## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From 01/04/24 Period start date To Period end date 31/03/25** ## **Charity name: Harthill Youth Centre** ## **Charity registration number: 521170** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**The object of the centre is to help and**
**educate young people especially**
**between the ages of 13 and 20 yrs**
**through their leisure-time activities, so**
**as to develop their physical, intellectual**
**and spiritual capacities so they may**
**grow into maturity as individuals and**
**members of society and that their life**
**chances and conditions may be**
**improved. The age range is extended to**
**25 yrs for neurologically diverse young**
**people.**| |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|**Harthill Youth Centre has provided a**
**range of services over the last year.**
**Thes included two nights of Open**
**Access youth club, a fortnightly evening**
**for neurologically challenged young**
**adult Music Makers, a SPLICE night**
**catering for neuro-diverse young people**
**up to the age of 25, an Arabic Youth**
**Club (including academic support), a**
**specialist music night using skilled**
**young people as role-models and**
**mentors and a Sunday youth club**
**for Turkish young people (the children**
**of recent refugees/immigrants). There**
**has also been a 5 day-a-week**
**independent school run by Prudentia**
**Education (fully Ofsted recognised)**
**catering for pupils who have been**
**having problems in mainstream**
**education.**
**A Karate/Judo club uses the sports hall**
**to teach both adults and young people**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity|Para 1.18|**The Trustees are cognizant of the new**
**guidance.**| Commission on public benefit ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||
SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |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|**We continue to be well served by**
**volunteers in helping run youth**
**activities in SPLICE, the Liverpool**
**Arabic Club and on the music night.**
**There are four volunteers as Trustees**| |Other||| ## **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|**In such difficult financial times,**
**particularly with the hit to energy costs,**
**we feel it is an achievement to be able to**
**continue to offer such a wide variety of**
**User Groups and activities to meet the**
**divers needs of our young people and**
**their communities.**
**At a time of a worrying rise in mental**
**health issues for young people**
**nationally, and in particular in areas of**
**poverty like Liverpool, the opportunity**
**to learn new skills and gain the ability to**
**function successfully in groups has**
**been important for our young people.**
**Capeesh Music Project and the one-to-**
**one music mentoring by our Full-time**
**Youth Worker are key aspects of our**
**provision.**
**As is the fortnightly Music Makers**
**which helps neuro diverse young adults**
**giving them enjoyment and confidence.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: Achievements against Para 1.41 |objectives set||| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**We do not hold any reserves**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**Nil**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**Lack of funds**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**Liverpool City Council is supportive of**
**Youth Work (in contrast to much of the**
**country) and continues to provide us**
**with a Full-time youth worker and**
**Sessional staff.**
**However there is continued uncertainty**
**about Central Government willingness**
**to continue funding a non-statutory**
**service like youth work.**| ## **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|
**Liverpool City Council annual**
**maintenance grant and User Group**
**rents. Prudentia Education (five days**
**per week) is the major rent payer.**
**Financially, whilst still being very**
**stretched, we are now in a more stable**
**position in having been successful in**
**gaining five-year funding under the**
**Council’s new grant awarding system**| |---|---|---| |.
Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**The principal risk is lack of funding.**
**This does not prevent us delivering**
**quality work but it leaves us vulnerable**
**to “shocks”.**| |Other||| ## **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|**Unincorporated association.**| |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|**Election of Officers at AGM.**
**Trustees are invited to join or are co-**
**opted.**
**We try to ensure all User Groups are**
**represented on the Trustees’ group**| ## **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’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|**Harthill Youth Centre sees itself as an**
**organic part of the Council’s youth work**
**provision.**
**Our lease is held by Merseyside Youth**
**Association**| |Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51|**Informal**| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Harthill Youth Centre| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|521170| |Charity’s principal address|Harthill Youth Centre,
Wellington Road,
Liverpool L15 4JN| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||PaddyLogan|Chair||| ||Ian Francis|DeputyChair||| ||Caroline Murphy|Treasurer||| ||Kath Heavyside|||| ||Bulent Kaya|||| ||Samya O’Grady|||| ||Najib Al-Hakimi|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## – 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 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 ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Type of**
**adviser**|**Name**
**Address**|**Name**
**Address**| |---|---|---| |**Financial**|Pat Maddocks|Aces21, Unit 2c , Wavertree Boulevard South, Liverpool
L7 9PF| |||| |||| |||| ## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **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** **----- Start of picture text -----**
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Caroline Murphy
Full name(s) Patrick Logan
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**Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 4/1/2024 3/31/2025 ~~ee ee ee a~~ **Section A Receipts and payments Unrestricted Restricted Endowment Total funds Last year funds funds funds** |||**Unrestricted**||||**Restricted**||||**Endowment**||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||**Unrestricted**
**funds**||||**Restricted**
**funds**||||**Endowment**
**funds**||||**Total funds**||||**Last year**| |||**to the nearest £**||||**to the nearest £**||||**to the nearest £**||||**to the nearest £**||||**to the nearest £**| |**A1 Receipts**||||||||||||||||||| |LA Grants and donations||**-**||||**40,330**||||||||40,330||||20,099| |Grants other||**-**||||||||**-**||||-||||1,025| |Members Subscriptions||**845**||||||||**-**||||845||||547| |Hire of Facilities||**7,697**||||**-**||||**-**||||7,697||||5,351| |Fundraising||||||**-**||||**-**||||-||||-| |||**-**||||**-**||||**-**||||-||||-| |||**-**||||**-**||||**-**||||-||||-| |||**-**||||**-**||||**-**||||-||||-| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|_(Gross income for AR)_|**8,542**||||**40,330**||||**-**||||**48,872**||||**27,022**| |**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Total receipts_ 8,542**
**40,330**
**-**
**48,872**
**27,022**
**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
~~—————=~~||||||||||||||||||| |**A3 Payments**||||||||||||||||||| |Costs of Charitable Activities
**-**
Governance Costs
**1,563**
other
**4,597**
~~———~~||||||**30,391**
**-**||||**-**
**-**
**-**||||**30,391**
**1,563**
**4,597**||||**40,298**
**1,276**
**3,057**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 03/11/2026 1 ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**6,160**||**30,391**||**-**||**36,551**||**44,631**| |||**-**
**-**
**-**
**30,391**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**30,391**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**36,551**
**12,321**
**-**
**8,349**
**20,670**|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||||**-**| ||||||||**-**| ||||||||**-**| ||||||||| ||||||||**44,631**| ||||||||| |**2,382**||**9,939 #**|**#**|**- #**|**#**|**12,321**|**- 17,609**| |**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**| |**29,418**||**- 21,069**||**-**||**8,349**|**10,777**| |**31,800**||**- 11,130**||**- #**|**#**|**20,670**|**8,349**| ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))|**to nearest £**
**31,800**
**-**
**31,800**
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**|**to nearest £**
**- 11,130**
**-**
**- 11,130**
OK
**Restricted**
**funds**|**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**| |---|---|---|---|---| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||OK| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 03/11/2026 2 ## **B2 Other monetary assets** ## **B3 Investment assets** ## **B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use** |**Details**|**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**|**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Restricted**
**funds**|**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**| |---|---|---|---| ||**-**|**-**|**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**| |**Details**
**Details**|**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**|**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Current value**
**(optional)**| |---|---|---|---| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| |||**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**| CCXX R3 accounts (SS) 03/11/2026 3 **-** ## **B5 Liabilities** Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees **Fund to which Amount due When due Details liability relates (optional) (optional) - - - - -** ~~===~~ Date of Signature Print Name approval **P Logan** 23/01/26 **C Murphy** 23/01/26 CCXX R4 accounts (SS) 03/11/2026 4 CCXX R5 accounts ss 0311112026 ## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report** **Report to the trustees/** Charity Name Harthill Youth Centre **members of On accounts for the year** 31[st] March 2025 **Charity no** 521170 **ended (if any) Set out on pages** 1 and 2 (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets) I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31/03/2025 - As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation - **Responsibilities and** of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act **basis of report** 2011 (“the Act”). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. ## **Independent examiner's statement** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention (other than that disclosed below *) in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: - accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or - the accounts do not accord with the accounting records I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. * _Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply._ **Signed:** P Maddocks **Date:** 30 01 2026 ~~Ps fF~~ **Name:** For ACES21 Ltd P Maddocks ~~Cs~~ **Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any): Address:** Unit 2C Wavertree Boulevard South Liverpool L7 9+PF **Section B Disclosure** ~~en~~ Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners). 1 **October 2018** **IER** **Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** . 2 **October 2018** **IER**