## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From Period start date** 8 August 2024 **To Period end date** 5 April 2025 **Charity name:** Youth Organisations in Uniform London (known as YOU London) **Charity registration number:** 1209504 ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP
reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes
of the charity as set out in
its governing document|Para 1.17|1. The object of the CIO is the promotion of the
efficiency and effectiveness and the effective
use of charitable resources of uniformed
youth organisations in Greater London for
the benefit of the public in particular but not
exclusively to:
a. Enable opportunities for uniformed
youth organisations within Greater
London to share ideas, information and
resources - including personnel and
facilities – to increase their individual
and collective impact.
b. Enable opportunities for co-operation,
collaboration and competition between
YOU London partner organisations at
regional, borough and local level.
c. Facilitate stakeholder engagement to
raise awareness of the positive
opportunities uniformed youth
organisations provide for young people
in London.
d. Support YOU London partner
organisations to recruit and retain young
people in Greater London.
e. Support YOU London partner
organisations to recruit and retain adult
volunteers, without which the
organisations cannot function, in
Greater London.| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|2. The CIO was launched on 28 February 2024
when its constitution was adopted. The
seven trustees met again on 4 September
2024 and 19 February 2025. Minutes were
taken at these meetings. The trustees have
complied with duty in Section 4 of the 2006
Act to have due regard to guidance of public
benefit published by the Commission.| ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
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.|Para 1.20|3. Since becoming a registered charity on 8
August 2024, YOU London delivered the
annual events listed below against the
CIO’s objectives which can be seen in the
2024 Annual Report:
a.
Three regional meetings – 19
September 2024, 5 December
2024, 12 March 2025
b.
A Leadership Development
Conference – 19-20 October 2024,
at Harrow School
c.
One Float at the Lord Mayor’s Show
– 9 November 2024, City of
London.
d.
Support to the delivery of local
events in the boroughs of Croydon
and Haringey.
4. In addition, a mixed band was provided
for the Jack Petchey Foundation
Showcase – 1 December 2024, at His
Majesty's Theatre, Haymarket.
5. The activities above were delivered with
the assistance of volunteers.| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|6. At the end of the financial period 2024-
2025, YOU London had £6075 in the
bank.| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|7. No Reserves are held yet as the charity is
in the early stages of operation.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|Nil| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|8. No Reserves are held yet as the charity is
in the early stages of operation.| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|N/A| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|9. The charity is in the early stages of
operation. Fundraising has been
challenging but it is early days. The
trustees are confident that adequate
funding can be sought.| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**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|10. So far, the charity’s principal source of
fundraising has been from grants.
(see accounts)| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|
Para 1.25|Constitution| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|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|11. Trustees are nominated by individual
uniformed organisations representing five
out of the twelve partner organisations.
12. The Chair is a Deputy Lieutenant of the
Greater London Lieutenancy.| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|13.YOU London is a partnership of Youth
Organisations in Uniform (YOU) working
together to maximise opportunities for
young people in London. The partner
organisations are the Army Cadet
Force, Boys’ Brigade, Combined Cadet
Force, Fire Cadets, Girls’ Brigade,
Girlguiding, Jewish Lads’ and Girls’
Brigade, RAF Air Cadets, Sea Cadet
Corps, Scouts, St. John Ambulance
Cadets and Volunteer Police Cadets.
14. The charity works in conjunction with
Youth United Foundation (registered
charity number 1147952) who are a
national network of the same partner
organisations.| |---|---|---| |Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51|15. YOU London’s relationship with the
partner organisations is described in the
charity’s objects.| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charityname|Youth Organisations in Uniform London| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|YOU London| |Registered charity number|1209504| |Charity’s principal address|87 Fulham High Street
London
SW6 3JS| **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)**| |---|---|---|---| |Stephen French|London Region
Scouts||| |Chief Inspector
Matthew Jenkins|Metropolitan Police
Service||| |Colonel Colin Jones|SW London Army
Cadet Force||| |Ms Jess Patten|London Fire Brigade||| |Stephen Lane|Boys’ Brigade||| |Lieutenant
Commander Tony
Pringle|Greater London
Reserve Forces’ &
Cadets’ Association||| |Colonel Hugh Purcell
OBE DL|Chair of Trustees||| – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity **Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets Nil held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **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)**
**Position (eg**
**Secretary, Chair, etc)**
**Date**||| |---|---|---| ||Hugh Maurice Purcell OBE DL|| ||
Chair|| ||28 January 2026|| ||28 January 2026|| ||**Charity Name**
**YOUTH ORGANISATIONS IN UNIFORM LONDON**|**Charity Name**
**YOUTH ORGANISATIONS IN UNIFORM LONDON**|**Charity Name**
**YOUTH ORGANISATIONS IN UNIFORM LONDON**|**No (if any)**
**1209504**|**No (if any)**
**1209504**|**No (if any)**
**1209504**|**CC16a**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**For the period**
**from**|Period start date
**08/08/2024**|**To**||Period end date
**05/04/2025**||| ||||||||| |**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||| |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**2,000**
**2,000**
**1,500**
**575**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**

**6,075**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**6,075**
**£0**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**6,075**
**-**
**-**
**6,075**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**-**||**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**2,000**
**2,000**
**1,500**
**575**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**6,075**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**6,075**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**6,075**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |The HadleyTrust|**2,000**||||||**-**| |The Morgan Charitable Foundation|**2,000**||||||**-**| |Fletchers Facilities Ltd|**1,500**||||||**-**| |The Vintners Company|**575**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|
**6,075**||||||**-**| ||||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|||||||| ||**-**||||||| ||**-**||||||**-**| |~~**_Sub total_**~~|**-**||||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**|||||||| ||||||||**-**| ||||||||| |
None|**£0**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**||||||**-**| ||||||||| |**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_**|||||||| ||||||||**-**| ||||||||| ||**6,075**|**-**|**-**||**6,075**||**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**6,075**|**-**|**-**||**6,075**||**-**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 28/01/2026 1 **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
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
Lloyds Bank
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
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**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**6,075**
**-**
**-**
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**-**
**6,075**
**-**
OK
OK
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**funds**
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Print Name
Hugh Maurice Purcell OBE DL
Chair of Trustees|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| |---|---|---|---| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
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approval| |||Hugh Maurice Purcell OBE DL|28-Jan-26| |||Chair of Trustees|| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 28/01/2026 2