# Helping children and young people grow in hope, life and faith ## Charitable Objects - To advance the education of the public, particularly but not exclusively children and young people, through the provision of personal development courses, teaching resources and activities that develop their physical, mental, spiritual and moral capabilities. - To provide relief primarily to children and young people in need by reason of mental or emotional distress, hardship or suffering, in particular by the provision of advice, guidance and support. - To advance the Christian religion by helping members of the public to grow in their understanding of the Christian faith and values. ## Overview ## **Mission Partners:** - 2 trained and active - 2 in consultation ## **Last year:** +1600 students in a prayer space +400 students did GSUS Live +250 students engaged with courses **Chaplaincy in:** - 8 secondary schools +200 students on Bounce - +160 students mentored - 1 primary schools - 1 PRU ## Vision Every school in Colchester supported in the spiritual development and pastoral care of students by a regular, consistent, intentional Christian presence. We call it chaplaincy. christian outreach CYO CHAPLAINCY SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT Supporting pupils, faith and spirituality through projects, events, a55i5tance with RE and SMSC curriculum, assemblies and INSET training SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT AVAILABILITY A trusted, independent adult within the school community to be available for everyone as needed." in the corridor. the staffroom. the lunch hall. the playing field. Freedom to respond to the unique needs of that day and place. AVAILABILIT MENTORING & PASTORAL SUPPORT MENTORING & PASTORAL SUPPORT One-to-one and groLJP sessions for pupils neèding direct mentoring, providing active listening, direct Support and nurturing pupils resilience. It is within the intersection of these three areas that schools chaplaincy exists ## Chaplaincy On a weekly basis CYO Chaplaincy occurs in the following: ## **Primary Schools:** - Brinkely Grove ## **Secondary Schools:** - Colchester Academy - Trinity - Gilberd - Colchester Royal Grammar School - Paxman Academy - Philip Morant - The Stanway School - St Helena - NEECA ## **Staff** Emma Jarratt Secondary School Chaplain Jane Scott-Thompson Finance - Retired Dec ‘23 Sam Fowler Director Pauline Dickson Ministry Support - start Dec ‘23 Jo Wood Primary Schools Coordinator Jo Jeffrey School Chaplaincy Enabler - Start March ‘24 ## **Trustees** Adrian Jones Joined March 2024 Lesley Walder Safeguarding Gareth Mitchell Nick Wright Chair ## **Volunteers** The reach of CYO has been enhanced by the incredible work of passionate volunteers that help children and young people grow in hope, life, and faith. **Volunteers:** - **Bill Box** - Chaplain, CRGS - fin Aug ‘24 - **Sarah Hayward** - Chaplain, Trinity and Gilberd - fin Aug ‘24 - **Lynsey Heslegrave** - Chaplain, St Helena - **Suzanne Price** - Mentor, St Helena - **Joe Robbins** - Chaplain, Paxman Academy - **Becky Fraser** - Mentor, Philip Morant School and College - **Syria Aziz** - Chaplain, NEECA - fin Jan ‘24. Joined Stanway as Mentor - **Robin Spittle** - Primary, Church Engagement ## Partnership is our priority Our strategy is to partner with churches and be a catalyst to empower, equip and enable those churches to create opportunities for children and young people to flourish and explore faith both in and out of school. ## **How?** - Resourcing and training - Networking and support - Establishing _Mission Partners_ CYO employed Jo Jeffrey on a fixed term contract to develop and pioneer Mission Partnerships alongside the Director in March 2024. ## Mission Partners Mission Partners are churches that are developing an intentional, missional partnership with CYO. As such, Mission Partners have a similar vision, heart, and desire for children and young people to grow in hope, life, and faith. Mission Partners are integral to the vision and strategy of CYO. The Mission Partner priority launched Nov ‘23, and since then 2 partnerships have been established. Each Mission Partner gathers a team that are trained and supported in delivering chaplaincy in their local school. ## **Mission Partners** Equippers Essex Equippers Essex have joined as a Mission Partner and will be taking over a long established chaplaincy role in Philip Morant School and College in September 2024. St Mark’s were the first to come on this journey of Mission Partnership, fully embracing the model and pioneering the first chaplaincy in a primary school - Brinkley Grove. Finances: Sept 23 - Aug 24 christian outreach Income: £83,633 Expenditure: £91,171 £3,850.00 £5.577.00 £5,915.00 £30,190.30 £49,592.70 £79.679.00 Churches Individuals Grant Funds Staff Rent and Insura nce Ministry Expenses ## Partner with us financially ## **Three Ways to Give** - Stewardship - Standing Order - Cash Donations - **£10 a month** - could provide resources and support for a church to run a Prayer Space each term - **£25 a month** - could enable 1 coaching session a month to support a church team in chaplaincy - **£50 a month** - could provide a year long training and support package for a Mission Partner ## Looking Ahead ## **Mission Partners:** - Create new Mission Partners - Curate and deliver new training - Enhance learning opportunities - Deepen networking **Booked in for ‘24-’25:** +1750 students in a prayer space +200 students engage with courses - +350 students on Bounce - +200 students mentored **Chaplaincy:** - Greater creativity - Increase chaplaincy in Primary - More Prayer Spaces ## Thank You! To the amazing staff team, invested trustees, passionate pray-ers, generous givers, dedicated volunteers, and wonderful Mission Partners. # Helping children and young people grow in hope, life and faith North East Essex Chris.an Youth Outreach Trustees report and accounts for the year to 31st August 2024 Registered charity number 1168047 ## North East Essex Chris.an Youth Outreach Index to accounts |Legal and administra.ve details|page 2| |---|---| |Trustee report|page 3| |Independent examiner’s report|page 4| |Statement of fnancial ac.vi.es|page 5| |Balance sheet|page 6| |Notes to the accounts|pages 7 -8| North East Essex Chris.an Youth Outreach Legal and Administra.ve Details As at 31st August 2024 ## Registered charity number 1168047 ||The charity is cons.tuted as an Charitable Incorporated Organisa.on|The charity is cons.tuted as an Charitable Incorporated Organisa.on| |---|---|---| |Trustees|Nick Wright|| ||Lesley Walder|| ||Revd Graeme Ross|| ||Gareth Mitchell|| |Director|Sam Fowler|| |Registered Address|Elim Chris.an Centre|| ||Clema.s Way|| ||Colchester|CO4 3PY| |Bankers|CAF bank|| ||25 Kings Hill Ave|| ||Kings Hill|| ||West Malling|ME19 4JQ| |Independent examiner|Neil Loxley Accountancy Services|| ||39 Shakespeare Road|| ||Lexden|| ||Colchester|CO3 4DE| Page 2 North East Essex Chris.an Youth Outreach Report of the Trustees for the year to 31st August 2024 The Trustees present their annual report for the year ended 31 August 2024 The accounts have been prepared in accordance with the accoun.ng policies set out in note 1 to the accounts and comply with the charity’s governing document, the Companies acts and the statement of recommended prac.ce “accoun.ng and repor.ng by Chari.es”. ## **Structure Governance and Management** The Charity was established as a Charitable Incorporated Organisa.on (CIO) on 1 September 2016 being a successor to a charity of the same name registered by the Charity Commission on 29 October 1993. Under the cons.tu.on the power to appoint Trustees, of which there shall be at least three, is vested in the exis.ng Trustees. The trustees who served during the year were: Nick Wright Revd Graeme Ross Gareth Mitchell Lesley Walder ## **Summary of CIO Objec8ves** The objects of the CIO are for the public benefit and are carried out in accordance with Chris.an principles and as an expression of Chris.an faith and without dis.nc.on of race, sex, poli.cal, religious or other opinion and are restricted to the following: • To advance the educa.on of the public, par.cularly but not exclusively children and young people, through the provision of personal development courses, teaching resources and ac.vi.es that develop their physical, mental, spiritual and moral capabili.es. • To provide relief primarily to children and young people in need by reason of mental or emo.onal distress, hardship or suffering, in par.cular by the provision of advice, guidance and support. • To advance the Chris.an religion by helping members of the public grow in their understanding of the Chris.an faith and values. During the year under review this has been carried out by receiving and using dona.ons, and offering services and training to schools churches, ins.tu.ons and individuals, mainly in the Colchester area. The Trustees are sa.sfied with the overall performance of the trust. ## **Public benefit** The Trustees have had regard to the public benefit general guidance issued by the Charity Commission. They believe that the descrip.on of the Charity's ac.vi.es in this annual report evidences that those ac.vi.es carry out the Charity's aims for the public benefit. The trustees have assessed the major risks to which the charity is exposed and are sa.sfied that systems are in place to mi.gate exposure to the major risks. ## **Reserves policy.** The reserves of the trust are maintained at a level which will support the con.nued ac.vi.es of the trust for a minimum of three months. ## **Administra8on** The trustees review all salaries each year. No employee’s remunera.on is above £60,000 pa. On behalf of the Trustees. Gareth Mitchell page 3 Independent Examiner's report to the Trustees of North East Essex Chris.an Youth Outreach I report on the accounts of the trust for the year ended 31st August, which are set out on pages 6 and 7 ## Respec.ve responsibili.es of trustees and examiner The charity's trustees are responsible for the prepara.on of the accounts; you consider that the audit requirement of the Chari.es Act does not apply. It is my responsibility to examine the accounts and, on the basis of procedures specified in the General Direc.ons given by the Charity Commissioners, whether par.cular malers have come to my alen.on. ## Basis of independent examiner's report My examina.on was carried out in accordance with the General Direc.ons given by the Charity Commissioners. An examina.on includes a review of the accoun.ng records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes considera.on of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explana.ons from you as trustees concerning any such malers. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently I do not express an audit opinion on the view given by the accounts. ## Independent examiner's statement In connec.on with my examina.on, no maler has come to my alen.on: - (1) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements to keep accoun.ng records in accordance with the Chari.es Act; and to prepare accounts which accord with the accoun.ng records and to comply with the accoun.ng requirements of the Act have not been met; or - (2) to which, in my opinion, alen.on should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached 27 Feb 2025 Neil Loxley accountancy services page 4 ## North East Essex Chris.an Youth Outreach Statement of financial ac.vi.es For the year to 31st August 2024 |Restricted
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2023
£| |---|---|---|---|---| ||£|£||| |Incoming resources||||| |Gims and dona.ons|200|82,590
843
**83,433**|82,790
843
**83,633**|77,572
418
77,990| |Interest||||| |Total incoming resources|**200**|||| |||||| |Resources expended||||| |Direct charitable expenditure||||| |Staf|1,906|77,773
5,915
5,537
89,225|79,679
5,915
5,577
91,171|44,634
6,060
5,460| |Rent and Insurance||||| |Ministry Expenses|40|||| |Total charitable expenditure|1,946|||56,154| |Management & admin||||| |Independent examiner||200
**89,425**
**-5,992**
43,627
**37,635**|200
**91,371**
**-7,738**
47,043
**39,305**|200| |Total resources expended|**1,946**|||**56,354**| |Net surplus/defecit
**-1,746**||||**21,636**| |Fund balance b/f|3,416|||25,407| |Fund balance c/f|**1,670**|||**47,043**| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| Page 5 ## North East Essex Chris.an Youth Outreach Balance sheet As at 31st August 2024 |Fixed assets
Equipment
Current assets
Debtors
bank accounts|£
cost
deprecia.on
23,111
22,611|£
cost
deprecia.on
23,111
22,611|£
cost
deprecia.on
23,111
22,611|£
net
500|2023
£| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||| ||||||500| ||||||| |||971
39,054
40,025
1,220||38,805|479
47,080
47,559
1,016
46,543| ||||||| ||||||| |Current liabili.es
Net current assets|||||| ||||||| ||||||| |Total net assets||||**39,305**|**47,043**| ||||||| |Represented by
Unrestricted fund
Restricted funds|||||| |||||37,635
1,670
**39,305**|43,627
3,416
**47,043**| ||||||| ||||||| Page 6 North East Essex Chris.an Youth Outreach Notes to the accounts ## Accoun.ng Policies ## General These accounts have been prepared under the historical cost conven.on and in accordance with applicable accoun.ng standards and the Statement of Recommended Prac.ce for Accoun.ng by Chari.es Par.cular policies Deprecia.on. Equipment used by the trust is depreciated on a straight line basis Gim Income Gim Income is recognised on a receipts basis Taxa.on As a Registered Charity CYO is not liable to any taxa.on charge on its income. Fixed assets |ets||| |---|---|---| |Equipment|b/f & c/f|23,111| |Deprecia.on|B/f & c/f|22,611| |Net book value|b/f & c/f|500| ## Debtors The debtors are recoverable tax on Gim aid dona.ons Funds |Restricted income funds
Beloved
Joy
Total restricted
Unrestricted fund
etween funds
Fixed assets
Current assets|b/f
income
expenditure
c/f
2,943 200
1,946
1,197
473

473
3,416 200
1,946
1,670
43,627 83,433
89,425
37,635
Restricted funds
unrestricted funds
500
1,670
37,135
1,670
37,635| |---|---| Assets between funds ## Employees There were 4 employees throughout the year, none of whom earned over £60,000. No trustee was paid for their services. Page 7 Compara.ve Statement of Financial ac.vi.es for previous year |Restricted
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total 2023| |---|---|---|---| ||£|£|| |Incoming resources|||| |Gims and dona.ons||77,572
418
**77,990**|77,572
418
**77,990**| |Interest|||| |Total incoming resources|**0**||| ||||| |Resources expended|||| |Direct charitable expenditure|||| |Staf||44,634
6,060
5,247
55,941|44,634
6,060
5,460
56,154| |Rent and Insurance|||| |Ministry Expenses|213||| |Total charitable expenditure|213||| |Management & admin|||| |Independent examiner||200
**56,141**
**21,849**
21,778
**43,627**|200
**56,354**
**21,636**
25,407
**47,043**| |Total resources expended|**213**||| |Net surplus/defecit|**-213**||| |Fund balance b/f|3,629||| |Fund balance c/f|**3,416**||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| age 8 North East Essex Chris.an Youth Outreach Trustees report and accounts for the year to 31st August 2024 Registered charity number 1168047 ## North East Essex Chris.an Youth Outreach Index to accounts |Legal and administra.ve details|page 2| |---|---| |Trustee report|page 3| |Independent examiner’s report|page 4| |Statement of fnancial ac.vi.es|page 5| |Balance sheet|page 6| |Notes to the accounts|pages 7 -8| North East Essex Chris.an Youth Outreach Legal and Administra.ve Details As at 31st August 2024 ## Registered charity number 1168047 ||The charity is cons.tuted as an Charitable Incorporated Organisa.on|The charity is cons.tuted as an Charitable Incorporated Organisa.on| |---|---|---| |Trustees|Nick Wright|| ||Lesley Walder|| ||Revd Graeme Ross|| ||Gareth Mitchell|| |Director|Sam Fowler|| |Registered Address|Elim Chris.an Centre|| ||Clema.s Way|| ||Colchester|CO4 3PY| |Bankers|CAF bank|| ||25 Kings Hill Ave|| ||Kings Hill|| ||West Malling|ME19 4JQ| |Independent examiner|Neil Loxley Accountancy Services|| ||39 Shakespeare Road|| ||Lexden|| ||Colchester|CO3 4DE| Page 2 North East Essex Chris.an Youth Outreach Report of the Trustees for the year to 31st August 2024 The Trustees present their annual report for the year ended 31 August 2024 The accounts have been prepared in accordance with the accoun.ng policies set out in note 1 to the accounts and comply with the charity’s governing document, the Companies acts and the statement of recommended prac.ce “accoun.ng and repor.ng by Chari.es”. ## **Structure Governance and Management** The Charity was established as a Charitable Incorporated Organisa.on (CIO) on 1 September 2016 being a successor to a charity of the same name registered by the Charity Commission on 29 October 1993. Under the cons.tu.on the power to appoint Trustees, of which there shall be at least three, is vested in the exis.ng Trustees. The trustees who served during the year were: Nick Wright Revd Graeme Ross Gareth Mitchell Lesley Walder ## **Summary of CIO Objec8ves** The objects of the CIO are for the public benefit and are carried out in accordance with Chris.an principles and as an expression of Chris.an faith and without dis.nc.on of race, sex, poli.cal, religious or other opinion and are restricted to the following: • To advance the educa.on of the public, par.cularly but not exclusively children and young people, through the provision of personal development courses, teaching resources and ac.vi.es that develop their physical, mental, spiritual and moral capabili.es. • To provide relief primarily to children and young people in need by reason of mental or emo.onal distress, hardship or suffering, in par.cular by the provision of advice, guidance and support. • To advance the Chris.an religion by helping members of the public grow in their understanding of the Chris.an faith and values. During the year under review this has been carried out by receiving and using dona.ons, and offering services and training to schools churches, ins.tu.ons and individuals, mainly in the Colchester area. The Trustees are sa.sfied with the overall performance of the trust. ## **Public benefit** The Trustees have had regard to the public benefit general guidance issued by the Charity Commission. They believe that the descrip.on of the Charity's ac.vi.es in this annual report evidences that those ac.vi.es carry out the Charity's aims for the public benefit. The trustees have assessed the major risks to which the charity is exposed and are sa.sfied that systems are in place to mi.gate exposure to the major risks. ## **Reserves policy.** The reserves of the trust are maintained at a level which will support the con.nued ac.vi.es of the trust for a minimum of three months. ## **Administra8on** The trustees review all salaries each year. No employee’s remunera.on is above £60,000 pa. On behalf of the Trustees. Gareth Mitchell page 3 Independent Examiner's report to the Trustees of North East Essex Chris.an Youth Outreach I report on the accounts of the trust for the year ended 31st August, which are set out on pages 6 and 7 ## Respec.ve responsibili.es of trustees and examiner The charity's trustees are responsible for the prepara.on of the accounts; you consider that the audit requirement of the Chari.es Act does not apply. It is my responsibility to examine the accounts and, on the basis of procedures specified in the General Direc.ons given by the Charity Commissioners, whether par.cular malers have come to my alen.on. ## Basis of independent examiner's report My examina.on was carried out in accordance with the General Direc.ons given by the Charity Commissioners. An examina.on includes a review of the accoun.ng records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes considera.on of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explana.ons from you as trustees concerning any such malers. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently I do not express an audit opinion on the view given by the accounts. ## Independent examiner's statement In connec.on with my examina.on, no maler has come to my alen.on: - (1) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements to keep accoun.ng records in accordance with the Chari.es Act; and to prepare accounts which accord with the accoun.ng records and to comply with the accoun.ng requirements of the Act have not been met; or - (2) to which, in my opinion, alen.on should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached 27 Feb 2025 Neil Loxley accountancy services page 4 ## North East Essex Chris.an Youth Outreach Statement of financial ac.vi.es For the year to 31st August 2024 |Restricted
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2023
£| |---|---|---|---|---| ||£|£||| |Incoming resources||||| |Gims and dona.ons|200|82,590
843
**83,433**|82,790
843
**83,633**|77,572
418
77,990| |Interest||||| |Total incoming resources|**200**|||| |||||| |Resources expended||||| |Direct charitable expenditure||||| |Staf|1,906|77,773
5,915
5,537
89,225|79,679
5,915
5,577
91,171|44,634
6,060
5,460| |Rent and Insurance||||| |Ministry Expenses|40|||| |Total charitable expenditure|1,946|||56,154| |Management & admin||||| |Independent examiner||200
**89,425**
**-5,992**
43,627
**37,635**|200
**91,371**
**-7,738**
47,043
**39,305**|200| |Total resources expended|**1,946**|||**56,354**| |Net surplus/defecit
**-1,746**||||**21,636**| |Fund balance b/f|3,416|||25,407| |Fund balance c/f|**1,670**|||**47,043**| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| Page 5 ## North East Essex Chris.an Youth Outreach Balance sheet As at 31st August 2024 |Fixed assets
Equipment
Current assets
Debtors
bank accounts|£
cost
deprecia.on
23,111
22,611|£
cost
deprecia.on
23,111
22,611|£
cost
deprecia.on
23,111
22,611|£
net
500|2023
£| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||| ||||||500| ||||||| |||971
39,054
40,025
1,220||38,805|479
47,080
47,559
1,016
46,543| ||||||| ||||||| |Current liabili.es
Net current assets|||||| ||||||| ||||||| |Total net assets||||**39,305**|**47,043**| ||||||| |Represented by
Unrestricted fund
Restricted funds|||||| |||||37,635
1,670
**39,305**|43,627
3,416
**47,043**| ||||||| ||||||| Page 6 North East Essex Chris.an Youth Outreach Notes to the accounts ## Accoun.ng Policies ## General These accounts have been prepared under the historical cost conven.on and in accordance with applicable accoun.ng standards and the Statement of Recommended Prac.ce for Accoun.ng by Chari.es Par.cular policies Deprecia.on. Equipment used by the trust is depreciated on a straight line basis Gim Income Gim Income is recognised on a receipts basis Taxa.on As a Registered Charity CYO is not liable to any taxa.on charge on its income. Fixed assets |ets||| |---|---|---| |Equipment|b/f & c/f|23,111| |Deprecia.on|B/f & c/f|22,611| |Net book value|b/f & c/f|500| ## Debtors The debtors are recoverable tax on Gim aid dona.ons Funds |Restricted income funds
Beloved
Joy
Total restricted
Unrestricted fund
etween funds
Fixed assets
Current assets|b/f
income
expenditure
c/f
2,943 200
1,946
1,197
473

473
3,416 200
1,946
1,670
43,627 83,433
89,425
37,635
Restricted funds
unrestricted funds
500
1,670
37,135
1,670
37,635| |---|---| Assets between funds ## Employees There were 4 employees throughout the year, none of whom earned over £60,000. No trustee was paid for their services. Page 7 Compara.ve Statement of Financial ac.vi.es for previous year |Restricted
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total 2023| |---|---|---|---| ||£|£|| |Incoming resources|||| |Gims and dona.ons||77,572
418
**77,990**|77,572
418
**77,990**| |Interest|||| |Total incoming resources|**0**||| ||||| |Resources expended|||| |Direct charitable expenditure|||| |Staf||44,634
6,060
5,247
55,941|44,634
6,060
5,460
56,154| |Rent and Insurance|||| |Ministry Expenses|213||| |Total charitable expenditure|213||| |Management & admin|||| |Independent examiner||200
**56,141**
**21,849**
21,778
**43,627**|200
**56,354**
**21,636**
25,407
**47,043**| |Total resources expended|**213**||| |Net surplus/defecit|**-213**||| |Fund balance b/f|3,629||| |Fund balance c/f|**3,416**||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| age 8