
## **US** 

**Charity Number:  1166464** 

**Trustees' Annual Report for the Period 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2021** 

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## **Reference and Administration Details** 

**Charity name** : US **Charity number** : 1166464 **Charity's operating address** : 60 Elmfield Road, Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne **Postcode** : NE3 4BD 

## **Names of the Charity Trustees who Manage the Charity** 

|**Trustee Name**|**Office**|**Appointed**|**Retired**|
|---|---|---|---|
|1: Mary Jane Tacchi|Chair & Fundraising|April 2016 (extended 2020)||
|2: Yvonne Hurlow|Planning & Development|April 2016 (extended 2019)||
|3: Kamni Puri|Finance|April 2016 (extended 2019)||
|4: Aditya Sharma|Child Mental Health|April 2016 (extended 2020)||
|5. Jane Erridge|Primary Care|August 2020||



## **Names & Addresses of Advisors** 

**Name Address & Postcode** Bank: Barclays Fawcett Street, Sunderland SR1 1RS Human Resources Ethical HR Ltd 11 Oswin Road, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE12 9BH 

## **Names of Senior Staff with Delegated Responsibilities** 

Suzanne  McFarlane  Chief Operating Officer 

## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

## **Description of the Charity's Trusts** 

**Type of Governing Document** Constitution **How the Charity is Constituted** Charitable Incorporated Organisation 

## **Trustee Selection Methods** 

US will identify criteria for selection of a new trustee based on internal skills audit/ gap analysis against the charity’s objectives and development plan. 

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Based on the skills, knowledge and experience priorities, the trustees will identify persons known to the organisation who hold the relevant skills or if an appropriate person is not known, the trustees will advertise the trustee role through relevant community and voluntary sectors organisations such as VONNE and the CVS. 

The founding trustees came together because of a shared interest, relevant experience and skillbase which would facilitate the successful creation, development, sustainability and management of a young people’s mental health charity. 

The new trustee appointed in 2020 brings her expertise as a GP in Primary Care in the region. She will help us to raise our profile with Primary Care, strengthening our communications and reach. 

## **How New Trustees are Inducted and Trained** 

The current trustees, who have been trained in their responsibilities are founder members of the charity.   The charity trustees will make available to each new charity trustee, on or before his or her first appointment:  a copy of the current version of our constitution; and a copy of the CIO’s latest Trustees’ Annual Report and annual signed off accounts. 

At induction the new trustee is introduced to the charity’s aims and objectives, policies and procedures, business plan.  We will provide training/access to training on the responsibilities of a trustee. All trustees will access updates on such issues as Safeguarding, Equality and Diversity and Data Protection 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

## **Summary of the Objects of the Charity as set out in its Governing Document** 

The Objects of the CIO named US are: 

To advance the health and improve the quality of life of young people in Northumberland, Tyne and Wear and North Durham. Beneficiaries are aged between twelve and twenty-five and are young people who experience or are at risk of developing mental health issues and/or neurodevelopmental disorders. Support is also offered to their parents/carers. 

To engage young people and their parents and carers in sport and other physical activities that have a proven beneficial effect on physical and mental health. 

To support and strengthen the impact of physical activities through healthy eating workshops. 

To empower beneficiaries to transform their lives through participation in sports and physical activities, enabling them to 

- improve their mental and physical health, 

- enhance their educational performance and employability 

- develop positive relationships, 

- raise their self-esteem, 

- be happy and take pleasure from recreation 

To empower young people to play an active part in the long and short-term planning of activities and US in order to develop their organisational skills, whilst ensuring that activities meet the needs of beneficiaries. 

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To help young people make a positive contribution to family and community life. 

## **Summary of the Main Activities Undertaken for the Public Benefit in Relation to the Charity's Objects** 

US works in the North East of England. Our trustees are passionate about destigmatising mental illness and enhancing the support available to young people. 

US currently delivers on an outreach basis. We fund sports and other fitness activities to small groups and individuals, aged between 12 and 25 who experience or are at risk of developing mental health difficulties. 

When arranging programmes we engage with referral organisations who work with young people in education, health, care, community organisations and the justice sector. We also welcome direct introductions from families and individuals. 

We provide bespoke programmes for small groups and individuals, tailoring programmes to meet their needs and interests. 

The activities are delivered by high quality, well-qualified coaches, teachers, tutors of sports and a wide range of physical activities. We encourage all participants to set personal goals for their US experience and where appropriate, support the development of an exit strategy / progression pathway. 

We are an organisation that continuously consults young people about our development and offer.  As we grow this will continue and young people will become more and more active in the planning, development and management of US. 

Long term we may open centres in the North East housing sports and fitness and other facilities to provide opportunities for our young people to improve their quality of life. 

Through sports and fitness activities we aim to empower young people and help them to: 

- Feel good 

- Improve their mental and physical health 

- Make friends and have fun 

- Improve their self-image 

- Become more confident 

- Set and achieve personal goals 

- Be successful in education and training and increase their employability 

## **Achievement and Performance** 

## **Statutory Declaration** 

The trustees declare that they have complied with their duty to have due regard to the guidance on public benefit published by the commission in exercising their powers or duties. 

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## **Summary of the Main Achievements of the Charity for the Year** 

## **Adapting to the New Normal** 

Since the first lockdown the US team worked hard to ensure that young people who are experiencing or are at risk of developing mental health issues were able to access sport, fitness training and physical activities of their choice.  We communicated our offer intensively to the health, care, education, justice and community sectors, parents and young people, clarifying that whether facing partial or full lockdown or no restrictions we would find solutions that make safe, one to one and small group activities possible. This was especially important as research told us that the Covid 19 Pandemic has had a serious impact on the mental health and emotional well-being both of young people already experiencing mental illness and the wider population.  This was confirmed by increased referrals to our organisation and discussions with referrers and parents who described how distressed many young people had been over recent months 

At the beginning of the first lock-down we met with our coaches and tutors and established activities we could provide online for both existing US participants and new referrals. Consequently we have had a blended offer, responsive to developing COVID regulations - whilst under lock-down, under reduced restrictions and when restrictions were lifted. 

We have delivered: 

- 5 virtual group programmes; 

- 8 face to face group programmes; 

- 13 one to one, virtual programmes 

- 15 one to one, face to face programmes. 

Our participants have a diverse range of needs and interests, and this is reflected in our activities. Our delivery in this year covered Yoga, Fitness Training, Boxercise, Walking, Golf, Football, Zumba and Cycling. We have worked hard to meet individual needs and interests and the needs of different at-risk groups, such as a Sixth Form Group who felt anxious about how COVID would impact on their grades and futures. Some of our young people have recently come out of hospital and require intensive support from our keyworkers to enable them to take the first few steps into an activity.  In one case hours of talking in the garden has led to regular dog walks and a donated bike has enabled one young man living in a hostel to go cycling with a keyworker.  Yoga and relaxation techniques are popular with many of our young people and for those in recovery from eating disorders it is the only activity we can deliver. 

Additionally in 2020/21, we launched a 15 week long programme of live online classes open to all young people as part our GOGA project. From February 2021 we offered a timetable of multiple sessions including yoga, boxercise and strength conditioning. 


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In December 2020 we embarked upon GOGA (Get Online, Get Active), our first crowdfunding project promoted by the  North of Tyne Authority and the Spacehive platform. Donors responding to our campaign and the North of Tyne Authority funded a programme we devised to support all young people aged 12 to 25. This was a response to the impact COVID - its lockdowns and restrictions - has had on the mental health of all young people. Since March 2020 lockdowns resulted in children and young people being unable to access not only school, college or work, but also the sports and other leisure activities they enjoyed in their ‘normal’ lives. We started to deliver this 15 week programme in February 2021 offering daily, live, virtual classes in Yoga and Relaxation, Fitness Training and Strength Conditioning. They were accessed by participants through our website. The classes are now stored on our website and are accessible to young people. 

We will retain some online, live and recorded classes post COVID for young people not ready for face to face provision and for new referees to facilitate quick access to activities, whilst we plan individualised provision. 

## **GOGA funding helped to raise our profile** 

We developed an identity for GOGA to complement the US webpage, and generated a range of marketing resources to promote the project. 

We engaged local company Indigo Wolf Marketing to support us with our launch campaign, and they secured coverage of US and GOGA in local online publications: North East Living North and Northern Insight Magazine, as well as a ‘spot’ on Night Owls with Alan Robson on Greatest Hits Radio, and further sharing across social media from a range of services linked to children and young people, sports, and mental health. 

US has established partnerships within the school and education sector in the North East.  We targeted all schools in the region, both through email and social media, and had a supportive response to GOGA, be it through posting on their social media, including in school to home communications, cascading through year group and pastoral systems. 

We made our partners agencies from health, social care, justice, community and voluntary sectors, and beyond aware of the GOGA through email contacts and marketing materials - Its true to say the entire US team worked intensively to spread the GOGA message! 

To achieve a wider community reach we promoted GOGA though Facebook groups across the regions and used paid adverts on Facebook and Instagram to extend GOGA exposure beyond our own following. Two campaigns were used, one to target young people aged 13-25, and another targeting an older age groups, aimed at parents and professionals working with young people in the 12-25 age group. The two campaigns achieved a reach of over 29K people, and generated 300 direct engagements with our webpage. 

North of Tyne Combined Authority not only supported GOGA financially with a contribution to our crowdfunding campaign, they also supported us with awareness raising through their channels.  It was great to meet (albeit virtually!) with Counsellor Joyce McCarty in March and to have the opportunity to talk about our project and how it was part of our charity’s commitment to improving mental health of young people – links to our regional local authorities offer a fantastic gateway for US to increase awareness of what we do with many of the core / statutory services supporting young people - for example we have recently established a new link with the Skillshub at Newcastle City Library, and are planning ways of working together to support their clients _._ 

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## **Maintaining and establishing new partnerships** 

During this year we also met with our referral agencies and educational establishments to plan how we can work with their young people post COVID. We continue to grow our network of referral agencies and high-quality, approved, vetted providers. 

The following programmes provide a good overview of our offer to young people: 

One to One Coach-led Programmes 

These are for individuals not yet able to engage with other participants, or in need of individual support to engage in regular exercise; with the aim that the young person could progress in to group activities as a next step. The sport or exercise is chosen by the young person and we engage coaches or trainers with the necessary qualifications and experience to deliver. This year coachled one to one activities have included: fitness training; yoga; gymnastics; horse-riding; swimming, boxercise and street dance. 

## One to One Community Access programmes 

For other young people one to one activities involve US keyworkers or volunteers accompanying young people to community venues enabling them to access fitness classes or activity sessions. This type of support allows the young person to overcome their personal barriers to accessing sport and exercise available in their communities, be this anxiety or fear, low confidence, lack of social or independent travel skills, or a limited support network around the child. As confidence grows and relationship develop, this can be a most effective route to developing lifelong fitness practices.  This year community access one to one activities included:  swimming, climbing, golf, walking/running 

## Group Programmes 

These are for young people who require a higher level of coaching or emotional support than is available in larger commercial groups. In some cases, this has allowed the young people to develop sufficient skills and self-confidence to progress into regular sport and exercise in wider community settings. 

These groups may either be developed through a partnership with another organisation working with young people who meet our criteria and who would benefit from sport or exercise activities, or by progressing young people with a common interest from one to one activities with US into a small group setting - with a long term goal of accessing community leisure and fitness facilities and this becoming an established part of their lifestyle. 

## **Feedback on US activities** 

_I've really benefited from all the fitness sessions offered. The sessions have boosted my confidence as a result of my physical health improving therein. Having suffered from an acute mental illness that resulted in me having to heavily rely on medication that caused me to gain weight, I developed a low self-esteem and was caught in a vicious cycle of feeling unworthy because of my body image which in turn caused me to gain even more weight. Since my first session with US I've seen my body transition back to its former pre-medication state and my confidence is slowly but surely returning too!!! What I'm most grateful for is that all my US trainers have allowed me to appreciate that a holistic and heathy lifestyle is far more important than said body image.”  M_ 

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_“Online sessions have filled some of his time up and given him a purpose during lockdown” C_ 

_“I’d done online yoga with my mum before, and really liked that the yoga I went to was just for younger people not adults! I feel good after I’ve done a class” S_ 

## **Funding Streams** 

We work continuously to bring in the funds required to plan, manage and deliver our provision in a safe and supportive manner.  We do this through applying for funding from trusts, foundation and other funding bodies and through a range of fund-raising activities. 

In year we have obtained funding from funds set up to support charities faced with the impact of the COVID pandemic. We were awarded money from the Sport Tyne and Wear Emergency Fund; The Community Foundation Covid Fund, the Police and Crime Commissioner’s Office and the Tesco’s Covid Fund.  We also were success in an application to Sport Newcastle. 

We have a very experienced and hard-working fund-raising committee who have managed to maintain and develop new, alternative fundraising activities.  Fundraising activities have included: 

- An experienced tour guide hosting walks around Newcastle 

- The sale of US Christmas cards 

- Virtual fundraising activities including: 

   - Five online cookery classes delivered by famous and not so famous chefs 

   - Cocktail making, make-up and hairdressing demonstrations 

   - Yoga classes 

   - Fitness training classes 

We have been determined to rise to the challenges presented by Covid 19 and with the support of all our partners and supporters have provided quality, transformational activities. 

## **Staffing and volunteers** 

A range of successful bids, sponsorships, donations and fundraising activities have enabled us to continue to employ on a part-time basis a very experienced Chief Operating Officer, a part-time Referral and Keyworker Co-ordinator and sessional keyworkers. During this year our part-time Referral and Key worker Co-ordinator went on maternity leave and was replaced temporarily. 

Trustees and the volunteer Fundraising Committee apply their skills, experience and time to support the charity’s work and are key to its success and growth. We are very grateful to those who have delivered our fundraising activities throughout this challenging year: the chefs, fitnesstrainers, yoga teachers, hairdresser, beautician and tour guide. 

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## **Financial Review** 

## **Brief Statement of the Charity's Policy on Reserves** 

The trustees recognise that in order to maintain a continuity of support to our young people that a designated reserve be retained equivalent to the expenditure from the previous financial year. 

Due to the continued year on year increase in charitable activity costs, and the uncertainty of sustained funding due to COVID-19, it was agreed by trustees that the reserve for 2021/22 would be reduced to the equivalent of 50% of the expenditure from the previous financial year. 

Additional reserves may be held in pursuit of the longer-term objectives of the charity for example capital projects e.g. an US Centre. 

## **Details of Any Funds Materially in Deficit** 

None 

## **Statutory notes to the accounts** 

## **Particulars of Any Outstanding Guarantee Given by the CIO** 

None 

## **Particulars of Any Outstanding Debt** 

None 

## **Declaration** 

## **The Trustees declare that they have approved the Trustees' Report above.** 

Signed on behalf of the Charity's Trustees 

## **Signature(s):** 


**Full Name(s):** Yvonne Bernice Hurlow Mary Jane Tacchi **Position(s):** Trustee Trustee **Date:** 06/01/2022 06/01/2022 

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2020-21 Financial Statement 

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## **US   Charity 1166464 Statement of Financial Activities (incorporating income and expenditure account) Year to 31st March 2021** 

|**Income**<br>**Note**<br>Donations<br>2<br>Other activites<br>3<br>**Total Income**<br>**Expenditure**<br>Raising Funds<br>4<br>Charitable activities<br>5<br>Governance<br>7<br>**Total Expenditure**<br>**Net Incoming resources**<br>**Total funds brought Forward**<br>**Total funds at 31 March 2021**|**Restricted**<br>**Funds**<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**Funds**<br>**Total Funds**<br>**Total Funds**<br>**Total Funds**<br>**2020/21**<br>**2020/21**<br>**2020/21**<br>**2019/20**<br>**2018/19**<br>£<br>£<br>£<br>£<br>21,163.50<br>8,336.33<br>29,499.83<br>5,955.00<br>47,519.80<br>4,902.24<br>10,733.75<br>15,635.99<br>22,056.41<br>13,373.75|
|---|---|
||26,065.74<br>19,070.08<br>45,135.82<br>28,011.41<br>60,893.55|
||287.46<br>430.07<br>£717.53<br>2,192.74<br>2,481.88<br>22,202.59<br>29,954.32<br>52,156.91<br>43,173.63<br>37,830.84<br>195.00<br>135.00<br>£330.00<br>355.00<br>125.00|
||22,685.05<br>30,519.39<br>53,204.44<br>45,721.37<br>40,437.72|
||3,380.69<br>11,449.31<br>-<br>8,068.62<br>-<br>17,709.96<br>-<br>20,455.83<br>3,148.19<br>60,979.14<br>64,127.33<br>81,837.29<br>61,381.46|
||6,528.88<br>49,529.83<br>56,058.71<br>64,127.33<br>81,837.29|





2020-21 Financial Statement 

**Page 2** 

## **US Registered Number 1166464 Balance Sheet As at 31st March 2021** 

|**Fixed Assets**<br>**Note**<br>Tangible assets<br>8<br>**Current Assests**<br>Debtors<br>11<br>Cash at bank and in hand<br>9<br>Creditors: amounts falling due within 1 yr<br>10<br>Net Assets<br>Net Assets<br>Charity funds<br>Restricted funds<br>12<br>Unrestricted funds<br>Total Funds|£<br>40.00<br>63,906.06|31-Mar-21<br>£<br>£0.00<br>56,058.71|£<br><br>-<br>67,381.85|31-Mar-20<br>£<br>£0.00<br>-<br>64,127.33|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||63,946.06<br>7,887.35||67,381.85<br>3,254.52||
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2020-21 Financial Statement 

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**Notes to the Financial Statement** 

## **1. Accounting Policies** 

The principal accounting policies are summarised below. The accounting policies have been consistently applied. 

## **a)  Basis of preparation of financial statements** 

The Financial Statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention and in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice "Accounting and Reporting by Charities (SORP 2015)" applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accourdance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102), effective 1 January 2015. 

## **b) Fund Accounting** 

General funds are unrestricted funds which are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the charity and which have not been designed for other purposes. 

Designated Funds are general funds which have been set aside by the trustees for a specific purpose 

Restricted funds are funds which are to be used in accordance with specific restrictions imposed by donors or which have been raised by the charity for particular purposes. 

## **c) Incoming resources** 

All incoming resources are included in the financial activities when the charity has entitlement to the funds, certainty of receipt and the amount can be measured with sufficient reliability. 

Income tax recoverable in relation to donations received under Gift Aid is recognised at the time of actul receipt of funds. 

## **d)  Resources expended** 

Expenditure is recognised on an accrual basis and has been included under expense categories that aggregate all costs for allocation to activities. Where costs can not be directly attributed to particular activities they have allocated on a basis consistent with the use of the resources. 

Governance costs are those incurred in connection with the administration of the charity and compliance with constitutional and statutory requirements. 

All resources expended are inclusive of irrecoverable VAT. 

## **e)  Going concern basis** 

The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.The trustees consider this to be appropriate as they project the level of donations and event profits to be sufficient to exceed operating costs. 



2020-21 Financial Statement 

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|**2. Donations**<br>Donations<br>Grants Received<br>Total Income<br>Grants received in year:<br>Sport Tyne and Wear -<br>Sport Newcastle<br>Tesco COVID Emergency Appeal<br>CF COVD Fund<br>PCC Violence Reduction<br>North of Tyne Authority - GOGA<br>Barbour Foundation<br>CF - Squires Foundation|**Restricted**<br>**Funds**<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**Funds**<br>**Total Funds**<br>**Total Funds**<br>**Total Funds**<br>**2020/21**<br>**2020/21**<br>**2020/21**<br>**2019/20**<br>**2018/19**<br>£<br>£<br>£<br>£<br>£<br>-<br>2,336.33<br>2,336.33<br>2,485.00<br>3,510.80<br>21,163.50<br>6,000.00<br>27,163.50<br>3,470.00<br>44,009.00|
|---|---|
||21,163.50<br>8,336.33<br>29,499.83<br>5,955.00<br>47,519.80|
||1,901.50<br>1,000.00<br>500.00<br>8,167.00<br>6,268.00<br>3,327.00<br>£5,000.00<br>£1,000.00<br>21,163.50<br>6,000.00|



|**3. Other Activities**<br>Fundraising<br>Gift Aid<br>HMRC Statutory Payments<br>**Total Income**|**Restricted**<br>**Funds**<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**Funds**<br>**Total Funds**<br>**Total Funds**<br>**Total Funds**<br>**2020/21**<br>**2020/21**<br>**2020/21**<br>**2019/20**<br>**2018/19**<br>£<br>£<br>£<br>£<br>£<br>869.59<br>9,103.23<br>9,972.82<br>19,064.32<br>12,431.00<br>-<br>1,496.50<br>1,496.50<br>2,992.09<br>942.75<br>4,032.65<br>134.02<br>4,166.67|
|---|---|
||4,902.24<br>10,733.75<br>15,635.99<br>22,056.41<br>13,373.75|



In year Fundraising Restricted funds breaksdown to £1080 refunded for May Charity ball / £1949.59 raised through crowdfundng for GOGA project HMRC Statutory payments relate to up-front payment of Statutoy Maternity Pay for Referral and Keyworker Co-ordinator 

|**4. Expenditure on raising Funds**<br>Online Payment Processing fees<br>Event costs<br>Total Expenditure|**Restricted**<br>**Funds**<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**Funds**<br>**Total Funds**<br>**Total Funds**<br>**Total Funds**<br>2020/21<br>2020/21<br>2020/21<br>2019/20<br>2018/19<br>£<br>£<br>£<br>287.46<br>395.12<br>682.58<br>549.78<br>283.13<br>-<br>34.95<br>34.95<br>1,642.96<br>2,198.75<br>-|
|---|---|
||287.46<br>430.07<br>717.53<br>2,192.74<br>2,481.88|



|**5. Expenditure on charitible activities**<br>Staffing<br>Activity related costs<br>Venue hire<br>Insurance<br>Phone<br>Website and Social Media<br>Events, Marketing and Promotion<br>Postage, Print, Stationery<br>Travel Expenses<br>Memberships<br>Training / CPD<br>Recruitment / safer recruitment<br>Total Expenditure|**Restricted**<br>**Funds**<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**Funds**<br>**Total Funds**<br>**Total Funds**<br>**Total Funds**<br>2020/21<br>2020/21<br>2020/21<br>2019/20<br>2018/19<br>£<br>£<br>£<br>20,007.04<br>£27,818.47<br>£47,825.51<br>£37,070.50<br>33,603.33<br>-<br>£14.00<br>£14.00<br>£937.37<br>616.70<br>75.00<br>£390.00<br>£465.00<br>£700.00<br>1,070.80<br>-<br>£538.72<br>£538.72<br>£498.40<br>498.40<br>64.50<br>£288.49<br>£352.99<br>£257.00<br>207.47<br>1,607.19<br>£300.37<br>£1,907.56<br>£632.50<br>195.00<br>362.56<br>£0.00<br>£362.56<br>£1,175.17<br>571.38<br>-<br>£297.00<br>£297.00<br>£657.79<br>374.45<br>-<br>£0.00<br>£0.00<br>£0.00<br>136.21<br>-<br>£84.00<br>£84.00<br>£854.00<br>167.50<br>£31.50<br>£67.50<br>£99.00<br>£179.90<br>-<br>54.80<br>£155.77<br>210.57<br>211.00<br>389.60<br>-|
|---|---|
||22,202.59<br>29,954.32<br>£52,156.91<br>£43,173.63<br>37,830.84|





2020-21 Financial Statement 

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## **6. Staffing** 

Staffing costs include management and admin, Referrals and Keyworker Co-ordinator, keyworker, coach/trainer costs At the end of  November 2020, our Referrals and Keyworker Co-ordinator commenced maternity leave, expected return due August 2021 Maternity leave is being covered by one of our keyworkers on a self-employed, fixed-term contract All other staff are engaged on a self employed basis 

No individual received remuneration in excess of £60,000 No trustee received any remuneration 

## Voluntary hours 

No amounts are included in the financial statements for services donated by volunteers. 

The fundraising committee, whose members all undertake activities voluntarily, met regularly throughout 2020/21 (virtually) 

## **7. Expenditure on Governance** 

|Licensing / Registration<br>External Examination of Accounts<br>External HR<br>**Total Expenditure**|**Restricted Fun Unrestricted Funds**<br>**Total Funds**<br>**Total Funds**<br>**Total Funds**<br>2020/21<br>2020/21<br>2020/21<br>2019/20<br>2018/19<br>£<br>£<br>£<br>£<br>£<br>35.00<br>40.00<br>75.00<br>55.00<br>75.00<br>-<br>25.00<br>25.00<br>25.00<br>50.00<br>160.00<br>70.00<br>230.00<br>275.00|
|---|---|
||195.00<br>135.00<br>330.00<br>355.00<br>125.00|



## **8. Tangible Assets** 

The charity has no tangible assets 

## **9. Cash in bank and in-hand** 

|Bank Statement<br>Cash in hand<br>Cash in hand<br>Petty cash|31st March<br>2021<br>31st March<br>2020<br>31st March<br>2019<br>31st March<br>2018<br>£<br>£<br>£<br>£<br>63,905.56<br>67,362.85<br>83,140.36<br>63,935.46<br>0.50<br>19.00<br>1,976.93<br>-|
|---|---|
||63,906.06<br>67381.85<br>85,117.29<br>63,935.46|
||0.50<br>0.50|



In 2020/21 all funds were held in the charity's Barclays Bank Community Account 

The trustees recognise that in order to maintain a continuity of support to our young people that a designated reserve be retained equivalent to the expenditure from the previous financial year. Due to the continued year on year increase in charitable activity costs, and the uncertaintly of sustained funding due to COVID-19, it was agreed by trustees that the reserve for 2021/22 would be reduced to the equivalent of 50% of the expenditure from the previous financial year * 

Additonal reservesmay  be held in pursuit of the longer term objectives of the charity for example capital projects.  The trustees may choose to utilise alternative investment or interest accruing accounts for holding such funds. 

|**The funds of the charity**<br>Bal. of creditors/debtors falling due in 1 Year (10,11)<br>Restricted Income Funds<br>General Unrestricted Income Funds<br>Designated Unrestricted Income Funds  *|31st March<br>2021<br>31st March<br>2020<br>£<br>£<br>7,847.35<br>6,528.88<br>3,148.19<br>23,451.38<br>21,060.03<br>26,078.46<br>43,173.63|
|---|---|
||63,906.06<br>67,381.85|



_Total of General Unrestricted Income Funds and Designated Unrestricted Income Funds is £49,529.83_ 



2020-21 Financial Statement 

## **10. Creditors - amounts falling due within one year** 

Page 6 

|**10. Creditors - amounts falling due within one year**||
|---|---|
|Creditors<br>Accruals<br>**11. Debtors - amounts falling due within one year**<br>Debtors<br>Accruals*|31st March<br>2021<br>31st March<br>2020<br>31st March<br>2019<br>31st March<br>2018<br>£<br>£<br>£<br>£<br>5,990.60<br>3,229.52<br>3,255.00<br>2,544.00<br>1,896.75<br>25.00<br>25.00<br>-|
||7,887.35<br>3,254.52<br>3,280.00<br>2,544.00|
||31st March<br>2021<br>31st March<br>2020<br>31st March<br>2019<br>31st March<br>2018<br>£<br>£<br>£<br>£<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>40.00<br>-<br>-<br>-|
||40.00<br>-<br>-<br>-|



* Justgiving Gift Aid invoice, 31/3/2021 

## **12. Restricted Funds** 

|Breakdown of Restricted funds @ 31st March 2020<br>Sport Newcastle<br>GOGA<br>HMRC Statutory Payments<br>May Ball Ticket payments held|£<br>675.00<br>2,924.42<br>1,929.46<br>1,000.00|
|---|---|
||6,528.88|





CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Independent examiner's
report on the accounts
Section A
Independent Examinerfs Report
Report to the trusteesl
members of
LJS
On accounts lor the year
ended
Charity no
(if any)
31 /312021
Set out on pages
I report to the trnstees my examination of the ac￿Unts of the above
tharity (Ihe Ttusf) for the year ended
Responsibilities and As charity trustees of the Trust, y()U ale le5p0￿SIble for the preparation
basis of report of the afxounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act
2011 (tthe Acr).
I report in respect of my examination of the Tru*'s accounts carried out
under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carryTng out my examination, I
have followed the applicable Direclions given by the Charity Commission
under section 14515Kbl of the Act.
I have completed my examination. l ￿)nfirni that no material matters have
come to my attention (other than that disclosed below") in connection with
the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material
respect:
accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of
the Act or
the ac(x)unts do not accord with the accounting records
Independent
examinevs statement
I have no concems and have come across no other matters in connection
th the examination to thich attention should be drawn IF3 order to enable a
proper understsnding of the accounts to be reached.
' Please delete the words in the brackets ir they do not apply.
Signed:
Name:
Relevant professional
qualification(s) or body
(rf any):
C4n4A.
Address:
IER
October 2018

Section B
Disclosure
Only complete rf the examiner needs to hKJhlight fnatters of concem (see CC32.
Independent examination of tharity accounts: directions and guidance for
examiners).
Give hgrè bri8f details of
any ite￿5 that the
examiner wishes to
disclose.
IER
October 2018