**St Martin’s Youth Centre (Registered Charity, number 522878) Annual Report & Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2025**
|**Page**|**Contents**|
|---|---|
|2 - 7|Trustees’ annual report|
|8|Independent examiner’s report|
|9|Receipts and payments statement|
|10|Statement of assets and liabilities|
|11 - 17|Notes to the accounts|
## **St Martin’s Youth Centre Trustees’ annual report for the year ended 31 March 2025**
Registered office: St Martin’s Youth Centre Gooch Street Highgate Birmingham B5 7HE Charity number: 522878 Trustees The Revd. Jeremy Allcock Chair B K C Cameron BEM Vice Chair M Trumper Honorary Secretary T Lewis Member P Wright Member R Jones Member S Blair-Chappell Member (appointed 1 July 2024) Associates R Ingram Associate R Smiglarksy Associate Bank: The Bank of Scotland Commercial Banking PO Box 1000 BX2 1LB Pro-Bono Solicitors: Gowling WLG Two Snowhill Birmingham, B4 6WR Independent Examiner: M Montague, MAAT, BA (Hons Accounting & Finance), ACIE Affiliate Poachers Cottage Badsey, Evesham. WR11 7EU
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## **St Martin’s Youth Centre Trustees’ annual report (continued) for the year ended 31 March 2025**
The Trustees present their report and the financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2025. The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the accounting policies set out in note 1 and comply with charity’s constitution
## **PUBLIC BENEFIT**
In shaping our activities for the year, the Trustees have considered the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit, including the guidance ‘public benefit: running a charity (PB2)’.
## **OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES**
## **a. Principal Objective**
The objects of the centre are taken from the Constitution, clause 2 and are as follows: “The aim of the Youth Centre is to help and educate girls and boys through their leisure time activities so to develop their physical, mental and spiritual capacities that they may grow to full maturity as individuals and members of society and that their conditions of life may be improved.”
In setting objectives, the Trustees give careful consideration to the Charity Commission’s general guidance on public benefit and in particular, to its supplementary guidance on advancing education and widening access within its area of operation.
## **b. Priorities for the Year 2024-2025 and how were these achieved?**
1. With regards to raising funds to employ a team leader, an administrator, a full time sports worker, and a female youth worker we confirm the following:
- a. A grant was received from Awards for All for a female youth worker focusing on young females. However, having advertised a number of times, at this stage we still need to fill this post.
- b. We are fortunate in being offered funding for a full time sports worker for 3 years from another charity for £100k.
- c. To date we have not raised sufficient funds to employ a team leader or an administrator.
2. We have gathered together a small group of young people aged 18-25 who are interested in focusing on employability skills. This is in an embryonic stage at the moment.
3. The person appointed to lead the website project and work with the young people on developing it has now moved abroad and therefore we have not completed this work. Those involved are still keen to continue and this will be scheduled shortly.
4. Updating our policies & procedures has continued throughout the year. This was funded by Children in Need.
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## **St Martin’s Youth Centre Trustees’ annual report (continued)**
## **for the year ended 31 March 2025**
5. We have advertised for volunteers and having made contact with the most suitable, they are yet to visit the Centre to discuss matters further.
6. Trying to recruit new Trustees from the community has been difficult. However, two possible Trustees have shown interest and are yet to be interviewed.
7. We have established very good working relationships with the Highgate Steering Group with whom we have worked on two projects. The Hippodrome have been particularly supportive and active in wanting to help our young people in many ways – inviting them to cut price shows and participating in projects at the theatre.
8. We have continued to secure funding for core costs and some has been used for the upkeep and maintenance of the building. It should be noted one of the Trustees has also been involved.
9. The Homework Club project had to be put on hold due to renovation works taking place.
10. Again, the opening of the Coffee Morning club was postponed due to renovation works taking place at the Centre.
## **c) Priorities for the coming year:**
Priorities for the coming year include:
1. To appoint several key members of staff.
2. Commence the Homework Club and Coffee Mornings.
3. Upgrade the electrical system and complete a Fire Risk Assessment.
4. Increase the number of lettings taking place in the Centre.
5. To recruit new Trustees from the community.
6. To establish relationships with various new groups e.g. a Bosnian youth group.
7. Look at restructuring the youth provision to meet the current needs of young people in the area, i.e., providing specific sessions for different age groups.
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## **St Martin’s Youth Centre Trustees’ annual report (continued) for the year ended 31 March 2025**
## **STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT**
## **a. Trust Deed & Constitution**
The principal objects of the centre are taken from the Constitution, clause 2 and are as follows: “The aim of the Youth Centre is to help and educate girls and boys through their leisure time activities so to develop their physical, mental and spiritual capacities that they may grow to full maturity as individuals and members of society and that their conditions of life may be improved.”
## **b. Method of Appointment or Election of Committee**
Individuals are invited to apply to be Trustees. They are asked to complete a form stating their skills and some personal information. The candidates are invited to a full Trustees meeting and to present their case. Successful applicants are invited to join, at which point they are requested to undergo an Enhanced DBS Check. Additionally, a copy of the Trust Deed is supplied as well as a brochure on the Roles and Responsibilities of Trustees, as issued by the Charity Commission. Individuals also undergo an induction which entails meeting staff and familiarising themselves with the building and services offered at the youth centre.
## **c. Organisational Structure and Decision Making**
The Trustees meet on a quarterly basis to set budgets, review finances and make all policy decisions. Subcommittees are constituted as required by the business.
## **d. Risk Management**
The Management Committee take the responsibility of risk management as part of their role, very seriously. The Committee receives regular reports at its meetings and examines and reviews these in detail, including any steps taken to mitigate the effects of these risks.
## **e. Financial Review**
The Management Committee confirm that the financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice. Income has increased to £105,466 (£46,445, 2024) Expenditure has increase to £87,601, (£77,738, 2024) The unrestricted funds are £29,030, (£19,652, 2024)
## _**The current year under review:**_
It has been a difficult year due to being unable to find a suitable replacement for the female part time worker and the refurbishment works taking place at the Centre, which has deterred possible users of the Centre from hiring the premises for training, meetings, parties etc.
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## **St Martin’s Youth Centre Trustees’ annual report (continued) for the year ended 31 March 2025**
This year in consultation with females who attend, say that they are adamant they want some special programmes for girls. They have enjoyed the links forged with the Birmingham Hippodrome and some participated in a dance workshop. Our consultation has also highlighted the need for a wider variety of activities and sessions for specific age groups of both sexes.
The summer programme was very well supported and they particularly enjoyed, go karting, bowling, ice skating, visits to the cinema and trampolining. Our members have commented that they enjoy physical activities in preference to educational, e.g. visiting places of interest, historic sites and museums etc.
Funding received for the current year slightly increased from the previous year, largely due to a one off grant from the Grimmitt Trust to celebrate the good work done by their Administrator who was retiring at the time. She herself had requested that we receive this money. Fundraisers were very supportive of us during the year, several of whom have commented that they like the way we fundraise to enable all young people to come on trips and activities without having to pay for it themselves. This means nobody is excluded due to lack of funds. They also value the fact that we consult with the young people on what they want to do.
A small group have developed a real liking for chess and one or two of them, would like to take part in competitions with other chess players in the area.
We have had numerous enquiries during the course of the year to work alongside other agencies; in particular the Joseph Chamberlain 6th Form College and the military.
## _**The future outlook:**_
The youth centre would benefit from a restructure so that we could provide more fully to the young people of different age groups, particularly the 7-11 age group and the 18-25 year olds. This will require extra funding. We are fortunate to have already had the offer of £100k to employ a full time Sports Worker for 3 years and this will help us to deter our members from becoming involved in crime. The 18-25 year olds also require assistance in gaining appropriate skills to access work or study placements.
The military have offered to run summer camps as well as other activities.
In short, we need more staff with varying skills, a bigger programme of activities for different age groups, and funding to upgrade the building particularly the sports area on the roof.
## **f. Trustees responsibilities in relation to the financial statements**
The Trustees are responsible for preparing a Trustees Annual Report and Financial Statement in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
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## **St Martin’s Youth Centre Trustees’ annual report (continued) for the year ended 31 March 2025**
The law applicable to charities in England and Wales requires the Trustees to prepare financial statements for each year which gives a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and of the incoming resources and application of resources of the charity, for that period. In preparing the financial statements, the Trustees are required to:
- Select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
- Observe the methods and principles in the applicable Charities SORP;
- Make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
- State whether applicable accounting standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements;
- Prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in business.
The Trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time, the financial position of the charity and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011, the applicable Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations and the provisions of the Constitution. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
The Trustees are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the charity and financial information included on the charity’s website. Legislation in the United Kingdom governing the preparation and dissemination of financial statements may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions.
Approved by the Management Committee and signed on its behalf by:
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Signed Dated 19.01.26
Revd. Jeremy Allcock
Chair - Management Committee
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## **Independent examiner’s report to the trustees of St Martin’s Youth Centre for the year ended 31 March 2025**
I report on the accounts of the charity, which are set out on pages 9 to 17.
## **Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner**
The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity’s trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144 (2) of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Charities Act”) and that an independent examination is needed.
It is my responsibility to:
- examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act,
- to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act, and
- to state whether particular matters have come to my attention
## **Basis of independent**
**examiner’s statement**
My examination was carried out in accordance with general Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a ‘true and fair’ view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.
**Independent examiner's** In connection with my examination, no material matters have come to my **statement** attention which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
- (1) Which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect of the requirements:
- To keep accounting records in accordance with Section 130 of the 2011 Act; and
Have not been met; or
- (2) To which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached
Signed Date: 20 January 2026
Mairead Montague, MAAT BA (Hons), ACIE Affiliate
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## **St Martin’s Youth Centre Statement of receipts and payments for the year ended 31 March 2025**
|**Receipts**
Receipts and endowments from:
Donantions, grants and legacies
Charitable activities
Investments
Other
**Total**
**Payments**
Expenditure on:
Raising funds
Charitable activities
Other
**Total**
Net income / (expenditure)
Investments
Net income / (expenditure)
Extraordinary items
Transfers between funds
Other recognised gains / (losses):
**Net Receipts /(payments)**
**Reconciliation of funds**
Total funds brought forward
**Total funds carried forwards**|**2025**
**2025**
**2025**
**2025**
**2024**
**Unrestricted Restricted**
**Endowment**
**Total**
**Total**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
40,943
50,331
91,274
37,218
13,861
13,861
9,111
119
119
117
212
212
-|
|---|---|
||**55,135**
**50,331**
**-**
**105,466**
**46,445**|
||50,455
37,146
87,601
77,738|
||**50,455**
**37,146**
**-**
**87,601**
**77,738**|
||4,680
13,185
-
17,865
(31,293)
4,680
13,185
-
17,865
(31,293)
4,698
4,698
-|
||**9,378**
**8,487**
**-**
**17,865**
**(31,293)**
19,652
34,845
54,497
85,790|
||**29,030**
**43,332**
**-**
**72,362**
**54,497**|
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## **St Martin’s Youth Centre Statement of assets and liabilities at 31 March 2025**
||**2024**||**2025**|**2025**|**2025**|**2025**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||**Unrestricted **|**Restricted **|**Endowment**|**Total**|
|**_£_**||**Cash assets**|**_£_**|**_£_**|**_£_**|**_£_**|
|54,122||Bank accounts|19,419|52,929||72,348|
||376|Cash in hand|13|||13|
|54,498|||19,432|52,929|-|72,361|
|||**Other monetary assets**|||||
||995|Debtors|4,211|||4,211|
||-|Prepayments||||-|
||995||4,211|-|-|4,211|
|||**Investment assets**|||||
|4,379||Investments - expendable endowment|||4,175|4,175|
|4,379|||-|-|4,175|4,175|
|||**Assets retained for the charity's own use**|||||
||747|Sports & gym equipment|-|||-|
|1,520||Computers, laptops, multimedia & IT|760|||760|
|2,267|||760|-|-|760|
|||**Liabilities**|||||
|2,779||Creditors: Short Term|3,278|||3,278|
|||Receipts in advance||||-|
||395|Accountancy fee|250|||250|
|||Taxation||||-|
|||Other||||-|
|3,174|||3,528|-|-|3,528|
The trustees declare that they have approved the accounts above. Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees:
Signed Revd. Jeremy Allcock Chair - Management Committee
Dated 19.01.26
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## **St Martin’s Youth Centre**
## **Notes to the accounts**
## **for the year ended 31 March 2025**
## **1. Accounting policies**
## **a. Basis of the preparation of the accounts**
## **Receipts & payments accounts**
Receipts and payments accounts are statements that summarise the movement of cash into and out of
the charity during the financial year. In this context “cash” includes cash equivalents, for example, bank
accounts where cash can be readily withdrawn to pay for debts as they become due.
- **b. Funds Structure**
Restricted funds are funds which are to be used in accordance with specific restrictions imposed by the donor or Constitution.
Unrestricted income funds comprise those funds which the Trustees are free to use for any purpose in furtherance of the charitable objects. Unrestricted funds include designated funds where the Trustees, at their discretion, have created a fund for a specific purpose.
- **c. Irrecoverable VAT**
Irrecoverable VAT is charged against the expenditure heading for which it was incurred.
## **d. Charitable activities**
The expenditure on charitable activities include governance costs and as shown in note 3.
## **e. Realised gains and losses**
All gains and losses are taken to the statement of financial activities as they arise.
## **Glossary of terms**
**Restricted funds:** These are funds given to the charity, subject to specific restrictions set by the donor, but still within the general objects of the charity.
**Advance receipts:** These are amounts received by the charity in the accounting period, for use in a future period.
**Creditors:** These are amounts owed by the charity, but not paid during the accounting period.
**Debtors:** These are amounts owed to the charity, but not received in the accounting period.
**Prepayments:** These are services that the charity has paid for in advance, but not used during the accounting period.
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## **St Martin’s Youth Centre Notes to the accounts**
## **for the year ended 31 March 2025**
## **2. Analysis of income**
|**2025**
**2025**
**2025**
**2025**
**UnrestrictedRestricted Endowment**
**Total**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
Income & endowments from:
Grants
23,000
50,331
-
73,331
Donations & Legacies
17,943
-
-
17,943
40,943
50,331
-
91,274
Charitable activities
Room hire
13,861
-
-
13,861
Other trading activities
-
-
-
-
Other trading activities
-
-
-
-
13,861
-
-
13,861
Investments
119
-
-
119
Interest
212
-
-
212
Total
55,135
50,331
-
105,466|**2024**
**Total**
**£**
28,783
8,434|
|---|---|
||37,217
9,111|
||9,111|
||117
-|
||46,445|
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## **St Martin’s Youth Centre Notes to the accounts**
## **for the year ended 31 March 2025**
## **Analysis of income (continued)**
|**Grants & Trusts**|**2025**|**2025**|**2025**|**2025**|**2024**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**UnrestrictedRestricted **||**Endowment**|**Total**|**Total**|
||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|
|Baron Davenport|1,500|-|-|1,500|-|
|Charles Brotherton|200|-|-|200|200|
|Children in Need|-|30,331|-|30,331|7,583|
|Deritend Chapel Endowmen|2,300|-|-|2,300|3,000|
|Foyle Foundation|6,000|-|-|6,000|-|
|Grimmitt Trust|9,000|-|-|9,000|4,000|
|National Lottery|-|20,000|-|20,000|10,000|
|Turner Trust|4,000|-|-|4,000|4,000|
||-|-|-
|-
|-|
|Donation:|-|-|-|-|-|
|Croft & Assinder|5,000|-|-
|5,000
|-|
|St Martins in the Bullring|2,350|-|-|2,350|2,350|
|Others|10,593|-|-|10,593|6,084|
|Total|40,943|50,331|-|91,274|37,217|
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## **St Martin’s Youth Centre Notes to the accounts**
## **for the year ended 31 March 2025**
## **3. Analysis of expenditure**
|Resources expended
Payments
Charitable activities
Payroll costs
Building costs
Utilities costs
Telephone costs
Computer costs
Office costs
Finance costs
Activity costs
Governance|**2025**
**2025**
**2025**
**2025**
**2024**
**Unrestricted Restricted**
**Endowment**
**Total**
**Total**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
8,748
30,244
-
38,992
39,778
21,884
-
-
21,884
7,368
14,679
-
-
14,679
15,798
1,173
-
-
1,173
1,183
-
-
-
-
2,280
3,476
649
-
4,125
4,592
-
-
-
-
-
100
6,253
-
6,353
6,344
395
-
-
395
395
50,455
37,146
-
87,601
77,738|
|---|---|
## **4. Debtors**
|Birmingham Child Contact Centre
Sword of the Spirit & Healing Ministry
British Gas advance
HMRC Gift Aid
Halow
P Barnes
Anchor Church
Sports Mania|This year
Last year
72
-
648
-
895
-
2,596
70
-
325
-
128
-
23
-
450
4,211
995|
|---|---|
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## **St Martin’s Youth Centre Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025**
## **5. Creditors**
|**This year**
**£**
British Gas
64
Examination
250
BT
106
Gazprom
-
Payroll Services
100
Waterplus
83
Rent in advance
650
Pension
48
Refurb invs
1,127
Refurb invs
1,100
**3,528**|**Last year**
**£**
401
395
100
1,983
100
143
-
52
-
-|
|---|---|
||**3,174**|
## **6. Movements in funds**
|**6.Movements in funds**||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**Opening**|**Incoming**||**(Resources**|**Net**|**Transfers**|**Closing**|
||**Balance**|**Resources**||**Expended)**|||**Balance**|
|**Unrestricted**||||||||
|General|19,652|55,135||(50,455)|4,680|4,698|29,030|
||**19,652**|**55,135**||**(50,455)**|**4,680**|**4,698**|**29,030**|
|**Restricted**||||||||
|CIN|999|30,331||(26,838)|3,493|(4,698)|(206)|
|Deritend Chapel Trust|4,355|||(2,681)|(2,681)|120|1,794|
|Grantham Yorke|5,220|-||-|-|-|5,220|
|Wlliam Dudley Trust|578|-||-|-|-|578|
|Bite Size Pieces|800|-||-|-|-|800|
|Eveson Charitable Trust|2,500|-||-|-|-|2,500|
|Hedley Foundation|3,000|-||-
|-|-|3,000|
|Lord Austin Trust|1,276|-||-
|-|-|1,276|
|David Wilson - Barratt Housing|460|-||-|-|-|460|
|Woolliscroft (donation)|1,000|-||-|-|-|1,000|
|The Archer Trust|3,000|-||-|-|-|3,000|
|Baron Davenport|1,500|-||-|-|-|1,500|
|Blue Coat School|3,329||-|429
|(429)|-|2,900|
|Deritend Chapel Trust - IT|120|-||-|-|(120)|-|
|National Lottery Community Fund|6,708|20,000|-|7,198
|12,802|-|19,510|
||**34,845**|**50,331**||**(37,146)**|**13,185**|**(4,698)**
|**43,332**
|
|**TOTAL**|**54,497**|**105,466**||**(87,601)**|**17,865**|**-**|**72,362**|
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## **St Martin’s Youth Centre Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025**
## **7. Funding purposes**
**Fund names Type Purpose and Restrictions** General Unrestricted General funds used to support the charity Diocesan fund Endowment COIF charitable funds account Baron Davenport Restricted Support towards the afterschool activities Bite Size Pieces Restricted To fund camping activities Blue Coat School Restricted Funds toward childrens activities Children in Need Restricted To fund salary costs, volunteer and small items of equipment David Wilson - Barratt Housing Restricted Costs of roof repairs Deritend Chapel Trust Restricted To fund summer activities and special event/visit Eveson Charitable Trust Restricted Funds towards homework worker Grantham Yorke Trust Restricted Refurbishment of the sports area on the roof of the centre Hedley Foundation Restricted Camping weekend Lord Austin Restricted Support towards the coffee club William Dudley Trust Restricted Towards the cost of kitchen equipment Wooliscroft (donation) Restricted Towards activities chosen by the young people National Lottery Restricted Funding to support salary costs Archer Trust Restricted Homework Club
## **8. Staff costs and numbers**
|**Staff costs and numbers**|||
|---|---|---|
|Salaries & wages
Social security
Pension costs
Other employee benefits|**This year**
**£**
38,733
-
256
-
**38,989**|**Last year**
**£**
39,777
-
271
-|
|||**40,048**|
No employee received emoluments of more than £60,000. The average number of employees during the year was 1.6 FTE, 2024 (1.7 FTE)
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## **St Martin’s Youth Centre Notes to the accounts**
**for the year ended 31 March 2025**
**9. Trustees’ remuneration, benefits and expenses**
No expenses, other remuneration or benefits were received in this period.
## **10. Related party transactions**
There were no related party transactions for the year (2025).
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