CHILD RIGHTS AND YOUTH JUSTICE C.I.C.

Company limited by guarantee

Company Registration Number:
12257348 (England and Wales)

Unaudited statutory accounts for the year ended 31 October 2025

Period of accounts

Start date: 1 November 2024

End date: 31 October 2025

CHILD RIGHTS AND YOUTH JUSTICE C.I.C.

Contents of the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 October 2025

Directors report
Profit and loss
Balance sheet
Additional notes
Community Interest Report

CHILD RIGHTS AND YOUTH JUSTICE C.I.C.

Directors' report period ended 31 October 2025

The directors present their report with the financial statements of the company for the period ended 31 October 2025

Principal activities of the company

Child Rights and Youth Justice (CRYJ) CIC advocates for a world where children’s rights are fully understood and protected in the justice system. During the financial year 2024-25, CRYJ has benefited children by: - supporting the work of the MoJ Quality of Advocacy Working Group (QAWG) to ensure children receive the highest quality legal representation. QAWG has set up a cross-sector Advocacy Advisory Group to produce advice and guidance on how to introduce mandatory training for lawyers representing children in criminal proceedings. - promoting greater understanding of care experience amongst the legal community and challenging stigma by working to develop a care experience led mentoring organisation - Lawyers Who Care (LWC). CRYJ has supported LWC as advisors as well as developing their programme evaluation framework and drafting their ‘From Promise to Progress: Impact Report 2025’. - improving understanding of age disputes in criminal cases through educating criminal practitioners about age disputed children; how to identify age dispute, challenge age assessments/determinations and navigate the issue when it arises, in particular for unaccompanied asylum seekers. Working with Kent criminal duty solicitors this work has ensured children, arriving in small boats and lorries and initially age assessed as adults by the Home Office, are not held in adult prisons, adult hotels or prosecuted through the adult criminal justice system. The work is ongoing to produce a legal guide to be disseminated to all criminal practitioners nationally. - working with the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) and the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC) to embed Child First practices in London police custody suites. Having supported the development and delivery of the Child first training and Research Pilot (ChiRP) in Brixton and Wood Green Custody Suites, CRYJ are supporting the research and impact evaluation being undertaken by Dr Miranda Bevan (KCL) and Dr Vicky Kemp. - improving understanding of the prevalence of Special Educational Needs & Disabilities and Neurodivergence in the Youth Justice System by being part of the SIEFF Foundation Working Group on SEND, Neurodivergence and Youth Justice. The SIEFF report ‘Justice for children with SEND & neurodivergence’ was published in April 2025.



Directors

The directors shown below have held office during the whole of the period from
1 November 2024 to 31 October 2025

Ms K Aubrey-Johnson
Professor K Hollingsworth
Ms C Sands
Ms M Burden-Kaizra


The director shown below has held office during the period of
1 November 2024 to 23 October 2025

Ms Anya Lewis KC


The above report has been prepared in accordance with the special provisions in part 15 of the Companies Act 2006

This report was approved by the board of directors on
29 July 2026

And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: Professor K Hollingsworth
Status: Director

CHILD RIGHTS AND YOUTH JUSTICE C.I.C.

Profit And Loss Account

for the Period Ended 31 October 2025

2025 2024


£

£
Turnover: 30,954 57,434
Cost of sales: ( 30,955 ) ( 57,084 )
Gross profit(or loss): (1) 350
Operating profit(or loss): (1) 350
Interest receivable and similar income: 1
Interest payable and similar charges: ( 56 )
Profit(or loss) before tax: 0 294
Tax: ( 294 )
Profit(or loss) for the financial year: 0 0

CHILD RIGHTS AND YOUTH JUSTICE C.I.C.

Balance sheet

As at 31 October 2025

Notes 2025 2024


£

£
Members' funds
Profit and loss account: 0 0
Total members' funds: 0 0

The notes form part of these financial statements

CHILD RIGHTS AND YOUTH JUSTICE C.I.C.

Balance sheet statements

For the year ending 31 October 2025 the company was entitled to exemption under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.

The members have not required the company to obtain an audit in accordance with section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.

The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.

These accounts have been prepared and delivered in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.

This report was approved by the board of directors on 29 July 2026
and signed on behalf of the board by:

Name: Professor K Hollingsworth
Status: Director

The notes form part of these financial statements

CHILD RIGHTS AND YOUTH JUSTICE C.I.C.

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 October 2025

  • 1. Accounting policies

    Basis of measurement and preparation

    These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions of Section 1A (Small Entities) of Financial Reporting Standard 102

CHILD RIGHTS AND YOUTH JUSTICE C.I.C.

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 October 2025

  • 2. Employees

    2025 2024
    Average number of employees during the period 0 0

COMMUNITY INTEREST ANNUAL REPORT

CHILD RIGHTS AND YOUTH JUSTICE C.I.C.

Company Number: 12257348 (England and Wales)

Year Ending: 31 October 2025

Company activities and impact

Child Rights and Youth Justice (CRYJ) CIC advocates for a world where children’s rights are fully understood and protected in the justice system. During the financial year 2024-25, CRYJ has benefited children by: - supporting the work of the MoJ Quality of Advocacy Working Group (QAWG) to ensure children receive the highest quality legal representation. QAWG has set up a cross-sector Advocacy Advisory Group to produce advice and guidance on how to introduce mandatory training for lawyers representing children in criminal proceedings. - promoting greater understanding of care experience amongst the legal community and challenging stigma by working to develop a care experience led mentoring organisation - Lawyers Who Care (LWC). CRYJ has supported LWC as advisors as well as developing their programme evaluation framework and drafting their ‘From Promise to Progress: Impact Report 2025’. - improving understanding of age disputes in criminal cases through educating criminal practitioners about age disputed children; how to identify age dispute, challenge age assessments/determinations and navigate the issue when it arises, in particular for unaccompanied asylum seekers. Working with Kent criminal duty solicitors this work has ensured children, arriving in small boats and lorries and initially age assessed as adults by the Home Office, are not held in adult prisons, adult hotels or prosecuted through the adult criminal justice system. The work is ongoing to produce a legal guide to be disseminated to all criminal practitioners nationally. - working with the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) and the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC) to embed Child First practices in London police custody suites. Having supported the development and delivery of the Child first training and Research Pilot (ChiRP) in Brixton and Wood Green Custody Suites, CRYJ are supporting the research and impact evaluation being undertaken by Dr Miranda Bevan (KCL) and Dr Vicky Kemp. - improving understanding of the prevalence of Special Educational Needs & Disabilities and Neurodivergence in the Youth Justice System by being part of the SIEFF Foundation Working Group on SEND, Neurodivergence and Youth Justice. The SIEFF report ‘Justice for children with SEND & neurodivergence’ was published in April 2025.

Consultation with stakeholders

Our stakeholders are children who have contact with the justice system. We work in co-production with our stakeholders. Our work is guided by our Youth Advisory Consultants; these are young people with lived experience of the justice system.

Directors' remuneration

No remuneration was received

Transfer of assets

No transfer of assets other than for full consideration

This report was approved by the board of directors on
29 July 2026

And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: Professor Kathryn Hollingsworth
Status: Director