**Teen Yoga Foundation Report and Accounts**
**31 March 2025**
**Charity number: 1165236**
## **Teen Yoga Foundation Report and accounts Contents**
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|---|---|
|Company information|1|
|Trustee report|2 - 5|
|Independent examiner's Report|6|
|Statement of financial activities|7|
|Balance sheet|8|
|Notes to the accounts|9 - 11|
|Detailed statement of financial activities|12|
## **Teen Yoga Foundation Company Information**
## **Trustees**
Dr Jo Barker Anasua Sarkar Roy Annessa Rebair Amina Smith-Gul Winston Charles Thomas
## **Principal address**
Redhill House Red Hill Camerton Bath BA2 0NY
## **Independent Examiner**
Neil Stanley
## **Bankers**
Barclays Bank Plc Leicestershire LE87 2BB
**Charity number** 1165236
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**Charity number:**
**1165236**
## **Teen Yoga Foundation**
## **Trustees report For the year ended 31 March 2025**
## **Objectives and Activities**
## **Purpose**
(1) Spreading the practice of yoga among teenagers and young people, especially the disadvantaged.
(2) Contributing to the growing evidence base for the benefits of yoga for young people’s wellbeing through research and the curation of research results.
(3) Promoting the practice of and integration of yoga into educational and youth contexts through a variety of different means.
(4) Supporting the teen yoga community, by providing face to face and online spaces for the sharing of resources, information and ideas among practitioners.
(5) International aid work through initiatives both within and outside the UK that focus on improving the well-being of disadvantaged young people.
## **Activities**
In this year, we focused on the following activities:
On spreading of the practice of yoga, we ran 2 online courses and 1 face to face course during this time, with a greater focus on medical and teaching personnel which is where the growth in interest is located. This was in line with the previous year. The effects of the pandemic which led to many yoga teachers leaving the profession and the ongoing cost of living crisis in the UK have reduced the number of applicants to our courses. We also continued to collaborate with London Youth, offering a second iteration of our Talking Circles course, once more reaching over 70 youth workers across London and over 700 young people. We also ran several bespoke CPD courses for schools across the UK training teachers to share yoga. We started to explore ways to improve our online offering, both by updating the main course and by developing standalone online courses. This will take shape in 25/26.
In the research context we lacked the funding to undertake any significant research projects ourselves but continue to gather feedback from our graduates on the impact of the yoga among young people, some of them running their own research projects within their contexts. We continued work on a project with the Statisticians Society to explore indicators of the social impact of yoga for young people this has been delayed by the lack of availability of volunteers at the Statisticians Society.
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**Teen Yoga Foundation**
**Charity number: 1165236**
## **Trustees report For the year ended 31 March 2025**
## **Activities (continued)**
The main focus of our work to promote the integration of the practice of yoga in youth contexts continued to be the course we run to train yoga teachers and other people who work with the young (and are yoga practitioners) in the optimal way to bring yoga to young people. The 10 week online version of the course continues to be our central activity. It continues to show very high results from student feedback. Due to the general election our work in Parliament was placed on hold and initial contacts were resumed in early 2025 with our new MP, Anna Sabine.
Our work to support the teen yoga community involved ongoing work through our website and our different social media channels such as Twitter, Instagram, Linked In and Facebook, to support teachers of yoga to teens by providing advice, support, resources, links to research and a free service connecting schools to teachers in their area. The Monthly Themes work continues to be a significant support to existing graduates and also a resource for future students and others working with young people.
Lastly our solidarity work continues to focus on the disadvantaged and on the needs of schools that do not have funds to provide yoga to their students. This strategic pivot was in fact planned before the lockdown made it even more necessary. We also received funding form the Quartet Foundation to provide yoga for disadvantaged young people in the BANES area.
## **Trustees**
Trustees are appointed by the Board of Trustees for life. Where there is a requirement for new trustees, they would be identified and appointed by the existing trustees. The trustees have had due regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit. This year new trustees Anjli Patel and Elli Bromley joined the Board.
## **Contribution made by volunteers**
Volunteers play an important role and for most of the year the entire activity of the charity was carried out by volunteers in the organisation of the charity’s work, fundraising activity, publicity activity, the organisation and the creation of research proposals. At this stage of the charity’s development their contribution continues to be fundamental.
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**Teen Yoga Foundation**
**Charity number:**
**1165236**
## **Trustees report For the year ended 31 March 2025**
## **Achievements**
Our spreading of the practice of yoga continued to focus principally on increasing our network of teachers in the UK and other countries who bring yoga into schools and other contexts. This included the majority of schools in BANES, our direct catchment area and by the end of the period had grown to more than 2000 yoga teachers, school teachers, counsellors, psychotherapists and youth workers across the UK and their students. The work of training and supporting this network is an important part of the spread of yoga for young people.
In the research context we worked to curate and make available online the existing research in the field, and its implications and conclusions, to teachers and other stakeholders as part of our work to promote the practice. We also attended the first workshop of the UK Yoga Network at Westminster University and other online conferences and seminars in the UK and US on yoga in schools, thus participating actively in the research conversation.
The main focus of work to promote the integration of the practice of yoga in youth contexts involved the online course we run to train yoga teachers and other people who work with the young (and are yoga practitioners) in the optimal way to bring yoga to young people. Our work to support the teen yoga community involved ongoing work through our website and other online channels such as our Facebook group, Twitter, Instagram and regular newsletters to support teachers of yoga to teens by providing advice, support, resources, links to research and a free service connecting schools to teachers in their area. We have over 10,000 followers on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and YouTube.
Fundraising activity continues to be a considerable challenge. The fundraising climate is very difficult in the Uk at present. Though our main sources of income, the teacher training course and the funded activity in schools, allowed us to maintain those activities successfully, we continue to find it challenging to raise funds, especially core funding. We have been working to refine our messaging to funders, and the structure of our website to improve our reach and in the second half of the year carried out a process of reflection to look for ways to improve our work and diversify our income streams. The plans set out which include different actions across all our domains of activity are being carried out throughout 2025.
## **Financial Review** p
p p g is hoped that future reports will provide details of continued successful fundraising opportunities and improve the cashflow and potential reserve-holding of the charity. The charity's principal sources of funds continue to be from our training activity, some donations and other sources under
## **Risks**
The main risks involve not achieving our fundraising goals. The charity is viewed positively, it has achieved a lot, and receives a lot of interest.. The Teen Yoga book continues to sell well and provide some revenue.
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**Charity number: 1165236**
## **Teen Yoga Foundation**
## **Trustees report For the year ended 31 March 2025**
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
The charity is registered by the Charities Commission registration number 1165236 and is governed by its Articles of Association.
This report has been prepared in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice - Accounting and Reporting by Charities.
Approved by the board of trustees on:
……………………………………………..
and signed on its behalf by:
## **Anasua Sarkar Roy**
## **Acting Chairperson**
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**Charity number:**
## **Teen Yoga Foundation**
## **1165236**
## **Independent examiner’s report to the trustees of Teen Yoga Foundation**
I report on the accounts of Teen Yoga Foundation for the year ended 31st March 2025.
## **Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner**
The charity’s trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity’s trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144 (2) of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act) and that an independent examination is needed.
It is my responsibility to:
a) examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Act;
b) to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act; and
c) to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
## **Basis of independent examiner’s report**
My examination was carried out in accordance with the general Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a ‘true and fair view’ and the report is limited to those matters set out in the next statement.
## **Independent examiner’s statement**
In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention:
(1) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements:
a) to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the 2011 Act; and
b) to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the 2011 Act have not been met; or
(2) to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Name:
Date:
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## **Teen Yoga Foundation**
## **Statement of Financial Activities for the year ended 31 March 2025**
|**Note**
Donations and legacies
Charitable activities
Other trading activities
**Total incoming resources**
**Resources expended:**
Cost of raising funds:
Charitable activities
Governance costs
**Total resources expended**
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**Net (outgoing)/incoming resources**
**Reconciliation of funds**
Total funds brought forward
**Total funds carried forward**
**Incoming resources:**|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**2025**
**£**
13,501
42,348
826|**Restricted**
**Funds**
**2025**
**£**
-
-
-|**Total Funds**
**2025**
**£**
13,501
42,348
826|**Total Funds**
**2024**
**£**
15,847
15,401
1,781|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||56,675|-|56,675|33,029|
||36,626
1,213|-
-|36,626
1,213|38,586
1,299|
||37,839|-|37,839|39,885|
||18,836
(8,726)|-
-|18,836
(8,726)|(6,856)
-
-
-
(1,870)|
||10,110|-|10,110|(8,726)|
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## **Teen Yoga Foundation Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2025**
|**Note**
**Current assets**
Debtors and prepayments
2
Cash at bank and in hand
**Creditors: amounts falling due**
**within one year**
3
**Net current assets/(liabilities)**
**Net assets/(liabilities)**
**Funds**
4
Unrestricted Funds
Restricted funds
**Total funds**
Signed, on behalf of the Trustees
Name
Position
These financial statements were approved by|**2025**
**2024**
**£**
**£**
6,703
1,420
16,445
3,589
23,150
5,011
(13,040)
(13,737)
10,110
(8,726)
10,110
(8,726)
10,110
(8,726)
-
-
10,110
(8,726)
……………………………..
……………………………..
**Anasua Sarkar Roy**
**Acting Chairperson**
the Trustees on|
|---|---|
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**Teen Yoga Foundation Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025**
## **1 Principle accounting policies**
The principal accounting policies adopted in the preparation of the financial statements are set out below:
## _**Basis of preparation**_
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Accounting and Reporting By 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 (FRS102) (effective 1 January 2019) – (Charities SORP (FRS 102)), the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102).
## _**Fund Accounting**_
Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the charity.
Restricted Funds are subjected to restrictions on their expenditure imposed by the donor or through the terms of an appeal.
## _**Incoming Resources**_
All incoming resources are included in the statement of financial activities when the charity is entitled to the income and the amount can be quantified with reasonable accuracy. The following specific policies are applied to particular categories of income.
Voluntary income is received by way of grants, donations and gifts and 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.
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.
Investment income is included when receivable.
Incoming resources from charitable trading activity are accounted for when earned.
Incoming resources from grants, where related to performance and specific deliverables, are accounted for as the charity earns the right to consideration by its performance.
## _**Resources expended**_
Expenditure is recognised on an accrual basis as a liability is incurred. Expenditure includes any VAT which cannot be fully recovered.
Costs of generating funds comprises those costs associated with attracting voluntary income and the costs of trading for fundraising purposes.
Charitable expenditure 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 allocated directly to such activities and those costs of an indirect nature necessary to support them.
Governance costs include those costs associated with meeting the constitutional and statutory requirements of the charity and include the examiner's fees and costs linked to the strategic management of the charity.
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## **Teen Yoga Foundation Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025**
All costs are allocated between the expenditure categories of the SoFA on a basis designed to reflect the use of the resource. Costs relating to a particular activity are allocated directly, others are apportioned on an appropriate basis.
|**2**
**Debtors**
Trade debtors
**3**
**Creditors: amounts falling due within one year**
Trade creditors
Other taxes and social security costs
Other loans
**4**
**Movement in funds**
**1st April**
**2024**
**£**
**£**
**Unrestricted funds**
General fund
(8,726)
56,675
**Total funds**
(8,726)
56,675
Other debtors
**Received**
**in year**|**2**
**Debtors**
Trade debtors
**3**
**Creditors: amounts falling due within one year**
Trade creditors
Other taxes and social security costs
Other loans
**4**
**Movement in funds**
**1st April**
**2024**
**£**
**£**
**Unrestricted funds**
General fund
(8,726)
56,675
**Total funds**
(8,726)
56,675
Other debtors
**Received**
**in year**|**2**
**Debtors**
Trade debtors
**3**
**Creditors: amounts falling due within one year**
Trade creditors
Other taxes and social security costs
Other loans
**4**
**Movement in funds**
**1st April**
**2024**
**£**
**£**
**Unrestricted funds**
General fund
(8,726)
56,675
**Total funds**
(8,726)
56,675
Other debtors
**Received**
**in year**|**£**
(37,839)
**Utilised in**
**year**|**2025**
**£**
3,550
3,153|**2024**
**£**
1,420
-|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||6,703|1,420|
|||||**2025**
**£**
2,584
122
10,334|**2024**
**£**
986
321
12,430|
|||||13,040|13,737|
|||||**£**
-
**Balance**
**transfers**|**31st March**
**2025**
**£**
10,110|
||(8,726)|56,675|(37,839)|-|10,110|
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## **Teen Yoga Foundation Notes to the Accounts**
**for the year ended 31 March 2025**
|**5**
**Resources expended**
**Charitable**
**Activities**
**£**
Teaching and retreat costs
5,422
Staff costs and administration
12,641
Advertising and website costs
8,860
Repairs and renewals
2,531
Conference fees and flights
6,347
Independent examiners fees
-
Bookkeeping
-
Legal & professional fees
-
Printing, postage and stationery
226
Telephone and internet
226
Yoga clothing for resale
96
Bank fees and interest
277
Insurance
-
36,626
**6**
**Employee information**
Average number of employees
**Staff Costs**
Wages and Salaries
Staff training
Employers National Insurance
No employees received remuneration exceeding £60,000.
**Trustees information**
Trustees remuneration and expenses|**Charitable**
**Activities**
**£**
5,422
12,641
8,860
2,531
6,347
-
-
-
226
226
96
277
-|**Governance**
**Costs**
**£**
-
-
-
-
-
-
928
133
-
-
-
-
152|**Total**
**2025**
**£**
5,422
12,641
8,860
2,531
6,347
-
928
133
226
226
96
277
152|**Total**
**2024**
**£**
1,518
12,178
11,774
1,107
7,840
-
965
200
489
1,033
2,517
130
134|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||36,626|1,213|37,839|39,885|
||||**2025**
2|**2024**
3|
||||12,440
201
-|11,650
528
-|
||||-|-|
## **7 Related party transactions**
There were no related party transactions during the year.
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## **Teen Yoga Foundation Detailed Statement of financial activities for the year ended 31 March 2025**
|**Incoming resources**
Donations and legacies
**Charitable activities**
EU Yoga Courses
UK Yoga Courses
Yoga for Schools
**Other trading activities**
Sales of yoga clothing and books
**Total Incoming resources**
**Expenditure**
Costs of generating charitable income including venue hire
Teaching and supervision
Retreat costs
Yoga clothing and books for resale
Advertising, Marketing and Website costs
Accountancy fees
Bank Fees
Consulting
Postage, Freight & Courier
Insurance
Interest Paid
Legal expenses
Printing & Stationery
IT Software and Consumables
Repairs & Maintenance
Salaries
Staff Training
Subscriptions
Telephone & internet
Travel - National
Travel - International
**Total expenditure**
**Net (deficit)/surplus**|11,150
29,698
1,500|**2025**
**£**
13,501
-
15,401
-
42,348
826
**56,675**
1,053
2,749
1,620
96
8,860
928
239
100
108
152
38
33
118
970
614
12,440
201
947
226
5,655
692
**37,839**
**18,836**|**2024**
**£**
15,847
15,401
1,781|
|---|---|---|---|
|||||
||||**33,029**|
||||503
1,015
-
2,517
11,774
965
123
200
290
134
7
199
567
70
11,650
528
470
1,033
7,682
158|
||||**39,885**|
|||||
||||**(6,856)**|
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Teen Yoga Foundatlon
Charity number.
1165236
Trus
s report
FOJ the year ended 31 March 2025
Structure, Govemance and Management
charity is registered by the Char5ti8s Commisston regislraticffi number 1185236 aThJ is govemed
by its Artides of Association.
This report has been prw8d in accordarKe vrith Ihe Statement of Recommended Pr8Ctice-
Accounting and Reporting by Charltles.
Approved by th• board of trustees o
and si
ned on its b8hall ty.
Anasua Sath Roy
Athlng Chalrpgrnon
T••n Yoga Foundatlon
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comp8nson oftr* u15 presented with those records 11 also Includes consideratton of any
unusual items or disdo$ures in the accounts. and seeking explanations from you as trustees
conmIng any such m*ttets. Tha procedure5 unttertaken do not provide all the evidence Ihat
%Kwld be required in an audii and consequently w opinion Is gen as to whelher tt)e accounts
preseni8'true and fairview. and the report is limited to those matters set out in the next statement.
Independtrnl examinefs statgmnt
In rA>nnecbDn wrth my examin*on. no matter has o)me to my attentn."
111 ttich gives rne reasonabk cause lo believe that In any malerpal respect the regUlTnents".
ai to keep acu>unting rec¢>rds in attordance ¥th section 130 of the 2011 Act,. and
bl to prepaE ar4)unls whth acrA>rd wth the accounting records and tornpty with thg ac£ounting
reJulrennts oftts 2011 AGI have ml been met, or
(21 to Ythth, fft rny oynion. attentK)n should te drawn In order to enable a prokw understaThJing of
the8cuunts to be reached
IL S7A*WLEY
Teen Yoga Foundation
Balance Sheet
as at 31 March 2025
2024
urrpnt assets
Debtors and Ffepayments
i ash al bank and in hand
6,703
16,445
23,150
1,420
3,589
5,011
Creilitors: amounts falling
wlthln one year
{13,040)
(13,737)
Nol current assetsl(liabilltl•s)
10.110
(8,726)
Net asset81(Ilabllltles)
Funds
Unrestricted Funds
Restricied fuTrds
10,110
(8,726)
Total fund8
10,110
These fin8nci81 statem6nls were aFprovéd by tha Trust68s on
Signed, on behalf of the TnJsle8s
Anasua Sa
rRoy
Position
Actlng Chalrperson