WiTeH
SWITCH YOUTH SERVICES
Registered CIO number 1179544
TRUSTEES, REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31st MARCH 2025

Swltch Youth Servlces- Trustees Annual Report
Yaar endlng 31st March 2025
The Trustees present their annual report and financial 8tstements forthe year 8nded 318t
March 2025.
B8ckground
Th8 charity is a charitable incorporated org8nls8tion (CIO) Te81stered with the Charity
CommisslonforEngLand and Wales, registered number 1179544. Th8 charityw8S
incorporated on 14th August 2018, however trremained dom)ant until 18t M8y2023
when 8ctivtty commenced. This ch8ritytook over the operations, staff and premises of
Maidstone Town Centre Youth Café (previously a registered ch8rty, r8list8red number
1127568) with effect from that date.
Trustees
The trustees ofthe ch8rity duringthe yearwere
David Creasey
Nicola Gallagher- resign8d 1710512024
Mariannewebb
RachelJon8s
Vane$88 Marson - appointed 1910612024
Regist8r8d Addra8S
Switch Youth SeNices
34£ High Street
Maidstone ME14 5JH
Soiicltor8
GulLands Solicitors LLP
16 MSll Str88t
Maldstone ME15 6xr
Independant Examlnor
26 Lancet L￿ne
Maidstone ME15 9RY

Swltch Youth Services- Trustees Annual Report
Year ending 313t March 2025
Structure and Governance
Swltch Youth Services {SYS- Charity no. 1179544) became an operational charitable
Incorporated Organis8tion (CIO) in April 2023 although it had been incorporated in
August 2018 with the Intentlon of tsking over Maid8tone Town Centre Youth Café
IMTCYC- charity no. 1127568)
Switch is the only secular open acc85S youth service wrfaiiable in the
Maidstone Borough. Many others have closed due to withdrawals ol ststutoryfundin&
Switch continue$ to attract targe numbers ofyoung people. many of whom have such
siÉniflcant problems that if Switch was not here, they would havo IFttle or no open
acc88S youth provision to engagewith. Switch is sorved by a Trustee board and
omployed stsfFt8am 88 follow8:
David Creas6y is a church leaderwith The Wine in Maidstone where he also serves 88 8
trusteo of the charlty. He Is also COwOPted School Govomor wlth Leigh Aeadery Trust.
Dav8 chairs the Switch trustee board.
Nicola Gallagher has been involved with Switch as a volunteer. and a trustee sinco Jun8
2023. Due to relocatingto the West Couiity Nicola resigned from the board in May 2024.
Marianne Webb is a p8rtn8rwith 8 local fimi of soticitofs 8nd a trustee of
M8id8tone Museum Found8tion.
Rachel Jone8 is a Director of Strategic Pianningwith the local NHS Trust
(Maidstone and Tunbridge Weiis) and a board member.
Vanessa Marson is a finance manager wtth Ro¢k UK and joined our board in June 2024
on Nicola's departure.
SYS continues to employ two rnember8 of 8tstr.
Nick Batchelor- Youth SeNice Manager
Erin Ever8field - Youth Centre Manager
Both Nick and Erin haveyouth workquaitfications..
Nick BatcheLor
Youth Justice Effective Practice Certificate- level 5
Advanced Diploma in Child Psychology- level5
CommunltyJu8tice Certificate In Drug and Alcohol setvices- level 3
Youth Work Practice- level 3
Designated Saf8gu8rding Lead - level 3

Swltch Youth Services - Trustees Annual Report
Year ending 31st March 2025
Erln Eversfield
L8vel 3 Dlploma in Youth Work Practice
Deslgnat8d Safeguarding lead- level 3
The charity is ai80 fortunateto havethg 88rvices of 8 number ofadultvolunteerswho
provide a valuable s8rvice to young people. They provide 8 r8ng6 of skills and valuable
experience in their interactions with young people. and we 8r6very gratefulforthe time
they give to setvingthe charity.
All tru8tee8, staff and volunteers are Disclosure and Barring Service {DBS) certificated
atthe enhanced LeveL
ObJectfve8
SYS has four maln objectlvas as iald out In its Gov6mlngdocument. h achieve8 these
objectives though f8cilitatln
An open access café
One to one mentoring
Running multiagency outre8¢h programmes and events
Offering ses8ion8for home 8ducated young people to access pro social
activities
Educational and training sessions for young peopleto achieve a construction
industry acc888 card (ClS}.
Provldlng outreach workers on a Frlday evenlng l)oth in the town and on the local
rall network
SYS also has access to secondary schools wtthin the borough and t8kes 858emblles
detBiUng Its services, as well as specific sessions for the students on bullying,
knlfe crime and crime dlversion talks includingthe impact of dwg8 and alcohol
-this is not an exhaustive list of all the topics covered. Switch stsff have continued to
d8liv8r high qu8Uty assemblies wtthin schools and repeat booktngs ofth6se are part of
our delivery planto reach young people duringthisyear, makingthgm aware of Swltch
services and details of ouropen access youth café In central Maidstone.
Perspgcti
Switch staff de81 viith Some of th8 most dÈfficult and hard to reach young people in
Maidstone and the surrounding borough. The depth of case work and interaction with
8tstutory aggnclas. including 88feguardlng those at risk is a considerably resource
inten8ive part of ourwork. We have soon the level of safeguardlng need and intensive
case work increase over this last year. We believe some of thls is down to the lack of
statutory open access youth provision, which has decreased sharply In thls 12 months,
and the considerable reputation Switch has with statutory agencies. and young p8opi8

Swltch Youth SeNlces- Trustees Annual Report
Year endlng31st March 2025
for promding high quality professional youth provhsion coupled with authentic
relationshlps that have bullt tw8twith young people. Our relationships particuiarlywith
Kent Police have been a tremendous 8UPPOrtforus and have resulted in better
outcomes for young people. Our outreach WO￿ including the workwith SE Tr8in8 has
Yesulted in greater engagement wlth young peopiefrom a wider area of Kent and
London. We arefullyaware ofthe posltion Maldstone providgsforthe circulation of
County Lines drug distribution usingthe rail netsvork héncethe partnèrship wtthSE
trains.
Our an8ly8i8 of our activities demonstrates that level of trusL given tha very high-qu8Lity
convers8tion8 that have taken plac8 as well as the safeguaffding 8Ctlvity of ourte8m to
k89p children and young people safe.Thattrust Isveryapparentwhen wo see some of
those young people returningto Switch in later yearB to se￿e as volunteers themselves.
Actlvltl88
Switch has continued to deliver high quallty open access youth provlslon b88ed In the
county town of Maidstone. Its central premises make for easy access foryoung people as
many transFt through the t¢￿vn after school. Swilch offers a place to meet and
socialise In a safe 8pac8, where concerns. issues and conversations cantake place
both to safeguard young people from harm but 8180 to develop p18ns and strategies to
make b8tterdeclsionsand choices intheir lives.
The trustees have focus$ad on 4things this year:
1. Con8iStent governance arrangements are in place includingthe provision of
policies and procedures- Including safeguarding and financ8. Trustee meetings
are regular and cover a range of essentigl areas to provide good man8gement
oversightofthe charity
2. Staff support and line management18 a priorrty a8 is avallabilityoftrustees to
help debr16f case issu88 ￿Ven the nature ofthe charftles work
3.The rise In costs forth8 charfty sector and the ability to attractfvnding on any
level has b88n cha118ngingthis year. The Irustees h8ve soughtto streamline
expendltur6 to ensure good flnanci9l stability, but thls remains a significant.
demandingand lormldable objectiveto ensure the charity's abllityto survive.
This is not uni
ue to Swltch as other I
toc
ose wit
ownturn in reliable sourcès of funding.
4. The trusteos and staff have concentrated on promotional activitles including
online presence, promotional materials. and videos to increase the volumes of
young people acc888ingSYS Services and furtheringother8g8nci88 knowledge
and trust In SYS so they can make appropriate ref8rral8, and to 8cces8 Other
revenue str8am8.

Swltch Youth ServiGe8- Trustees Annual Report
Year ending 31st March 2025
Ourstsff team and volunt88rs hav8 been active thls year in 8UPPOrtingyoung people
through: {last year's figures are in brackets)
811175) young people have accessed On8 to One Sesslons
2. 4800 (48611 visit8 hav8 be8n made to the Open A¢ces8 Centre- operatingTues
to Friday 3.3(k7pm
3. 990 (1635) youngpgople h8ve attended school assemblies wn bythe SYSTeam
4. 1417 (1335) young people have been engaged on outr88ch either in the town or
on the rail networ
5. The totsl number of interactions with young paople this year has been 7462
17531).
6. The Total numberof newyoung people who have Interacted with SYS forthe first
time 18 2834 (1932).
Whilst some a¢tNity figures have d8cr8osed. open access vi8its havg remained very
steady. We have also increased our pr88ence in outreach work. and thls hes included a
Partnership with SE Trains giving our staff acc88S to the rail netr¥vork to engage with
young people. We have seen a substantial increase in people engagingwith Swltch for
the first tlme and the figures below demonstrate the areas of those interaotlons. There
have been conslderable increasas in the number of conversations in all areasthatwe
record. M08t notable is the increase in conversations around crime and violence.
These are the core topics discussed within the Youth Centre and on Outr6a¢h
6321308) conver8ation8 around drugs
438 {147) conversation8 around mental he81th
22 (325) conversations around relationships
11381408) conversations around crime and violence
1425 conversations around behaviour- n8w area forthls report
Rècènt trustee reslgnatlons and appolntments
Nicola Gallagher- resigned 1710512024
Vanessa Mar$on- appointèd 1910812024
n considenn
-Th￿1vI
ies ofI￿arl￿1he
ees
ave re
the Charfty Commisslon on public benefit and this has been outwork8d as described
above.

Swltch Youth Servlces- Trustees Annual Report
Year endlng31st March 2025
Fln8nci81 rovlaw and outlook
ThIs i8the 8econd ennualreportof 8Ctivityforthe charityand ithas resulted in incom8
of £64395 and expenditur8 of £73581 gtving a d6ficit of £9186.
The charity18 dependont onthe supportof individuals and organisations
for funding and the trustees would like to record their appreciation of th8 strong
support they have received and their sincere thanks to allwho have contributed.
As a re8uIt of tho arnount of 8UPPOrt frt has been able to attract during th8 year, and
slnce the year end the trustees believe the ch8rltyto be a golng concem.
The charity aims to continue and div8rsify its fundrgising 8fforts to Secure the future of
the wo
Roservos poll¢y
The trustees have adopted a policythat a reserve of £10.000 is requlred to meet
unforeseen expenditures and accordingLythis sum is regarded as reseNes.
Rlsk statement
The trustees have examined the major risks th8tthe charityfaces. These are rlsks from
helpingvuinerableyoung people and financial risks dueto dependence on donations
and grants. Risks around helpingyoungpeople are mitigated byprocedure8 mentioned
previously* Including DBS checks. Fin8ncial risks r818ts to a shortage of funds rf
donations are Insufficient and from fraud. These are addressod by a locus on
fundraising snd by intemal controls overexpendlture.
Trugto95' responslbllftles
Th8 trustees acknowledge thelr responsibiltties to keep proper accounting records. to
monitorthefinancial position ofthe charityand to prepare fin8nclal stAtementsfor
each accountingyear. also to safeguard its assets and to guard against fraud.
Approv8d by order of the Board of Trustees onlfjseptember 2025 and signed on its behalf
David Creasey
Chair of Trustees
Dato:
.,/,/.

INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT
TO THE TRusfEES OF SWITCH Yoimi SERVICES
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of Switch Youth Servlces ('*he
¢haritV'I for the year ended 31 March 2025.
R¢sponsibllltles and bas15 of report
As the trustees of the charlty VOLF are resp)nsible forthe preparatlon of the accounts In
accordance wlth the requirements of the Charitie5 Art 2011 {ahe 2011 Act'l.
I report In respert of my examinatlon of the tharivs accounts carried out under sectlon 145 of
the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the appllcable Direttlon5
glven by the Charlty Commiwon undersection 14515) {bl of the 2011 Act.
Independent examlner's statement
I have completed my examinatlon. I confirm that no matter5 have come to my attention in
connertlon with the examinatlon giving me cause to believe that In any material respectr.
l. accounting records were not kept In respett of the charlty as required by section 130 of
the 2011 Act,. or
2. the accounts do not accord with th05e records,. or
3. the accounts do not comply wlth the applicable requirements concerning the form and
content of accounts set out in the Charlties {Accounts and Reports) Regulatlons 2008 other
than any requlrement that the accounts gfve a tnje and falr vlew which is not a matter
consldered as part of an Independent examlnatlon.
I have no concern5 and have corne acr05S no other matters In connectton wlth the examlnation
to whlch attentlon Should be drdwn In this report In order to enable a proper understandlng of
the accounts to be reached.
Signed
RiiJ&-
RT Wllllams
26 Lancet Lane
Maldstone ME15 9RY
Date 26/Y

ststement of Flnanclal ArtÉvities
Year endlng 31st Marth 2025
2025
2014
t4otes
Income
Donations
Grants Recelvable
11,678 62.517
48.7T3 23,072
Charttsble Activites
5,738
Totsl Income
64,395 9L327
ExPendI￿r￿
Ralslng Funds
Charitsble Activitles
SUp￿rt and admlnlstratlon costs
72.334 65577
1,247
1,193
Totsl Expendlture
73.581
66.770
Net Defi¢lt / Surplus
-9.186 24￿7
6enernl Fund
Balance as at l Aprfl 2024
24.5S7
Balance at 31 Marth 2025
15.371 24557
The notes on page5 11 to 13fomi part of these (yccounts.

Swltch Youth Servlces
Balance Sheet
As at 31st March 2025
2024
CurreDt Assets
Bank Balance5
Debtors
14.314 23.924
1310
1.315
15M4 25239
Amounts due In less than one year
Creditors
253
Net Current Assets
n 24.557
15371
24557
Genernl Fund
Free Funds
Reserves
5.371
14.557
io.rLKJ ￿.¢￿￿)
Total Funds
15371 24￿57
The accounts were approved by the trustees on
signed on thelr behalf by:
2025 and
Davld Creasey
The notes on pages 11 to 13fonn port of these arxounts
io

Swltch Youth Servlces
Notes to the Accounts
Year ending 315t March 2025
l Atcountlng Polldes
Basls of Preparatlon
The financial statements ofthe dmrity. which is a publk benefit entty under
the Financlal Reporting Standard 102, have been prepared in accordance wlth
that stsndard and wtth the assodated Statement of Recommended Prartlce
'Accountlng and RÈty)rting by Charltles".
The flnanclal ststements have been prepared L)n a golng concern basls.
Incom1￿ Resource5
Income 15 rècognised when the charity is legalty entttled to the intome, the amount is
measurable and It Is probable that the Income will be recerwed
Resources Expended
Expendrture is recognlsed on an accruals basis as a Ilablllty is Incurred. Expendltu
includes VAT which cannot be recovered.
Voluntsers. food
Small amounts of fo(NJ and drink are provlded to volunteers from time to tlme In
appreclatlon of their Se￿keS. &nce the value of fcod provtded lo volunteers is quantlfiable
Is reflected in Café Sales and shown as a cost.
Taxation
The charlty Is Èxemptfrom corFK)ration tax on Its charttable a¢t1¥i￿e$
Penslon Costs
The charity operates a deflned contribution scheme. Contrlbutlons a￿ tharged to the
Statement of Rnancial ArtAilties in the perlod to *thith they relate.
2 Income from Donallons
2025
Donat.1ons4roM-indfvldual￿Ad.c9Vp9FabO￿
Gift Aid
2.780
11.678
4,485
62,517
3 Grant Incorne
Grants from non-Govemmentsl entibes
Grants from Local A￿hOrItIeS
35,930
12,843
48.773
12,666
10,406
23,072
li

Switch Youth Servlces
Notes to the Accounts
Year ending 31st March 2025
4 Income from Charftable Athltles
2024
Events Re￿ipts
Café Sale5
L035
1909
3,944
3.820
1,918
5,738
5 Charitsble Artlvitl
2025 2024
Dlrert Charltsble Costs
Employment ¢9sts
Premises costs
General costs
Café supplles
52,821 44.886
4.905
4,688
IL975
13,304
2,633
2.699
n?34 65,5TI
Support athnln15tratlon
Insurance
Bank Charges
Costs of c105ing predete55or ch81ity
Independent Examinations fee
1,247
12
617
1,247
1,193
6 SL7ff and Remunerailon costs
2025
2024
Staff costs
Gross Salaries
Employer's Nl (after allowance)
Employerfs pension contr[￿lOn5
Payroll bureau cost
5Lth53 43,760
1.157
624
600
502
52,821 44,886
The charlty had two employees duringthe year.
Trustees, remuneratlon
No amount5 were paid or are due to be paid to any trustee orto any p*rson connected
to them.
12

Switch Youth Services
Notes to the Accounts
Year ending 31st March 2025
7 Bank Balances
Nat West- Switch Youth 5er¥lces account
Nat West- current account
PayPal account
14.229 23N20
504
14.314 23,924
8 Debtors
2024
Prepayments
PAYE & NIC in credlt
Payroll Deposlt
565
560
750
1,310
750
1.315
9 Ciedltors
other credFtors
PAYE & NIC
Pension
2025
532
150
254
13