# **Trustees’ Report to the Annual General Meeting** **& Financial Statements for the year ending August 31st 2021 Charity No. 1142384** **Oct 2018** **IER** **North Breckland Youth for Christ Trustees’ Report and Financial Statements to 31 Aug 2021** The Trustees are pleased to present their report and accounts for the period ending 31[st] August 2021, which have been prepared in accordance with the Statement of Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice SORP (FRS102), as amended by Update Bulletin 1 ## **Public Benefit** The Trustees have had due regard to the Charity Commission guidance on public benefit reporting. This report illustrates activities carried out in support of the public benefit requirement. ## **Reference and Administrative Information** ## **Charity** North Breckland Youth for Christ ## **Charity Number** 1142384 ## **Trustees** Rev Paul Cubitt (Joined July 2021) Mr Nick Nundy (Joined October 2020) Mr Matthew Hall Prof Samuel Leinster (resigned October 2020) Mr Peter Orr (resigned August 2021) ## **Director** Paul Roast ## **Registered Address** Church House Church Street, Dereham NR19 1DN ## **Treasurer** Matthew Hall ## **Banker** HSBC ## **Independent Examiner** Mr John Payne **North Breckland Youth for Christ Trustees’ Report and Financial Statements to 31 Aug 2021** ## **Structure and Organisation** ## **Organisation** The constitution of North Breckland Youth for Christ was adopted on 18[th] May 2011 and amended on 7[th] December 2011. It was established to serve the young people of the Breckland area and reach them with the gospel of Jesus Christ in a relevant way. ## **Trustees** The Trustees are committed to the Christian ethos of the project and its charitable objects. They hold the project in prayer and manage the project by overseeing the legal and financial obligations. Trustees were first appointed on 11th April 2011 and the changes since then are detailed below: Rev Val Spencer (stood down July 2015) Mr Paul Roast (Chair) (stood down Jan 2017) Mr Jon Gardner (stood down September 2016) Mr Peter Orr (Secretary) (stood down August 2020) Prof Samuel Leinster was appointed in May 2011 (stood down October 2020) Rev Timothy Weatherstone was appointed in February 2012 (stood down July 2018) Mr John Bridge was appointed in March 2014 (took over position of chair Jan 2017 and stood down in Jan 2020) Dr Adrianne Hartley Booth was appointed September 2015(stood down July 2019) Rev Betty Trinder was appointed September 2017 (stood down Aug 2018) Mr Matthew Hall was appointed in January 2019 Mr Nick Nundy was appointed in October 2020 Rev Paul Cubitt was appointed in July 2021 ## **Training** All Trustees, workers and volunteers are made aware of the policies and procedures put in place by North Breckland Youth for Christ. Training is provided as appropriate to ensure all are equipped to carry out their duties. ## **Related Organisations** North Breckland Youth for Christ seeks to develop partnerships with churches, community groups and schools in the area in order to maximise opportunities for young people, and to serve these organisations. It works with these bodies in different capacities agreed upon with each of them. North Breckland Youth for Christ uses various facilities provided by these churches, schools and organisations and is very grateful for their support and co-operation. North Breckland Youth for Christ has always been an independent charitable organisation but operated as a local centre chartered to the National Youth for Christ organisation. North Breckland Youth for Christ have re-chartered with National Youth for Christ which will ensure a more coherent nationwide image and give local centres more support from the national organisation. ## **North Breckland Youth for Christ Trustees’ Report and Financial Statements to 31 Aug 2021** Also this year the process of separating Steps Mentoring and Coaching (Charity no. 1189208) into a separate charity was completed, with some monies owed to Steps from our account passed over to them. ## **Risk Management** The Trustees work with the Director to monitor the risks facing the charity. They are responsible for keeping accounting records which show at any time, with reasonable accuracy, the financial position of the charity. They ensure that the reporting of financial matters is in line with the Charities Act 1993. They are responsible for the safeguarding of the assets and procedures that protect against fraud and other irregularities. ## **Objectives and Activities** ## **Charitable Objects** 1. To advance the Christian faith for the benefit of young people in accordance with the statement of faith appearing in appendix 1 throughout the world and in particular (but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) in North Breckland and its environs; 2. The advancement of the Christian faith mainly, but not exclusively by means of proclaiming Christian messages of an evangelistic and teaching nature throughout the world and in particular (but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) in North Breckland and its environs; 3. To demonstrate, promote and encourage Christian values, including Dignity, Empowerment and Partnership to all young people throughout North Breckland and its environs; 4. 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; **North Breckland Youth for Christ Trustees’ Report and Financial Statements to 31 Aug 2021** 5. 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. **North Breckland Youth for Christ Trustees’ Report and Financial Statements to 31 Aug 2021** ## **Achievements and Progress** The Trustees continue to give oversight of the many activities carried out by North Breckland Youth for Christ. They meet regularly to consider matters of finance, strategy and running of the various projects being carried out as well as to ensure that all policies and matters required under the Charity Commissions’ Legislation are adhered to. The Director gives detailed reports to the Trustees at every meeting. ## **Financial Matters** The Trustees receive a financial report from the treasurer at each Trustee’s Meeting. Fundraising success has been achieved through the efforts of the Director, trustees and staff. Financial commitments have been made by several churches and benefit in kind by churches throughout the area by the use of premises and equipment free of charge. The Trustees are extremely thankful to all the grant-awarding bodies, churches, organisations and individuals who have supported the work of North Breckland Youth for Christ through 2020-2021. Salaries and working hours have been set and reviewed by the Trustees. This will be revisited again in the coming year. During the year some restricted funds we spent on various projects. The Thomas Barrett's money was spent on the relaunch of the Swanton Morley Cafe, and the Thomas Bullock money spent on some assembly videos that were produced and sent to Thomas Bullock school. The money from the Dioceses of Norwich has continued to help the Litcham high school work flourish. Other restricted funds have been spent on running costs for projects also. More detailed financial breakdown is presented on the attached form CC16a. ## **Policies** The following are Policies of North Breckland Youth for Christ policies are: Code of Conduct Counter Bullying Policy Data Protection Policy Disciplinary Policy E Safety Policy Equal Opportunities Policy Health and Safety Policy Information Security Policy Recruitment Policy Reserves Policy Safeguarding Policy Volunteers Policy These have been approved by Trustees and are periodically reviewed. **North Breckland Youth for Christ Trustees’ Report and Financial Statements to 31 Aug 2021** ## **Project Management** The project is managed on a daily basis by the Director who supervises the work of the North Breckland Youth for Christ staff and a number of volunteers. The Director meets with the Trustees on a bimonthly basis to give written or verbal report of the work, submitting proposals for new initiatives. The Director also discusses the financial status of the project. The Trustees are committed to supporting the Director and taking action as required ensuring the effective and safe operation of the project. ## **Director’s Report** It’s been an interesting year still dealing with and working through what it looks like to do youth work in a post Covid-19 world. There have been some challenges for sure but we are beginning to find our feet again. It has been another year of experimenting and trying to push forward with various projects to see what works. We have seen one new Youth café start up and I’m pleased to say that it has been going very well. Various restrictions still need to be in place in order to do face to face youth work but with the right management it’s achievable. One café we tried to relaunch but sadly it came to nothing and we have decided to leave it dormant for now. The main growth of our work has been in our online presence. We have continued to grow in this area due to the pandemic and experimenting and trying new ways to reach young people. We have set up and are using a social media platform called Discord. We have run various clubs on there, including a gaming group and youth sessions. We continued our schools work as best we could. Some schools we have not been able to get into since the pandemic but one school in particular we have been delivering Soul Spaces and other projects. All in all I think we did the best we could in a post covid-19 world. We have tried our best to adapt to the constant changes and struggles, with somethings working well and others not so much. We have learnt a lot and continue to learn and hope to push forward. Our numbers may be down but those young people we have seen our relationships have grown deeper. I consider this way more success than reaching a multitude. ## **North Breckland Youth for Christ Trustees’ Report and Financial Statements to 31 Aug 2021** The following table shows the projects and activities during the year and the approximate number of young people involved. **----- Start of picture text -----**
North Breckland Youth For Christ Activities young people Frequency
Youth Cafes Barnham Broom and Garvestone 39 Fortnightly
RE lessons Dereham and Beetley Primary 53 Ad hoc
Litcham Soul Space 281 Termly
Gaming group 15 Weekly/term time
Attuned online teaching group 2 Fortnightly/term time
Online youth Cafe 54 Fortnightly/Term time
Garvestone Bible Group 5 Fortnightly
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