## **Oakhurst Community Hub Annual Report to 31[st] December 2023**
Principal address: The Hideaway Hardy Road West Moors Dorset BH22 0EX
Charity Registration Number: 1169771 Trustees: Chair: Mrs Zoe Newth Mr Nick Cunningham Mrs Katey Chew Bankers: Lloyds Bank Objectives: Oakhurst Community Hub is established to support the community of West Moors in Dorset with activities to enhance life such as fitness groups, cookery groups, JobClubs, family education, adult literacy and numeracy classes, health and well-being classes Public Benefit: The trustees confirm that they have complied with the requirements of section 4 of the Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to the public benefit guidance published by the Charity Commission for England and Wales.
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## **ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS**
The Trustees wish to thank the 1[st] West Moors Scout who have continued to support Oakhurst Community Hub by allowing them to use their premises throughout 2023 for its community activities. This is a very positive partnership and one that puts the needs of the community at West Moors at its heart.
## **ACTIVITIES & ACHIEVEMENTS**
During 2023 the Charity has successfully supported the community of West Moors through continuing to runs its Family Activities days during the school holidays. These provide the opportunity for families to meet and spend time together enjoying a structured sessions of craft and outdoor activities when the weather is kind. These activities meet a need for families in the community struggling with the cost of living rises, and often not able to afford days out and holidays away.
A new need become apparent throughout the year which was for a dedicated support group for new mums. The team of volunteers offered a monthly get-together to offer emotional and practical support to new mums. It has been exciting to see this develop and meet a much needed need to help new mums grow in confidence as well as making new friendships.
## **CHALLENGES**
- (1) During the year we noticed that our Monthly community coffee mornings had less and less attendance. We believe this is partly due to a volunteer helper moving on to new projects and greater confidence in those who had attended to pursue new activities in the community. It felt that this group had met its original purpose of reducing social isolation post Covid, enabled friendships to develop and increased confidence.
- (2) Find new volunteers and trustees to join the team has been challenging. We believe this could be due to the challenges due the ongoing increasing costs of living and individuals having to work more with less time to volunteer for the project.
## **FUNDING**
The charity received two grants during the year enabling to purchase some additional IT equipment and for costs of running our family activity days and purchasing the art and craft resources.
## **STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT**
Feedback from those supported during the year demonstrated the value and need for Oakhurst Community Hub to exist.
## **FUTURE PLANS & PRIORITIES**
- Identify new grant opportunities to help sustain the charity.
- Continue to invest in the partnership with 1[st] West Moors Scout Group.
- Recruitment of additional volunteers – particularly a fundraiser or bid-writer.
- Recruit new Trustees.
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Oakhurst Community Hub No (if any)
Receipts and payments accounts CC16a
For the period from Period start date01/01/2022 To Period end date31/12/222
Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Endowment funds Total funds Last year
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
A1 Receipts
Grant - 500 - - 500 1,949
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- - - - -
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- - - - -
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Sub total (Gross income for AR) - 500 - - - - - 500 1,949 -
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
- - - -
- - - - -
Sub total - - - - -
Total receipts 500 - - 500 1,949
A3 Payments
IT support 167 - - 167 22
isnurance 236 - - 236
Website 120 - - 120 -
Resources 25 - - 25 -
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Sub total [ 548 ] - - 548 22
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total [ - ] - - - -
Total payments 548 - - 548 22
Net of receipts/(payments) - 48 - - - 48 1,927
A5 Transfers between funds - - - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end - - - - -
Cash funds this year end - 48 - - - 48 1,927
Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
Categories Details funds funds funds
to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £
B1 Cash funds Cash at bank at 31.12.2022 3,899 - -
- - -
- - -
Total cash funds 3,899 - -
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s)) Agreement Error OK OK
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
funds funds funds
Details to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £
B2 Other monetary assets - - -
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Details Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) Current value (optional)
B3 Investment assets - -
- -
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- -
- -
Details Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) Current value (optional)
B4 Assets retained for the - -
charity’s own use - -
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- -
- -
- -
- -
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Fund to which Amount due When due
Details liability relates (optional) (optional)
B5 Liabilities -
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Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees Signature Print Name approvalDate of
Z Newth Zoe Newth 01.07.2023
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Signed:
## _Zoe Newth_
Mrs Zoe Newth Chair of Trustee Date: 01-10-2024