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2025-08-31-accounts

COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 03954918 CHARITY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 1084286

For Children & Young People Company Limited by Guarantee Financial statements

31 August 2025

For Children & Young People

Company Limited by Guarantee

Financial statements

Year ended 31 August 2025

Pages
Trustees' annual report (incorporating the directors' report) 1 to 10
Independent auditor's report to the trustees 11 to 13
Statement of financial activities (including income and expenditure account) 14
Balance sheet 15
Statement of cash flows 16
Notes to the financial statements 17 to 27

For Children & Young People

Company Limited by Guarantee

Trustees' annual report (incorporating the directors' report)

Year ended 31 August 2025

The trustees, who are also the directors for the purposes of company law, present their report and the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 August 2025.

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the accounting policies set out in notes to the accounts and comply with the charity's governing document, the Charities Act 2011 and Companies Act 2006 and Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland published in October 2019.

Chair's report

The year has proved to be a very positive and pivotal one in the life of For Children & Young People (4YP). As our organisation grows and delivers an ever-wider range of services for young people, we’re investing in the infrastructure needed to support our exceptional team. We managed to make a successful bid to the Towns Fund, managed by Ipswich Borough Council (IBC), which delivered a significant capital grant. This allowed us to secure the freehold on a property on Ipswich waterfront which, when it opens in mid 2026, will give us a wonderful new home, a larger space to help more young people in need and a prominent position overlooking the waterfront in Ipswich, close to both Suffolk New College and the University of Suffolk. It will provide room to grow over the coming years and a safe and welcoming space for those who need us. We thank our partners at IBC for helping us and working together to secure this new home. We also expanded our activities in the year, not just numerically but geographically too. We are developing and implementing a new hub in Newmarket in collaboration with Newmarket Charitable Foundation. We have a new and successful youth club in East Bergholt and have delivered services through another school, this time in Felixstowe.

We celebrated 25 years of 4YP in early 2025, with an event inviting many stakeholders past and present. It was a great celebration of all that has been achieved since our inception. Our CEO, Gavin Stone, moved on and up during the year to head up a national charity and we thank him for his brilliant leadership of the organisation. We welcomed his replacement Becky Warnock who has slotted in immediately and kept the spirit, ethos and momentum of 4YP from day one. It is a tribute to the character and resilience of 4YP that such significant change over the year has been seamless and serene.

We strengthened our trustee board again this year and I must thank all my fellow trustees for the work and dedication over the year. A farewell to those who have completed their term of office and a warm welcome to new members who are already making a great contribution.

I must of course also thank our funders who enable the important work we do. Without them we could not do it and we are extremely grateful for your support.

Finally, and perhaps most importantly, I'd like to thank the staff at 4YP. A year of change and uncertainty but they have never been deflected from the primary focus which is to treat every young person as an individual and to deliver the best support they can for each of them whatever the context. This they do with charm and good humour and they are backbone of our organisation. I hope, like me, they are looking forward to working in our new home and delivering bigger and better support to those who need it; a group which alas continues to grow at a pace all organisations struggle to keep up with.

R Lister Chair

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For Children & Young People

Company Limited by Guarantee

Trustees' annual report (incorporating the directors' report) (continued)

Year ended 31 August 2025

Reference and administrative details

Registered charity name

For Children & Young People

Charity registration number 1084286 Company registration number 03954918 Principal office and registered 14 Lower Brook Street office Ipswich IP4 1AP Suffolk

The trustees

The trustees who served during the year and at the date of approval were as follows:

R Lister (Chair) A M Hardwick (Treasurer) C Barritt-Hayes P Broughton H Clarke (Appointed 20/03/2025 and Resigned 23/01/2026) A Garnham (Appointed 08/05/2025) R Gravell H Kent N Parker G Peverley (Resigned 16/10/2025) S Robertson (Resigned 10/11/2025) B Mooney (Appointed 08/05/2025)

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For Children & Young People

Company Limited by Guarantee

Trustees' annual report (incorporating the directors' report) (continued)

Year ended 31 August 2025

Patron Z Taitte

Strategic Leadership Team

Chief Executive Officer: R Warnock (Appointed 30 June 2025) G Stone (Until 16 May 2025) Operations Manager: J Weller Wellbeing Clinical Manager: N Merfeld CYP Services Manager: S McMurtry (Until 30 September 2024) CYP Development Officer: S Doling (Appointed 13 January 2025) Finance Manager: D Herbert Marketing & Communications L Hall Officer: Bankers CAF Bank Ltd 25 Kings Hill Avenue Kings Hill West Malling Kent ME19 4JQ

Auditor

Lovewell Blake LLP Chartered accountants & statutory auditor Bankside 300 Peachman Way Broadland Business Park Norwich NR7 0LB

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For Children & Young People

Company Limited by Guarantee

Trustees' annual report (incorporating the directors' report) (continued)

Year ended 31 August 2025

Objectives and activities

Charitable objectives

The Charity's strategic Aims and Objectives are:

To act as a resource for children, young people and young adults up to the age of 25, enabling them to transition to the next stage of their life, thrive and fulfil their potential through providing,

Why is 4YP needed?

Suffolk Young People's Health Project evolved from a 1996 conference organised by Dr Fran Reader, researching into sexual health needs of young people. In 2000 the company and charity were formed, and in 2003 opened an Ipswich town centre hub. In 2005 the charity became more commonly known as 4YP, before formally renaming and rebranding in 2023 to better reflect the more holistic nature of services provided to meet the needs of young people.

Phase 7 of Healthwatch Suffolk's 'My Health, Our Future' survey of more than 13,000 Year 7 to Year 10 Suffolk secondary school pupils revealed:

Furthermore, Suffolk County Council Public Health & Communities Knowledge, Intelligence and Evidence team, reported that:

In response, 4YP believes that all children, young people and young adults have somewhere safe to go, something positive to do and someone to connect and journey with. Our mission is to:

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For Children & Young People

Company Limited by Guarantee

Trustees' annual report (incorporating the directors' report) (continued)

Year ended 31 August 2025

This is achieved by implementing a hub & spokes model that:

Public benefit

The Trustees are aware of and have due regard to Charity Commission guidance on public benefit and have taken it into account when making any decision. The Charity targets a beneficiary age range of up to 25-yearolds (until their 26th birthday).

4YP's success with early intervention delivers a significant public benefit by avoiding the long-term higher costs associated with public intervention: by health authorities (Tier 4 A&E admissions and/or mental services), and/or by social services, and/or by police and justice systems.

Activities

The key activities comprise:

  1. One-to-one counselling service hosted at the Hub, and in schools and the community, which is confidential, where the individual will be listened to and taken seriously, in a non-judgemental way.

  2. Hub group work and drop-in services complement individual counselling by offering a safe space for young people, to engage with positive activities and be supported by trusted professionals and volunteers. These groups are developed in direct response to the needs of young people, like the gender specific Girls Group and Walk n Talk mental health support group.

  3. Other activities including hosting a young people's online community ("Hangout"), providing services and support within schools and working within and for local communities by providing detached (street) youth work and youth clubs, and youth workers within healthcare settings, like a Health Coach to the Ipswich Hospital Diabetes Transition Service. 4YP also provide advocacy and signposting to other appropriate specialist services.

Diversity

4YP and partner agencies offer services and activities to as diverse a group of young people as possible. Support is facilitated for young adults with highly complex needs and chaotic lives, those who are Not in Education, Employment and Training (NEET), people with learning difficulties, young offenders, plus people from ethnic minorities or who are LGBT*Q+.

Achievements and performance

Between 1 September 2024 and 31 August 2025, 4YP was accessed a total of 9,996 times by young people throughout our services. We offered 5,137 counselling sessions of which 75% were attended, delivered 723 youth work one-to-ones, and our drop-in service was accessed 85 times. 918 young people received counselling, 411 via the Hub and 507 in schools. 302 named young people accessed our youth work service via the Hub, in a school or in the community and youth workers had 4,859 contacts with young people.

157 beneficiaries contributed to the annual review of whether the vision and mission of the charity were being achieved. "Most of the time or always" 96% (+4%) felt safe, 91% (+1%) felt more positive and 96% (no change) said they had someone they could trust when being supported by 4YP or attending an activity.

Further achievements and performance are described in the annex to these accounts along with the acknowledgment of funders.

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For Children & Young People

Company Limited by Guarantee

Trustees' annual report (incorporating the directors' report) (continued)

Year ended 31 August 2025

Financial review

Net income / (expenditure)

The Statement of Financial Activities (SOFA) for the year shows net income for the year in surplus by £692,455 (2024: £53,410).

Income

Income of £1,462,321 (2024: £761,784) was generated during the year. Restricted revenue income of £221,365 (2024: £235,962) and restricted capital income of £657,471 (2024: nil) was ring-fenced for the purpose they had been given, plus unrestricted income of £583,485 (2024: £525,822). The principal funding sources by activity are shown in the notes to the financial statements.

Expenditure

A total of £769,866 (2024: £708,374) were expended of which £219,171 (2024: £248,284) was allocated to restricted funds, £20,437 (2024: nil) was allocated to restricted capital funds and £530,258 (2024: £460,090) was spent from unrestricted funds. Of the total expenditure, 99% (2024: 99%) was expended on charitable activities to provide services for young people and 1% (2024: 1%) on generating funds.

Risk management

The Trustees regularly review organisational risk, and consider the major risks arise from continuity of funding for services and the preservation of cash in any financial crisis. The Reserves policy seeks to address these concerns. Trustees continue to review the Charity's long-term viability by diversifying income streams and establishing higher-value income.

Reserves policy

Trustees place great importance on the sustainability of the Charity long-term and have regard to the importance of being able to retain the core of its well-trained and experienced workforce. To this end, the primary aim of the Reserves Policy is to:

Total funds as at 31 August 2025 are £1,274,976 (2024: £582,521). This includes restricted funds of £643,734 (2024: £4,506).

The reserves policy is reviewed and adjusted annually. The Trustees calculated the reserve policy to be £297,222 (2024: £277,294) in line with the primary aims noted above.

In the year, the Trustees designated unrestricted funds of £115,000 (2024: nil) for the refitting of new premises acquired in Regatta Quay, Ipswich.

The free, undesignated reserves of the charity amount to £219,020 (2024: £300,720). The Trustees will look to review and expense amounts held above the reserves policy in accordance with the objectives of the charity over the coming years.

Acknowledgement to funders

Trustees sincerely thank all the individuals, groups and communities who have generously given their time, hard work and money to undertake and support these activities for and on behalf of the Charity. An acknowledgement of grant-making funders is shown below:

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For Children & Young People

Company Limited by Guarantee

Trustees' annual report (incorporating the directors' report) (continued)

Year ended 31 August 2025

Significant supporters

1.Ipswich Borough Council

For the support via the Town's Regeneration Fund and programme, enabling 4YP to purchase and renovate a new property at Unit 6, Regatta Quay Ipswich as a new youth hub for the town and surrounding area.

2.Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust

For the ninth consecutive year, it was a privilege to provide a counselling service to the U18s Wellbeing Service. This long-established partnership continued to make a significant difference to the mental health and wellbeing of the young people referred.

3. Kesgrave Town Council

The support of the Council enabled the delivery of a programme to meet the holistic needs of young people in the community - including enabling youth workers to be available 'on the street' where young people are ("detached youth work"), and a youth club ("Hangout").

4. Police & Crime Commissioner

This funding enables young people from some of the most deprived areas of the county, who are at higher risk of criminal exploitation and youth violence, to know that there will regularly be a detached youth worker available in their area to provide support and guidance.

5. National Lottery Community Fund

This financial support has been fundamental in supporting the wider organisation during this period, to provide professional backroom staff and services in additional to supporting our frontline delivery.

6. Children in Need

To support the core costs and salaries of administrative staff responsible for the leadership and required back office roles of the charity.

7. Newmarket Charitable Foundation

This funding enabled a programme of consultation with young people in Newmarket, and surrounding areas, to better understand their needs, and led to the procurement of further funding to develop further work based on the findings and new youth hub being launched in Newmarket in August 2025.

8. A Local Grant making Trust

This funding for generic youth work has been invaluable during this period, enabling the charity to direct it to where it is most needed in supporting the needs of young people, when they need it most.

9. Johns Slater Howard

Local chartered designers of mechanical and electrical systems kindly sponsored the cost of all branded 4YP staff and volunteers clothing.

10. Make Architects

The generous pro-bono provision of the professional services of this global studio enabled young people to lead the creation of concepts for what they believe is needed as a safe place and space in Ipswich Town Centre.

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For Children & Young People

Company Limited by Guarantee

Trustees' annual report (incorporating the directors' report) (continued)

Year ended 31 August 2025

Donations and community fundraising:

Most of the non-invoiced income is derived from grants from other charitable trusts. Community fundraising follows recognised standards of the Code of Fundraising Practice; the Charity does not employ commercial professional fundraisers.

Summary of the period

This year has been a period of consolidation and growth, building on the strategic review completed previously. We focused on embedding the changes identified, ensuring stronger governance and operational resilience across the organisation.

Governance and Leadership

We continued to strengthen governance through improved financial and operational policies and procedures. The Board expanded its breadth of expertise with the appointment of new Trustees, bringing fresh perspectives and skills. Enhanced reporting has supported greater transparency and accountability.

Investing in People

Our staff and volunteers remain our greatest asset. Reflecting this commitment, we prioritised training and development, supporting five team members to begin or progress apprenticeships directly linked to their roles. This investment ensures we are equipping our people with the skills and confidence to deliver high-quality services now and into the future.

Plans for future periods

Looking forward

Trustees are committed to ensuring that services offered continue to be available, accessible and operate to the highest quality standards. The year ahead is about building momentum and amplifying impact . We will:

4YP is still very-much needed, in an environment that is challenging for funders and providers as well as the younger people themselves. Within an ethos of strong corporate governance, the Charity will continue to relentlessly pursue better support and outcomes that meet the needs of young people.

Structure, governance and management

Constitution

The Charity, a company limited by guarantee incorporated on 23 March 2000 and registered with the Charity

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For Children & Young People

Company Limited by Guarantee

Trustees' annual report (incorporating the directors' report) (continued)

Year ended 31 August 2025

Commission on 29 December 2000, is governed by its Memorandum & Articles of Association ("Memo & Arts"). The Directors of the company, who are also charity trustees for the purpose of charity law, are the members of the Board (referred to as the "Management Committee" in its Memo & Arts). The Trustees/Directors are listed in the reference and administration details of these accounts. In the event of the Charity being wound up, the liability in respect of the guarantee is limited to £1 per Director/Trustee of the Charity.

Management

The Board directs and determines the Charity's affairs. The Chief Executive Officer manages day-to-day operations in accordance with the Board's strategic directions. The Board met four times, and additionally its General Purposes subcommittee four times, during the year to review and scrutinise the charity's activities and performance, together with policies, organisational risk assessment, management and administrative controls, and decisions on strategic direction.

Trustee/Director recruitment

Trustees seek a diverse body of people with a broad range of skills. Potential appointees, selected by invitation or from receipt of an expression of interest, are considered by the Board and, if suitable, are interviewed by the Chair. Appointments approved by the Board are subject to enhanced check by the Disclosure and Barring Service. An induction is undertaken by the Chief Executive Officer and covers:

Pay policy for Senior Staff

The General Purposes committee considers the organisations budget, financial position, benchmarking information, and performance indicators, and recommends pay awards for all staff, including key management personnel.

These recommendations are submitted to the full Board of Trustees, which holds final authority to approve any pay increases for key management personnel. All decisions are minuted to ensure transparency and good governance.

Trustees' responsibilities statement

The Trustees (who are also the directors of the Company for the purposes of company law) are responsible for preparing the Trustees' Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

Company law requires the Trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under company law, the Trustees must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Charity and of their incoming resources and application of resources, including their income and expenditure, for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the Trustees are required to:

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For Children & Young People

Company Limited by Guarantee

Trustees' annual report (incorporating the directors' report) (continued)

Year ended 31 August 2025

The Trustees are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the Charities transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the Charity and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the Charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

Appointment of auditor

The trustees confirm that Lovewell Blake has been appointed as the charity's auditor in accordance with the relevant statutory requirements. Statement of disclosure to auditors

Each of the persons who is a trustee at the date of approval of this report confirms that:

Small company provisions

This report has been prepared taking advantage of the small companies' exemption of section 415A of the Companies Act 2006.

2/3/2026

The trustees' annual report was approved on .............................. and signed on behalf of the board of trustees by:

R Lister (Chair)

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For Children & Young People

Company Limited by Guarantee

Independent auditor's report to the trustees of For Children & Young People

Year ended 31 August 2025

Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of For Children & Young People (the 'charity') for the year ended 31 August 2025 which comprise the statement of financial activities (including income and expenditure account), balance sheet, statement of cash flows and the related notes, including significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including FRS 102 The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

In our opinion the financial statements:

Basis for opinion

We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the charity in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC’s Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

Conclusions relating to going concern

In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.

Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the charity's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.

Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the trustees with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.

Other information

The other information comprises the information included in the trustees' annual report, other than the financial statements and our auditor’s report thereon. The trustees are responsible for the other information. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon. Our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the course of the audit, or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether this gives rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements themselves. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact.

We have nothing to report in this regard.

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For Children & Young People

Company Limited by Guarantee

Independent auditor's report to the trustees of For Children & Young People (continued)

Year ended 31 August 2025

Matters on which we are required to report by exception

We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 require us to report to you if, in our opinion:

Responsibilities of trustees

As explained more fully in the trustees' responsibilities statement (set out on pages 9 to 10), the trustees are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the trustees determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

In preparing the financial statements, the trustees are responsible for assessing the charity's ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the trustees either intend to liquidate the charity or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.

Auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements

We have been appointed as auditor under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 and report in accordance with the Act and relevant regulations made or having effect thereunder.

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor's report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs(UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.

Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outlined above, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud. The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below:

Because of the inherent limitations of an audit, there is a risk that we will not detect all irregularities, including those leading to a material misstatement in the financial statements or non-compliance with regulation. This risk increases the more that compliance with a law or regulation is removed from the events and transactions reflected in the financial statements, as we will be less likely to become aware of instances of non-compliance.

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For Children & Young People

Company Limited by Guarantee

Independent auditor's report to the trustees of For Children & Young People (continued)

Year ended 31 August 2025

The risk is also greater regarding irregularities occurring due to fraud rather than error, as fraud involves intentional concealment, forgery, collusion, omission or misrepresentation.

A further description of our responsibilities is available on the FRC's website at: www.frc.org.uk/library/standards-codes-policy/audit-assurance-and-ethics/auditors-responsibilities-for-the-a udit.This description forms part of our auditor's report.

Use of our report

This report is made solely to the charity's trustees, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the charity's trustees those matters we are required to state to them in an auditor's report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the charity and the charity's trustees as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.

Mark Proctor FCA DChA (Senior Statutory Auditor)

For and on behalf of Lovewell Blake LLP Chartered accountants & statutory auditor Bankside 300 Peachman Way Broadland Business Park Norwich NR7 0LB 2/3/2026

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For Children & Young People

Company Limited by Guarantee

Statement of financial activities (including income and expenditure account)

Year ended 31 August 2025

2025 2025 2024
Unrestricted Restricted Restricted
funds funds Capital fund Total funds Total funds
Note £ £ £ £ £
Income
Grants, donations, and
legacies 5 14,506 221,365 657,471 893,342 248,444
Charitable activities 6 541,717 541,717 497,939
Other trading activities 4,121 4,121 3,601
Investment income 23,141 23,141 11,800
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Total income 583,485 221,365 657,471 1,462,321 761,784
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Expenditure
Raising funds
Costs of raising
donations and legacies 1,164 1,164 1,294
Charitable activities 7 529,094 219,171 20,437 768,702 707,080
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Total expenditure 530,258 219,171 20,437 769,866 708,374
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Net income and net
movement in funds 53,227 2,194 637,034 692,455 53,410
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Reconciliation of funds
Total funds brought forward 578,015 4,506 582,521 529,111
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Total funds carried forward 631,242 6,700 637,034 1,274,976 582,521
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The statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the year.

All income and expenditure derive from continuing activities.

The notes on pages 17 to 27 form part of these financial statements.

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For Children & Young People

Company Limited by Guarantee

Balance sheet

31 August 2025

2025 2024 2024
Note £ £ £ £
Fixed assets
Tangible fixed assets 11 645,751 9,666
Current assets
Debtors 12 96,040 91,928
Cash at bank and in hand 816,064 791,661
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912,104 883,589
Creditors: Amounts falling due within
one year 13 (174,793) (194,628)
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Net current assets 737,311 688,961
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Total assets less current liabilities 1,383,062 698,627
Provisions 15 (108,086) (116,106)
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Net assets 1,274,976 582,521
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Funds of the charity
Restricted Capital funds 637,034
Restricted funds 6,700 4,506
Unrestricted funds 516,242 578,015
Designated funds 115,000
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Total charity funds 16 1,274,976
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582,521
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These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies' regime.

These financial statements were approved by the board of trustees and authorised for issue on 2/3/2026 ........................, and are signed on behalf of the board by:

Q

R Lister (Chair)

Company registration number: 03954918

The notes on pages 17 to 27 form part of these financial statements.

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For Children & Young People

Company Limited by Guarantee

Statement of cash flows

Year ended 31 August 2025

2025 2024
£ £
Cash flows from operating activities
Net income 692,455 53,410
Adjustments for:
Depreciation of tangible fixed assets 5,746 4,971
Interest from investments (23,141) (11,800)
Changes in:
Trade and other debtors (4,112) 20,722
Trade and other creditors (19,835) (52,650)
Provisions (8,020) 18,070
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Cash generated from operations 643,093 32,723
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Net cash from operating activities 643,093 32,723
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Cash flows from investing activities
Interest from investments 23,141 11,800
Purchase of tangible assets (641,831) (7,130)
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Net cash (used in)/from investing activities (618,690) 4,670
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Net increase in cash and cash equivalents 24,403 37,393
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year 791,661 754,268
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Cash and cash equivalents at end of year 816,064 791,661
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The notes on pages 17 to 27 form part of these financial statements.

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For Children & Young People

Company Limited by Guarantee

Notes to the financial statements

Year ended 31 August 2025

1. General information

The charity is a public benefit entity and a private company limited by guarantee, registered in England and Wales and a registered charity in England and Wales. The address of the registered office is 14 Lower Brook Street, Ipswich, IP4 1AP, Suffolk.

2. Statement of compliance

The charity constitutes a public benefit entity as defined by FRS 102. The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland issued in October 2019, the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102), the Charities Act 2011, the Companies Act 2006 and UK Generally Accepted Accounting Practice.

3. Accounting policies

Basis of preparation

The financial statements have been prepared on the historical cost basis.

The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the entity and rounded to the nearest £.

Going concern

The financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis. Trustees have taken into account all available information about the future (at least 12 months from the date when the financial statements are approved) and are not aware of any material uncertainties related to events or conditions that cast significant doubt upon the entity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Income tax

The company is a registered Charity and its activities are exempt from United Kingdom income and corporation tax. Income Tax recoverable on covenanted donations and Gift Aid is recognised in the financial statements in the period in which it is received. The Charity is not registered for VAT; irrecoverable VAT is reported with the expenditure to which it relates.

Fund accounting

Unrestricted funds are general funds which are available for use at the Trustees' discretion in furtherance of the general objectives of the Charity and which have not been designated for other purposes.

Restricted funds are funds which are to be used in accordance with specific restrictions imposed by donors or have been raised by the Charity for particular purposes.

Designated funds are unrestricted funds that have been set aside by the Trustees for a particular purpose. The aim and use of each fund is set out in the notes to the financial statements.

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For Children & Young People

Company Limited by Guarantee

Notes to the financial statements (continued)

Year ended 31 August 2025

3. Accounting policies (continued)

Income

All income is included in the Statement of Financial Activities (SOFA), on an accruals basis, when the Charity is legally entitled to the income and the amount can be quantified with reasonable accuracy.

Donations are recognised when the Charity has received the income. If the donation is subject to a restriction the Charity will recognise when the restriction is met or wholly within the control of the Charity. Grants are included in the statement of activities when the entitlement to the grant is probable. Grants made for specific purposes are classified as restricted income.

Deferred income, disclosed as a liability in the balance sheet, consists of resources received that are not recognised in the SOFA until the Charity is entitled to the income. Deferred income relates to future periods, or require other conditions that limit income recognition be met, and also include funds received where, by agreement with the donor, certain expenses can be charged directly to a fund.

Income from contracts for services (generally, invoiced income) are regarded as unrestricted income. Performance-related grants, where the donor has expressed how and/or when a service is provided, are regarded as restricted income.

All other income is accounted for on a receivable basis.

No amounts are included in the financial statements for services donated by volunteers.

Expenditure

All expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all costs related to the category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with use of the resources. Eligible employees are members of a defined contribution pension scheme. Pension costs are accounted for on an accruals basis.

Operating leases

Rentals applicable to operating leases are charged to the SOFA over the period in which the cost is incurred.

Tangible assets

Tangible assets are initially recorded at cost, and subsequently stated at cost less any accumulated depreciation and impairment losses.

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For Children & Young People

Company Limited by Guarantee

Notes to the financial statements (continued)

Year ended 31 August 2025

3. Accounting policies (continued)

Depreciation

Depreciation is calculated so as to write off the cost or valuation of an asset, less its residual value, over the useful economic life of that asset as follows:

Leasehold property - Over the term of the lease Lease improvements - Up to the life of the lease Office equipment - 3 to 10 years IT equipment - 3 years

Provisions

Provisions are recognised when the entity has an obligation at the reporting date as a result of a past event, it is probable that the entity will be required to transfer economic benefits in settlement and the amount of the obligation can be estimated reliably. Provisions are recognised as a liability in the balance sheet and the amount of the provision as an expense.

Provisions are initially measured at the best estimate of the amount required to settle the obligation at the reporting date and subsequently reviewed at each reporting date and adjusted to reflect the current best estimate of the amount that would be required to settle the obligation. Any adjustments to the amounts previously recognised are recognised in income or expenditure unless the provision was originally recognised as part of the cost of an asset. When a provision is measured at the present value of the amount expected to be required to settle the obligation, the unwinding of the discount is recognised as a finance cost in the statement of financial activities in the period it arises, and is allocated to the appropriate expenditure heading.

Financial instruments

A financial asset or a financial liability is recognised only when the entity becomes a party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.

Basic financial instruments are initially recognised at the amount receivable or payable including any related transaction costs, unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where it is recognised at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest for a similar debt instrument.

Current assets and current liabilities are subsequently measured at the cash or other consideration expected to be paid or received and not discounted.

Debt instruments are subsequently measured at amortised cost.

4. Limited by guarantee

The Charity is a company limited by guarantee. The members of the company are the Trustees named in the reference and administration section of these accounts. In the event of the Charity being wound up, each member's liability in respect of the guarantee is limited to £1.

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For Children & Young People

Company Limited by Guarantee

Notes to the financial statements (continued)

Year ended 31 August 2025

5. Grants, donations, and legacies

Unrestricted Restricted Restricted Total Funds
Funds Funds Capital 2025
Funds
£ £ £ £
Donations
Grants and donations 14,506 221,365 657,471 893,342
==================================== ==================================== ==================================== ====================================
Unrestricted Restricted Restricted Total Funds
Funds Funds Capital 2024
Funds
£ £ £ £
Donations
Grants and donations 12,482 235,962 248,444
==================================== ==================================== ==================================== ====================================
6. Charitable activities
Unrestricted Total Funds Unrestricted Total Funds
Funds 2025 Funds 2024
£ £ £ £
Counselling 371,500 371,500 386,880 386,880
Youth Work 166,137 166,137 105,051 105,051
Other 4,080 4,080 6,008 6,008
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
541,717 541,717 497,939 497,939
==================================== ==================================== ==================================== ====================================

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For Children & Young People

Company Limited by Guarantee

Notes to the financial statements (continued)

Year ended 31 August 2025

7. Expenditure on charitable activities

Unrestricted Restricted Restricted Total Funds
Funds Funds Capital 2025
Funds
£ £ £ £
Staff costs 378,705 181,879 560,584
Counsellor supervision costs 7,830 1,844 9,674
Travel expenses - staff and volunteers 2,190 2,490 4,680
Activities and materials 3,161 5,383 8,544
Support costs 137,208 27,575 20,437 185,220
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
529,094 219,171 20,437 768,702
==================================== ==================================== ==================================== ====================================
Unrestricted Restricted Restricted Total Funds
Funds Funds Capital 2024
Funds
£ £ £ £
Staff costs 356,301 204,258 560,559
Counsellor supervision costs 8,204 1,773 9,977
Travel expenses - staff and volunteers 1,613 1,291 2,904
Activities and materials 1,326 5,966 7,292
Support costs 91,352 34,996 126,348
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
458,796 248,284 707,080
==================================== ==================================== ==================================== ====================================
Analysis of support costs
2025 2024
£ £
Premises 61,533 61,871
Communications and IT 25,890 20,612
Office supplies and other expenses 14,731 9,311
Other staff costs 14,729 11,234
Professional fees 62,591 18,349
Depreciation 5,746 4,971
------------------------------- -------------------------------
185,220 126,348
==================================== ====================================
8. Net income
Net income is stated after charging/(crediting):
2025 2024
£ £
Depreciation of tangible fixed assets 5,746 4,971
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For Children & Young People

Company Limited by Guarantee

Notes to the financial statements (continued)

Year ended 31 August 2025

9. Staff costs

The total staff costs and employee benefits for the reporting period are analysed as follows:

2025 2024
£ £
Wages and salaries 521,733 521,065
Social security costs 31,081 31,372
Other pension costs 7,770 8,122
------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------
560,584 560,559
=========================================== ===========================================

The average head count of employees during the year was 34 (2024: 31).

No employee received employee benefits of more than £60,000 during the year (2024: One). This employee received total employee benefits during the prior year of between £70,000 and £80,000.

10. Trustee remuneration and expenses

The Charity’s key management personnel are the Trustees and Strategic Leadership Team (SLT) as listed in the reference and administrative details. Trustees neither received nor waived emoluments during the year (2024: £Nil). Trustees were reimbursed expenses amounting to £Nil (2024: £766) during the year.

The total amount of employee benefits (including employers pension) of the SLT for their services to the Charity was £176,303 (2024: £200,836).

11. Tangible fixed assets

Leasehold
Leasehold
Office IT
property improvement equipment equipment Total
£ £ £ £ £
Cost
At 1 September 2024 119,672 37,809 23,951 181,432
Additions 637,500 4,331 641,831
Disposals (1,861) (1,861)
------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------
At 31 August 2025 637,500 119,672 37,809 26,421 821,402
=========================================== =========================================== =========================================== =========================================== ===========================================
Depreciation
At 1 September 2024 119,672 36,013 16,081 171,766
Charge for the year 466 1,216 4,064 5,746
Disposals (1,861) (1,861)
------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------
At 31 August 2025 466 119,672 37,229 18,284 175,651
=========================================== =========================================== =========================================== =========================================== ===========================================
Carrying amount
At 31 August 2025 637,034 580 8,137 645,751
=========================================== =========================================== =========================================== =========================================== ===========================================
At 31 August 2024 1,796 7,870 9,666
=========================================== =========================================== =========================================== =========================================== ===========================================

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For Children & Young People

Company Limited by Guarantee

Notes to the financial statements (continued)

Year ended 31 August 2025

12. Debtors

2025 2024
£ £
Trade debtors 53,405 59,716
Prepayments and accrued income 42,635 31,838
Other debtors 374
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96,040 91,928
==================================== ====================================
13. Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year
2025 2024
£ £
Trade creditors 16,744 18,711
Accruals and deferred income 146,382 153,950
Social security and other taxes 10,434 8,009
Other creditors 1,233 13,958
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174,793 194,628
==================================== ====================================
14. Deferred income
2025 2024
£ £
At 1 September 2024 148,818 213,640
Amount released to income (148,818) (213,640)
Amount deferred in year 123,176 148,818
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At 31 August 2025 123,176
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148,818
====================================

Deferred income relates to conditional grant income received in the year on behalf of projects being completed in following years.

15. Provisions

Staff
Dilapidations settlement Total
£ £ £
At 1 September 2024 102,938 13,168 116,106
Additions 5,148 5,148
Charge against provision (13,168) (13,168)
-------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
At 31 August 2025 108,086 108,086
==================================== ==================================== ====================================

The dilapidations provision is aligned to the present obligation of the rental lease and is expected to be paid upon cessation of the lease agreement.

The staff settlement provision was paid during the year as anticipated. There is no longer any present obligation for the charity in respect of a staff settlement agreement and as such no provision is held at the current year end.

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For Children & Young People

Company Limited by Guarantee

Notes to the financial statements (continued)

Year ended 31 August 2025

16. Analysis of charitable funds

Year ended 31 August 2025

Restricted funds

At 1 Sept At 31 Aug
2024 Income Expenditure Transfers 2025
£ £ £ £ £
Access to Apprenticeships 1,000 (1,000)
Counsellor Support Fund 4,080 (4,080)
AXA XL Regional Grant
Programme
764 10,619 (11,383)
Children in Need 39,976 (39,976)
Ipswich Borough Council
Community Cash Grant
5,655 (5,655)
Kerrison Trust 727 (727)
Kesgrave Youth Club 2,032 8,528 (10,560)
National Lottery Community
Fund
30,130 (29,628) 502
Pixel Fund 796 (796)
Rope Trust 15,000 (15,000)
Safer Streets – West Suffolk
Council
9,167 (9,074) 93
Simon Gibson Charitable Trust 777 (672) 105
Suffolk Police & Crime
Commissioner’s Fund
187 8,333 (8,520)
Talent Fund 20,000 (20,000)
The Mount Fund 16,000 (16,000)
Youth Focus Suffolk 3,200 (3,200)
Youth Social Prescribing Pilot 34,980 (28,980) 6,000
Youth Worker Development
Fund
13,920 (13,920)
------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- -------------------------------------
4,506 221,365 (219,171) 6,700
=================================== =================================== =================================== =================================== ===================================
Restricted Capital Funds
Ipswich Borough Council –
Towns Deal Fund 657,471 (20,437) 637,034
=================================== =================================== =================================== =================================== ===================================
Designated funds
New Premises 115,000 115,000
=================================== =================================== =================================== =================================== ===================================
Unrestricted funds
General Funds 578,015 583,485 (530,258) (115,000) 516,242
=================================== =================================== =================================== =================================== ===================================

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For Children & Young People

Company Limited by Guarantee

Notes to the financial statements (continued)

Year ended 31 August 2025

Year ended 31 August 2024

Restricted funds

At 1 Sept At 31 Aug
2023 Income Expenditure Transfers 2024
£ £ £ £ £
Access to Apprenticeships 1,000 (1,000)
Counsellor Support Fund 4,080 (4,080)
AXA XL Regional Grant
Programme
16,572 (15,808) 764
Children in Need 39,847 (39,847)
Ipswich Borough Council
Community Cash Grant
145 8,213 (8,358)
Kerrison Trust 5,000 (4,273) 727
Kesgrave Youth Club 1,272 15,634 (14,874) 2,032
National Lottery Community
Fund
908 35,415 (36,323)
Pixel Fund 4,500 (3,704) 796
Rope Trust Fund 15,000 (15,000)
Suffolk Police & Crime
Commissioner’s Fund
2,148 16,662 (18,623) 187
Youth Social Prescribing Pilot (287) 31,600 (31,313)
Youth Worker Development
Fund
5,155 13,990 (19,145)
Bluebell Fund - Holiday
Programmes
3,000 (3,000)
East Suffolk Community
Partnerships
2,769 2,000 (4,769)
HAF Summer Programme
Fund
1,511 (1,511)
Harwich Haven Authority Fund 2,000 (2,000)
John Lewis Half Term Activities
Fund
1,333 (1,333)
Realising Ambitions Fund 990 (990)
Rushmere St Andrew Parish
Council
197 4,824 (5,021)
SCC Public Mental Health 1,507 15,292 (16,799)
Suffolk CC Football Equipment
Fund
125 (125)
The Suffolk Association for
Counselling
388 (388)
------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- -------------------------------------
16,828 235,962 (248,284) 4,506
=================================== =================================== =================================== =================================== ===================================
Unrestricted funds
General Funds 512,283 525,822 (460,090) 578,015
=================================== =================================== =================================== =================================== ===================================

Any fund with income or expenditure over £5,000 or with a balance carried forward have been explained below.

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For Children & Young People

Company Limited by Guarantee

Notes to the financial statements (continued)

Year ended 31 August 2025

Restricted fund purposes:

Summary of Funds

Designated fund purposes:

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For Children & Young People

Company Limited by Guarantee

Notes to the financial statements (continued)

Year ended 31 August 2025

17. Analysis of net assets between funds

As at 31 August 2025
Unrestricted Restricted Total Funds
Funds Funds 2025
£ £ £
Tangible fixed assets 8,717 637,034 645,751
Debtors 79,702 16,338 96,040
Cash at bank and in hand 810,281 5,783 816,064
Current liabilities (159,372) (15,421) (174,793)
Provisions (108,086) (108,086)
------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- -------------------------------------
Net assets 631,242 643,734 1,274,976
=================================== =================================== ===================================
As at 31 August 2024
Unrestricted Restricted Total Funds
Funds Funds 2024
£ £ £
Tangible fixed assets 9,666 9,666
Debtors 82,246 9,682 91,928
Cash at bank and in hand 761,861 29,800 791,661
Current liabilities (159,652) (34,976) (194,628)
Provisions (116,106) (116,106)
------------------------------- -------------------------- -------------------------------
Net assets 578,015 4,506 582,521
=============================== ========================== ===============================
18. Analysis of changes in net debt
At At
1 Sep 2024 Cash flows 31 Aug 2025
£ £ £
Cash at bank and in hand 791,661 24,403 816,064
=============================== ========================== ===============================

19. Operating lease commitments

The total future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases are as follows:

2025 2024
£ £
Not later than 1 year 1,416 28,916
Later than 1 year and not later than 5 years 2,006 3,422
---------------------- --------------------------
3,422 32,338
====================== ==========================

20. Related parties

There have been no related party transactions in this year or the previous reporting period.

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