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The charity's net incoming resources showed a positive balance in the year ending March 2025.
Net Incoming resources 12,175.41 (8,546.75) 3,628.66 (9,180.60)
Financial · Metric statement · From Us — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 March 2025, page 12
The charity's expenditure on charitable activities and raising funds increased in the year ending March 2025.
Total Expenditure 20,897.59 72,425.80 93,323.39 91,284.88
Financial · Metric statement · From Us — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 March 2025, page 12
The charity's income from donations and other activities increased in the year ending March 2025.
Total Income 33,073.00 63,879.05 96,952.05 82,104.28
Financial · Metric statement · From Us — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 March 2025, page 12
The charity obtained funding from various sources including Charles Robert Bell, Middleton Foundation, and St Nicholas Educational Trust.
In 2024/25, we obtained in year funding for activities for young people from: Charles Robert Bell, Middleton Foundation, St Nicholas Educational Trust
Commissioning · Funding statement · From Us — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 March 2025, page 10
The charity received funding from Sport England’s Movement Fund for a keyworker position to support new young people.
Following a recruitment process, one of our casual keyworkers was appointed and commenced the post in January 2025.
Commissioning · Funding statement · From Us — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 March 2025, page 9
The charity has a policy to maintain reserves equivalent to 25% of the previous year's expenditure.
The trustees recognise that in order to maintain a continuity of support to our young people that a designated reserve be retained equivalent to 25% of the expenditure from the previous financial year.
Financial · Policy statement · From Us — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 March 2025, page 10
US provides a range of activities including horse riding, football, fitness training, tennis, contemporary dance, walking, squash, and community-based activities.
In year activities with specialist coaches included: horse riding, football, fitness training, tennis, contemporary dance, walking, squash, tennis Community activities accessed with support from keyworkers included: gym training, swimming, football, pickleball, padel, tennis, running, walking, gardening, Zumba, archery, pilates and climbing
Service · Observational claim · From Us — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 March 2025, page 6
US supports young people to develop personal attributes needed to embed regular sport and exercise into their lives.
In turn, helps US support participants to develop the personal attributes needed to embed regular sport and exercise into their lives thus benefitting mental and physical health.
Service · Policy statement · From Us — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 March 2025, page 6
US evaluates the impact of its offer through consultation with participants, parents and carers, providers, and referral agency colleagues.
We evaluate the impact of our offer through consultation with participants, parents and carers, providers and referral agency colleagues.
Service · Procedural statement · From Us — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 March 2025, page 4
US has a strong focus on empowering young people to engage in sports and physical activities that improve their mental and physical health.
Through sports and fitness activities we aim to empower young people and help them to: Feel good, Improve their mental and physical health, Make friends and have fun, Improve their self-image, Become more confident, Set and achieve personal goals, Engage in, and be successful in education and training and increase their employability
Service · Policy statement · From Us — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 March 2025, page 3
US has a unique approach in providing personalized, staged programmes that remove barriers caused by mental health or neurodivergence.
What sets US apart - our ‘USP’ - is that we bridge ‘unique’ gaps by providing a personalised, staged programme, informed by young people’s needs and interests, that removes the barriers caused by their condition. This progresses them towards eventual independent access to their local community sport and exercise offer, enabling lifelong access to the benefits of sport and exercise on wellbeing.
Service · Policy statement · From Us — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 March 2025, page 5
US supports young people in accessing local community sports and exercise resources with the help of keyworkers.
A keyworker will accompany them in sessions, easing the transition and building their confidence to engage independently beyond their US programme.
Service · Policy statement · From Us — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 March 2025, page 4
One-to-one sessions are more beneficial than group activities for the young people referred to US.
The continued year on year reduction in group activities and increase in one to one programmes is as forecast last year, and mirrors our focus on using our limited resource on activities which bring most benefit to the lives of individuals engaged, and qualitative feedback from young people, their families, and our team suggests that working on one to one achieves this to a greater degree than some group activities.
Service · Policy statement · From Us — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 March 2025, page 6
US delivered 8 group activities and 73 individual one-to-one programmes in the year ending March 2025.
We delivered: 8 groups activities 73 individual one to one programmes
Service · Observational claim · From Us — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 March 2025, page 6
US has a network of agencies from health, social care, education, and the justice sector that make referrals to their services.
Since 2016 we have built up a large network of agencies from health, social care, education and the justice sector and charities. They and families and individuals make referrals to US.
Commissioning · Policy statement · From Us — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 March 2025, page 4
The 'US Journey' is a staged programme that progresses young people towards independent access to community sports and exercise.
Our staged programme – the ‘US Journey’ – is informed by the individual’s needs and interests, removes the barriers presented by their condition and progresses them towards eventual independent access to their local community sport and exercise offer.
Service · Policy statement · From Us — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 March 2025, page 4
US provides personalized programmes to young people aged 12-25 who experience mental health difficulties.
We provide sports and other fitness activities to individuals and small groups, aged 12 and 25, who experience mental health difficulties. Our mission is to help these young people adopt physical activity as an enjoyable lifestyle tool invaluable to both their physical and mental health.
Service · Policy statement · From Us — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 March 2025, page 3
The trust will cease activities on 31 July 2026.
The Board of Trustees have taken the decision to cease activities on 31 July 2026.
Strategic · Commitment statement · From Soundwell Music Therapy Trust — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 March 2026, page 21
The trust has provisions for closing expenditure expected to be incurred between April and July 2026.
This includes a provision for closing expenditure expected to be incurred between 1 April and 31 July 2026.
Financial · Procedural statement · From Soundwell Music Therapy Trust — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 March 2026, page 19
The trust's net movement in funds was a decrease of £98,798 for the year ending 31 March 2026.
Net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows: Incoming Resources Movement resources expended in funds £ £ £ Unrestricted funds General fund 97,399 (196,197) (98,798)
Financial · Metric statement · From Soundwell Music Therapy Trust — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 March 2026, page 18