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Annual Report & Financial Statements 2023
The Trustees of Wymondham Youth Bus are pleased to present the annual report and financial statements for 2023.
Trustees for the financial year 2023
Daniel Doran-Smith Nicola Sizer Lucie Fox Will Little (resigned March 2023) Kate Doran-Smith
The Charity is fully led and run by volunteers and currently has no employees.
Delivery
Throughout 2023, we continued to deliver our engagement programmes, known as 'Fusion,' from the double-decker bus. We aimed to engage young people, families, and local communities through session-based activities and community events. We delivered our primary sessions after school and in the evenings, offering console games, art-based projects, a smoothie bar promoting healthy eating, and a platform for young people to socialise with their peers.
During every session, we interact with hundreds of young people who visit our Bus to engage with us. We have always received a positive reaction from the attendees, and they often share their experiences with their friends and family. This year, we have observed an increase in the number of new faces, which suggests that word of mouth is spreading.
Our work is unique because we provide pop-up provisions in the heart of communities without relying on a community building to engage with young people and provide constructive activities. We've observed that young people respond positively to our services as the Bus is often parked in key community locations such as parks, where young people usually gather. This makes it easy for them to access and engage with us.
In collaboration with young individuals, a local artist renowned for their graffiti work, "Knapple," undertook the task of revamping the exterior of the bus. The resulting design was met with much positivity from the community, and it has since become a recognisable sight as it commutes to different areas.
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Fundraising
Throughout the early part of 2023, we worked on raising funds to support the work of WYB. We did this by submitting grant applications and reaching out to previous donors. As a result, we have received some responses and anticipate receiving more in 2024.
Trustees would like to express their sincere thanks to all the funders who gave grants towards our delivery in 2023.
Future plans
In recognition of the needs we are seeing amongst young people and their families, our plans will be focused more on providing ways we can help tackle food insecurity as we understand this to be a real challenge facing young people in local communities. Often, this impact extends beyond physical health to also impacting mental health and wellbeing.
Therefore, alongside our engagement programmes we are looking to develop ways we can reach out in this way, encouraging healthy eating, and providing food and personal care packages to young people.
In line with this our areas of focus will be:
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Youth programmes
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Partnership working
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Support services
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Food insecurity
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Healthy eating and personal care
Financial Statements for 2023
Accounts are prepared on a cash payment and receipts basis to 31[st] December year end.
| Income | 2023 | 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Donations | |||
| Fundraising | |||
| Tuck shopsales | |||
| other | |||
| Grants | £ 9,100.00 |
£ 2,500.00 |
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| Total Income | £ 9,100.00 |
£ 2,500.00 |
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| Expenditure | 2023 | 2022 | |
| Fuel | £ 684.15 |
£ 779.10 |
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| Equipment | £ 250.00 |
£ - |
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| Insurance | £ 2,304.34 |
£ 2,110.68 |
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| Maintenance | £ 702.85 |
£ 1,733.73 |
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| Services/Memberships | £ 35.00 |
£ 30.00 |
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| Refreshments | £ 58.07 |
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| Vehicle costs | £ 325.00 |
£ 295.00 |
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| Stationery,printing, office, domain | £ 757.04 |
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| Other | £ 1,040.77 |
£ 171.44 |
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| Total expenditure | £ 6,157.22 |
£ 5,119.95 |
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| Balance | £ 2,942.78 |
-£ 2,619.95 |
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| Opening balances | 2023 | 2022 | |
| Bank | £ 11,153.92 |
£ 13,773.87 | |
| Cash | |||
| Total | £ 11,153.92 | £ 13,773.87 | |
| Closing balances | 2023 | 2022 | |
| Bank | £ 14,096.70 | £ 11,153.92 |
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| Cash | £ - |
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| Total | £ 14,096.70 | £ 11,153.92 | |
| Monetary assets | 2023 | 2022 | |
| Bank account | £ 14,096.70 | £ 11,153.92 |
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| Cash | £ - |
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| Total | £ 14,096.70 | £ 11,153.92 | |
| Fixed asset | 2023 | 2022 | |
| Bus | £ 7,373.73 |
£ 9,831.64 |
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| Depreciation | £ 1,843.43 |
£ 2,457.91 |
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| Total | £ 5,530.30 |
£ 7,373.73 |