilakeholders remaln very hlgh. 95°/0 ol thlldren out 01396 respondents uslng the Exp•rlen¢• of 5ervl¢e QuestlonnaSr• 501d ihe help they had r•celved was certolnly good. Ov•rnll S•Ni¢• Demand Our most robust Indleolor for +)vèrtsll d•mand Is our g•noral enquSry lobel whlch coplures all Inltlal conlads to the s•rvlc•. record•d 1,439 •nquiri&$ in the yeor ¥ersus 1,193 ￿9vIrT•S for the prevlaus year. Demand was at Its hlghesl ever level wlth enquifles belng mor• ¢¢mplex th¢n in previous years and thè Inltlal conlad tsam d•allng wlth mor• p•opl• In hlglwr le¥•ls of dSstr•ss and complexlty. In 2022-2023 w• Introduced a new Trlago system lo •nsur• that tho rlght y¢ung people w•r• o¢¢esslng Ihe rlghi servlc• oi the rlght tlme. Th5$ proved to b• o vlial Inlilailve and one whlch conilrnwd 011 losl y•¢r. Wlth Increoilng pressures ond 1sw•s within sl¢tvlory servlces we hov• exp•rienced 0 Sharp rlse In Inapproprlat• r•l•rro1$ to our ¥ervi¢e, in sorne monihs th• learn have had io TrS0g• •v•r 20 In totol, we vnderto¢k 178 Trlog• cos•s took up 228 hovr5 of the Covnselllng t•om's tim•. 280/01501 of th• Trlog• cai•s w•r• as8•swd ai r•qulrlng o ipfflollit s•rvl¢•. Manoglng thls Impaci an th• JDI counwlllng t•om workload Is a key locu5 for thli y•ar. C•unMlllng D•mond for ¢)ur eovn5elllng servlces remalned hlgh, wlth 496 Indlvldval$ rece1v1t￿ O servlce. We Increased our reoch ocross a number of Itxall¢ns. We were enabled by som? flnan¢lal conlributlons from hlgh sthools to malnloln or Increase ovr In- sd￿41 provlslon. Ovr cow7selllng provision is now in the followlng l¢¢oilons: Macclesfleld Brook Street Offlce$ Knutsford Watson Bulldlng Offlces Wilmslow Youih Poynlon Clvlc Cenlre Poynton Hlgh School Tytherlngton 5th001 Knutsford Acad•my All Hollows Cathollc Coll•9• Ma¢¢l•sfield Acad•rny Pog• I Juli DroplTh yo￿h Info & Adv1¢• Limited R•￿rt •1 th• Chair for th• Y•ai End•d 31 M•r¢h 2024 We have seeft an angolng Irend of younger chlldren acc•Jslng our s•rilc•i wlth th• yovng•r 09• gr¢xp 18-13 yrsl Irueaslng from 360/0 of referro15 10 430/0. Wultlng Nmes Improved slgnlflcanily ovor the y•ar wlth ov•rog• wultlng t5m• for an o$s•ssment belng 4 w••kL Th• average numb•r of p•oplè on th• Ilsl wollSng for ollocallon post-assessment was 12. This wos athieved by Increas•d efficiendes Iremlndlng p•ople about oppolnlmenlsl ond increasing the number of counsellors who could undertake ossessments. Unfor1￿01e1y* we finished the year with increasing waiting times due to some #off 3￿kneSS combined with Increased referrals. It Is Interestlng thoi there was no negotlve feedback aboul waitin9 tiff￿5 within ESQ measwes IExperien¢e of Service Queslionnoires) this year, which reflects the positive improvements made. The following quote5 give some flovour of our coun5elling servicet "being able to Speak and express my feelings. The people hèrè ore incredibly nice und womi. I feel hoppy when I walk In the d¢ors b•¢ovse •v•ryw• lust smll•s ot m•. I le•1 he¢rd. h's o v•ry comfortable plo¢e" "Slnce couM•lllng sthool Is f••llng b•tt•r. l +••1 moro commltt•d ond morfvat•d to golng lrn I con tolk kn Mum moro and I l••1 morè confldent In myself. I kr￿W who to speak to ai xhool whlth really helps too" W• off•r•d 3960 wsslons ov•r th• y•or ljllghtly l•ss thon losl y•or 409410nd 3283 w•r• atl•nd•d183•/4 olt•nd(WK• ralel thls was a sllghtly Improv•d all•ndonc• rol• f rom th• pr•vSovs y•or of 81 •/01 W• wlll ¢onllnv• lo •xplor• woys ol oddr•sslng nOn.¢>It•nda￿• whkh ll •x0￿rbQt•d In i¢hool holldoys ond w• wlll ior9•t Improvlng olt•nd¢n¢• ot th•s• tlm•$ In th• ¢omln9 y•or. Oukom• We conilnued to mak• a dSff•r•nc• In th• Ilv•s of young p•opl•. wlth oround 86•/• of th￿• wcu4s1fdly cofflpl•rfng co￿lI1n9 r•portlng an Improvemenl. a result whlch Is c¢%￿15*•ThI wlth prev1+j￿ years. W•llb•lng S•vvi¢•• The Wellbelng S¢r¥l¢¢$ Teom worked hord b provlde wrvl¢e$ wIthO￿ a ¥lgnSfl¢ant In¢reo$e Sn resouru& Fundlng wai often thort-lerm and very speclflc, whlch olso hod an Impoct on how the team could effedlvely mDnltor thelr Impacl. It also mount +)ur offer had to be Ilmlted al tlmes. Part of the thallenge 15 relatsd to volume In thal many YOL￿9 people th005e .10 stay in wrvi¢e f¢r a long time lunllke more slrv¢tvred Covnselllng I meonlng there Is not the some throvghpvt 0$ C￿n￿lI1n9 whlch Is stridly tlmg-Ilmli•d. Wo are adlvely seeklng to Invesl and bulld the learn lor the fiAur¢ and redevelop our offer. Desphe th14 there wai o 511ghi ov•rall Swease In young people accesslng wellbelng s•rvlc•s thls yeor. M•nl•rfn• Th• leom were exclhd to r•cruli and iroln mor• •xc•ll•rf m•nlort and w• or• hopln9 to •xpand thli port ol th• ￿r¥I¢• n•xl y•ar. 62 n•w young p•opl• w•r• r•f•rr•d for m•ntorSng ond 56 w•r• acc•swd for m•ntorlng durlng lh• y•ar. Th•r• wai In¢r•os• In the sesslons dèllY•i•d last year wlth 550 oit•nd•d v 439 In th• pr•vloui y•ar. Young p•opl• ¢om• for wpport for the follow5ng r•os¢xu - A¢commodotl¢n Dlfflcultl•s, Emorfonal H•olih, Employm•rt & Ed4Kollon. Flnandal Difflculiles, LSfe Skllls, Physlcal Health and S¢clal Isolatlon. M•nl•rlng Ouk•m• Dala Mentorlng 1$ Int•nd•d to be a long-term Interventl¢)n, wlth reworth showlng Ihol the most frultfvl reltstlonshlps lost over 12 months: and we are pl•os•d to 5•• •vIde￿? of long•r-t•rm Intgrv•nilons toking plo¢e ond moking o difference. The v¢st malorlty of y+>Jng people made progress agalnst the goals they had wl wlih the overage stort Kor• th 3 sttlng on Incwease to 6 on Goal Based Oukornes ot the revlew showlng good overgll lfflprovem•nt. "I feel listened kn ond cored about Q5 an ifKlividual. li's an amazing place" "All the #off ore very welcoming ond d¢)n't moke me feel ludged for what I'm therg for. Thonk yov for oll th• supporr W•ll&in• Gioup woAt 92 young people attonded grovp$ th1$ yèar, had w• hod ff￿r• ¢apa¢lty th1$ undoubtedly would hov• been hlgh•r. Our offer Included: Drop-Zon• o w•ekly under 18's soclol ond support group A fortnlghily Advlt Drop Zone IADZI for 18-25. A fortnlghily LQBTQ group for 18-25 yeor olds A 5umm•r Programme Th• Youth Advlsory Board W• also plloted Creat• and R•lat• ond o Singlng Group• an arts bosed grovp Page 2 Ju•1 Dmpln Youth Info & AdvlM LSmll•d R•p•rt •1 lh• Chair l•1 th• Y•ai Ended 31 Ma￿h 2024 "l can lolk Ob0￿ how I feel wSth¢ut f••llng pr•ssured to do so. It's eosy to talk to people herè, even when my soclol onxl•ly is parfi We revlow*d oll the coses we had worked wlth.over the yeor removing ony whl¢h were morked os 'Mt known. or 'pr•f•r not to soy.. W• ore proud t¢ report 0 980/0 d¢ta ¢opture providing.reliable and con5iStenl Informa￿+)n about ovr r•oth. We ¢¢Jnilnued to see an Increoslngly dlv•rs• p¢pvl¢llon o¢¢esslng our service5, whith glven our tharliable purpose and straleglc prlorltles wa5 heortenlng. Thai belng sold,. we vndoubtedly hove more lo do, as we.know thai those from unders•r¥ed comrnunliles ore over represenled In statlstlcs for poor sociol ond ft￿101 health outcom01 narfonolly. Thls y•gr. 8V/o of b•neliciaries idenlified as Whlte Srltlsh {compored to 910/0 in 2022/20241 Und we reathed children from I S dlfferent ethnle backgrovnd5,We Con￿n￿ed to SUPPOrt hlgh numbers of thlldren ond yo￿9 people who self-reported a olih eèndltl¢n1520/0) comparobl• wlth 53•/0 lost year. Page 3 Jvil Dropln Youih Inlo & Advlc• Llmh•d R•port Ol lh• Chalr r lh• Y•ar End•d 31 Mar¢h 2024 Given tho mlssloft and purpose of the charlty we have olwoys worked hard io to¢kle ¢eonoml¢ dlsodvantoge. We use post¢odè data to map our service beneficiories io areas of deprIvo￿On. Over Ihe last 3 yeors wo hov• conslstèntly reathed beh¥een 18 ond 2￿/0 of beneliciarie5 who rèside in the top 300/ts of naiionul deprlvorf¢n lThe Moss, Weston & Hursdfleld In Mo¢¢lestleld, Lwgrldge In Knutsford and Colshaw Form In Handforthl Thls was sllghtly lower thon lost year with 20% mlng fr¢m the top 300/0 of nolionol d•prlvotl¢n. We wt)uld Ilke to IrKrease our impact and reach within these key groups. li wos wlth dlsappolnlment and some fruslratlon that we hod to end speclallsl ctyJnsellor role for young people wlth neurodlversity due to no wslainable funding availability. Should we re¢oived increasod inveslment thls wovld b• o prlor5ty spend for thè orgonisotion. saf•gua￿lng C•n¢erTh• W• ¢¢nilnsJ¢d to glv• iof•gvgrdlng the hlgh•st prlorlty. In the organSsatlon. Qur respoMlbSllrfe5 wpr• front and centr• 0$ w• r•spond•d to hSgh•r d•mond ond hlgh•r ¢ompl•xliy. We wpported fflore chlldren and young people wlth cllnl¢al rlsk Indlcators and mor• wllh soclal n••dk W• eontlnv•d to work wlihln our polldej, proe•dur•s and uudlt from•work ond Increased traSnlng OPPOrtvnltSes for stoff and volunt••rs. W• h•ld third annuol iof•guordlng doy wlth challenglng and Interettlng lopl¢k Oesplie th15 focui. the sSfv01Son Is very thallenglng. Siolulory serylces are under pr•ssur• wilh long wolllng Ilm•s, and thls Is Impactlnq on our own servlce dellvery and re50urce5. Some months the team are monaglng vpwords of 15 sol•guordlng 1$w￿ (ln oddltl¢n ￿ Trlage ¢03•9} Ouv Volvnt••r T•om As reported In prevlovs year5, the performance descrlbed In th15 report, slmply would not huvo been posslbl• wlthout *wr Iwt•er leom. Volunteers hav• olwoys been the Ilfeblood of our orgonlsoti¢n, w• simply would noi be oble to do, what w• do wlthoul thenK They havo mllertlvfjly rn¢de o huge diff•r•n¢• In th• liv•s •f young p•ople who ore flndlng Ilfe hard. Our onnual Yolunt••r iatlsfoctSon ivrv•y provld•d pl¢aslng r•svlts olbèli on a low btt* of 17 responses ond w• oim to r•¢•lv• m¢r• rosp¢)nsos next yeor. Ov•roll how volued do you fMI 0$ o ¥olunl••rl Av•r¢.g• icor• of 9.7. Ov•roll. how would yov rol• Jvii Dr•p-In 0$ o Pla￿ l• volunl••r? Av•ro9• Kor• 9.8 "I t••[ v•ry volv•d 0$ ¢ volvnt••r gt JDI, nol only 0$ ¢ port of th• or9onlsailon bul also wh•n •nc¢vrog•d to brlng my owfi •xperlert* and 5kllls t• th• rol•. l •nloy my tlffl• volunt••rlng and f••1 I hav• galn•d now skllls In dolng 50. 1 appreclal• th• odded training/development thol comes with being a volunteer and hope lo ￿n*inVe in this role" "I have w•rk•d In a fow dlfferenl plo¢es/wfflng5 gnd have n•v•r felt so welcomed and valu•d as I do ot JDI $0 thank y¢ul" Our Trustee Teom glve more ond more erjth year. The themed svb groups thulfed by o Trus1•• thal were IntrOd￿d lost year to monoge ¢yJr buslnes$ hos further increosed Ihelr adlve Involvement wlih the tharliy. Durlng the y•or, St•v• P•gg• stood down os a Trvstè*. Our teom has hug•ly ben•fitod from th• addltlon ol tr*0 new Trustees In tralnlng Don Blackman ond Faye Ronan. Th•y•1Sk• our •xlstlng Tru51••s ar• fanlastlc and oft•n und•r-rt¢ognls•d asmti wlthlft our churSty. W• hov• grèatly valued the Inpui fr¢m ¢ur ¢onlractor8 thls y•ar who huv• also b••n parl Qf th• l*wrn•y In supporrfng mor• eompl•x cuses. They share erèdli for th• wondtrful fe•dback about our s•rylc•s and sknuld b• proud of thelr amazlng c￿lf[bUt1¢n to young people. W• Olso surv•yod ¢¢nlractors ubout th•lr.vl•ws of th• y•or and th•y r•port•d hlgh iotlsfadon wlth th•lr •xperl•n¢•s ond t•rms ¢onditl¢ns. They r•moin vilol ond d•liv•ry. Staff T•am Ann Wright, continued a5 our Chief Officer and cel•brat•d l O happy years at JDI. Thank you Ann for your sustoln•d exemplary Service to JDI and l¢xal yo￿9 people. We sald th• w¢rn)•sl of goodbyes to Foye Ronan after loyol and long service to the crganisation a5 She took up a new rol• wlth the L￿01 Authorlty. W¢ still gr•atly benefit from her support os she hos refvrned in o Trustee truinee role. The organisafvon h05 been strengthened by Jemy Shadforth. Jenny SperKer and Jayne Cryne In IheSr respedlve leaderthlp role& They were joined by Tlrn Marsh who ably reploced Faye Ronan as Wellbelng ServS¢•s Manager. Our ctyjnselling team grew with Helen Modroy• Liso Turner, Sue Lomu$ und Klm Davl•s all provSdlng •xeell•Trt 1Sn• montsgemeni $upport as CO￿SellIng c¢ordinotors to o growlng leom of volunteers and 5elf-efflploy•d conlractors ond werè lolned by Deb GIb￿ os an employed wwwllor. Page 4 ju￿ Dr•plTh Youth Inf• & Adv1¢• Llmil•d R•port ol th• Cholr loi lh• Y•ai IThd￿ 31 March 2024 Our Wellbelng Servlces T￿M und•rw•nt some charvJe wlih Jodle Thorpe leavlng the orgonlsatioh lo toke up o wond•rlul opportunity as a Senior monoger In a Supported Housing Setting. Jodie wa5 replaced by Jenni Chodwick who Is worklng with Tim Marsh to help rethape Wellbelng Service In ¢)vr Buslnem Support team, Katie Jemlngs ond Abby Honoghon proYld•d •xc•llent buslness odmlnlstratlon support. We w•r• sod t¢ see Kolle leove lo move ¢￿10 other th¢llenges w•l¢om•d thrys CO￿and0 to the team. Our small t•am works w•ll togeth•r ond hos a strong s•ns• of lob $01SsfadSon and Influence. Thls is bome out by the high average scores In the arfflual staff sur¥•y. Th• t•om had some great ideas of the strengths and the struggles of the orgonSsatlon and we wlll also be revlewlng these further. W• w•r• d•llghted to lourKh ovr n•w Poll¢l•s ond Pro¢•dvr•s Hundbook oft•r on •xt•nd p•rl¢d of r•vi•w and slr•omllnlng whlth was wp•rbly ond •lfl¢l•nily l•d by Brlan Evans Trusl••. W• hav• f•￿￿lY pvrtho¥•d o n•w ond more mof• effe￿1¥• qnd Cosl •ff•dlv• trolnlng plarforrn - Pll¢k. Thli w511 wpport oll our mandatory trqlnlng r•qvSremth and fflor•. Th• 1•gm have b••n qlso wnpl•ilng th• Ollv•r McGowan Tralnlng Prograrnffl•. FIMn¢i•l P•iiilon G5v•n the growth of the •comlng •nor• d•p•nd•M On publle fundlng. EwrK•ml¢ ￿nsId*ratIOnS Includ• hlgh Inflotl¢)n and rlslng Ilvlng ¢OSts, as well oi a lobour mork•t In flux• pufflng Inu•ased pr•ssure ¢n Ihe finonces of both hguseholds ond ¢horltl•s. Th• IKatlon 91 our tharlty kn q relatlv•ly offluent gr•o pohnilally provld•5 som• ￿¥h5on1ng, When funds do become uvuiluble they ore relatively smull amounts, with lunreollsti¢allyl hlgh deliverables and high numbers ¢f ￿MpetItIVe oppIl¢on￿ In its orticle: thurlty $e¢tor thlnk tonk NPC •srfmat•$ thol Iwo.thlrds of ch¢rfties d•liv•ring pvbll¢ service ¢ontrocts ofen'l paid enough to cov•r th•lr costs. Thls Is l•ading to tharltlfrs not wantlng to opply for or dollv•r canlracls, and thli has boen our own exparSenca locally. Th• ￿$1 of Ilvlng ¢rlils 1$ wntlnvln9 to Impod ¢horltl•s' rlslng ￿lts, •xu¢erboted by Irylng t¢ meet hlgher d•mond, higher Cgmpl•xlrf•i and to¢kl• mor• •ntr•nth•d In•qualltl•& Flnally +X b•holf of th• whol• trust•• t•om I would Ilk• to Ihank our staff, contraeiors, lund•rs, volunl••rs and cll••fft for •nabllng JDI to h•lp $0 mony yovng p•opl•. A M bailey- Chair of T e5 Page S ju￿ Dropln Yothh Info & Adv1¢• Llmil•d R•port ol ih• Tvusl••• for Ih• Ywr EThd￿ 31 Mar¢h 2024 Th• irust••s who are o1* dlr¢¢t¢rs of th• ¢hafSty for lh• pyrpows of lh• CompanS•s A¢t 20061 pr•s•ni th•lr report wilh th• fin0￿101 stot•m6nts of th• charlty for the y•or •nd•d 31 Marth 2024. Th• trvst••J hay? odopièd th• provlilons of Accountlng ond R•portlng by Churltle31 Siulement ol Re¢omm•nd*d Prartiee oppll¢ablo to charlii•s pr•porlng th•lr accounts In oc¢ordon¢• wlth the Flnonclol R•portSng 5tondord oppll¢ubl• In the UK ¢nd R•publSc of Ir•lond IFRS 1021 l•ffecrfve l JaNary 20191. OBJECTIVES AND AcfiviTIES Obj•¢liv•• qnd Aims We are here to help and support chlldren & young p￿PIe who ore ftrtdlng Ilf• hard. W• have a h•arrfeli c¢mmltrnonl lo improve thelr mental health and wellbelngl holp5ng ihm to flnd th•lr fè•t. For all WI￿ drop-ln, we seek to: create a safe spoce: inslill a sense of self-worth and hope. relieve their struggles. embrace and d•v•lop their strengths: and build their resilience to face the world with renewed self-confidence. Ovr alm Is thqt they grow to th•lr full pot•nilal a$ Indlvlduols ond Il¥• fsJlflll•d Ilve$ os m•mbers of th•5r comrtwJnlH•k STRATEGIC REPORT Inv••lm•nt p•llGy Our resèrves I￿Ve eontlnu6d to be hold partly In flL*bMtlng valw Inv¢stffl•ntS ond partly In b¢hk o¢¢ounl% Our lisl•d 5nvestm•nts Incr•o$•d In valvo dvring the year by £21,63412023 Decreased £9,718}, Inclvdlng rè-Inv•siod Intèrèst ond dlvldends. FlThanclal r•vl•w Ntst surplus for 2023124 wag £18,20312022/23 £2,188) Th•s• iurplvs•s ar• n•t of unr•alli•d Inv•ilm•nt galns of £21.634 In 2023/24 and on unreallwd I￿1 of £9.718 In 2022/23 R•￿r¥•I pollcy Our r•Mrv•s 0131 March 2024 were £322,05212023 - £303.8491. W• ￿ntInu* to molntaln ¢)ur unr•strlct•d r•s•r¥•i In Iln• wlth our pollcy 10 allow ￿ a p•rlod of 6 months to seek r•plac•rnent f￿dlftg 51 n•¢•s$gry whllst ¢ontlnvlng lh• $•rYSc• t¢ yovng p•opl• ond provldlng s•curlty to our itaff. Th11 I￿l￿d•S 6 monthi of permarvanl staff c•5ts, 6 month¥, r•nt and 6 rn+)nth's bllli. Additlonal r•wr*•$ should olso be mointoined to lund any do* down e¢sts thould rèplae•m&nt fundSng Ilot b• Meuf•d. Thls wlll b• r•vl•w•d In F•bruory •v•ry y•or wlth an oddltlonol ollowon¢• for Inllail¢n. STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT Gov•rnlng do¢umonl The Organisotion is a thoritable company limlled by gvorante•, Ine•rp¢f¥Yted on 23 November 1999 ond reglskred as chorlty on 4 July 2000. Thè company w05 e5toblished under a Memorondum of A550CiOtlon whlth estob115hed the obleLY5 ond powers of the charitable compony ond is governed under its Article5 of A550ciation. In the event of the cornpony beino wound up fflembers ar• required to contribule on omount not eAc••ding £1. Govwnlnq Bodl•i Th• Board of Trustees are r•iponslbl• for th• gv•ro11 ggv•rnarK• of th• thgrlty. R•¢Nllm•Thl ond appolnlm•nl of n•w trust••s Th• trvstms ore responslble for the oppolnlment of new trusle•k New tr￿1••$ wlll only b• appoSnt•d oft•r dv• con51d•r(thon 15 glven to •llglbllltyi porsor￿1 ¢omp•t•n¢• and spedallst skllls. Indvdlon and tralning of n•w trust•e• N•w tru￿￿1. wh•n opp¢lnl•d, ar• Induct•d Inio th• worklng of th• ¢harlty by th• •xlsilng REFERÉNCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS R•giitsMd Company numb•T 03884673 I￿gland and Wole$l Page 6 Ju$t Dropln Yo¥ih Info & Adv1¢• Llmhed R•port al Trho Trush•s for ihe Year Ended 31 Mar¢h 2024 egistered Charity nvmb•r 1081416 R•gist•r•d •ffi¢o Brldg• H¢us• 15 Brook Stre•t Ma¢¢lesfleld Che5hlre SKI 1 7AA Tivfjl••s KER•ld L D Jones A M Ball•y A Tagnerl Ireslgned 27.4.231 JEAm•y B Evans S W Woltho S J Pegg Ireslgned 21.6.231 Cornpany S•¢Mlary J K Shodforth Ind•pondenl Examln•i Dovld Taylor Horts Llmlted Westmlnster Hou l O W•Jtmln$ter Road Maccl6sll•ld Cheshlre SKIO IBX R•port ol th• Iru¥l••$, Inwrp•rotlng a slrolegl¢ r•port, opprovod by ¢rd•r of lh• board of trusl••s, 0$ th• ￿mPanY dlrect¢rs, on 15 Odo6•r 2024 and slgn•d on th• board'$ bohalf by: A M Bolley - Trustee Page 7 Ind•p•nd•ni Exomln•r'i R•pgrt 19 th• Trvsl•ei Ol Just Dmpln Yovlh Info & Advi¢• Limh•d Ind•p•nd•nl •xamln•r's rnp•rt l• th• Irusl••• Ol Just Drop-ln Y•uth lThlo & Advi¢• Limli•d ('th• Company.) I report to th¢ chorlty Irust••$ on my ¢xoffllnailon of the aCcOw￿ of the Compony for lh• year ended 31 Morch 2024. R•ipon•lblllll•s and basil of Mp•rt As the ¢haTity'S trustee5 of the Company lond olso its dlr•¢t¢rs for th• pvrpos•s of company lawl you are reSP*￿sIbl• for lh• prep¢rotlon of the accounts In o¢cordon￿ wlth the requirements of the Companies kn 20061'the 2006 Ad'}. Hovlng sotlsfl•d myself thot the o¢c￿nts of th• Company ore not reqvlred to be audited under Port 16 of the 2006 Act ond ur• •ligible for independent •xumlnoti¢n, I feport In respett of my examinalion of your ¢hority's tsceounts us ¢orri•d out und•r S•dlon 145 of the Chorltl•s kn 2011 1'th& 2011 Act'l. In carryin9 Out my èxumlnotlon I hov• +oll¢wad th• Dlr•dlons glven by th• Chorlty Commlsslon under SecH+Jn 145{S1 Ib} of the 2011 Art. Ind•p•nd•nl •xamln•v'i it•t•m•nl Slnce y¢ur thorlty's gros$ In¢om• exc••d•d £250,000 your •xomln•r MU￿ b• a rn•rnber of a 1151ed body. I can confirm thot l am qu¢llfl•d to vnd•rlak• th• •3tom5n¢tlM b•¢oui• I gm a m•mb•r ol th• Insilhrte of Chart•r•d Accounlonts In englond ond Woles, whlth Is on• of th• 1S#•d bodl•s. I hov• ¢ompl•ted my •x¢mlnatlon. I conllrm I1￿1 no matt•rs hov• com• to my all•nllon In conrt•cllcn wlth th• •xomlDotlon glvlng m• ¢ou$• to b•ll•ve: ottountln9 records wer• not kept In resp•d of the Company os r•quir•d by S•dlon 386 of the 2006 Acli or the acc¢vnts do not OCCOfd wlth those records. or th• o¢¢ounts do not comply wlth th• o¢¢ounilng r•qulr•m•nts of S•rtl¢￿ 396 of the 2006 Att other thon any r?qvirement thot th• oxounts giv• o true ond fair vS•w whS¢h Is not a maller considered as part of an Indep•nd•nl exomlnailon. or the accounts huvè noi be•n prepor•d In a¢wrdan¢• wilh th• m•th•ds ond prln¢lpl•s of th* Stalemènt of R•¢ommended Pro¢tl¢e lor ocm• o¢ross no oth•f m¢tl•ri In ¢onn&dlon wlth tho examlnotlon to whEth alt•nrfon ih(wld be drawli In thli r•port In ord•r to •nobl• a prop•r undoritandlng ol the occowfft lo b• r•ach•d. Dovld Taylor Horts Llmlt•d Westmlnster House l O Weslfflinster Road Moeelesfleld Ch•shlr• SKI0 18X Dotei 15 Odober 2024 Page 8 Jusl Dmpln Y•ulh Info & AdvlM Llmlt•d Stat•m•fil •1 Finan¢ial A¢llvlll•• r th• Y•ai End•d 31 Mai¢h 2024 31.3.24 Total funds 31.3.23 Unr•slrlded +und estrlded fuTrd l￿d$ Not•$ INCOME FROM Dortutlonsi gronts and commlMlon•d ￿r¥It•S 448.614 150.224 598,838 567770 Inv•slment IrKome 460 460 59 Tohl 449 074 150224 599 298 567 829 EXPENDITURE ON Chavliqbl• adlvltl•i Coun5•111ng Solorles Offl¢• •xp•ro•$ Volunl••r and trav•1 •xp•ns•s Repolrs and molN•narK• Training expenses Rent Cor￿ul1Cnts Subscrlptlons and DBS Bcnk 24 R•sliid•d fvndl R•strl¢t•d 150,224 1135,6451 14A79 TOTAL FUNDS 599 298 602 C•mpav￿IV0l for rn?vom•￿ In lundi N•1 movement fvnds Tronsfers between funds Ai 31.3.23 At 1.4.22 Unr•ilrithd fuThd• G•n•ral fund 290,671 2.199 11,8871 290,983 R•itrld•d fund• R•strlct•d 10,990 1.887 12,866 TOTAL FUNDS 301661 303 849 C¢mparotlve net movement In fvnds, Included In the abov• ar• as followst IncomSn9 re￿rC*S Resources xp•nded Golns qnd loss•s Movement In fvnds UnMilrid•d fund* Gemrol fund 495,629 1483,7121 19,7181 2.199 R••lrl¢t•d lundi R•￿TId•d 72,200 (72,2111 TOTAL FUNDS 567,829 555,9231 Page 17 contimed." ju￿ Dropln Y•uih Inlo & Advlv Umligd Nol•• t• th• Flfian¢lal Slahm•nl• - ¢ortlinu•d loi lh• Y•ar End￿ 31 Mar¢h 2024 MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - ¢ontlnu•d A uJrrent year 12 months and prlor y•ar 12 mofttr& combln•d posltlt)n 1$ as follow&. Net movement in funds Tronsfers behyeen funds At 31.3.24 At 1.4.22 Ufftreilricled funds General fund 290.671 5,823 11.8871 294.607 R••trl¢l•d lund• •slrlthd 10,990 14A68 1,887 27,445 TOTAL FUNDS 301 661 322052 A current year 12 month5 and prlor year 12 moftths comblTred rnt fflovement Sn funds, Inclvded In the above are as lollow Incomlng resovr¢e$ Resources expend•d GoSn5 and lou•$ Mov•m•nt In lynd$ Unrn•liithd luThd• G•n•fal lund 944,703 {950,7961 11,916 5,823 R•sfrld•d lund• R•￿rIth•d 222,424 {207,8561 14A68 TOTAL FUNDS 1 167127 11 1586521 20.391 12. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES There were no reloted porty tronsactlons for the year ￿ded 31 March 2024. .Poge 18 Just Dmpln Youih Inlg & Advls• Llmli•d D•hll•d Sl•l•m•nt ol Flnantial Adivili•s l•r lh• Y•ai End•d 31 Mar¢h 2024 31.3.24 31.3.23 INCOME D•nallansy grnnl$ and ¢ommlssl•n•d s•rvl¢•$ Donotlons Gronts and ¢ommisslon•d services Oth•r IrKom• 105,460 461,630 38.093 509.351 598.838 567.770 Inv••lm•nt in¢•m• D•p051t aecetht Int•r•Jt 460 59 Total In¢•mlng Miout¢•i 599,298 567.829 EXPÉNDITUIIE Charl￿bI• a¢HvlH Direcl costs 600,076 553,074 Support ¢•its Gov•rn4nw ¢o•l• ond poyroll f••$ Tolal r•sourc•i •xpond•d 602 729 555 923 <•xp•ndhurn)Iln¢om• b￿91• 0oln• gnd 138311 11,906 R•aliMd r•¢oonlMd galnl and lo•••• R•alls•d gaSns/lloss•s1 on programme r•lat•d Investments In¢•m• Thls page do•$ form part of th• slalvlory Ilnanclal statom•nts Page19