## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** ||Period start date|Period start date|||Period end date|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**From **|01|04|2024|**To**|31
03|2025| ## Section A Reference and administration details **Charity name Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any)** 1196662 Wooler Drop In Centre **Charity's principal address** 53 High Street Wooler **Postcode** NE71 6BH ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||PhilipO’Leary|Chair||| ||AnthonyQuince|||| ||Adrain Pardey|||| ||Simon Mitchell||25/6/2024 – 31/3/2025|| ||Janet Leggett||25/6/2024 – 31/3/2025|| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)** **Name Dates acted if not for whole year** March **2012** **TAR** 1 |**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of adviser**
**Name**
**Address**| |---|---|---| |||| |||| |||| |||| ## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Section B Structure, governance and management** ## **Description of the charity’s trusts** Charitable Incorporated Organisation with voting members other than its Type of governing document charity trustees. (eg. trust deed, constitution) CIO-ASSOCIATION How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) The Charity is managed by the Executive Committee which includes all Trustee selection methods Trustees. At the AGM each year the members elect a Chairman In (eg. appointed by, elected by) addition, the other members of the Executive Committee are elected at the AGM. - (eg. trust, association, company) ## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)** The charity trustees will make available to You **may choose** to include each new charity trustee, on or before his or additional information, where her first appointment: relevant, about: - policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees; - the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works; - (a) a copy of this constitution and any amendments made to it; and (b) a copy of the CIO’s latest trustees’ annual report and statement of accounts. - relationship with any related parties; - trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. ## **Section C Objectives and activities** To advance the education of young people aged 13 to 25 years who are resident in Wooler and the surrounding area of Glendale in the districts of Alnwick and Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, without distinction of **Summary of the objects of the** age, sex or political or religious opinion; **charity set out in its governing document** (a) The provision of recreational and leisure time activities provided in the interest of social welfare, designed to improve their conditions of life; - (b) Providing support and activities which develop their skills, capacities March **2012** **TAR** 2 and capabilities to enable them to participate in society as mature and responsible individuals. Providing a warm and safe place for young people to gather, socialise, meet new people, take part in group activities. The centre is a place the young people identified as their space which they have, and are encouraged, to input into its layout and activities. The centre also provides an environment with adults (staff) they trust and confide in if they wish. **Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)** The trustees have regard for the Charity Commission guidance on public benefit. They are responsible for preparing the Trustees’ Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and the Charity Commission requirements. The law applicable to charities in England and Wales requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity, of the incoming resources and application of resources for that period. The trustees are responsible for keeping accounting records that report accurately the financial position of the charity and enable them to ensure that the finances are adequately and securely managed. 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. Accounts are prepared on a monthly basis and submitted to trustees for inspection. One trustee with accounting knowledge is the nominated Treasurer with special responsibility for overseeing the accounting processes and procedures. The Chair of trustees meets with the centre manager 2 to 4 times a month. March **2012** **TAR** 3 ## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** Volunteers have step in to cover staff sickness and provide ‘extra pair of hands’ when needed for activities. Trustees have also helped and volunteered when able and needed. You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: - policy on grantmaking; - policy programme related investment; - contribution made by volunteers. March **2012** **TAR** 4 Section D Achievements and performance **Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year** The main achievement of the accounting period was to appoint new trustees. One of the Trustees had to resign as he moved away from the area due to work commitments, however we have appointed two new ones who are very keen to get involved. Another local person who has helped volunteering is also considering being a Trustee. We previously reported the ‘older’ young people never returned after Covid and that this seemed to align with the national position. Numbers of young people attending in the age range of 12-15 increased in the previous year and this has continued and we have seen attendance of some of those who have now become the ‘older ones’ increase. Changing opening hours from 6:30 – 9pm to 5:30-8pm during the winter worked well and has been extended to all year round after feedback from the young people. We have continued with sessions that have been split into age groups after the increase in attendees. The younger ones preferring more activity and craft based sessions and making it comfortable for the older ones like to have more mature young adult themed conversations and discuss issues confronting them at their age. The new influx of new starters this year (in September) appreciate this split in age groups. We have seen an increase in the number of young people coming in hungry, the Co-op are still donating their reduced food and the tuck shop has been reduced to allow for more finances to go towards savoury and more substantial meals. One of the new trustee is a builder/engineer who renovated the kitchen and storage areas. Subsequent purchases of new cooking appliances and utensils we have been able to provide a greater variety of food and seen associated fall in tuck shop purchases. During summer 2024 Northumberland Archives worked with a group of young people from Wooler Drop In and 1st Wooler BP Scouts to develop a film inspired by the history, heritage, archival collections, and their experiences of the area. The young people worked with professional film makers to learn all about how to plan, format, shoot, and edit a documentary film. Their film, The Wooler Way of Life, was screened at the 20[th] Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival in March 2025. (available on youTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xv3bXYE3jvg&t=1s) March **2012** **TAR** 5 ## **Section E Financial review** **Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves** The current policy is to achieve and then maintain sufficient funds to cover winding up costs. **Details of any funds materially** None at the period end. **in deficit** ## **Further financial review details (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about: - the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising); The charity’s principal sources of funding are through grant applications. We are fortunate to have one funder who has provided approximately 30% of our running costs for the last 3 years and is likely to continue for a further 3 years. - how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity; - investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted. ## **Section F Other optional information** ## **Section G Declaration** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s) Full name(s)** Philip O’Leary **Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)** Chair Adrian Pardey **Date** 27/01/2026 March **2012** **TAR** 6 ||**Wooler Drop In Centre**|**Wooler Drop In Centre**|**Wooler Drop In Centre**|**No (if any)**|**No (if any)**|**CC16a**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**For the period**
**from**|**01/04/2024**
Period start date|**To**||**31/03/2025**
Period end date|| |||||||| |**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||| |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**10,000**
**3,333**
**7,500**
**10,000**
**5,165**
**720**
**4**
**-**
**36,722**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**36,722**
**756**
**2,058**
**1,744**
**423**
**2,582**
**1,949**
**26,791**
**436**
**-**
**36,739**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**||**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**10,000**
**3,333**
**7,500**
**10,000**
**5,165**
**720**
**4**
**-**
**36,722**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**36,722**
**756**
**2,058**
**1,744**
**423**
**2,582**
**1,949**
**26,791**
**436**
**-**
**36,739**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |Ballinger Trust|**10,000**|||||**-**| |UK Youth|**3,333**|||||**-**| |Sir James Knott Trust|**7,500**|||||**-**| |CommnuityFoundation|**10,000**|||||**10,000**| |**Donations**|**5,165**|||||**221**| |NCC Patments Acc|**720**|||||**-**| |Lottery|**4**|||||**63**| |Transfer WYPA - Youth Café Grant
**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**-**|||||**22,354**| ||**36,722**|||||**32,638**| |||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**||||||| ||**-**|||||| ||**-**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**|||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_ **
**A3 Payments**||||||| |||||||**32,638**| |||||||| |DropIn Expenses|**756**|**-**|**-**||**756**|**960**| |Gas & Electric|**2,058**|**-**|**-**||**2,058**|**2,503**| |HR Subscription|**1,744**|**-**|**-**||**1,744**|**1,453**| |Internet|**423**|**-**|**-**||**423**|**329**| |Rent|**2,582**|**-**|**-**||**2,582**|**1,233**| |Staff Pensions|**1,949**|**-**|**-**||**1,949**|**1,808**| |Wages|**26,791**|**-**|**-**||**26,791**|**17,069**| |Water Rates|**436**|**-**|**-**||**436**|**357**| |Other|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**599**| |**_Sub total_ **|**36,739**|**-**|**-**||**36,739**|**26,311**| |Other
**_Sub total_ **|**-**
**36,739**||**-**
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**36,739**||**599**
**26,311**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**A4 Asset and investment**||||||||||| |**purchases, (see table)**||||||||||| ||**-**||**-**|||**-**||**-**||| ||**-**||**-**|||**-**||**-**||| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**||**-**|||**-**||**-**||**-**| |||||||||||| |**_Total payments_ **|**36,739**||**-**|||**-**||**36,739**||**26,311**| |**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**|**- 17**||**-**|||**-**||**- 17**||**6,327**| |**A5 Transfers between funds**|**-**||**-**||**-**|||**-**||**-**| |**A6 Cash funds last year end**|**-**||**-**||**-**|||**-**||**-**| |**_Cash funds this year end_**|**- 17**||**-**|||**-**||**- 17**||**6,327**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 29/01/2026 1 |**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|| |---|---|---|---| |**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)|Signature
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**
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**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**6,309**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**6,309**
**-**
Agreement Error
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
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**-**
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**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
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**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
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**Amount due**
**(optional)**
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Print Name
PhilipO'Leary
Adrian Pardey|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**When due**
**(optional)**| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||Date of
approval| ||||13/01/2026| ||||13/01/2026| ||||29/01/2026| CCXX R2 accounts (SS)