**TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT SEPTEMBER 2024 – AUGUST 2025**
Life and Soul Youthwork Registered Charity Number: 1153304 Company Number: 08574869
Life & Soul Centre Christ Church Tunbridge Wells TN1 1UT
www.lifeandsoul.org.uk
## **REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS**
|**Board of Trustees**|Nigel Daly (Chair appointed 4 Mar 2021)|
|---|---|
||Felicity Roberts (appointed 4 Mar 2021)|
||Andrew Collins (Company Secretary appointed 16 July 2013)|
||Angela Nicholls (appointed 20 June 2023)|
||Ashleigh Thompson (appointed 11 December 2024)|
||Matthew Fox (appointed 11 December 2024)|
|**Company number**|08574869|
|**Charity number**|1153304|
|**Registered office**|Christ Church|
||High Street|
||Tunbridge Wells|
||TN1 1UT|
|**Chief Executive Officer**|Sarah Finch|
|**Independent examiner**|Zachary Ramsden|
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## **STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT** GOVERNING DOCUMENT
The charity’s governing document is The Memorandum and Articles of Association. Life & Soul is a Registered Company with Charitable Status and was incorporated on 18th June 2013. This replaces charity number 1099511, registered 2003.
The directors of the company are also charity trustees for the purposes of charity law and under the Articles of Association are known as members. New trustees are recruited through an open recruitment process which includes application, interview and references. There is a formal procedure for the induction and training of members of the Board of Trustees. Trustees may serve no more than three consecutive
terms of three years following which no outgoing trustee shall be eligible for re-election for a period of 12 months following retirement, except in exceptional circumstances. All trustees give their time voluntarily.
The Board of Trustees meets four times a year and have responsibility for the strategic oversight of the charity. The Board of Trustees delegate the day-to-day management of the charity to the Chief Executive Officer.
The legal name of the charity is Life and Soul Youth Work but the name Life & Soul has been adopted for ease of recognition and marketing.
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## **OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES**
The charity’s purpose as set out in the company’s Memorandum and Articles of Association is ‘the advancement of the Christian faith worldwide.’ Specifically, we express this by providing services that encourage the recognition and celebration of the uniqueness of every individual, created in the image of God. We work with children and young people of all faiths and none and are not faith promoting.
believe Jesus came to bring life in all its fullness, but many young people are held back from experiencing this because the world tells them they aren’t good enough. As Christians we are called to bring healing, hope and freedom, we aim to do this by helping all young people to build their self-esteem, grow their resilience and see that they have the power to realise their dreams.
As a charity rooted in the Christian faith, we believe everyone is created in the image of God and is worthy of love and respect. We
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## **ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE**
The Board of Trustees would like to thank all staff and volunteers for their hard work and dedication over the last year as well as all the charity’s supporters and funders.
We would like to particularly thank the Hollick Family Foundation who have committed to providing a significant level of funding for the next three years. This has enabled us to expand our provision in both primary and secondary schools. We have increased the number of schools that
we are working in, employed additional staff and recruited new volunteers. In one year, we have more than doubled the number of young people who are mentored in secondary schools and increased the number of primary school children we work with by over one quarter.
## **WHAT IS THE NEED?**
The national charity Mind recently published The Big Mental Health Report 2024[1] Below are some excerpts from that report which highlight the current dire situation for children and young people in terms of their mental health. Poor mental health has a large impact on individuals and ultimately society as a whole, often leading to poorer social, emotional and educational outcomes.
**Schools and colleges can promote and protect children and young people’s mental health. They can do this by building mental health literacy, creating supportive and inclusive environments and offering early and targeted mental health support.**
The role that schools can play is undoubtedly true but schools themselves are overwhelmed with all the responsibilities placed on them over and above purely educating the next generation. Staff care deeply and want to work holistically to ensure our children and young people are happy, healthy, well rounded and well educated, ready to live their best lives. However, schools do not have the resources to provide for the increasing number of young people who are struggling. That is where we aim to help. We provide well trained and experienced staff and volunteers who are able to work with pupils to build their mental health literacy and provide early and targeted mental health support. We provide this FREE to schools so that no school or pupil is excluded from accessing our help because of a lack of financial resource.
**1 in 5 children and young people in England have a mental health problem but only a third were able to access treatment in 2023. And waiting for support often leads to worse mental health for individuals.**
## **Children and young people’s mental health services now accounts for over £1 billion of NHS spending annually in England.**
Beyond healthcare settings, schools can be beacons of mental health support… **But since the pandemic began the mental health of young people has got worse. Absences remain high, with data suggesting young people with 15 or more days of absence in England in a single term are more likely to have a mental health problem.**
1 Mind: The Big Mental Health Report 2024 https://www.mind.org.uk/media/vbbdclpi/the-big-mental-health-report-2024-mind.pdf
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## **CONNECT MENTORING**
We have successfully trained eight new mentors this year and they are now regularly working in schools. Each mentor generally sees between **2 and 3 students** a week. Throughout the year we have averaged **23 Mentors** each week, working in seven local secondary schools.
Connect Mentoring continues to support young people and shows a significant impact on improving the mental wellbeing of those who are struggling. Each young person receives a series of at least six one to one 30 minute sessions with one of our volunteer mentors within school. The areas we most commonly deal with are:
- Managing emotions – particularly anxiety and anger
have **205 young people** benefitted from Connect Mentoring this year. **98.5%** of those who completed the course recorded a significant improvement in their wellbeing.
- Confidence and self-esteem
- Healthy relationships
- Managing self – including organisation and motivation
As the impact of the pandemic has progressed and health and social services have become increasingly overwhelmed, the work of the Connect Team has become even more important. Volunteer Mentors are reporting seeing young people with more serious mental health issues as it becomes harder to access other support.
All mentors receive support and supervision. We have an annual training day for all mentors. There are Peer Groups, these are led by an experienced mentor and meet three times a year. We also have meetings for all mentors three times a year that incorporate training and are a chance for us to say thank you with homemade cake and refreshments. Mentors are always able to contact staff for advice and are closely supervised for at least the first six weeks of working with us.
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## **CONNECT MENTORING** CASE STUDIES
## **CASE STUDY 1**
I met with a student who felt very anxious about school. She struggled to control the impulse to talk, and when told off, would often answer back, causing ongoing conflict with staff. The stress of this would then spoil her whole day. Her Best Hope was to feel more relaxed about school and more accepted. I completely left it to her to come up with things she could do to help the situation, and I was bowled over by the ideas she had: putting out her equipment ready for a lesson without being asked; saying nothing at all so as not to risk talking back; and deciding to agree with the teacher. Things began to improve and when I asked ‘What has been better?’ there was plenty to report. In our fifth session, the student announced that she had thought about it over the weekend and decided ‘just to think more positively about everything’. This was not something I had ever suggested! She managed to keep to this attitude, developing her excellent self-talk along the way.
I was particularly impressed when she had a blip and was sent out of a lesson, but still didn’t give up, instead continuing to think positively. When we ended our sessions, she had gained a huge amount of confidence in her ability to cope and was more relaxed and positive about school and life in general. I was glad that I had trusted in a completely solution-focused approach, as she could then see that her amazing turnaround was completely thanks to her own qualities and initiatives.
Connect Mentor
## **CASE STUDY 2**
I saw a year 7 boy who was really struggling with school and on the verge of becoming a school refuser as his absenteeism was increasing and his parents admitted struggling to get him to school. He was very emotional and upset in our first session as he was finding the move from primary to secondary school overwhelming and felt it was all too much.
Using the Solution Focus principle that it is never all bad we focused on things that were good / ok for him and over a couple of weeks he realised there were lessons and teachers he did like and was good at, that he had made some good friendships, that there were places he could go if he needed quiet at school, that he enjoyed a few extra curricular clubs etc and gradually his mindset shifted to see all that he had done and was doing to settle in. After our 6 weeks he admitted he felt totally different and was actually enjoying school and looking forward positively to all secondary had to offer.
## Connect Mentor
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## Life Without Limits
As demand has risen, at the beginning of the year we increased the team by one more member of staff and have started training volunteers to deliver the course alongside a member of staff.
This has meant that we can now work in four rather than three schools a term, which is an additional six schools a year or approximately 72 pupils.
Unlimited
Unlimited is our resilience workshop aimed at pupils in Year 5 who need additional help in areas such as confidence, self-esteem, managing emotions and maintaining healthy friendships. The team work with a small group of pupils in each school and tailor the content of the sessions to the needs of the children, covering topics in a fun, creative and interactive way.
**165 children** completed the Unlimited course this year.
**85%** reported improved well-being and self-esteem by the end of the course.
## **When asked ‘What have you learnt whilst doing the course?’**
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limitless
Limitless is for Year 6 pupils to help them make a good transition to secondary school. The team work with small groups of pupils on areas such as making new friends, managing social media, phone use and staying safe online.
**109 pupils** completed the Limitless course this year.
**87%** reported feeling more positive and confident about going to secondary school.
**When asked ‘What have you learnt whilst doing the course?’**
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PLANS FOR THE FUTURE
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We are working with a couple of groups in other areas of the country exploring whether we can help them to replicate Connect Mentoring in their local secondary schools.
The demand for our Life Without Limits courses is continuing to grow so we are looking at increasing the team so that we can go into more schools each term.
We are making contact with other secondary schools so that we can reach even more young people who need help from our Connect Mentoring programme.
With the increased demand for our services we need to increase the funding that we get. We are putting together a corporate giving strategy to encourage local businesses to support local young people by contributing to the cost of our expansion.
We would like to train school staff in using the solution-focused approach in everyday interactions with students, encouraging them always to think about what could be better and how they can achieve that.
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## **FINANCIAL REVIEW**
The trustees report a net loss for the year of £5418 on unrestricted funds. All the charity assets were employed in pursuing the charitable objects of the charity. More detailed information is set out on the following pages.
expenditure based on the new financial year budget, amounted to approximately £19,250 and unrestricted reserves held as current assets at the end of the year were £52,699.
## **VOLUNTEERS**
## **FINANCIAL RESERVES**
It is the policy of the charity that unrestricted funds which have not been included as fixed assets should be maintained at a level equivalent to between three and six months’ expenditure excluding depreciation. The trustees consider that reserves at this level will ensure that, in the event of a significant drop in funding, they will be able to continue the charity’s current activities while consideration is given to ways in which additional funds may be raised. Three months’ general fund
Life & Soul is blessed with many volunteers who give their time to support young people through the projects that we run. Were all the volunteer roles to be salaried at an average rate for the charity then the charity would need to have found approximately an additional £15,000 in the last year which is over 30% of the staffing costs as a whole. This is a significant saving and without all the wonderf ul and dedicated volunteers the impact of the work of Life & Soul would be significantly reduced.
## **THANK YOU**
We are very grateful to the following churches, trusts and foundations who have supported our work financially this year.
Albert Hunt Trust
The Chalk Cliff Trust
Matthews Wrightson Charity Trust
The Lawson Trust
## PIKE STAR
SMB Charitable Trust
Hollick Family Foundation
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## **RISK MANAGEMENT**
The Board of Trustees have conducted a review of the major risks to which the charity is exposed.
One of the principal risks identified continues to be securing sufficient funding. Working with a local fundraising consultant with experience in applying for grants from trusts and foundations, we have raised £32,100 in income from these sources.
We are working on promoting and securing corporate sponsorship as a new source of income in the next financial year.
The trustees have assessed the major risks to which the charity is exposed and are satisfied that systems are in place to mitigate exposure to the major risks
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## INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF LIFE AND SOUL YOUTHWORK
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the company for the year ended 31st August 2025.
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the charity’s trustees of the company (and also its directors for the purposes of company law) you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 (‘the 2006 Act’).
Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the company are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of your charity’s accounts as carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the 2011 Act’). In carrying out my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5) (b) of the 2011 Act.
## **Independent examiner’s statement**
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe:
1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the company as required by section 386 of the 2006 Act; or
2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or
3. the accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements of section 396 of the 2006 Act other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair' view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination; or
4. the accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities [applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)].
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Signed: Zachary Ramsden Name: Zachary Ramsden FCA Chartered Accountant 63 Deakin Leas, Tonbridge, Kent TN9 2JT Date: 29th October 2025Date 12th January 2025
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## **Statement of Financial Activities (including Income and Expenditure Account) for the year ended 31 August 2025**
|**Notes**
**Income from:**
Donations and Legacies
2a
Charitable activities
2b
Other income
2c
Investments
**Total income**
**Expenditure on:**
Raising funds
3a
Charitable activities
3b
**Total expenditure**
**Net (deficit)/income for the**
**year**
Transfer between funds
**Final net (deficit)/income**
**Reconciliation of funds**
Total funds brought forward
**Total funds carried forward**|**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**Total**
**Total**
**funds**
**funds**
**funds**
**funds**
**2025**
**2025**
**2025**
**2024**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
65,338
0
65,338
88,398
7,954
0
7,954
7,954
820
0
820
384
-
0
0|
|---|---|
||74,112
0
74,112
96,736|
||8,537
-
8,537
11,196
70,993
70,993
59,497|
||79,530
0
79,530
70,693|
||(5,418)
0 (5,418)
26,043
0
-
-|
||(5,418)
0
(5,418)
26,043
58,117
58,117
32,074|
||52,699
0
52,699
58,117|
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|**Balance sheet as at 31 August 2025**
**Notes**
**Fixed assets**
Tangible fixed assets
7
**Total fixed assets**
**Current assets**
Debtors
8
Cash at bank and in hand
Creditors: amounts falling due within one
year
9
**Net current assets**
**Total net assets**
**Funds**
10
Restricted
Unrestricted
**Total funds**||**2025**
£
2,674|**2024**
£|
|---|---|---|---|
|||**2,674**
1,464
49,476|2,444
56,276|
|||50,940
(915)|58,720
(603)|
|||**50,025**|**58,117**|
|||**52,699**|**58,117**|
||-|
52,699|58,317|
|||**52,698**|**58,317**|
The company was entitled to exemption under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.
No members have required the company to obtain an audit of its accounts in accordance with section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.
The directors acknowledge their responsibility for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and for the preparation of accounts.
Approved by the Chair of Trustees
Date: 25[th] September 2025
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## **1. Accounting policies**
The principal accounting policies are summarised below. The accounting policies have been applied consistently throughout the year and in the preceding year.
## **(a) Basis of accounting**
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 (FRS 102) (eKective 1 January 2019) - (Charities SORP (FRS102)), the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the Companies Act 2006.
## **(b) Fund accounting**
- Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the charity.
- Designated funds are unrestricted funds earmarked by the trustees for a particular purpose.
- Restricted funds are subjected to restrictions on their expenditure imposed by the donor or through the terms of an appeal.
## **(c) Income**
virtually certain to receive, the income and the amount can be quantified with reasonable accuracy. The following policies are applied to particular categories of income:
_-_ Income received by way of grants, donations and gifts is included in full in the Statement of Financial Activities when receivable. Grants, where entitlement is not conditional on the delivery of a specific performance by the charity, are recognised when the charity becomes unconditionally entitled to the grant. Income from grants, where related to performance and specific deliverables, are accounted for as the charity earns the right to consideration by its performance.
- Donated services and facilities are included at the value to the charity where this can be quantified. The value of services provided by volunteers has not been included in these accounts.
- Income from charitable activities is accounted for when earned.
- Investment income is included when receivable.
## **(d) Expenditure**
Expenditure is recognised on an accrual basis as a liability is incurred. Expenditure includes VAT and is reported as part of the expenditure to which it relates:
- Costs of raising funds comprise the costs associated with attracting voluntary income and the costs of trading for fundraising purposes.
- Expenditure on charitable activities comprises those costs incurred by the charity in the delivery of its activities and services for its beneficiaries. It includes both costs that can be
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allocated directly to such activities and those costs of an indirect nature necessary to support them.
- All costs are allocated between the expenditure categories of the SoFA on a basis designed to
## **(e) Fixed assets**
Fixed assets (excluding investments) are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation. The costs of minor additions or those costing below £400 are not capitalised. Depreciation is provided at rates calculated to write oK the cost of the asset over its expected useful life, which in all cases is estimated at 4 years. Impairment reviews are carried out as and when evidence comes to light that the recoverable amount of a functional fixed asset is below its net book value due to damage, obsolescence or other relevant factors.
## **(f) Company Status**
The charity is a company limited by guarantee. In the event of the charity being wound up, the liability in respect of the guarantee is limited to £10 per member of the charity.
## **(g) Going concern**
The trustees consider that there are no material uncertainties about the ability to continue as a going concern.
## **2a. Income from raising funds**
|Donations
Fundraising
Grants
**2b. Income from charitable activities**
Connect
Schools|**2025**
**General**
**Restricted**
**Total**
£
£
£
30,691
30,691
2,547
-
2,547
32,100
-
32,100
65,338
-
65,338
**2025**
**General**
**Restricted**
**Total**
£
£
£
7,954
7,954
-
-
7,954
-
7,954|**2024**
**Total**
£
35,306
2,602
50,490|
|---|---|---|
|||88,398|
|||**2024**
**Total**
£
7,954|
|||7,954|
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## **2c. Other Income**
|**Misc income**
**3a. Expenditure on raising funds**
Fundraising costs
**3b. Expenditure on charitable**
**activities**
Staff costs
Training
General costs
**4. Net Income/expenditure for the year**
This is stated after charging:
Depreciation||**General**
**Restricted**
£
£
820|**2025**
**Total**
£
820|**2024**
**Total**
£
384|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||820
0|820|384|
|||**General Restricted**
£
£
8,537
-|**2025**
**Total**
£
8,537
8,537
**2025**
**Total**
£
51,292
2,515
17,186
70,993
**2025**
**Total**
£
497
497|**2024**
**Total**
£
11,196|
|||8,537
-||11,196|
|||**General Restricted**
£
£
51,292
2,515
17,186||**2024**
**Total**
£
43,166
996
15,135|
|||70,993
-||59,297|
|||||**2024**
**Total**
£
-|
|||||-|
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## **5. Staff costs**
|Salaries and wages
Employers National Insurance
Pension costs|**2025**
**Total**
**£**
48,560
-
2,732
51,292|**2024**
**Total**
**£**
40,723
-
2,443|
|---|---|---|
|||43,166|
Included within the above figures, emoluments for key management personnel amounted to £15417, (2024 - £14123)
No employee received emoluments of more than £60,000 in the year (2024: £nil). The amount of liabilities arising from employee benefits in the year amounted to £nil (2024: £nil).
The average number of employees during the year, calculated on the basis of full time equivalents, were as follows:
|Employees|**2025**
**Total**
**Number**
2
2|**2024**
**Total**
**Number**
2|
|---|---|---|
|||2|
Trustee Remuneration and Related Party Transactions
During the year, no trustee received any remuneration nor any reimbursement of expenses (2024: £nil)
No trustee or other person related to the charity had any personal interest in any contract or transaction entered into by the charity during the year.
Donations made by trustees during the year amounted to £360 by A Collins (2024 £360 A Collins).
## **6. Taxation**
As a charity, Life and Soul is exempt from tax on income and gains falling within section 505 of the Taxes Act 1988 or s256 of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 to the extent that these are applied to its charitable objects. No tax charges have arisen in the Charity.
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|**7. Tangible Fixed Assets**
**Cost**
At 1 September 2024
Additions
At 31 August 2025
**Accumulated Depreciation**
At 1 September 2024
Charge for the year
At 31 August 2024
**Net book value**
At 1 September 2024
At 31 August 2025
**8. Debtors**
Other debtors and prepayments
Total
**9. Creditors: Amounts Falling Due within One Year**
Taxation and Social Security
Other creditors and accruals
Total
|**2025**
**Total**
£
1,464
1,464
**2025**
**Total**
**£**
-
128
128|**2025**
**Office**
**Equipmt**
**£**
4,189
3,171
7,360
4,189
497
4,686
-
2,674
**2024**
**Total**
£
2,444
2,444
**2024**
**Total**
**£**
603
603|
|---|---|---|
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## **10. Analysis of Net Assets Between Funds**
|Tangible fixed assets
Current assets
Current liabilities
Net assets
**11. Movements in Funds**
Restricted funds:
Unrestricted funds:
General funds
Total funds|**At 1 Sep**
**2024**
£
-|**2025**
**General Restricted**
**Total**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**Funds**
£
£
£
2,674
-
2,674
50,940
-
50,940
(915)
(915)
**52,699**
**-**
**52,699**
**Incoming**
**Outgoing Transfer**
**Resource**
**s**
**Resources**
**between**
**funds**
£
£
£
0
0
0|**2024**
**Total**
**Funds**
£
-
58,720
(603)|
|---|---|---|---|
||||**58,117**|
||||**At 31**
**Aug**
**2025**
£
-|
||-|0
0
0|-|
||58,117|74,112
(79,530)
0|52,699|
||58,117|
74,112
(79,530)
0|52,699|
|||||
||**58,117**|
**74,112**
**(79,530)**
**-**|**52,699**|
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## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF LIFE AND SOUL YOUTHWORK**
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the company for the year ended 31st August 2025.
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the charity’s trustees of the company (and also its directors for the purposes of company law) you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 (‘the 2006 Act’).
Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the company are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of your charity’s accounts as carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the 2011 Act’). In carrying out my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5) (b) of the 2011 Act.
## **Independent examiner’s statement**
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe:
1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the company as required by section 386 of the 2006 Act; or
2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or
3. the accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements of section 396 of the 2006 Act other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair' view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination; or
4. the accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities [applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)].
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
## Signed: **Zachary Ramsden**
Name: Zachary Ramsden FCA Chartered Accountant 63 Deakin Leas, Tonbridge, Kent TN9 2JT Date 29th October 2025
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## **TRUSTEES’ RESPONSIBILITIES STATEMENT**
The trustees (who are also directors of Life and Soul Youthwork 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 charitable company and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including the income and expenditure, of the charitable company for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the Trustees are required to:
- select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
- observe the methods and principles of the Charities SORP;
- make judgements and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
- prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charitable company will continue in operation.
The Trustees are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the charitable company’s transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charitable company 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 charitable company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
The Trustees are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the corporate and financial information included on the charitable company’s website.
This report has been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies entitled to the small company’s exemption.
This report was approved by the Trustees, on 11th December 2024 and signed on their behalf by:
**Nigel Daly Chair of the Board of Trustees Date:** 25th September 202511th December 2024
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Life and Soul Youthwork Registered Charity Number: 1153304 Company Number: 08574869
Life & Soul Centre Christ Church Tunbridge Wells TN1 1UT
www.lifeandsoul.org.uk