## “For Tomorrows Young People, Today” ## Annual Report 2021/22 **Charity Registration: 1129378 Company Limited By Guarantee: 04543565** ## **Contents** |**Contents**|| |---|---| ||Page| |**Chairs forward**|**3**| |**Board of directors 2021/22**|**4**| |**Honorary supporters of OYC**|**4**| |**Staff Team**|**5**| |**Programme and Activities for 2021/22**|**6**| |**Ocean Estates Youth Club sessions**|**6**| |**Study Support @ TLA**|**7**| |**Ocean Regeneration Half term projects**|**8**| |**Holiday Activity Food Programme**|**9**| |**Caxton Hall Youth Club sessions**
|**10**| |**Bow Outreach**|**11**| |**Bow Summer**|**11**| |**Jack Petchey**|**12**| |**Taekwondo**|**13**| |**Violence Reduction Unit Stronger Futures Programme**|**15**| |**Dr Bike**|**16**| |**Financial Information 2021-22**|**17**| |**Acknowledgments**|**18**| |**Sponsor’s and Supporters logos**|**19**| 2 ## **Chairs Foreword** The past 12 months have been incredibly busy for the organisation as we grapple with many uncertainties and explore how we can adapt to a very changing environment. At the centre of these uncertainties is the cost-of-living crises, working in a borough which has the highest concentration of child poverty means that the work that OYC deliver is even more important. The past 12 months have also been used to reset ourselves, following the pandemic, and try to bring about a sense of normal and business as usual – this has evidently taken some time with a shift in culture following numerous lockdowns. In the past 12 months we have supported young people through our various projects ranging from holiday programmes, giving them a warm and safe place to come to, including hot lunches and activities. We’ve delivered activities to engage young people and tackle issues such as obesity – through our football and taekwondo sessions. In addition to this we’ve also supported young people prepare for their GCSE exams through our Ocean Stars Study Support Programme. We continue to deliver our various projects at a time where consistency is key but at the same time we look to innovate into areas where we can continue to engage with young people. Our priority in the coming 12 months is to explore how we can not only support young people but consider how we can take a universal approach in supporting the whole family by getting parents and carers more involved with their children’s development. The Management committee are currently in the process of revising its 3-year business plan to this effect. We have lots to celebrate this year also as we mark the 20[th] year since the organisation was founded. The organisation has gone from strength to strength over the past 20 years and is now a core delivery agency in the borough, delivering activities for young people and families. Over the past 20 years we have seen the organisations income increase by over 500% to a record £220,000 in 2021/22, the number of staff we have has increased by 40% and our service users by 500%. This is a testament to the hard work of all those that have been involved with the organisation since it was established. I would like to thank the current staff members of OYC, our dedicated management committee, our funders for their support over the next 12 months. The next 12 months will undoubtedly be very exciting as we venture into new objectives and projects Mohammed Abdul Ahad Chairperson 3 ## **Board of directors 2021/22** Chairperson: Mohammed Abdul Ahad Vice Chairperson: Sirajul Islam Secretary: Imran Khan Treasurer: Mohammed Adnan Miah Trustee: Imdadur Rahman Trustee: Mohamed Musa Trustee: Shahin Noor Ullah Trustee: Abdul Mu’min Yahya Members: Anwar Hussin Members: Mohammed Abdul Gofur ## **Honorary Supporters of OYC** - Brenda Daley and Derek England - Chairperson and Secretary, Ocean Estates Tenants Leaseholders Association - Grand Master Bae 7[th] Dan – Team DJB Taekwondo - Bablu Miah – Head and Founder, Trapped In Zone One - Junel Uddin – Vallance Community Sports Association - Ishaque Uddin – TV and Radio Presenter - Akik Miah – Chairperson, Stepney Foundation - Alice Handelman-Pedroza - The Felix Project 4 ## **Ocean Youth Connexions Reporting period 1[st] October 2021 – 30[th] September 2022** ## **Staff team** Mohammed Kamal Ahmed: Project Coordinator Syed Kadir Ali Youth Worker In-charge/Administrator Hobibur Rahman Youth Worker In-charge/Outreach Worker Fatima Begum Youth Support Worker Jamshid Alam Youth Support Worker Kamrul Islam Youth Support Worker Meryem Day Youth Support Worker Mozahid Hoque Youth Support Worker Nelima Khatun Youth Support Worker Nicos Antonio Shuttler Youth Support Worker Shah Abdul Ahad Youth Support Worker Yusuf Rahman Youth Support Worker Zurain Hussean Youth Support Worker Nazuma Bibi Holiday Youth Support Worker Syeda Farjana Ali: Holiday Youth Support Worker Rajmina Begum: Holiday Youth Support Worker Ruma Zaman: Holiday Youth Support Worker Shujahat Fiaz Taekwondo 5[th] Dan Master Jun Jian Zheng (Stephen) Taekwondo 4[th] Dan Master Hamza Ahmed Taekwondo 3[rd] Dan Instructor Hegeun Chi Taekwondo 3[rd] Dan Instructor Xhesiola Frroku Taekwondo 2[nd] Dan Instructor Numan Ahmed Maths Tutor Aneeka Davis Science Tutor Mahir Shawon Volunteer ## **Number of registered young people:** We currently have **340** registered members as of 30[th] September 2022 Male: 186 Females: 154 5 ## **Programme and activities delivered during 2021/22** - Four weekly Youth Club Sessions at Ocean TLA - One study support session at Ocean TLA - Half term Holiday programme October, February and May - Holiday Activity Food programme December, Easter and Summer - Four weekly Youth Club session at Caxton Hall - Two outreach & detached work sessions in Bow - Summer project at Caxton Hall - Five Taekwondo sessions: Three at Mulberry Leisure Centre and two at Tarling East Centre - Partnership VRU project with The Rooted Forum - Adult Ride Along With Us cycling project ## Ocean Estates Tenants Association (OETA) Youth Club Sessions When we did re-open our youth club we lost our usual 14-18 year old cohort 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 due to lack of home space and families putting responsibilities on the older siblings to become young carers. During the winter periods our numbers dropped dramatically and we started to facilitate a younger age group. We have now lowered our age range from 13 years to 8 years and in the holiday programmes we took it down to 5 years of age to attract a wider range of young people who normally are seen roaming the estates, parks and streets. Jack Petchey Foundation funding allowed us to purchase a fridge, PS4 console and controllers so that we could set up two stations for playing on the consoles. We organised a few workshops on cooking and arranged a social meal with the young people. We had on average of around 11 young people attending our youth provisions and 26 young people were registered users during this period. Our Boxercise 6 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 half term projects we have seen new young people accessing our services but we still need a lot of analysis done to find out why young people are not using youth clubs to spend their social and leisure time. ## Study Support Sessions Ocean Estates Tenants Association (OETA) We secured funding from Ocean Regeneration Trust which enabled us to deliver a weekly study support session. We managed to recruit 40 students to the programme throughout the year with an average attendance of 17 in both Maths and Science classes. Majority of the young people really focused on getting the best results they could for their mocks in December and their final exams. This also meant that they excelled in their predicted grade and improved their levels. The 2022 exam results showed that those year 11 students that attended our provisions achieved above their predicted grade and were grateful for the support we offered them. 7 ## Half-term Holiday programmes October, February and May October 2021, we relaunched our one-week half term programme after the lockdown rules were relaxed and centres began to reopen to the public. We had an average of 21 young people attending our first half term programme which was below our usual targeted number. We remember measuring staff and young people’s temperature upon entering our centres, sanitising hands, offering masks, putting in social distance measures, locating different activities in different parts of the room and making sure that we cleaned the centre before the start of the session and after we finished our sessions. During February 2022 our attendance levels started to pick up slightly and we had an average of 24 young people attending our sessions every day. We still took temperatures of everyone attending and people were still hesitant to send their children to the half term programme as a result of COVID-19 spikes. In May half term we celebrated the Queens Jubilee and held more outdoor and indoor competitions as numbers picked up and we were now hitting an average of 32 young children attending regularly and receiving a hot meal. 8 ## December, Easter & Summer Holiday Activity Food Programme With funding received from LBTH Holiday Activity Food programme we managed to deliver three half term activity programmes for young people and lowered our age intake to 5year olds, a first in the organisations history. We started providing children with a hot meals and organised activities, trips and adventure in the various parks and attractions Tower Hamlets had to offer. We received weekly food bags from the Felix food bank project to give out to all families regardless of them struggling as part of the cost-of-living crisis. This year we have seen food prices rise to unprecedented levels raising our delivery costs. Our activities included day trips and outings to local parks within the borough and to places of interests. We used the estate play areas as well as Shandy Park for football training session. We started with and intake of 35 children and slowly increased it to 45 young people due to the growing demand of younger children wanting to engage in holiday schemes. We managed to enrol 104 young people to our half term schemes. During the winter periods movies and arts and crafts were very popular, Easter we visited local farms, local parks and even ventured out to Victoria Park following the canal path. During the summer we organised more local trips, a seaside trip for families and their children hoping to make this a regular annual voyage in the holiday. On the last day we concluded the summer programme with an end of summer splash funday, a BBQ and Bouncy castle. 9 ## **Bow East Project (Caxton Hall)** Action For Bow, Tower Hamlets Homes and the National Lottery Funded the Caxton Hall youth centre which helped keep the centre open for four days a week. We lost our usual 16–18-year-old cohort and our teens are no longer attending the sessions as a result we decided to lower the age limit to 8 years old and this saw a new rise in younger kids attending the youth centre. We have seen many young people as a result of the cost-of-living crisis turn to petty crimes, bike and mobile theft, being part of organised crimes and falling into the criminal justice system. We have witnessed many young people going into the pupil referral units and having social workers attached to them. In order to attract young people to our provisions, we started a service to help tackle the cost-of-living crisis where we offered soft beverages such as hot chocolate, tea and biscuits with toast a variety of spreads for their choosing. We noticed many young people started to come to the club as a result of starting this food initiative and discovered that they were really hungry. They were skipping meals, having double lunches during school days and some were saying that the evening meal being prepared at home lacks options and they have no choice. This has been a very popular service and we hope to continue this service. During the winter periods our numbers fluctuated some weeks we have good numbers or some weeks we had hardly with any young people attending. We have two days designated for detached and outreach work to attract young people to our activities and even then young people were not to be seen hanging around the estates in stairwells or MUGA pitches. 10 ## Outreach and Detached in the Bow area We were commissioned to deliver outreach work in the Bow Tower Hamlets Homes Estate areas. We worked closely 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 working in the Bromley-By-Bow area difficult as all the boys of our target age groups were indoors on their consoles or on their phones or hogging the tablet from their younger siblings. As a result, we saw so many under 11’s out on the streets, playing football, talking to each other and engaging with us. We managed to make contact with 46 young people, made 31 referrals to access support services and youth provisions and 44 outcomes achieved in certificates, training, online courses and awareness workshops on knife crimes. ## Summer @ Caxton We delivered a five-week intensive summer programme attracting over 74 young people who benefitted and engaged themselves in our activities, trips and outdoor adventure. At the end of the summer programme, a community fun day was organised to provide a wonderful experience in order to promote our organisational activities. At the annual event we attracted around 300 people throughout the day, offering cost of living food priced, burgers, slush, candy floss, mojitos, horse and cart rides, bouncy castles, face painting, mendhi art and stalls selling perfume, savoury snacks and cultural food products. 11 This community fun day was one of the biggest that was attended by the community and the weather helped out a lot by being mild, sunny and comfortable. We want to continue to deliver our annual event as part of Caxton and TLA staff coming together and supporting the delivery of a fun filled, action packed activity day, for everyone. ## Jack Petchey We are still on the Bronze Scheme and we used the funding to purchase a loud Bluetooth speak, trampoline to get young people exercising in the club, a fridge freezer to store food, a new PS4 console, controller and a social gathering. We used the funds to upgrade our equipment and play facilities allowing more young people to attend our sessions and engage in discussions, participate in food activities, debate and organised trips. We spent the 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. We will continue to apply for the grant to enable small projects and activities to be boosted by increased participation. 12 ## Taekwondo This is our fifth year in delivering our venture in Taekwondo classes and this year after the lockdown and the reopening of leisure centres, we have been fortunate in securing funding from London Mayor VRU, Tesco and London Youth. In total for 2021/22 we registered 147 participants of which 73 were male and 72 female which shocked us to see almost an equal 50/50 split. We had 28 young people registered for the teen sessions with an average of 18 young people attending regularly. Our senior sessions had 14 registered young people and an average of 10 attending regularly. We took the risk in re-opening the self-sustaining Junior and Little Dragon Taekwondo session for 5-10 year olds on Wednesdays and Saturdays. This was done due to parental demand and it worked out well. Our Saturday class grew to opening another separate class with 68 young people registered and on average 55 young people attending both the sessions. The Wednesday Little Dragon session started in January 2022 and now we have 10 young people regularly committed to the sessions. We restarted the Female only Taekwondo session and saw the growth of this class from 2 girls attending the first few classes to reaching 25 at the end of the year. The Taekwondo sessions is having a great impact on those that attend, and you can see it in their behaviour and their attitude, they display their humility and courtesy to their teachers and towards each other during the session. We have seen good team work and support for each other and the willingness to learn and advance in the sport. Many have learnt some basic South Korean terminology of the art and we hope that we can support this development. 13 Our annual stats for 2021/22 on those achieving various taekwondo belts: Yellow tag 12 **Yellow 19** ## **Green Tag 3** **Green 8** ## **Blue Tag 2** ## **Blue 1** ## **Red 1** ## **Total belts issued 46** 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. 14 ## Stronger Futures Programme VRU & The Rooted Forum Our partnership work led to delivering 3 Taekwondo sessions, two youth club sessions at OYC and 1 boys club, 1 girls club and 1 MMA club based at The Rooted Forum. As a result of this project, we managed to attract 205 young people to the project of which 91 were female and 114 were males. This was an exciting project and the first official partnership project delivery in OYC’s history. It was a tough at start with the project as young people were getting back to some sort of normality after the pandemic, when halls and leisure centres reopened their doors to the public. From this project our organisation was allowed to restart its delivery programme in reaching those hard-to-reach young people, those who stopped using the youth centres, started hanging about on the street, stairwells and getting up to negative and risky behaviour. This project was a success in securing a second year funding round as a result of working hard with those at risk in carrying knives, using knives, being in gangs, being groomed into gangs, holding illegal money, drugs, etc. With this project we managed to get young people to do courses to aid their employment opportunities, took 6 zombie knives off the street and help young people secure part time jobs and we hope to secure future contracts with the VRU. 15 We are still delivering Dr Bike Sessions within our own Youth Centres on the Ocean Estates and Caxton Hall teaching young people how to repair bikes and making them roadworthy. We are thankful for Zero Emission Network in providing us free bike maintenance workshops with an experience bike mechanic to teach our young people how to remedy minor and major faults. Since the pandemic there was a demand for cycling especially from Bangladeshi men. We received funding from the mayors loneliness funds and London City Airport to set up a pool of bikes for people to cycle on these rides 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 have been exploring cycling routes in and around Tower Hamlets especially the Island route that goes all around Island with an option to go Greenwich via the foot tunnel. ## WHEEL POWERING **“Youths & adults”** 16 ## **Financial Information 2021 – 2022** ## **Ocean Youth Connexions Ltd Company limited by guarantee Detailed trading profit and loss account for the year ended 30 September 2022** |

**Income**
Awards For All -AFA

Young Londoners Award – YLA
Tower Hill Trust – THT
Julian & Hans Rausing – J&HR
Jack Petchey

Vallance Community Sports Association - VCSA
LBTH - HAF

BBC Children in Need - BBC

Tower Hamlets Homes -THH

Leathersellers Company – LS
East London Community Foundation – MJF

East London Community Foundation – MLF

Ocean TLA – OTLA

Ford Britain Trust – FBT

Tesco Groundwork – TG

TKD Contributions
Ocean Regeneration Trust

Violence Reduction Unit - VRU

Action For Bow

Garfield Weston Foundation – GW

LB Tower Hamlets – Summer

Malmesbury Residents Association - MRA

Street Games - SG
Community Action Foundation – CAF
LBTH Discretionary Grant

London Youth - LY

London City Airport - LCY
Arnold Clark Community Fund - ACCF
East London Business Alliance - ELBA

Government Furlough Scheme

**Administrative expenses**

**Operating surplus/(loss)**
|**2022**
**£**
10,000

-

-
-
900
80
34,660
250

5,149
-

500
6,000
1,610
2,800
1,000
5,550
10,000
64,570
35,988
20,000
-
-
315
-
-
9,600
-
-
11,267

459
220,698

(203,639)
17,059|**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
163,824
(121,737)
42,087| |---|---|---| ||
|
| 17 ## **Acknowledgments** - Awards For All for providing funding for funding two youth club sessions - Jack Petchey Foundation for funding trips, equipment and social events and supporting young people’s taekwondo project - Young Londoners Activity for funding two youth club sessions at both our centres, the taekwondo sessions and the study support sessions. - LBTH Holiday Food activity programme enabling us to provide hot meals during the half term of December 21, Easter 22 and Summer 22 - Tower Hamlets Homes for funding the Bow outreach work - East End Community foundation for funding the Adult BAME cycling project - Ford Britain trust for funding equipment for the Youth Club - Tesco for supporting our female dragons Taekwondo Project - Ocean regeneration Trust for funding the Study Support sessions and the three one-week half term activity programme in October 21, February 22 and May 22 - Stronger Futures Project, (VRU) for funding the teens, senior and girls’ taekwondo project, youth club and supporting a Shadwell Trust a partner organisation to deliver two youth clubs and a martial arts club - Action for Bow for funding two youth club provisions, a summer programme and a community event at Caxton Hall - Garfield Weston Foundation for funding two youth club sessions at Ocean TLA - London Youth for funding the girls work and part funding the girl’s taekwondo project - 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 coming out of 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 - We thank all the Taekwondo students who have made the project grow from delivering two sessions a week to now fives sessions and the parents that have support their children to learn and grow 18 ## Sponsors and Supporters **Malmesbury Community Projects** 19 ## REGISTERED NUMBER: 04543565 CHARITY REGISTERED NUMBER: 1129378 OCEAN YOUTH CONNEXIONS LTD TRUSTEES' REPORT AND UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2022 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 2022** ## **Contents** |**Contents**|| |---|---| ||**Page**| |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 2022** |**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| Page 8 **Ocean Youth Connexions Ltd Company No. 04543565 Trustees/Directors' Report For The Year Ended 30 September 2022** The directors present their report and the financial statements for the year ended 30 September 2022. ## **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: - select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently; - make judgments and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent; - 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 ## **Mr Mohammed Ahad** ## **Date……20/05/2023………** Page 8 **Ocean Youth Connexions Ltd** **For The Year Ended 30 September 2022** ## **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 2022. 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** ## **20/05/2023** The Stuart Maurice Partnership Radiant House 28-30 Fowler Road Ilford Essex IG6 3UT Page 8 **Ocean Youth Connexions Ltd** **For The Year Ended 30 September 2022** ## **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 2022 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: 1. accounting records were not kept in respect of Ocean Youth Connexions Ltd as required by section 386 of the 2006 Act; or 2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or 3. 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 4. 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. - S. Nyman F.M.A.A.T. ...................................... Date: 20/05/2023 Page 8 **Ocean Youth Connexions Ltd Profit and Loss Account For The Year Ended 30 September 2022** |**Notes**
**INCOME**
Administrative expenses
**NET MOVEMENT IN FUNDS**|**2022**
**£**
**220,698**
**220,698**
(203,639)
**17,059**|**2021**
**£**
**163,824**| |---|---|---| |||**163,824**
(121,737)| |||**42,087**| The notes on page 7 form part of these financial statements. Page 8 **Ocean Youth Connexions Ltd Balance Sheet As at 30 September 2022** |**Notes**
**CURRENT ASSETS**
Cash at bank and in hand
**Creditors: Amounts Falling Due Within One Year**
**3**
**NET CURRENT ASSETS (LIABILITIES)**
**TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES**
**NET ASSETS**
Restricted Funds
**TOTAL FUNDS**|**2022**
**£**
**£**
238,047
**238,047**
**(4,599)**
**233,448**|**2022**
**£**
**£**
238,047
**238,047**
**(4,599)**
**233,448**|**2021**
**£**
**£**
225,652
**225,652**
**(4,664)**
**220,988**
**220,988**
**220,988**
220,988
**220,988**|**2021**
**£**
**£**
225,652
**225,652**
**(4,664)**
**220,988**
**220,988**
**220,988**
220,988
**220,988**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||||**225,652**
**(4,664)**|| |||||| |||**233,448**||**220,988**| |||**233,448**||**220,988**| |||233,448||220,988| |||**233,448**||**220,988**| For the year ending 30 September 2022 the company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies. ## **Directors' responsibilities:** - 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 in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies' regime. On behalf of the board ## **Mr Mohammed Ahad** ## **Date……20/05/2023……** The notes on page 6 form part of these financial statements. Page 8 **Ocean Youth Connexions Ltd Notes to the Unaudited Accounts For The Year Ended 30 September 2022** ## **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: |Average number of employees, including directors, during the year was as follows:|||| |---|---|---|---| ||**2022**||**2021**
13
13
**2021**
**£**
4,664
**4,644**| |Office and administration|13
13
**2022**
**£**
4,599
**4,599**||| ||||| ||||| ||||| |**3. Creditors: Amounts Falling Due Within One Year**
Accruals and deferred income|||| ## **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. Page 8 **Ocean Youth Connexions Ltd Detailed Income & Expenditure Report For The Year Ended 30 September 2022** |**INCOME**
Awards for All - AFA
Young Londoners Award – YLA
Tower Hill Trust
Julia & Hans Rausing – J&HR
Jack Petchey
Vallance Community Sports Assoc. - VCSA
LBTH - HAF
BBC Children in Need
Tower Hamlets Homes – THH
Leathersellers Company -LS
East London Community Foundation – MJF
East London Community Foundation – MLF
Ocean TLA – OTLA
Ford Britain Trust – FBT
Tesco Groundwork – TG
TKD Contributions
Ocean Regeneration Trust - ORT
Violence Reduction Unit - VRU
Charles S French
Action for Bow - AFB
Garfield Weston Foundation - GW
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**|**2022**
**£**
**£**
10,000
-
-
-
900

80
34,660
250

5,149
-
500
6,000
1,610
2,800
1,000
5,550
10,000
64,570
-
35,988

20,000
-
-
315
-
-
9,600
-
-
11,267
459|**2022**
**£**
**£**
10,000
-
-
-
900

80
34,660
250

5,149
-
500
6,000
1,610
2,800
1,000
5,550
10,000
64,570
-
35,988

20,000
-
-
315
-
-
9,600
-
-
11,267
459|**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

**163,824**
99,433
177
9,355
1,273
7,676
850
2,973
**(121,737)**
**42,087**| |---|---|---|---| ||**220,698**
154,848
5,010
18,414
1,335
20,099
850
3,083
**(203,639)**||| ||||| ||||| |||**17,059**|| Page 8 ## REGISTERED NUMBER: 04543565 CHARITY REGISTERED NUMBER: 1129378 OCEAN YOUTH CONNEXIONS LTD TRUSTEES' REPORT AND UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2022 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 2022** ## **Contents** |**Contents**|| |---|---| ||**Page**| |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 2022** |**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| Page 8 **Ocean Youth Connexions Ltd Company No. 04543565 Trustees/Directors' Report For The Year Ended 30 September 2022** The directors present their report and the financial statements for the year ended 30 September 2022. ## **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: - select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently; - make judgments and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent; - 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 ## **Mr Mohammed Ahad** ## **Date……20/05/2023………** Page 8 **Ocean Youth Connexions Ltd** **For The Year Ended 30 September 2022** ## **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 2022. 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** ## **20/05/2023** The Stuart Maurice Partnership Radiant House 28-30 Fowler Road Ilford Essex IG6 3UT Page 8 **Ocean Youth Connexions Ltd** **For The Year Ended 30 September 2022** ## **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 2022 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: 1. accounting records were not kept in respect of Ocean Youth Connexions Ltd as required by section 386 of the 2006 Act; or 2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or 3. 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 4. 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. - S. Nyman F.M.A.A.T. ...................................... Date: 20/05/2023 Page 8 **Ocean Youth Connexions Ltd Profit and Loss Account For The Year Ended 30 September 2022** |**Notes**
**INCOME**
Administrative expenses
**NET MOVEMENT IN FUNDS**|**2022**
**£**
**220,698**
**220,698**
(203,639)
**17,059**|**2021**
**£**
**163,824**| |---|---|---| |||**163,824**
(121,737)| |||**42,087**| The notes on page 7 form part of these financial statements. Page 8 **Ocean Youth Connexions Ltd Balance Sheet As at 30 September 2022** |**Notes**
**CURRENT ASSETS**
Cash at bank and in hand
**Creditors: Amounts Falling Due Within One Year**
**3**
**NET CURRENT ASSETS (LIABILITIES)**
**TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES**
**NET ASSETS**
Restricted Funds
**TOTAL FUNDS**|**2022**
**£**
**£**
238,047
**238,047**
**(4,599)**
**233,448**|**2022**
**£**
**£**
238,047
**238,047**
**(4,599)**
**233,448**|**2021**
**£**
**£**
225,652
**225,652**
**(4,664)**
**220,988**
**220,988**
**220,988**
220,988
**220,988**|**2021**
**£**
**£**
225,652
**225,652**
**(4,664)**
**220,988**
**220,988**
**220,988**
220,988
**220,988**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||||**225,652**
**(4,664)**|| |||||| |||**233,448**||**220,988**| |||**233,448**||**220,988**| |||233,448||220,988| |||**233,448**||**220,988**| For the year ending 30 September 2022 the company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies. ## **Directors' responsibilities:** - 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 in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies' regime. On behalf of the board ## **Mr Mohammed Ahad** ## **Date……20/05/2023……** The notes on page 6 form part of these financial statements. Page 8 **Ocean Youth Connexions Ltd Notes to the Unaudited Accounts For The Year Ended 30 September 2022** ## **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: |Average number of employees, including directors, during the year was as follows:|||| |---|---|---|---| ||**2022**||**2021**
13
13
**2021**
**£**
4,664
**4,644**| |Office and administration|13
13
**2022**
**£**
4,599
**4,599**||| ||||| ||||| ||||| |**3. Creditors: Amounts Falling Due Within One Year**
Accruals and deferred income|||| ## **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. Page 8 **Ocean Youth Connexions Ltd Detailed Income & Expenditure Report For The Year Ended 30 September 2022** |**INCOME**
Awards for All - AFA
Young Londoners Award – YLA
Tower Hill Trust
Julia & Hans Rausing – J&HR
Jack Petchey
Vallance Community Sports Assoc. - VCSA
LBTH - HAF
BBC Children in Need
Tower Hamlets Homes – THH
Leathersellers Company -LS
East London Community Foundation – MJF
East London Community Foundation – MLF
Ocean TLA – OTLA
Ford Britain Trust – FBT
Tesco Groundwork – TG
TKD Contributions
Ocean Regeneration Trust - ORT
Violence Reduction Unit - VRU
Charles S French
Action for Bow - AFB
Garfield Weston Foundation - GW
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**|**2022**
**£**
**£**
10,000
-
-
-
900

80
34,660
250

5,149
-
500
6,000
1,610
2,800
1,000
5,550
10,000
64,570
-
35,988

20,000
-
-
315
-
-
9,600
-
-
11,267
459|**2022**
**£**
**£**
10,000
-
-
-
900

80
34,660
250

5,149
-
500
6,000
1,610
2,800
1,000
5,550
10,000
64,570
-
35,988

20,000
-
-
315
-
-
9,600
-
-
11,267
459|**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

**163,824**
99,433
177
9,355
1,273
7,676
850
2,973
**(121,737)**
**42,087**| |---|---|---|---| ||**220,698**
154,848
5,010
18,414
1,335
20,099
850
3,083
**(203,639)**||| ||||| ||||| |||**17,059**|| Page 8