APPENDIX I
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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•
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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
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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.
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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•
$1gn•tur•(i)
Vull nam•(s)
Po•ftlon (&9.
Chalr)
Cha'r of Tr￿108$
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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..