# Helping children and young people grow in hope, life and faith
## Annual Return 2024-25
North East Essex Christian Youth Outreach (CYO) is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO) registered in England.
**Charity No:** 1168047
**Registered Address:**
CYO is governed by a board of trustees that employ workers to fulfil the charitable objects of the organisation.
The financial year for CYO follows the Academic year: 1st September 2024 to 31st
CYO Colchester ℅ Kingsland Church 86 London Road Colchester CO3 9DW
August 2025.
## Charitable Objects
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- 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:**
- 6 trained and active
- 1 discerning
**Chaplaincy in:**
- 7 secondary schools
- 3 primary schools
**24-25 Academic year achievements:** +2040 students in a prayer space +330 students engaged with courses
+210 students on Bounce
+150 students mentored + 70 students further connected with Mission Partner run events
## 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.
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## Chaplaincy
On a weekly basis CYO Chaplaincy occurs in the following:
## **Primary Schools:**
- St Lawrence’s
- Brinkely Grove
- Parsons Heath
## **Secondary Schools:**
- Colchester Academy
- Trinity
- Colchester Royal Grammar School
- Paxman Academy
- Philip Morant
- The Stanway School
- St Helena
## **Staff**
## Sam Fowler
## Emma Jarratt
Jo Wood Primary Schools Coordinator
School Chaplaincy Enabler
Director Safeguarding Lead
Jo Jeffrey School Chaplaincy Enabler Until July ‘25
Pauline Dickson Ministry Support Worker Until August ‘25
## **Trustees**
## Adrian Jones
Co-Chair - from Jan ‘25
Lesley Walder Co-Chair - from Jan ‘25 Safeguarding Lead
Nick Wright Until March ‘25
Gareth Mitchell Chair until Jan ‘25
**New Trustees** – recruited through an application and safer recruitment process and agreement from all CYO trustees.
Patsy Ann Maggs Joined July ‘25
Bethan Franklin Joined July ‘25
Carlene Cornish Joined July ‘25
Chris Franklin Joined July ‘25
## **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:**
- - **Lynsey Heslegrave** Chaplain, St Helena
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- **Suzanne Price** Mentor, St Helena
- - **Joe Robbins** Chaplain, Paxman Academy - - **Syria Aziz** Chaplaincy team member, The Stanway School - - **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_
## 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 18 months ago, and since then 6 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
St Mary’s West Bergholt
## Mission Partner Impact
Tracking engagement with a variety of chaplaincy activities in schools provides a helpful comparison.
In 2024-25 CYO actively increased focus on creating Mission Partners and training them for school chaplaincy.
The graph shows that the number of students who attended Bounce and those who were mentored remained comparable. The number of students on a spiritual development course was higher in ‘23-’24 due to funding for a specific course - GSUS Live.
Most exciting is the increase in number of students who attended a church run event for the first time; an increase from 0 to 70 as greater emphasis has been placed on the Mission Partner model.
## Mission Partner Impact
The number of schools with chaplaincy remained the same between 2023-24 and 202425 (although different schools).
As per the Mission Partner model and strategy, it has been CYO’s goal to decrease CYO delivery of chaplaincy while empowering churches to deliver and own chaplaincy in their local school(s).
In 2023-24, Mission Partners delivered 10% of the school chaplaincy in Colchester, this has **increased to 50% in 2024-25.**
The Mission Partner model and strategy has empowered churches, created greater engagement with schools, and has been successful in building natural pathways for students to attend church events (70 this academic year).
Finances: Sept '24 - Aug '25
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Income: £76,232.15
Expenditure: £92,141.65
£612.18
£1,946.54
£1,796.50
£12.182.81_
£3,946.89
£27.930.75
£5.921.75_
£547.62
£28,976.24
£84,451.72
Individuals • Churches • Donations
Gif tAid
Income
Interest
Staff ll Ministry Expenses
Premises
TrainingicpD
## Partner with us financially
## **Our giving platform:** Stewardship
- **£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
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- **£50 a month** could provide a year long training and support package for a Mission Partner
Your generous gift will help many children and young people to grow in hope, life, and faith.
## Key Events 2024-25
- Closure of CYO Office at the Elim Church in Greenstead, Oct 2024
- - CYO Celebration hosted at Brinkley Grove Primary School, March 2025
- - Colchester Deanery 2025 Ministry Opportunity Fund awarded for CYO to deliver training courses
- - Pray For Schools Gathering at St John’s Colchester, June 2025.
## Looking Ahead
## **Mission Partners:**
- Strengthen Mission Partners
- Deliver new training
- Enhance learning opportunities
- Deepen networking
**Chaplaincy:**
- Greater creativity
## **Projected Goals:**
- +1750 students in a prayer space
- +200 students engaged with courses
- +350 students on Bounce
- +220 students mentored
+Launch 2 new Playground Pastors
+Increase giving by £10,000pa
- 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 2025
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 2025
## 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|**L**esley Walder|became co chair Jan 2025|
||Adrian Jones|appointed & co chair from Jan 2025|
||Bethan Franklin|appointed July 2025|
||Chris Franklin|appointed July 2025|
||Patsy Ann Maggs|appointed July 2025|
||Carlene Cornish|appointed July 2025|
||Gareth Mitchell|re.red Jan 2025|
||Nick Wright|re.red March 2025|
|Director|Sam Fowler||
|Registered Address|86 London Rd||
||Colchester|CO3 9DW|
|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|
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North East Essex Chris.an Youth Outreach Report of the Trustees for the year to 31st August 2025
The Trustees present their annual report for the year ended 31 August 2025
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 are listed in the administra.ve details.
## **Summary of CIO Objec9ves**
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.
## **Administra9on**
The trustees review all salaries each year. No employee’s remunera.on is above £60,000 pa.
On behalf of the Trustees. Adrian Jones
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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 mamers have come to my amen.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 mamers. 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 mamer has come to my amen.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, amen.on should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached
5 Feb 2026
Neil Loxley accountancy services
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North East Essex Chris.an Youth Outreach Statement of financial ac.vi.es For the year to 31st August 2025
|Restricted
funds
Unrestricted
funds|Restricted
funds
Unrestricted
funds|Restricted
funds
Unrestricted
funds|total|Total
2024
£|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||£|£|||
|Incoming resources|||||
|Gins and dona.ons||75,858
1,311
**77,169**|75,858
1,317
**77,175**|82,790
843
83,633|
|Interest|6||||
|Total incoming resources|**6**||||
||||||
|Resources expended|||||
|Direct charitable expenditure|||||
|Staf||84,248
1,947
5,858
92,053|84,248
1,947
6,043
92,238|79,679
5,915
5,577|
|Rent and Insurance|||||
|Ministry Expenses|185||||
|Total charitable expenditure|185|||91,171|
|Management & admin|||||
|Independent examiner||||200|
|Total resources expended|**185**|||**91,371**|
|Net surplus/defecit||||**-7,738**|
|Fund balance b/f|1,670|||47,043|
|Fund balance c/f|**1,491**|||**39,305**|
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## North East Essex Chris.an Youth Outreach Balance sheet As at 31st August 2025
||£|£|£|2024
£|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||
|Equipment
Current assets
Debtors
bank accounts
Current liabili.es
Net current assets|||0|500|
||||||
||1,269
23,789
25,058
1,016||24,042|971
39,054
40,025
1,220
38,805|
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||||||
|Total net assets|||**24,042**|**39,305**|
||||||
|Represented by
Unrestricted fund
Restricted funds|||||
||||22,551
1,491
**24,042**|37,635
1,670
**39,305**|
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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 Gin Income Gin 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|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||b/f|charge in year|c/f|
|Equipment|b/f|23,111|-23,111|0|
|Deprecia.on|B/f|22,611|-22,611|0|
|Net book value|b/f|500|-500|0|
## Debtors
The debtors are recoverable tax on Gin aid dona.ons
Funds
|Restricted income funds
Beloved
Joy / collec.ve
Total restricted
Unrestricted fund
Assets between funds
Current assets|b/f
income
expenditure
c/f
1197
1,197
473 6
185
294
1670
6
1,946
1,491
37,635 77,169
92,253
22,551
Restricted funds
unrestricted funds
1,491
22,551|
|---|---|
## Employees
There were 5 employees throughout the year, none of whom earned over £60,000. No trustee was paid for their services.
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Compara.ve Statement of Financial ac.vi.es for previous year
|2024
2024
Restricted
funds
Unrestricted
funds|2024
2024
Restricted
funds
Unrestricted
funds|2024
2024
Restricted
funds
Unrestricted
funds|2024
total|
|---|---|---|---|
||£|£||
|Incoming resources||||
|Gins and dona.ons|200|82,590
843
**83,433**|82,790
843
**83,633**|
|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|
|Rent and Insurance||||
|Ministry Expenses|40|||
|Total charitable expenditure|1,946|||
|Management & admin||||
|Independent examiner||200
**89,425**
**-5,992**
43,627
**37,635**|200
**91,371**
**-7,738**
47,043
**39,305**|
|Total resources expended|**1,946**|||
|Net surplus/defecit
**-1,746**||||
|Fund balance b/f|3,416|||
|Fund balance c/f|**1,670**|||
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