# **ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST AUGUST 2025**
# **YOUTH WITH A MISSION HOLMSTED MINISTRIES**
**CHARITY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 1184255**
Independent Examiners Ltd The Grain Store Hills Barns Appledram Lane South Chichester West Sussex PO20 7EG
## **YOUTH WITH A MISSION HOLMSTED MINISTRIES**
**CONTENTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST AUGUST 2025**
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Page 3 Legal and Administrative Information
Pages 4 to 6 Trustees' Report
Page 7 Independent Examiner's Report on the Accounts
Page 8 Statement of Financial Activities
Page 9 Balance Sheet
Pages 10 to 14 Notes to the Accounts
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## **YOUTH WITH A MISSION HOLMSTED MINISTRIES**
## **LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION**
**CHARITY NUMBER** 1184255 **START OF FINANCIAL YEAR** 01 September 2024 **END OF FINANCIAL YEAR** 31 August 2025 **TRUSTEES SERVING DURING THE YEAR ENDED 31** L Mudd **AUGUST 2025** R Hartmann A Barnes _(Appointed 28.10.2024)_ A Allen _(Resigned 01.09.2024)_ **GOVERNING INSTRUMENT** CIO - FOUNDATION REGISTERED 04 JUL 2019 AMENDED ON 18 OCT 2021 **OBJECTS** (1) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH WORLDWIDE BY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY, TEACHING OF THE BIBLE, WORSHIP AND PRAISE, EVANGELISM, STUDY, PRAYER, CHILDREN AND YOUTH WORKS AND COMMUNITY SERVICE; (2) TO RELIEVE POVERTY BOTH IN THE UK AND OVERSEAS BY ANY MEANS SUCH AS ACTS OF SERVICE, GIFTS, DONATIONS, CONTRIBUTIONS, LOANS AND ADVANCES WITH OR WITHOUT INTEREST; (3) TO FULFIL SUCH OTHER PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND ARE CONNECTED TO THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE CHARITY AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME SHALL DETERMINE.
**CORRESPONDENCE ADDRESS** Holmsted Manor Staplefield Road Cuckfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH175JF **BANKERS** CAF Bank Ltd 25 Kings Hill Kings Hil West Malling Kent ME19 4JQ **INDEPENDENT EXAMINER** Lomax Pavey MAAT Independent Examiners Ltd The Grain Store Hills Barns Appledram Lane South Chichester West Sussex PO20 7EG
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## **YOUTH WITH A MISSION HOLMSTED MINISTRIES**
## **TRUSTEES' REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST AUGUST 2025**
The Trustees present their report for the period ended 31st August 2025.
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
Youth With A Mission Holmsted Ministries is a registered charity, number 1184255, and is established as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation under a constitution dated 4 July 2019.
## **Objectives & Activities**
The objects of the charity are:
- [To advance the Christian faith worldwide by, but not exclusively by, teaching of the Bible, worship and;]
- To relieve poverty both in the UK and overseas by any means such as acts of service, gifts, donations, contributions, loans and advances with or without interest;
- To fulfil such other purposes which are exclusively charitable according to the law of England and Wales and are connected to the charitable work of the charity as the trustees from time to time shall determine.
## **Summary & Update of Activities from acting Chair**
We have had a year of significant change. In September 2024 we found ourselves in the situation where there was a leadership change and we were at a place where we did not have enough staff to maintain and continue to run the ministries that we usually run at Holmsted Manor.
Starting in late November of 2024 we started a process of looking into inviting new leadership and re-pioneering the YWAM location at Holmsted Manor. As a board we put things in place to manage the property and to oversee the few staff that remained. In order for due diligence in vetting and seeking new YWAM leaders, the process lasted until June 2025. We had several proposals that we considered but in consulting with YWAM National Leadership the agreement was that neither were ideal for the future running of the charity.
We released our management agreement on the property (Holmsted Manor) and had a season of ending and celebrating what has happened at YWAM Holmsted for the last 50 years. In October 2025 we had a celebration day to remember what God has done through YWAM Holmsted and around 200 people were in attendance.
We also have our ministry that is in Thanet who has been in a process of praying and evaluating if they should continue. They have sent their annual report to us as a board which I will share below and at the end of 2025 they came to the decision to also close as a YWAM location after 10 years of fruitful ministry. They hosted a celebration at the end of January 2026 and had close to 100 people in attendance.
As a board we have reflected on the incredible ministry that both our locations have had in the past years and we have prioritised ending well for both locations. We are grateful for the many people who have served and supported the ministry that YWAM Holmsted Ministries has been a part of in both locations.
We are evaluating what the next steps are for us as a charity to either close for good or to begin again in a new location with new leadership.
Thank you, Laura Mudd (Acting Chair) YWAM Holmsted Ministries Board
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## **YOUTH WITH A MISSION HOLMSTED MINISTRIES**
## **TRUSTEES' REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST AUGUST 2025**
## **Annual Report, YWAM Thanet**
October 2024- October 2025
(Full time staff- Lucy, Beulah, and Abigail)
During 2024 our ministry life was very busy and our projects grew. Aside from our formal YWAM Thanet ministry connections, we all attend and serve within the local church & are members of church fellowships.
We continue to serve at David’s Tent (intercession & art ministry) and locally have other partnerships with Worship 24-7 Network Thanet (formerly BURN 247), Tehilla Prayer House, St Luke’s Church
Ramsgate & The Vale URC. Lucy & Beulah have also continued to be part of the Thanet wide pastorsfraternity group.
Throughout the year, we have worked to invite the local church to join us in corporate times of prayer and intercession, including our monthly event Celebrate the Nations. We organised and facilitated the National Week of Prayer for Thanet, with prayer nights for the spheres of society and enabling local youth to run a multigenerational prayer & praise event using our 4K Map.
With many opportunities and ideas for the future, but feeling weary without sufficient capacity or time to develop them in our small team, we decided to pause ministry and take a time of sabbatical as YWAM Thanet for January & February 2025. Our hope was that we could be rested, restored, refreshed and envisioned for what we felt was the next phase of ministry here in Thanet.
Until December 2025, we continued to run free English classes & a ‘Conversation Cafe, which expanded to 35 regular learners, from 10+ nations, within four learning levels. Although we paused the classes we continued to journey with a couple of the learners who explicitly expressed interest in our faith.
GATHER (a safe place for women to find hope & community), continued to have new women joining the group, but it remained a quite intimate support group. Prior to our sabbatical we tried to connect the women to other local services and church ministries. Although the ministry has not resumed, it has been wonderful to see many of the former guests take up volunteering and are now empowered to independently take bigger life steps.
Following on from our short sabbatical, we had a new team member join us and we took the time to prepare for the next phase of ministry, with training, administration, planning, prayer and fasting.
For the last few years we have been working with the author of a training package, designed to enable churches to care for people in crisis, to rewrite and update the material for the UK. We believe that this will be a great tool for the ministry of the church in the UK.
The few years of challenges & change leading to uncertainty and subsequent closure of YWAM Holmsted Manor has had a big impact on our team, but we have continued with ongoing support from the trustees of YWAM Holmsted Ministries. We are located in our new ministry hub in Margate, from the end of October.
We have finished this season by walking The Way of St Augustine pilgrimage, something that we have done annually.
## **Financial Results**
For the year ended 31st August 2025, the charity reported a net loss of £61,536, as total income of £51,415 was exceeded by total costs of £112,951.
At 31st August 2025, the charity held funds of £149,807.
## **Reserves Policy**
Our aim is to hold a reserve of £10,000. The Trustees consider that reserves at this level will ensure that in a time of crisis we will be able to fulfil our financial obligations with enough time to recover financially or reduce our monthly costs.
## **Risk Assessment**
The trustees have assessed the major risks to which the Charity is exposed, in particular those related to the operations and finances of the Charity, and are satisfied that systems and procedures are in place to mitigate exposure to the major risks.
## **Public Benefit**
The trustees confirm that they have complied with the requirements of section 17 of the Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to the public benefit guidance published by the Charity Commission for England and Wales.
## **Going Concern**
After making appropriate enquiries, the trustees have a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to meet its liabilities as they fall due for the foreseeable future. Following the closure of both YWAM Holmsted Manor and YWAM Thanet during the year, the trustees are actively considering the future direction of the charity. For this reason they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.
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## **TRUSTEES' REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST AUGUST 2025**
## **Trustees' Responsibilities**
The Charities Act 2011 requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which presents a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Charity and of the surplus or defecit of the Charity for that period. In preparing those financial statements the trustees are required to:
i) Select suitable accounting policies and apply them consistently
ii) Make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent
iii) Prepare financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in existence.
The Trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records, which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the Charity. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the Charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
I approve the attached statement of financial activities and balance sheet and confirm that I have made available all information necessary for its preparation.
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## **YOUTH WITH A MISSION HOLMSTED MINISTRIES**
## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S REPORT ON THE ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST AUGUST 2025**
Report to the trustees/members of Youth With a Mission Holmsted Ministries on the accounts for the year ended 31st August 2025.
## **Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner**
The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity’s trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 (the Charities Act) and that an independent examination is needed.
It is my responsibility to:
- [examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act, ]
- to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act, and
- [to state whether particular matters have come to my attention]
## **Basis of independent examiner’s statement**
My examination was carried out in accordance with general directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a ‘true and fair’ view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.
## **Independent examiner's statement**
In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention
1. which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in, any material respect, the trustees have not met the requirements to ensure that:
- proper accounting records are kept (in accordance with section 130 of the Act); and
- accounts are prepared which agree with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the Act; or
2. to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
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## **YOUTH WITH A MISSION HOLMSTED MINISTRIES**
## **STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST AUGUST 2025**
|**Notes**
**INCOMING RESOURCES**
Donations and Legacies
**3a**
Income from Charitable Activities
**3b**
**TOTAL INCOME**
**EXPENSES**
Charitable Activities
**4a**
Governance Costs
**4b**
**TOTAL EXPENSES**
**NET INCOME/(EXPENSES)**
Total Funds Brought Forward
Transfers Between Funds
**TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD**|Unrestricted
Restricted
**Total**
**Total**
Funds
Funds
**2024/25**
**2023/24**
£
£
**£**
**£**
3,815
-
3,815
55,429
47,600
-
47,600
181,731|
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||**51,415**
**-**
**51,415**
**237,160**|
||111,609
382
111,991
180,981
960
-
960
1,020|
||**112,569**
**382**
**112,951**
**182,001**|
||**(61,154)**
**(382)**
**(61,536)**
**55,159**
210,601
742
211,343
156,183
-
-
-
-|
||**149,447**
**360**
**149,807**
**211,343**|
Movements on all reserves and all recognised gains and losses are shown above. All the organisation's operations are classed as continuing.
The notes on pages 10 to 14 form part of these financial statements.
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## **YOUTH WITH A MISSION HOLMSTED MINISTRIES**
## **BALANCE SHEET AT 31ST AUGUST 2025**
|**Assets**
Notes
Tangible Assets
**2**
**Current Assets**
**7**
**6**
**Total Current Assets**
**8**
**9**
**5**
**NET ASSETS**
**TOTAL ASSETS**less current liabilities
**Creditors:**amounts falling due in more than one year
**TOTAL FUNDS**
Debtors & Prepayments
Cash at bank and in hand
**FUNDS OF THE CHARITY**
**Creditors:**amounts falling due within one year
**NET CURRENT ASSETS**
General Funds
Restricted funds|Unrestricted
Restricted
**Total**
**Total**
Fund
Fund
**31-Aug-25**
**31-Aug-24**
£
£
**£**
**£**
-
-
-
-|
|---|---|
||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|
||(740)
-
(740)
24,617
151,147
360
151,507
187,848|
||**150,408**
**360**
**150,767**
**212,465**|
||960
-
960
1,122
149,447
360
149,807
211,343|
||**149,447**
**360**
**149,807**
**211,343**
-
-
-
-|
||**149,447**
**360**
**149,807**
**211,343**|
||149,447
-
149,447
210,601
-
360
360
742|
||**149,447**
**360**
**149,807**
**211,343**|
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## **YOUTH WITH A MISSION HOLMSTED MINISTRIES**
## **NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST AUGUST 2025**
## **1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES**
The principal accounting policies are summarised below. The accounting policies have been applied consistently throughout the year.
## **Basis of preparation:**
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Charities Statement of Recommended Practice (Charities SORP), the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102), and the Charities Act 2011. They have been prepared under the historical cost convention with items recognised at cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated. The charity meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102.
## **Assessment of Going Concern**
The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. During the year both of the charity's operating locations, YWAM Holmsted Manor and YWAM Thanet, ceased their activities, and the charity reported a net deficit of £61,536. The trustees are currently evaluating the future direction of the charity, including whether to wind up or to re-establish activities in a new location. These circumstances indicate the existence of a material uncertainty which may cast significant doubt over the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Notwithstanding this uncertainty, the charity held funds of £149,807 at the year end against modest liabilities, and the trustees have a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to meet its liabilities as they fall due for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, the trustees continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements. Further detail is provided in the Trustees' Report.
## **Recognition of Incoming Resources**
These are included in the Statement of Financial Activities (SOFA) when:
- the charity becomes entitled to the resources;
- the trustees are virtually certain they will receive the resources; and
- the monetary value can be measured with sufficient reliability.
## **Incoming Resources with Related expenditure**
Where incoming resources have related expenditure (as with fundraising or contract income) the incoming resources and related expenditure are reported gross in the SOFA.
## **Grants and Donations**
Grants and donations are only included in the SOFA when the charity has unconditional entitlement to the resources.
## **Tax Reclaims on Donations and Gifts**
Incoming resources from tax reclaims are included in the SOFA at the same time as the tax reclaim is received.
## **Contractual Income and Performance Related Grants**
This is only included in the SOFA once the related goods or services has been delivered.
## **Volunteer Help**
The value of any voluntary help received is not included in the accounts and is described in the Trustees' Report.
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## **NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST AUGUST 2025**
## **1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)**
## **Expenditure and Liabilities**
## **Liability Recognition**
Liabilities are recognised as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to pay out resources.
## **Governance Costs**
Include costs of the preparation and examination of statutory accounts, the costs of the trustees meetings and cost of any legal advice to trustees on governance or constitutional matters.
## **Grants with Performance Conditions**
Where the charity gives a grant with conditions for its payment being a specific level of service or output to be provided, such grants are only recognised in the SOFA once the recipient of the grant has provided the specified service or output.
## **Grants Payable without Performance Conditions**
These are only recognised in the accounts when a commitment has been made and there are no conditions to be met relating to a grant which remain in control of the charity.
## **Investments**
Investments quoted on a recognised stock exchange are valued at market value at the year end. Other investment assets are included at trustees' best estimate of market value.
## **Fund Accounting**
Funds held by the charity are either:
## **1. Unrestricted funds**
These are funds which can be used in accordance with the charity's objectives, at the discretion of the trustees.
## **2. Restricted funds**
These are funds that can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the objects of the charity.
## **3. Designated funds**
These funds are funds set aside by the trustees out of unrestricted general funds for specific purposes or projects.
Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the financial statements.
## **Fixed Assets**
Fixed assets are capitalised where they can be used for more than one year and cost at least £1,500, and are depreciated on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful lives. The charity held no tangible fixed assets during the current or previous period.
## **2. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS**
The CIO held no tangible fixed assets during this or the previous financial period.
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## **YOUTH WITH A MISSION HOLMSTED MINISTRIES**
## **NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST AUGUST 2025**
## **3. INCOMING RESOURCES**
|Note
**a) Donations & Legacies**
Gifts & Donations
**b) Income from Charitable Activities**
Training Income
Hospitality and facility hire
Ministries
Operational
Contribution to expenses
Reimbursement of Expenses
Other Income
Site Development Income
Sales|Unrestricted
Restricted
**Total**
**Total**
Funds
Funds
**2024/25**
**2023/24**
£
£
**£**
**£**
3,815
-
3,815
55,429|
|---|---|
||**3,815**
**-**
**3,815**
**55,429**|
||261
-
261
60,236
14,800
-
14,800
32,028
354
-
354
3,936
567
-
567
3,480
4,336
-
4,336
54,036
-
-
-
8,273
2,341
-
2,341
19,602
24,941
-
24,941
-
-
-
-
141|
||**47,600**
**-**
**47,600**
**181,731**|
|**4. EXPENDITURE**
Note
Building and ground maintenance
Utilities
Training
Household and hospitality
Ministry and outreach
Vehicle costs
Operational
Equipment
Professional Services
Insurance
Communication
Reimbursable
Gifts and Debts Forgiven
Sundry
Independent Examiner Fee
**a) Costs of Charitable Activities**
**b) Governance Costs**|Unrestricted
Restricted
**Total**
**Total**
Funds
Funds
**2024/25**
**2023/24**
£
£
**£**
**£**
29,628
-
29,628
27,074
26,777
-
26,777
54,443
19
-
19
28,854
470
-
470
20,935
1,599
382
1,982
2,900
923
-
923
7,840
1,390
-
1,390
2,815
47
-
47
1,189
8,773
-
8,773
6,311
11,894
-
11,894
11,772
900
-
900
2,305
-
-
-
8,273
24,362
-
24,362
4,414
4,826
-
4,826
1,856|
|---|---|
||**111,609**
**382**
**111,991**
**180,981**|
||960
-
960
1,020|
||**960**
**-**
**960**
**1,020**|
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## **NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST AUGUST 2025**
## **5. RESTRICTED FUNDS**
|Specific Gifts
Lodgehouse
Specific Gifts
Lodgehouse
**6. CASH AT BANK AND IN HAND**
CAF
Holmsted Branch Cash
PayPal
Petty Cash
Training Transferwise|**Balance**
**01-Sep-24**
**£**
382
360|**Balance**
Income
Expenditure
Transfer
**31-Aug-25**
£
£
£
**£**
-
(382)
-
-
-
-
-
360
**THIS YEAR**|
|---|---|---|
||**742**|**-**
**(382)**
**-**
**360**|
||**Balance**
**01-Sep-23**
**£**
584
360|**Balance**
Income
Expenditure
Transfer
**31-Aug-24**
£
£
£
**£**
1,103
(1,305)
-
382
-
-
-
360
**LAST YEAR**|
||**944**|**1,103**
**(1,305)**
**-**
**742**|
|||Unrestricted
Restricted
**Total**
**Total**
Funds
Funds
**31-Aug-25**
**31-Aug-24**
£
£
**£**
**£**
149,844
360
150,204
184,776
73
-
73
113
1,152
-
1,152
571
-
-
-
2,311
77
-
77
77|
|||**151,147**
**360**
**151,507**
**187,848**|
## **7. DEBTORS AND PREPAYMENTS**
|Trade Debtors|Unrestricted
Restricted
**Total**
**Total**
Funds
Funds
**31-Aug-25**
**31-Aug-24**
£
£
**£**
**£**
(740)
-
(740)
24,617|
|---|---|
||**(740)**
**-**
**(740)**
**24,617**|
**8. CREDITORS AND ACCRUALS AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR**
|Trade Creditors
Independent Examiner's fee|Unrestricted
Restricted
**Total**
**Total**
Funds
Funds
**31-Aug-25**
**31-Aug-24**
£
£
**£**
**£**
-
-
-
102
960
-
960
1,020|
|---|---|
||**960**
**-**
**960**
**1,122**|
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## **NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST AUGUST 2025**
## **9. CREDITORS AND ACCRUALS AMOUNTS FALLING DUE IN MORE THAN ONE YEAR**
The CIO held no long term liabilities during this or the previous financial period.
## **10. STAFF COSTS AND NUMBERS**
The CIO employed no members of staff during this or the previous financial period.
## **11. TRUSTEES AND OTHER RELATED PARTIES**
No payments were made to trustees or any persons connected with them during this financial period apart from small reimbursements of expenses incurred on behalf of the charity in furtherance of the charity's objects. No other material transaction took place between the organisation and a trustee or any person connected with them.
(2023/24 - None)
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