“For Tomorrows Young People, Today”
Annual Report 2020/21 Charity Registration: 1129378 Company Limited By Guarantee: 04543565
Contents
| Contents | |
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| Page | |
| Chairs foreword | 3 |
| Board of Directors 2020/21 | 4 |
| Honorary supporters of OYC | 4 |
| Staff Team | 5 |
| Programme and Activities for 2020/21 | 5 |
| Ocean Estates Youth Club sessions | 6 |
| October half term and Summer Projects | 7-8 |
| Study Support @ TLA | 9 |
| Caxton Hall Youth Club sessions | 10 |
| Taekwondo | 11 |
| Outreach | 12-13 |
| Jack Petchey | 13 |
| Dr Bike | 14 |
| Financial Information 2020-21 | 15 |
| Acknowledgments | 16-17 |
| Funder logos | 17 |
Chairs Foreword
We have witnessed a worldwide pandemic that has shaken the foundations of the world, impacting the world economy, visiting close ones, vacations people’s daily routine. The world around us has changed and many youth provisions and youth services within the borough continue to remain closed since the first lockdown. However, we have tried our best to stay open after the various lockdowns and restrictions and have continued to deliver through new ways of youth work for the first time in our history, including going online.
We have witnessed young people entering our centres and provisions with masks, being told to sanitise and having their temperature checked before entry and staff running drills on the NHS track and trace in the event of an infection. We still await to see the affect this pandemic will have on the private and the voluntary sector with many small third sector organisations ending their operations after an era of delivery, the question remains as to who will be pick up the pieces.
OYC has become a part of young people’s lives on the Ocean Estate and the Bow West area. This has only been possible through our dedicated and committed youth workers who to continue to work in those areas developing new and innovative project ideas to engage young people positively in the process. We have had four more additions to the team. One of our staff members has been greatly impacted by the COIVID-19 virus and we don’t know yet when they will likely return to the team. We wish them a speedy recovery.
The two long lockdowns did not impact our finances rather we have moved back to our previous operating figures of 2018 and 2019 having been successful in many small and medium sized grants that supported our core activities. We are extremely grateful for all the funding, grants and donations we have received throughout the 2020/21 period which has allowed us to run four youth club sessions in two youth clubs, two major summer projects, one half term activity, three taekwondo clubs and a tuition class.
The organisation will revisit its long-term strategy, update its vision and Business Plan as a result of the new ways of working. I am thankful to the staff who worked during the pandemic and what it has achieved during a difficult time and look forward to a better, brighter and more prospective year.
OYC’s financial situation is stable and we are in a good healthy position, the Project Coordinator with its two new kickstart recruits have actively been sourcing and securing funding to provide activities for young people and I personally thank them for the effort made.
I would like to thank all the board members for their help and support throughout this difficult year in attending online meetings and ensuring we stay active and making sure staff deliver the organisational aims and objectives to the community.
Mohammed Abdul Ahad Chairperson, Ocean Youth Connexions
Board of Directors 2020/21
Chairperson: Mohammed Abdul Ahad Secretary: Imran Khan Treasurer: Abdul Mu’min Yahya Trustee: Imdadur Rahman Trustee: Mohamed Musa Trustee: Shahin Ullah Trustee: Imran Khan Members: Anwar Hussin Members: Mohammed Abdul Gofur Members: Mohammed Adnan Miah
Honorary Supporters of OYC
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Brenda Daley and Derek England - Chairperson and Secretary, Ocean Estates Tenants Leaseholders Association
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Aminul Hoque –Tower Hamlets WorkPath
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Master Shujahat Fiaz and Instructor Junjian Zheng – Team DJB Taekwondo
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Bablu Miah – Head and Founder, Trapped In Zone One
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Junel Uddin – Vallance Community Sports Association
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Dr Elizabeth Venables – Trustee, Stepney City Farm
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Ishaque Uddin – TV and Radio Presenter
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Akik Miah – Secretary, Stepney Foundation
Ocean Youth Connexions
Reporting period 1[st] October 2020 – 30[th] September 2021
Staff team
Mohammed Kamal Ahmed: Project Coordinator Rajmina Begum: Holiday Youth Support Worker Ruma Zaman: Holiday Youth Support Worker Syeda Farjana Ali: Holiday Youth Support Worker Mehmet Hasan Youth Worker In-charge Kadir Ali Youth Support Worker/Outreach Worker Yusuf Rahman Youth Support Worker/Outreach Worker Mozahid Hoque Youth Support Worker/Outreach Worker Hobibur Rahman Youth Support Worker/Outreach Worker Nicos Antonio Shuttler Youth Support Worker/Outreach Worker Zurain Hussean Youth Support Worker Kamrul Islam Youth Support Worker Meryem Day Youth Support Worker Fatima Begum Youth Support Worker Nelima Khatun Youth Support Worker Shujahat Fiaz Taekwondo 5[th] Dan Master Jun Jian Zheng (Stephen) Taekwondo 4[th] Dan Master Hamza Ahmed Taekwondo 2[nd] Dan Instructor Hegeun Chi Taekwondo 2[nd] Dan Instructor Xhesiola Frroku Taekwondo 1[st] Dan Instructor Numan Ahmed Maths Tutor Shabbir Kamali Science Tutor Zubair Ahmed Volunteer
Number of registered young people:
We currently have 269 registered members as of 30[th] September 2021
Programme and activities for 2020/21
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Four weekly Youth Club Sessions at Ocean TLA
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Four weekly Youth Club session at Caxton Hall
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One study support sessions at Ocean TLA
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One Summer Holiday Activity Food programme at Ocean TLA
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One summer project at Caxton Hall
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Four Taekwondo sessions: Two at Mulberry, two at Tarling East Centre
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Two outreach & detached work sessions in Bow and Globe Town
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Ride along cycling project
-
Two community fun days at both community centres
-
Partnership youth project with The Rooted Forum
Ocean Estates Tenants Association (OETA) Youth Club Sessions
After one month of delivery in October 2020 we went straight into two lockdowns and did not reopen until May 2021. When we did open we lost our usual 15-18 year old group and now had to deal with a much younger age group. Our young people have been so used to lockdowns that they no longer leave their rooms and have become accustomed to playing, connecting and socialising online from the comfort of their home. However, their younger siblings have been pushed outside and now they are the next generation of young people we will be working with. We had to lower our age range from 13 years to 10 years and then again in summer we took it down to 8 to attract a wider range of young people who normally are seen roaming the estates, parks and streets.
Jack Petchy Foundation funding allowed us to purchase a PS4 so that we could set up two stations for playing on the consoles. We organised a few workshops around health and nutrition, on child sexual exploitation as well as knife crime. We provided arts and craft classes, boxercise classes and football training activities.
We had on average of around 18-20 young people attending our youth provisions and 67 people were registered users during this period. Our Boxercise sessions have been very popular and our investment in boxing equipment has helped young people to be engaged in sparing, doing pad work and taking up skipping. This has also sparked a wave of young people going into sports at school and playing more football in the estate pitches. Our girls have gained a great interest in boxing and they also come and use the equipment frequently.
Through our outreach and detached work we got to see new young people that have recently moved into the area during the pandemic and they are now accessing our facilities and utilising our resources.
October Half term and Summer project delivery
With funding from the BBC children in Need we organised a one-week October half term programme for 8–19-year-olds. The week consisted of exciting activities from arts and crafts, yoga, make up tutorials, mendhi art, clay modelling, to making friendship bracelets, doing hama bead designs and engaging in baking activities.
Unfortunately, due to the pandemic lockdowns we were not able to offer a February, Easter or a May half term programme like we have been doing in previous years.
With funding from LBTH Holiday Activity Food programme, Tower Hill Trust Stronger Futures (VRU) and the Julia Hans and Rausing Trust We delivered an exciting and fun filled summer programme for young people. During the holidays we offered hot lunches during the day for everyone that attended, held a weekly fruit and veg food bank at our centre and ensured that there was enough food for the evening session. We noticed that some young people were not getting fed well at home and that some were in receipt of food parcels and this raised concerns with staff. Parents were stating job losses, a reduction in the furlough to pay high rents and not having certainty of getting their jobs back, COID-19 infections and loss of family members has put a toll on the household. We held a community fun day with bouncy castles, BBQ food and a Splash event to conclude the programme.
We had seven members of staff that were working on the project in two parts, four in the morning from 11am-3pm and three in the afternoon session from 4pm to 8pm. The staff delivered a varied programme consisting of Arts and Crafts, indoor social games, competitions, cooking sessions, knitting and textile, outdoor games and trips. Both the projects attracted 67 young people to the project and it was a very successful delivery programme. On average we had around 35 young people attending each of our sessions especially with a high volume of younger girls that do not attend normal club sessions. This year the summer programme was needed especially after a four-month lockdown
Study Support Sessions Ocean Estates Tenants Association (OETA)
We secured funding from the Young Londoners Award fund which enabled us to deliver a study support session. Within a month of attracting 22 students we went into the November lockdown, we did not take the opportunity to deliver online but we resumed in December until we went back into our third lockdown and in the New Year, 2021 we decided to deliver online classes.
Most of our young people had been really focused on the best results for their tests and mock exam results their attendance was regular on our study support sessions. This also meant that they excelled in their predicted grade and improved their levels. The 2021 exam results saw that many achieved their predicted grade and were so happy for the support we gave them.
This year there was no saga in the exam results, but now students do not get a grade but rather a grade number, something the labour industry will need to get used to when employing this new batch of students in the near future.
Bow East Project (Caxton Hall)
Caxton Hall youth centre was funded by Action for Bow and the Young Londoners Award which helped keep the centre open after a three year delivery contract was cancelled at the start of the pandemic.
Again, with the pandemic we lost our core young people after the third lockdown. When we reopened in May 2021, we managed to attract a new batch of young people but again with the infection still amongst our midst people were hesitant to come inside the centre and mostly stayed outdoors on the green or kicked a ball in the attached football pitch. We lost two of our staff, one to the COVID-19 virus and another to maternity. Finding qualified replacement staff was becoming difficult as the youth industry is becoming a dying one and unless the government intervenes we will see the rise of crime, anti social behaviour and risky behaviour.
We delivered a six-week summer programme and a community fun day at the centre, all of our staff were involved in this to ensure we provided a wonderful experience in order to attract people back into the centre. Again, with the pandemic situation, people were hesitant in attending large gatherings but we managed to attract around 120 young people to the event throughout the day.
Malmesbury Resident Association funded a two-month outreach work grant to encourage positive engagement with young people and for them to refrain from negative and risky behaviour. This pandemic saw many young people not coming out especially during the summer period, many stayed indoors and avoided engaging in anti social behaviour but it was always the few that needed reminding and we were there to deal with the situation.
Many other youth centres, provisions and services were closed throughout the whole pandemic and many provided a digital service. We found this to have minimal or no impact on young people, so we were calling them up individually and catching up with them if they needed any help, assistance and whether their mental health was being impacted in any way.
Two of our staff worked closely with Key Workers in Tower Hamlets Social services, so that we could make referrals to these agencies to assist our young people during this pandemic. We dealt with a missing person case and found the young person through our contacts and now he has been reunited with his family.
This is our fourth year in delivering the Taekwondo classes with Team DJB and this year we have been fortunate in securing funding from Awards For All, Charles S French, London Sport and Jack Petchey.
We started our new Girls only sessions which grew to 20 in numbers before we went into a very long lockdown and centres not reopening till June 2021. However it seemed that the session had a great impact and parents when finding out about our project started to send their girls to the project.
Our Junior Dragon Taekwondo session for 5-10 years of age grew by parental demand and has now 34 registered with an average of 28 attending regularly. We did not secure funding for this session but parents were willing to pay for the cost of tutors and hall hire without hesitation.
We have 28 young people registered for the teen sessions and on average 18 young people attend regularly we will split the class in two to cater for a new feeder programme with teens and seniors.
We have had only one grading session this year due to the lockdown and centre closures: Grading was achieved for two people on Yellow tag belts, 7 on Yellow belts, three on green tag and five on green belt, one black tag and two of our long standing pupils on 1[st] Dan black belt
The Taekwondo sessions had a great impact on those that attend, and you can see it in their behaviour and their attitude, showing humility and courtesy to each other during the session. We have seen good team work and support for each other and their willingness to learn and advance is improving.
Taekwondo has helped these young people to work together as a team, improve their communication skills and significantly built their confidence levels. Young people are becoming more creative, active and learning fast the different patterns and styles being taught. The sessions have improved young people’s ability to solve problems, improve their resilience, they are able to deal with conflicts and difficult situations and we have seen a vast improvement in their self motivation and an increase in the levels of self esteem they display.
Outreach and Detached Intervention Work
A different type of outreach was being delivered as we went into the November Lockdown our staff went out onto the street, fully protected to meet up with young people that were flouting the lockdown rules and giving them advise, information, handing our masks and sanitising their hands.
We worked with the Tower Hamlets Park Guards and the Tower Hamlets Homes ASB Team to respond to young people hanging out in stairwells on the top floors of blocks and making noise, smoking drugs and causing inconvenience to residents in the blocks. We found young people sitting in cars at the end of roads that have been closed off as part of the new LTN’s a perfect spot for ASB, and getting up to no good. All these activities were illegal under the lockdown rules and fines were being issues by police.
We saved a lot of young people from receiving fines and warning notices as we intervened and helped young people to understand that the COVID-19 pandemic virus is real and that cases of infection was really high and this was welcomed by the young people. Through keeping in touch with young people majority of young people obeyed and followed our instructions.
When we reopened our club sessions in April 2021 and we saw a spike in youth on youth violence, a rise in anti-social behaviour and noise nuisance late into the night. Young people came out in force and placed themselves back onto the streets a few got involved in a crime syndicate of stealing bikes whilst others turned to dealing drugs and joining moped gangs in stealing phones.
we received funding from Tower Hamlets Homes to work in their Bow estate areas. We found that working in the Bromley by Bow area difficult as all the boys of our target age groups were indoors on their consoles, on their phones or hogging the tablet from their younger siblings. As a result we saw so many under 13’s out on the streets, playing football, talking to each other and engaging with us.
We managed to make contact with 60 young people, got 46 registered, in our youth centres, 36 young people accessed support services, 2 young people became volunteers and 31 were referred to other centres
Jack Petchey
We are on the Bronze Scheme and we used the funding to purchase a PS4 console, PS4 games, colouring equipment, table tennis equipment and a boxing punch bag. We used the funds to upgrade our equipment and play facilities allowing more young people to attend our sessions and engage in discussions, debate and organised activities.
We spent last year’s Leaders Award Grant funding on providing Taekwondo classes for our young people and they enjoyed it very much they learnt so much that they joined our main Taekwondo classes. This year we hope to nominate Syed Kadir Ali once the nomination opens up so that we can apply for funds that can support young peoples decisions to support their journey in our youth centres.
Although the country took up cycling and the demand for bikes was at it highest level ever in the UK, many suppliers could not cope with the demand. We saw threemonth wating lists as bikes were being made in China and shipped by air, ship and land.
We managed to do a scheme of work with Spotlight where young people got to make the bikes from scratch, learn how to maintain their bikes and then go out on bike rides locally for a couple of sessions. They got to keep the bikes afterwards.
During the summer 2021 we worked with the MET Police Outreach and Youth Engagement team in an intervention programme to develop a better relationship with the Police. We did many role reversal workshops, spoke about the Police cadets, entered a team for the kick@3 football tournament and delivered a bike programme.
The bike programme included in repatriating stolen recovered bikes that the Police confiscated but the owners did not claim. We did a two-day intensive workshop programme in learning how a bike works, how to repair a bike properly and how to look after a bike so that it looks after you. Young people got to go on our ride along sessions and visited many places of attraction around London and at the end of the project they got to keep the bikes.
We have continued to deliver free bike maintenance sessions as part of our commitment to get as many people cycling as possible especially during the summer period. We will still continue to deliver Dr Bike Sessions at our Youth Centres on the Ocean Estates and Caxton Hall booking Zero Emission Network to provide us free bike maintenance workshops.
Young People
Financial Information 2020 – 2021
Ocean Youth Connexions Ltd Company limited by guarantee Detailed trading profit and loss account for the year ended 30 September 2021
Income Awards For All Young Londoners Award – YLA Tower Hill Trust – THT Julian & Hans Rausing – J&HR Jack Petchey MOPAC BBC Children in Need - BBC Societylinks Tower Hamlets Homes -THH Ocean Regeneration Trust Violence Reduction Unit - VRU Charles S French Action For Bow Mark Mason benevolent Fund LB Tower Hamlets – Summer Malmesbury Residents Association - MRA Street Games Community Action Foundation – CAF LB Tower Hamlets – Discretionary Grant London Youth - LY London City Airport Arnold Clark Community Fund East London Business Alliance - ELBA Government Furlough Scheme Administrative expenses Operating surplus/(loss) |
2021 £ 10,000 40,000 4,770 12,660 2,000 - 5,000 - - 10,000 21,130 - 9,166 - 5,190 1,200 1,260 150 5,000 8,000 3,000 1,000 1,011 22,287 163,824 (121,737) 42,087 |
2020 £ 10,000 - - - 750 50,000 10,000 1,845 3,000 - - 2,000 5,310 3,680 - - - - - - - - - 18,899 110,983 (91,289) **19,694 ** |
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Acknowledgments
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Awards For All for providing funding for funding the outreach sessions during the lockdown
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Young Londoners Activity for funding two youth club sessions at both our centres, the taekwondo sessions and the study support sessions.
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Tower Hill Trust for supporting our afternoon summer programme
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Julia and Hans Rausing Trust for funding two youth club sessions at Caxton Hall
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Jack Petchey Foundation for funding trips, equipment social events and supporting young people’s taekwondo project
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BBC Children in Need for funding two youth club sessions at Ocean TLA and the girls TKD sessions
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Leather sellers for giving us the chance to set up a cycling project
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Stronger Futures Project, (VRU) for funding the teens, senior and girls taekwondo project, youth club and supporting a partner organisation the Shadwell Trust to deliver two youth clubs and a martial arts club
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Action for Bow for funding two youth club provisions at Caxton Hall and the summer 2021 project
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London Borough of Tower Hamlets enabling us to provide a six week Holiday Activity Food programme
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Malmesbury Residents Association funding an outreach and detached project in the Bow West ward
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Streetgames for funding one tutor at the teen taekwondo project
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Tower Hamlets Homes for funding the Bow outreach work
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London Youth for funding the girls work and part funding the girls taekwondo project
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London City airport for providing us with the opportunity to increase our bike pool for cycling
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Arnold Clark Community Fund to support our Junior Taekwondo club
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Most importantly we would like to thank the residents, parents and young people of the Ocean Estates and Malmesbury Estate Community who have
supported us to ensure we deliver positive activities and have made the project a success throughout the COIVD-19 pandemic.
- Ocean Tenant Leaseholders Association and Malmesbury Community Projects for allowing us to use their venue to deliver all of our activities
Malmesbury Community Projects
“For Tomorrows Young People, Today”
Annual Report 2020/21 Charity Registration: 1129378 Company Limited By Guarantee: 04543565
Contents
| Contents | |
|---|---|
| Page | |
| Chairs foreword | 3 |
| Board of Directors 2020/21 | 4 |
| Honorary supporters of OYC | 4 |
| Staff Team | 5 |
| Programme and Activities for 2020/21 | 5 |
| Ocean Estates Youth Club sessions | 6 |
| October half term and Summer Projects | 7-8 |
| Study Support @ TLA | 9 |
| Caxton Hall Youth Club sessions | 10 |
| Taekwondo | 11 |
| Outreach | 12-13 |
| Jack Petchey | 13 |
| Dr Bike | 14 |
| Financial Information 2020-21 | 15 |
| Acknowledgments | 16-17 |
| Funder logos | 17 |
Chairs Foreword
We have witnessed a worldwide pandemic that has shaken the foundations of the world, impacting the world economy, visiting close ones, vacations people’s daily routine. The world around us has changed and many youth provisions and youth services within the borough continue to remain closed since the first lockdown. However, we have tried our best to stay open after the various lockdowns and restrictions and have continued to deliver through new ways of youth work for the first time in our history, including going online.
We have witnessed young people entering our centres and provisions with masks, being told to sanitise and having their temperature checked before entry and staff running drills on the NHS track and trace in the event of an infection. We still await to see the affect this pandemic will have on the private and the voluntary sector with many small third sector organisations ending their operations after an era of delivery, the question remains as to who will be pick up the pieces.
OYC has become a part of young people’s lives on the Ocean Estate and the Bow West area. This has only been possible through our dedicated and committed youth workers who to continue to work in those areas developing new and innovative project ideas to engage young people positively in the process. We have had four more additions to the team. One of our staff members has been greatly impacted by the COIVID-19 virus and we don’t know yet when they will likely return to the team. We wish them a speedy recovery.
The two long lockdowns did not impact our finances rather we have moved back to our previous operating figures of 2018 and 2019 having been successful in many small and medium sized grants that supported our core activities. We are extremely grateful for all the funding, grants and donations we have received throughout the 2020/21 period which has allowed us to run four youth club sessions in two youth clubs, two major summer projects, one half term activity, three taekwondo clubs and a tuition class.
The organisation will revisit its long-term strategy, update its vision and Business Plan as a result of the new ways of working. I am thankful to the staff who worked during the pandemic and what it has achieved during a difficult time and look forward to a better, brighter and more prospective year.
OYC’s financial situation is stable and we are in a good healthy position, the Project Coordinator with its two new kickstart recruits have actively been sourcing and securing funding to provide activities for young people and I personally thank them for the effort made.
I would like to thank all the board members for their help and support throughout this difficult year in attending online meetings and ensuring we stay active and making sure staff deliver the organisational aims and objectives to the community.
Mohammed Abdul Ahad Chairperson, Ocean Youth Connexions
Board of Directors 2020/21
Chairperson: Mohammed Abdul Ahad Secretary: Imran Khan Treasurer: Abdul Mu’min Yahya Trustee: Imdadur Rahman Trustee: Mohamed Musa Trustee: Shahin Ullah Trustee: Imran Khan Members: Anwar Hussin Members: Mohammed Abdul Gofur Members: Mohammed Adnan Miah
Honorary Supporters of OYC
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Brenda Daley and Derek England - Chairperson and Secretary, Ocean Estates Tenants Leaseholders Association
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Aminul Hoque –Tower Hamlets WorkPath
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Master Shujahat Fiaz and Instructor Junjian Zheng – Team DJB Taekwondo
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Bablu Miah – Head and Founder, Trapped In Zone One
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Junel Uddin – Vallance Community Sports Association
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Dr Elizabeth Venables – Trustee, Stepney City Farm
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Ishaque Uddin – TV and Radio Presenter
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Akik Miah – Secretary, Stepney Foundation
Ocean Youth Connexions
Reporting period 1[st] October 2020 – 30[th] September 2021
Staff team
Mohammed Kamal Ahmed: Project Coordinator Rajmina Begum: Holiday Youth Support Worker Ruma Zaman: Holiday Youth Support Worker Syeda Farjana Ali: Holiday Youth Support Worker Mehmet Hasan Youth Worker In-charge Kadir Ali Youth Support Worker/Outreach Worker Yusuf Rahman Youth Support Worker/Outreach Worker Mozahid Hoque Youth Support Worker/Outreach Worker Hobibur Rahman Youth Support Worker/Outreach Worker Nicos Antonio Shuttler Youth Support Worker/Outreach Worker Zurain Hussean Youth Support Worker Kamrul Islam Youth Support Worker Meryem Day Youth Support Worker Fatima Begum Youth Support Worker Nelima Khatun Youth Support Worker Shujahat Fiaz Taekwondo 5[th] Dan Master Jun Jian Zheng (Stephen) Taekwondo 4[th] Dan Master Hamza Ahmed Taekwondo 2[nd] Dan Instructor Hegeun Chi Taekwondo 2[nd] Dan Instructor Xhesiola Frroku Taekwondo 1[st] Dan Instructor Numan Ahmed Maths Tutor Shabbir Kamali Science Tutor Zubair Ahmed Volunteer
Number of registered young people:
We currently have 269 registered members as of 30[th] September 2021
Programme and activities for 2020/21
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Four weekly Youth Club Sessions at Ocean TLA
-
Four weekly Youth Club session at Caxton Hall
-
One study support sessions at Ocean TLA
-
One Summer Holiday Activity Food programme at Ocean TLA
-
One summer project at Caxton Hall
-
Four Taekwondo sessions: Two at Mulberry, two at Tarling East Centre
-
Two outreach & detached work sessions in Bow and Globe Town
-
Ride along cycling project
-
Two community fun days at both community centres
-
Partnership youth project with The Rooted Forum
Ocean Estates Tenants Association (OETA) Youth Club Sessions
After one month of delivery in October 2020 we went straight into two lockdowns and did not reopen until May 2021. When we did open we lost our usual 15-18 year old group and now had to deal with a much younger age group. Our young people have been so used to lockdowns that they no longer leave their rooms and have become accustomed to playing, connecting and socialising online from the comfort of their home. However, their younger siblings have been pushed outside and now they are the next generation of young people we will be working with. We had to lower our age range from 13 years to 10 years and then again in summer we took it down to 8 to attract a wider range of young people who normally are seen roaming the estates, parks and streets.
Jack Petchy Foundation funding allowed us to purchase a PS4 so that we could set up two stations for playing on the consoles. We organised a few workshops around health and nutrition, on child sexual exploitation as well as knife crime. We provided arts and craft classes, boxercise classes and football training activities.
We had on average of around 18-20 young people attending our youth provisions and 67 people were registered users during this period. Our Boxercise sessions have been very popular and our investment in boxing equipment has helped young people to be engaged in sparing, doing pad work and taking up skipping. This has also sparked a wave of young people going into sports at school and playing more football in the estate pitches. Our girls have gained a great interest in boxing and they also come and use the equipment frequently.
Through our outreach and detached work we got to see new young people that have recently moved into the area during the pandemic and they are now accessing our facilities and utilising our resources.
October Half term and Summer project delivery
With funding from the BBC children in Need we organised a one-week October half term programme for 8–19-year-olds. The week consisted of exciting activities from arts and crafts, yoga, make up tutorials, mendhi art, clay modelling, to making friendship bracelets, doing hama bead designs and engaging in baking activities.
Unfortunately, due to the pandemic lockdowns we were not able to offer a February, Easter or a May half term programme like we have been doing in previous years.
With funding from LBTH Holiday Activity Food programme, Tower Hill Trust Stronger Futures (VRU) and the Julia Hans and Rausing Trust We delivered an exciting and fun filled summer programme for young people. During the holidays we offered hot lunches during the day for everyone that attended, held a weekly fruit and veg food bank at our centre and ensured that there was enough food for the evening session. We noticed that some young people were not getting fed well at home and that some were in receipt of food parcels and this raised concerns with staff. Parents were stating job losses, a reduction in the furlough to pay high rents and not having certainty of getting their jobs back, COID-19 infections and loss of family members has put a toll on the household. We held a community fun day with bouncy castles, BBQ food and a Splash event to conclude the programme.
We had seven members of staff that were working on the project in two parts, four in the morning from 11am-3pm and three in the afternoon session from 4pm to 8pm. The staff delivered a varied programme consisting of Arts and Crafts, indoor social games, competitions, cooking sessions, knitting and textile, outdoor games and trips. Both the projects attracted 67 young people to the project and it was a very successful delivery programme. On average we had around 35 young people attending each of our sessions especially with a high volume of younger girls that do not attend normal club sessions. This year the summer programme was needed especially after a four-month lockdown
Study Support Sessions Ocean Estates Tenants Association (OETA)
We secured funding from the Young Londoners Award fund which enabled us to deliver a study support session. Within a month of attracting 22 students we went into the November lockdown, we did not take the opportunity to deliver online but we resumed in December until we went back into our third lockdown and in the New Year, 2021 we decided to deliver online classes.
Most of our young people had been really focused on the best results for their tests and mock exam results their attendance was regular on our study support sessions. This also meant that they excelled in their predicted grade and improved their levels. The 2021 exam results saw that many achieved their predicted grade and were so happy for the support we gave them.
This year there was no saga in the exam results, but now students do not get a grade but rather a grade number, something the labour industry will need to get used to when employing this new batch of students in the near future.
Bow East Project (Caxton Hall)
Caxton Hall youth centre was funded by Action for Bow and the Young Londoners Award which helped keep the centre open after a three year delivery contract was cancelled at the start of the pandemic.
Again, with the pandemic we lost our core young people after the third lockdown. When we reopened in May 2021, we managed to attract a new batch of young people but again with the infection still amongst our midst people were hesitant to come inside the centre and mostly stayed outdoors on the green or kicked a ball in the attached football pitch. We lost two of our staff, one to the COVID-19 virus and another to maternity. Finding qualified replacement staff was becoming difficult as the youth industry is becoming a dying one and unless the government intervenes we will see the rise of crime, anti social behaviour and risky behaviour.
We delivered a six-week summer programme and a community fun day at the centre, all of our staff were involved in this to ensure we provided a wonderful experience in order to attract people back into the centre. Again, with the pandemic situation, people were hesitant in attending large gatherings but we managed to attract around 120 young people to the event throughout the day.
Malmesbury Resident Association funded a two-month outreach work grant to encourage positive engagement with young people and for them to refrain from negative and risky behaviour. This pandemic saw many young people not coming out especially during the summer period, many stayed indoors and avoided engaging in anti social behaviour but it was always the few that needed reminding and we were there to deal with the situation.
Many other youth centres, provisions and services were closed throughout the whole pandemic and many provided a digital service. We found this to have minimal or no impact on young people, so we were calling them up individually and catching up with them if they needed any help, assistance and whether their mental health was being impacted in any way.
Two of our staff worked closely with Key Workers in Tower Hamlets Social services, so that we could make referrals to these agencies to assist our young people during this pandemic. We dealt with a missing person case and found the young person through our contacts and now he has been reunited with his family.
This is our fourth year in delivering the Taekwondo classes with Team DJB and this year we have been fortunate in securing funding from Awards For All, Charles S French, London Sport and Jack Petchey.
We started our new Girls only sessions which grew to 20 in numbers before we went into a very long lockdown and centres not reopening till June 2021. However it seemed that the session had a great impact and parents when finding out about our project started to send their girls to the project.
Our Junior Dragon Taekwondo session for 5-10 years of age grew by parental demand and has now 34 registered with an average of 28 attending regularly. We did not secure funding for this session but parents were willing to pay for the cost of tutors and hall hire without hesitation.
We have 28 young people registered for the teen sessions and on average 18 young people attend regularly we will split the class in two to cater for a new feeder programme with teens and seniors.
We have had only one grading session this year due to the lockdown and centre closures: Grading was achieved for two people on Yellow tag belts, 7 on Yellow belts, three on green tag and five on green belt, one black tag and two of our long standing pupils on 1[st] Dan black belt
The Taekwondo sessions had a great impact on those that attend, and you can see it in their behaviour and their attitude, showing humility and courtesy to each other during the session. We have seen good team work and support for each other and their willingness to learn and advance is improving.
Taekwondo has helped these young people to work together as a team, improve their communication skills and significantly built their confidence levels. Young people are becoming more creative, active and learning fast the different patterns and styles being taught. The sessions have improved young people’s ability to solve problems, improve their resilience, they are able to deal with conflicts and difficult situations and we have seen a vast improvement in their self motivation and an increase in the levels of self esteem they display.
Outreach and Detached Intervention Work
A different type of outreach was being delivered as we went into the November Lockdown our staff went out onto the street, fully protected to meet up with young people that were flouting the lockdown rules and giving them advise, information, handing our masks and sanitising their hands.
We worked with the Tower Hamlets Park Guards and the Tower Hamlets Homes ASB Team to respond to young people hanging out in stairwells on the top floors of blocks and making noise, smoking drugs and causing inconvenience to residents in the blocks. We found young people sitting in cars at the end of roads that have been closed off as part of the new LTN’s a perfect spot for ASB, and getting up to no good. All these activities were illegal under the lockdown rules and fines were being issues by police.
We saved a lot of young people from receiving fines and warning notices as we intervened and helped young people to understand that the COVID-19 pandemic virus is real and that cases of infection was really high and this was welcomed by the young people. Through keeping in touch with young people majority of young people obeyed and followed our instructions.
When we reopened our club sessions in April 2021 and we saw a spike in youth on youth violence, a rise in anti-social behaviour and noise nuisance late into the night. Young people came out in force and placed themselves back onto the streets a few got involved in a crime syndicate of stealing bikes whilst others turned to dealing drugs and joining moped gangs in stealing phones.
we received funding from Tower Hamlets Homes to work in their Bow estate areas. We found that working in the Bromley by Bow area difficult as all the boys of our target age groups were indoors on their consoles, on their phones or hogging the tablet from their younger siblings. As a result we saw so many under 13’s out on the streets, playing football, talking to each other and engaging with us.
We managed to make contact with 60 young people, got 46 registered, in our youth centres, 36 young people accessed support services, 2 young people became volunteers and 31 were referred to other centres
Jack Petchey
We are on the Bronze Scheme and we used the funding to purchase a PS4 console, PS4 games, colouring equipment, table tennis equipment and a boxing punch bag. We used the funds to upgrade our equipment and play facilities allowing more young people to attend our sessions and engage in discussions, debate and organised activities.
We spent last year’s Leaders Award Grant funding on providing Taekwondo classes for our young people and they enjoyed it very much they learnt so much that they joined our main Taekwondo classes. This year we hope to nominate Syed Kadir Ali once the nomination opens up so that we can apply for funds that can support young peoples decisions to support their journey in our youth centres.
Although the country took up cycling and the demand for bikes was at it highest level ever in the UK, many suppliers could not cope with the demand. We saw threemonth wating lists as bikes were being made in China and shipped by air, ship and land.
We managed to do a scheme of work with Spotlight where young people got to make the bikes from scratch, learn how to maintain their bikes and then go out on bike rides locally for a couple of sessions. They got to keep the bikes afterwards.
During the summer 2021 we worked with the MET Police Outreach and Youth Engagement team in an intervention programme to develop a better relationship with the Police. We did many role reversal workshops, spoke about the Police cadets, entered a team for the kick@3 football tournament and delivered a bike programme.
The bike programme included in repatriating stolen recovered bikes that the Police confiscated but the owners did not claim. We did a two-day intensive workshop programme in learning how a bike works, how to repair a bike properly and how to look after a bike so that it looks after you. Young people got to go on our ride along sessions and visited many places of attraction around London and at the end of the project they got to keep the bikes.
We have continued to deliver free bike maintenance sessions as part of our commitment to get as many people cycling as possible especially during the summer period. We will still continue to deliver Dr Bike Sessions at our Youth Centres on the Ocean Estates and Caxton Hall booking Zero Emission Network to provide us free bike maintenance workshops.
Young People
Financial Information 2020 – 2021
Ocean Youth Connexions Ltd Company limited by guarantee Detailed trading profit and loss account for the year ended 30 September 2021
Income Awards For All Young Londoners Award – YLA Tower Hill Trust – THT Julian & Hans Rausing – J&HR Jack Petchey MOPAC BBC Children in Need - BBC Societylinks Tower Hamlets Homes -THH Ocean Regeneration Trust Violence Reduction Unit - VRU Charles S French Action For Bow Mark Mason benevolent Fund LB Tower Hamlets – Summer Malmesbury Residents Association - MRA Street Games Community Action Foundation – CAF LB Tower Hamlets – Discretionary Grant London Youth - LY London City Airport Arnold Clark Community Fund East London Business Alliance - ELBA Government Furlough Scheme Administrative expenses Operating surplus/(loss) |
2021 £ 10,000 40,000 4,770 12,660 2,000 - 5,000 - - 10,000 21,130 - 9,166 - 5,190 1,200 1,260 150 5,000 8,000 3,000 1,000 1,011 22,287 163,824 (121,737) 42,087 |
2020 £ 10,000 - - - 750 50,000 10,000 1,845 3,000 - - 2,000 5,310 3,680 - - - - - - - - - 18,899 110,983 (91,289) **19,694 ** |
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Acknowledgments
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Awards For All for providing funding for funding the outreach sessions during the lockdown
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Young Londoners Activity for funding two youth club sessions at both our centres, the taekwondo sessions and the study support sessions.
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Tower Hill Trust for supporting our afternoon summer programme
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Julia and Hans Rausing Trust for funding two youth club sessions at Caxton Hall
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Jack Petchey Foundation for funding trips, equipment social events and supporting young people’s taekwondo project
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BBC Children in Need for funding two youth club sessions at Ocean TLA and the girls TKD sessions
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Leather sellers for giving us the chance to set up a cycling project
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Stronger Futures Project, (VRU) for funding the teens, senior and girls taekwondo project, youth club and supporting a partner organisation the Shadwell Trust to deliver two youth clubs and a martial arts club
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Action for Bow for funding two youth club provisions at Caxton Hall and the summer 2021 project
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London Borough of Tower Hamlets enabling us to provide a six week Holiday Activity Food programme
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Malmesbury Residents Association funding an outreach and detached project in the Bow West ward
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Streetgames for funding one tutor at the teen taekwondo project
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Tower Hamlets Homes for funding the Bow outreach work
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London Youth for funding the girls work and part funding the girls taekwondo project
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London City airport for providing us with the opportunity to increase our bike pool for cycling
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Arnold Clark Community Fund to support our Junior Taekwondo club
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Most importantly we would like to thank the residents, parents and young people of the Ocean Estates and Malmesbury Estate Community who have
supported us to ensure we deliver positive activities and have made the project a success throughout the COIVD-19 pandemic.
- Ocean Tenant Leaseholders Association and Malmesbury Community Projects for allowing us to use their venue to deliver all of our activities
Malmesbury Community Projects
REGISTERED NUMBER: 04543565 CHARITY REGISTERED NUMBER: 1129378
OCEAN YOUTH CONNEXIONS LTD TRUSTEES' REPORT AND UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2021
The Stuart Maurice Partnership
Radiant House 28-30 Fowler Road Ilford Essex IG6 3UT
Ocean Youth Connexions Ltd Directors' Report and Unaudited Financial Statements For The Year Ended 30 September 2021
Contents
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| Company Information | 1 |
| Directors' Report | 2 |
| Accountant's Report | 3 |
| Independent Examiners Report | 4 |
| Profit and Loss Account | 5 |
| Balance Sheet | 6 |
| Notes to the Financial Statements | 7 |
| The following pages do not form part of the statutory accounts: | |
| Trading Profit and Loss Account | 8 |
Ocean Youth Connexions Ltd Company Information For The Year Ended 30 September 2021
Directors Mr Mohammed Ahad Mr Imdadur Rahman Mr Shahin Ullah Mr Imran Khan Mr Abdul Munim Yahya Mr Mohamed Musa Charity Registration Number 1129378 Company Number 04543565 Registered Office Stepney City Farm Stepney Way Stepney Green London E1 3DG Accountants The Stuart Maurice Partnership Radiant House 28-30 Fowler Road Ilford Essex IG6 3UT
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Ocean Youth Connexions Ltd Company No. 04543565 Trustees/Directors' Report For The Year Ended 30 September 2021
The directors present their report and the financial statements for the year ended 30 September 2021.
Statement of Directors' Responsibilities
The directors are responsible for preparing the Directors' Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.
Company law requires the directors to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law the directors have elected to prepare the financial statements in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (United Kingdom Accounting Standards and applicable law). The financial statements are required by law to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company and of the profit or loss for that period. In preparing the financial statements the directors are required to:
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select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
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make judgments and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
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prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the company will continue in business.
The directors are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the company's transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
Principal Activity
The company is a voluntary charitable organisation, providing detached work service for young people living on the Ocean Estate. The Memorandum & Articles of Association were amended by special resolution on 24th March 2009. The company was then registered as a charity.
Trustees/Directors
The trustees/directors who held office during the year were as follows:
Mr Mohammed Ahad
Mr Imdadur Rahman
Mr Shahin Ullah
Mr Imran Khan
Mr Abdul Munim Yahya
Mr Mohamed Musa
Small Company Rules
This report has been prepared in accordance with the special provisions relating to companies subject to the small companies regime within Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006.
By order of the board
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Mr Mohammed Ahad
Date ...... 20/04/2022 .........
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Ocean Youth Connexions Ltd
For The Year Ended 30 September 2021
Report of the Accountant to the directors of Ocean Youth Connexions Ltd
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with our terms of engagement and in order to assist you to fulfil your duties under the Companies Acts that relate to preparing the financial statements of the company for the year ended 30 September 2021.
We have prepared these financial statements based on the accounting records, information and explanations provided by you. We do not express any opinion on the financial statements.
On the Balance Sheet you have acknowledged your duties under the prevailing Companies Acts to ensure that the company keeps adequate accounting records and prepares financial statements that give “a true and fair view”.
You have determined that the company is exempt from the statutory requirement for an audit for this accounting year. Therefore, the financial statements are unaudited.
The financial statements are provided exclusively to the director for the limited purpose mentioned above and may not be used or relied upon for any other purpose or by any other person, and we shall not be liable for any other usage or reliance.
The Stuart Maurice Partnership
20/04/2022
The Stuart Maurice Partnership Radiant House 28-30 Fowler Road Ilford Essex IG6 3UT
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Ocean Youth Connexions Ltd
For The Year Ended 30 September 2021
Independent Examiner’s Report
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the charity for the year ended 30 September 2021 which are set out in this report.
Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner
As the charity’s trustees of Ocean Youth Connexions Ltd (and also its directors for the purposes of company law) you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 (‘the 2006 Act’).
Having satisfied myself that the accounts of Ocean Youth Connexions Ltd are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of your charity’s accounts as carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the 2011 Act’). In carrying out my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act.
Independent examiner’s statement
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe:
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accounting records were not kept in respect of Ocean Youth Connexions Ltd as required by section 386 of the 2006 Act; or
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the accounts do not accord with those records; or
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the accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements of section 396 of the 2006 Act other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair view' which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination; or
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the accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities [applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)].
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
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Ocean Youth Connexions Ltd Profit and Loss Account For The Year Ended 30 September 2021
| Notes INCOME Administrative expenses NET MOVEMENT IN FUNDS |
2021 £ 163,824 110,983 (121,737) 42,087 |
2020 £ 110,983 |
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| 110,983 (91,289) |
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| 19,694 |
The notes on page 7 form part of these financial statements.
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Ocean Youth Connexions Ltd Balance Sheet As at 30 September 2021
| CURRENT ASSETS Cash at bank and in hand Notes Creditors: Amounts Falling Due Within One Year 3 NET CURRENT ASSETS (LIABILITIES) TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES NET ASSETS Restricted Funds TOTAL FUNDS |
£ 2021 225,652 225,652 (4,664) £ 220,988 |
2020 £ £ 188,702 188,702 (5,137) 183,565 183,565 183,565 183,565 183,565 |
2020 £ £ 188,702 188,702 (5,137) 183,565 183,565 183,565 183,565 183,565 |
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| 220,988 | 183,565 183,565 |
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| 220,988 | 183,565 |
For the year ending 30 September 2021 the company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.
Directors' responsibilities:
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The members have not required the company to obtain an audit in accordance with section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.
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The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.
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These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies' regime.
On behalf of the board
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Mr Mohammed Ahad
Date ...... 20/04/2020 ..... .
The notes on page 6 form part of these financial statements.
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Ocean Youth Connexions Ltd Notes to the Unaudited Accounts For The Year Ended 30 September 2021
1. Accounting Policies
1.1. Basis of Preparation of Financial Statements
The financial statements are prepared under the historical cost convention and in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard for Smaller Entities (effective April 2008).
1.2. Income
Income represents the amount received in the form of grants and donations.
2. Average Number of Employees
Average number of employees, including directors, during the year was as follows:
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| 2021 | 2020 10 10 2020 £ 5,137 |
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| Office and administration | 13 13 2021 £ 4,664 4,664 |
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| 5,137 |
4. General Information
Ocean Youth Connexions Ltd is a private company, limited by guarantee without share capital, incorporated in England & Wales, registered number 04543565. The registered office is Stepney City Farm, Stepney Way, Stepney Green, London, E1 3DG.
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Ocean Youth Connexions Ltd Detailed Income & Expenditure Report For The Year Ended 30 September 2021
| INCOME Awards for All - AFA Young Londoners Award – YLA Tower Hill Trust Julia & Hans Rausing – J&HR Jack Petchey MOPAC OYC Contribution BBC Children in Need Society Links Tower Hamlets Homes – THH Leathersellers Company -LS Ocean Regeneration Trust - ORT Violence Reduction Unit - VRU Charles S French Action for Bow - AFB Mark Mason Benevolent Fund – MMBF LB Tower Hamlets – Summer Malmesbury Community Association - MRA Street Games - SG Community Action Foundation - CAF LBTH Discretionary Grant London Youth - LY London City Airport Fund – LCY Arnold Clark Community Fund - ACCF East London Business Alliance - ELBA Government Furlough Scheme Administrative Expenses Wages and salaries Travel expenses Rent Training costs Holiday Activities Accountancy fees Sundry expenses OPERATING SURPLUS FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR |
2021 £ £ 10,000 40,000 4,770 12,660 2,000 - - 5,000 - - 1,000 10,000 21,130 - 9,166 - 5,190 1,200 1,260 150 5,000 8,000 3,000 1,000 1,011 22.287 |
2021 £ £ 10,000 40,000 4,770 12,660 2,000 - - 5,000 - - 1,000 10,000 21,130 - 9,166 - 5,190 1,200 1,260 150 5,000 8,000 3,000 1,000 1,011 22.287 |
2020 £ £ 10,000 - - - 750 50,000 - 10,000 1,845 3,000 - - - 2,000 5,310 3,680 5,500 - - - - - - - - 18,899 110,983 71,737 25 10,650 240 4,286 850 3,501 (91.289) 19,694 |
2020 £ £ 10,000 - - - 750 50,000 - 10,000 1,845 3,000 - - - 2,000 5,310 3,680 5,500 - - - - - - - - 18,899 110,983 71,737 25 10,650 240 4,286 850 3,501 (91.289) 19,694 |
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| 99,433 177 9,355 1,273 7,676 850 2,973 |
163,824 (121,737) |
110,983 (91.289) |
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| 42,087 | 19,694 |
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