## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From 1[st] April 2024 to 31[st] March 2025**
**Charity name: Brighter Futures Yorkshire**
**Charity registration number: 1200756**
## **Objectives and Activities**
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|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|The objects for which the organisa2on is
established are, within the area of North
Yorkshire: 1) To enable and empower everyone
experiencing mental health challenges to live
with, manage and recover from their condi2on.
2) To relieve the needs of people with mental
health condi2ons by working to increase the
understanding of mental health and mental
health challenges by gathering and sharing
informa2on and working to raise awareness,
promote understanding and challenge s2gma
and discrimina2on.|
|Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|We provide a range of peer support services for
people who experience mental health issues
reducing social isola2on and encouraging
individuals to share experiences and approaches
to the management of mental illness. We have
achieved this by delivering a weekly one-and-a-
half-hour peer support group, a weekly two-
hour crea2ve arts group. We have also organised
day trips for par2cipants across the local region
as well as an annual holiday.
We have also worked with a range of other local
organisa2ons sharing informa2on on our
services and developing best prac2ce. These
include Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS
Founda2on Trust, The Na2onal Trust, North
Yorkshire Youth, Selby District Associa2on of
Voluntary Services, North Yorkshire Council, and
local GP surgeries. We receive and make
referrals to and from Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys
NHS Founda2on Trust, our local Crisis Service
and GP surgeries. We also signpost to third
sector organisa2ons includingRethink, the|
|||Samaritans and for young people Papyrus and
Shout.|
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|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|The charity trustees confrm that they have
complied with the duty in sec2on 4 of the
Chari2es Act 2006 to have due regard to the
public beneft guidance published by the Charity
Commission.|
## **Additional information (optional)**
## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38||
|Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38||
|Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|The charity has two occasional volunteers
who contribute to the delivery of ArtWell
sessions. The trustees would like to take this
opportunity to express our gratitude to the
volunteers.|
|Other|||
## **Achievements and Performance**
SORP reference
Summary of the main Para 1.20 achievements of the charity, identifying the difference the charity’s work has made to the circumstances of its beneficiaries and any wider benefits to society as a whole.
Despite limited funds and 2me, we have con2nued to run and facilitate our weekly peer support group. This has provided a suppor2ve space where par2cipants can build friendships and then explore any mental health issues that they may be experiencing. We have developed a posi2ve rela2onship with venue owners who con2nue to support the group and work of the charity. We con2nue to meet in a local café which provides a good balance between feeling included in the local community and maintaining privacy. This has helped our par2cipants to feel included in society and has also helped to challenge some of the s2gma around mental ill health.
ArtWell, our weekly crea2ve group has con2nued to operate and engages par2cipants in a wide range of varied crea2ve ac2vi2es. These ac2vi2es are delivered free to all par2cipants something which we are proud to be able to do despite the rising costs of materials. Delivered on Saturday mornings in the local Ci2zens Advice office, the group provides a more in2mate and confiden2al space for challenging topics to be explored amongst peers in a supported way.
We have enjoyed a variety of day trips for par2cipants across the local region as well as an annual holiday to Shropshire. These have been a fabulous success enabling par2cipants who are oXen reliant on benefits to enjoy a holiday break. The charity has been able to make small financial contribu2ons to subsidise the cost of the holidays making them affordable for all par2cipants. These have and remain a highlight of the year and help to strengthen the peer rela2onships of par2cipants and subsequently the efficacy of our weekly support groups. We have con2nued to develop links with a range of other local organisa2ons sharing informa2on on our services and developing best prac2ce. These include Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Founda2on Trust, Selby District Associa2on of Voluntary Services, North Yorkshire Council, and local GP surgeries. Following the success of Picture Posi2ve in 2024, we are hoping to be able to deliver a further project exploring place and wellbeing during 2025. We have received and make referrals to and from Tees, Esk and
Wear Valleys NHS Founda2on Trust, our local Crisis Service and GP prac2ces.
## **Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
Para 1.41 Achievements against objectives set
Para 1.41 Performance of fundraising activities against objectives set
Para 1.41 Investment performance against objectives Other
## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|£---- restricted funds
£---- unrestricted funds
£---- total funds|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|The charity aims to hold a reserve of £500 to
cover the cost of insurance and email hos2ng.
This will allow the charity to con2nue to func2on
for approximately 12 months in the event of a
loss of any other income. Given this event the
charity would be able to sustain its core func2on
of providing a weekly peer support group as this
is delivered in a way that incurs no addi2onal
costs.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£500|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|N/A|
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|No defcits|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|The trustees are confdent that the charity is
solvent and able to con2nue to deliver its
objec2ves|
## **Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
The charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising) Para 1.47 Investment policy and objectives including any social investment policy adopted Para 1.46 Para 1.46 A description of the principal risks facing the charity
Other Expenditure Categories
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|CIO – Founda2on Model Cons2tu2on whose
only vo2ng members are its charity trustees|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g. unincorporated
association,CIO)|Para 1.25|Charitable Incorporated Organisa2on (CIO)|
|Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|Open adver2sement and interview process for
all trustees leading to recommenda2on to the
board.
In selec2ng individuals for appointment as
charity trustees, the charity trustees must have
regard to the skills, knowledge and experience
needed for the efec2ve administra2on of the
CIO.|
## **Additional information (optional)**
## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
||Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|Para 1.51|The charity trustees will make available to each
new charity trustee, on or before his or her frst
appointment:
(a) a copy of the current version of the
cons2tu2on; and
(b) a copy of the CIO’s latest Trustees’
Annual Report and statement of
accounts|
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Para 1.51
The charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works Relationship with any related parties Para 1.51 Other
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charityname|Brighter Futures Yorkshire|
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|Other name the charity uses||
|Registered charitynumber|1200756|
|Charity’s principal address|16 Lockton Court
Church Fenton
Tadcaster
LS24 9UT|
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## Corporate trustees – names of the directors at the date the report was approved
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**Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets No assets held in this capacity Name and objects of the N/A charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for N/A safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
## **Additional information (optional)**
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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)
Type of Name Address
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## **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)** Robert Bennej **Position (eg Secretary,** Chair **Chair, etc) Date** 30[th] December 2025
NB. Please see addi2onal Chair’s Report, included below
**Chair’s report**
## **Summary of Ac4vi4es and Achievements**
In the 2024 / 25 year the charity has directly delivered
- A weekly peer support group
- A weekly crea2ve group ‘ArtWell’
- Day trips to local ajrac2ons including trips to the coast
- An annual holiday
## **Financial Review**
In the 2024 / 25 year income was £1652 (2023 / 24: £6993) and expenditure was £2181 (2023 / 24: £8308) resul2ng in a net loss of £529 (2023 / 24: -£1315) and year end cash funds of £968.
In the 2024 / 2025 year the charity was awarded new grants by North Yorkshire County Council Stronger Communi2es Fund
Grant income was £1000 (2023 / 2024: £5622).
The net loss is therefore ajributable to reduced grant income and the higher costs associated with increasing levels of ac2vity.
Unrestricted year end funds have fallen to £936 (2023 / 24: £1497).
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The charity’s ac2vi2es enable and empower everyone experiencing mental health challenges to live with, manage and recover from their condi2on. We work to relieve the needs of people with mental health condi2ons by increase the understanding of mental health and mental health challenges by gathering and sharing informa2on and working to raise awareness, promote understanding and challenge s2gma and discrimina2on. We build confidence, lessen social isola2on and provide skills for people with mental ill-health. In 2024 / 2025 our ac2vi2es have been ajended by 12 individuals.
## **Governance and Management**
The charity is a CIO governed by its governing document. In 2024 / 25 no new trustees have been appointed and none have resigned. Trustees have a broad range of skills, mee2ngs are held monthly with a mee2ng in June designated as the Annual General Mee2ng.
The charity has up to date and regularly reviewed policies on safeguarding, GDPR, volunteering and Equality and Diversity.
In 2024 / 2025 the charity has maintained its website and run social media accounts on facebook, and Instagram.
## **Thank You**
The trustees would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge the hard work of the charity’s volunteers. We are grateful to all the funding organisa2ons and individuals who have supported the charity in all its valuable work throughout the year.
## **Outlook**
The charity is well posi2oned to con2nue to deliver its charitable objec2ves over coming years. The weekly support group and ArtWell are expected to maintain their size with poten2al for further growth.
Financially the charity will focus on con2nuing to diversify income streams and increasing income from grants, trusts and income from delivery of bespoke projects. Costs will remain as low as possible.
**Charity Name No (if any) Brighter Futures Yorkshire 1 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a**
**For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 01/04/2024 31/03/2025
## **Section A Receipts and payments**
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest**
**£**
**-**
**652**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**652**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**652**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**1 000**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**1 000**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**1 000**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**652**
**-**
**1 000**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**1 652**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**1 652**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Donations and legacies**|**-**||||**-**|
|Donations byindividuals|**652**||||**1 371**|
|**Charitable activities**|**-**||||**-**|
|North Yorkshire Council Stronger
Communities Grant|||||**-**|
|Performance relatedgrant|**-**||||**3 500**|
|Payment for Services|**-**||||**2 122**|
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|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**652**||||**6 993**|
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|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**||||||
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|**_Sub total_**|**-**||||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**||||||
||**652**|**1 000**|**-**|**1 652**|**6 993**|
|**A3 Payments**|**-**
**-**
**504**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**213**
**363**
**-**
**-**
**93**
**-**
**40**
**1 213**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**1 213**
**- 561**
**-**
**1 497**
**936**|**-**
**968**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**968**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**968**
**32**
**-**
**-**
**32**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**
**968**
**504**
**-**
**-**
**213**
**363**
**-**
**-**
**93**
**-**
**40**
**2 181**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**2 181**
**- 529**|**-**
**968**
**504**
**-**
**-**
**213**
**363**
**-**
**-**
**93**
**-**
**40**
**2 181**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**2 181**
**- 529**||
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|**Charitable Activities**|**-**|||||**-**|
|ArtWell Project|**-**|||||**1 135**|
|2024 Annual Brighter Futures Holiday|**504**|||||**252**|
|Citizens Advice Peer Support Group|**-**|||||**22**|
|Payment to Trustee to deliver Citizens
Advice Peer Support Group|
**-**|||||**640**|
|Make a Smile Youth GroupProject|**-**|||||**245**|
|Payment to Trustee to deliver Make a
Smile Youth GroupProject|
**-**|||||**90**|
|Picture Positive Project|**-**|||||**1 808**|
|Payment to Trustee to deliver Picture
Positive Project|
**-**|||||**1 260**|
|2023 Annual Brighter Futures Holiday|**-**|||||**1 164**|
|**Other**|**-**|||||**-**|
|Trustee Expenses|**-**|||||**110**|
|Mobilephone,email hosting|**213**|||||**461**|
|Insurance|**363**|||||**554**|
|AccountancyFees|**-**|||||**207**|
|SundryPost Office Fees|**-**|||||**8**|
|Refreshments & Hospitality|**93**|||||**208**|
|Zoom Computer Software Subscription|**-**|||||**144**|
|Computer Software Subscription|**40**|||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**1 213**|||||**8 308**|
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|**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|||||||
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|**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||||
|||||||**8 308**|
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||**- 561**|**32**|**-**|**- 529**||**- 1 315**|
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||**1 497**|**-**|**-**|**1 497**||**-**|
||**936**|**32**|**-**|**968**||**- 1 315**|
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## **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
R Bennett
N/A
**Details**
Bank Account
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
N/A
**Details**
**Details**
N/A
**Details**
N/A|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**936**
**32**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**936**
**32**
OK
OK
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**funds**
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**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
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CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
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