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|Trustees' report|||2-7|
|Trustees' responsibilities<br>statement||||
|Independent<br>auditors'|report|on the financial statements|9-11|
|Statement offinancial|activities||12|
|Balance sheet|||13|
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|Trustees||Val Davison, Chair||||||
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|||Mash Seriki, Vice Chair||||||
|||Adam Barrett, Treasurer||||||
|||Catriona Coleman||||||
|||GGlen Petty||||||
|||Kylie Thompson<br>(appointed|||22August|2023)||
|||Terry James (resigned 16July 2023)||||||
|||Mervyn<br>Kaye (resigned||12April 2023)||||
|||Susan Shakespeare|(resigned 31 March 2023)|||||
|Charity registered||||||||
|number||1195386||||||
|Principal office||Bellingham<br>Gateway|Youth and Community||||Centre|
|||185Brookhowse Road||||||
|||London||||||
|||SE63TT||||||
|Chief executive olicer||Gulen Petty||||||
|Independent|auditors|RPG Crouch Chapman||LLP||||
|||Chartered Accountants||and|Registered|Auditors||
|||14-16Dowgate<br>Hill||||||
|||London||||||
|||EC4R2SU||||||
|Bankers||Lloyds Bank||||||
|||120Lewisham<br>High|St|||||
|||Lewisham||||||
|||London||||||
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|Solicitors||Trowers 8 Hemline|LLP|||||
|||The Senate||||||
|||Southemhay<br>Gardens||||||
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|we aim to:|we aim to:|we aim to:|
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|Deliver a wide range ofhigh-quality<br>youth work inteiventions<br>that make a lasting positive impact on<br>the young people we engage with. Including<br>an over-delivery<br>on the "core" contracts;|||
|Bean organisation<br>where the absolute best youth workers want to work;|||
|Have sufficient, predictable,<br>and reliable flow offunds<br>into Youth First to fulfil our Purpose;|||
|Have the information<br>required to make organisational<br>decisions quickly and precisely;<br>Beenablers and facilitators ofpositive outcomes through<br>our collaborative<br>mind-set<br>and by working|||
|in partnership<br>with other organisations<br>and agencies;<br>Become the "go to" organisation<br>for insight and paitnerships<br>for others who are|trying to impact on||
|the young people we work with;|||
|Ensure our people:|||
|o<br>Have an in-depth<br>"on the ground" understanding<br>ofthe needs and|aspirations|ofyoung|
|people;|||
|o<br>Have a strong commitment<br>to Youth First and are willing to"gothe extra mile" to|||
|deliver positive/<br>better outcomes for young peopie;|||
|o<br>Understand<br>how their contribution<br>fits with the overall Purpose and|Ambition|ofYouth|
|First,|||
|o<br>Have a culture that is self-starting,<br>professional,<br>and collaborative|with devolved||
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|Income from:|||||||
|Donations<br>and legacies|||3?8,753|46,378|425,131|1,421,096|
|Charitable<br>activities|||100,504|1,250,000|1,350,504|719,920|
|Investments||||3,632|3,632|49|
|Other income||||147,994|147,994|16,415|
|Total income|||479,257|1,448,004|1,927,261|2,15?,480|
|Expenditure<br>on:|||||||
|Charitable<br>activities|||461,355|1,317,332|1,778,687|614,212|
|Total expenditure|||461,355|1,317,332|1,778,687|614,212|
|Net income|||17,902|130,672|148,574|1,543,268|
|Transfers between funds|||(14,168)|14,168|||
|Net movement<br>in funds|||3,734|144,840|148,574|1,543,268|
|Reconciliation offunds:|||||||
|Total funds brought|forward||531,165|1,012,103|1,543,268||
|Net movement<br>in funds|||3,734|144,840|148,574|1,543,268|
|Total funds carried forward|||534,899|1,156,943|1,691,842|1,543,268|





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|BALANCE SHEET<br>AS AT31 MARCH|2023||||||
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|||Note||E|||
|Fixed assets|||||||
|Tangible assets||13||4,669||7,448|
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|Current assets|||||||
|Debtors||14|651,441||823,976||
|Cash at bank and in hand|||1,328,198||944,638||
||||1,979,639||1,768,614||
|Creditors: amounts|falling due within one||||||
|year||15|(292,466)||(232,794)||
|Net current assets||||1,687,173||1,535,820|
|Total net assets||||1,691,842||1,543,268|
|Charity funds|||||||
|Restricted funds||16||534,899||531,165|
|Unrestricted<br>funds||16||1,156,943||1,012,103|
|Total funds||||1,691,842||1,543,268|





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|Cash flows from operating|activities||||
|Net cash used in operating|activities||387,263|953,066|
|Cash flows from investing|activities||||
|Dividends,<br>interests and rents from investments|||(3,632)|(49)|
|Purchase oftangible fixed assets|||(71)|(8,379)|
|Net cash used in investing|activities||(3,703)|(8,428)|
|Cash flows from financing|activities||||
|Net cash provided<br>by financing<br>activities|||||
|Change<br>in cash and cash|equivalents<br>in|the year|383,560|944,538|
|Cash and cash equivalents|at the beginning|ofthe year|944,638||
|Cash and cash equivalents|atthe end of|the year|1,328,198|944,638|
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|Legacies|60,000|40,000|100,000|
|Grants|318,753|5,700|324,453|
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|HAF||131,900||131,900|
|Jack Petchey||10,200||10,200|
|London Community|Foundation||||
|London Youth|||||
|MOPAC||54,758||54,758|
|NCIL||77,916||77,916|
|Other Grants||43,979|5,700|49,679|
|Phoenix Community|Housing||||
|Riverside Projects|||||
|||318,753|5,700|324,453|
||||Restricted|Total|
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|Greater London Authority|||64,305|64,305|
|HAF|||69,361|69,361|
|Jack Petchey|||28,487|28,487|
|London Community|Foundation||25,000|25,000|
|London Youth|||13,239|13,239|
|MOPAC|||||
|NCIL|||||
|Other Grants|||13,900|13,900|
|Phoenix Community|Housing||18,116|18,116|
|Riverside Projects|||229,395|229,395|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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|||||2023|2023<br>F|2023f|
||Income from <br>Lewisham|charitable|activities - London Borough of|100,504|1,250,000|1,350,504|
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||Income from <br>Lewisham|charitable|activities - London Borough of|94,920|625,000|719,920|
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|Short-term|rental||9,107|9,107|
|Telecommunication||mast|93,000|93,000|
|Other|||5,487|5,487|
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|Staff costs||1,077,979|1,077,979|
|Programme|Costs|174,370|174,370|
|Agency Staff||81,175|81,175|
|Marketing||54,961|54,961|
|Human<br>Resources||12,560|12,560|
|Participation|&Engagement|||
|Rent &Rates||15,794|15,794|
|Memberships|&Subscriptions|4,018|4,018|
|Non-Payroll|Related Staff Costs|136,491|136,491|
|||1,557,348|1,557,348|
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|Staffcosts||426,269|426,269|
|Programme|Costs|26,735|26,735|
|Agency Staff||10,755|10,755|
|Marketing||20,280|20,280|
|Human Resources||10,720|10,720|
|Participation|&Engagement|99|99|
|Rent &Rates||2,027|2,027|
|Memberships|8 Subscriptions|2,863|2,863|
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|---|---|---|
||Activities|funds|
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|Depreciation|2,850|2,850|
|Gas &Electricity|38,500|38,500|
|Repairs &Maintenance|1,670|1,670|
|Audit|4,670|4,670|
|Sundries|25,782|25,782|
|Bank Charges|14,232|14,232|
|Legal &Professional|21,748|21,748|
|ICT|10,168|10,168|
|Office Expenditure|35,075|35,075|
|Other Property Costs|61,049|61,049|
|Governance<br>Costs|5,595|5,595|
||221,339|221,339|
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||2022f|2022|
|Depreciation|931|931|
|Gas 8 Electricity|17,541|17,541|
|Repairs 8 Maintenance|175|175|
|Audit|5,000|5,000|
|Sundries|21,217|21,217|
|Bank Charges|7,327|7,327|
|Legal &Professional|16,950|16,950|
|ICT|3,877|3,877|
|Office Expenditure|1,101|1,101|
|Other Property Costs|25,712|25,712|
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|Fees payable to the Charity's||auditor|for the audit ofthe Charity's|annual|||
|accounts|||||7,000|4,000|
|Fees payable tothe Charity's||auditor|in respect of:||||
|All non-audit<br>services|not included above||||2,800||
|Staffcosts|||||||
||||||2023|2022|
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|Wages and salaries|||||874,545|361,152|
|Social security costs|||||83,681|25,681|
|Contribution<br>to defined|contribution||pension schemes||119,753|39,436|
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|The a|verage|number of|pers|ons<br>em|ployed<br>by t|he Charity|during the|year was|as follows:|as follows:||
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|Mervyn|Kaye|Remuneration||68,351|21,552|
|||Pension contributions|paid|15,652|4,935|
|Gulen|Petty|Remuneration||59,299|18,762|
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||equipment|
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|At 1 April 2022|8,379|
|Additions|71|
|At 31 March 2023|8,450|
|Depreciation||
|At 1 April 2022|931|
|Charge for the year|2,850|
|At 31 March 2023|3,781|
|Net book value||
|At 31 March 2023|4,669|
|At 31March 2022|7,448|
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|---|---|---|---|
|Trade creditors||26,490|65,264|
|Other taxation and social security||171,032|144,136|
|Other creditors||2,911|2,390|
|Accruals and deferred|income|90,033|21,004|
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||||||||Balance at|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||Balance at 1|||Transfers|31 INarch|
||||April 2022<br>f|Income<br>f|Expenditure<br>f|in/out<br>f|2023<br>f|
|Unrestricted<br>funds||||||||
|Designated<br>funds||||||||
|Contingency<br>Reserve||||||733,882|733,882|
|General funds||||||||
|General Funds.|||1,012,103|1,448,004|(1,317,332)|(719,714)|423,061|
|Total Unrestricted|funds||1,012,103|1,448,004|(1,317,332)|14,168|1,156,943|
|Restricted funds||||||||
|Children<br>in Need||||||||
|HAF Projects|||62,771|131,900|(133,477)|(15,186)|46,008|
|NCIL-Girls R Us||||14,589|{3,814)||10,775|
|MOPAC||||54,759|(14,742)||40,017|
|Jack Petchey|||27,220|10,200|(4,101)||33,319|
|LBof Lewisham -APGs|||94,920|100,504|{195,424)|||
|LBof Lewisham|||12,610||||12,610|
|London Community||Foundation|25,000||||25,000|
|London Youth|||13,239||||13,239|
|Phoenix Community||Housing|14,868||(9,698)||5,1?0|
|Phoenix Housing Youth|||1,595||||1,595|
|Riverside Redevelopment|||211,625|60,000|||271,625|
|Riverside Young Seniors|||17,?70||||17,770|
|Street Games|||840||||840|
|YLF - Carnival Routes|||39,778|29,390|(70,186)|1,018||
|YLF - Staying Safe <br>Lewisham|in||8,929||||8,929|
|NCIL - Street Based||Projects||42,390|(7,793)||34,597|
|NCIL - Ward LLC||||15,000|(15,000)|||
|NCIL - New Cross||||10,595|||10,595|
|NCIL - Walking Bus||||9,930|(7,120)||2,810|
||||531,165|479,257|(461,355)|(14,168)|534,899|
|Total offunds|||1,543,268|1,927,261|(1,778,687)||1,691,842|
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|||Income<br>E|Expenditure<br>f|2022|
|Unrestricted<br>funds|||||
|General Funds||1,600,756|(588,653)|1,012,103|
|Restricted funds|||||
|Children<br>in Need||450|(450)||
|HAF Projects||69,361|(6,590)|62,771|
|NCIL - Girls R Us|||||
|MOPAC|||||
|Jack Petchey||28,487|(1,267)|27,220|
|LBofLewisham<br>-APGs||94,920||94,920|
|LBof Lewisham||12,610||12,610|
|London Community|Foundation|25,000||25,000|
|London Youth||13,239||13,239|
|Phoenix Community|Housing|16,432|(1,564)|14,868|
|Phoenix Housing<br>Youth||1,684|(89)|1,595|
|Riverside Redevelopment||211,625||211,625|
|Riverside Young Seniors||17,770||17,770|
|Street Games||840||840|
|YLF - Carnival Routes||47,855|(8,077)|39,778|
|YLF - Staying Safe in Lewisham||16,450|(7,521)|8,929|
|NCIL - Street Based|Projects||||
|NCIL - Ward LLC|||||
|NCIL - New Cross|||||
|NCIL - Walking Bus|||||
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|S TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS<br>HE YEAR ENDED 31MARCH 2023<br>Analysis ofnet assets between funds<br>Analysis ofnet assets between funds - current year||||
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||funds|funds|funds|
||2023<br>f|2023<br>E|2023f|
|Tangible fixed assets||4,669|4,669|
|Current assets|534,899|1,444,740|1,979,639|
|Creditors due within one year||{292,466)|{292,466)|
|Total|534,899|1,156,943|1,691,842|
|Analysis ofnet assets between funds - prior year||||
||Restricted|Unrestricted|Total|
||funds|funds|funds|
||2022|2022|2022f|
|Tangible fixed assets||7,448|7,448|
|Current assets|531,165|1,237,449|/, 768,614|
|Creditors due within one year||(232,794)|(232,794)|
|Total|531,165|1,012,103|1,543,268|



|Reconciliati|on<br>ofn|et movement|in funds to net cash flow from opera|ting<br>activities||
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|||||F||
|Net income|for the year {asper Statement ofFinancial Activities)|||148,574|1,543,268|
|Adjustments|for:|||||
|Depreciation|charges|||2,&50|931|
|Dividends,<br>interests||and rents from|investments|3,632|49|
|Decrease/(increase)||in debtors||172,535|(823,976)|
|Increase<br>in|creditors|||59,672|232,794|
|Net cash provided||by operating|activities|387,263|953,066|





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