
## **Trustees’ Annual Report for 2024-2025** 

## **From: 1/4/24   To: 31/3/25** 

## **Charity name: NORTH TYNE YOUTH** 

## **Charity registration number: 1189025** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

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|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|The charitable objective of the Charitable Incorporated<br>Organisation as set out in the Constitution is:<br>To advance in life and help young people through:<br>●the provision of recreational and leisure time<br>activities provided in the interest of social welfare,<br>designed to improve their conditions of life;<br>● the provision of support and activities which<br>develop their skills, capacities and capabilities to<br>enable them to participate in society as mature<br>and responsible individuals.|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or<br>services identified in the<br>accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|●Running weekly youth clubs for: juniors (8-11<br>year olds) and seniors (12-16 year olds) in<br>Otterburn; juniors (8-10 year olds) and inters (10-<br>13 year olds) in Bellingham; 8-13 year olds in<br>Humshaugh; and 8-16 year olds in<br>Kirkwhelpington.<br>●Running a weekly drop-in café for 11-16 year olds<br>in Bellingham.<br>●Running lunchtime clubs for pupils at Haydon<br>Bridge High School and a drop-in session for<br>pupils at Queen Elizabeth High School.<br>●Running a monthly club for 8-16 year olds at<br>Kielder, with Kielder Primary School.<br>●Providing the C-card service (contraception and<br>sexual health guidance) to young people.<br>●<br>Organising additional activities, trips and<br>residentials for young people.<br>●<br>Involving young people as assistant leaders.<br>●<br>Developing a Youth Board.|
|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public<br>benefit|Para 1.18|The trustees are aware of and have had regard to the<br>Charity Commission guidance on public benefit.|





## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

||SORP reference||
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|Policy on grant-making|Para 1.38|N/A|
|Policy on social investment<br>including programme-<br>related investment|Para 1.38|N/A|
|Contribution made by<br>volunteers|Para 1.38|Approx. 40 volunteers contributed to the work of NTY<br>during the year. This included support for regular<br>youth club sessions, help on additional trips and<br>residentials, and advice and involvement in leading<br>and managing the charity. Of these approx. 18 were<br>adults and 22 were young people.|
|Other - contribution made by<br>local partners||Approx. 30 local agencies worked in partnership with<br>NTY to support the delivery to young people. This<br>included voluntary groups, regional charities and<br>trusts, and local businesses. NTY is also one of the<br>founding partners of the Northumberland youth group<br>alliance, working in partnership with a number of rural<br>youth groups across the county to secure funding,<br>share knowledge and resources, and coordinate staff<br>training.<br>Through a partnership with Kids Kabin Walker, rurally<br>isolated young people from NTY also worked with<br>young people from inner-city Newcastle. This was part<br>of a Making History project that involved a number of<br>partners from the heritage and archaeology sectors.|



## **Achievements and Performance** 

||SORP reference||
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|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Para 1.20|● NTY reached 199 young people during the<br>year, of which approx. 53% were 8-11 year<br>olds and 47% were12-16 year olds, 63% were<br>girls and 37% were boys, and 79 (40%) were<br>young people with additional needs.<br>● The young people came from a large rural<br>catchment (approx. 1053 sq. km) of mostly<br>small settlements (33 villages and 31 farms),<br>reflecting NTY’s priority of targeting young<br>people who are rurally isolated.<br>● To achieve this, NTY delivered approx. 450<br>hours through 329 sessions, including weekly<br>clubs, school-based lunchtime sessions, 15<br>outreach sessions and 7 day trips. There was<br>also a residential weekend. There were 4,065<br>attendances in total over the year.<br>● Activities were held on-site (in 7 local centres)<br>and off-site, both locally and regionally. These<br>included arts and crafts, drama and dance,<br>physical activities, environmental activities,<br>heritage and archaeological activities, outdoor|





and adventurous activities, entrepreneurial projects and leadership development. ● In addition to ongoing consultation with young people by the youth workers, the emerging Youth Board did a ‘roadshow’ to gather young people’s ideas and feedback. ● The benefits to young people included personal development (e.g. confidence and resilience), social development (e.g. friendship and belonging), health and wellbeing (physical and mental/emotional), learning and life skills that support their education and employability, and citizenship and sense of contributing to their community. 

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|Achievements against<br>objectives set|Para 1.41|After three years of steady growth, NTY objectives for<br>the year were to consolidate and secure its provision.<br>To secure the achievements listed in the previous<br>section, NTY:<br>● invested in the long-term professional<br>development of the Youth Development<br>Worker, enabling her to secure a new position<br>and embark on a new phase of her career at<br>the end of the year<br>● expanded the role of the Youth Worker to take<br>on responsibility for more targeted and short-<br>term projects with an increasing range of<br>regional partners and funders<br>● provided professional learning opportunities<br>for support staff<br>● supported more young people to take on<br>leadership roles within sessions, leading to<br>their employment as paid support workers<br>● established a Youth Board.|
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|Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives<br>set|Para 1.41|NTY did not have a specific fundraising target, other<br>than to secure funds for the increased provision and<br>staffing, but raised approx. £109,000 from grants and<br>donations. This included funding of £40,500 from the<br>National Lottery Fund (as part of NTY’s partnership<br>with the Northumberland youth network), repeat<br>funding from existing funders and short-term/targeted<br>project funding. The increased funding for 2024/5<br>helps to offset the lower funds raised in 2023/4.|
|Investment performance<br>against objectives|Para 1.41|N/A|
|Other||NTY increased its reserves to £51,000 to cover<br>increased staffing costs. These are invested in a<br>savings account to ensure security and earn interest.|





## **Financial Review** 

|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|During the financial period (using rounded figures<br>from our annual return):<br>● Income - £116,664<br>● Expenditure - £89,789<br>● Credit for the year - £26,875<br>Of this, approx. 70% of our expenditure was spent on<br>staffing costs and approx. 28% on direct<br>delivery/activity costs, showing that almost all of our<br>income directly impacts on the young people with<br>whom we work.<br>In terms of financial security and trying to ensure<br>sustainability of our services, our cash balance at the<br>end of the period is £84,251 (of which, £51,916 is<br>held in reserves). This supports us to secure delivery<br>for another year.|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|● NTY aims to retain sufficient financial reserves to<br>protect against failure to meet fundraising targets,<br>unforeseen costs and general business risk.<br>● The medium-term aim is to hold sufficient<br>unrestricted financial reserves to meet at least 6<br>months’ running costs.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£51,916|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|N/A|
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|N/A|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23|N/A|



|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|
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|The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)|Para 1.47|NTY’s principal source of funding is from grant-<br>making trusts and organisations. In 2024/25 it also<br>raised a small amount (approx. £3,478) from young<br>people’s subs and sales of hoodies and approx.<br>£2,566 payment for activities (e.g., towards<br>residentials and trips). Subs and activity costs are<br>deliberately set low (or are waived) to ensure no<br>young person is excluded from NTY provision. It also<br>gained £1,359 in interest from the account holding its<br>reserves.|
|Investment policy and<br>objectives including any<br>social investment policy<br>adopted|Para 1.46|N/A|
|A description of the principal<br>risks facing the charity||NTY’s principal risk would be failing to secure<br>sufficient fundingto employayouth worker to|





> Para 1.46 manage and run delivery to the young people. Trustees monitor this carefully and adapt staffing to suit. A secondary risk is if current trustees resign. NTY periodically advertises to increase trustee numbers. Other 

## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Constitution (last amended 5/2/2020)|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|North Tyne Youth is a Charitable Incorporated<br>Organisation whose only voting members are its<br>charity trustees.|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled<br>to appoint one or more<br>trustees|Para 1.25|● Apart from the first charity trustees, every trustee<br>must be appointed by a resolution passed at a<br>properly convened meeting of the charity<br>trustees.<br>● In selecting individuals for appointment as charity<br>trustees, the charity trustees must have regard to<br>the skills, knowledge and experience needed for<br>the effective administration of the CIO.|



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|Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction and<br>training of trustees|Para 1.51||
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|The charity’s organisational<br>structure and any wider<br>network with which the<br>charity works|Para 1.51|The Board of Trustees manages NTY at a strategic<br>level, with individual trustees taking responsibility for<br>specific areas such as finance, safeguarding, HR and<br>health and safety. The Youth Development Worker<br>manages NTY at an operational level, with support<br>from trustees and local/regionalyouth work networks.|
|Relationship with any related<br>parties|Para 1.51|NTY works in partnership with a number of local<br>organisations and, for its centre-based work,<br>specifically works in partnership with RTC Sports<br>(Otterburn), Reed Hall Committee (Bellingham),<br>Humshaugh Parish Council, Kirkwhelpington Parish<br>Council, Haydon Bridge High School, Queen<br>Elizabeth High School and Kielder Primary School. It<br>is also a founder member of the Northumberland<br>youth network (coordinated by Berwick Youth<br>Project) and a member of Tynedale Youth Forum.|
|Other|||





## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|North Tyne Youth|
|---|---|
|Other name the charityuses||
|Registered charity number|1189025|
|Charity’s principal address|RTC Sports Centre, Otterburn, Northumberland, NE19 1HE|



## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 


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Name of person (or body)<br>Dates acted if not for<br>Trustee name  Office (if any)  entitled to appoint trustee<br>whole year<br>(if any)<br>1 Carol Hawman  Chair<br>2 Sam Kellie  Treasurer<br>3 Kevin Price<br>4 Kelly Hollings<br>5<br>6<br>7<br>8<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>


– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name** 

Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity 

**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** 

## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** 

Description of the assets held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets 

## **Additional information (optional)** 

## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** 

**Type of Name Address adviser Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** 



## **Exemptions from disclosure** 

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details 

## **Other optional information** 

## **Declarations** 

**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** 

**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** 

|**Signature(s)**|||
|---|---|---|
|**Full name(s)**|Carol Hawman||
|**Position**|Chair||
|**Date**|12thOctober 2025||





||**North Tyne Youth**|**North Tyne Youth**|**North Tyne Youth**|**1189025**|**1189025**|**1189025**|**CC16a**|
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||**For the period**<br>**from**|01/04/2024|**To**||31/03/2025|||
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|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||||
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest**<br>**£**<br>**68,761**<br>**-**<br>**3,478**<br>**2,566**<br>**1,359**<br>**-**<br>**76,164**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**76,164**<br>**2,043**<br>**21,932**<br>**25,314**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **49,289**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **-**<br>**49,289**<br>**26,875**<br>**57,376**<br>**84,251**|**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**40,500**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**40,500**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**40,500**<br>**-**<br>**40,500**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**40,500**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**40,500**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**||**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**68,761**<br>**40,500**<br>**3,478**<br>**2,566**<br>**1,359**<br>**-**<br>**116,664**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**116,664**<br>**2,043**<br>**62,432**<br>**25,314**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**89,789**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**89,789**<br>**26,875**||**Last year**<br>**to the nearest £**|
|Grants and donations|**68,761**||||||**46,145**|
|Grant - National Lottery Community Fund<br>(ReachingCommunities)|**-**||||||**-**|
|Contributions from<br>parents/guardians/subscriptions/sales of<br>hoodies etc.|**3,478**||||||**2,791**|
|Charged for activities|**2,566**||||||**2,944**|
|Interest|**1,359**||||||**797**|
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|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**76,164**||||||**52,677**|
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|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**<br>**(see table).**||||||||
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|**_Sub total_**|**-**||||||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**<br>**A3 Payments**||||||||
||||||||**52,677**|
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|Rent|**2,043**||||||**2,280**|
|Wages|**21,932**||||||**50,318**|
|Other direct costs|**25,314**||||||**20,183**|
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|**_Sub total_ **|**49,289**||||||**72,781**|
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|**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases, (see table)**||||||||
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||**-**|||||||
|**_Sub total_ **|**-**||||||**-**|
|**_Total payments_**<br>**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**<br>**A5 Transfers between funds**<br>**A6 Cash funds last year end**<br>**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||||
||||||||**72,781**|
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||**26,875**|**-**|**-**||**26,875**||**-              20,104**|
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||**57,376**|**-**|**-**||**57,376**||**77,479**|
||**84,251**|**-**|**-**||**84,251**||**57,376**|



CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 

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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** 

|**Categories**<br>Signed by one or two trustees on behalf<br>of all the trustees<br>**B1 Cash funds**<br>**B2 Other monetary assets**<br>**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**<br>**B5 Liabilities**<br>**B3 Investment assets**<br>CCXX R2 accounts (SS)|Signature<br>Circus equipment (to 31 March 2022)<br>Karaoke Machine (to 31 March 2024)<br>**Details**<br>Printer (to 31 March 2021)<br>Samsung Tablet (to 31 March 2021)<br>Outdoor Equipment (to 31 March 2021)<br>Samsung Phone (to 31 March 2022)<br>Tent (to 31 March 2022)<br>Musical instruments (to 31 March 2022)<br>Bean bags/floor cushions (to 31 March<br>2022)<br>Storage unit (to 31 March 2022)<br>**Details**<br>CAF Cash Account<br>Charity Bank Savings Account<br>Petty Cash<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>(agree balances with receipts and payments<br>account(s))<br>Laptop (to 31 March 2022)<br>**Details**<br>Laptop (to 31 March 2021)<br>2|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**32,646**<br>**51,151**<br>**-**<br>**454**<br>**-**<br>**84,251**<br>**-**<br>OK<br>OK<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>Unrestricted<br>**-**<br>Unrestricted<br>**-**<br>Unrestricted<br>**-**<br>Unrestricted<br>**-**<br>Unrestricted<br>**-**<br>Unrestricted<br>**-**<br>Unrestricted<br>**-**<br>Unrestricted<br>**-**<br>Unrestricted<br>**-**<br>Unrestricted<br>**-**<br>Unrestricted<br>**-**<br>Unrestricted<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**liability relates**<br>**Amount due**<br>**(optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>Print Name|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
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