**REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1185819**
## **Report of the Trustees and**
**Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 October 2025**
**for**
**Liberty Jamboree**
Bates Weston LLP Chartered Accountants The Mills Canal Street Derby DE1 2RJ
**Liberty Jamboree**
## **Contents of the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 October 2025**
|||**Page**||
|---|---|---|---|
|**Reference and Administrative Details**||1||
|**Report of the Trustees**|2|to|9|
|**Independent Examiner's Report**||10||
|**Statement of Financial Activities**||11||
|**Balance Sheet**||12||
|**Cash Flow Statement**||13||
|**Notes to the Cash Flow Statement**||14||
|**Notes to the Financial Statements**|15|to|24|
**Liberty Jamboree**
## **Reference and Administrative Details for the Year Ended 31 October 2025**
|**TRUSTEES**|A Hall (Chair)|
|---|---|
||V Kerman (Vice Chair) (resigned 1.4.2026)|
||A Barnett (Treasurer)|
||K Steventon Roberts (Secretary)|
||K Smith|
||M Clayton (resigned 16.1.2026)|
||E Clayton (resigned 16.1.2026)|
||E Hall (resigned 16.1.2026)|
||S Barnes|
||S Walker|
||A Kerr (Member Trustee)|
||L Atkins (Member Trustee)|
||V Stamalatolas (appointed 1.7.2026)|
||K Garrow (appointed 1.7.2026)|
||E Harrison (appointed 1.7.2026)|
||R Walsh (appointed 1.7.2026)|
||D Walsh (appointed 1.7.2026)|
|**PRINCIPAL ADDRESS**|The Mitchell Ellis House|
||Eastern Avenue|
||Lichfield|
||Staffordshire|
||WS13 7SQ|
|**REGISTERED CHARITY**|1185819|
|**NUMBER**||
|**INDEPENDENT EXAMINER**|Bates Weston LLP|
||Chartered Accountants|
||The Mills|
||Canal Street|
||Derby|
||DE1 2RJ|
|**BANKERS**|Barclays Bank Plc|
||Leicester|
||LE87 2BB|
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**Liberty Jamboree**
## **Report of the Trustees for the Year Ended 31 October 2025**
The trustees present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 October 2025. The trustees have adopted the provisions of Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019).
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the accounting policies set out in notes to the accounts and comply with the charity's governing document, the Charities Act 2011, and Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts.
## **CHAIR'S FOREWORD**
By Ashley Hall, Chair of Trustees
As Chair of Trustees, I am proud to present Liberty Jamboree's Annual Report for the year ended 31 October 2025.
This has been the most significant and transformational year in Liberty Jamboree's history.
For many years the organisation has worked towards the ambition of creating a permanent home for our members. During 2024-2025 that ambition moved decisively towards becoming reality through the continued development of Mitchell Ellis House. What began as a vision to provide a safe, accessible and sustainable facility for our members has now become a landmark achievement for the charity and the communities we serve.
Whilst our staff, volunteers and Trustees continued to deliver an extensive programme of activities and support services, Liberty Jamboree was simultaneously managing the largest and most complex project in its history. The development of Mitchell Ellis House, funded through the Department for Culture, Media and Sport's Youth Investment Fund (YIF), represents a once-in-a-generation investment in the future of our organisation.
The project has required exceptional commitment from staff, Trustees, funders, contractors and supporters. Throughout this process we have remained committed to ensuring that service delivery remained strong and that the needs of our members continued to drive decision making.
Membership continued to grow during the year, exceeding 600 individuals. This demonstrates both the increasing demand for inclusive provision and the reputation Liberty Jamboree has developed across Staffordshire and the wider region.
Throughout this period of growth and change, our mission has remained constant: to create opportunities, challenge disadvantage and support disabled children, young people and adults to achieve their full potential.
Following the year end, members began accessing Mitchell Ellis House and practical completion was achieved in May 2026. Seeing our members access a purpose-built facility designed specifically around their needs represents one of the proudest moments in Liberty Jamboree's history.
I would like to place on record my sincere thanks to our Chief Executive Officer, Maggi Huckfield, whose leadership, determination and vision have been instrumental in delivering this transformational project. I would also like to thank our staff team, volunteers, fellow Trustees, members, families, partners and funders whose support has made these achievements possible.
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**Liberty Jamboree**
## **Report of the Trustees**
## **for the Year Ended 31 October 2025**
## **STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT**
Liberty Jamboree operates as a registered charity governed by a Constitution adopted on 15 October 2019.
The charity is governed by a Board of Trustees responsible for strategic leadership, financial stewardship, safeguarding oversight, compliance and governance.
Operational responsibility is delegated to the Chief Executive Officer and Senior Leadership Team. Maggi Huckfield served as Chief Executive Officer throughout the reporting period and remained responsible for the day-to-day management of the organisation.
The Trustees are responsible for ensuring that the charity operates in accordance with its charitable objectives, governing document and relevant legislation.
## **GOVERNANCE AND DECISION-MAKING**
Liberty Jamboree maintains structured and accountable governance arrangements through:
- Regular Board meetings
- Annual General Meeting
- Financial oversight and scrutiny
- Strategic planning and performance review
- Safeguarding oversight
- Risk management and compliance monitoring
Trustees are elected through nomination and seconding at the Annual General Meeting and may serve up to three terms.
The Board maintains a Trustee Skills Matrix to ensure an appropriate balance of expertise and experience across finance, safeguarding, governance, disability services, education and organisational leadership.
The Trustees are directly accountable to the charity's members and no external body appoints Trustees.
## **TRUSTEE TRAINING**
All Trustees receive induction and ongoing development opportunities.
During the year Trustees undertook safeguarding training and received updates relating to:
- Charity governance
- - Safeguarding responsibilities
- - Financial oversight
- - Risk management
- - Data protection
- - Health and safety
- - Capital project governance
The Board remains committed to continuous improvement and strengthening governance arrangements.
## **CHARITABLE OBJECTIVES AND PUBLIC BENEFIT**
Liberty Jamboree exists to promote social inclusion among children, young people and adults who experience:
- Learning disabilities
- Physical disabilities
- - Neurodiversity
- Social, Emotional and Mental Health needs
- Complex additional support needs
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**Liberty Jamboree**
## **Report of the Trustees for the Year Ended 31 October 2025**
The charity achieves this through the provision of inclusive youth work, day opportunities, social activities, volunteering opportunities, educational programmes, information and guidance services and community engagement initiatives.
The Trustees confirm that they have had due regard to Charity Commission guidance on Public Benefit and are satisfied that all activities undertaken during the year have furthered the charity's charitable purposes and delivered measurable public benefit.
## **STAFF REMUNERATION AND SALARY GOVERNANCE**
Liberty Jamboree determines staff remuneration by benchmarking roles against comparable positions across the voluntary, youth work, education and public sectors.
Remuneration decisions take account of:
- Qualifications
- - Experience
- - Responsibilities
- - Recruitment and retention consideration - Financial sustainability
- - Sector benchmarking
All remuneration decisions are reviewed and approved by Trustees.
The charity remains committed to paying staff at or above the Real Living Wage and regularly reviews salary levels to ensure fairness and competitiveness.
## **ACTIVITIES AND ACHIEVEMENTS**
Liberty Jamboree delivers services through three core delivery streams:
- Liberty Inclusive Youth Services
- - Jamboree On Board Day Opportunities
- - Jamboree Over 18 Social Activities and Holidays
The most significant achievement during 2024-2025 was the continued development of Mitchell Ellis House, which will provide a permanent home for Liberty Jamboree and significantly enhance future service delivery.
Membership increased to 602 individuals, demonstrating continued demand for services and support.
## **Liberty Inclusive Youth Services**
Liberty Inclusive Youth Services provides a broad range of opportunities supporting physical, creative, social, emotional and educational development through:
- Inclusive sports
- - Sensory immersive play
- - Arts, music and drama
- - Life skills development
- - Informal learning
- - Holiday provision
- - Social trips and activities
- - Community action projects
- - Youth participation opportunities
The service supported 423 members aged 8 to 18 throughout the year and delivered approximately 15,500 contact hours of activity.
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**Liberty Jamboree**
## **Report of the Trustees for the Year Ended 31 October 2025**
## **Jamboree On Board Day Opportunities**
Jamboree On Board provides structured opportunities focused on:
|-|Skills development|
|---|---|
|-|Volunteering|
|-|Informal education|
|-|Work experience|
|-|Community participation|
|-|Independent living skills|
A total of 81 members achieved nationally recognised qualifications and accreditations during the year, including Mencap Awards, Food Hygiene Awards, Arts Awards, Duke of Edinburgh Awards and First Aid qualifications.
Members contributed over 145,000 volunteering hours, generating substantial social value and demonstrating the positive contribution disabled young people make within their communities.
## **Jamboree Over 18 Activities**
The Over 18 programme continued to provide meaningful opportunities for adults with disabilities to develop independence, confidence and social connections.
Activities included social outings, holidays, concerts, residential experiences, theatre trips and community-based opportunities.
The programme supported 295 adult members throughout the year.
## **MEMBERSHIP AND PARTICIPATION**
During 2024-2025 Liberty Jamboree supported a total membership of 602 individuals.
307 members were aged 18 and under.
295 members were aged over 18.
Participation data demonstrates strong engagement across all services.
Jamboree Activity:
- 244 participants
- - 3,163 attendees
- - 20,645.5 contact hours delivered
- - 153 sessions delivered
Wider Organisational Activity:
- 401 participants
- - 5,402 attendees
- - 8,425.5 contact hours delivered
- - 259 sessions delivered
## **ADVOCACY, INFORMATION, ADVICE AND GUIDANCE**
Liberty Jamboree continues to provide information, advice and guidance to members, families and carers.
The charity maintained strong relationships with local authorities, elected representatives, commissioners, educational providers and health partners to advocate for improved opportunities and support for disabled children, young people and adults.
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**Liberty Jamboree**
## **Report of the Trustees**
## **for the Year Ended 31 October 2025**
## **RISK MANAGEMENT AND INTERNAL CONTROLS**
The Trustees maintain a comprehensive Risk Register which is reviewed regularly.
Principal risks include:
- Financial sustainability
- - Workforce recruitment and retention - Safeguarding
- - Data protection and cyber security
- - Regulatory compliance
- - Health and safety
- - Capital project delivery
- - Long-term sustainability
The charity maintains robust systems and controls including:
- Xero accounting systems
- - Safeguarding monitoring systems
- - UPSHOT outcomes and health management systems
- - Digital booking and administration systems
- - Independent financial scrutiny
- - Annual policy review processes
The Trustees are satisfied that appropriate systems remain in place.
## **FINANCIAL REVIEW**
The financial year was characterised by exceptional levels of income arising from the Youth Investment Fund and the Mitchell Ellis House capital development project.
For the year ended 31 October 2025 the charity reported:
- Turnover: £431,868 - Grant and funding income: £1,750,097 - Total income: £2,181,965 - Expenditure: £626,928 - Net surplus: £1,555,037 - Restricted funds: £1,920,978 - Unrestricted funds: £262,858 - Total funds: £2,183,836
The Trustees recognise that these figures do not represent the charity's normal operating position.
The significant increase in income arose primarily from restricted capital and revenue funding associated with Mitchell Ellis House and the Youth Investment Fund.
The reported surplus should therefore not be interpreted as unrestricted reserves available for general expenditure.
Income was generated through programme delivery, grants, donations, fundraising activity and strategic capital investment.
Major funders included:
- Youth Investment Fund
- - National Lottery
- - BBC Children in Need - Clothworkers Foundation - Mercer Family Foundation
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**Liberty Jamboree**
## **Report of the Trustees for the Year Ended 31 October 2025**
-
- Local Authority funding streams
The Trustees continue to monitor financial performance closely and remain committed to ensuring long-term sustainability.
## **AUDIT DISPENSATION AND INDEPENDENT EXAMINATION**
During the reporting period Liberty Jamboree's gross income exceeded the statutory audit threshold of £1 million.
This increase arose primarily due to exceptional capital funding received through the Youth Investment Fund in connection with the development of Mitchell Ellis House.
The Trustees considered that a statutory audit would be disproportionate given that the increase in income was exceptional, non-recurring and directly related to a restricted capital project rather than an increase in operational activity.
An application for audit dispensation was therefore submitted to the Charity Commission.
The Charity Commission granted dispensation under Regulation 34(3)(b) of the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 for the financial year ended 31 October 2025 only, permitting an Independent Examination in place of a statutory audit.
The Trustees recognise that this dispensation is exceptional and relates solely to the circumstances surrounding the Mitchell Ellis House capital project.
The Board remains satisfied that the charity's governance arrangements, internal controls, independent examination and trustee oversight provide an appropriate level of scrutiny and accountability.
## **RESERVES POLICY**
Liberty Jamboree maintains a reserves policy designed to ensure unrestricted reserves are sufficient to support approximately six months of core operating expenditure.
Trustees review reserve levels regularly and monitor unrestricted and restricted funds separately. The Board recognises that a substantial proportion of current resources are restricted and remains committed to strengthening unrestricted reserves and long-term financial resilience.
## **PARTNERSHIPS AND STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT**
Liberty Jamboree works collaboratively with a wide range of partners including:
- Government departments
- Local authorities
- Educational providers
- Health organisations
- - Businesses - Community groups
- - Families and carers
These partnerships continue to enhance opportunities and outcomes for members.
## **FUTURE PLANS**
During the coming year Trustees will focus on:
- Embedding operations within Mitchell Ellis House
- Expanding opportunities across all delivery streams
- Developing employment and independence pathways
- Expanding sports and physical activity programmes
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**Liberty Jamboree**
## **Report of the Trustees for the Year Ended 31 October 2025**
- Strengthening community engagement
- Diversifying income streams
- Increasing unrestricted income
- Developing corporate partnerships
- Ensuring long-term sustainability
The Board remains confident that Mitchell Ellis House will provide a strong platform for future growth and impact.
## **GDPR COMPLIANCE**
Liberty Jamboree processes personal data lawfully, fairly and transparently in accordance with UK GDPR and Data Protection legislation.
Appropriate policies, procedures and safeguards remain in place to protect personal information.
## **SAFEGUARDING**
Liberty Jamboree maintains a zero-tolerance approach towards abuse, neglect and harm.
All staff and volunteers receive safeguarding training and a Designated Safeguarding Lead oversees safeguarding compliance and incident management.
## **MODERN SLAVERY**
Liberty Jamboree is committed to preventing modern slavery, exploitation and human trafficking. Trustees review relevant policies regularly and seek assurance that suppliers and partners operate ethically and lawfully.
## **STATEMENT OF TRUSTEES' RESPONSIBILITIES**
Trustees are responsible for preparing the Trustees' Annual Report and Financial Statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.
The Trustees are responsible for:
- Maintaining proper accounting records
- Safeguarding the assets of the charity
- Preventing and detecting fraud and irregularities
- Preparing accounts which give a true and fair view
- Ensuring compliance with the Charities Act 2011 and Charities SORP (FRS 102)
## **ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS**
The Trustees wish to express their sincere gratitude to:
- Members and families
- Staff and volunteers
- Funders and donors
- Professional advisers
- - Community supporters
- - Strategic partners
Special thanks are extended to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, the Youth Investment Fund and all supporters of Mitchell Ellis House.
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**Liberty Jamboree**
## **Report of the Trustees for the Year Ended 31 October 2025**
Approved by order of the board of trustees on 27 July 2026 and signed on its behalf by:
A Hall (Chair) - Trustee
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## **Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of Liberty Jamboree**
## **Independent examiner's report to the trustees of Liberty Jamboree**
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of Liberty Jamboree (the Trust) for the year ended 31 October 2025.
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the charity trustees of the Trust you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('the Act').
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under Section 145 of the Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under Section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
## **Independent examiner's statement**
Since your charity's gross income exceeded £250,000 your examiner must be a member of a listed body. I can confirm that I am qualified to undertake the examination because I am a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, which is one of the listed bodies.
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by Section 130 of the Act; or 2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or
3. the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a true and fair view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
## **Audit dispensation**
Following an application for dispensation from the accounts scrutiny requirements of section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011, an audit dispensation was granted for the Charity for the financial year ended 31 October 2025 under Regulation 34(3)(b) of the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008.
Sean Douglass FCA
Bates Weston LLP Chartered Accountants The Mills Canal Street Derby DE1 2RJ
28 July 2026
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## **Liberty Jamboree**
## **Statement of Financial Activities**
## **for the Year Ended 31 October 2025**
|Notes
**INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM**
Donations and legacies
2
**Charitable activities**
3
Inclusive programmes
**Total**
**EXPENDITURE ON**
Raising funds
**Charitable activities**
4
Inclusive programmes
**Total**
**NET INCOME**
**Transfers between funds**
13
**Net movement in funds**
**RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS**
Total funds brought forward
**TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD**|Unrestricted
fund
£
12,956
282,987
295,943
3,908
208,226
212,134
83,809
(60,258)
23,551
239,307
262,858|Restricted
funds
£
1,438,242
447,780
1,886,022
25
414,769
414,794
1,471,228
60,258
1,531,486
389,492
1,920,978|2025
Total
funds
£
1,451,198
730,767
2,181,965
3,933
622,995
626,928
1,555,037
-
1,555,037
628,799
2,183,836|2024
Total
funds
£
326,501
664,210|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||990,711|
|||||1,941
533,191|
|||||535,132|
|||||455,579
-|
|||||455,579
173,220|
|||||628,799|
The notes form part of these financial statements
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## **Liberty Jamboree**
## **Balance Sheet 31 October 2025**
|Notes
**FIXED ASSETS**
Tangible assets
10
**CURRENT ASSETS**
Debtors
11
Cash in hand
**CREDITORS**
Amounts falling due within one year
12
**NET CURRENT ASSETS**
**TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT**
**LIABILITIES**
**NET ASSETS**
**FUNDS**
13
Unrestricted funds
Restricted funds
**TOTAL FUNDS**|Unrestricted
fund
£
-
41,398
284,983
326,381
(63,524)
262,857
262,857
262,857|Restricted
funds
£
1,732,954
27,157
180,826
207,983
(19,958)
188,025
1,920,979
1,920,979|2025
Total
funds
£
1,732,954
68,555
465,809
534,364
(83,482)
450,882
2,183,836
2,183,836
262,857
1,920,979
2,183,836|2024
Total
funds
£
297,826
7,765
462,174
469,939
(138,966)
330,973
628,799
628,799
239,307
389,492
628,799|
|---|---|---|---|---|
The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees and authorised for issue on 27 July 2026 and were signed on its behalf by:
A Hall (Chair) - Trustee
The notes form part of these financial statements
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## **Liberty Jamboree**
## **Cash Flow Statement**
## **for the Year Ended 31 October 2025**
|Notes
**Cash flows from operating activities**
Cash generated from operations
1
Net cash provided by operating activities
**Cash flows from investing activities**
Purchase of tangible fixed assets
Sale of tangible fixed assets
Net cash used in investing activities
**Change in cash and cash equivalents**
**in the reporting period**
**Cash and cash equivalents at the**
**beginning of the reporting period**
**Cash and cash equivalents at the end**
**of the reporting period**|2025
£
1,443,078
1,443,078
(1,441,942)
2,499
(1,439,443)
3,635
462,174
465,809|2024
£
580,955
580,955
(283,615)
-
(283,615)
297,340
164,834
462,174|
|---|---|---|
The notes form part of these financial statements
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**Liberty Jamboree**
## **Notes to the Cash Flow Statement**
## **for the Year Ended 31 October 2025**
|**1.**|**RECONCILIATION OF NET INCOME TO NET CASH FLOW FROM**|**OPERATING ACTIVITIES**|**OPERATING ACTIVITIES**|
|---|---|---|---|
|||2025|2024|
|||£|£|
||**Net income for the reporting period (as per the Statement of**|||
||**Financial Activities)**|1,555,037|455,579|
||**Adjustments for:**|||
||Depreciation charges|4,315|3,533|
||Increase in debtors|(60,790)|(6,324)|
||(Decrease)/increase in creditors|(55,484)|128,167|
||**Net cash provided by operations**|1,443,078|580,955|
## **2. ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN NET FUNDS**
||At 1.11.24|Cash flow|At 31.10.25|
|---|---|---|---|
||£|£|£|
|**Net cash**||||
|Cash at bank and in hand|462,174|3,635|465,809|
||462,174|3,635|465,809|
|**Total**|462,174|3,635|465,809|
The notes form part of these financial statements
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**Liberty Jamboree**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 October 2025**
## **1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES**
## **Basis of preparing the financial statements**
The financial statements of the charity, which is a public benefit entity under FRS 102, have been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) 'Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019)', Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' and the Charities Act 2011. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.
## **Audit dispensation**
Following an application for dispensation from the accounts scrutiny requirements of section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011, an audit dispensation was granted for the Charity for the financial year ended 31 October 2025 under Regulation 34(3)(b) of the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008.
## **Income**
All income is recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities once the charity has entitlement to the funds, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably.
## Grants
Grants are included in the Statement of Financial Activities on a receivable basis. The balance of income received for specific purposes but not expended during the period is shown in the relevant funds on the balance sheet. Where income is received in advance of meeting any performance related conditions, there is not unconditional entitlement to the income and its recognition is deferred and included in creditors as deferred income until the performance-related conditions are met. Where entitlement occurs before income is received, the income is accrued.
Capital grants are recognised in full when there is an unconditional entitlement to the grant. Unspent amounts of capital grants are reflected in the balance sheet in the restricted fund. Capital grants are recognised when there is entitlement and are not deferred over the life of the asset on which they are expended.
The charity is benefiting from funding from the Youth Investment Fund. The funding is not recognised as a capital grant until there is unconditional entitlement from costs being incurred. The expenditure is capitalised in assets under construction until the project is complete.
## Donations
Donations are recognised on a receivable basis (where there are no performance-related conditions) where the receipt is probable and the amount can be reliably measured.
## Other income
Other income, including programme payments, is recognised in the period it is receivable and to the extent the charity has provided the goods or services.
## **Expenditure**
Liabilities are recognised as expenditure as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to that expenditure, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefits will be required in settlement and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Expenditure inclusive of VAT is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all cost related to the category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources.
## Expenditure on raising funds
This includes all expenditure incurred by the charity to raise funds for its charitable purposes and includes costs of all fundraising activities events and non-charitable trading.
## Charitable activities
These are costs incurred on the charity’s inclusive programmes, including support costs and costs relating to the governance of the charity.
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**Liberty Jamboree**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements - continued**
## **for the Year Ended 31 October 2025**
## **1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued**
## **Tangible fixed assets**
Tangible assets are initially recognised at cost. After recognition, under the cost model, tangible fixed assets are measured at cost less accumulated depreciation and any provision for impairment.
Where tangible fixed assets have been acquired with the aid of specific grants, they are included in the Balance Sheet at cost and depreciated over their expected useful economic life. Where there are specific conditions attached to the funding requiring the continued use of the asset, the related grants are credited to a restricted fund in the Statement of Financial Activities and carried forward in the Balance Sheet. Depreciation on the relevant assets is charged directly to the restricted fund in the Statement of Financial Activities. Where tangible fixed assets have been acquired with unrestricted funds, depreciation on such assets is charged to the unrestricted fund.
Depreciation is provided on all tangible fixed assets other than freehold land and assets under construction, at rates calculated to write off the cost of each asset on an appropriate basis over its expected useful life, as follows:
Motor vehicles - 20% on cost
Assets in the course of construction are included at cost. Depreciation on these assets is not charged until they are brought into use and reclassified to land and buildings.
## **Taxation**
The charity is considered to pass the tests set out in Paragraph 1 Schedule 6 of the Finance Act 2010 and therefore it meets the definition of a charity for UK corporation tax purposes.
Accordingly, the charity is potentially exempt from taxation in respect of income or capital gains received within categories covered by part 11, chapter 3 of the Corporation Tax Act 2010 or Section 256 of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992, to the extent that such income or gains are applied exclusively to charitable purposes.
## **Fund accounting**
Unrestricted funds can be used in accordance with the charitable objectives at the discretion of the trustees.
Restricted funds can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the objects of the charity. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes.
Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the financial statements.
## **Debtors**
Debtors are recognised at the invoice amount and are assessed for impairment at each reporting period.
## **Creditors**
Creditors and provisions are recognised where the Charity has a present obligation resulting from a past event that will probably result in the transfer of funds to a third party, and the amount due to settle the obligation can be measured or estimated reliably. Creditors and provisions are normally recognised at their settlement amount.
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**Liberty Jamboree**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 31 October 2025**
|**2.**
**DONATIONS AND LEGACIES**
Donations
Capital grants
Grants received, included in the above, are as follows:
Community Foundation
Ray Williams Foundation
Screwfix
Youth Investment Fund
The Sweeney Foundation
Other grants < £5k
**3.**
**INCOME FROM CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES**
Activity
Programme payments
Inclusive programmes
Grants
Inclusive programmes
Grants received, included in the above, are as follows:
Community Foundation
Together Active
National Lottery
BBC Children in need
Lichfield District Council
Mercer Family Foundation
HAF
Sport England
Youth Investment Fund
Other grants < £5k
Clothworkers
Neighbourly Foundation/ B&Q
Groundworks HS2
King Boudain Foundation
Cash for Kids|2025
£
15,456
1,435,742
1,451,198
2025
£
8,374
-
-
1,423,508
-
3,860
1,435,742
2025
£
416,411
314,356
730,767
2025
£
-
-
49,192
19,766
2,214
10,000
33,584
-
113,907
8,425
30,000
10,000
11,782
8,490
16,996
314,356||2024
£
25,771
300,730|
|---|---|---|---|
||||326,501|
||||2024
£
-
3,830
5,760
280,140
10,000
1,000|
||||300,730|
||||2024
£
309,863
354,347|
||||664,210|
||||2024
£
6,280
4,285
49,192
-
-
15,000
23,400
13,724
225,953
16,513
-
-
-
-
-|
||||354,347|
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## **Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 31 October 2025**
|**4.**
**CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES COSTS**
Inclusive programmes
**5.**
**DIRECT COSTS OF CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES**
Staff costs
Programme costs
**6.**
**SUPPORT COSTS**
Inclusive programmes
Inclusive programmes
Support costs, included in the above, are as follows:
Wages
Social security
Staff training
Insurance
Telephone
Postage and stationery
Repairs and renewals
Computer costs and consumables
Rent
Depreciation of tangible fixed assets
Marketing
Transport
Accountancy
Professional fees|Direct
Support
Costs (see
costs (see
note 5)
note 6)
£
£
414,478
208,517
2025
£
282,701
131,777
414,478
Staff
Premises
costs
and IT
£
£
102,712
78,930
Governance
Transport
costs
£
£
12,209
12,923
2025
Inclusive
programmes
£
70,947
26,082
5,683
1,233
440
18,508
18,158
17,194
19,082
4,315
1,743
12,209
4,515
8,408
208,517|Totals
£
622,995
2024
£
230,805
130,592
361,397
Marketing
£
1,743
Totals
£
208,517
2024
Total
activities
£
43,812
19,164
5,069
2,400
2,427
11,812
5,134
15,400
8,208
3,533
4,695
10,364
4,329
35,447
171,794|
|---|---|---|
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**Liberty Jamboree**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 31 October 2025**
## **7. TRUSTEES' REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS**
There were no trustees' remuneration or other benefits for the year ended 31 October 2025 nor for the year ended 31 October 2024.
## **Trustees' expenses**
There were no trustees' expenses paid for the year ended 31 October 2025 nor for the year ended 31 October 2024.
## **8. STAFF COSTS**
|Wages and salaries
Social security costs
The average monthly number of employees during the year was as follows:
Charitable service work|2025
£
353,648
26,082
379,730
2025
21|2024
£
274,617
19,164|
|---|---|---|
|||293,781|
|||2024
8|
No employees received emoluments in excess of £60,000.
The key management personnel of the charity comprise the trustees and the senior management team as detailed on page 3. The total amount of key management personnel benefits (including employer pension contributions and employer national insurance contributions) received by key management personnel for their services to the charity was £43,099.
## **9.**
## **COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES**
|Unrestricted
fund
£
**INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM**
Donations and legacies
25,770
**Charitable activities**
Inclusive programmes
309,863
**Total**
335,633
**EXPENDITURE ON**
Raising funds
1,941
**Charitable activities**
Inclusive programmes
230,614
**Total**
232,555
**NET INCOME**
103,078
**RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS**
Total funds brought forward
136,228|Restricted
funds
£
300,731
354,347
655,078
-
302,577
302,577
352,501
36,992|Total
funds
£
326,501
664,210|
|---|---|---|
|||990,711|
|||1,941
533,191|
|||535,132|
|||455,579
173,220|
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**Liberty Jamboree**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 31 October 2025**
|**9.**
**COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES - continued**
Unrestricted
Restricted
fund
funds
£
£
**TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD**
239,306
389,493
**10.**
**TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS**
Assets in
course of
construct
Motor
ion
vehicles
£
£
**COST**
At 1 November 2024
291,409
18,200
Additions
1,434,943
6,999
Disposals
-
(2,499)
At 31 October 2025
1,726,352
22,700
**DEPRECIATION**
At 1 November 2024
-
11,783
Charge for year
-
4,315
At 31 October 2025
-
16,098
**NET BOOK VALUE**
At 31 October 2025
1,726,352
6,602
At 31 October 2024
291,409
6,417
**11.**
**DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR**
2025
£
Trade debtors
30,829
Other debtors
2,319
Prepayments and accrued income
35,407
68,555|Total
funds
£
628,799
Totals
£
309,609
1,441,942
(2,499)
1,749,052
11,783
4,315
16,098
1,732,954
297,826
2024
£
600
-
7,165
7,765|Total
funds
£|
|---|---|---|
|||628,799|
||||
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## **Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 31 October 2025**
## **12. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR**
|Trade creditors
Accruals and deferred income
**13.**
**MOVEMENT IN FUNDS**
**Unrestricted funds**
General fund
**Restricted funds**
Restricted funds under £5k
Restricted Fixed Asset fund
HAF
Lichfield District Council
National Lottery
BBC Children in Need
Sport England
Community Foundation
Youth Investment Fund - Revenue
Youth Investment Fund - Capital
Clothworkers
Neighbourly Foundation/ B&Q
Groundworks HS2
King Boudain Foundation
**TOTAL FUNDS**|At
1.11.24
£
239,307
925
18,977
-
-
22,979
-
7,331
-
59,140
280,140
-
-
-
-
389,492
628,799|Net
movement
in funds
£
83,808
4,818
(4,313)
(1,658)
2,214
18,948
15,416
(6,979)
53,783
(91,666)
1,423,508
30,000
10,000
8,668
8,490
1,471,229
1,555,037||2025
£
20,449
63,033
83,482
Transfers
between
funds
£
(60,258)
-
56,079
1,658
-
-
-
-
(5)
32,526
-
(30,000)
-
-
-
60,258
-|2024
£
-
138,966
138,966
At
31.10.25
£
262,857
5,743
70,743
-
2,214
41,927
15,416
352
53,778
-
1,703,648
-
10,000
8,668
8,490|2024
£
-
138,966|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||||138,966|
||||||1,920,979||
||||||2,183,836||
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**Liberty Jamboree**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements - continued**
## **for the Year Ended 31 October 2025**
## **13. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued**
Net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:
|**Unrestricted funds**
General fund
**Restricted funds**
Restricted funds under £5k
Restricted Fixed Asset fund
HAF
Lichfield District Council
National Lottery
BBC Children in Need
Sport England
Community Foundation
Youth Investment Fund - Revenue
Youth Investment Fund - Capital
Clothworkers
Neighbourly Foundation/ B&Q
Groundworks HS2
King Boudain Foundation
**TOTAL FUNDS**|Incoming
resources
£
295,943
15,045
-
33,836
2,214
49,192
19,766
-
168,281
113,908
1,423,508
30,000
10,000
11,782
8,490
1,886,022
2,181,965|Resources
expended
£
(212,135)
(10,227)
(4,313)
(35,494)
-
(30,244)
(4,350)
(6,979)
(114,498)
(205,574)
-
-
-
(3,114)
-
(414,793)
(626,928)|Movement
in funds
£
83,808
4,818
(4,313)
(1,658)
2,214
18,948
15,416
(6,979)
53,783
(91,666)
1,423,508
30,000
10,000
8,668
8,490
1,471,229
1,555,037|
|---|---|---|---|
## **Comparatives for movement in funds**
|**Unrestricted funds**
General fund
**Restricted funds**
Restricted funds under £5k
Restricted Fixed Asset fund
Lichfield District Council
National Lottery
Sport England
Youth Investment Fund - Revenue
Youth Investment Fund - Capital
**TOTAL FUNDS**|At
1.11.23
£
136,228
-
6,750
7,263
22,979
-
-
-
36,992
173,220|Net
movement
in funds
£
103,079
925
12,227
(7,263)
-
7,331
59,140
280,140
352,500
455,579|At
31.10.24
£
239,307
925
18,977
-
22,979
7,331
59,140
280,140|
|---|---|---|---|
||||389,492|
||||628,799|
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**Liberty Jamboree**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements - continued**
## **for the Year Ended 31 October 2025**
## **13. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued**
Comparative net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:
|**Unrestricted funds**
General fund
**Restricted funds**
Restricted funds under £5k
Restricted Fixed Asset fund
HAF
Lichfield District Council
Mercer Family Foundation
National Lottery
Sport England
Community Foundation
Youth Investment Fund - Revenue
Youth Investment Fund - Capital
**TOTAL FUNDS**|Incoming
resources
£
335,633
25,628
15,760
23,400
-
15,000
49,192
13,724
6,280
225,954
280,140
655,078
990,711|Resources
Movement
expended
in funds
£
£
(232,554)
103,079
(24,703)
925
(3,533)
12,227
(23,400)
-
(7,263)
(7,263)
(15,000)
-
(49,192)
-
(6,393)
7,331
(6,280)
-
(166,814)
59,140
-
280,140
(302,578)
352,500
(535,132)
455,579|
|---|---|---|
HAF - Funding provided from Staffordshire County Council for the delivery of the holiday, activities and food programme.
National Lottery - Funding provided for one full time JNC equivalent youth worker on a 52 week contract, 8 sessional youth workers who live with special educational needs and disabilities, a 0.5 post JNC worker to support the delivery of youth programmes and delivery of a bespoke intergenerational arts programme.
Sport England - Funding provided to support the delivery of physical activity projects.
BBC Children in Need- This is a three-year funding bid to support the salary of a full-time youth worker level 6 apprentice.
Youth Investment Fund - £315,670 was granted to develop the marketing and revenue generation skills of the charity and £1,584,600 was granted for the extension of the charities club house. All funding received was provided by the Social Investment Business Foundation.
Funders under £5k - Provided to support the delivery of bespoke sports and youth provisions and to access inclusive equipment to ensure all can be involved.
Clothworkers- Funding used as capital towards the new building, initially it was going to support the conversion of the temporary building. However, it was agreed this could be used within the new build.
Community Foundation- One of the funds was the SPACE holiday programme providing free access to Liberty during the summer holidays. The second was a mental health programme.
## **Transfers between funds**
Transfers from unrestricted to restricted funds represent the financing of deficits on restricted fund balances at the year end and use of unrestricted funds towards fixed assets.
The transfer from Clothworkers to the Restricted Fixed Asset fund represents the use of the Clothworkers funding towards the new build.
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## **Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 31 October 2025**
## **14. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES**
There were no related party transactions for the year ended 31 October 2025.
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