2024-12-31-accounts - Youth Organisations In Uniform West Midlands CIO

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Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date 01 january 2024

Period end date 31 December 2024

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Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name Youth Organisations in Uniform West Midlands CIO Other names charity is known by YOU WM Registered charity number (if any) 1198465 Charity's principal address West Midlands Lieutenancy

11 Waterloo Street Birmingham Postcode B2 5TB

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany)
Mr G Marsh	CharityTrustee and Chair		First CharityTrustee
Ms C Canty	CharityTrustee		First CharityTrustee
Mr R Maybery	CharityTrustee		First CharityTrustee
LadyDiana Crabtree	CharityTrustee		The existingTrustees
Mr N Sarling	CharityTrustee		The existingTrustees
Mr C Houghton	CharityTrustee		The existingTrustees
Mr K Aldridge	CharityTrustee		The existingTrustees
Changes after 31 Dec 24 for information :
Mr C Houghton	Charity Trustee	Resigned 15 Jan 25
Mr M Heywood	Charity Trustee	Appointed 4 Sep 25
Ms C Canty	Charity Trustee	Resigned 2 Oct 25

Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)

Name Dates acted if not for whole year

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N/A

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of adviser Name Address Independent Examiner John Wood 27, Oak Hill Drive, Edgbaston,Birmingham,B15 3UG

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Type of governing document

Constitution

(eg. trust deed, constitution)

CIO How the charity is constituted

(eg. trust, association, company)

Appointed by existing trustees Trustee selection methods

(eg. appointed by, elected by)

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where 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;
relationship with any related parties;
trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.

Section C Objectives and activities

The PROMOTION OF THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS AND THE EFFECTIVE USE OF CHARITABLE RESOURCES OF YOUTH ORGANISATIONS WHOSE MEMBERS WEAR UNIFORMS IN THE WEST MIDLANDS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:

Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document

(a) Consulting with the uniformed youth organisations to develop appropriate plans for delivery and implementation.
(b) Providing guidance to young people, parents and carers to enable them to choose the most appropriate uniformed youth organisation.
(c) Enabling capacity building of the uniformed youth organisations

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by advice to attract and develop adult volunteers.

(d) Supporting collaboration between uniformed youth organisations for mutual benefit.
(e) Raising awareness of the public benefit of membership of uniformed youth organisations to the individual and the community through advocacy, events and public relations.

‘West Midlands’ is the Cities of Birmingham, Coventry and Wolverhampton, and the Metropolitan Boroughs of Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull and Walsall.

‘Uniformed Youth Organisations’ are those units which are located in the West Midlands of The Army Cadet Force, Boys Brigade and Girls’ Association, Combined Cadet Force, Fire Cadets, Girls’ Brigade, Girlguiding, RAF Air Cadets, Sea Cadet Corps, Scouts, St John Ambulance and the Volunteer Police Cadets, together with such other youth organisations as the Trustees may in the future consider suitable for inclusion.

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 main activities are as specified within the five action areas of the Objectives above, namely:

Consultation between the youth organisations for public benefit
Providing information and guidance to parents, carers and young people
Enabling capacity building, particularly in adult volunteers
Supporting collaboration
Raising awareness of the public benefit of the young people’s organisations

In planning the activities of the Charity the Trustees have had regard to the guidance given in Section 17(5) of the Charities Act and the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

policy on grantmaking;
policy programme related investment;
contribution made by volunteers.

Section D Achievements and Performance

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

This is the third Annual Report of the YOU WM Charity, which came about following discussions between leaders of the eleven Youth Organisations in 2021 with the Charity being registered as a CIO on 31 March 2022.

Mark Heywood was appointed as a Trustee on 4 September 2024 and Kate Canty resigned on 2 October 2025; we thank her for her exceptional service as a Trustee since the formation of YOU WM. We are looking to ensure that our Board best reflects the diversity of our organisations and by adding a Youth

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Section D Achievements and Performance

Trustee (aged 16-23).

Following a strategy update by the member organisations in December 2024, our objectives are delivered through our local forums, one in each Local Authority area in the WM. These involve the local representatives of ‘the 11’, are chaired by a local Deputy Lieutenant and facilitated by our co-ordinator, Jonathan Richardson. These groups :

➢ Identify opportunities for collaboration and sharing best practice between YOU WM organisations at a local level.
➢ Identify opportunities for raising awareness and advocacy at a local level, including at local events and ensure good local connections with LA childrens and community services, local training providers, volunteering organisations and other local initiatives. including as a delivery partner for WMCA in promoting the benefits of participation in YOU organisations to young people in schools.
➢ Share ideas on Adult Volunteer recruitment and publicise/encourage attendance at local events that are promoting Adult Volunteering
➢ Publicise local awards that are open to volunteers and young people
➢ Promulgate opportunities arising from small grants (and manage in both Walsall and Wolverhampton)

We have developed a partnership with The West Midlands Combined Authority which led to the award of a contract in 2025 as a delivery partner for WMCA in promoting the benefits of participation in YOU organisations to young people in schools.

A leadership event for young people from the eleven organisations was successfully held in September and very well received.

Following a pilot commenced in the year, The YOU WM Youth Council is a developing initiative designed to give young people from across our 11 organisations a meaningful voice in shaping our work. Still in its early stages, the Council brings together youth representatives to share experiences and identify common priorities. Initial meetings have highlighted important themes, including mental wellbeing, access to opportunities, and the value of volunteering. It will provide an inclusive opportunity for any young person within our partnering organisations to take on a youth voice representative role and develop an advocacy and social action skillset. We see huge potential for the Council to influence recruitment, programme development and wider advocacy, ensuring that YOU WM remains rooted in the lived experiences and aspirations of the young people we collectively support. We greatly appreciate the dynamic leadership of this work by Chloe Ann Manley, our Youth Coordinator.

Through our contacts with ‘YOU London’, YOU WM facilitated attendance at the Colonels Parade and The King’s Birthday Parade ( Trooping of the Colour) by groups from the YOU WM organisations.

We are working with the organisers of The Invictus Games to enable opportunities for young people from our organisations to play an active role in supporting the delivery of this event, to be held in the West Midlands in 2027.

Our website was upgraded during the year to incorporate a search facility and further developments are planned to ensure that we are making best use of social media.

We are grateful for funding from the Montal Trust, Rowlands Trust, Michael Marsh Trust, Gowling Charity, Grantham Yorke and Dudley MBC and will be actively seeking additional funding in 2025 to support both core and additional

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Section D Achievements and Performance

activities.

Sincere thanks are due to the leaders of the eleven youth organisations, the Trustees, the West Midlands Reserve Forces’ and Cadets’ Association, the Lord-Lieutenant, Deputy Lieutenants and staff of the WM Lieutenancy and other local supporters for their enthusiastic commitment to YOU WM.

Section E Financial review

The Charity’s policy on reserves is to maintain sufficient reserves to fund Brief statement of the the planned activity of the Charity for at least 12 months in the future. charity’s policy on reserves Details of any funds materially None in deficit Further financial review details (Optional information) The Charity’s principal sources of funds are: You may choose to include - Grants from grant making charities with an interest in young additional information, where people and community development relevant about: - Public and private sector bodies • the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising); • 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) CATHERINE RUTH CANTY Full name(s) GEORGE ROBERT MARSH Position (eg Secretary, Chair, TRUSTEE and CHAIR TRUSTEE etc)

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Date 28 August 2025 TAR Maich 2012

YOUTH ORGANISATIONS IN UNIFORM WEST MIDLANDS	1198465
CIO
Receipts and payments accounts		CC16a
01-Jan-24 Period start date To For the period from	31-Dec-24 Period end date

Section A Receipts and payments	Section A Receipts and payments
A1 Receipts	Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ 5,000 5,000 1,000 500 2,000 5,000 - - 18,500 - - - 18,500 13,424 - - 191 300 821 3,700 - 18,436 - - - 18,436 64 - 19,310 19,374	Restricted funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - 20,000 20,000 - - - 20,000 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 20,000 - - 20,000	Endowment funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -	Total funds to the nearest £ 5,000 5,000 1,000 500 2,000 5,000 - 20,000 38,500 - - - 38,500 13,424 - - 191 - 300 821 3,700 - 18,436 - - - 18,436 20,064	Last year to the nearest £
Montal Charity	5,000				5,000
Michael Marsh Charity	5,000				-
GowlingCharity	1,000				-
Grantham Yorke Award	500				-
Rowlands Trust	2,000				2,000
DudleyMBC - Grant	5,000				5,000
	-				-
Wolverhampton MBC - Grant for Distribution in Small Grants to Units	-				-
*Sub total*(Gross income for AR)	18,500				12,000

A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).
	-
	-				-
*Sub total*	-				-
*Total receipts* A3 Payments
					12,000

Co-ordinator Services	13,424				11,267
MeetingCatering	-				539
LeadershipEvent :	-				-
Insurance	191				186
Catering					1,450
Speaker Fee and Expenses	300				631
IT Services - Regular	821				792
Website Upgrade	3,700				-
	-				-
**Sub total **	18,436				14,865

A4 Asset and investment purchases (see table)
,	-
	-
**Sub total **	-				-
*Total payments* *Net of receipts/(payments)* A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end *Cash funds this year end*
					14,865

	64	20,000	-	20,064	- 2,865
	-	-	-	-	-
	19,310	-	-	19,310	-
	19,374	20,000	-	39,374	- 2,865

CCXX R1 accounts (SS)

10/10/2025

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	Signature Details Details Details Details *Total cash funds* (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Details	Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - 19,374 20,000 OK OK Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - - - - - Fund to which liability relates Amount due (optional) - - - - - Print Name GEORGE R MARSH	Endowment funds to nearest £
			-
			-
			-
			-
			OK
			Endowment funds to nearest £
			-
			-
			-
			-
			-
			-
			Current value (optional)
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			Current value (optional)
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			When due (optional)






			Date of approval
		GEORGE R MARSH	08.09.25

CCXX R2 accounts (SS)

10/10/2025

p	YOUTHORGANISATIONSIN U	NIFORM WEST MIDL	ANDS CIO
Onaccountsforthe year	31 December2024	Charityno	1198465
ended		(ifany)
Setoutonpages	Report-Pages1and2
	Receipts and payments accounts	- Pages1and2

Gb CHARITYCOMMISSIONI FOR ENGLANDANDWALES	Gb CHARITYCOMMISSIONI FOR ENGLANDANDWALES	Gb CHARITYCOMMISSIONI FOR ENGLANDANDWALES	YOUTH ORGANISATIONS IN UNIFORM cro	YOUTH ORGANISATIONS IN UNIFORM cro	WEST MIDLANDS	1198465	1198465
			Recei	and	ents accounts			CC16a
			Fortheperiod from	01-Jan-24	To	31-Dec-24
Section A Receipts		and	payments
			Unrestricted funds	Restricted funds	Endowment funds	Total	funds	Lastyear
			to the nearest €	to the nearest€	to the nearestf	tothenearest€		to the nearestf
A1Recei
Montal Charity			5,000				5,000	5,000
Michael Marsh Charity			s,000				5,000
Gowling Charity			1,000				1,000
Grantham Yorke Award			500				500
Rowlands Trust			2,000				2,000	2,000
Dudley MBC - Grant			5,000				5,000	5,000
Wolverhampton MBC - Grant for Distribution in Small GrantstoUnits				20,000			20,000
Sub total (Gross income AR)			18,500	20,000			38,500	12,OOO
42 Asset andinvestmentsales,
(seetable).
Totalreceipts			18,500	20,000		I	re.sooI	12,000
A3
Co-ordinator Services			13,424				13,424	11,267
Meeting Catering								539
Leadership Event
lnsurance			19'l				19{	186
Catering								1,450
Speaker FeeandExpenses			300				300	63'l
lT Services - Regular			821				821	792
Website Upgrade			3,700				3,700
	Subtotal		18,436				18,436	14,865
A4Asset andinvestment
purchases,(seetable)
	Subtotal
Totalpayments			18,436				18,436	14,865
Netofreceipts/(payments)			64	20,000			20,064	2,86s
A5Transfersbetween	funds
A6Cashfundslast year end			19,310				19,310
Cashfundsthis	year	end	'19,374	20,000			39,374	2,865

SectionBStatement	ofassets an	dliabilitiesat	the end ofthe	the end ofthe	period
			Unrestricted		Restricted	Endowment
	llstmils		funds		funds	funds
			tonearest€		tonearest €	tonearestt
81Cashfunds
		Total cashfunds		19,374	20,000
	(agree balances	withreceipts and paymerds
		account(s))
			Unrestricted		Restricted	Endowment
			funds		funds	funds
	Details		toneareste		tonearest €	tonearest€
82Other monetary assets
	Details		Fund to	whichasset	Cost (optional)	Current value
83lnvestment assets
	Details		Fundto	whichasset	Gost (optional)	Current value
84Assetsretainedforthe
charity'sownuse
			Fund	towhich	Amount due	When due
	Details		liabil	relates
85 Liabilities
Signedbyone ortwotrusteeson behalfofallthetrustees	Signature			Print Name		Dateof roval
	8*4'	R""*P-		GEORGE RMARSH		08.09.25