2024-12-31-accounts

APPENDIX I oscr Perl(xl end dats Day Month i Year From Oi | Day Month | Year I 31 oi 2024 To Offlce of th¢ Scrttlsh Charlty R•pulator Reference and administration details Charlty nam• North &tst Scotland Youth ft Chrfst Oth•r Mm•• ch•rlty l• kThown bv None R•gl•t•r•d C•￿11ty numlw SC018031 Ch•rW• prlnclp•l •ddr• M•m•• of th• ¢h•rlty InMt••• on dat• oe approval of Trust￿, Annual Report , not forvtholE yosr •ntitl•d to 10 11 12 13 14 Puge l(4

Reference and admtnistration details Nam•• ol ¥Jll ath•r ch•rlty tnMt••s durlng th• pwlo4 If •ny (for •XamP￿ tho•• who rn•lDn•d part through tlbo flmndal p•rl¢)d) Structurei governance and management The c￿rIty Is an unlnccyporated a$￿￿0t10n and 1> g¢)vemed by Its , adopted constRutlon. The chorlty. whlle totslly lftOepeThlen¢ Is chartered member of Brltysh Youth for Chrbst, an umbrella oryanlsatlon provkles 5UPF￿rt and guldance to all Youth for Our constst￿l0n Ls ojrrenty In need of a full revlew and refresh. It Ls Intended to do thls as swn as kyartlcable. Undor the torrns ol the dkirtty's (nstitutlon, tho trnsta•s arn,, r•sponslbl• for th¢ 9ovemanc• and strate9lc dlrectlon of the charlty, Though not ell9lble to vote, our Youth w0￿er Is nornially Invlted to attend 8oard of Trustees meetln9S to provlde Inwt rdatlve to the Cl4711ty front Ilne youth vth. PotentlJl trustees are by or to Ihe Exeartlve Commlttee Jnd a rx)mpleted volunteer applkatk>n lorm Is recelved from the prospectlve appointee. An Inltlal Intervlew Is carrled out by a member of the Commlttee and ff the outcome Is favourable, Followlng the favournble completlon such checks, recommendatlon Is rnade to the full Executlve Commlttee. thly fter approval of the fijll commlttee win the •p￿r￿￿nt to the , C(Nnmlttee be made. UrKJer the thartty's constItu￿￿, there must be a rnlnknum ¢* flve and not more than nlne elected trustees. Meetln9s and proceedlng$ It has proved extrèmely dbfflcult to Identlfy and remilt addltlonal Trnstees. As our Board Is Open￿n9 below the requlred number d Trust8es. nrt felt lth¥ever that thls has had negatlve Impart on the governance of the Chadty. All declslons made and the day-to-day ￿l¥ernance Is routlnety and accurately Pwe Zc•4

Objective5 and activities The &fvancemert of rellglon, the advancement of cttlzenshlp or communlty development and the advan￿rnent of publlc partldpatlon In sport. (Klmarlly among thlldren and young people. Where necessary we partner wlth other charttle5 and a9endes. S41mm•ry •f th• maln •ctlvlU The charws ylmary focus area ￿ 0￿ratIon has been wlthln the Tlltydrone area of Aberdeen. Indlcatlon$ are that the actlvltles focus may change In mld to late Juty 2025. Whlle the demogrnphlc contlnues to gradually change, It remalns an area Impacted by relatlvely hlgh Iwrfels of unemployment, low Income. a genernl kick of amenltles, coupled wlth drug l alcohol alxse. Thls In turn has a knock-on Impact on the thlldren young people cl the area Trttth vthom we work. The charlty has employed fijll tlme Youth Worker whose prfmary rol• has t)een the ￿￿ersIght, provlslon (wlth the help of volunteers) and expanslon of per50MI support (peer dlscussbonjactlvlty groups• one- I to-one support, soclal and team skllls etc): mentodng and sports (ftxthll tralnlng, PANNA Cage football, five-a-slde football, outdoor games sesslons) group teathlng and dIscU￿On on Chrlstlan falth and practke; for young people wlthln our I￿￿1 area. Attendance at all artlvltles by young people Is entlrely dlsrxrtlonary on thelr part. Achievements and performance Summ•ry of th• m•ln •chl•v•m•nts of th• charlty durlng th• fln•nd•l p•rlod Throughout the year we contlnued to experleno a hlgh bevel of Interest and engagement from young people and school teachlng staff, towards the groups and artlvltbes we are Involved In. The young people value the opportunlty of havln9 safe spaces where they un chlll xrt and have ftin wlth thelr frbends and peers and also to access the pers(Thl support and ontrttrone dlscusslons avallable to them. Attendan￿ * groups Jno Ktlvltles has remalned steady and w￿h some actlvltles grown. Our relatlonshlp wlth the staff and puplls of our local prlmary %*xx)I has remalrted strong. Page3rf4

Financial review The tharws reserves are currently held In three bank accounts In place wlth Th Bank of SLY>tland. Ouiwfth PWPFYoved runnlng cvsts, major exF￿n￿lture con take Pla￿ wlthout the prbr approval ()f the knrd of Trustees. strtt control Is kept of all funds. wlth a flnandal update belng ovlded by the Treasurer at the monthly 8oard of TNstees meetlng. Flnandal records are audlted annually by an Independent audltor. thurch support and a tharttable fouTh4atlon. Fuftdlng has remalned D•tsll• al any d•f£ft A small denttt of £58 was recorded at the of the 2024 lknandal Y￿r. Thls Is an Imwovement on the prevlous year. anvl Offte K£ommodatk)n and bulkllng facllltles wlthln mllydrone 1$ made avallatle free of tharge by The Ughthouse Support Centre. All of our actlvltles wlthln our focus area wovlded Iree of any Other optional information Th• d•rnand for the support •)f thlbdren and young P￿￿ In our ft>tU5 area rwnalns hl9h. both In ènd out of Engagement from th• Y￿ng people we supp)rt has been hb9h arMI a strong Wo￿n9 relatlonshlp wlth our local prfrnary school hJs been mo+ntslneAI. Declaration Th• trus1￿¥ d•cl•rn that th•y h•v• approv•d th• tru•t•••' r•port •lMM. Slgn•d on behalf of the chartV• trurteo• $1gn•tur•(i) Vull nam•(s) Po•ftlon (&9. Chalr) Cha'r of Tr￿108$ 03-4iJL- 2S- Page4rf4

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oscr Office of the s￿rtish Charlty Regulator Independent examiner's report on the accounts Report to tho trust•eslmQm￿rs of North East Scotland Youth for Christ Regi8ter•d charity numbgr SC018031 On the a¢¢ount• of th• Peritd start e.ale charity for tho p•rlod Monlh Period end dale Morth Y•r Ye8r 01 01 2024 to 31 12 2024 Set out on Appendix 2 of the Annual Report RegPeCtl¥e Tho tharity's trustees a￿ responsittrle lor the preparation of the accounts In accordance ra8pon8ibilitles of with tha lerms ol the Charities And TrLJslee Investment Iscotlandl 2005 Act and Ihe trugt••s and examin•r Chafilies Accounls ISccAlandi Re￿lIatIOnS 2006. The charily Iruslees Consider Ihal the audit requirement of Rpgulalion 1 C411 lol of the Accounts Regulalions does not apply. 11 Is my rgsponsiblily lo eyamifft the acctxjnls as required under section 44111 Icl of Ihe Act and lo slate whetnef partriiiar mailers have come to my alleniion. Basis of Indopond•nt My examination Is carried oui In aCC￿dance wilh Regulaiion I l of the Charities examlnof 8 8l4tem•nt Ac¢ounls IScL)IlanQl Reguiait)ns 2008 An examination includes a review of the accounting rec￿￿$ Kept tsy Ihe charily aiiQ a Comparison of It)e accounts prosgnted with those records. 11 atso includes considefalion of any unugu81 Items or disclosbros In the accounts and seeks explanalions from Ihe trustees concerning any such mallgr$. The procedures undertaken do not PfOVi(k all the evidence that would be requirod in an audit and. consequently. I do not express an audit opIn￿n on the a¢counls. Indepgndent examlner's In the ¢OUfge of my examinabon, no mattw has come lo my allenb.on statem¢nl wh￿h gives me reasona)le Cause lo believe Ihal in any material fespoci the requirernents.. lo keep accounlrig r￿OldS In acwdance with seciion 44111 (al ol the 2005 Act and Regulation 4 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations. and lo prepare accounts which accord with the accounbng records and comply wKh Regulation 9 of the 2006 Accounts Regulalions have not been met. or lo which. In rn.y opi?ion. altenlion should be drawn in ordef to enable a proper understandina the accounts to be fexhed Signod.. Name: Relevant profg¥sional qualificationlsl or body (if any).. 01-OU_2025 Address..