2025-03-31-accounts - Gospel Oak Action Link Youth Club (Goal)

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Registered Charity Number 1172351

Ae Gospel Oak Action Link Youth Club (GOAL)

Report and Accounts

For The Year Ended

31 March 2025

Gospel Oak Action Link Youth Club (GOAL) Report and accounts Contents

	Page
Charity information	1
Trustees' Report	2
Statement of trustees' responsibilities	4
Independent Examiner's report	6
Statement of Financial Activities	7
Balance sheet	8
Notes to the accounts	9

Gospel Oak Action Link Youth Club (GOAL) Information

Trustees Adrian Mars Chair Audrey Thomas Treasurer (appointed on 06 April 2024) Andrew Blow (resigned on 31.05.2024) Diana Gallop resigned on 11.12.2024) Frances White (resigned (15.07.25) James Robin (appointed on 06 April 2024) John Cochrane (resigned 30.6.2024) Julia Robinson (resigned on 31.01.2024) Larraine Revah Maisie Newman (resigned on 31.01.2024) Anne Mason (appointed 12/12/2024) Lindsay April Dellechaie (appointed 01/05/2025) Mark O'Mahony (appointed 06/05/2025) Charity Number 1172351 Registered office 14 Woodyard Close London NW5 4BX Accountants Hamilton Coopers Chartered Accountants 66 Earl Street Maidstone Kent ME14 1PS

Gospel Oak Action Link Youth Club (GOAL)

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Introduction

The trustees present their annual report and accounts for the period ended 31st March 2025.

Introduction

Directors and Trustees

The Trustees who served during the year are mentioned as follow

Adrian Mars John Cochrane Andrew Blow Larraine Revah Diana Gallop Frances White Maisie Newman Julia Robinson

Structure, governance and management

Structure and Governing document

The Association is a Charitable Incorporated Organization. It was registered as a charity on 30th March 2017.

Gospel Oak Action Link Youth Club is the CIC successor to Gospel Oak Action Link charity (no 1068436) which operated from 1998 -2017. Although registered in 2017, the new CIC did not start operating until January 2018.

Recruitment and appointment of Trustees

The trustees are elected at AGM and at Trustee meetings.

TRUSTEES’ REPORT

Objectives and Activities

For the benefit of the inhabitants of Gospel Oak ward and the neighbourhood ("the area of benefit") by;

1 The advancement of education.
2 The protection and preservation of good health.
3 The protection and preservation and maintenance of the natural and built environment in the area of benefit.
4 The provision of facilities for recreation and leisure time occupation of the said inhabitants in the interests of social welfare and with the object of improving their conditions of life and in particular the provision of such facilities for children and young people to assist them to grow to full maturity as individuals and as members of society.

Gospel Oak Action Link Youth Club (GOAL)

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Review of activities for the past 15 months

Achievements

Throughout the financial year, GOALYC continued to spend on what's important to us - delivering high quality and high impact programmes for the young people of our community completely free of charge. We have specifically spent on the following items:

Our Girl's Group project for girls aged 10-15, building a community of girls to boost self-confidence and participation in sports. This includes youth work staff, materials and equipment, and a hall hire fee.
Our Junior Youth Club project for young people aged 8-12, creating a safe, fun, and active space for young people to turn to after school. This includes youth work staff, materials and equipment, and a hall hire fee.
Service provision during three half terms, keeping kids off the street with fun activities, always accompanied with a hot healthy meal.
Our core funding. We contribute to the salaries of a youth services manager, sports coordinator, and administrator/clerk to ensure our programmes run smoothly, safely, and with as much impact as possible.
We added ‘Dome from home’ - a much used cozy drop-in living room space staffed by a specialist youth mental health worker.
Partnerships with Middlesex County Cricket Club, Bloomsbury Football Club and the Roundhouse continued to be very popular.

Activities in the Youth Club were framed by the continuing cost of living crisis with many families struggling to fund essentials. The Dome Youth Club (a joint venture between GOAL YC and partners Queen’s Crescent Community Association) is free and provides a varied programme of activities and sports for young people with food on offer at most sessions.

Young people play a key role in designing our programmes with the Dome Action team meeting monthly to ensure services are shaped by young people’s ideas.

Sport continued to play an important part in our programmes with all sessions and holiday programmes offering young people a chance to get active and try new sports as well as honing their skills in old favourites. Female-only weekly sessions offered girls who may be reluctant to take part in mixed sessions to enjoy a range of sporting opportunities.

Other activities included gardening, a music studio, art, Play Station, sewing, snooker, table tennis and workshops.

GOAL Youth Club operates on a jigsaw of grants and donations. We were grateful for the support of Aldenham Grand Duo Trust, Mary Kinross Trust, Fitzdale Trust , The Hollick Family Foundation, London Community Fund and the London Borough of Camden

Gospel Oak Action Link Youth Club (GOAL)

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Public Benefit

The charity provides a range of free activities and help into further education or employment for young people aged 8-19 in the Queen's Crescent neighbourhood in the London Borough of Camden. The trustees consider all the charity's activities fall within the definition of public benefit.

Risks

The trustees considered the following risks:

Funding shortfall as costs rise and competition for funds increases. The risk is mitigated by our partnership with QCCA and employment of external fundraisers.

Increased administrative and regulatory demands on trustees by a volunteer-led organisation. Employment of administrative assistance reduced this risk and funding obtained for more wideranging support in 2024.

Accidents in the Dome. Relevant policies and training are in place and subject to review, staff ratios operate, and adequate insurance is maintained.

Lack of suitable premises from which to operate. The Dome is a temporary building in a regeneration area. Although permanent youth facilities are now included in the Planning Vision for the area, budget pressures on local authorities and rising costs could lead Camden Council to reduce community provision. We will continue lobbying efforts until the permanent facilities are delivered.

Reserves

GOALYC has little multi-year funding available to it, instead relying on it's healthy level of reserves to fund certain parts of its programmes. Our reserves policy is maintain a reserve of £140,000, equivalent to 12 months of annual budget. as a buffer against any temporary shortfall of funds.

Fundraising from External Sources

GOALYC’s income comes from grants and donations. The fundraising role is shared between trustees, staff and external fundraisers.

We would like to thank all our funders, staff members and volunteers for all their hard work and support over the past year.

Statement of Trustees Responsibilities

The Trustees are aware that Charity law requires the Trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year, which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Charity and of its incoming resources and application of resources, including its income and expenditure for that period. In preparing those financial statements, the Trustees are required to

select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
observe the methods and principles of the charities SORP;
make judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;

Gospel Oak Action Link Youth Club (GOAL)

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state whether applicable UK Accounting Standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements;
prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the company will continue in business.

The Trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the Charity and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charitable company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

Method of preparation of accounts

The accounts have been prepared in accordance with the charity’s Memorandum and Articles of Association and comply with the Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP), “Accounting and Reporting by Charities Act 2011.

29/01/2026

This report was approved by the Board of Trustees on …................... and signed on its behalf by:

Adrian Mars

Chair of Trustees

Chartered Accountants' independent assurance report on the unaudited accounts of Gospel Oak Action Link Youth Club (GOAL)

To the Board of Directors of Gospel Oak Action Link Youth Club (GOAL) ('the Company')

I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the charity for the period ended 31 March 2025 which are set out on pages 7 to 12.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the charity's trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('the Act').

I report in respect of my examination of the charity's accounts carried out under section 145 of the Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent examiner's statement

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:

1 accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the Act; or
2 the accounts do not accord with those records; or
3 the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair view’ which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Asim Malik, FCA DChA Date 29/01/2026 …................... Chartered Accountant

Hamilton Coopers

Chartered Accountants 66 Earl Street Maidstone Kent ME14 1PS

Gospel Oak Action Link Youth Club (GOAL)

Statement of Financial Activities (including consolidated income and expenditure account) For the period ended 31 March 2025

Notes Incoming resources *Incoming resources from generated funds* Voluntary Income 5 Investment Income 6 Total incoming resources Resources expended *Costs of charitable activities* *Governance costs* Total resources expended Net income/expenditure before transfers between funds Gross transfers between funds Net movement in funds Reconciliation of funds *Total funds brought forward* Total Funds carried forward 10	UnrestrictedDesignatedRestricted Total Last period Funds Funds Funds Funds Total Funds Year ended 2025 2025 2025 2025 2023 £ £ £ £ £ 52,842 - 91,200 144,042 101,571 3,840 - 3,840 1,555 15 months to March
	56,682 - 91,200 147,882 103,126
	11,069 37,362 61,660 110,091 110,331 1,200 - 1,200 960
	12,269 37,362 61,660 111,291 111,291
	44,413 (37,362) 29,540 36,591 (8,165) (17,452) - 17,452 - -
	26,961 (37,362) 46,992 36,591 (8,165) 85,045 60,000 22,940 167,985 176,150
	112,006 22,638 69,932 204,576 167,985

All activities derive from continuing operations

The notes on pages 9 to 12 form an integral part of these accounts.

Gospel Oak Action Link Youth Club (GOAL) Company Number Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2025

Company Number Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2025
		2025	2025	2023	2023
		£	£	£	£
Current assets
Debtors	8	-		8,909
Cash at bank and in hand		205,776		220,936
*Total current assets*		205,776		229,845
Creditors:-
amounts due within one year	9	(1,200)		(61,860)
			204,576		167,985
*Total assets less current liabilities*			204,576		167,985
*Assets/liabilities*			204,576		167,985
*The funds of the charity :*	10
Unrestricted funds			112,006		85,045
Designated funds			22,638		60,000
Restricted funds			69,932		22,940
Total charity funds			204,576		167,985

Approved by the board of trustees and authorised for the issuance on …................... 29/01/2026

Adrian Mars Chair of Trustees

The notes on pages 9 to 12 form an integral part of these accounts.

Gospel Oak Action Link Youth Club (GOAL) Notes to the Accounts For the period ended 31 March 2025

1 Accounting policies

The principal accounting policies adopted in the preparation of the financial statements are set out below and have remained unchanged from the previous year and have also been consistently applied within the same accounts with the exception of the following.

Accounting convention

a) Basis of preparation and assessment of going concern:

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 (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2015) - Charities SORP (FRS 102) and the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) .

The charity meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102. Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at historical cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant accounting policy notes.

Incoming Resources

Income is recognised when the charity has entitlement to the funds, any performance conditions attached to the item(s) of income have been met, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably.

Income from government and other grants, whether ‘capital’ grants or ‘revenue’ grants

It is recognised when the charity has entitlement to the funds, any performance conditions attached to the grants have been met, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably and is not deferred.

Income from charitable activities includes primary purpose trading

Income from charitable activities includes primary purpose trading, income earned both from the supply of goods or services under contractual arrangements or grant agreements, which have conditions that specify the provision of particular goods or services to be provided and undertaken for the charitable purposes of the charity.

Interest receivable

Interest on funds held on deposit is included when receivable and the amount can be measured reliably by the charity; this is normally upon notification of the interest paid or payable by the bank.

Gospel Oak Action Link Youth Club (GOAL) Notes to the Accounts For the period ended 31 March 2025

Fund accounting

Unrestricted funds are available to spend on activities that further any of the purposes of charity. Designated funds are unrestricted funds of the charity which the trustees have decided at their discretion to set aside to use for a specific purpose. Restricted funds are donations which the donor has specified are to be solely used for particular areas of the consortium's work or for specific projects being undertaken by the charity.

Expenditure recognition

Liabilities are recognised as expenditure as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to that expenditure, it is probable that settlement will be required and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. All expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis. All expenses including support costs and governance costs are allocated or apportioned to the applicable expenditure headings.

Debtors

Debtors are recognised at the settlement recoverable amount due. Prepayments are valued at the amount prepaid.

Cash at bank and in hand

Cash at bank and in hand includes is held to meet short-term cash commitments as they fall due rather than for investment purposes and may include short-term deposits.

Creditors, deferrals and provisions

Creditors and provisions are liabilities where we have a present obligation to a third party that we shall normally pay by cash. Provisions are measured or estimated as reliably as possible.

Where performance-related conditions are specified in a grant, the income will only be recognised to the extent that the charity has provided the facility or service. Any income received in advance of the conditions being met are deferred and shown under creditors.

2 Winding up or dissolution of the charity

The charity can be wound up by resolution of its members. Any remaining assets must be applied for charitable purposes the same as or similar to those of the CIO.

Surplus for the financial year	2025	2023
	£	£
This is stated after crediting :-
Revenue Turnover from ordinary activities	144,042	101,571
The percentage accruing outside the United Kingdom was	-	-
and after charging:-
Independent Examiner's Fees	1,200	960

4 Statement that no expenses were paid to trustees or connected persons

Neither the trustees nor any persons connected with them have received any remuneration, either in the current year or the prior year.

Gospel Oak Action Link Youth Club (GOAL) Notes to the Accounts For the period ended 31 March 2025

5 Detailed analysis of certain transactions required by the 2005 revision to the Statement of Recommended Practice for Accounting and Reporting issued by the Charity Commissioners for England & Wales (effective April 2005 and revised May 2008)

Unrestricted funds 2025 £ Incoming resources *Incoming resources from generated funds* London Community - Aldenham Community Young Camden Winter YCF Small and mighty Fitzdale Reel Camden Resilience Fund - Garfield Weston Foundation - Albert Hunt Trust Hollick Family Foundation Others Other unrestricted grants 31,914 Donations 20,928 52,842 6 Investment Income Bank deposit interest received 8 Debtors Other Debtors Total 9 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year Accrued expenses Deferred income and grants in advance	Restricted funds 2025 £ 13,000 70,200 3,000 5,000 91,200	Total funds 2025 £ 13,000 70,200 - - 3,000 - - - - 5,000 - 31,914 20,928 144,042 2025 £ 3,840 2025 £ - - 2025 £ 1,200 - 1,200	Total funds 2023 £ - - 2,699 5,000 3,000 6,100 16,384 3,125 2,500 5,000 500 30,500 26,763
			101,571
			2023 £ 1,555 2023 £ 8,909
			8,909
			2023 £ 1,860 60,000
			61,860

Gospel Oak Action Link Youth Club (GOAL) Notes to the Accounts For the period ended 31 March 2025

10 Particulars of Individual Funds and analysis of assets and liabilities representing funds

At 31 March 2025 Current Assets Current Liabilities At 1 January 2024 Current Assets Current Liabilities Santander Young Camden Winter Camden Council Winter Camden Resilience Fund London Community Aldenham Community Reel Fitzdale Hollick Sundry Designated funds Unrestricted Camden Resilience Fund London Community Aldenham Community Fitzdale Hollick Designated funds Unrestricted	Unrestricted funds £ 113,206 (1,200) 112,006 Unrestricted funds £ 146,905 (61,860) 85,045 Funds at 2023 £ 1,320 304 191 9,000 - 5,432 1,652 5,000 41 60,000 85,045 167,985 Incoming Resources £ 13,000 70,200 3,000 5,000 56,682 147,882	Designated funds £ 22,638 - 22,638 Designated funds £ 60,000 - 60,000 Movements in Funds as below £ (22,546) (3,906) 59,616 (38) (3,586) (37,362) 44,413 36,591 Outgoing Resources £ 22,546 16,906 10,584 3,038 8,586 37,362 12,269 111,291	Restricted funds £ 69,932 - 69,932 Restricted funds £ 22,940 - 22,940 Transfers Between funds £ - 13,546 3,906 (17,452) - Gains & Losses £ - - - -	Total Funds £ 205,776 (1,200)
				204,576
				Total Funds £ 229,845 (61,860)
				167,985
				Funds at 2025 £ 1,320 304 191 - - 59,616 5,432 1,614 1,414 41 22,638 112,006
				204,576
				Movement in funds £ (22,546) (3,906) 59,616 (38) (3,586) (37,362) 44,413
				36,591