Enfield Island Youth Community Trust (EIYCT) Presented locally as ‘ enact community’ Annual Report 2022-2023
On behalf of the Trustees and the team, it is my pleasure to present the enact annual report for financial year ending in March 2023. The formal name of enact is the Enfield Island Youth & Introduction Community Trust (EIYCT). Working together with partners, a group of us set up enact twenty years ago. Since that time, we have supported hundreds of children, young people, and families from from our Enfield Lock and further afield of which we are very proud. Chairman The universal nature of our provision remains a core feature as it enables us to work with the
The universal nature of our provision remains a core feature as it enables us to work with the broadest cohort of the community. It gives space for positive relationships to form between workers and participants and trust is built enabling targeted work to be identified and addressed. Our model is hard to fund but as a Board, we are determined that the whole community has an opportunity to engage in positive activities.
I am pleased to report that the team of Manju Jnagal as Team Leader, Nathan as a trainee youth worker working alongside Manju to run youth provisions and Natasha Greenway leading on Children and Families continues to provide a wide range of focused activities in a fun environment where youngsters can develop personally be part of a wider community of friends. Our sessional workers are an integral part of the team and are a crucial to our ability to deliver for the community. Also, we have volunteers without whom we would not be able to operate, their help and commitment is much appreciated. We are however continuing to find it more difficult to recruit volunteers.
The finances in the 2022/23 year were satisfactory although the current year started with the Trustees setting “deficit” budget, a first for enact and clearly a risk but we had sufficient reserves to cover it if more funding was not secured. The RSA Trust continues to provide core funding which is greatly appreciated and needed. However the team was successful in securing a further round of National Lottery funding for three years plus funding from Metaswitch EBT also for three years.
This year we are very fortunate in finding an additional Trustee, Rebecca Sycamore who brings a wealth of experience in the charity sector and is proving to be a brilliant find. Mark Hayes has reluctantly stood down as a Trustee and we thank him for his contribution. We are looking to expand the Trustee team including increasing the diversity of the Trustees so that we have a set of Trustees in place for the future especially as some of the long standing trustees inevitably stand down. I would like to thank my fellow trustees Doreen Willis and Graham Jimpson who continue to give great support. We are fortunate to have Sam Ellis from the Oasis Community Partnership who attends our meetings and give us good help and advice. Our partnership with OASIS continues to flourish. We continue to get vital support from our other sponsors including Metaswitch, Oasis, The Jack Petchey Foundation, LBE, and many others.
Thanks also to the great support from Michelle Kyprianou who administers our accounts and writes the minutes of Trust meetings and Josie Atkinson who has taken over managing our database as well as her other work. Patrick Gray from the RSA Trust office continues to help and support the youth team and is instrumental in working with enact to bring to life the history of the local area.
My final words are to not only thank once more the team, advisors to the board and Trustees for their hard work, but also to thank the RSA Trust, who have supported us since 2003 and in that time have given well over £1million to support the work of enact .
Gary Walker, EIYCT Chairman
Our Board of Trustees as at November 2023 is as follows:
Gary Walker: Chairman – since 2003 Doreen Willis: Trustee – since 2014 Graham Jimpson: Trustee – since 2017 Rebecca Sycamore - since 2023 Plus board members Sam Ellis: Advisor representing Oasis Hub Hadley and Oasis Hub Enfield Lock Rafique Ullah: Advisor representing London Borough Enfield Youth Service Michelle Kyprianou: EIYCT Finance Administrator – since 2003
Trustees can be reached c/o Unit 12, Island Centre Way, RSA Island Centre, Enfield, EN3 6GS.
enact is the community brand name of ‘Enfield Island Youth & Community Trust’ EIYCT. EIYCT is a Registered Charity, Number 1109131.
EIYCT is a Company Limited by Guarantee, number 04754171
Charitable Objects: EIYCT is a charitable trust with the object of providing facilities for recreation or informal learning in the interests of individual development, social welfare and community cohesion.
We seek to ‘ encourage ’, improving aspiration, self-esteem and confidence in individual potential. Participants ‘ engage ’ in discovering and exploring new opportunities to decrease inequality and increase future life opportunity. We seek to increase a sense of community, to ‘ enjoy ’ being included and treated equally. We ‘ enhance ’ by improving active participation and volunteering, thereby strengthening support networks and improving interdependent community relationships. We therefore seek to ‘ become the very best versions of ourselves ’.
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The community of Enfield Island Village and Enfield lock is made up of a wonderfully diverse group of individuals with different ethnicities, cultures, faiths and experiences. We recognise the importance and the value of diversity and people coming together so we can share and learn about each other and build friendships and networks, thus breaking down barriers and building a shared vision and a strong community. At enact we have provided age-appropriate groups, tailoring inclusive and non-judgmental sessions and activities which is led by the community. The aim has been to create a sense of belonging and collectively grow.
The Enfield Island Village and Enfield Lock community thrives on its rich diversity, embracing individuals from varied ethnicities, cultures, faiths, and backgrounds. We also understand that it is crucial to facilitate community cohesion. We appreciate the significance of this diversity, as it fosters opportunities for mutual learning, understanding, and the forging of meaningful connections. By uniting in a spirit of inclusivity through enact provisions we aim to cultivate friendships and networks that bring about a shared vision for a vibrant and cohesive community. Our commitment to providing a safe, welcoming, and non-judgmental environment focusing on personal and social development.
2022-2023 Demographics
From the 2021 Census we are made aware of the reality that is faced by those who live in Enfield. We know that our of the 21 wards of the borough that there are statistics that show that those who live in Enfield are worse compared to all London Boroughs. These include living standards, work, shared opportunity and housing.
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31% child poverty rate
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1.49 Income Deprivation (worse compared to all London Boroughs)
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15.9% out of work benefits (worse compared to all London Boroughs)
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20.6% Low Pay resident (worse compared to all London Boroughs)
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67.5% GCSE attainment (worse compared to all London Boroughs)
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3.53 Evictions – repossessions per 1000 households (worse compared to all London Boroughs)
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24.86 Temporary Accommodation (worse compared to all London Boroughs)
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Engaging with the local community, actively listening to their concerns, and involving them in consultations, we've discerned pressing issues: Many families in this area find extracurricular activities financially prohibitive. Our interactions have illuminated the broader challenges stemming from the cost-of-living crisis, safety, mental health concerns relating directly to health and wellbeing. As experienced practitioners, we recognise the importance of providing activities to respond to these needs whilst fostering familial bonds, facilitating growth, instilling confidence and nurturing aspirations.
Snapshot of Instagram and projects:
It is with thanks to those who have supported enact. We must thank our funders and Partners including The National Lottery (last 6 months of the reaching communities grant), Jack Petchey, Edmonton Eagles, 4-22 Foundation, the RSA Trust and Enfield Voluntary Action, Enfield Council, NHS, Lee Valley, River Canal Trust to name a few, who have enabled us to reach more of the community and provide activities. Comment from a parent: ‘It’s great to see the teenagers picking up litter around the Village, really encouraging to know that we have a youth and community presence on the Island’.
What projects have we been able to deliver:
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Youth
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Children and families – Kids club, Allotment projects
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Half term projects including Family events and Community events
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Developing Volunteers and Training
enact Youth - For youth aged 10-19 years. Project Summary throughout 2022-2023
Enact youth is a safe place where young people can build positive relationships, learn something new without the fear of judgement, feel safe and be around with peers. Young people are supported by trained JNC and level 2 youth workers and adult volunteers.
As a charity we aim to maintain our Open Access youth provision, where we can create safe spaces and explore what issues young people truly faced with all our youth work being youth led and when applying for funding we ensure it meets the needs of the community. We are in the heart of Enfield Island Village and understand the difficulties faced by young people and their families as we build relationships with them all.
We are able to identify the needs of young people via outreach, engagement from Instagram, learning from other charities and organisations, collaborating with others and developing our projects by having community consultation and evaluating our projects.
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Developing senior young leaders who would help support in junior youth projects.
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Developing our partnerships with other agencies such as collaborating with other youth clubs – Prospex (a multi award winning youth charity).
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Life skills such as preparing food.
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Building resilience with sports and fitness
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Focusing on projects to directly promote a positive mental health
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Respect and having a safe place to grow and learn new skills.
Aggregate attendance by project:
Partnership Work
Edmonton Eagles – Boxing Coaching
This partnership has been key to health and fitness activities at enact. We have Dom from Edmonton Eagles who runs group work sessions at enact every Tuesday term time. Dom has been integral to active project delivery and we continue to see young people thrive in these sessions contributing to better physical and mental health. We now have
a leaderboard which incentivizes young people to participant, where each week they can see their progression. We have awarded a young person who left to go to university a laptop which was funded by Metaswitch and another running trainers from the Nike store.
Other youth Partners:
enact Kids Club Project Summary 2022-2023
Kids Club is the name of our work with children aged 0-11
The Reaching Communities Fund enabled the team to develop our stay and play group to bring more play and learning activities that had a focus on 0-5s development, school readiness and information and support for parents. Being able to rent a larger venue and bring in equipment that promotes the five main areas of child development has meant that 0-5 year olds locally we have stood out as a provision that provides excellent support and opportunities for local families. We know this through the number of families which have been signposted to us via professionals and children and family practitioners for example, Social Work Teams, Health visitors and Enfield Children's Disabled Service.
Enact has been a place where local foster carers can bring their parent and child placements, thus acting as a safe and supportive place where professional/statutory assessments can be carried out. We have facilitated families who are going through the adoptive process by providing an opportunity to see their perspective children in a social play and learning environment.
Kids Club meet Thursday after school. Kids Club is about fun, a relaxed social space, an opportunity to learn new skills and try new crafts and games. Each session teaches our six club values, Honesty, Respect, Positive to learning, Positive to Others, Self-confidence, Celebrates Success.
7 – 11 year olds
Children improve social confidence and resilience, they have increased opportunity to try new experiences and build positive social support
networks. In addition, we expect parents and families to gain ‘non-statutory’ support, advocacy and advice, to build social support networks and develop greater resilience.
At kids club we were able to provide opportunities for children to join football and multisport clubs which meant we were able to reach even more children that were not yet accessing any of the children and family provisions. Within these clubs, children were not only taught new skills and games, but there was a focus on building friendships, confidence and self-esteem and once children had finished their term at the club they were then invited to join the kids club and continue their journey of being part of a community group. Due to funding and the funding coming to a close, we had to shut one project night and run two fortnightly sessions on Thursdays. We want to continue to run these sessions but understand funding restrictions.
Long Term Funding Partners
Partners Our thanks to all our partners who help us deliver projects and activities, to our long term and project grant funders, and to the and businesses and groups who have donated grants.
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Registered number 04754171
Charity Number 1109131
The Enfield Island Youth and Community Trust
Report and Unaudited Accounts
31 March 2023
The Enfield Island Youth and Community Trust Registered number: 04754171 Directors' Report
The directors present their report and accounts for the year ended 31 March 2023.
Principal activities
The company's principal activity during the year continued to be the provision of youth facilities for young people living on the Enfield Island Village site.
Directors
The following persons served as directors during the year:
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G. Jimpson
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G. Stubberfield
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G. Walker
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D. Willis
Small company provisions
This report has been prepared in accordance with the provisions in Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.
This report was approved by the board on 8 November 2023 and signed on its behalf.
G. Walker Director
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The Enfield Island Youth and Community Trust Independent examiner's report
Independent examiner's report to the Trustees
on the unaudited accounts of The Enfield Island Youth and Community Trust
I report on the accounts of the company for the year ended 31 March 2023, which are set out on pages 1 to 8.
Respective responsibilities of the trustees and examiner
The trustees (who are also the directors of the company for the purposes of company law) are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act) and that an independent examination is needed. The charity's gross income was above £250,000 in 2022 and below £250,000 in 2023 but total gross assests were below £3.26m. I am qualified to undertake the examination by being a qualified member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.
Having satisfied myself that the charity is not subject to audit under company law and is eligible for independent examination, it is my responsibility to:
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examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Act;
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to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the
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Charity Commision under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act; and
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to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
Basis of independent examiner's report
My examination was carried out in accordance with the general Directions given by the Charity Commission. 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 you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a 'true and fair view' and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.
Independent examiner's statement
In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention:
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(1) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements:
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to keep accounting records in accordance with section 386 of the Companies
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to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records, comply with
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the accounting requirements of section 396 of the Companies Act 2006 and
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with the Charities Statement of Recommended Practice (FRS102):
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have not been met; or
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(2) to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Alan C Ray FCA FSP (UK) Limited Chartered Accountants
87 Firs Park Avenue Winchmore Hill London N21 2PU
8 November 2023
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The Enfield Island Youth and Community Trust Profit and Loss Account for the year ended 31 March 2023
| Notes Income Administrative expenses Other operating income Operating (deficit)/surplus (Deficit)/surplus for the financial year |
2023 £ 245,158 (249,939) - (4,781) (4,781) |
2022 £ 295,681 (273,655) 266 |
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| 22,292 | ||
| 22,292 |
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The Enfield Island Youth and Community Trust Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2023
| Notes Current assets Debtors 2 Cash at bank and in hand Creditors: amounts falling due within one year 3 Net current assets Net assets Unrestricted funds Designated funds 5 General funds 5 Total Funds |
2023 £ 8,873 145,027 153,900 (49,315) 104,585 104,585 94,245 10,340 104,585 |
2022 £ 9,272 183,055 192,327 (82,961) 109,366 109,366 99,026 10,340 109,366 |
2022 £ 9,272 183,055 192,327 (82,961) 109,366 109,366 99,026 10,340 109,366 |
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| 109,366 | |||
| 99,026 10,340 |
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| 109,366 |
The directors are satisfied that the company is entitled to exemption from the requirement to obtain an audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006.
The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.
The accounts have been prepared and delivered in accordance with the special provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime. The income and expenditure account has not been delivered to the Registrar of Companies.
G. Walker Director Approved by the board on 8 November 2023
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The Enfield Island Youth and Community Trust Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2023
1 Accounting policies
Basis of preparation
The accounts have been prepared under the historical cost convention and in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102).
Turnover
Turnover represents grants and donations receivable.
Depreciation
Depreciation has been provided at the following rates in order to write off the assets over their estimated useful lives.
Plant and machinery
25% reducing balance basis
| 2 Debtors Trade debtors 3 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year Trade creditors Deferred Income Other creditors & accruals |
2023 £ 8,873 2023 £ 9,565 29,500 10,250 49,315 |
2022 £ 9,272 |
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| 2022 £ 14,567 58,000 10,394 |
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| 82,961 |
4 Share Capital
The company is limited by guarantee and does not have a share capital.
| 5 Movement in Funds Restricted funds National Lottery Community Fund Total restricted funds Unestricted funds Designated funds General funds Total unrestricted funds Total funds |
At 1 April 2022 £ - - 99,026 10,340 109,366 109,366 |
Incoming Resources £ 18,500 18,500 226,658 - 226,658 245,158 |
Outgoing Resources £ 18,500 18,500 231,439 231,439 249,939 |
At 31 March 2023 £ - |
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| 94,245 10,340 |
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| 104,585 | ||||
| 104,585 |
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The Enfield Island Youth and Community Trust Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2023
Notes:
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During the year the Trust released £18,500 restricted income from the National Lottery Community Fund (NLCF) deferred in the prior year due to Covid 19 disrupting the delivery of projects. These funds were expended in the year to 31 March 2023 as restricted expenditure.
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During the year the Trust received £Nil (2022:£266) in government grants relating to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme.
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The Enfield Island Youth and Community Trust Profit and Loss Account for the year ended 31 March 2023
| Income Administrative expenses Other operating income Operating (deficit)/surplus (Deficit for the year)/surplus for the year before tax |
2023 £ 245,158 (249,939) - (4,781) (4,781) |
2022 £ 295,681 (273,655) 266 |
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| 22,292 | ||
| 22,292 |
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The Enfield Island Youth and Community Trust Schedule to the Profit and Loss Account for the year ended 31 March 2023
| Income Grants & Donations Administrative expenses General administrative expenses: Accountancy fees Sundry expenses Operational expenses: Youth programs Youth club expenses Management fees Other operating income Other operating income |
2023 £ 245,158 1,680 468 2,148 182,054 61,612 4,125 247,791 249,939 - |
2022 £ 295,681 |
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| 1,680 33 |
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| 1,713 | ||
| 117,494 150,848 3,600 |
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| 271,942 | ||
| 273,655 | ||
| 266 |
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