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2025-08-31-accounts

Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period end date 01 Sept 2023 31 August 2024

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Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name We All Matter Youth Other names charity is known by WAM Youth Registered charity number (if any) 1170638 Charity's principal address 30 Crispin Road Winchcombe Gloucestershire Postcode GL54 5JX

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20		 Trustee name Office (if any) Dates acted if not for whole
**year **		 Name of person (or body) entitled
to appoint trustee (ifany)
Colin Impey Chair
Mrs M McDowell 01.09.2023-31.12.2023
Mr D Ayres
Charles R Hastings
BethanyCollins
Christopher Sands
Abigail Shurmer

Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)

Name Dates acted if not for whole year

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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)
Type of adviser
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Address		 Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)
Type of adviser
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Address		 Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)
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Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Constitution Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Charitable Incorporated Organisation How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Appointed by existing Trustees Trustee selection methods

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

The Board of Trustees have met every month to oversee the organisation You may choose to include with oversight of the finances, safeguarding and governance, due to not additional information, where appointing new CEO and the Board is taking a serious look at the relevant, about: sustainability of the charity.

Section C Objectives and activities

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Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document

1.To advance in life and help young through: a. The provision of recreational and leisure time activities provided in the interest of social welfare, designed to improve their condition of life; b. Providing support and activities which develop their skills, capacities and capabilities to enable them to participate in society as mature and responsible individuals. c. Relieving the poverty of young people by enabling them to participate in healthy recreational activities that they could not otherwise afford. 2. To promote for the benefit of the inhabitants of Winchcombe and the surrounding area the provision of such facilities for recreation or other leisure time occupation of individuals who have need of such facilities by reason of their youth, age, infirmity or disablement, financial hardship or social or economic circumstances or for the public at large in the interests of social welfare and with the object of improving the condition of life of the said inhabitants. 3. To advance the Christian Faith for the public benefit For - children/young people - the general public By - providing human resources, facilities, open spaces, advice and information in Winchcombe and surrounding area.

WAM Youth Overview of Activities WAM Youth will continues to provide a wide range of support services and open access groups for young people throughout the day and evening during the year. This year the charity has seen a commitment from the staff in their support of the young people during uncertain financial times.

Mentoring

Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)

This has been another successful year for the mentoring team. We have been ever thankful to Gloucestershire County Council and CHK Foundation as they have enabled the charity to reach more young people. We have worked with young people referred to the charity by local schools, social services and parents. Due to pressures of finance the charity have not been able to replace lost staff

Community Youth Work

This year our community work has been continued by volunteers as the charities youth worker was on maternity leave and the charity was unable to recruit any maternity cover. We have continued a open access area within St Peters Church Winchcombe providing a warm space with food, visits to ice rink and cinema.

WAM Outdoors

The Woodlands was placed on the Market September 2023

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Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

Volunteers continue to play an important role within the charities work currently 20 as mentors on a 1:1 basis with young people. Encouraging there mentee to re-engage with society in general but also pacifically reengaging in home life and school.

The Community Youth work is also greatly supported by volunteers You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

Section D Achievements and performance

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Section D Achievements and performance The Charities main achievement is year has been to support the young Summary of the main people of the area with an ever decreasing pot of money. achievements of the charity during the year

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Section E Financial review

With the forth coming sale of the woodlands the Trustees will be able to Brief statement of the put into a reserve account a figure to be agreed upon the completion. charity’s policy on reserves

Details of any funds materially in deficit

Further financial review details (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:

The submitted Accounts have not been signed off by our accounts as they were concerned about the charities ability to continue in the long term.

Section F Other optional information

A Strategy plan was created for the charity during July and August 2024

Section G 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) Colin Impey Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Chair etc)

Date 7th November 2025

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Statement of Accounts

WAM Youth

For the year ending 31 August 2025

Turnover
Contracts/Fees/sales of Service 3714.19
Interest Income 292.60
Total Turnover 4006.79
Other Income
Restricted Donatons 100.00
Unrestricted Donatons 8200.00
FOWY (Friends of WAM Youth) 3879.50
Fundraising Events 165.80
Gif Aid 617.13
Individual Donatons (Unrestricted) 20.00
Sale of Surplus Equipment 400.00
Sale of Woodlands 122465.01
Total of Other Income 135847.44
Total Income 139854.23
Administratve Costs
Audit and Accountancy Fees 900.00
Food /Drink 1242.33
Fuel Costs 1275.30
General Expenses 228.80
Insurance 957.81
IT Sofware/Consumables 1268.78
Legal costs re Sale of Woodlands 4782.00
PAYE/NI 4434.26
Pensions Costs 2701.12
Printng and Statonary 2956.85
Professional Fees 10167.53
Rent 458.00
Salaries 32386.01
Telephone and Internet 926.10
Youth Work Equipment 103.60
Youth Work Resources 638.20
Total Administratve Costs 65426.69
Operatng Proft 61419.90
Dispersal of Finances pending Charites Closure
Repayment of unused Grant Winchcombe Rotary 1992.00
Balance of CBC Grant forwarded to The Rock 657.79
Young Gloucestershire (charity No. 281797) 5000.00
The Children’s Society (charity No.221124) 5000.00
The Rock (charity No.1190651) 6200.00
St Peters Church Winchcombe (charity No.1138071) 5000.00

Total

23849.79

Ther is no Auditors report due to the fact they did not consider We All Matter was not now a viable charity and the Board had taken the discission to close.