## ## ## ## ## ||||||SORP reference|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Summary
ofthe purposes
the charity as set out in its
governing
document||||of|Para 1.17|The objects ofthe Corbridge
Youth Initiative
CIO are
to
support
and
educate
young
people without
distinction as to sex, sexual| |||||||orientation,
race or religious,
political or| |||||||other opinions,
through
leisure time activities| |||||||in order to help develop their physical,| |||||||mental and spiritual
capacities so that they| |||||||may grow to full maturity as individuals
and| |||||||members ofsociety and so enable their| |||||||conditions of life to be im roved.| |Summary
ofthe main
activities
in relation to those
purposes
for the public
benefit,
in particular,
the
activities, projects or services
identified
in the accounts.|||||Para 1.17and
1.19|Covid restrictions
were being relaxed
in April
2021 and youth work services were able to
open face to face following
NYA
recommendations
based on government
covid legislation.
This allowed
young people
to meet after periods oflockdown
isolation.| |||||||Years 7,8,9, 10+all had timetabled
age-| |||||||appropriate
activity sessions available at the| |||||||youth centre with youth workers and year 6
outreach
work was initiated to involve the| |||||||younger cohort once more.
1-1 mentoring,| |||||||Health drop-in, Job Club and QEHS school| |||||||support
in Hexham was also re-instated
face| |||||||to face although
social media, phone,
online| |||||||access were also available.| |||||||As restrictions
were lifted numbers
meeting| |||||||increased.
A 6-week summer
scheme took| |||||||place, The Allotment
was refurbished,
a| |||||||Girls' Group was re-established
and| |||||||Years 5and 6joined with their own| |||||||sessions.
174young people accessed the| |||||||project up to September 2021. By March
2022 this had risen to nearly 200.| |||||||Public benefit.| |||||||Without Corbridge
Youth Initiative and its| |||||||quahfied
staff, young people
in Corbridge
would not have the support and| |||||||opportunities
made available to them| |||||||throu
h this
roect.| |Statement
confirming
whether
the trustees
have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission
on public
benefit|Para 1.18|The trustees keep in mind the Charity
Commission's
guidance
on public benefit
and actively monitor the programme
for its
inclusiveness
and openness. The responses
ofthe young people, ofstakeholders
and of
members ofthe public, to the work|The trustees keep in mind the Charity
Commission's
guidance
on public benefit
and actively monitor the programme
for its
inclusiveness
and openness. The responses
ofthe young people, ofstakeholders
and of
members ofthe public, to the work| |---|---|---|---| |||undertaken,
and through|are monitored
through
feedback
independently
assessed| |||monitorin
.|| |benefit|benefit|benefit|benefit|benefit|benefit|,
and of
members ofthe public, to the work
undertaken,
are monitored
through
feedback
and through
independently
assessed
monitorin
.| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Additionai
information
(optional)
You ma
choose to include further statements||||||where relevant about:| ||||||SORP reference|| |||||||N/A| |Policy on|grant making||||Para 1.38|| |Policy on
including|social investment
program
related||||Para 1.38|Surplus
funds
which
are
not
immediately
required
to pay for activities
are placed
on
deposit to earn interest where possible.| |investment||||||| |Contribution
volunteers||made|by||Para 1.38|Volunteers
are
a
significant
part
of the
support
system
of the charity.
There
is an
active
fundraising
committee
of volunteers
from
the community.
This group
organises
events throughout
the year and raises funds| |||||||to benefit young people by helping to finance
the
Summer
Scheme
and
by keeping
the
profile of the charity
to the forefront
of the| |||||||minds ofmembers
ofthe community.| |||||||Volunteers
also
play
a
role
in
leading
occasional specialist sessions for the benefit| |||||||of the young
people,
with
youth
leaders
in
attendance.| |Other||||||| ## |Summary ofthe main
achievements
ofthe charity,
identifying
the difference the
charity's
work has made to
the circumstances
of its|Para 1.20|Corbridge
is viewed as an affluent
village but
in fact a significant
proportion
ofthe resident
families
live
in
social
housing,
have
low
incomes
and
many
are
single
parent/separated
families on the periphery
of
the
local
community
without
transport
and
suffering
rural and social isolation.| |---|---|---| |beneficiaries
and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.||CYI Youth and Community
Centre offers an
easily
accessible
safe
place
within
the
village
where
all young
people
can attend,
whatever
the
income
background
of the
family.
The
charity
connects
with
young
people
and
offers
support
to all,
including
those
who are
known
to be vulnerable
for
whatever
reason. Strong contacts have been
made
with
multi-disciplinary
agencies
to
ease access
for those
needing
specialist
help.| |||The
project
is staffed
by a
well-qualified
senior
youth
worker
and
all staff employed
with
the
young
people
have
appropriate
qualifications
for the work
in which
they are
engaged.
All are
IT literate
and
the staff| |||know the area very
well and the problems
that face families and young people.| |||Sessional
work at the beginning
of this year,
when
running
in the Youth
and
Community
Centre,
had
to be based
on year
groups
rather
than the previous
groupings
because
of the necessity
for year group
bubbles
and
small
numbers.
Several
sessions
have
run
for each
group
to cover
numbers.
Once| |||restrictions
were
raised,
Girls'
group
re-
started
and
greater
numbers
could
be
accommodated
to mix in the different juniors
gi'oups.| |||Juniors
(4 groups
from
years
5,6,7,8,in
different
sessions)
Basic cooking
and
craft
skills,
games,
mini
fundraising
challenges,
and trips out to activities for which the group
has
raised
money.
Opportunities
to relax
after school,
mix with
friends,
learn
mutual| |||respect,
learn
about
online
behaviour
and
have access to health
discussions
are the
basis ofthe youth work.| |||Seniors
(2
groups
years
9,10+) Young
people
can
relax
with
friends,
play
pool,
enjoy
team
games,
access
health
and
relationship
information
and
support,
and
have access to small group discussions
with
youth workers.
Leam about dangers
online,
access to contraception
through
C card and
STI screening
and where necessary access
to other agencies.| ## ## |young
people
and
their
families
enabling
them
to
access
external
multi
agency
services
would
otherwise
not be available| |---| |within the village or the immediate
area.| |ln
spite
of the
earlier
disruption
of covid| |recovery
etc. CYI has
worked
with
nearly
200 young
people across
all groups
during
the year.| ## |You ma
cho|ose to include|further stateme|nts
where relevant about:| |---|---|---|---| ||||By the
provision
of the
facilities,
the
well| |Achievements
against
objectives set||Para 1.41|qualified
staff and activities described
above,
the
charity
achieves
its objectives
to the| ||||benefit ofthe participants.| ||||The funds raised have enabled
the charity to| |Performance
offundraising
activities against objectives
set||Para 1.41|pursue
and achieve
its objectives.
The costs
of running
the charity
have been met by the
funds
raised
mainly
from grants
with some| ||||volunteer
fundraising.
Volunteer
fundraising
has
been
able to increase
once
again
as
covid
restrictions
have
been
lifted.
The| ||||Coronavirus
Recovery Grant and Big Lottery
Covid
Uplift
Grant,
the
Holiday
Activities| ||||Fund have boosted resources
to cover extra| ||||costs for CYI as it emerges
from lockdowns.| ||||The trustees
have monitored
the accounts| ||||carefully at their regular meetings
to
ascertain where further funding
is required
and how this ma
be obtained.| |Investment
performance
against objectives||Para 1.41|The only investments
that the charity makes
is in the form of bank deposits to gain
interest| |Other|||| ## |Financial Review|Financial Review|Financial Review|Financial Review|||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Review ofthe charity's
financial
position at the
ofthe period||||end|Para 1.21|The charity's
financial
position
is at present
reasonable
but as the new financial year
(2022-2023) proceeds,
new sources ofgrant
funding
will be required
to maintain
the| |||||||excellent provision
offered through
CYI for| |||||||young people.| |||||||Our reserves are also going to be depleted
shortly by the need to pay 222,000to NCC
for heating
and maintenance
costs on the| |Statement
explaining
the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|||||Para 1.22|remises on a lon
-awaited
bill.
Corbridge
Youth
Initiative
Trustees
have
determined
that an appropriate
level of free
reserves
should
be equivalent
to not less| |||||||than six months
operating
costs plus a sum
for exit costs. Our policy is therefore to build| |||||||up this fund and when
it reaches this level to| |||||||maintain
the reserves
which
will be carried| |||||||fonvard
for future core activities as identified| |||||||by the Trustees. This policy will be reviewed| |||||||annually
to ensure
that
it
still
meets
the
needs ofthe project.| |Amount ofreserves
held
Reasons for holding zero|||||Para 1.22
Para 1.22|826,000
N/A| |reserves||||||| |Details offund materially
deficit||||in|Para 1.24|N/A| |Explanation
ofany
uncertainties
about the
charity continuing
as a
concern|||going||Para 1.23|The
possible
uncertainties
at present
are
failure
in leadership
and
failure
to achieve
appropriate
and
sufficient
funding
to run a| |||||||facility
and
service
appropriate
for
young
people.
Other
uncertainties
may be failure
to
adapt
to
unexpected
changed
circumstances
and a failure to appeal to the
young people
in the offer made.| |||||||Present
uncertainty
concerns the renewal
of
the lease on the premises
which was due
in| |||||||February
2022 but
is still
being
negotiated
and the end ofthe Big Lottery funding
in May
2022. Further
uncertainty
involves
our senior| |||||||youth
worker
who is at present
studying
for
an
MA and
may
wish
to move
elsewhere
after completion ofthe course.| |||||||The
trustees
monitor
all
these
issues
at
regular
meetings
to safeguard
against
such
failures.
Funding
bids are prepared
regularly
to
cover
the
costs
of
the
service,
its| |||||||changing
needs
and
to upgrade
facilities.
Discussions
about the renewal
of the lease| |||||||or
different
premises
are
under
consideration.| |||||National
Lottery
Reaching
Communities| |---|---|---|---|---| |The charity's
principal
sources offunds (including
any fundraising)|||Para 1.47|Fund,
Corbridge
Parish
Council,
Nick Oliver
NCC Member'
Scheme, NCC Youth Service,
HMRC JRS.Holiday Activities
Fund.| |||||Voiunteer
fundraising
raised K2,802 from a
Christmas
Fair, A Big Night Out Dinner and
the collection and pressing ofapples for
apple juice. Some events are CYI only and
others are events organised
with the| |||||Charlotte Straker Project also in Corbridge.
This
ives
reater audience reach.| |Investment|policy and|||CYI does not invest
in the stock market or in
social investment
funds.| |objectives
including
any
social investment
policy|||Para 1.46|| |adopted||||| |||||The principal
risk is the failure to secure| |A description
ofthe principal
risks facing the charity|||Para 1.46|adequate
finance to employ the suitably
qualified
staff required
to lead the project.
Adequate
finance isalso required
to pay the
rental and heating costs ofthe premises.
Further risks would be the loss ofthe| |||||premises
which are rented from| |||||Northumberland
County Council before other| |||||suitable accommodation
is secured. The| |||||possibility ofa failure
in safeguarding
or
failure
in leadership
and appeal to young
people are also issues which are monitored.| |||||The trustees
regularly
monitor accounts,| |||||staffing, programme
and activities, policies and| |||||procedures to try to minimize
all such risks| ## ## |Description
ofcharity's|||| |---|---|---|---| |trusts:|||| |Type ofgoverning
document|Para 1.25|Constitution
adopted
August 2"' 2013|| |How is the charity
constituted?|Para 1.25|Charitable
Incorporated
Organisation|| |Trustee selection methods
including
details ofany
constitutional
provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1,25|Trustees
are
recruited
with
regard
to
appropriate
skills,
knowledge
and
experience
needed
to administer
the charity
CIO and are appointed
or re- appointed
to
post
every
4 years
after
nomination
and
election at the AGM.|| ## |Additio||al
information
(opt)onal)|al
information
(opt)onal)|al
information
(opt)onal)|al
information
(opt)onal)|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |You ma||
choose to include further statements||||where relevant about| |Policies
adopted
training|
|and procedures
for the induction
oftrustees||and||Prospective
trustees are given a copy ofthe
CYI constitution
and are referred to the
Charity Commission
website and advised to
read the publication
"The Essential Trustee".
DBSchecks are carried out and there is a| |||||||child protection
policy in place. A member of
the trustees
will also discuss roles and| |||||||responsibilities
ofa trustee. There is a staff| |||||||handbook
ofCYI policies and procedures
which is available
to trustees.| |The charity's
structure
and
network
with
charity works|||organisational
any wider
which the||Para 1.51|The
charity's
trustees
give
their
time
voluntarily
and
receive
no
benefits
or
remuneration.
They
work
on a variety
of
committees
eg
staffing,
management,
fundraising,
all of which
complete
minutes
and report back to the trustees
at quarterly
trustee
meetings,
where
minutes
are also| |||||||kept.| |||||||Trustees
take advice to revise policies and
procedures
regularly
to bring
them
in
line| |||||||with
current
legislation
and
the
Charity
Commission's
requirements.
The
chair
of| |||||||the charity
meets
regularly
with
the senior| |||||||youth
worker
to supervise
and
monitor
the| |||||||delivery
of the programme
and discuss
any
issues which have arisen.| |||||||The
charity
works
on
occasions
with| |||||||Hexham
Youth
Initiative,
local
middle
and| |||||||high
schools,
Tynedale
Youth
Forum,
Corbridge
Health
Centre,
Co-op Foodshare| |||||||programme,
Children's
Services, CAB, DWP
and
Northumberland
Youth
Service,
Jobcentre
Plus,
Northumbria
Police,
Northumberland
Homefinder/Homeless| |||||||Team, Adult Social Services.| |||||||The
Charity
works
with
Corbridge
Cricket
Club
and
Charlotte
Straker
Project
on
fundraising
events.| ||||||N/A|| |Relationship||with any related||Para 1.51||| |parties||||||| |Other|||||N/A|| ## |Nam|es ofthe charity trus|tees who manage|the charity||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||Trustee name
Sean Soulsby|ONce (ifany)
Chair|Dates acted ifnot for whole
ear|Name ofperson (orbody)
to a
oint trustee
ifan
The trustees themselves|||entitled
and| |||||CYI members
at the AGM|||| |||||when|positions|are confirmed|| ||Amanda
Senior|Treasurer||by election.|||| ||Rosemary
Rayfield|Secretary|||||| ||Maurice Hodgson||||||| ||Olwen Hendry||||||| ||Richard Hart-||||||| ||Jackson||||||| ||William||||||| ||Cunningham||||||| |8|Karren Spowart||||||| ||Clive Robertson||||||| |10|Chris Nevis||||||| |11|Helen Mason||||||| |12|Lisa Graham||||||| |13|||||||| ## |Funds held as cus|todi|an| |---|---|---| |Description
ofthe assets||N/A| |held
in this capacity||| |Name and objects ofthe||N/A| |charity on whose behalf|the|| |assets are held and how|this|| |falls within the custodian||| |charity's objects||| |Details ofarrangements|for|N/A| |safe custody and||| |segregation
ofsuch assets||| |from the charity's
own assets||| ## ## |Names and ad|dresses ofadvisers|(Optional|information)||| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |Type of|Name|Address|||| |adviser|||||| |Independent
external
financial|John Liddle|Woodbine
NE44 6EE|House, Riding|Mill, Northumberland.|| |examiner|||||| |Name ofchief|executive or names|ofsenior|staff members|(Optional|information)| |Sean Soulsby|Chair ofTrustees.||||| ## ## # ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## |Business|receipts|49,032.73| |---|---|---| |Business|payments|70,744.03| |Cash deficit generated
by the business||-21,711.30| |Net cash|inflow|-21,711.30| |Bank and|cash balance at 1April 2021|97,287.21| |Bank and|cash balance at 31March 2022|75,575.91| |Increase|in bank and cash balances for the period|-21,711.30| ## |Corbridge
Youth|Corbridge
Youth|Initiative|Initiative|Initiative|2021-2022|2021-2022||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Receipts &Payments|||||||01April 2020|01April 2021| ||||||||31March 2021|31March 2022| ||||||||E|f| |Income||||||||| |Premises
—Rentallncome||||||||250.00| |Sessions|||||||715.85|| |Donations|||||||737.00|597.00| |Grants|||||||111,711.00|43,504.70| |Fundraising|||||||135.00|3,475.95| |HMRC JRS Grant|||||||10,227.15|549.32| |Miscellaneous|-|interest,||refunds,||trips|30.84|655.76| ||||||||123,556.84|49,032.73| |Expenditure||||||||| |Premises/Administration|||||||14,368.81|9,525.36| |Costs of sessions||/|Staffing||||48,617.55|49,991.51| |Consumables|||||||1,838.00|4,653.06| |Allotment
costs||||||||| |Training||||||||| |Fundraising
costs||||||||1,296.00| |Trips/Works
hops|||||||1,433.31|722.50| |Tra nsport|||||||448.32|515.60| |Sessions and centre|||running||costs||7,781.55|4,040.00| ||||||||74,487.54|70,744.03| |Net Income|||||||49,069.30|t21,711.30)| |Balance brought||forward|||||48,217.91|97,287.21| |Balance carried|forward||||||97,287.21|75,575.91| |Current Account|||||||6,431.50|4,712.44| |Deposit Account|||||||90,461.37|70,469.13| |Petty Cash|||||||394.34|394.34| ||||||||97,287.21|75,575.91| |Being restricted||funds:||||||| |Staff||||||||| |Project Co-ordinator|||||||15,097.14|12,843.06| |Sessional staff|||||||19,760.57|7,034.38| |Allotment|||||||3,092.04|3,092.04| |Premises|||||||17,332.69|11,244.50| |Sessions/Resources|||||||10,924.70|13,203.90| |Youth Focus NE||||||||| |Fundra ising||||||||| |Grants||||||||| |Lottery Grant|||||||5,080.07|2,158.03| |Reserves|||||||26,000.00|26,000.00| ||||||||97,287.21|75,575.91| ## |||2022||2021||2020||2019||2018| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Bank Current Account|E|4,712.44|E|6,431.50|E|4,803.58|E|4,703.12|E|3,848.33| |Bank Deposit Account|E|70,469.13|E|90,461.37|E|42,940.53|E|43,358.75|E|52,537.16| |Cash|E|394.34|E|394.34|E|473.80|E|318.61|E|1,289.95| |TOTAL|E|75,575.91|E|97,287.21|E|48,217.91|E|48,380.48|E|57,675.44| ||Only complete|ifthe examiner needs to highlight|material|problems.| |---|---|---|---|---| |Give here brief details of||||| |any items that the||||| |examiner wishes to||||| |disclose.|||||