t￿rharn City Youth Project
Financial Statements for the period ending 31" March 2025

Durham City Youth Project
Financial Statements 2024125
CONTENTS
Page 3- Legal and Administration
Page 4-Trustee Report
Page 5 - Independent Accountanfs Reporr
Page 6- Income and Expenditure Ststement5 for period endins 31 March 2025
Page 7- Statement of Financial Posltion (Balan￿ Sheet} at 31 March 2025
Page 8-Approval of Financial Statements
Pages 9-12- Notes to the Flnanclal Statements

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LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATION
Report of the Trustees for the Period Ended 31A March 2025
The Trustees present their report and indÈpendentlyexamined statements for thp ypar p.ndp.d 315t
March 2025
The former charity known as Durham City Centre Youth Project (charity number 513464) was
dissolved in July 2017 and reformed as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO).
CIO Name: Durham City Youth Project
CIO Numbor: 1173498
Registered Office:
Framwellgaie Moor Youih and Communlty Association
Front Street
DLJrham
DHI 5BL
Trustees
Alex Taylor (ChaSr)
Rick Johnston
Aurelia Smith
Susan McNeil
Kenneth Gates
Don Irving
Independent Accountant
Bp.njamin Westerman IACCA)
Bankers
Unity Trust Bank
Nine Brindley Place
Birmingham
BI 2HB
Virgin Money
Jubilee House
Gosforth
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE3 4PL
3 IP3ge

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TRUSTEE REPORT
Durham City Youth Project (DCYPI has, through the generous support of many organisations and the
commission from Durham County Council, maintained a degree of financial security. This has
allowed DCYP to continue_ to provide and further develop projects in pursuit of Its charitable objects,
Our three-year business plan, completed mid-year, affim)s that'our mission is to provide young
people in County Durham with support, guidance and positive activities 10 help them reach thelr
poientlal and becotne valued metnber5 of society. Our work across the City and County of Durham
has ensured that many hard to reach young people have increased access to youth spaces. Our team
of experienced Youth Workers have delivered a varied programme of activltles wiihln both youth
clubs and residenti415ettirigs. As part of the Trailblazer5 Pilot our Youth Workers have, in partnership
with Durham Safer Communities Team, Durham AntiSOCi218ehaviourTeam and DCC Missing
Children Team. again been involved with providing support for vulnerable young people within
Durhatn City. The SeAual Health Mobile Unit has continued to provide both education and 5UPPOrt
for young people across County Durham, both from our bus and within sc.hnc)ls and colleges. Over
thp_ past year we have experienced increasing demand forthe support provided by our Counselling
service. Thi5 15 dn iife<l of our work that, with greater support, we would like to furthcr develop.
DCYP has enhanced the background support for its work. The use of Upshot to tnuriilur the
participation of young people, and the introduction of QuickBooks, to replace Money Mana8er, will
ensure that both trustees and DCYWS management team have a clear and accurate picture of the
effectiveness of our projetts and programmes. Over the cuursE of the year DCYP has also completed
the transfer of its banking to Virgin Money. This move allows our bankin8 and accounting software
to link. something that WAS not previously possible. A savings account has been opened to ensure
that funds awarded from our sponsors are utili5ed lu their fullest exient.
The DCYP Trustees are grateful for the leadership provided bv the management team and the work
of our staff and volunleeis. The support from our spon50r5 and strategy provided by our Busine55
Plan ensures that DCYP continues to fulfil its charitable objerts to'advance in life and help young
people, across County Durham.
Alex Taylor
Chair of Trustees
Si8ned........... ---
Date.................
INDEPENDENT AccouNTA￿r5 REPORT

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Financial Statements 2024125
I confirm that to the best ot my knowledge, the transactlons and financial 5tdlements contained
within this fEport reflect a true and fair view of the financial accounts for Durham City Youth Project.
st
forthe period ending 31 March 2025. Opening and closing balances have been verified against
bank statements and expenditure verified with adequate proof and backing documeiildlion.
The financial statements within the report have been prepared in accordance with the
rer.nmmendations contained within Accountinq ond Reporting by Charities.. Statement of
Recommended Pructice5 (I" Edition." March 2005, 2nd Edition." Ortober 2019)
Notes to the Financial Statements can be found at the end of the report.
Signed
Benjatnin Westerman, FCCA
Fellow ot the Association of Chartered Certlfled Accountant5
(Membership number 23627311
INCOME AND EXPENDITURE STATEMENT FOR THE PERIOD I- APRIL 2024- 31° MARCH 2025

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Tffjal Funds
rotolFunds
273&3
J25.W5
Gr
Tnrdfttsiwt61
Othwlncome
FlxedA•rt knINit••)
175J89
156.or4
413
77,439
243,916
25W3
A53W7
6Z775
17
tsfSuWu5Furds
.232
19.360
ZZO.JOT
-17.1
25.04T9
27,691
103.569
148.054
Signed..........
Date.-................

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STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION (BALANCE SHEEt) AT 31" MARCH 2024
2025
2025
2024
Totul
FlxedAsstts IN0*
43559
58.079
Cash
27.692
27,692
&J.oio
60,010
89.975
59.975
87,702
Curvwtt Llabilhties
Credltors
27.692
103.569
iaL261
148,054
Funded Br.
Urirestrlited Funds
27,692
27.692
27.383
Rertrictgd FLEnd5
103569
JA69
120.6II
TOTALFunds
27,69Z
13&261
149,05
Si8ned...
NamÈ........
Oate..

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APPROVAL OF FINANCIAL STATEMENT5
The Financial statements a5 contained within thls report were approved by 11)e Trustee5.
Signed.-...
Name.......
Date........

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT5
11 The purpose of these financial statements is to give an overview of the fund position of the
charity as at 31" March 2025 and how that posltlon has changed versus I" April 2024.
2) During the financial year, two changes took pla￿ with regards to bank accounts:
dl a i)ew Unity bank account was created to reflect the corrcct name of the organisation
(Durham City Youth Project ratherthan Durham City Centre Youth Project). The full
balance was transferred benveen the two accounts and the old acwuiil closed.
b) A 65 day notice savings account was opened with Wirgin Money to better make use of
funds belonging to the charity and earn interest. £60,001 was transferred into the new
account from thc Unity account. For the purposes of the financial statement, the
mnnip_s remain attributed to the same tunds. Interest earned is classed as Other Income
within both the fund statement and the I&E statement. Balances have been verified by
inspecting bank statcmcnts.
3) Expendizure Include5 VAT whEre charged. This cannot be reclaimed bythe charity.
4) Unrestricted Funds are available for use by the charity ai the dlscretlon of the Tru5Lee5 in
furtherance uf Llie objectives of the charity.
Within unrestricted funds however, Ehere are speclflc contingencies toliilliiig £24,000 built in
as follows-
Wa%es- £8,000
Bus- £5,000
Office - £5.000
Redundancy- £6,ffKs
The remaining £3.691.91 of the £27.691.91 total is considered a oeneral reserve.
S) The individual funds within the charity can be seen in moro detail below.

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153
6} In line with previous years. numerous smallerlresidual balan￿S were amalgamated Inio
otherfunds at the start of The financial yeiir. Thi5 15 shown in the fund statement and the
Statement of Income and Expenditure (I&E) as a Transfer. albeit netting to zero. As seen
above. additional mid year transfers have also been processed between funds to arrive dL
the carried fonvard balance. Detdils of the start of year transfers are a5 follows:
BUS Graphics
Total to Bus Funding
350.00
350.00
b)
P05Lcode Lottery Coun5ellin8
Totsl to Sexual Health Mobile Unit
104.16
104.16
7) General Unrestrictcd Funds includes Petty Cash. which tot311ed f15.75 atyear end.
8) DCYP completed the purcliase of a converted minibus in April 2023 and as such the accounts
have shown a Fixed Asset since 23/24. The final valup has been verified against an invoice
and a visual inspection conducted by Ihe independent accounltaiil. The purchase c05t
include5 VAT. all a550ciated costs of conversion, and any °on the road. fees.
101 Page

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The bus is assumed to have a useful lrfe of 8 years, and will be depreciated on a 25%
reducing balance basis. It is assumed at the end of the 8 year cycle. the bus will have 3
residual value of £7.752.64. In future years, It may be necessary to carry out a revaluation of
the asset using a specialised valuer, as the extensive conversion of the bus means the
valuation may not follow the same behaviour as typical motorvehiclcs.
The depreciation is hL)rtke_d to the Income and Expenditure statement. and the Net Book
Value INBVI of the asset will be shown as an additional restricted fund, outside of the
standard cash funds which have historically been presented in the accounts.
Thc cost, depreciation and NBV is shown in more detail below, alon8 Wlth the current
assumed depreciation schedule.
cosr:
At 1st April 2024
Addttions..
C05t at 31st Marth 2025
£77A39.00
£TI.439.00
DEPREaATION:
cha￿ed in year
Cumulative Depreciation at Year End
£14,519.81
£33,879S6
Net Book Value at tst April 2024
Plot Rook Value at 31st Marth 2025
£58,079.25
£43￿59A4
Purchase April 2023
Reduting t5alan
Usèftil l rfp
£77A39.00
25%
inEVAT
Year ENled
Mar-24
Year
Year I
Year 2
Year 3
£19.359.75
£14,519.81
£10.889.86
£ B,IG7.39
£ 6 125.55
£ 4,594.16
f 3,445.62
£ 2.584.21
£58,079_25
£43,559.44
£32.669.58
£24JJ02.18
£18,376.64
£13,782.48
£10,336.86
£ 7.752.64
Mar-2
M3r-26
Mar-27
Mar-28
Mar 29
Mar-30
Mar-31
Year 4
Year 5
Year 6
Year 7
91 All other transactions excluding the depreciation detailed in Note 8 are on a cash haEi£.
101 A detdiled breakdown of expenditure by type can be seen below. Wage5 includes
Employerfs Nl and Pension costs.

Durham City Youth Project
Financial Statements 2024/25
2025
2025
2025
Unrestri¢W Funds
Restritt￿ Fund5
Totsl Funds
Charltable Empenditure
New Bus Purchase INut*l)
Activf(ies
Transport
Training
Return of SuTrlus Fund5
Total Charitable Ey•tnditur•
iy
21JK
3.755
465
21,022
3.755
465
25,242
Wages (Noio ILII
License5 and Subscrfp￿onS
rrcosts
Rent
Insurance
Sundrle5
Bus Maintenance and Insurance
L•gal aTr)d Professional Fee5
P05tage and Stationery
Totsl OveJ*eats
135.rn
6.154
2,579
3,379
1.183
135,770
6.154
1579
3.379
1.183
524
L978
1317
io
1,978
1.1117
474
153A47
17
153,854
14520
,520
lo3￿91
193.626
-END or REPORT-
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Annual Report
2024 - 2025

A Year of Growth, Connection, and Impact
This year at Durham City Youth Project, we've proudly supported
732 young people across County Durham, creating safe, inclusive
spaces where children and teenagers can grow, thrive, achieve
and reach their full potential.
Our dedicated team has been there for young people facing tough
challenges, whether living in care, supporting their families as
young carers, dealing with trauma, or at risk of exploitation.
We've provided consistent, trusted relationships, meaningful
activities, and vital emotional support, helping them build brighter
futures.

Youth Clubs
Our youth clubs in Wheatley Hill, Framwellgate Moor and Langley
Park offer a vibrant mix of activities, from healthy cooking and
creative crafts like tie-dye, clay modelling, and painting, to energetic
games such as football, firmly the young people's favourite, and
dodgeball. These sessions not only support physical health and
creativity but have also helped build fantastic relationships between
staff and young people, creating a safe, welcoming space where
confidence and friendships flourish.
Framwellgate Moor Youth Clubs
Katy Wood from the Parks and Countryside team led a series of
exciting and interactive sessions at the local nature reserve.
Children explored the natural environment, learning about local
plants, insects, and wildlife through hands-on activities.
From building camps to spotting creatures and taking part in light
volunteering, these sessions sparked curiosity, built confidence,
and nurtured a sense of responsibility for the world around them,
helping young people connect with nature in a meaningful and lasting
way....

..Creative and Musical Development
In winter, the group attended a five-week DJ skills course at
Durham University and then an eight week arts project with
Collingwood College, focusing on ambition and creativity. Activities
included future self-portraits, vision boards, and letters placed in a
time capsule. In summer the group worked with a local artist to
create artwork exploring Durham's ice hockey history, this was part
of a bigger art exhibition commissioned by The Story Durham.
Senior members also joined in, supporting our younger members,
developing leadership and employability skills. The year ended with
a trip to Beauty & The Beast at the Gala Theatre.
Langley Park Youth Club
Junior Youth Sessions (Ages 8-12)
Our junior sessions saw fantastic
growth this year. We started outdoors
at the Old Rec with sports, crafts, and
games using our youth van. As winter
approached, we moved indoors to the
Miners, Institute, bringing a boost in
attendance and enabling structured
activities like baking, healthy cooking,
and creative crafts.

Langley Park Youth Club
Junior Youth Sessions (Ages 8-12). .cont'd
The group is very creative and thanks to donations of musical
instruments there is a lot of music making and singing building
confidence and creativity. A standout moment was a magical trip to see
Beauty and the Beast at Durham Gala Theatre, many of the group's first
theatre visit.
Senior Youth Sessions (Ages 13-18)
We supported two distinct senior groups: one facing complex
challenges like drug use and low motivation, and another highly
engaged and keen to develop leadership skills. We adapted our
sessions to meet both groups, needs, offering tailored Sexual Health
and Relationship and Drug Awareness workshops, one-to-one
support and life skills development. Moving to the Miners, Institute
gave us the flexibility and space to better support everyone involved.

Wheatley Hill Youth Clubs
It's been a busy and exciting year with the young people from
Wheatley Hill, and we've seen growing engagement from
surrounding areas. The sessions have fostered new friendships, with
young people actively participating, planning, and even leading
activities.
Senior sessions have a strong core group, with young people feeling
safe, supported, and comfortable discussing their concerns. Popular
activities include cooking and sports, with a focus on nutrition,
budgeting, and healthy eating. Through the Key Fund, young people
developed essential skills like teamwork, decision-making, and
budgeting, successfully planning a trip to Infinite Air and Pizza Hut.
A highlight this year was our partnership with
The Story, where young people explored the
history of Wheatley Hill, collaborated with
professional artists, Citizen Songwriter and
wrote and recorded a song at Durham
University's Collingwood College. They later
performed it publicly, demonstrating
engagement, leadership, and teamwork. Also
using the arts to promote tolerance we
addressed racism through informal education,
including a trip to see The Boy at the Back of
the Classroom, which had a profound impact
on young people's understanding of racism
and bullying.

Mobile Sexual Health
Outreach Service
Our weekly outreach services have reached young people in rural
and underserved areas such as Peterlee, Stanley, and Seaham.
We provide confidential, approachable support on relationships,
consent and emotional wellbeing, building trust where other services
often can't reach.
We expaned our presence into supported housing, care-leaver drop-
ins and alternative education settings, ensuring no young person
was left unsupported.
Offsite Adventures and
Experiences
Our offsite trips were a huge success, offering life- changing
opportunities: Tall Ships Residential: Young people sailed the south
coast, participating in the Isle of Wight Regatta Festival, gaining
teamwork, resilience, and confidence.

Outdoor activities: surfing, climbing, canoeing, trampoline parks, and
theme parks, supporting young people's physical, social, and emotional
growth.
Duke of Edinburgh Expeditions:
encouraged independence,
perseverance, and lifelong skills.
Our yearly trip to Blackpool Pleasure Beach in partnership with
Sacriston Youth Project, young people love the theme park, the rides
and the excitement and make new friends with young people living in
different areas of County Durham

Durham
Healthy Minds
What was your overall experience of the counselling service?
' 70% ofyoung people said the counselling support was excellent
and 30% said it was good"
Young people were asked to comment on how we can improve the seniice.
'Nothing, it was perfect."
' I don't think anything to do better because it made me feel supported."
"There isn't anything."
Durham Healthy Minds provided support to 98 young people, delivering
a total of 428 counselling sessions. This has been made possible
through generous funding from Sir James Knott, the County Durham
Community Foundation (CDCF), and the Albert Hunt Trust.
Referrals continue to come from a wide range of sources, including self-
referrals from young people, as well as parents, youth workers, social
workers, the police, mental health nurses, GPS, schools, Humankind,
and CAMHS.
Young_people who had up to 6 weeks of counselling - April 2024- March 2025
Number of Young People attending sessions 98
Number of sessions delivered 428
Number of young people receiving advice from other organisations 8
Number of young people who came from the most deprived areas of County Durham
33.67%
167 counselling sessions delivered in De￿entSIde
161 counseuing sessions delivered in Durham City
100 counseling sessions delivered at Seaham High

National Citizen Service (NCS)
This year, with support from Children North East, we were proud to
deliver the National Citizen Service (NCS) programme, supporting 20
young people to build confidence, independence, and key
employability skills. Through a mix of team-building challenges,
workshops, and social
action activities, participants
developed leadership,
communication, and
problem-solving abilities all
while making new friends
and stepping outside their
comfort zones. The
programme was a great
success, with young people
reflecting positively on the
experience and the personal growth they achieved.
Trailblazer Project
Tackling Youth ASB in Durham City Durham City Youth partnered with
Durham Area Youth and Durham County Council to deliver the ASB
Trailblazer Project, aimed at engaging young people involved in or at
risk of anti-social behaviour across key hotspots in Durham City.

Trailblazer Project...cont'd
Funded as a pilot, the project focused on building positive relationships
and encouraging safer, more responsible choices. Each Friday evening,
our youth workers connected with between 15 and 30 young people,
many of whom were previously known to local services. The project not
only helped reduce youth-related tensions in the community but also
brought important safeguarding concerns to light. As a result, we've
strengthened partnership work with the Children and Young People's
Community Support Service, including closer collaboration with
exploitation and missing-from-home officers. This work has laid the
foundations for a more joined-up approach to supporting vulnerable
young people in the city.
Tall Ships
The project was a transformative experience for a small,
high-needs cohort of young people. The challenge of
sailing the Jurassic coast helped young people build trust,
resilience, and self-worth. They enjoyed amazing weather
whilst learning the different aspects of crew sailing. They
visited the Isle of Wight Regatta festival, Poole and
Portsmouth.
All participants went on to enrol in college, marking a
profound shift in their aspirations and belief in their future.
One young person described his experience as
' For the first time I felt I could actually do something
great with my life." And 'it shows you there's more to life
than the village you are from"

Investing In Our Team
We welcomed a Youth WorkApprentice
from Sunderland University.
Invested in a range of staff training, covering safeguarding
LGBTQ+ inclusion, substance misuse, and online safety.
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Our new HR and supervision systems, along with
reflective practice tools, enhanced consistency
and quality across our team.
Looking FonNard
Durham City Youth Project remains committed to creating a community
where every young person feels safe, valued, and hopeful.
Thank you for believing in our mission and
helping us build a brighter future together.
Your continued support helps us make real, lasting
differences in the lives of young people.

Trustee Report
Durham City Youth Project (DCYP) has, through the generous
support of many organisations and the commission from Durham
County Council, maintained a degree of financial security. This has
allowed DCYP to continue to provide and further develop projects in
pursuit of its charitable objects.
Our three-year business plan, completed mid-year, affirms that 'Our
mission is to provide young people in County Durham with support,
guidance and positive activities to help them reach their potential and
become valued members of society.. Our work across the City and
County of Durham has ensured that many bard to reach young people
have increased access to youth spaces. Our team of experienced
Youth Workers have delivered a varied programme of activities within
both youth clubs and residential settings.
As part of the Trailblazers Pilot our Youth Workers have, in
partnership with Durham Safer Communities Team, Durham
Antisocial Behaviour Team and DCC Missing Children Team, again
been involved with providing support for vulnerable young people
within Durham City. The Sexual Health Mobile Unit has continued to
provide both education and support for young people across County
Durham, both from our bus and within schools and colleges. Over the
past year we have experienced increasing demand for the support
provided by our Counselling service. This is an area of our work that,
with greater support, we would like to further develop.

..Trustee Report Cont'd
DCYP has enhanced the background support for its work. The use of
Upshot to monitor the participation of young people, and the
introduction of QuickBooks, to replace Money Manager, will ensure
that both trustees and DCYP'S management team have a clear and
accurate picture of the effectiveness of our projects and programmes.
Over the course of the year DCYP has also completed the transfer
of its banking to Virgin Money. This move allows our banking and
accounting software to link, something that was not previously
possible. A savings account has been opened to ensure that funds
awarded from our sponsors are utilised to their fullest extent.
The DCYP Trustees are grateful for the leadership provided by the
management team and the work of our staff and volunteers. The
support from our sponsors and strategy provided by our Business
Plan ensures that DCYP continues to fulfil its charitable objects to
'advance in life and help young people, across County Durham.
Alex Taylor
Chair of Trustees

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INCOMEAND EXPENDITURE STATEMENTFOR THEPERIOD 1-APRIL2024-31" MARCH 2025
202S
2025
2024
Tffj•l
273
176,489
16&064
411
17.439
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2232
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27
1261
1440

Durham City Youth Project
Framwellgate Moor Youth and Community Association,
Front Street, Framwellgate Moor, Durham, DHI 5BL
Tel: 0191383 2819
Email: durhamcitycentreyouthproject@gmail.com
Website: vvvvw.durhamcityyouthproject.co.uk
Facebook: @DCCYouthProject
Staff
Debbie Jenkins - Project Coordinator
Jane Bowman - Counsellor and Office Manager
Helen Wilson - Administrator
Clive Nembhard - Development Youth Worker
Lindsay Fletcher- Youth Worker
Angela Crane - Youth Worker
Kathryn Barrass - Youth Worker
Cliff Remmer - Youth Worker
Georgia Graham - Youth Worker
Amber Prince - Apprentice Youth Worker
Alex Barrass - Social Media
Management Committee
A Taylor - Chair and Treasurer
K Gates - Vice-chair
A Smith - Secretary
Cllr Mamie Simmons
R Johnston
S Mcneill
Management Committee
D Irving
O Cummings
Councillors
Mamie Simmons
Amanda Hopgood
Mark Wilkes
Jake Miller
Bev Coult

Thank you to all that have supported us.
Framwellgate Moor Youth and Community Association
Framwellgate Moor Parish Council
Wheatley Hill Parish Council
Durham County Council
Durham University
Sunderland University
Durham Area Action Partnership
Mid Durham Area Action Partnership
Point North
Children North East
The National Youth Agency
Katy Wood
Ballinger Charitable Trust
Souter Charitable Trust
Children In Need
Rothley Trust
Garfield Weston
Sir James Knott
Henry Smith
Coalfields Regeneration Trust
Albert Hunt Trust
Netherton Park Trust
Masonic Charitable Trust
The Story
Durham Citizen Song Writers