CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLANO AND WALES
Trustees, Annual Report for the period
Frorn 1 September 2020 Period start date To 31 August 2021 Period ond date
Charity name.. Somerford Youth and Communty Centre
Charlty reglstration number: 1167135
Objectives and Activities
Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set OLrt in its
goveming document
Para 1.17
(l) To aci as a resource for young
Exople living on Christchurcl Dorset atKI, in
Èicular, Scmerford wa￿ by providit
advice at)J as4i5tance and organising
[￿gr￿ of physical. edwational and other
activities As a means of:
(A) Advancing them in life aod helping
them by developing their skills.
capacitie5 and capmbilities to enable
them to parti¢ipate in wi¢ty as inderKndenL
mature atml re5[mM￿lb]e individual&
IB) Advancing Ed￿atIOn.
{C) Relieving unemployment. and
{D) Preventing them from l*coming
SOCI￿[Y excl￿ by" reason of their youth, age,
infirniity ordisability. financia] hardship or
Social ¢i￿￿￿$t9n¢e$.
All with the objttt of imNoving their
nditions of li
To relieve the n#ds of young people and their
families living in Chri#church, Dorset and th¢
Somerford Wdrd, by such charitable m¢aThs as
the Trustees see fit from time to time
As things tegan to return to nomal
and we were able to open up and run more
serv￿5 post Ictkdown. we initialty frwnd
this quite difficu￿ with fewer volunteers
wanting to hel) aThJ fewer people wanting
to out As things started again, it fell
as rf we were having to launth all over
ajain arml build up services. Thi8 was
eswialty hard with our work with okler
young peop￿ who had wme lo develop
lifestyles at home and online and not
I seeing the need lo leave hon* for anything
crther than eduCa￿n and other essential
' rEeds. However, we have provided a youth
dub and relaled social and ￿reatIOnal
acttvities duri￿ evenings, after school lin
and during school holidays to over 200
. M¢)st
oun
Summary of the main
activities in relats.on to those
purposes for Ihe public
benefit, in particular, the
2Ctivtties, projects or
services KlentifMI in the
accounts.
Para 1.17 ar
1.19

who come lo the centre are local from the
estate where we are th81ed wh￿h is an
area whth eXperie￿S high levels of
mU￿1p[e deprivation. Many young people
have low seff-esteem and low levels of
nf*Jen￿ so the propds and activtties we
run are aimed at increasing self-confidence
and esteem as well as t)th&r sc)ft skills
wh￿h alknvthem to improve skills for life
and have better OLrtcnmes. As rrony of our
young peop￿ are also from families who
ar8 on low incorne the actlvities, we Fffovide
at the centre are low cost so that they can
be ￿Ssed by a5 many of the community
reducing affordabih'ty as a barrier. In
additKm to this, we cover costs for those
fanNlies and young Feople lo engage in
projects where we know they face severe
hardship. As 8 r8sutt of prOv￿ling more
serwces to young people we have had to
ir￿reaSe the number of volunteers we have
Working at the cenlre a￿1 nearty all of these
have c(Mne from the local Ixjmmunty
reducing isolation arKI providing people
something different lo do.
state￿nt confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard lo the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commrssion on pUb￿C
benefjt
Paa 1.18
hen plannlng the activities and events for
Ihe year the trustees refer lo the Charities
commission guidance publi¢ benefit al
trustees meeting ensuring that they are
taking into cimsiderat•)n the advi￿ and
ulyan￿ Off￿ed
the Commrtssion
Additlonal Informallon {opticnal)
You ma choose lo indude further statements where relevant abJJtr.
Policy on grant making
P*¥ 1.3
Policy on social investrnerrt
including program related
investn￿nt
1.38
ContrrbLrtion made by
volunteers
P•a 1.3B
Other

Achievements and Perfomiance
We have got b&ck to providtng 7 youth ¢lub
sessions a wcck during school terni time and 2
s￿l0n5 a week during Sch￿)1 holiday time.
This has provided a valuable resource for over
300 I￿al young people.
' We are a]so providing an ￿tiVity progtwnme
every day throughout the school holidays.
We continu¢ ￿ provided volunteering
optthLmities for15 local peopl< a nllm￿r of
ths5e are our ol(kr yL)ung people who attend the
older youth club se&8iODS.
We continue to run our Stsy and Play sessions
for parents arwj their pr￿h0o1 children which
h&8 wivided a Sixtal and educalional hub for
over 30 famili¢s.
We rnn a commwiity food project called The
People's Panty by local volunteers which
is a si¢p- up from a loodbank which can be
accessed by local families even ifthey are not
eligible lo re(zive 51ate benefits atKI hav¢ a
membership of SK)+. We have a membershtp
with Fartghare. anatio￿l food red￿tion
charity. who proFide us with approximately
l (Klkg of $upcrrn4rket waste food e&h week
Our young ￿pIe help on this FYQJ￿t by
wolking in the Panty 8nd fu]thising and are
also edLKated around why projects like this are
nee(kd and learn about decent food that is land
filled by sU￿rni0rk¢ts. This has proved tr) be a
very ￿pular project and we serve a large
numb￿ of faniilies who face food dcprivfltion.
The demand on this 5erYice is massive and we
have had to change the layout, food orders and
spxe several tirnes in order to med the
unpTeCedent￿j demand on this project.
Wenm a gym wjett Thhid) is well used by the
young rwple aTrJ [n¢mbe￿ of i￿1r families.
We have trained a group of young people to
IKcome 0￿ Youth Council whose aim it is to
represent th¢ need$ Ind wishes of our youth
Memb￿5. We have also actively recrUI￿j more
young peopk to unthrtake their Duke Of
FAlinburgh Award with us. Following 2 peri
of ¢onsultation wtth th¢ ￿￿mUnIty and young
people. we are now in the proc￿ of
Tefurbishin8 a run ¢J)wn garage in our Car park
to tUTn it into a wellEting centre wlKre w¢ can
tun different activities and more therapeutic
sessions a[￿ foc￿￿ group work &$ well as a
srd¢e ftir offtringone to one suptX*t.
Sumnwry ofthe main
achIeven￿ts of the charity.
identifying the difference the
charitWs work has mth to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.
P*a 120
Following consu]tation work with young ￿le
we have changcd the name of the charity from
Christchurch Opm Aw&r(Ls Centre to
Somerford Youth aThJ C&)mmunity Centre. The
oun
le a fdt that thi5 natne reflected

Tnore who ￿ wer¢ orKI wh* we do in a ¢learer
way.
Addftlonal inlomiatlon (optlonal}
You ma choose to include further st8tenEtts wlkre rekvanl about..
Achievenwrts against
objectives set
P*a 1.41
PerformatTr of fundraising
activities against obiectwes
set
1.41
Investrnenl performance
against objectives
Para 1.41
Other

Financial Review
Review of the charrty's
financial tM)sition at the eTrJ
of the
eriod
ststement eX￿ainIng the
policy for hokling reseNes
stating why Ihey are held
P¥8121
We have rnaintainad a good bank
balancè and have increased our reserve
arnount over the
We have rnaintained a reserve of £20000
Ixrt havo now Increas￿ this to a target
re5arvo of £30000 which we hopo to
achieve and rnaintain ovèrthe next 12
months.
£20DOO
P*8 1.22
Amount of reserves held
Reasons for holding zero
r8serves
Details of fund materialty in
deficit
Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charty continuing as a ping
concem
Parn122
f¥ra t22
Para 124
Para 123
Additional information loptional)
You
choose to include further statements whwe re￿vant *cxrt:
The charity's principal
sources of funds (induding
any fundraising)
ral.47
Investrnent Oicy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted
P•a 1.46
A description of the principal
risks facing the charity
Pwa 1.46
Other

Structure, Governance and Management
Description of charity's
trusts..
Type of goveming (lxument
P¥a125
How is the charity
constitthed?
Pm1.25
CIO Foundatlon Modol
Trustee sdectron methods
including details of any
constrtutional provisions e.g.
election lo post or name of
any person or body entided
lo appoint one or more
trustees
Pwra 125
Appointed by Trustees
Additional information {optional)
You ma chcw to include fvrther statements re￿vant about."
Policies and procedures
Jopted for the induction
and training of trustees
Pwa 1.51
The charty's organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
¢tharity works
Pwa 1Jl
Relationship with any relat&
parties
P*a 1A1
Olher
Reference and Admlnistrative details
Chari
name
Other name the char
uses
istered char
numter
Charity's principal addr6ss
Somerford Youth and Commun.
sycc
1167135
38 Suffolk Avenue, Chwtstchuth, BH23 2SQ
Centre

Names of the charfty trustsès who manage the ¢harfty
Datss ¥ctsd11 nottrwho
Trust•e name
Office Ill any)
Name of person lor bodyl entltl•d
olnt tYustO0
Ifan
Richard Gale
Chair
jan￿ Pritchard
Tina Pinvrill
Treasurer
Secretsry
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
e trustees- names ofthe directors at date the re
roved
Dlr•cior name
Name of trustees holding title to property Ixknnging to the charity
Trustee
D•tes acted If not forT*thole

Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others
Description oflhe assets
hekj in this ca￿ty
Name and objects ofthe
¢harity on whose behalfthe
assets are held and how this
falls within the Cus1￿j1an
charty's obiecls
Details of arrangen￿tS for
safe custody and
segregalk)n of such *sets
frc)m the charity's own
assets
Addltional infonnation (opllonal)
Nan￿ and addresses ol advis￿ (Optional informalion)
Type of
Name
Address
adviser
Name of chlef èxeculive or namés of senior staff members (Optional Inforniationl
Exemptions from disclosure
Re8son for rK)n-disclosure of k
nel details
Other o
tional inforniation

Declarations
T￿ trustees declare that they have approved the trustoe8' report al)ov8.
Slgnad on ￿hall of the charlty's trustee8
Slgnatur815)
Full name($)
Positlon (eg Secretary,
Chair. etc)
Dat•
QfthQ

|**Somerford Youth and Community Centre**|**Accounts 1 Sept 2020 - 31 August 2021**|**Christchurch Open Awards Centre Profit & Loss For Period Covering 01/09/2019**|**Christchurch Open Awards Centre Profit & Loss For Period Covering 01/09/2019**|**to 31/08/2020**|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||Revenues|||||
|Income||Income||£0.00|||
|Activities charges, subs and fees|37113|Activities|£0.00||||
|Pantry Member Fees|9053|Events Income|£0.00||||
|Donations / Fundraising|48600|Gym Income|£110.00||||
|Local Authority grants|46019.21|Stay and Play|£171.00||||
|Lottery Grants|10907|Youth Club|£0.00||||
|Other Grants|61600|Coffee Bar / Tuck Shop||£0.00|||
|||Membership||£0.00|||
|Total Income|213292.21|Pantry|£0.00||||
|||Pantry Member Fees|£33,176.50||||
|Expenditure||Rental|£0.00||||
|Salaries and associated costs|16030.39|Other Rents|£0.00||||
|Activity costs, Admin and Operational|113063.85|Rental Ad Hoc|£589.00||||
|Utility Cost|11795.59|Rental Recurring|£1,930.00||||
|Building maintenance|9031.3|Sponsorship / Donations|£37,122.00||||
|Accountant / HMRC|1710.39|Admin Post|£0.00||||
|Food stock|15393.74|Community Activator|£10,907.00||||
|||Pantry Donations|£0.00||||
|Total Expenditure|167025.26|Sports Donations|£0.00||||
|||Stay & Play|£0.00||||
|Net Income|46,266.90|Talbot Village|£0.00||||
|||**Total Revenue**|||**£84,005.50**||
|Fixed Assets|||||||
|Buliding|£1,122,636.00|Expenses|||||
|||Expenses||£0.00||£0.00|
|||Activities|£0.00|||£0.00|
|||Youth Club Activities|£0.00|||£0.00|
|||Alarm - Chubb||£541.76||£541.76|
|||BT (Phone and Internet)||£959.62||£959.62|
|||CAYP Activities Charge||£11,000.00||£11,000.00|
|||Coffee Bar / Tuck Shop Stock||£0.00||£0.00|
|||Coffee Machine|£0.00|||£0.00|
|||Coffee Machine Contract|£0.00|||£0.00|
|||Emergency Lighting||£0.00||£0.00|
|||Equipment||£1,187.05||£1,187.05|
|||Fire Alarms||£625.66||£625.66|
|||Funding Bid Expenses||£0.00||£0.00|
|||Gym|£0.00|||£0.00|
|||Gym Set Up|£1,755.00|||£1,755.00|
|||Insurance|£28.00|||£28.00|
|||Building Insurance|£3,844.19|||£3,844.19|
|||Equipment Insurance|£0.00|||£0.00|
|||Pantry|£0.00|||£0.00|
|||Pantry Equipment|£1,396.06|||£1,396.06|
|||Pantry Staff|£0.00|||£0.00|
|||Pantry Supplies|£14,356.51|||£14,356.51|
|||Repairs|£12,313.49|||£12,313.49|
|||Hall repairs|£15,988.80|||£15,988.80|
|||Secretarial||£3,804.33||£3,804.33|
|||Staff Costs|£0.00|||£0.00|
|||Staff Pension|£476.95|||£476.95|
|||Staff Tax & NI|£1,497.56|||£1,497.56|
|||Staff Wages|£11,088.09|||£11,088.09|
|||Utilities||||£0.00|
|||Electric|£6,340.77|||£6,340.77|
|||Gas|£1,011.43|||£1,011.43|
|||Hygiene|£173.83|||£173.83|
|||Waste (DCC)|£949.00|||£949.00|
|||Water|£483.55|||£483.55|
|||**Total Expenses**|||**£89,821.65**|£89,821.65|
|||**Net income for Period**|||**-£5,816.15**|-£5,816.15|





CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ETrllAND AND WAIES
Independent exarnlnerfs report on the
accounts
Section A
Independeiil Exami ner s Report
Report to the trust•os1
members of
On accounts for the year
ended
21st A￿6￿￿¢ Zo
Charlty
(if any)
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Set out on pages
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I report to Inths on my examinatron
charity the yea ￿51
the ￿nts ofthe above
Responslblllllos and
basls of report
As the chaiiws trustees. Y￿ ￿e resronsible for the prep￿atIOn of the
accounts in att0[d￿ with r8qfftm8nts of the Charities Act 2011
I'the Acf).
I report in respeL* cl my examinthn of Ihe Tn￿rS a￿(￿nts carried out
under sedion 145 (A Ihe 2011 Act arKI in out my examination, I
have fdltrwed ai the applicable t)Ireclhn given by the Charity C(xnmi$sion
uTh18r ￿tIOn 145(5Xb) ot the Act.
Independont
examinerfs statsnwnt u
licab￿.
I have C{￿pleted my examinalion. I [￿rM that no material matt8rs have
come to my attenlxy) in connection wilh the examination {olhert
tho re(wds rKI kepl In aCc￿danCe with sedion 130
of Ihe Chartlies A(*" or
the acccwnts dpj not accf)rd ￿ th8 accountlng records. or
the acc￿nts did not C43mpty wtth the applicab￿ requirements
nceming the forn and contert of accounts set out in the Charities
{Accounts arKI Reports) Regulath)ns 2Crf)8 other than any requirement
that the accou￿ gr¥e a amj fairf vtew which 15 not a matter
I have no concems and have wme across no other matters in connection
with the examinatton to attentron shoukl be drawn in thi8 retM)rt in
order to •rr&)18 a proper ￿￿$￿nd1￿ ofthe accounts to be rethed.
wonts th th8 lTh*ets ￿theY do not80y.
SIgn￿.
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qualIfi￿tIon{S} or body
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Glvo hern brief detsils of
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examinerwishes to
dlsclosa.
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