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2025-12-31-accounts

The Phoenix Centre, Preston Manor Road, Tadworth, Surrey, KT20 5FB.

Report of The Trustees to Charity Commission

- January 2025 December 2026

The MYTI Club exists to advance its charitable objectives, which include:

The purpose of this report is to shown how the Trustees of MYTI are supporting those objectives to the benefit of the Staff and Members of the Club.

Whilst the original MYTI Club came into existence some years before, for a number of reasons, it struggled to stay solvent and without enormous financial support from a former Trustee, Mr Tony Britto, it would have folded and closed.

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In late 2022 and into 2023, a group of determined people came together support Tony, and brought about the MYTI becoming a registered Charity.

From then on the club has thrived.

Tony Britto left the Board of Trustees during the reporting period and the Charity and Board are incredibly grateful for all his effort, investment and time to keep MYTI alive.

It will be seen from the accounts that the Trustees will continue to honour the repayment agreement with him following his loan to MYTI previously, and this has an adverse impact on any Reserves for some time to come.

However, despite numerous challenges, MYTI continues to be one of the most successful Children’s and Youth Clubs in the South East of England But this success can only be sustained by donations and grants and the hard work of staff and Trustees in endeavouring to secure ongoing funding.

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What are the issues facing our children and young people?

The overall environmental ‘Challenges’ in the local area in terms of deprivation show our area being amongst the worst in the Borough and indeed County, for:

(Source – H.M. Govt - IMD 2025)

However, in terms of housing, which seems an anomaly, the explanation is simple : Recently the local authority built a large number of ‘in-fill’ developments of three/four bedroomed owner occupied properties, almost all now occupied by professional people and families in well-paid employment. This affects the overall Deprivation ‘Score’ but not the actual ongoing deprivation and disadvantage of the occupants of the remainder of the housing stock.

(This is an issue for many ‘Areas of Deprivation’ nationally.)

There are also plans for a major redevelopment of much of the estate in the coming years.

It will be seen later what this means in reality to the current areas of disadvantage.

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Our Sources of Finance and Spending Summary

Whilst we are indebted to East Surrey YMCA for free use of the Phoenix Centre, there are considerable and increasing costs for us as a small charity, beyond just the ‘bricks and mortar’.

For example, this year, if inflation rises by 4%, as has happened throughout the last reporting periods, added to the new National Minimum Wage, our annual costs rise by about £2000.00!

The Club received grant-funding and other donations, in kind, from a number of statutory agencies and organisations such as:

More details about ‘Facts and Figures’ are included later in this report. But it is a fact that without this support the Club would have closed its doors to so many vulnerable children.

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– Our Team: Development of Talent Young Leaders

We are proud that our Club doesn’t stop supporting young people at the age of 15, but offers the opportunity for them to continue with the Club as ‘Young Leaders’- who have progressed through the club to become positive role models for the younger members. This has been incredibly successfulespecially for those young people who are perhaps more academically challenged in main-stream education.

The role gives them the opportunity to develop their personal skills, such as leadership, communication, and decision-making all of which are important to future employers. All Young Leaders are paid a small amount per session and all have Annual Appraisals for inclusion in their CV’s.

This means they have tangible ‘people’ skills to offer prospective employers. (Case Studies are included below).

Our Team : Management of the MYTI Club:

During this reporting period we took advantage of the opportunity to review our management structure, to make it more efficient and effective, and in due course economically more sound.

Thus we deleted two of the managerial posts (One resigned beforehand, and one duplicated the skills we already had in the team), and introduced two Assistant Managers posts, (One for internal activities and one for all external activities), at a lower level of renumeration, but more able to support the Club Manager. It also served to give development opportunity to two very good members of staff.

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At the same time we promoted one of the Adult Leaders, who had been a ‘Young Leader’, to become the ‘Sports Coordinator’ for the Club and our Ambassador externally-an exception young man who is a credit to the club!

We also took the opportunity to recognise the professional skills of one of our Adults and ‘promoted’ her to be the joint Safeguarding lead for the Club.

Thus, at almost neutral, we have not only strengthened our team, but recognised and rewarded those with the skills to enhance our offer to Members.

The active participation of Trustees, each with a designated responsibility, including Safeguarding, Financial, Business Planning roles ensures the strategic aims are met.

Thus, we have a management structure that ensures a ‘joined-up approach’ to running the club, with ‘Arm’s Length Management’ by Trustees, and devolved responsibilities to those with knowledge and understanding of the children and adults in the club.

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Our ‘Mission’? Health and Wellbeing:

Much of the grant-funding we receive is about the nutritional health and wellbeing of our children. It is a sad fact that many of our members will not receive a regular hot meal when away from School, or come from households where there is no guarantee of a nutritious meal. The lack of appropriate role models also affects the children’s development in terms of healthy eating. The cost of supplying each child with a hot meal, during Friday sessions and during some School holiday periods, (including packed lunches for trips) eats up, pun intended, substantial amounts of funding, to obtain, and then produce over 4000 meals annually. Readers will appreciate that this cost has risen dramatically in the reporting period. Add to those costs, the wages of staff to cook and prepare them.

Our Kitchen Staff are excellent, and again great role models for our Members when ‘employed’ in the Kitchen assisting the staff.

At their suggestion MYTI introduced a rotating menu through the year, so at to offer more variety and stop it becoming ‘boring’....

The demands on the Kitchen Staff - producing up to 90 hot meals at the same time, were always a huge challenge.

MYTI Trustees invested almost £3000 in purchasing and fitting a large commercial oven (which can be used by any groups using the Kitchen), as the one that was in place was an ordinary domestic oven, totally incapable of dealing with the demands of MYTI-where all our children sit down together and eat at the same time.

We also added a number of storage cupboards, increasing capacity for bulk buying.

The oven has been a huge success and added to the ‘value’ of MYTI when supporting our members.

Our management of the Kitchen has had other benefits:

Trustees are delighted to report that once again, MYTI have been awarded a 5 Star Rating from Reigate and Banstead Borough council for the cleanliness, hygiene and overall condition of the Kitchen!

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- Young Leaders in the Award winning Kitchen

However, each year the cost of running MYTI increase. To equate the funding with number of sessions is difficult as one can see, but in simple terms each Friday session costs an average of about £930, but this increases substantially for holiday sessions which can become more expensive, e.g. a single holiday trip or organised activity, during the busy holiday period, can cost far more. Whilst we do receive additional funding for children who normally receive ‘Free School Meals’, that is a small proportion of the full cost.

For example to take 40 children and young people to the seaside for a day costs in the region of £1300, inclusive of transport, staff and packed lunches. These costs will only increase due to factors well beyond our control.

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Helping (clean) hands in the Kitchen

However, taken together we hope the reader understands just what a difference grants and generous donations and other funding makes to the children and their families, and we continue to make the very best use of limited resources.

We have continued to successfully deliver the existing Friday evening activities and introduced a pilot Martial Arts Club on a Wednesday evening, run by a fully trained and qualified Grand Master.

Whilst the Friday and holiday sessions have consistently grown in attendance, the Martial Arts has not, and will be reviewed in the next year, as it currently costs over £100 per session and the numbers attending are poor, not reflecting the investment.

We plan to add an ‘Activities Evening’ during the Summer to be even more inclusive.

Staff Development and Training - All staff have an Annual Assessment, which assists in their personal development planning (PDP) process for all staff, including our Young Leaders.

This includes certified training for both Adult Leaders and Young Leaders including, for example, Safeguarding, First Aid, Eating Healthily, Hygiene and Food Preparation, and ‘Helping Others’, and Prevention of, Recognition and Treatment of Allergic Reactions.

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These underpin the new ethos and aim which is to improve the health and well-being of children, and in turn siblings and family members, in our area.

Already these are ‘paying off’. Our staff have been able to immediately respond to one child having a severe allergic reaction. After treatment, staff comprehensively reviewed all processes and procedures in the Kitchen, identifying potential allergens and removing the risk.

Additionally, we are working towards development of our Young Leaders, again with accredited appraisal/performance regime. This is more informal than adults, but focusses on developing their life skills and giving them formal feedback on performance-which they can use elsewhere as possible credits, or on a CV. Again the outcomes for several of our Young Leaders has been very positive.

Just two example Case Studies:

Marcus (Not his real name) joined the Club some years ago. He had a ‘disturbed’ home life and his education was at best poor due to his behaviour, constantly getting into trouble and suffering periods of exclusion. Although intelligent and able, his behaviour meant his potential was never reached. He left school with few academic qualifications. At MYTI he began to show his talent was non-academic and in terms of leadership, communication, decision-making and teamwork, he excelled. So much so that he was one of the first ‘Young Leaders’. As his example as a role model was exemplary. As a Young Leader he took a great interest in sports and once he ‘graduated’ to an adult leadership role, he took on more and varied responsibilities. So much so, that in last years re-organisation and re-structuring of the management team, he was ‘promoted’ to ‘Sports Coordinator. Outside of MYTI he now enjoys a full-time job in a local Sports Centre and his achievements were recently recognised in a Mayoral Civic Ceremony. We believe he exemplifies how MYTI develops young people to achieve their potential.

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Eric (Not his real name) has a number of SEND challenges, but has always shown himself to be a willing team member, involving himself in all activities, but showing some aspects of OCD behaviour in terms of cleanliness of his surroundings. At his 16 th birthday staff recommended that he was ‘promoted’ to young Leader with special responsibilities for cleanliness and tidying up of the MYTI Club, and even provided a personal identification for him to wear. He was absolutely thrilled and took on the responsibility. One of the outcomes of his attendance at MYTI was his improved confidence and communication. We believe being part of MYTI has assisted him in applying for and being selected as an Apprentice with a local company.

We continually try to show that good behaviour and effort brings reward.

‘MYTI Merit Certificates’ continue to recognise individual children for their efforts, etc, and for the children attending encourages them to take part, and enjoy the ever-increasing number of activities provided at the Club.

– The Sports Hall always busy!

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These include all the ‘normal’ activities in children’s and youth clubs, but also such activities as ‘Zumba Classes’ where every child, regardless of ability, was able to join in. This becomes fun, and simple but effective exercise, something that many children do not do on a regular basis. Mixed Football sessions, supported by a Coach from Chelsea F.C. have been introduced and are already paying dividends in terms of female inclusion in all aspects of the Club.

We have great plans for the next year in terms of the variety of offer in the Club, revolving around ‘ I.T/AI-based Music Appreciation’...

It all adds up to improving the health and well-being of our members, if only for a few hours each week.

The attached all weather sports pitches – generously sponsored by GLL Sports, our neighbour, are in constant use, with mixed football included in the games.

Mixed football.

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And it’s taken seriously!!

Likewise, holiday time activities, which include daytrips to such places as Thorpe Park, mean that many children who are from quite disadvantaged backgrounds have an opportunity to experience a day of fun activity, with friends, all supervised and supported by our staff. A generous donation to MYTI was a days dinghy sailing On The Solent, in Hampshire-where six young people got the experience of a lifetime-and even saw Dolphins!

We constantly look to give children an experience that many would not have outside MYTI-it seems to work!

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Raging Rapids at Thorpe Park

It’s fair to point out that these trips are not cheap - to take a group of children to Thorpe Park, in Surrey, can cost over £1300, depending on us being able to ‘negotiate’ a discount on the coach and the entry fee!

Less costly, but entertaining and instructive, is our engagement with other wildlife charities and the opportunity for children to have ‘once in a lifetime’ experiences with animals, birds and reptiles..........

We repeat this experience annually, as for many its unique-and the learning that takes place is beyond words.

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A unique and memorable experience for one of our children

Each session, be it Friday afternoons or during the holidays, we have a great team of adults working with children in the Arts and Crafts Room. What they produce is often extremely good and highly creative. The underlying purpose is to allow them to use their imagination and creative skills, in a relaxed and supporting regime. We are not a school, but so much ‘ unconscious’ learning takes place every time.

This would not be possible without the generous donations from some of our supporters and support from staff.

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The Arts and Crafs Room-always full and sooooo quiet as they concentrate

We encourage our younger children to get involved as it teaches them many informal skills which can easily transfer to home-with clean hands, of course!

Hence our motto – ‘Where Children can be Children’...

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We often have children who struggle with ‘normality’, have difficulty making friends and lack confidence.

Our approach is simple – inclusivity and support aren’t just words in a ‘Mission Statement’.

Case study.

Ryan (Not his real name) is one of our younger members, who before MYTI struggled with acute SEND. He was introverted, quiet, and kept himself to himself, with little communication and interaction with others. At MYTI he was immediately accepted by everyone without any reservation. He now joins in with a number of activities and is seen as a great member of the MYTI Team. A different child from just a few months ago.

A great example of our Motto: MYTI - ‘Where children can be children’.

Other examples of ‘feedback’ from Children and their families:

Hayden - (not his real name) ‘I enjoy MYTI so much as its different to anything else I do.........’

For some children, including those from refugee families, it is the safe and secure ‘place to go’ on a Friday afternoon and during the holidays. The message is clear to them – ‘We Care’.

Eamon (not his real name)-left the club to go home and found there was no one at home. He immediately returned to the club and found one of our adult leaders and remained with us until it was safe to go home.

We are also building other partnerships via the successful ‘Getting Connected’ Organised by Reigate and Banstead Borough Council, and via our local Church, St. Marks in Tattenham Corner, with other local and community organisations.

Our excellent relationships go far beyond just the usual and our safeguarding partnerships with local schools enables us to share and act upon ‘appropriate’ information, saving time and effort, often leading to positive outcomes for the children.

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We have an excellent relationship with our local Community Development Worker – who works tirelessly for the local community. With her guidance the children are involved beyond the club and under supervision are involved in such community initiatives as Litter-picking.

Of course, it’s not just the physical effort involved in litter-picking, it’s the sense of responsibility that occurs, as its ‘their’ area, and they take pride in what they do.

Last year saw the first steps in a Partnership between Surrey Police, Surrey University and MYTI called ‘Positive Futures’.

This project is about actually asking children what would the things that make their lives safer and more comfortable. It starts with a questionnaire and interviews of a number of children and feeds into a multi-agency ‘Problem-solving’ outcome.

One of the biggest challenges facing Multi-Agency Partnerships such as this is the constant change of personnel involved, and ensuring that new staff are fully aware and understand the remit of the Project.

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It is unfortunate that in this case, the initial interpretation of the project suffered problems, there was a change of staff, and for the children consulted, it didn’t produce the results they thought they had been promised. Appropriate feedback has been given, and lessons learned. We look forward really positively to continuing the project in support of the Authorities.

What is desperately needed in the area is a consistent local Police presenceas used to be, with a dedicated and highly credible local Neighbourhood Officer. With new staff at Surrey Police, this is again a new ‘era’ in working together.

The establishment of a “The Friends of MYTI Club” (to assist with fundraising and additional management support and to consider the additional activities and events that will aid the retention of older children), has been slightly more challenging as often happens in areas of deprivation, but we continually seek volunteers from the local community and other organisations such as Toyota GB.

Our hope is that we can build a group which develops into a team who are not only involved in strategic thinking and planning, but also problemsolving, and ultimately activity-based projects..

Funding for young people’s activities and Clubs is always a challenge and so it is with MYTI.

We are encouraged by the grant funding from Safer Communities Surrey, and Active Surrey, plus small donations, which mean that we can continue to provide a specialist service in such a deprived area. However, applications for organisations such as Children In Need and Postcode Lottery Funding have so far failed as their criteria is very limited and our demographics don’t necessarily match their requirements.

Perversely, although MYTI won an award for our efforts in reducing AntiSocial Behaviour in the local area by about 65%, we now see the result being the local area wasn’t seen as an ASB ‘Hotspot’, and failed in our bid!

One challenge we simply cannot overcome – Reality versus Definition of ‘Social Deprivation’....

It is unfortunate in one way, that whist we love welcoming new families to the area, in a large number of new build housing developments in the Local

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Council Ward, we suffer from the definition of ‘Deprived’ and ‘Disadvantaged’ - which our children most certainly are....

Because these new developments are almost all ‘owner-occupied’ and not social housing, with the average income per family far above the ‘norm’ for the area, it affects the demarcation/balance of the area as being ‘deprived’. – which automatically excludes us from some funding streams!

But we will continue to seek funding at any opportunity.

Over the year MYTI have been working in partnership with Walton Heath Golf Club and their Captains, who sponsored MYTI, raising funds and giving children opportunities to engage with professional people in a setting that the vast majority have never experienced.

This has been an exceptionally generous partnership and the future is looking very positive, now relationships have been established.

Another Golf Club whose members have supported MYTI this year is Woodcote Golf club, based in Carshalton, Surrey. Their efforts in fund-raising have been superb and we are truly grateful for their donations.

A third ‘Sponsor/Donor’ has been Toyota GB, who have loaned MYTI an allelectric minibus for our use. We were able to negotiate its use by 1[St] Tattenham Scout Group, as part of a partnership, is a shared use, that sees the minibus stored at the Scout HQ, and charged using a Charging Point sponsored by Toyota GB.

This means that the Scouts have use of a new vehicle just as theirs went to the Scrapyard!

Behaviour and Standards - The behaviour aspect and personal responsibility to be part of a team or group and part of growing up is reflected in the expected behaviour when attending the Club. It is simple but effective – and seems to work! Sanctions are simple and communicated as appropriate. Warning Yellow Card – ‘learning discussion with Manager’ Red Card – ‘exclusion for a period’ determined by Managers with consultation with Trustees.

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We are fortunate to have some dedicated and credible staff and managers, who set an excellent example to our members, and reflect the ethos of the Club.

Our support of the children, and in turn their siblings and families, continues throughout the year and we are acutely aware that some families are living in desperate situations.

MYTI doesn’t just provide a free hot meal during each session and holiday sessions, it also provides something for our members to take home, at Christmas, that may help the families.

Thanks to the generosity of local people, businesses, including ASDA PLC, and their Community Champion, MYTI was able to provide a ‘Christmas Goody Bag’.

Each Christmas session every child attending receives a Goody Bag, containing foodstuffs, sweets, fruit and vegetables and useful items of clothing such as gloves.

A selection of the hundreds of items we collect each year for the ‘Goody Bags’.

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A Few Facts and Figures:

Some statistics to show the success and development of MYTI this year:

Number of member Children aged 8 -15: 400+

Average Friday atendance: 60

Average daily holiday atendance: 40-60

Number of adult leaders (including Catering Staf) : 9 – Paid hourly, per hour of duty, including Training. Non-contracted.

Volunteer Adult Leaders: Variable-depends on need and availability. No new volunteers recruited this year.

– Number of Young Leaders: 6 Paid a small amount per session, including training.

Number of Friends of MYTI: 4

Total Number of meals supplied in reportng year (approx.): 4,200

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Some quotes from MYTI Club Members:

(others appear in the MYTI Heart at the end of this report.)

E – Aged 10, ‘MYTI is where I can talk to the adults, and they listen to me. They really care about me. Last week I went to Thorpe Park with MYTI, and I loved it. I don’t think I would ever get the chance to go there if it wasn’t for MYTI.’

Em– Aged 15 – (SEND). ‘I love coming here. There’s always something to do and everyone is so friendly’.

P – Aged 17 – (Young Leader). ‘I really enjoy coming here. I’ve learned so much that’s going to help me in the future. I’m trusted to help all the children in whatever they are doing and I find it great fun as well’.

M – aged 16 – (Severe Allergies). ‘I love coming here and when they allowed me to cook a special curry that I can eat safely, it was great. My Mum thinks MYTI is fantastic’.

S – Aged 15 – ‘I’ve been coming to MYTI for some time. I really enjoy it here. The staff all care about the children and because they care the children are well-behaved and make more friends.

It would be quite remiss of the Trustees not to highlight our team of adult and Young Leaders. They make MYTI.......Mighty!

Our success in building one of the largest Children’s/Youth Clubs in Surrey, if not the South East- which is free to join and be a member, comes at a price. That is finding the funding.......As always!

We cannot do what we do without grant-funding as out core means of financial support!

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We have no additional ‘on-costs’ as none of our Trustees are paid, and ‘Administration’ activity is shared amongst the team, so we can guarantee that every penny coming into the Club is spent making a difference.

As reported above whilst we lost one of our Trustees this year, who was removed from the Board, we will be welcoming two new members to the Board early in 2026, and their talent and experience will help us go forwards and meet the challenges to come.

In summary, the Trustees believe that the transformation of MYTI into a Charity has been very successful and can only look forward to enjoying more success in the future and making a positive impact and difference to so many lives.

Finally, on behalf of the Trustees I am pleased to report there have been no serious incidents this reporting year warranting reporting to The Commission.

Jeffrey Harris (Mr). Jeffrey Harris (Mr.) Honorary Chairman – The MYTI Club April 2026

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