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Kingsbridge Youth For Christ Is a Christian
charity that éxists to seé young people's
lives changed by Jesus We represent God's
heart by showing Jesus in a relevant way to
young people In Kingsbridge and the
surrounding areas.
Accounts
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We do not force our beliefs onto young
people. We openly share the real difference
a relationship with Jesus has made In our
lives, and challenge them to think about
what they believe, and why
Registered Charity No. 1137166
@kingsbridgeyouthforchr

STATU
The organisation was registerèd as a Charity on Nay Isth 2010.
The Charity underwent a rebrand and name change in
Septem 2018 (formerly kno wn as SPIRIIULIZED)
Charity Number 113n66
TRUSTEES
Mr. David Fox (Chair)
Mrs Christine Roberts (Treasurer)
Mr Peter Hammett
Mr David Wibberley
Mrs Suzy Andrews
Mrs Helen Leather
NTAC
ADMONOSfE2AfOVE
Kingsbridge Youth For Christ
Kingsbridge Family Church
Baptist Lane
Fore Street
Kingsbridge
Devon
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info@kingsbridge yfc co uk
BANKERS
CAF Bank
25 Kings Hill Avenue
Kings Hill
West Nalling
Kent ME19 4JQ

TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH
for thé bénefit of young Péoplé in accordance with the
statement of Faith appearing In appendix I throughout the
world and in particular In Kingsbridge and Its environs,
THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE
CHRISTIAN FAITH
KINGSBRIDGE YOUTH FOR
CHRIST
mainly. but not exclusively by means ol proclaiming Christian
méssages of an evangelistic and teaching nature throughout
the world and in particular (but without prejudice to the
generality of the foregoing) In Kingsbridge and Its environs.
MISSION
TO DEMONSTRATE. PROMOTE AND
ENCOURAGE CHRISTIAN VALVES
including dignity, empowerment and oartnership to all
young people throughout Kingsbridge and Its environs,.
THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION
OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE
through support and mentoring In schools. colleges and other
educational establishments, through lunchtime and after
school clubs, street based youth work and other youth
provision to develop their physical, mental and spiritual
capacities. that they may grow to full maturity as Individuals,
and that their condition of life may be Improved.
"We're about seelng young
people's Ilves changed by
Jesus
J)
TO RELIEVE POVERTY AND SICKNESS
thereby demonstrating the Christian faith by promoting
overseas service, education practical action and working with
those affected. either directly or through relevant relief
agencies.

ooJÉcfllvÉs
EMPLOYEES
2023-202
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VOLUNTEERS FROM
LOCAL CHURCHES
To Recrult a new'Rural Mlnlstrles Coordlnator and Youth
Worke
TRUSTEES
5,OZ7 ENGAGEMENTS
PROVIDING DIRECT
SUPPORT TO LOCAL
YOUNG PEOPLE BETWEEN
APRIL 2023 AND MARCH
2024
TO Develop youth work and relatlonshlps wlth churches In
Aveton Glfford and Salcombe
TO Contlnue to dlsclple our Chrlstlan young people through
U, trlps and Integratlng them Into the wlder church famlly
OFTHOSE" 033:
UNDER II'S
11-18's
TO Seek to Increase Income through fundralslng. grant
applicatlons and more supporters In order for us to meet our
commltted expendlture
TO Develop Unlte and see how we can engage more young
people
TO Expand the mentorlng at KCC and recrult more male
-Drs
TO Bulld on the success of Llmltless 2022 and take a larger
group away In 2023

TRUSTEESkREPORT
This year has been fant8Stic The clubs and en-
gagéments with young people have Increased in
numbér. relationships with the primary schools aré
growing and we hired our new Rural Ministries
Coordinator and Youth Worker. Jasper Van Es
.7 young people
made decisions to
follow Jesus.
Thank You
We firstly want to say thank you. we are extreme-
ly grateful to all our supporters both financial and
prayér who enable us to réach the young people
in k<ingsbridge through our various projects and
clubs.
Over this past year we have had 7 young people
make some sort of first time decision to follow
Jesus or say yes to wanting him to be a part of
their lives We have seen many more make steps
towards Jesus Minds are opening and hearts are
being prepared,
The Prlmary Focus for 2023-24
Kingsbridge Youth For Christ has achieved all of
its goals set out for this year. This year wè had
5033 engagements with young people 2655 of
those were with 11-18 year olds and 2378 or them
were with under Il's. You can see that this numbèr
of underll's has grown by almost 1000 since the
previous year This is due to us now being In more
primary schools regularly and Increasing our work
In quite a few schools to Include clubs and les-
sons. These 5033 engagements are across all of
our projects and they vary In terms of sharing
Jesus. Some of them will be regular one to one
work in the secondary school where we do not
overtly share our faith and some will be direct
discipling of young people in our Christian Union
and Bible studies. However. everything we do is to
ultimately see young péoples lives transformèd by
Jesus.
Just because they might not say a big YES to
Jesus now, I believe that God will keep pursuing
them and sométhing of what we have said to
them or shown them will stay with them We pray
that God will bring others along In their journey to
water the seeds that we have planted at this time.
"We're about seelng young
people's Ilves changed by
Jesus
J)

TRUSTEESkREPORT
PROJECTS
Limitless Festival 2023
Limitless Festival is a five-day Elim run Christian
youth camp In Staffordshire Showground
featuring daily gatherings for worship. word and
ministry. a huge variéty of activities and fun
games and other events throughout the day
This was our second year of taking a group and
we took 18 young people Some of whom had
come the year before We once again held a
prayer breakfast a few weeks before the trip at
Kingsbridge Family Church We had a great
morning, sharing about the success of the
prévious yéar, worshipping and intentionally and
expéctantly praying for each of the young
péoplé who were going That they would meet
with Jesus and havé théir lives complétély
changed and transformed.
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Oné of the prayer activities that we did we took
with us to Limitless and hung It up In our groups
tent area so that thé young peoplè could sèè
what had been prayed for them They could also
add their own prayers to It If they wanted to We
again created a daily prayer guide for the week
so that the churches would be able to support
the trip and we set up a prayer space on social
media for regular prayer updates during the
week.
It was again, an amazing week14 young people
made a decision to follow Jesus and all of them
have followed up with us throughout the year
getting Involved in Christian Union and all those
4 are coming back this year One of those young
people got baptised at Easter. He had a real
experience of Jesus. he realised how loved he
was and we have seen him grow so much.

TRUSTEESkREPORT
cu
We have continued to run our CU this year It
has been a privilege to journey through. for
many of the young people. the foundations of
faith as a lot had not grown up in church and
are not familiar with the well known Bible
sto ries
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Each week we were getting questions like What
is sin again?, And'why did Jesus have to die?
We noticed that there was a bit of a divide in
the spiritual maturity levels within the CU There
were many who knew lots and needed some-
thing more In depth and there were also many
who didn't understand the basics of the Bible
and following Jesus We made the decision to
split the CU Into 2 different sessions for differ-
ent ages/spiritual maturity levels.
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We have continued to do a CU social each half
term, we have been trampolining, bowling, had
a picnic orT Dartmoor and we attended the 24/7
prayer with Limitless mid year event In rediscov-
er Exeter In February The place was absolutely
packed full of young people all gathering to
pray for their friends. families and this nation.
UNITE
We have continued to run a Unite Youth service
pretty much every month during this year Each
Unite Is held In a different church and consists of
games, worship. a talk and some response time.
While CU is great, we ultimately we want to get
these young people integrated Into a local
church family If they are not already a part of
one. We would like to support the local church-
es In their discipleship of young people and
help the young people join those church fami-
Each service we see between 10-20 young peo-
ple attend. Half of them have come from our CU
and the other half from our youth clubs and out-
reach For around half the room. they have never
stepped foot In a church service before They
have no understanding of church culture so this
is a great first step into getting them involved In
church.
We have already started to do this at Kings-
bridge Family Church and are wanting to ex-
pand this wider over the next year

TRUSTEESkREPORT
Office Move
In October 23 we moved offices from'Horizons' at the top of Fore Street in Kingsbridge to the Kingsbridge Family
Church office and we are so grateful to the family church for having us in their office It's great to be part of the commu-
nity in there with Jonny Richmond (the pastor In training) and Pennie Sutton (the church coordinator) It's also very
handy as we run a lot of our clubs in the basement area of the church.
The Lounge
The Lounge is our weekly youth club held in Kingsbridge Family Church from 7-8 30pm for school years 7-11 This year
we have seen real growth in our youth club attendance and have consistently had over twenty young people attend
each week. all year round The Lounge team is made up of 11 volunteers from local churches as well as Jasper and
Becky Therè is table tennis. a pool table. an air hockey table. a gaming PC (which this year we got a grant from Kings-
bridge Town Council to upgrade which was amazing). Nintendo switch. a tuck shop and an area to play games and chill.
We also run some football with a soft ball upstairs in the main hall doing 4 a side to get some of the energy out and the
young people really enjoy that Almost all of the young people that attend the club have no church background Each
week one of the team will lead a God slot- a team game. a fun challenge or something similar. and an evangelistic talk
sharing something of their testimony, the difference Jesus has made In their lives and God's heart for the young people
that attend Several young people have responded throughout the year and now join us for our CU.
This year we have had 62 individuals come through the door. And we see18-25 young people
each week
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The KYFC Van
This year we have continued to keep a presence on the
Quay in Kingsbridge evéry week We are on the Quay
Tuesday and a Friday afterschool. rain or shine. to en-
gagé with the young peoplé- offering a warm. safe
spacé for them to congregate
Wé serve hot choco lates. play Playstation a r)d most
importantly have countless conversations that build
relationship and very often get questions Iike'why are
you out here? why do you do this7 This gives us op-
portunities to share our faith and Jesus heart for them.
From February this year we started going out on a Fri-
day night Instead of a Friday afterschool We are out
on the Quay from 8 30-10pm Pre Covid- there was the
'Friday Night Project. which was running each Friday
evening In the Age Concern building by the Quay
Young péople would come In that weré out and about
and théy had a safe loving non iudgeméntal space to
hang out and chat to the leaders there. This stopped
when Covid hit and we were then unablé to set It back
up In the Age Concern building due to the space being
used for other things.
It's been great to be back In this space. we ￿ a lot of
thé older young people who are often drinking and just
hanging around But they are polite and respectful of
the bus and enjoy coming and chatting with us.
Mentorlng
Over the year our mentoring team has continued to
support young people each week In King5bridge
Community College. We have a team of 5 mentors
who go In and mentor around 12 young people each
week. This Is a supportive listening service that we
offer to students who the school have flagged up as
needing some extra support due to home, school or
other things they are struggling with We are not a
replacement for NHS or other professional hearth ser-
vices but we are there to be a stable. loving, non
judgemental. consistent figure in their lives each week.
We have had 3 more mentors join the team this year
including our newest worker Jasper
This next year we would love to build on this and grow
the Friday night work. To have a bigger team with 2
people stationed at the bus and 2 walking around
Kingsbridge letting the young people know where we
are, If they need anything. handing out water and offer-
ing to pray even. We have also now set up a prayer
team that will pray in Word Wise (a Christian bookshop
on Fore Street in Kingsbridge) during the time we are
out and we are looking forward to seeing what God
does as we continue to develop the Friday nights.

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The most importan t thing is that the children enjoy
their time with us. as they are giving up their play-
time. We want them to know Jesus really loves thém,
and that in following Him they can feel safe. have fun
and know they are precious in His sigh t..
Salcombe
Church of England
Prima
We also support these schools through
being a part of ETHOS and SIAMS meet-
ings to shape the schoolwide delivery of
Christian content and have enjoyed being
invited to various school events (such as,
Harvest. Christmas Celebrations and leav-
ers services) throughout the year.
In July 2023. we again delivered a series
of school transition lessons to year 6 clas-
ses to help them process their feelings
and emotions around making the move to
secondary school We delivered these
lessons In 6 local primary schools,
We have really seen this work grow and
the need for this Increase We have seen
real berTefits In getting to know these chil-
dren before they move u p to secondary
school and building relationships so that
when they are In KCC they already know
us, they trust us and It also Is some con-
sistency for them.
Prlmary Schools
This year the work In primary schools has Increased
greatly The primary schools are really keen to have us
in more, running Bible lessons, clubs and extra support
sessions for children who are struggling a bit more
than others. We have also Increased the number of
schools we regularly work with We are in Thurlestone
Primary school regularly now and also Loddiswell pri-
mary which is amazing as we have been praying to be
a regular presence In that school for around 5 years.
Also, it Is a privilegè to be able to share Bible stories
and messages with the children during primary school
because It hopefully saves us some work when they are
Christian Union age This year we are wanting to ex-
plore the possibility of getting a new worker join the
team who will primarily be a primary schools worker
but would also be Involved in the youth work side of
things too. It is in the very early stages, but we would
like to look into it.
Salcombe Ethos Club-suzy Andrews
'This new lunchtime club grew out ofconversations and
prayer over a number ofyears between Holy Trinity
Salcombe (part of the Seaside Parish) and KYFQ The
club lasts about 45minutes every Wednesday in
Salcombe Primary School and includes games. songs. a
Sible Story. a video and various creative acts'vities.

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TRUSTEESkREPORT
The inspector obsèrved lesgons, looked at books. met
with parents and different groups of children He héld
meetings with staff members. Governors including
Becky and leaders from across the Federation to
reach his conclusions Becky played an Important part
In this outstanding judgement
Malborough Is part of the South Hams Federation, I
know Becky visits Loddiswéll Primary School and they
very much value her coming into the school for lots of
d Ifferent events
I cannot express how much this group supports the
young people In the South Hams. which Is very much
needed in these very challenging and difficult times
for families and communities
Thank you so much to Becky from everyone at Nal-
borough and Loddiswell Primary School.
Report from Jane Greaves
Youth For Christ havé béén involvéd with Malborough
with South Huish C of E Primary School for many
years.
écky has become véry much part of our'school fami-
ly, and everyone. from the children. staff. parents and
thé community value all that she does to support the
school
Becky contributes to our monthly Church Services.
Collective Worship. Bible lessons. weekly singing with
the children. Mindful lessons and year 6 transition les-
sons,
She attends all of our Ethos Meetings and contributes
so much to make sure our school Is giving the children
all the love and encouragement they need to support
thém in their journey from Foundation to KSI, KS2 and
beyond to KS3,'all within the love of God..
Jane Greaves Chair of The South Hams Federation
The support from Youth for Christ alongside, Father
Daniél French, Trevor Becker and the Parishioners of
Nalborough Church, we would certainly not be able to
achieve all that we do and we would not be the'school
family, we are today We are also delighted to wel-
come Jasper Into our Schools and I know the children
will very much enjoy getting to know him, especially as
he Is an ex- pupil from Loddiswell Primary School
We are so grateful for Becky's enthusiasm and her
modern attitude to supporting our children to think
about the Christian Faith in a realistic down to earth
way
OTHER EVENTS In year 2023-24
SW Focus Tour- June 2023- Joining Youth
For Christ centres from around the South West
in Taunton for a day of prayer
Church visits- Year round Continuing to share
the mission of KYFC and encourage local
churches through speaking engagements
Safeguard team training- Narch 2024- The
Kingsbridge Youth For Christ team gather for a
safeguard training evening led by trustee, Da-
vid Wibberley
National YFC Conferenc+ January 24- 8ecky
and Jasper travelled to Halesowen for the an-
nual British Youth For Christ Conference. join-
ing with the wider Youth For Christ family for
four days.
Salcombe regatta with the bus in August 23
On the 2 May the Malborough School had their Church
(SIAMS)Inspection, In which we received a'Judgement
One,. The new framework provides two judgments, and
we are extremely pleased to have received this one
identifying that as a school we are living up to our
Christian foundations and supporting our children. The
Inspector noted the'warm inclusive community and
the positive impact of school improvement. ensuring
our'pupils flourish and fly,

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TRUSTEESkREPORT
Rural Mlnlstrles Coordlnator and Youth Worker- Jasper Van Es
I started in this role in January so have been in role for 3 months at the time of writing this.
l am employed for 20 hours per week and my time is split between Kingsbridge Youth For Christ and Loddiswell Con-
gregational Church What I do within my role with Loddiswell Congregational Church Is to primarily run a youth club in
the village which provides a Jesus centred safe space for people within the ages of 11-16 to come and spend time with
friends and èngage In activities The aim of which Is to give additional support to young people In Loddiswell and the
surrounding area who may have difficult home lives or difficult situations in mainstream school and need a place where
th ey can go to feel listened to a nd to socialise in a place separate from t he rest of their lives
Within my work for KYFC I help run outreach each week on the KYFC bus to offer a space for young people to come
and relax and have hot chocolates. which happens on Tuesday afternoons and Friday evenings l also help to run the
Lounge youth club in Kingsbridge I help run the Bible study and Christian Union on Wednesdays where we dive a little
deeper Into the more advanced theology In Christianity for those who have made the decision to follow Jesus and need
some more guidance in how they can have an active relationship with Jesus In the rest of their lives
On Fridays, I help to mentor two young chaps at Kingsbridge Community College, one in year seven and one in year
élévén. And so far they have made a lot of progress and I will be taking on more people soon when they have been sup-
ported enough. Following that I help to run the bus outreach from 8.'30-10.00.
At oné of the Attic Youth clubs in Loddiswell we did a building challenge based on building your life on thè rock and not
thé sand, and following that we did a five minute talk on God and the purpose of the evéning Following the talk we had
oné young person who wanted to ask loads of questions and we ended up overrunning as thè group were so engaged
in asking about how to live your life with faith In Jesus. She was orten one of the louder ones so to have her so éngaged
in a philosophical conversation was so Inspiring and I could really see that she was taking the message on board as to
how to live her life, and it was amazing to see that this little youth club was helping a young person to create their life
philosophy which was inspired by Jesu¥s teachings.

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TRUSTEESkREPORT
2024-25 OOJPCTllVPS
Explore the p
y of a Prlmary Schools and
ou
orker
Spllt th
tlvely
rrent Chrlstlan Unlon Into 2 more dlrected grou
clple the young people In the area
more effec-
Help
Into
o facllltate youth work In local churches to Integrate the
church famlly
ng people
Cont
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nue to grow the relatlonshlp wlth KCC wlth the hopes of
mblles and lessons regularly
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Develop
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day nlght wlth the Bus In
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FINANCE REPORT
computer equipment plus sundries for our youth
club. as well as a néw mobile phoné This is refléct-
ed In the addition of computer equipment to our
tangible assets & met one of thé financial goals for
the year.
Goals_ The financial goals at thè end of 2022-23
wére to fund future capital expenditure with exter-
n81 grants. to Increase income through fund-raising
& attracting new supportérs. and to look carefully at
our expenditure and to make cut-backs where pos-
siblé in order achieve a surplus rather than a loss at
the year end
Balance_ KYFC ran at a modest surplus (É1.700) in
2023-4. compared to being over É5.500 deficit in
2022-3. which fulfils one of the other goals set out
at the end of 2022-23 This has been made possible
by reducing expenditure
staffing. At the ond of 2023-24. we have met all but
one of the above aims as will be discussed below
Firstly though. it is important to put the accounts
into context. This year was one of transition as far as
staffi n g was concerned After several yea rs with a
full-time Centre Director (CO) & a part-time youth
worker whose salary was covered by 2 supporting
churches. the CD left & one of the 2 supporting
churches ended their support by mutual agreement
The youth worker. Becky. was happy to step In &
continue the work of KYFC & at her other support-
Ing church In September, she took on the role of
CD. albéit part-time whilst a new part-time youth
worker was recruited Jasper started In this role In
January 2024, fundéd partly by Loddiswell Congre-
gational Church (LCC) & partly by KYFC This has a
significant effect on the accounts as salary costs
were consequently almost £20,000 less than In
2022-3 & youth worker donations were also much
reduced (by over £7,000) with Becky (& then Jas-
per) only receiving support from one church, LCC.
Expenditure. We made considerable savings by
moving to a cheaper office In a local church In Oc-
tober. for example WeAK&a*￿ratefUl to Kings-
bridge Family Chur
h for accommod
Ing KYFC
This has saved
than £1.300 thi
r& total
rent will be In t￿ region of £600 In the
ming
year. thus meatlng another of the goals set out
above
In 2023-4. the
sts of Evangelism. Speclal Events
rose significan
Most of this was the c
of taking
young people to
Itless (C h ristian Su
mercamp)
for the second yea
runnin
and bu
Ing advancè
tickets for Lim It less 2
- red uced p rice.
Funds are already Ir)coming In response to Bècky's
appeal to supporters to cover this outlay, as the
costs are heavily subsidised so that anyone can
arrord to go.
KYFC has also increased the work done in primary
schools In particular this year An Increase In annual
expenditure under Youthwork in Schools reflects
this activity
Income. KYFC could not operate without the gener-
osity of our many supporters, not only Individuals
but also a large number of churches. mostly local to
us. We are Incredibly grateful for this support &
thank everyone who has contributed to KYFC funds
in 202>4. Income was some £11,500 down this year.
£7,000 of this was due changes in support for our
youth worker (as discussed above) Other factors
could be due to the loss of a few regular donors and
the fact that we didn't have the resources to organ-
Ise a fund-raising event when we were running with
reduced staff There are plans to remedy this In
2024-25 We were also successful In being awarded
a grant of El.000 by Kingsbridge Town Council.
which enabled us to replace worn out gaming &
Klngsbrldge Youth For Chrlst recelves
regular flnanclal support from
(mainly local)

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FINANCE REPORT CONT..
Assets & Liabilities. One of the charitls greatest
assets for youthwork is the KYFC bus Its value Is
d épréciated by 150A evéry year (see tang Ible assets
at cost bus) & this year. £5.000 has also been allo-
catéd to a bus replacemént fund In order to prepare
for the fLJture
An increase In tangible assets In the furniture and
equipment category is because 2 desks & a secure
cupboard were bought for the new office. as exist-
ing furniture would not fit in the space The increase
in computer equipment was covered by the Él.000
grant as discussed earlier
In summary.. This year's KYFC accounts reflect a
transition In staffing. which is now complete A small
surplus has been achieved at the end of the year.
helped not only by reduced employment costs. but
also by securing a grant to replace worn-out equio-
ment & by making savings In outgoings. the most
significant being for officé rent This meets 3 of the
4 goals set out at the end of 2022-23 Going for-
ward, It Is important to increase Income through
fundraising & by encouraging new supporters

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RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS
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