2023-12-31-accounts - Wyre Forest Youth For Christ

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Wyre Forest Youth for Christ Annual Report 2023

Prepared by: Barry Mason, Director March 2024

Strategy

The beginning of 2023 saw a renewed commitment to focussing on initiating new expressions of youth ministry and engaging well in areas where there are already positive opportunities to support young people.

After a prayerful approach to seeking out the right projects to get involved in, several opportunities to partner emerged and we have seen a range of opportunities open up with schools and churches in Wyre Forest.

As always, our long term commitments are to ensure;

efficiency in our use of limited resources;
effectiveness in our impact with young people;
wisdom in the focus of our commitments to youth focussed projects;
sustainability working towards engagement with young people being sustained beyond our involvement.

Culture

We are committed to Wyre Forest, the young people in and around the area, and all those who would like to see the district thrive as a community. With that in mind, our priority is to partner with those who are locally focussed and committed.

Our aim is always to champion the work of local churches and education bodies in supporting young people to explore faith. We exist to enhance and support those bodies, and not to grow our own presence or brand.

We value partnership with others to increase the extent of our reach; empowering young people to make informed decisions for their own lives and subsequent engagement in the world; ensuring that each young person we engage with knows they are valued as an individual and loved for who they are; we aim to help each young person be supported to fulfil their full potential without any pressure to do so.

We enter into partnership with the hope that our partners may own such values for themselves and we are able to cheer them on. That means;

We want to see each and every church be given the opportunity to implement their own youth ministry, maximising their reach and impact on the lives of young people in their community, or at least to feel connected into youth ministry happening in their community;
We aim to serve schools in a way that enables them to be able to share the Christian faith in a relevant way, allowing each student to make an informed decision about their own beliefs in response;
We intend for every young person to know that they are loved - both by a living God, as well as within their local setting - exactly as they are.

We are keen to work in partnership with all who work with young people, whilst maintaining our commitment to show the love of Jesus.

Church Youth Ministry

Engaging with young people through local church

Our priority in seeing the establishment of a range of expressions of regular youth group events, is that they are owned and hosted by local churches. We believe we have a crucial role to play in helping churches to set up and grow youth ministry as part of their overall community engagement. Where needed we aim to resource and support youth groups getting started and sharpening to be relevant and engaging for young people. We work on a strategy of trying to equip local church to be self-sustaining in running youth groups for themselves, connecting them into wider networks and cheering them on from the side, only stepping in when it will benefit them as a group.

“Wyre Forest Youth for Christ exists to support the efforts of the churches in Wyre Forest, to see young people’s lives changed by Jesus.”

We were excited to have our third trip to Limitless One in February, with young people from across several Wyre Forest churches taking part in the 600+ youth event at Lifecentral church in Halesowen. Our young people worshipped and celebrated as part of the large event, with some responding to the message inviting them to live a life that follows Jesus, for themselves.

We were then excited to join with our friends for Cleobury Hub again to take young people to the Pioneer centre to explore their social engagement skills whilst taking on high ropes and climbing skills.

Due to a great gift from the Benefact Trust, we were able to take around 40 young people from across four different youth groups on an activity day to build relationships and bonds ahead of our Summer camp together. This included axe-throwing, a pool party and barbecue, and (changes of plans due to the rain and winds coming in) concluding with a gather inside for games and fun, whilst sharing the vision of working together as youth groups across the area.

It was great to have this group go on to camp together over the Summer at the Satellites Summer camp. We had 45 people as part of our own village camp, being able to share food together and see the young people mix, whilst also being able to be part of their own local group and see their friendships deepen.

Each of our young people were able to join in the wider camp activities, teaching sessions, workshops and the main meetings each day seeing over 2,000 young people together for worship, celebration and hearing about a God who loves them.

As always we are grateful for the leaders who volunteer their time and energy to spend quality time engaging with and supporting the young people from their church youth groups – namely from Riverside Bewdley & Cleobury Community Hub, and we were excited to partner this year with young people from Bridgnorth and Tamworth with leaders from Catalyst Youth Trust. These leaders make such a difference in enabling the young people to feel safe, loved and supported.

During their time at camp, members from across the youth groups made a range of decisions about their lives. Some were able to accept that God loves them for who they are, some to give up harmful ways in which they have been living, whilst others committing to make positive changes for themselves, and some making a commitment to live a life of following Jesus.

When we state we are supporting local churches in seeing young people’s lives changed by Jesus - this is what it looks like.

Schools Connections

This year has seen exciting developments in the ways we have been able to get involved with both Bewdley High School and Holy Trinity School in very different ways.

On Valentines Day we were invited to ba part of the Wellbeing Community Day at Bewdley School, where we were able to set up and run a stall showcasing some of the ways in which we run youth groups and engage with young people.

We had over 80 young people spend quality time at our stall engaging with the life questions, thought provoking ponderings and St Valentine’s Day logical puzzle with LoveHearts.

The success of the stall led to positive meetings with senior leadership at the school, and we were able to go on to deliver Relationships & Sex Education lessons to around 200 students in Year 7 classes.

Since delivering those sessions, we have been invited to run a regular Lunch Games club for the next year’s cohort of Year 7 students – seeing a regular group of those young people transitioning from primary to secondary education be able to come along and engage with peers in a safe space.

At Christmas we were able to connect the school tutor groups to the local Shoebox appeal and were even able to help arrange students to be able to take their schools’ donations to the sorting warehouse and prepare boxes being sent across the globe.

An unexpected bonus was being invited to contribute to the content and programme for the school Christmas Carol event, seeing over 150 students and family attending at St. Anne’s church in Bewdley.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the district, we were invited to deliver lessons over 2 RE days in Holy Trinity School , speaking on Life after Death, and the True Meaning of Easter across each of the year groups. This led to an invitation to run a lunch time debating club exploring Big Issues, and furthermore to take on a role as a Religious Studies teacher within the school. It has been exciting to explore a range of faith based topics, covering different faiths, Life After Death and the purpose of prayer within the school curriculum. We love taking on opportunities to engage with and support local schools as part of their commitment to educating the young people of Wyre Forest.

Summary of Ministry

Despite a slow start to the year, 2023 has seen a significant growth in face to face interactions with young people across the Wyre Forest, both through in school engagements and the development of local youth group expressions.

Throughout 2023 we had over face-to-face interactions, in schools 3,716

with over 1,234 individual young people ;

We also supported and engaged with 343 young people in local church settings, primarily from 5 local youth groups, but also from larger scale one-off events, where we were part of 47 young people making commitments in response to the Christian faith.

We continue to be encouraged to see so many of our young people growing closer in their understanding of and relationship with Jesus.

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Staff Development

We continue to strive towards growing the staff team and are hopeful of new roles emerging soon. We continue currently with the Director role fully salaried at 80% pro rata.

Barry Mason continues as Director, having been in post for 5 years. He has also taken on part-time teaching work with Holy Trinity as part of our commitment to serve local schools.

Barry has extended his training in Relationships & Sex Education, being a schools advocate for Naked Truth, as well as training as a Mental Health First Aid practitioner. He has again spoken at Kidderminster Baptist church, Far Forest Baptist Church and continued a regular speaking presence with Riverside Church in Bewdley.

We have also been greatly supported by the time and effort of volunteers in local partnering churches.

Structural Development

It continues to be a core part of our structure and accountability to have a board of trustees. There were some changes following the AGM in October 2023;

Rev. Steve Robinson is now appointed as Chair of Trustees; Mike Follett continues is now Vice Chair of Trustees; Liam Carroll continues as Secretary; Ian Phillips continues in role as Treasurer; Jane Pollard and Milka Russell also continue as trustees; Bridget Follett has stepped down as a trustee from October 2023; David Grist has been accepted as a new trustee. We remain open to expanding the trustee board to include a more diverse representation and church involvement.

The Council of Reference remains in place and includes; Pastor Sam Guille (Franche Community); Pastor Simon Harry (Bewdley Baptist); Simon Hill (Worcester Diocese Youth Officer); Heidy Hague (Local prayer); Sarah Holmes (Education Inclusion specialist); Neil O’Boyle (British Youth for Christ Director); Adam Whitley (Kidderminster Elim); Pastor Paul Ella (Stourport Baptist); Rev Robert Legge has stepped down having relocated to Blackpool.

We are sad to see the passing of Rob Palmer who was a valued Council of Reference member.

The Council of Reference met in person in October 2023, as part of their own meeting observing the charity activities and holding the Director and Board of trustees to account. They stayed on to be part of our AGM.

Still to come…

Whilst 2023 saw some significant increase in ministry activities, we were also confined in some areas and did not fulfil the complete plans for the year. This was in part due to struggles outside of work faced by Director, Barry Mason, and it was acknowledged that some projects could be postponed in order to keep the workload manageable.

Pray through May

We acknowledge the importance of prayer to underpin all of our charitable activities and remain committed to regular prayer gatherings and requests.

We also aim to raise the profile of prayer support directly for young people across the

Wyre Forest, whether they are part of local youth groups or not. Where possible, we hope to raise opportunities for young people to experience prayer for themselves and be comfortable in asking for prayers in support of their own lives.

We still hope to see Pray through May be a focal point where we can support young people being able to seek prayer support and schools being able to educate students on the role of prayer.

Schools Ministry

We continue to see serving schools as a valuable way of seeing young people’s lives changed by Jesus.

We are keen to offer bespoke packages to each secondary school in Wyre Forest, in the hope that we can enhance the great service they already provide to young people from across Wyre Forest.

Heat & Eat

We are looking at new ways in which we can support local church to engage with young people from their own communities in relevant ways.

One such future project we are exploring is Heat & Eat – a regular gathering giving young people space to eat in community and explore faith and life around the meal table.

The Finances

Remaining financially sustainable is a priority to us as a charity.

It is our intention to ensure each project or ministry works towards a financially sustainable delivery. In presenting the details of the finances below, it is clear that we are fully dependent on the financial blessing of God through His people - whether that be regular giving, church partnership, payment for services or awards of grants.

During the financial year of 2023 we continued to release excess funds previously raised in 2020/2021, having been unable to spend due to the restrictions of lockdown. The intention remains for the Director role to be fully financed through external

partnerships and grants, so that any local individual partners, churches or likewise who make any financial payments, a donation or a payment, would be doing so to enable and further the ministry directly.

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Total Income: £29,561
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Personal Support Contract Work
Grants/ Funders Partners
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Total Expenditure: £31,924
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Salary & Expenses Admin Ministry Gifts

For the financial year (Jan-Dec 2023), we submit accounts with a £29,561 income and a £31,924 expenditure, giving us an operational deficit of £2,363. This figure is covered by reserve funds built up from allocated grants which had been unable to be spent during the lockdown restrictions. This resulted in an End of Year balance of £11,177 in the bank, with further monies assigned to future restricted funds. We have committed to maintaining the working hours of the Director up to 80%, and have designated some of these reserves to cover this increased cost until partnership support increases sufficiently to cover this expenditure.

We are comfortable that these figures represent good practice in line with Charity Commission’s guidance on charity finances.

In 2023, we are thankful to the continued financial partnership of 25 individual partners and the church missionary donations from Kidderminster Baptist Church, Stockton Baptist Church and the ongoing gift in kind from Riverside Bewdley providing office space. We have received significant grants from John James Trust, The Gladiator Trust, The Benefact Trust, Grace Charitable Trust and Norman Whiteley Trust.

Final Thoughts

In conclusion, I am pleased to present this report of our charitable activity for 2023. Despite a range of challenges through the year we are delighted to see the start of some significant schools partnerships, and the development of local church youth groups. Whilst there is always more that we feel we could be doing, we remain committed to a primary position of thankfulness and celebration.

The end of 2023 sees a completion of 5 years of youth ministry through Wyre Forest Youth for Christ. We are excited to recognise this and hope we have laid significant foundations to enable ongoing further ministry to be developed.

We continue to acknowledge God’s provision for us both financially and prayerful partnership.

Let us remember,

“Wyre Forest Youth for Christ is about seeing young people’s lives changed by Jesus.”

As a charity we are in a healthy position to commit to ongoing ministry and continue impact the lives of young people. We want to see our current charitable activities continue and develop as well as expanding our work into more schools and supporting more young people through church set ups.

Wyre Forest Youth for Christ is committed to championing young people and lobbying for youth ministry to be a priority for churches and for the loving message of the Christian faith to fit within priorities of local schools in supporting their students with the intention that Good News is shared with every young person in Wyre Forest.

Our hope remains that every young person in Wyre Forest has the opportunity to make informed decisions about their own faith belief.

We aim to do this by enabling every church across Wyre Forest to have some expression of engagement with young people, whether that be in physical provision, community engagement, discipleship, delivery within schools, financial support, or prayer support. We would also like to see each Secondary and Further Education provider have some sort of proactive intentional Christian representation within their faculty. We will act in partnership with, or provide support to, any agency who is willing to work to this end. We are once again excited about the possibilities that lay ahead in the year ahead, for 2024 and beyond.

Director, Wyre Forest Youth for Christ barry@wyreforest.yfc.co.uk

Wyre Forest Youth for Christ

1180871

Annual accounts for the period Period start To date 01/01/2023 31/12/2023

Section A Statement of financial activities

Recommended categories by activity Guidance Note Unrestricted funds Restricted income funds Endowment funds Total funds Prior year funds £ £ £ £ £ Incoming resources (Note 3) F01 F02 F03 F04 F05 Income and endowments from: Donations and legacies S01 29,561 - - 29,561 29,561 Charitable activities S02 - - - - - Other trading activities S03 - - - - - Investments S04 - - - - Separate material item of income S05 - - - - - Other S06 - - - - - *Total* S07 29,561 - - 29,561 29,561 Resources expended (Note 6) Expenditure on: Raising funds S08 - - - - - Charitable activities S09 31,924 - - 31,924 31,924 Separate material item of expense S10 - - - - - Other S11 - - - - - *Total* S12 31,924 - - 31,924 31,924	Recommended categories by activity Guidance Note Unrestricted funds Restricted income funds Endowment funds Total funds Prior year funds £ £ £ £ £ Incoming resources (Note 3) F01 F02 F03 F04 F05 Income and endowments from: Donations and legacies S01 29,561 - - 29,561 29,561 Charitable activities S02 - - - - - Other trading activities S03 - - - - - Investments S04 - - - - Separate material item of income S05 - - - - - Other S06 - - - - - *Total* S07 29,561 - - 29,561 29,561 Resources expended (Note 6) Expenditure on: Raising funds S08 - - - - - Charitable activities S09 31,924 - - 31,924 31,924 Separate material item of expense S10 - - - - - Other S11 - - - - - *Total* S12 31,924 - - 31,924 31,924	Recommended categories by activity Guidance Note Unrestricted funds Restricted income funds Endowment funds Total funds Prior year funds £ £ £ £ £ Incoming resources (Note 3) F01 F02 F03 F04 F05 Income and endowments from: Donations and legacies S01 29,561 - - 29,561 29,561 Charitable activities S02 - - - - - Other trading activities S03 - - - - - Investments S04 - - - - Separate material item of income S05 - - - - - Other S06 - - - - - *Total* S07 29,561 - - 29,561 29,561 Resources expended (Note 6) Expenditure on: Raising funds S08 - - - - - Charitable activities S09 31,924 - - 31,924 31,924 Separate material item of expense S10 - - - - - Other S11 - - - - - *Total* S12 31,924 - - 31,924 31,924	Recommended categories by activity Guidance Note Unrestricted funds Restricted income funds Endowment funds Total funds Prior year funds £ £ £ £ £ Incoming resources (Note 3) F01 F02 F03 F04 F05 Income and endowments from: Donations and legacies S01 29,561 - - 29,561 29,561 Charitable activities S02 - - - - - Other trading activities S03 - - - - - Investments S04 - - - - Separate material item of income S05 - - - - - Other S06 - - - - - *Total* S07 29,561 - - 29,561 29,561 Resources expended (Note 6) Expenditure on: Raising funds S08 - - - - - Charitable activities S09 31,924 - - 31,924 31,924 Separate material item of expense S10 - - - - - Other S11 - - - - - *Total* S12 31,924 - - 31,924 31,924	Recommended categories by activity Guidance Note Unrestricted funds Restricted income funds Endowment funds Total funds Prior year funds £ £ £ £ £ Incoming resources (Note 3) F01 F02 F03 F04 F05 Income and endowments from: Donations and legacies S01 29,561 - - 29,561 29,561 Charitable activities S02 - - - - - Other trading activities S03 - - - - - Investments S04 - - - - Separate material item of income S05 - - - - - Other S06 - - - - - *Total* S07 29,561 - - 29,561 29,561 Resources expended (Note 6) Expenditure on: Raising funds S08 - - - - - Charitable activities S09 31,924 - - 31,924 31,924 Separate material item of expense S10 - - - - - Other S11 - - - - - *Total* S12 31,924 - - 31,924 31,924	Recommended categories by activity Guidance Note Unrestricted funds Restricted income funds Endowment funds Total funds Prior year funds £ £ £ £ £ Incoming resources (Note 3) F01 F02 F03 F04 F05 Income and endowments from: Donations and legacies S01 29,561 - - 29,561 29,561 Charitable activities S02 - - - - - Other trading activities S03 - - - - - Investments S04 - - - - Separate material item of income S05 - - - - - Other S06 - - - - - *Total* S07 29,561 - - 29,561 29,561 Resources expended (Note 6) Expenditure on: Raising funds S08 - - - - - Charitable activities S09 31,924 - - 31,924 31,924 Separate material item of expense S10 - - - - - Other S11 - - - - - *Total* S12 31,924 - - 31,924 31,924

Incoming resources (Note 3) Income and endowments from: Donations and legacies S01 Charitable activities S02 Other trading activities S03 Investments S04 Separate material item of income S05 Other S06 *Total* S07 Resources expended (Note 6) Expenditure on: Raising funds S08 Charitable activities S09 Separate material item of expense S10 Other S11 *Total* S12
	29,561	-	-	29,561	29,561
	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-		-	-
	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-
	29,561	-	-	29,561	29,561

	-	-	-	-	-
	31,924	-	-	31,924	31,924
	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-
	31,924	-	-	31,924	31,924

Net income/(expenditure) before investment gains/(losses) S13 Net gains/(losses) on investments S14 Net income/(expenditure) S15 Extraordinary items S16	- 2,363	-	-	- 2,363	- 2,363
	-	-	-	-	-
	- 2,363	-	-	- 2,363	- 2,363
	-	-	-	-	-

S17 fixed S18 S19 S20	-	-	-	-	-

	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-
	- 2,363	-	-	- 2,363	- 2,363


S21 S22	13,540	-	-	13,540	13,540
	11,177	-	-	11,177	11,177

Transfers between funds Other recognised gains/(losses):

Gains and losses on revaluation of fixed assets for the charity’s own use

Other gains/(losses) Net movement in funds Reconciliation of funds: Total funds brought forward Total funds carried forward

Section B Balance sheet

Guidan ce Notes	Unrestricted funds Restricted income funds Endowment funds Total this year Total last year £ 01/01/2023 £ 31/12/2023 £ F01 F02 F03 F04 F05	Unrestricted funds Restricted income funds Endowment funds Total this year Total last year £ 01/01/2023 £ 31/12/2023 £ F01 F02 F03 F04 F05	Unrestricted funds Restricted income funds Endowment funds Total this year Total last year £ 01/01/2023 £ 31/12/2023 £ F01 F02 F03 F04 F05	Unrestricted funds Restricted income funds Endowment funds Total this year Total last year £ 01/01/2023 £ 31/12/2023 £ F01 F02 F03 F04 F05	Unrestricted funds Restricted income funds Endowment funds Total this year Total last year £ 01/01/2023 £ 31/12/2023 £ F01 F02 F03 F04 F05

Fixed assets Intangible assets (Note 15) B01 Tangible assets (Note 14) B02 Heritage assets (Note 16) B03 Investments (Note 17) B04 *Total fixed assets* B05 Current assets Stocks (Note 18) B06 Debtors (Note 19) B07 Investments (Note 17.4) B08 Cash at bank and in hand (Note 24) B09 *Total current assets* B10
	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-

	-	-	-	-	-
		-	-	-	495
	-	-	-	-	-
	21,606.62	-	-	21,607	12,089
	21,607	-	-	21,607	12,584

Creditors: amounts falling due within one year (Note 20) B11	16,930	-	-	16,930	1,407

*Net current assets/* *(liabilities)* B12	4,677	-	-	4,677	11,177

*Total assets less current* *liabilities* B13	4,677	-	-	4,677	11,177

Creditors: amounts falling due after one year (Note 20) B14 Provisions for liabilities B15	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-

*Total net assets or* *liabilities* B16 Funds of the Charity Endowment funds (Note 27) B17 Restricted income funds B18 Unrestricted funds B19 Revaluation reserve B20 *Total funds* B21	4,677	-	-	4,677	11,177

	-			-	-
		-	-	-	-
	4,677			4,677	11,177
				-
	4,677	-	-	4,677	11,177

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Annual accounts for theperiod
Period start date	1/1/2022	To	12/31/2022

Section A Statement of financial activities

Guidance Notes
Incoming resources (Note 3)
Income and endowments from:
Donations and legacies
S01
Charitable activities
S02
Other trading activities
S03
Investments
S04
Separate material item of income
S05
Other
S06
Total
S07
Resources expended (Note 6)
Expenditure on:
Raising funds
S08
Charitable activities
S09
Separate material item of expense
S10
Other
S11
Total
S12
S13
Net gains/(losses) on investments
S14
Net income/(expenditure)
S15
Extraordinary items
S16
Transfers between funds
S17
Gains and losses on revaluation of fixed assets for the charity’s own use
S18
Other gains/(losses)
S19
Net movement in funds
S20
Reconciliation of funds:
Total funds brought forward
S21
Total funds carried forward
S22
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Recommended categories by
activity
Net income/(expenditure) before investment
gains/(losses)
Other recognised gains/(losses):

Total funds
£
£
£
£
£
F01
F02
F03
F04
F05
29,561 - - 29,561 21,997
- - - - -
- - - - -
- -
- -
- - - - -
- - - - -
29,122 - - 29,122 21,997
- - - - -
31,924 - - 35,622 19,673
- - - - -
- - - - -
35,622 - - 35,622 19,673
- 6,499 - - - 6,499 2,324
- - - - -
- 6,499 - - - 6,499 2,324
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- 6,499 - - - 6,499 2,324
13,540 - - 11,177 11,216
4,677 - - 4,677 Prior Year Error
Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
income
funds
Endowment
funds
Prior year
funds

Section B Balance sheet

£ F01 Unrestricted funds	£ F02 Restricted income funds	£ F03 Endowment funds	£ F04 Total this year	£ F05 Total last year
-	-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-	-

-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	495
-	-	-	-	-
21,606.62	-	-	21,607	12,089
21,607	-	-	21,607	12,584

16,930	-	-	16,930	1,407

4,677	-	-	4,677	11,177

4,677	-	-	4,677	11,177

-	-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-	-

4,677	-	-	4,677	11,177

-			- - 4,677 -	-
	-	-		-
4,677				11,177

4,677	-	-	4,677	11,177

Signature		Print	Name	Date of approval dd/mm/yyyy

CC17a (Excel)

10/11/2024

Section C Notes to the accounts

Note 1 Basis of preparation

This section should be completed by all charities .

1.1 Basis of accounting

These accounts have been prepared under the historical cost convention with items recognised at cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant note(s) to these accounts.

The accounts have been prepared in accordance with:

the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities • and with* ü preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) issued on 16 July 2014

and with* ü the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)
and with the Charities Act 2011.

The charity constitutes a public benefit entity as defined by ü FRS 102.*

-Tick as appropriate

1.2 Going concern

If there are material uncertainties related to events or conditions that cast significant doubt on the charity's ability to continue as a going concern, please provide the following details or state "Not applicable", if appropriate:

An explanation as to those factors that support The charity receives donations from many supporters to cover the conclusion that the charity is a going the majority of salary costs plus grants are received to cover concern; other specific activities. Disclosure of any uncertainties that make the None going concern assumption doubtful; Where accounts are not prepared on a going N/a concern basis, please disclose this fact together with the basis on which the trustees prepared the accounts and the reason why the charity is not regarded as a going concern.

1.3 Change of accounting policy

The accounts present a true and fair view and the accounting policies adopted are those outlined in note { }.

Yes No *Please disclose*	ü	* -Tick as appropriate

	:

(i) the nature of the change in accounting policy; (ii) the reasons why applying the new accounting policy provides more reliable and more relevant information; and (iii) the amount of the adjustment for each line affected in the current period, each prior period presented and the aggregate amount of the adjustment relating to periods before those presented, 3.44 FRS 102 SORP.

1.4 Changes to accounting estimates

No changes to accounting estimates have occurred in the reporting period (3.46 FRS 102 SORP).

Yes No	ü	* -Tick as appropriate

Please disclose:

(i) the nature of any changes;

(ii) the effect of the change on income and expense or assets and liabilities for the current period; and (iii) where practicable, the effect of the change in one or more future periods.

1.5 Material prior year errors

No material prior year error have been identified in the reporting period (3.47 FRS 102 SORP).

Yes ü * -Tick as appropriate No

Please disclose:

(i) the nature of the prior period error;

(ii) for each prior period presented in the accounts, the amount of the correction for each account line item affected; and

(iii) the amount of the correction at the beginning of the earliest prior period presented in the accounts.

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10/11/2024

Section C Notes to the accounts

Note 2 Accounting policies

Please complete this note when first reporting under FRS2102. Section 35 of FRS102, requires 3 reconciliations to be presented, if all are applicable.

2.1 RECONCILIATION WITH PREVIOUS GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRACTICE

Please provide a description of the nature of each change in accounting policy Reconcilation of funds per previous GAAP to funds determined under FRS 102 Start of End of period period £ £ Fund balances as previously stated Adjustments:

Fund balance as restated

Reconcilation of net income/(net expenditure) per previous GAAP to net income/(net expenditure) under FRS 102 End of period£ Net income/(expenditure) as previously stated Adjustments: Previous period net income/(expenditure) as restated

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Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)

Note 2 Accounting policies 2.2 INCOME

This standard list of accounting policies has been applied by the charity except for those ticked "No" or "N/a". Where a different or additional policy has been adopted then this is detailed in the box below.

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POLICIES ADOPTED ADDITIONAL TO OR DIFFERENT FROM THOSE ABOVE

Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)

Note 3 Analysis of income

Analysis Total funds Prior year £ £ Donations andgifts 23,547 - - 23,547 15,239 Gift Aid - - - - - Legacies - - - - - 6,014 - - 6,014 6,758 - - - - Donatedgoods,facilities and services - - - - - Other - - - - Total29,561 - - 29,561 21,997 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Other - - - - - Total- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Other - - - - - Total- - - - - Interest income - - - - - Dividend income - - - - - Rental and leasingincome - - - - - Other - - - - - Total- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Total- - - - - Other: Conversionofendowment fundsintoincome - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Other - - - - - Total- - - - - TOTAL INCOME 29,561 - - 29,561 21,997 Other information: Unrestricted funds Restricted income funds Endowment funds Donations and legacies: General grants provided by government/other charities Membership subscriptions and sponsorships which are in substance donations Charitable activities: Other trading activities: Income from investments: Separate material item of income: Gain on disposal of a tangible fixed asset held for charity's own use Gain on disposal of a programme related investment Royalties from the exploitation of intellectual propertyrights	Analysis Total funds Prior year £ £ Unrestricted funds Restricted income funds Endowment funds	Analysis Total funds Prior year £ £ Unrestricted funds Restricted income funds Endowment funds	Analysis Total funds Prior year £ £ Unrestricted funds Restricted income funds Endowment funds	Analysis Total funds Prior year £ £ Unrestricted funds Restricted income funds Endowment funds	Analysis Total funds Prior year £ £ Unrestricted funds Restricted income funds Endowment funds	Analysis Total funds Prior year £ £ Unrestricted funds Restricted income funds Endowment funds
	Donations andgifts	23,547	-	-	23,547	15,239
	Gift Aid	-	-	-	-	-
	Legacies	-	-	-	-	-
	General grants provided by government/other charities	6,014	-	-	6,014	6,758
	Membership subscriptions and sponsorships which are in substance donations	-	-	-	-
	Donatedgoods,facilities and services	-	-	-	-	-
	Other	-	-	-	-
	Total	29,561	-	-	29,561	21,997

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	Other	-	-	-	-	-
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	Other	-	-	-	-	-
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	Interest income	-	-	-	-	-
	Dividend income	-	-	-	-	-
	Rental and leasingincome	-	-	-	-	-
	Other	-	-	-	-	-
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	Conversionofendowment fundsintoincome	-	-	-	-	-
	Gain on disposal of a tangible fixed asset held for charity's own use	-	-	-	-	-
	Gain on disposal of a programme related investment	-	-	-	-	-
	Royalties from the exploitation of intellectual propertyrights	-	-	-	-	-
	Other	-	-	-	-	-
	Total	-	-	-	-	-

		29,561	-	-	29,561	21,997

All income in the prior year was unrestricted except for: (please provide description and amounts)
Where any endowment fund is converted into income in the reporting period, please give the reason for the conversion. Where any endowment fund is converted into income in the prior period, please give the reason for the conversion.




Within the income items above the following items are material: (please disclose the nature, amount and any prior year amounts)

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Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)

Note 4 Analysis of receipts of government grants

Government grant 1 Government grant 2 Government grant 3 Other Government grant 1 Government grant 2 Government grant 3 Other *Please provide details of any* *unfulfilled conditions and other* *contingencies attaching to grants that* *have been recognised in income.* *Please give details of other forms of* *government assistance from which* *the charity has directly benefited.*	Description This year £	Description This year £	Description This year £
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	Job Retention Scheme (JRS) for furloughed staff		3,124
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	Total3,124 Thisyear Lastyear		3,124

	Thisyear Lastyear

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Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)

Note 5 Donated goods, facilities and services

Seconded staff Use of property Other	This year Last year £ £	This year Last year £ £
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Please provide details of the accounting policy for the recognition and valuation of donated goods, facilities and services.
Please provide details of any unfulfilled conditions and other contingencies attaching to resources from donated goods and services not recognised in income. Please give details of other forms of other donated goods and services not recognised in the accounts, eg contribution of unpaid volunteers.

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Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)

Note 6 Analysis of expenditure

Analysis Expenditure on raising funds:	This year Last year Total funds Total funds £ £ Unrestricted funds Restricted income funds Endowment funds Unrestricted funds Restricted income funds Endowment funds	This year Last year Total funds Total funds £ £ Unrestricted funds Restricted income funds Endowment funds Unrestricted funds Restricted income funds Endowment funds	This year Last year Total funds Total funds £ £ Unrestricted funds Restricted income funds Endowment funds Unrestricted funds Restricted income funds Endowment funds	This year Last year Total funds Total funds £ £ Unrestricted funds Restricted income funds Endowment funds Unrestricted funds Restricted income funds Endowment funds	This year Last year Total funds Total funds £ £ Unrestricted funds Restricted income funds Endowment funds Unrestricted funds Restricted income funds Endowment funds	This year Last year Total funds Total funds £ £ Unrestricted funds Restricted income funds Endowment funds Unrestricted funds Restricted income funds Endowment funds	This year Last year Total funds Total funds £ £ Unrestricted funds Restricted income funds Endowment funds Unrestricted funds Restricted income funds Endowment funds	This year Last year Total funds Total funds £ £ Unrestricted funds Restricted income funds Endowment funds Unrestricted funds Restricted income funds Endowment funds
Incurred seeking donations	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Incurred seeking legacies	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Incurred seeking grants	-	-	-	-				-
Operating membership schemes and social lotteries	-	-	-	-				-
Staging fundraising events	-	-	-	-				-
Fudraising agents	-	-	-	-				-
Operating charity shops	-	-	-	-				-
Operating a trading company undertaking non-charitable trading activity	-	-	-	-				-
Advertising, marketing, direct mail and publicity	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Start up costs incurred in generating new source of future income	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Database development costs	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Other trading activities	-	-	-	-				-
Investment management costs:	-	-	-	-				-
Portfolio management costs	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cost of obtaining investment advice	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Investment administration costs	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Intellectual property licencing costs	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rent collection, property repairs and maintenance charges	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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Total expenditure on raising funds	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Expenditure on charitable activities:
Salaries	23,629	-	-	23,629	14,852	-	-	14,852
Insurance	373	-	-	373	361	-	-	361
Travel	-	-	-	-	99	-	-	99
Office costs	1,631	-	-	1,631	902	-	-	902
Youth work	6,291	-	-	6,291	3,459	-	-	3,459
Total expenditure on charitable activities	31,924	-	-	31,924	19,673	-	-	19,673
Separate material item of expense
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Total	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Other
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Total other expenditure TOTAL EXPENDITURE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	31,924	-	-	31,924	19,673	-	-	19,673

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Other information:

Analysis of expenditure on charitable activities

	Thisyear	Thisyear	Thisyear	Thisyear	Lastyear	Lastyear	Lastyear	Lastyear
Activity or programme	Activities undertaken directly	Grant funding of activities	Support Costs	Total this year	Activities undertaken directly	Grant funding of activities	Support Costs	Total last year
	£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£
Activity1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Activity2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Other	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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CHARITY COMMISSION | FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report R¢porttr• the truste•• Forest Youth for Christ On •e¢ount• for Ihe y[ •nd•d 31 Dember 2022 Charlty no (If •nyl I1&71 8•t out on pa9 1to48 chtyllhe Tfusfi for ts year ended As tru#tO98. fe•FMMthI for the y•pwation oftho s¢oxints in c(Yd8neewilh the requirtimts ofth• Act 2011 R•#ponlbllrtlM •nd ba•1 of r•port I rerJt in rgsped crf my ex8minatJn of th8 TnMV$ 8¢ccNJnt8 wied o un¢Jer seLtion 145 of th8 2011 and in ¢2rying Out my exam1natn, I have lolFthved all th• applKatile DIrKti$ gwen ty the Ctrty CcfflmknvJn under seclion 145(5Mbl of tho Ad. Indop•nd•nt trhe ¢hty'8 gw Irune exce0 £250,0 and l am quOrd to examlnoff$ •tat•m•nt un(lertake the examin8lb)n ty beino a qualifd momberof Dnwt nam• of app1Kab li8led bthll. Oelele I l rfnot applrgblo. I have ¢cMnped my ex8mlrwtkM. I confimi that matert81 matters have come to my attentn in conn•ctK)n with th6 examinatKJn (other than that d18cb b•kA¥'I gr¥es mg to b8tth that bn, ony material ofth8 Charititis (Y the accounts dk1 not acc1 wrth the acc¢unting r¢cords.' or the accounts did not c(ynpPy wrth the applblO requirements ¢orKeming th8 fom) and COntt of &eounts get out in the Ch8rl¢b$ IAccoullt¥ aThd Rep) Regulatknns 2Crf)8 clher than any requirement that the cnts gNe 8 1ft and la vitr which is not a matter corljered ak part of an ithdepend•nt &¥aMinat. I have no Concèrns and have ¢(hMe acnJs8 no other matters in connection with the examinalicm kj wh*h attention 8houkl te drawn in thi$ rep)rt in to enaf)le a propor understsndww of Ihg acx>)un16 to re&hed. ' FYe8se dele18 the wrS iii lh8 brad(8ts rfth8y do ncrf 8Pt4y. a19 Relevant prote10•1 guallfithn(•l or body IER Oct 2018 rrfanyl: Addro88.'

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CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trusteesl members of Wyre Forest Youth for Christ On accounts for the year ended 31. Dember 2023 Charity no (rf any) 1180871 Set out on pages I report to Ihe trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charty (°the Twst.) for the year ended Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation basis of report of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 {'the Act.). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried OLrt under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carying out my examination, have followed the applicable Dire¢tions given by the Charity Commission under section 145{5}(b) of the Act. I have completed my examination. I corfiTh that no material matters have ome to my attention (other than that disclosed bel¢)w "} in conn8Ction with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect.. accounting records were not kept in accordan with section 130 of the Act or the ac¢ounts do not accord with the accounting re¢ords Independent examinerfs statsment I have no concerris and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply. Signed: Date: 2411114 Name: Relevant professional qualifi¢ation{s) or body (if any): a S&L)Cl Address: I IJ trx IER October 2018