CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Trustees. Annual Report for the period From 1 Saptember 2022 To 31 August 2023 Charity name: Somerford youth and Community Centre Charity registration number: 1167135 Objectives and Activities Summary of the purposes of the charity as set out in its goveming document P*a 1.17 (1) To act as a rnsource for young people living on Christchurch. Dorset and. in particular, the Somerford Ward, by providing advice and assistance and organislng programmes of physical, educational and other activities as a means of: (A) Advanclng them In life and holplng thern by developlng their skllls, capacities and capabilities to enable them to participate In society al5 independen( mature and responslble Individuals; {B) Advanclng Edu&itlon: (Cl Relieving unemployment; and (D) Preventing them from becomlng socially excluded by reason of tholr youth, agei infirnity or disabillty, financial hardship or soclal clrcumstances. All with the object of Improvlng their condI￿On$ of life. To ￿lIeVe the needs of young p8ople and thoir familles living in Christchurch, Dorset and the Somerford ward, by such charitable means as the Trustees sea flt from time to tlme We have provided a youth club and related social and recfvational activIt￿5 during evenlngs, after school timo and during school holidays to ovor 200 local young people. Most young people who come to thè centre are local from the estate whore we are located which is an area whi¢h experlences high levels of mulllple deprivtition. Many young people have low self*steem and low levels of confidan¢e so the projects and activiti88 run a￿ aimed at Increasing self- confidence and esteem as well as other soft skills which allow them to im rove Summary of the main activities in relation toithose purposes for the public benefit, in particular, the activities,,.projects or se￿1 identif18d in the accounts. Pax 1.17 skills for life and have better outcomes. As many of our young people arn also from families who are on low income the activiti04 we provide at the centre are low cost so that they can be accessed by as many of the community reduclng afftirdability as a barrler. In addltlon to thls we cover Costs for those families and young people to engage In projects where we know they face severe hardshlp. As a result of providlng more sorvlces to young people we have had to increase the number of volunteers we have worfting at the contre and nearly all of these have come from the local communlty ￿duCIng isolatlon and providlng people with something dlfferent to do. Statement Gonfirming whether trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on wblic benefit Para 1.18 W7ben planning the acllvities and events for the year the trustees refer to the Charities commission guldance on public benefit at trustees meeting ensuring that they are taklng into consideralion the advlce and guldanrA offered by the Commission Addltk)nal Inforniatlon (optlonal) You ma choose to includ6 further statements wPEre relevant about: SORP iefgw¢e Parn 1.36 Policy on grairt making Para 1.38 Policy on soclal investment including program related investment Contribution made by volunteers Parn 1.38 Other Achievements and Performance SORP referenc* Wa provide 7 youth club sossions a week during school temi tlme and 2 sesslons a week during school holiday time. Thls has provided a valuable resource for over 300 local young people. We are also providing an activity ' programme every day throughout the school holidays. We contlnue to provlde volunteerlng opportunities for local people. a number of these are our older young people who ' attend the older youth Club sessions. We continue to run our Stay and Play sessions for parents and thelr preschool children which has provided a social and educational hub for over 30 farni1Ses. We run a community food project called The People's Pantry run by local volunteers whlch is a step- up from a foodbank which can bo a¢¢essed by local famlltes even rf they are not eligibl8 to receive stats benefits and have a membership of 500+. We have a memberyJhip with Fareshare, a national food reduction charity, who provide us with approximately 1 Ookg of supermarket waste food each week. Our young people Ip on this project by working in the Panty and fundraising and are also educated around why projects like this are needed and learn about decont food that is land filled by supermarkets. This has proved to ￿ a very popular project and we serve a large number of familles who face food deprivallon. Tho demand on this service is magsivo and we have had to change the14yout. food orders and space several times In order to meet the unprècedented demand on this project We run a gyrn project which Is well used by th8 young people and members of their famllies. We have trained a group of young people to become our Youth Council whose alrn it is to represent the needs and wlshes of our youth members. We have also actively recruited more young people to undertake thelr Duka Of Edinburgh Award wlth us. We work closoty wlth the Local AutlK)rity providing mentorlng for young people who a￿ out of school for different ￿aSonS. This work Strives to help them regulate their emotions and get them to a point where they can access maln educatlon again. Summary ofthe main achievements of the charity, identifying the difference the charity's work has made to the circumstances of its bèneficiaries and any wtder benefits to society as a whole. PAra 1.20 Addltlonal infornialion (optlonal) ,Youma choose to include fLSrther statements wthere relevant about.. Achievements against objectives set P￿a 1.41 Performan￿ of fundraising a¢tivities against objedives set Parn 1.41 Inveslment performan against objectives Parn 1.41 Other Financial Review Review of the chartty's financial posttion at the end of the period Para 121 We havè malntained a good bank balance and have increased our reserve amount over the past year £20000 We have maintalned a reserva of £11JODO. Statement explaining the policy for holding reserves statin are held Amount of ￿serveS held Reasons for holding zero reseNes Details of fund materially in deficit Explanation of any uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going Con￿rn Pwa 1.22 Para 1.22 Para 1.22 Para 124 Para 1.23 Additlonal Infomiation loptlonal) You ma choose to indude further statements where relevant about.. Grnnt fvnding The charity's princapal sources of funds (including any fundraising) Para 1.47 Investment policy and objectives including any social investment policy adopted Para 1.46 A description of the principal risks facing the Gharity P¥a 1.46 Other Structure, Governance and Management Description of charity's trusts-. Type of goveming document Para 125 Constitut5on How is the charity constitut8d? Para 125 CIO Foundatlon Model Trustee selection methods including details of any constitutional provisions e.g. election to post or name of any person or body entit18d to appoint one or more trustees Para 1 25 Appointad by Trustees Addltional inforniatlon (Optional) You ma choose to indude further statements where relevant al)out". Polici8s and procedures adopted for the induction arKJ training of trustees Para 1.51 The charity's organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity Trworks Para 1.51 Relationship with any related parti8S Pdra 1.51 Other Reference and Administrative details Charit name Other name the charit uses iste￿d Gharit number charity's principal address Somerford Youth and comrnuni sycc 1167135 Somerford Youth arKI Community Centre. Bingham Road, ChrBtthurth, BH23 &4H Centre Narnas of the charity trustees who manage the charity TrI￿te0 narne Office {If Oats a¢tgd Ifnot for whol• Namo of lor body) entitlod int trusts0 Ifan Tina Pinwill James Pritchard Chris Yeates Chair Treasurer Secretary 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Cor orale trustees - narnes of the diredors at the date the re Dir•¢tor name ort w.as a oved Name of trustees hokling title to property belonging to the charty .Tru5t•• namè Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others Description of the assets held in this capauty Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how thrs falls within the custodian charity's objects Details of arrangements for safe custody arKI segregation of such assets from the charity's own assets Additional infomialion {Op￿Onal) Names and addresses of advlsers (Optlonal irrfomwtion) Type of Name Address adviser Name of chlef executive or names of senior staff mernbers (Optional Infomiatlon) Exemptions from disclosure Reason for non-disdosure of ke sonnel details Other o tional infomlation Declarations The tr￿￿09 declare that they have approved the trustees, report above. Signed on b8halF of the charity's trustaes Signature(s) Full namels) Christine Yeales Position {eg SKretary, se￿etary Chair, etc) Date 2 July 2024 |Cash Flow Budget September 2022 to August 2023
SYCC HSBC
**Expenditure**
**Opening balance**
Staf salaries, costs and pension|||||||||||||||Staf salaries, costs and pension| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||||||||||||| ||Sept. 22|Oct. 22|Nov.22|Dec. 22|Jan. 23|Feb.23|Mar.23|Apr. 23|May-23|Jun-23|Jul-23|Aug-23||**Totals**|| ||||||||||||||||| ||**38915.49 **|**44224.71 **|**35259.88 **|**73675.13 **|**61752.44 **|**74715.86 **|**51478.72 **|**49751.72**|**16011.7 **|**53692.61 **|**52282.19 **|**59331.78**|||| ||||||||||||||||| ||9508.95|7720.45|9015.3|7651.49|6482.12|6707.55|9119.06|8354.73|7715.13|10047.95|10384.2|11622.28||**104329.21**|| |ADMIN and operatonal|3236.11|1259.86|187.89|543.6|813.53|3126.02|1031.78|969.15|561.51|273.89|36.99|4653.89||**16694.22**|ADMIN and operatonal| |Cleaning and maintenance
Garage Build
Actvity and direct delivery equipment and resources
Utlity costs - Gas, Electric, phone Water
Volunteers expenses|441.06|154|184|154|154|154|150.6|147.55|184.48|507.45|1546.51|5912.25||**9689.9**|Cleaning and maintenance
Garage Build
Actvity and direct delivery equipment and resources
Utlity costs - Gas, Electric, phone Water
Volunteers expenses| ||1448.66|||||||||||||**1448.66**|| ||6515.41|13475.89|4304.69|3774.35|1812.74|9901.28|9146|11170.95|14752.42|15050.98|33184.87|5237.53||**128327.11**|| ||1573.44|1394.15|780.15|2962.71|2883.3|2305.65|1881.97|1989.53|2211.83|2156.15|2449.33|2286.55||**24874.76**|| ||200|||60|380||249|||50||||**939**|| |Transport costs|7221.31|693.67|3366.41|385.83|1930.11|240.74|2343.4|6138.17|488.07|2052.15|1863.81|771.43||**27495.1**|Transport costs| |Sessional staf
Insurance
Banking charges
Accountant / HMRC
Pantry food / stock
Fareshare
Aldi
Cofee Bar
In Kind Direct
**Total**|||||||||||||||Sessional staf
Insurance
Banking charges
Accountant / HMRC
Pantry food / stock
Fareshare
Aldi
Cofee Bar
In Kind Direct
**Total Expenditure**| ||9128.61|||||282.75||||||||**9411.36**|| ||25.47|15.98|15.69|13.1|17.26|22.09|10.65|18.56|18.77|18.56|12.3|12.06||**200.49**|| ||2240.09|1670.96|1670.96|2121.16|1897.12|2008.88|1580.27|1782.51|1249.33|1411.41|1218.85|1315.05||**20166.59**|| ||120|275.87||||250||3938.78|1673.11|1007.42|1201.67|2354.53||**10821.38**|| |||5483.74||5460|273|||5460||5460||||**22136.74**|| ||3908.98|3840.7|4490.57|5328.63|4193.85|5361.78|9392.89|3359.58|5422.32|6619.55|6871.31|5808.1||**64598.26**|| ||718.13|464.83|655.85|1127.41|514.76|526.11|618.55||568.15|513.98|734.15|||**6441.92**|| |||596.63|58.44|312.89|744.45|962.49|289.58||237.94|||121.12||**3323.54**|| ||||||||||||||||| ||**46286.22 **|**37046.73 **|**24729.95 **|**29895.17 **|**22096.24 **|**31849.34 **|**35813.75 **|**43329.51**|**35083.06 **|**45169.49 **|**59503.99 **|**40094.79**||**450898.2**|| ||||||||||||||||| |**Income**
Actvity costs / Subs/Fees/Transfers
Misc payments (donatons)
Pantry income
BCP Council
Grant income
**Total**|||||||||||||||**Total Income**
**Expenditure**
**Income**| ||10980.44|7069.9|3686.2|6725.23|13589.66|6177.2|3790.5|9039.49|13860.48|3685.57|9726.08|11721.95||100052.7|| ||||||||396|||||||396|| ||615|530|586.5|766|580|585|665|550|570|677.5|590|575||7290|| |||15482|14972.5|2981.25|20890||27335.25||38597.5|39396|12862.5|26086.25||198603.25|| ||40000|5000|43900|7500||1850|1900||19725||43375|||163250|| ||||||||||||||||| ||**51595.44**|**28081.9**|**63145.2 **|**17972.48 **|**35059.66**|**8612.2 **|**34086.75**|**9589.49**|**72752.98 **|**43759.07 **|**66553.58**|**38383.2**||**469591.95**|| ||||||||||||||||| ||||||||||||||||| |Opening Balance
Expenditure
Balance
Income
Carried Fwd.|38915.49|44224.71|35259.88|73675.13|61752.44|74715.86|51478.72|49751.72|16011.7|53692.61|52282.19|59331.78|||| ||46286.22|37046.73|24729.95|29895.17|22096.24|31849.34|35813.75|43329.51|35083.06|45169.49|59503.99|40094.79||**450898.24**|| ||-7370.73|7177.98|10529.93|43779.96|39656.2|42866.52|15664.97|6422.21|-19071.36|8523.12|-7221.8|19236.99|||| ||51595.44|28081.9|63145.2|17972.48|35059.66|8612.2|34086.75|9589.49|72752.98|43759.07|66553.58|38383.2||**469591.95**|| ||44224.71|35259.88|73675.13|61752.44|74715.86|51478.72|49751.72|16011.7|53692.61|52282.19|59331.78|57620.19|||| CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner'5 Report Report to the trustees fAb Yovlil Cothvhl On accounls for thè year ended Charfty no (If any) 1167iS( Set out on pages I réport to th8 truste8s on my examination of the a¢¢ounts crf the above charity ('Ih8 Trusv,) for thè year ended lisf ￿11 Responslbllltles and bas¥s of report As the charivs trustees. you are resportsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of tha Charities Act 2011 C'the ki.). I report in resF*rt of my examination of the Trusys accounts carried out under sectK)n 145 of th8 2011 Act and In carrying out my examination. I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commlssion under section 1445)(b) of tho Act. Independent examlnerfs statement s gross incc4ne exceeded £250,000 and l am exa nby qualif ualrfied y]]. ]rfn I have completed my examination. I confimi that no mal6rtal matters have come to my att8ntMin in (x)nnection wth the examination (oth8r than that disdosed be￿￿¥") N%*ich gives me cause lo believe that In, any material respect: the acc<)untirKJ reo)rtls wère rNJt kept in aCCX)rdan￿ vrith section 130 of th8 Chartlies Acl. or the accounts not accord WFth tho accounting records" or the accounts d¥J not ￿mplY with the applicable requirements concerning th6 fomi and content of awounls set out in the Charities (Accounts and Rep￿ts) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a 1rue and fairf view which is not a malt8r considered as part of an independent examination. I have no concerns and have come across no other matters In connection with the examination to whith attention should ba drawn In this report in order lo enable a F)roper urKlerstanding of the accounts to be reached. ' Please d ts tho words in the brackets rfthey do not apply. Slgned: l*lllL Name: Relevant professlonal qualiflcatlonls) or body I￿￿lfV￿ OF *) IER Oct 2018 (If any): Address." Section B Disclosure Only complete rf the examiner needs to highlight material matters of con￿rn (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts". direc*'ons and guidance for examiners}. Glve hare brief details of any it•ms that the examlner wlshes to dlsclosa. IER Oct 2018