NORTH YOUTH

2012 ANNUAL REVIEW & ACCOUNTS Registered office Carlton Lodge Carlton Miniott YO7 4NJ Charity number 1116521 Company registration number 05883684

President M Dobson MBE

Vice-President John Dennis MBE

Trustees C Les - Chairman P B Triffitt - Treasurer L J Gibbon S Collison B Hitchen L N Baynes E Mitchell T Roberts T Swales

Company Secretary T Roberts

Auditors Chipchase Manners 384 Linthorpe Road TS5 6HA

Bankers Lloyds TSB Bank Plc Market Place Thirsk YO7 4HB CHAIRMAN’S REPORT My second year of tenure has certainly and strategies for fundraising and been an eventful one, however the marketing, as well as allowing work with commitment of staff and trustees has external specialists. shone through, and with hard work we managed to implement several The outdoor centre continued to go from significant changes for the better. strength to strength this year, with over 5,500 young people involved in activity. The most notable challenge was the Our marketing efforts are proving their departure of Simon Hills as Chief worth and there have also been some Executive, and after 5 years in the role we improvements to domestic facilities wish him well. This left a significant based on customer comments. gap in our Senior Management Team, which provided an opportunity to review The Youth Development Team have been the organisation and ensure it remained working hard to support provision for fit for purpose. As a result, David Sharp young people across the county and was promoted to the role of Chief were successfully involved in the initial Executive. stages of recruitment for the Government’s flagship youth pro- David’s first change was to relocate the gramme, the National Citizenship Administration and Youth Support teams Service for Summer 2012. to Carlton Lodge. With only a small amount of re-shuffling, this facilitated This year NYY also achieved Open the centralisation of all staff and made College Network accredited centre significant cost savings in the process. status. As such we are now able to offer accredited training courses, which A staffing restructure was a further are invaluable to those young people major change, effectively removing one disengaged from formal education or of the Senior Manager roles and placing requiring a different learning style in an emphasis on sales for Carlton Lodge. order to achieve.

An award from the Transition Fund I would like to thank all our staff for the subsequently provided resources to effort and teamwork they have shown, establish the roles of Business and for helping in no small way to Development Manager and Customer change the lives of our clients. I would Relations Manager. These two posts also thank board members for their wise were subsequently integrated into counsel and continuing enthusiasm. We the current team on a permanent will continue to run the operation as a basis – a move which continues to successful business, and will spend some produce significant results. time this winter looking at new product development. The future has many The Transition Fund award also challenges, but we will meet them facilitated to the production of a head on , and we will succeed! new business plan, corporate websites Carl Les, Chairman 3 CARLTON LODGE OUTDOOR CENTRE 2011–12 has been a year of The Family Fun Day at the end of July was consolidation and transformation also attended by over 250 people. at Carlton Lodge. We have made significant progress in replacing lost Through the dedication and energy business from last year. New of Miles Bradshaw the Carlton Lodge customers include Millthorpe School Bursary Fund was established. Carlton from who brought 118 pupils in Lodge was selected by Ladbrookes’ the last week of the summer term. Northallerton Branch as their charity Because we could only offer 98 beds of the year, and we also received in accommodation we housed the generous grants from many of the Lions overflow in two twenty-man scout tents, and Round Table groups around the providing the students with sleeping county. bags, mats and pillows - our first foray into ‘catered camping’ packages. In September 2011 50 volunteers from O2 Telefonica carried out Another School from York, Manor CE various tasks around the site as part Schools came on 3 consecutive 3-day of their ‘Think Big’ programme. The inclusive packages, each with 72 relationship continued into 2012 when people. We also hosted a group who a second team converted the games were piloting the Government’s new room into a facility that could be National Citizenship Service project, used as a dining area, renovating the a programme with which we will be kitchen and preparing the old staff much more engaged in 2012 -13. showers in the Stables to be converted into a laundry. The year saw a successful campaign to encourage FE colleges to use Finally, as part of the staff re- activities at the Lodge as part of their organisation, we recruited seasonal induction programmes. Kirklees and facilities staff to replace our previous Middlesbrough colleges were but two of reliance on casual staff supporting the several who benefited from using housekeeping and catering delivery. adventurous activities to help young This was a great success, leading to students to get to know each other improved cost-effectiveness and through their shared experiences of efficiency, as well as increased scores the day. on evaluation forms.

Our Holiday Activity Days have 2012-13 promises to be our busiest become well established in the year ever and the foundations built in local community as an alternative to 2011-12 will serve as a firm base on child care for 8 – 14 year olds with which to build. attendance growing throughout the year. Mark Faulkner, Head of Centre

4 YOUTH DEVELOPMENT TEAM YOUTH CLUB SUPPORT and secure expressions of interest from This year we have continued to support young people across York and North our members by carrying out regular Yorkshire. Progress in recruitment by youth club visits, responding to leader March 2012 was on-target. concerns and providing useful resources. We have resumed our LOOKING TO THE FUTURE... membership to Keyfund and continue In the coming year we will be to offer young people access to this mapping youth activity from all funding. providers and identify potential areas for development. We will be offering The nature of the support we provide further volunteer training and to our 45 member clubs is always producing tools to help clubs improve diverse, and this year was no exception. their safety and increase their Our Fieldworkers continue to provide engagement. advice and support on developing appropriate policies and practices, and NYY TRAINING advice on access to the latest funding, resources and activities. In return, Our training activity has developed conditions of membership are followed since we became an accredited centre in order to record and demonstrate the with OCN. From January to March sector’s provision of safe and 2012 we delivered to 21 learners, appropriate activities for young people. with 3 learners accumulating the 10 credits required for an Award in This year saw a significant change Youth Work Practice. Lucy and Clare in the way we report voluntary youth started an assessor course with OCN, activity across the county as we made and Lucy has also undertaken a Level 4 the move to using North Yorkshire course to improve practice. County Council’s ‘Aspire’ database. The intention of this is to allow voluntary We developed a short course as part sector youth work to be recognised and of the ‘Starting Fresh’ NEET partnership. recorded in comparable terms along- As an accredited provider we can work side statutory provision. with small groups of young people as part of their progress towards work, Finally, congratulations to Richie Bastow, training or education. our Youth Work Apprentice seconded from NYCC. Richie completed his Our training programme and ‘Starting apprenticeship earlier this year and Fresh’ work enables us to progress our achieved a level 3 in Youth Work aim of providing devlopment practice. opportunities for young people and adults, and wil secure our status as a NATIONAL CITIZEN SERVICE training provider in North Yorkshire. The team worked intensively from December to promote the scheme Lucy Gratton, Head of Youth 5 FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES

North Yorkshire Youth Limited

Statement of financial activities (incorporating the income and expenditure account)

For the year ended 31 March 2012

Unrestricted Restricted 2012 2011 funds funds Total Total Notes £ £ £ £

Incoming resources Incoming resources from generating funds: Voluntary income 2 43,157 247,959 291,116 487,327 Investment income 3 1,740 - 1,740 2,770 Incoming resources from charitable activities 4 458,069 - 458,069 414,134 Total incoming resources 502,966 247,959 750,925 904,231

Resources expended Charitable activities 5 271,597 194,527 466,124 653,053 Governance costs 7 216,022 85,967 301,989 299,691 Total resources expended 487,619 280,494 768,113 952,744

Net incoming/(outgoing) resources for the year / Net income/(expenditure) for the year 15,347 (32,535) (17,188) (48,513)

Total funds brought forward 714,125 78,240 792,365 840,878 Transfer between funds - - - - Total funds carried forward 729,472 45,705 775,177 792,365

Extracted from the full financial statements of North Yorkshire Youth Limited

6 The notes on pages 10 to 17 form an integral part of these financial statements.

Page 8 BALANCE SHEET

North Yorkshire Youth Limited

Balance sheet as at 31 March 2012

2012 2011 Notes £ £ £ £

Fixed assets Tangible fixed assets 12 1,293,735 1,290,706 Current assets Debtors 13 15,378 11,832 Bank and cash 11,396 21,312

26,774 33,144 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year 14 (183,556) (137,435) Net current liabilities (156,782) (104,291) Total assets less current liabilities 1,136,953 1,186,415 Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year 15 (361,776) (394,050) Net assets 775,177 792,365 Funds 16 Restricted income funds 45,705 78,240

Unrestricted income funds: Unrestricted income funds 435,967 420,620 Revaluation reserve 293,505 293,505

Total unrestricted income funds 729,472 714,125

Total funds 775,177 792,365

The financial statements were approved by the board on 23 August 2012 and signed on its behalf by

C Les Chairman

Extracted from the full financial statements of North Yorkshire Youth Limited

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The notes on pages 10 to 17 form an integral part of these financial statements.

Page 9 TREASURER’S REPORT Last year, I reported that North However, there is still much work to Yorkshire Youth had suffered financially do. As you will see, the Organisation from the austerity measures that had has still incurred a slight overall loss been implemented by the then new of £17,188 in the year, and this needs Coalition Government. We anticipated to be reversed in order to put the that these measures would continue to Charity on a firm financial footing. adversely affect our historically core business in the current year, and we I am confident that the continued cost therefore undertook a ‘root and branch’ savings and new business will achieve review of all our systems and costs, that result despite the continuing harsh with a view to increasing our efficiency trading conditions. and cost effectiveness. In the meanwhile, our Bankers, Lloyds This review was completed, and TSB, have remained hugely understand- together with the diversification ing, approachable and supportive, programme facilitated by the Grant helping us over short-term cash flow received from the Government’s problems, and generally offering sen- ‘Transition Fund’, has placed the sible and prudent financial advice, Organisation in a much stronger advice that has been reinforced by position to succeed in the current the continued support of our Auditors, challenging economic conditions. Chipchase, Manners. My thanks to both of these organisations. RESULTS The measure of our success in THE FUTURE identifying cost savings and new Trading in the current year is on budget, business opportunities is the level of and I hope that we will see North ‘Incoming Resources from Charitable Yorkshire Youth producing a surplus in Activities’ shown on the Accounts. Our the year. This is the result that we are all income from Booking Fees and striving to achieve, as only by making Awaydays etc has increased from these surpluses can we produce the £414,134 last year to £458,069 this time, cash we need to continue to improve an increase of £43,935, or 10.6%. the services that we offer to the young people of North Yorkshire and the wid- In these recessionary times, I believe er area. this is a remarkable outcome, and I would like to take this opportunity of Philip Triffitt congratulating the Chief Executive Honorary Treasurer. and the whole of his team on achieving this result, and thank them for the enormous amount of hard work that has been necessary to reach this position.

8 AUDITORS’ STATEMENT AUDITORS’ STATEMENT TO THE consider the implications for our report TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED if we become aware of any apparent mis- 31 MARCH 2012 statements or material inconsistencies We have examined the summary with the summary financial statements. financial statements set out. OPINION RESPECTIVE RESPONSIBILITIES In our opinion, the summary financial OF TRUSTEES AND AUDITORS statements are consistent with the full The trustees are responsible for annual accounts and trustees’ report of preparing the Annual Report. Our North Yorkshire Youth Limited for the responsibility is to report to you our year ended 31 March 2012. Copies of opinion on the consistency of the the full accounts will be lodged with summary financial statements within the Charities Commission and can be the Annual Report with the full annual obtained from North Yorkshire Youth accounts and trustees’ report. Limited.

We also read the other information Chipchase Manners, 23rd July 2012 contained in the Annual Report and

PRAISE FOR NYY CARLTON LODGE “The accommodation was brilliant and the food and service excellent.” Youth Worker, Hull “I’ve left my fear behind because of your help and your instructors – thank you!” Lizzie, aged 10

NYY TRAINING “I’ve seen some of them show skills and behaviour they normally hide - they made me very proud.” Learning Mentor “The training has enabled us to improve greatly the service we provide to our young people in terms of providing informal information and guidance and safe practice.” Training Participant, Tadcaster.

YOUTH DEVELOPMENT TEAM “The Youth Club has improved immensely over the last 18 months with the advice and support given to us by NYY. The facility has been able to recruit more volunteers and the junior and senior groups have benefited greatly from the support given by the team.” Volunteer Youth Worker, Hambleton “Always nice to know there’s expert advice when needed - dont know what we would have done without them.” Youth Club Volunteer, North Yorkshire 9 NYY MEMBERS 2011-12 Our membership in the year 2011-12 comprised the following clubs and projects for young people: Sherburn Youth Club Osmotherley Youth Club South Milford Youth Club East Harsley Village Hall Youth Club Huby Youth Club Melmerby Youth Club Sinderby & District Youth Club Hovingham Youth Group Sherburn in Elment Youth Drop In Stainforth Youth Club Topcliffe Youth Club Ryedale Youth Theatre Sidewalk Detached Youth Project Allhallowgate Drop In Wolds Valley Youth Ampleforth Youth Club The Fire Place Malham Youth Group Ebberston Youth Group Carthorpe Youth Club HYPeR Bentham Youth Cafe Snape Youth Group Ripon Cathedral Youth Group Hellifield Youth Foundation Sheriff Hutton Youth Club Scarborough Amateur Boxing Club Thirsk Clock X:Talk Youth Group Can Do East Coast Tigers InterActive Whitby & District Hunmanby Young People’s Wistow Youth Club Organisation Glusburn Theatre School North Stainley Youth Club Moor Lane Youth Cafe Hambleton & Richmondshire Young Vale of Mowbray Senior Section Carers Sinnington Youth Club Pheonix Explorer Scouts Pickering Town Youth Council Lower Wensleydale Youth Project Ripon Youth Theatre

10 FUNDERS & SUPPORTERS

FUNDERS: North Yorkshire County Council North Yorkshire Police ‘Why Should They?’ Fund The Skipton Building Society Charitable Foundation The North Face Explore Fund EU Transition Fund (Cabinet Office / Big Fund)

SUPPORTERS: BJ Shaw The Willis Family Mr. Paul Smith Miles Bradshaw Brett Edgeworth

And all our donors through Virgin Giving and Just Giving, too numerous to list!

11 North Yorkshire Youth Carlton Lodge Carlton Miniott Thirsk North Yorkshire YO7 4NJ

Registered Charity No: 1116521. Registered in No: 5883684 t: 01845 522 145 www.nyy.org.uk