@brook BROOK YOUNG PEOPLE REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025 Company number: 02466940 @brook CONTENTS TRLBTEES. ANNUAL REPORT Contents................................................................................. Administrative details............................... . . Introduction......... . stwcture, Governance and Management................................ ... Public benefit disclosure....................................... Objectives and activities . Volunteering and participation ..... Achievements and perfonnance............... ... .. ........................ Financial review..................................................................... 10 10 14 Investments...........................................................-. . 16 Key risks and uncertainties...... Plans for future periods... Reserves......................... 17 17 18 Going concem . statement of trustees, responsibilities..... Independent auditor's report to the members of Brook Young People...................... 21 19 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Consolidated Statement of financial aclivities................. Consolidated Balance sheet .................-.. .. . .26 Charity Balance sheet ..... .. Consolidated statement of cash flov￿............. . ........................ ... ....... .27 Notes to the financial statements.................................. .... .29 Brook Young Peop￿ 2024/25 Page l of 43 @brook ADMINISTRATIVE DEfAILS CHARITY NAME Brook Young People TrADINQ NAIAE Brook R￿l$TRATION Limited Company registered in England and Wales no. 02466940 Charity registered in England and Wales no. 703015 Charity registered with the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator no. SC045788 REalSTERED OFHCE Penhaligon House, Green Street, Truro, TR12LH CHIEF EXECUTIVE Helen Marshall COPIIPANY SECRETARY Sally Hutchings AUDITORS Haysmac LLP l O Queen Street Place, London, EC4R I AG Lloyds Bank PLC 25 Gresham Street. London EC2V 7HN SOUCITORS Penningtons Manches LLP 125 Wood Street, London. EC2V 7AW TRIISTEES The following people have been trustees (and directors as defined by the Companies Act 2(K)6) during the period ond up to the date of signing: Dame Sally Dicketts (Chair) Peter Beeby Mark Bickford (appointed 0211012025J Clare Daly Simon Dixon (appointed 1010712024,. resigned 3010112025J Dr Samilia Ekeocha (appointed 0211012025) Tanisha Harper-John (appointed 0211012025J Leila Hashemi Pamela Leonce (resigned 31112/2024) Kanika Leo Peter Roscrow Daniel Ryan (appointed 1211212024) Sandy Sohal Saloni Thackrar Dee Whltnell (appointed 1010712024J Brook Young People 2024125 Page 2 of 43 @brook SENIOR MANAQEMENT At the date of this report, the Executive Team comyises: Helen Marshall. Chief Executive Karl Askew, Interim Finance Director Lisa Bartlett. Director of Commercial Development Sally Hutchings, Director of Corporate Services Kathleen Sadler, Director of Operations Brook Young People 2024125 Page 3 of 43 @brook INTRODUCTION The trustees present their annual report and the consolidated financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2025. The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the accounting policies set out in Note I to the accounts and comply with the charity's Memorandum and Articles of Association, the Companies Act 2006. the Charities Act 2011 and Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland. (SORP 2015} (Second Edition, effective l January 2019). STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT COMPANYSTrUCTURE AND OWNERSHIP Brook Young People (Brook) has one charitable subsidiary- Brook Scotland (company no. SC159534,' charity no. SC023964) which is retained as a donnant vehicle for the potential future delivery of services in Scotland. Brook also has one commercial trading subsidiary- Brook Aspire Ltd (company no. 14936876) which is a company limited by shares with l 00% of the shares owned by BrooL Its purpose is to generate income for the benefit of the charity. Brook Aspire has its own board of director5. comprising Brook twstees, staff and one independent director and is overseen by the charity's Risk, Finance & Audit Committee. Brook Aspire was incorporated in June 2023 and was donnant during the year ended 31 March 2024. Its results are consolidated into these financial statements for the first time this year. Brook fetains four donnant subsidiaries which are former independent Brook charities. all of which are companies limited by guarantee (Brook Blackbum - company no. 02916471; Brook Bumley- company no. 02598200; Brook Comwall - company no. 02826211: Brook Wirral - company no. 02727971). They are retained due to property being held in the subsidiary's name and are no longer registered charities. IIOVERNING DOCUMENT AND CONSTITUnON Brook is constituted as a company limited by guarantee and is a registered charity. Brook is govemed by its Articles of Association, which were last reviewed and updated in July 2020. The business of the charity is managed by the board of trustees. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES The composition of the Brook board is skills4ed. All trustees are appointed by the board, and Brook's members are the same group of people as Its trustees. Brook Young People 2024125 Page 4 of 43 @brook The Articles of Association allow any person who is viilling to act as a trustee. accepts membership of the charity, and who is not disqualified from acting as a Irvstee or a company director to be appointed as a trustee by a decision of the Board. The board consists of a mlnimum of six and a maximum of frfteen trustees and meets formally at least four times per year. Twstees serve for fixed terms of three years unless they cease to be a trustee during this period. Trustees are eligible for re- appointment for a second term by the board with the maximum period of office being fvrfo terms. with the exception of the Chair who may be reappointed for a third term in exceptional clrcumstances. The Chair may extend the second term of any twstee by one addltlonal year in order to achieve a stable retirement cycle of Irustees. The board may co-opt up to three additional trustees who hold office for a perlod of 12 months and who may be co-opted up to three times. INDUCTION AND TrAINING OF TRUSTEES Potential trustees are identified via a range of mechanisms to ensure there is diversity of skills, backgrounds and experience on the board. On appointment, and annually thereafter. all twstees are required to declare potenlial conflicts of interest. complete automatic disqualrfication self-declarations and checks of official registers are completed. Trustees complete a full induction process within which they agree to Brook's key policies and statement of good govemance. The induction process marks the beginning of an ongoing process of trustee training, mentoring, development and annual appraisal. A Irustee skills audit was completed in June 2023 with priorities for trustee skills development identified. A govemance diversity audit was completed in May 2023 with recommendations to strengthen diversity. Three new Irvstees were appointed during 2024125 and a further three appointed in October 2025. Details of the new appointments can be found on page 2. MANAQEMENT AND DECISION MAKINQ The board delegates authority to its committees and to the Chief Executive within a written Scheme of Delegation. The roles of Brook's committees are: RISK Flnance and Audlt Commlltee: to ensure that Brook manages its rinances. risks. investments and trading operations effectively and efficiently in SUPPOrt of its charitable objectives. Operallon$ & Quallty Commlttee: to review the operations of the organisation and ensure that a high quality of service is provided to Brook's service users. overseeing clinical effectiveness and safeguarding. Parllclpallon Commlttee: to ensure that service user voice inforns dectslons made by the Board of Trustees. Membership of the committee includes representatives of Brook's national service user participation forums. The Board delegates all other matters including the day-to-day running of the organisation to the Chief Executive working within the framework of oll decisions made by the Board and by Committees deciding under delegated authorities. Brook Young People 2024125 Page 5 of 43 @brook Brook's Executive Team comprises the Chief Executwe, Director of Corporate SeNices, Director of Commercial Development, Director of Operations. and Finance Director. The board of trustees have reviewed and adopted the Charlty Govemance Code. Where improvements could be made, the board agreed actions to increase compliance. These actions, alongside actions identffied throvgh other sources such as trustee appraisals and internal evaluations. formed the board development plan. A new board development plan will be produced during 2025126. PAY AND REMUNERATION Brook operates a Pay and Benefits Policy. Salaries are routinely tested against the jobs market to ensure that account is taken of experience, qualifications. and demonstrable ability to perform the job. The starting salary may also be influenced by external factors such as market conditions or availability of specialist skills. In line with the principles of equal pay enshrined within the Equal Pay Act 1970 and supported by Brook's commitment to equal pay and equality of opportunity. all salary offers are made with equal pay considerations in mind. Brook considers its key management personnel comprises the trustees. the Executive Team (detailed above) and the Medical Director. None of the tfustees of the charity received any remuneration for their seDiices as trustees. Expenses were reimbvrsed as detailed in Note 7. Exkemal expert advisors (non-trustees) appointed to Brook's committees receive remuneration following benchmarking of other charities and health organisations. RELATIONSHIPS wmi RELATED PARTIES During 2024125 the independent charity Brook Jersey has operated as a licensee of Brook. Brook received a fee from Brook Jersey in retum for an exclusive licence in the Channel Islands to use the Brook identity, clinical govemance framework, safeguarding support and key policies. This licence will end in 2025126. Two agreements are in place behveen Brook and its wholly-owned trading subsidiary, Brook Aspire. The unsecured working capital facility makes available a loan from Brook to Brook Aspire for the purpose of general working capital with a repayment date of 30 November 2026. During 2024125. £10.(K)O was drawn dovm by Brook Aspire. An indirect resource investment agreement was entered into by the parties to govem the recharge at cost of the charity's staff, premises, facilities. equipment and other resources used by Brook Aspire. The recharge is payable on demand and. during 2024125. no recharges were invoiced. PUBLIC BENEFIT DISCLOSURE Brook has a duty to report on our public benefrt and we have given due consideration to the Charity Commission's published guidance on the Public Benefit requirement under the Charities Act 2011. Brook Young People 2024125 Page 6 of 43 @brook Brook is a national charity supporting people with their sexual health and wellbeing. We offer a range of services to support our mission of helping people to five healthier lives. Brook fights for everyone's right to safe, confidential, accessible healthcare. no matter who they are. We challenge stlgma, amplify voices and provide lrfelong support that meets the diverse needs of our communities. Our unique offer combines clinical seDiices. relationships and sex education. outreach in community settings. wellbeing programmes and counselling. Our life-covr5e approach to sexual health and wellbeing means that people can benefit trom our holistic services at any stage of their life. The main activities Brook undertakes for the public benefit are: Cllnlcal servkes= Everyone should feel empowered to access sexual health and wellbeing support. Our highly skilled clinical experts deliver free. confidential sexual health and wellbeing seNices for people of all ages. We provide contraception, STI testing and treatment. pregnancy testing and decision-making support. We operate from our own specialist clinics. as well as integrated hubs and outreach in local communities. We also provide digital seprfices, developed in partnership with our clinical staff and service users. Educallon and fralnlng: All young people have the right to high quality, inclusive relationships and sex education. Brook's specialist educators work dlrectly with young people, teachers, parents and carers to keep everyone safe and healthy. We offer a range of face-to-face and online RSE training programmes for teachers. sessions for young people, and we support schools to develop effective plans and policies. Wellbelng servlce5: Our place-based wellbeing hubs support young people to improve their own mental health and wellbeing. Offering early inteDiention svpport throvgh a self-referral process. the hubs offer counselling services as well as mental health literacy programmes aimed at helping young people better understand emotions. stress. and how to build support networks, and our bespoke My Life programme aiming to boost motivation and self-worth. and counselling services. Campalgnlng and advocacy: Brook's history is steeped in its courageous approach to tackling stigma and fighting for policy change. We engage with policymakers. MPS and sector experts to improve people's lives. We deliver national and local campaigns. infomed by our expertise and shaped by data. that drive people to the help. 5UPPOrt and serrfices we know they need. OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES OUR CHARITABLE PURPOSE To promote the health. particularly sexual health of young people ond those most vulnerable to sexual ill health, through providing information, education and outreach. counselling, confidential clinical and medical services, professional advice and training. Brook Young People 2024125 Page 7 of 43 @brook OUR VISION Everyone is supported to live healthy Ilves, free from inequality and strengthened by fulfilling relationships. OUR MISSION Excellent sexual health, mental health and wellbeing is a right. Brook exists to fight for that right and we demand better, especially for young people. We challenge stigma. amplify voices and provide lifelong support that meets the diverse needs of our communities. OUR VALUES Tnjslworthy: People tvrn to Brook when they need help, trusting in our confidential, non-judgmental support to keep them safe. Robust research, data and evidence underpins all our work. making Brook a frusted partner and an authoritative source of information and advice. Collaboralfve: Our service users are at the heart of our decisions. We listen to their needs, champion their rights and work with them to effect real change. We value and prioritise collaboration, sharing ond growing our expertise to achieve the best possible outcomes for our communities. Incluslve: We are committed to tackling prejudice wherever we find it. challenging harmful attitudes and behaviours. We celebrate diversity, champion equality, and provide a welcoming and inclusive environment for everyone who needs us. Courageous: Brook is feadess when fighting for change. We stand up for what we believe and we demand to be heard. We relentlessly push the boundaries and are bold in our ambition to pioneer innovative services that meet ever- changing needs. OUR STRATEQIC AIMS AND STRATEalES FOR ALMIIEVING THEM 2024125 was the second year of our strategic plan for 202>2026. Our four strategic priorities for 202&2026 are: Chal•nglng Inequallty: We are dedicated to broadening our offer by providing a range of support that addresses multiple interconnected and complex needs. We will amplify the voices of those most impacted by inequality informed by data. research and the participation of those with lived experience. Key to this will be collaboration with the experts and organlsatlons that know these communities best, sharing knowledge and expertise to deliver equitable solutions with maximum impact for as many people as possible. Increaslng Accesslblllty: It is not enough that servlces are accessible. Those who need them must feel safe. represented and welcomed. We will work to increase understanding of sexual health and wider wellbeing seNices, and challenge the stigmas that can prevent access. The voices of our service users, and those we are yet to reach, are critical to ensuring that our services are accessible to those who need them the most. Brook Young People 2024125 Page 8 of 43 @brook Hghtlng Sllgma: We will fearlessly stand vp and shout loudly about issues others may consider too risky or taboo. We will evidence the harm caused by stigma. sharing real stories to show how the lives of young people and other communities are affected. We will use our plafform to speak viith authority and confidence, drsven afvays by evidence, research, data and the voice of serrfice users. We will challenge domaging naThatives and model an open. inclusive, kind and positive approach. Dfvlng InI￿VatIon. We continue to push boundaries and innovate to expand our Teach and our services. We know that good sexual health and good mental health are inextricably linked. For as long as Brook has existed. young people have asked us for support with their wider wellbeing. Our robust safeguarding work evidences an alarming increase in unmet mental heamh and wellbeing needs at a time when the mental health system is unable to respond. Brook will pioneer new early intervention mental health and suicide prevenlion services for young people, with a range of support accessible from an organisation that young people already know and trust. These strategic priorities are supported by strategic objectives. The strategy is published on our website: htt s: V￿vW.bro0￿0r . about-brook our-strate Our annual business plon details the performance indicators, targets and responsibilities associated with each objective, through which we set out to achieve our priorities. ASSEssIMa OUR SUC¢ESS AND IMPA We measure our success through a Key Performance Indicator framework. Progress against each of our business plan measures and a RAG rated report of delivery against our Key Performance Indicators is reported quarterfy to the Executive Team and to the board of trustees every six months. We utilise robust data collection processes to quickly adapt to the evolving needs of our service users. enabling us to identfy national and regional trends and develop innovalive solutions to protect the most vulnerable. We were delighted that all eight of our clinical services were awarded the IWantGreatCare Certificate of Excellence in 2025 which is CTwarded to clinics who receive consÉstently outstanding patient feedback: 95% of clients rated our cfinical services very good or good. Treating clients with dignity and respect was rated 4.95 out of 5. The ability of our clinical staff to provide timely information about core and trealment was rated 4.91 ovt of 5. Involving clients appropriately in decisions made about their health was rated 4.94 out of 5. 79% of young people reported a positive change in their knowledge about sexual health and relationships. 96% of professionals rated our training services very good or good. Brook Young People 2024125 Page 9 of 43 @brook IO0% of young people found Brook staff delivering our My Life one-to-one wellbeing programme were helpful and supportive. VOLUNTEERING AND PARTICIPATION Our national Participation Advisory Groups (PAGs} were established in February 2022. Our PAG members and volunteers contribute to the development and evolution of our services, resources and campaigns, ensuring that everything we do 15 accessible, inclusNe and responsive to dNerse needs. The PAGS identify and lead their own projects. including developing a pomography awareness lesson. a social media campaign critiquing media representation of sex and relationships and web content about pleasure aimed at adults. This year. we established a new PAG for parents and carers as part of our ongoing commitment to supporting families to embed RSE at home. In 2024125. we recwi*ed over 40 members from across the UK. Over the last 12 months the groups have: Contributed to the development of Brook's new Healthy Relationships e- leaming course; Presented at Brook's 60th anniversary celebration event; Co-designed Br¢￿k,5 Heavy Talk campaign on heavy menstrval bleeding: Reviewed Brook's new intemal safeguarding training; Contributed to Brook's policy work and consultation response to the draft RSHE guidance; Collaborated with universities on research projects in the UK. Europe and Canado: Created blogs. shared real stories and produced videos; Volunteered at music festivals across the UK. Three members of our national participation forvms sit on our Participation Committee, working alongside Brook trustees and exlernal expert advisors to oversee the impact of Brook's participation work and make recommendations to the Board of Trustees on serrfice user voice. One forum member. who joined the Committee in 2021 has since been co-opted to the Board of Trustees ensuring meaningful service-user engagement at the highest level of the charity. ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE SIQNIFICANT CHARifABLE ACTNMES UNDERTAI(EN Each year, we assess progress against our strategic aims. Further details are available in our online Success Report: https.//v￿VW.brook.org.Uvabovt-bro0k1oUr- impact/ Brook Young People 2024/25 Page IOof43 @ brook Key highlights include: We expanded our work in new geographical areas, working wlth partners to provlde services at the heart of communities: In April 2024, we launched our new integrated sexual hea￿h service in Thurrock, combining in-peTson clinical delivery, new digital clinical tools and work wth schools and in the local community to increase access to RSE and improve sexual health outcomes through targeted outreach. Brook now delivers five all-age sexual health services across the country, ensuring more people than ever before can benefit from our life course approach. We launched fvio new flagship Wellbeing Hubs at the heart of local communities to help address the devastating shortfall in mental health provision for young people. The hvo hubs. in Comwall and Blackbum, pioneer new approaches to place-based early intervention mental health support for young people. We have strengthened our presence in Wales. launching a new service supporting all young people aged I l + to receive comprehensive. age-appropriate education on pomography, misogyny and gender stereotypes as well as offering free training for teachers and professionals who w¢yk with young people. Building on our 3(￿year history of providing clinical sexual health services to young people in Manchesler. in Aprfl 2024 we expanded our digital seNice offer for under 20s in the city, providing access to STI testing, advice and free condoms. In January 2025. we strengthened our existing collaboration with SH:24. launching a new strategic partnership to deliver digital clinicol provision across all five of our Level 3 sexual health services. ensuring that communities will have continued online access to a range of free, confidential, sexual and reproductive health services. In March 2025, we concluded our three-year Menopause in the Workplace pilot in Comwall. Following the pilot's success, we developed a new commercial programrne of workplace menopause training and one-to-one support, expanding the geographic reach of the programme and ensuring that even more people experiencing menopause or peri-menopause can benefit from our innovative, holistic support. We were delighted to secure a new all-age health promotion contract across Bristol. North Somerset and South Gloucestershire. Commencing in April 2025. Brook specialists will work alongside colleagues from Brigstowe to deliver targeted outreach to communities as port of Yuno, the new integrated sexual health serrfice for the area. This includes Brook's existing young people's sexual health service In Bristol. established in 1967. Recognising stigma as a key driver of health Inequafity, we launched our Heavy Talk campaign to ra￿e awareness of the impact that perbods and Brook Young People 2024125 Pagell of43 @brook heavy menstrual bleeding can have on people's everyday lives, and continued our successful collaboration with Li14ets, delivering our third Big Peiiod Lesson to over 65,000 young people and teachers. More than 42,000 registered users accessed the 16 comprehensive courses on our Brook Leam online leaming plafform, covering topics such as consent. contraception, abortion and gender diversity. In 2024125 we launched our Healthy Relationships course. providing clear, relevant guidance for teachers to support students to recognise and respond to harnful behaviours in relationships. Through our sexual violence programme. we worked with Let Me Know to deliver education sessions to 8.658 young people across seven London boroughs and upskilled 429 professionals on managing disclosures of sexual assault. pornography and responding to incidents of sexual harassment. To help tackle harassment on universty campuses. we launched a new Bystander Intervention course for students. The new e-leaming course is designed to empower students and staff with practical strategies to safely intervene in harmful situations and combat harassment and sexual misconduct. It sits alongside our existing Consent course, supporting universities to comply with new legislation on consent training. To break down barriers to sexual health support in the criminal justice system, we delivered an innovative programme of training for staff at HMP Erlestoke to equip them with the knowledge and skills to better support prisoners, sexual health and wellbeing and create a safer and more inclusive environment. In Camden and Islington. we partnered with the Youth Justice Service to deliver our My Life one-to-one wellbeing programme to young people, and in Comwall. Southend and Teeside we provided probation and youth justice staff with C-card training. helping improve access to free condoms. Contributing to the national commitment to eradicate new HIV transmissions by 2030, we delivered local and national HIV prevention initiatives. Our Take Charge campaign, promoting PrEP, condom use and HIV testing, reached over 230,OCKI people in 2024125. We are committed to responding to the changing landscape in which young people live. both online and offline. We developed new resources to counter hannful messaging to which young people may be exposed and supported teachers to navigate complex and challenging topics. In 2024125 we expanded our reach in oltemative education and non-mainstream settings. engaging 6,748 young people. We invested in upskilling our workforce to better respond to the access needs of neurodivergent young people. We audited our education resources and Co-produced a new suite of accessible Healthy Relationships resources with neurodivergent young people. Our clinical premises were audited by our Neurodivergent Participation Group who make recommendations to better improve access. We fought for high quality RSHE, successfully convening over l 00 organisations to call for the scrapping of the draft guidance published by the ConservatNe government in May 2024. The new RSHE guidance, published by the Labour Brook Young People 2024125 Page 12of43 @brook Govemment in July 2025, provldes a welcome emphasis on pupil voice and new topics that respond to the changing issues faced by young people. However, the guidance does not improve provision for young people experiencing SEND and we are concemed by the reduction in clarity and content on LGBT+ identities. In collaboration with Sex Education Forum, End Violence Against Women Coalition and Make it Mandatory, we have been campaigning to extend mandatory RSE to 16+ education settings. We submitted evidence to the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill and have been working with Parliamentarians to add an amendment to the Bill. For Sexual Health Week 2024, we launched our biggest ever campaign Are You Feeling Itg focusing on the links befvrfeen sexual and mental health. A series of events, publications and collaborations evidenced the interconnected nature of physical and emotional wellbeing. and shared expertise from across the sexual and mental health sectors. Throughout the year. we delivered campaigns designed to raise awareness and reduce stigma. Our Perfect is Pe￿Onal campaign challenged the unrealistic expectations of sex that can often cause anxiety and stress. and we partnered with Superdrug on Reclaim the Name. a sexual health literacy campaign removing the stigma from talking about sex and normalising conversations about pleasure and bodily autonomy. Our Regency Romance short film. in collaboration with Pasante, vsed humour to encourage condom use and ralse awareness of STIS. We hosted a leaming network for the 24 organisations with earfy support hubs funded by the Department of Health & Social Care. In partnership with Yovth Access, we convened regular thought leadership events to collaborate, share best practice in young people's mental heolth and discuss the operational realities of early intervention provision. We continued to seek out opportunities to share our leamings, insights and expertise with other organisations that share our commitment to safegvarding. For Safeguarding Adults Week 2024, we hosted a webinar bringing together a panel of experts to discuss the importance of professlonal curiosity when it comes to keeping people safe. 2024125 was the first year of trading of our commercial trading subsidiary, Brook Aspire. Aiming to grow and diversify the income available to Brook, during the year Brook Aspire scoped three priority trading areas with the first of Ihese. menopause support serrfices. successfully piloted and launched. Following a successful six-month pllot, Brook introduced Ihe four-day week as a permanent staff benefit in April 2024. Brook is the first clinical service provider to be accredited by the Four Day Week Foundation, as well as being one of only a few charities to adopt the innovative wellbeing initiative. Throughout 2024125, we shared our learning with other organisations and charity leaders, speaking at conferences and taking part in thought leadership events to demonstrate the positive impact the inltiatNe has on recruitment, retention and staff wellbeing. Brook Young Peopk8 2024125 Page 13of43 @brook ACHIEVEMENT AQAINST OBJECTIVES 1.44 million people helped through our frontline services. 121,359 young people supported through our education and wellbeing work. 54,854 people supported by our all-age clinical services. 43% of our servlce users were aged under 25. 64% of clinical serrfice users from the top 40% most deprived communities. 41 % of our clinical service users accessed digital serrfices. 13,163 home STI kits administered. 3,500 mental health and wellbeing interventions delivered in our community hubs and specialist programmes. 189.000 people used our Find a Service tool. 42.905 registered user5 on our Brook Leam online leaming plafform. Over l 0,000 festival goers engaged through our partnership with Festival Republic. 134,315 people attended our Big RSE Lessons Live. Over 9(X) people engaged in participation opportunities. FINANCIAL REVIEW FINANCIAL posfiioN AT YEAR END Our accounts for 2024125 are presented on pages 25 to 43. Our income for the year totalled £15.813.72512024: £14,027.530}, comprising £15.170.365 (2024: £13,764,626) unrestricted income and £643,360 (2024: £262,904) restricted income. Our expenditure for the period totalled £16.644.781 {2024: £14,938,020), comprising £15.919,568 (2024: £14,892,092} unrestricted expenditure and £725,213 (2024: £45.9281 restricted expenditure. This resulted in a net outflow of funds of £831.056 (2024: £(910,490)). PRINCIPAL FUNDING SOURCES Brook is primarily funded by: l . Govemment, Local Authorities and Health Trusts: £14.482.445 2. Charitable foundations: £643,360 3. Commercial trading: £549.167 4. Donations and legacies: £75,753 5. Corporate sources: £63,000 Brook's services are commissioned by local authorities os part of their Public Health responsibilities and in some cases ore suboThowlngs Total commllment 582,825 {22,133} {3.783) {56.267) 25.916 {78.400) 22.133 504A25 (201245) (25.916) (30.351) (5626n 303.180 2L PENSIONS The company participates in the Pensions Trust GrowFh plan on behalf of some long- seNing employees. a multi-employer scheme which provides benefits to some 1.300 non-associated participaling employer5. The scheme is a defined benefit scheme in the UK. It is not possible for the company to obtain sufficient infornation to enable it to account for the scheme as a defined benefit scheme. Therefore it accounts for the scheme as a defined contribution scheme. The scheme is subject to the funding legislation outlined in the Pensions Act 2(X)4 which came into force on 30 December 2005. This. together with documents issued by the Pensions Regulator and Technical Actvarfal Standards issued by th8 Financial Reportlng Council. set out the framework for funding defined benefit occupational pension schemes in the UK. The scheme is classified as a 'last-man standing orrangemenf. Therefore the company is potentlolly lioble for other parttcipating employers, obligations if those employers are unable to meet their shore of the scheme deficlt following wlthdrawal from the scheme. Participating employers are legally required to meet their share of the scheme deficit on an annuity purchase basis on withdr