Charty Number
1177739
DAWDON YOUTH &
COMMUNITY CENTRE
Trustees, Report
and Financial Statements
31st December 2024

Dawdon Youth and Community Centre
Trustees, Re
ort and Financial Ststemants 31•t December 2024
The trustees present their ac£ounts for the year ended 31 # Dec8mb8r 2024. The
accounts compty wilh the requi￿rner￿ ofthe charli￿ A(X 2011. Fwiancial Rewrting
Standard 102 and folbw the recomff*ndations in Ac¢ountiThJ and Rewrting by Ch8rilies'.
statement of Recommended Pradice aWicable to charities prepariNJ ther accounts in
accordance with the Financi81 Rep)rting Standanl awicable in the UK arKI Republ￿ of
Ireland (FRS 102) (effedive 1 January 2019).
Public Benefit
The trustees have had due regat to the Charity CommrJSton guKl8nce on Pub￿ benefft
)rtiNJ in dec•Jir¥J what adivilies the (*arity shoukl uThJertake. The remainder of thks
rewrt rflustrales the araivitjes undertaken to supwt the pubk benefft requ￿￿thL
Relerence and Admlnlstrntiv• InftKnthn
Charlty Name
Dawdon Youth and ConwNnity Centre
Charity Number
1177739
Charity Trustees
Mrs BebErley Rooney (Chai
Mr5 Sonia Mottram (freasureo
Mr Jack McGienen
Mr Mark Cc¥Jdon
R•gistsrod Office and Princiwl Ad¢kns8
Dawdon Communty Centre
Queen AlexaTrara Road
Seaham
Co Dutham
SR7 7NH
Bankors
Unlly Tnjst Bank
PO 80x7193
Planetary Road, Wlenhau
W419DG
Independ•nt Examln•r
lam James MAAT
Eric SouthwKk & Co
Accountants
51 The A￿nue
Seaham
Co Durharn
SR7 8NS

Dawdon Youth and Community Centre
Trustees, Report and Financlal Ststements 31•t December 2024
structurn and ¢knrrisation
Organisation
The organisation is a ChaFitable In&)￿0[ated OryJanisalp3n registered as a c*aiity on 2
March 2018. The Charity is managed by the trustees who meet regularfy to consider the
prTrJress of the charity and to conspaer *s futurE direcaion and actimiies. The day-lo•ay
operation of the charity is delegated to the manager who 15 SUPWrted by the other menknr5
of staff.
Truslee Appointhients
The Charity to recnjit trustees who ha￿ the r4utsrte bus#iess a￿1 se(aorspeof
eyrien¢e to be able to direca and manage the affaKs ofthe thar*y.
The Trusiees aR appointed by the Mert)e￿ the Annual General Meetiw.
Risk Managem•nt
The Trustees have Con￿ded Iher own rfthe major iisks to which the thartty Ls
exp)$￿ and systems have been establish￿1 to Iityate those rtsks.
Objectives and Adivities
Charttabk Objects
The ¢harity has the folltr#iThJ obiods:
(a) To promote the benefft of the Inhablants of Da*yJon and the neight*)urhoc#J without
distindion of se¥ sexual oriental￿n, ra¢e or of p)lit￿l, ￿l￿d￿)￿S or other opinK)ns by
assw8tiNJ the sa•J inhafilants aTrJ the Wl authorit￿, wjluntary and other
organisations in a ￿mIr￿)n effort to &Jvance ed￿t￿n arKI to provKle facilities in the
interests of social welfare reCreat￿n aThJ leisure time Oc￿Pation with the otiied of
improving the cor¥Jit￿nS of lrfe for the saij inhabitants.
(b) To estatAish or secure the establishmerrt of a comunity centre and to maintain and
manage the same whether alone or in Cl￿o￿at￿}n wlh any local aUu￿Ity or other
person or b(hty in fvrtherance of the obie(ts.
(c) To pyomote s￿h other thaitable puryhAes as m8y from time to tKne be detetmined.
Review of tl* Period
lole (￿ntInUe to target the ffl8￿ causes of1*xiv*￿ such as Une￿￿10YTh￿nt, k50k8tKJn, and
Financial Hardship through sUPPOrtive inteTrtntions such as Focrfj Bank, Free Meals,
Financial adv￿￿ arKI support. Youth Hub5 atbj Parent arbj Toddler Group￿.
2024 was a challervJing with fvnding t¢o)ming increasiwty harder to ffftd.
The main ot4'e(Aives for 2024 were to seek fundw ttrwan1s staff salaries acttvibes.
Vk will continue to recrul voluntee￿ to support in Ihe provision of adibilies and
seTrices.
Tre prov6ion ofthe 'F￿e Hot Meal. servKe saw US tKepare 0￿r 3000 ff*als.
V4È re¢eived Househobj SupFKJrt Funding whk* w)￿le vulnerable farri1￿ w*h Food
Parcels and Imite Gocd5.
IAÈ supwrted oNer 1000 families wkn a pad( and acb¥ity duiiThJ sch￿1
ckjsures and holmlays.
Objectives.. To alleviaie fo(*J dew?vatK)n aThJ fnanoal hardship by ￿￿0￿J1￿j acce5S to
free a(lNit￿5 and focMI for isolated and disadvartw chddren. young people and their
families totalling 980.
were successful in obtaining fvndiru from East Dufham A￿a AcaK)n Partnership
whKh Cream Teas for Veterdns Tiips for under 5's.
l•lÈ were su¢c*ssfiJl vi rt>tsining fuThJiNJ from The National Lottery Awants forAM to
continue Mates n Bails, p¥ojeL#.
Factors affecting the charity outsid• rf our cortvol ar• u follv￿.
A duplThtion ofseNice in the Seaham area hav8 made it hanler for us to taipets.
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Plans for t￿ f￿urn
This year we wll (#)ntlnue to hx)k forfiJrnJwvJ for staff salaries. It is getbng increaswwJty
diffic￿tt to find funders offering Grants for core costs.
The trustees acknth¥ledge the invaluable work uThaertaken by w)￿nteerS. wkhout which the
Assoc4ation WOU￿ not be able to offer the range of faalities.
Volunteers
The tNsiees aCkn(r￿ledge the invdluable woth uThlertaken by wIuntee￿. without whth the
Association wou*J not be able to offer Ihe rawe of faal*Ks.
Financial R•vl•w
At 31st December 2024 the charly had fuThJs tcrtallino £119,847 {2023: £119.03n. havirvJ
raised £196.759 (2023.. £190,400) and spenl £195.948 (2023: £160258) duiitVJ the year 8S
set oth in the notes to the aLrounts.
R¢s•rves Policy
The trustees conspjerlhat li is 8Fvoplate to hok1 free reser4Es anbjunting to in excess of
three months of average expendiiure. At 31* Dec￿l￿r 2024 there were unrestriL*ed
reserves of £119.847 (2023: £119.03n.
Responsibilities of the Trustees
Charity law requwes the trustees to wepare financial s18temenis for ea0* financial period,
which show a true and fair viffl¥ of the state of affairs of the thar*y aThY its financial a(11￿1185
for that pefiod. In weparing those financial statements. the t￿￿teeS are required to..
Se￿ suitatr￿e attountHwJ poli￿eS aTrJ then appty them consistentty..
make judgments and estimates that are pntrjent and reasonable..
state whether apFAuble acLx)untiNJ stsndards and statements of recommended
prac1￿ have been followal, subp¢* to any depatbjres disclosed and explained In the
finan¢ial statements" and
epare Ihe financial statements on the going concern bosis unless It Is iMpwowiate
to Fyesume that the charty wll continue in exiSte￿e.
The trustees a￿ ￿$￿nsible for keeping proper aC￿untr￿j re{￿lS whkh dlscknse wkn
ieasonable ac(￿raCY al any line the financial tM)sit￿n of the chariy aThJ to enab￿ th￿ lo
ensure that the finanoal staiements CO￿￿￿ with the Charilies Act 2011. They are also
reswnsibk for safeguarding the assets of the ¢harity and henc* for tak￿￿ reasonable steps
for the wevention and deled￿n of tra￿1 other irregularthes.
S•3ned on behalf of the trustees
Mr Mark co￿l0n
Trnstee
Date..
fryGoJdG

Dawdon Youth and Community Centre
Trustees, Report and Financial Ststsments 31 December 2024
Independ•nt Ex•nirnVs R•p•t to th• TNstM• of Dawdon Y￿th and Community
Contrn
I report on the ac￿Unts of the aMwany fix the year ended 31# De￿nts( 2023, which a
Set out on p8ge5 5 to 12.
Resp•ctive ro•ponsibililies of InNtees and examiner
The tNstees are responsible forthe preparation of the accounts. The charity trustees
consKler that an audit is r)ot ￿Uired for this year uThler secaion 144 of the Chatilies Act 2011
tthe 2011 A(1) aThl thal an independent eXafflnat￿n 15 ne&Jed.
Having satisffi￿ myself that the chafity is not sut*d to a￿11 under cmipany lthv aTrJ is
elpJitAe for indepermlent examinatb)n. it is my responsibAty to..
examine the accounts uThJer sedion 145 ofthe 2011 A(*;
to follth¥ the proc*dures La•J down wi the general Cire(tsns gr¥en by the Charity
Commisston under sec*ion 145(5){b) of the 2011 Aca.. and
to state wthether particwlor matters have con* to my allentk)n.
Basls of Indop•ndonl •xamln•¢s rnport
My examination was canied out in accordance wilh the general Dire(lions given by the
Charity Commiss￿n. An examinat￿n In￿￿eS a reviv•V ofthe accwnting Trconts kept by
the charity and a cowyartson of the accounts wesented with those records. 11 also includes
cons•Jeration of any unusual rteThKs or disclosures in the acLY)urrts seeking explanations
from you as trustees concemiNJ any suth mallers. The procedures undertaken do not
y￿)e all the e￿Ience th* wouk1 be wuired in an aLKIrt and, o)nsequentty, no opinion Is
given as to whetherthe aLu)unts wesent a Irue fair vievf and the rewrt is Iwniled lo
those mattets set out in the statement tehyw.
Indopond•nt slat•mert
In connethon with my eyAmin*ion, no matter hos Coff* to my atterrth)n:
which gNes me reasonablg ￿uSe to belie￿ Iha( in any material resF*d. the
requirements
al to keep ac¢ountir4J r￿rdS in accordance wlh setlion 130 of the 2011 Ad..
bl to tyepare accounts whKh accord with the acUJunt￿￿ recorts, o)mFfy wilh the
accounting requirements of the 2011 A
ha￿ not been met" or
to which. wi my opinbon. attention shoukl be drawn in othrto enable a Froper
underslanding clthe accounts to be re￿ed.
Adam James MAAT
Eric Southwh* & Co
Accountants
51 The Avenue
Seaham
Co Durham
SR7 8NS

Dawdon Youth and Community Centre
Trustees, Report and Flnancial Statements 31# December 2024
Statement of Financial Activilies
For the year ended 31" December 2023
Unr•¥trlct•d R•strlct•d Totsl fund# Tplal funds
nds
2024
2023
Incom• end •ndo*in•rbts from:
Dona*"ons and L•g•¢l
ChjrftJb￿ a¢tiviU•S
Oth•r tradln9 •CUV6￿
33.150
40.373
120,342
153.492
40.373
2.895
155,011
34.312
1.076
2.895
Tol•l
123.237
196,759
190,400
Exp•ndltur• on..
Charltabl• aclv
Totsi
103,893
103.893
195.948
195.948
160,258
160.258
92.055
Il•t Inc0m•l(•xp•ndl￿r•Tr lor
th• y￿r
118.5331
19,344
30,142
Tr•nsf•r¥ b•t¥M•n fvndl
N•t Incom•ll•xp•ndliur•l
28.149
146.6821
28,149
47.493
811
30.142
R•eonclll•tl¢)n ol Pund¥
Totsl funds brought foThvard
Totsl lund# c•rrl•d forward 10
17.423
29.259
101.613
149.106
119.036
119.847
88,937
119,079
The ncrtes on pages 7 to 12 fm part of these 8ca)unts.

Dawdon Youth and Community Centre
Trustees, Report and Flnancial Ststements 31 December 2024
Balan¢• Sh•8t
As at 31* December 2023
2024
2023
Curr•nt aM•ts:
Debtors
Cash at bank and In hjnd
Totsl curT•nt •S5ots
Ll•bllltles:
Credttors.. Amounts falllty duo
wlthln on• year
N•t curr•nt ass•ts or Ilabilltlas
Total ass•ts ￿$8 curr•nt Ilabllltl•s
35,171
85.455
120.626
24.406
98.365
122.771
779
225
119.847
119,847
122.547
122,547
Th• fvnds of th• charty
ReslMcl•d Inccrfn• fund•
Unr•strtcl8d funds
Totsl unr•strlct•d funds
Totsl charlty funds
11
11
149.106
101.613
29.259
17,423
{29.2591
119.847
17.423
119,036
The flnanclal statements have been wep8red in aCC4)rdan￿ wih the Fknon¢lal Rep)rtlng
Stsndard 107(FRS 10n.
The attounts were appm%*d by the trustees and srJned on their behalf ty:
Mrs Bevefley Rooney
Trustee
Mrs
Tntstee
Sonia Mottram
The notes on pages 7 to 12 part of these ac(x)unts.

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Notes lo the accounts
1 ACCOUn￿n9 poli¢188
In weparino the aCCOUTts the followiThJ accounting pJfKies have been Compl￿ wlth..
a) The accounts have been prepared on the hksloric I￿st cOn￿n￿On The accounts have
been prepared in aC￿[danCe with AccL)unting arNI Reporting by Charbties.. Slalem8nt
of Recommended PradTh aFplicable to charilies preparing their ac£ounts in
accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK a￿1 Republlc
of Ireland (FRS 102A) (2019) the Charilies Ad 2011.
b) Unrestrioaed fvnds are avaikgble for use atthe discretbon of the lrnstees in furtherance
of the general otye¢lMe5 of the charity.
c) Restrkled fvnds are sutr4ethd to restricaK)ns on ther e>penditwe ThrM)saJ by the
donor or through the tern￿ of an appeal.
d) All incoming resources are included in the ststeff*nt of financial adivitbes when the
charity is entitled to the no)me and the a￿￿Unt can be quantified with ￿asOnable
8rxura¢y. The lollowing specifK FKI1￿ are appl￿ to partIc￿lar categorfes of
Donottons and legacies are receI￿d ty way of grants, donati(m￿ aThl glts and are
included in full in the ststement of financial adivTi*S when receNatle. Grants,
where entitlement is coThJition81 on the delivery of a Swif￿ p8rfonnance by the
charity. are recognised when the charity be￿Me$ uncondiiionally entttled to the
grant.
ii) Donated ser¥iL*s and f•)11￿$ are induded at the value to the charity where this
can be quantified. The Wdlue of 5th7ces provKled by bDlunteers has not been
widuded in these a¢counts.
li) Investment ￿0)me is induded when recei￿lIe.
iv) Incoming resources ftom charttabk adI￿leS. where relat&J to perfomance aThl
specific deliverables, are ac¢ounted fcrf when th8 tharity eams the r¥Jht to
conswJeratK>n by its perfomwnce.
e) ExFenditure is rec(gnised on an a(uuals basis as a liability ￿ incurred. Expenditure
InclL*aes any VAT whith cannot be fuuy recoNervA, aTrJ is reported as part ofthe
expenditure to which it reMes'.
) Ewendilure on ralsiro fvnds coMp￿e$ ￿St5 ass(Jci8ted atlra¢ling b￿lUntary
come, induding costs of tr•Jing for fundraising purwses and the use of a
profess￿nal fundraiser.
ID CharitatAe expernlilufe coffprises those Costs in¢Wr￿ by the Charfty in the
delivery of its a(aMties aTrJ seThi¢es k)r ils beneftiaries. It indudes costs that can
be alloc*ted diredty to such aTrJ those costs of an Indi￿rt natu
necessary to supwrt Ihem induding governance Costs a550caated with n*etlng
Ihe constltutional and statutory requirements of the arKI the co* link&J to
the strateglc management of the tharity.
lil) All ￿$ts a￿ allocated betslten the e>peThJKure categorfes of the siaiement of
financial a(Aivitses on a basis deswJned to reffeL# the use of the resource. Costs
relaling to a partI(￿lar a(aivity a￿ alkxated dirertty. othets are akyJrtK)ned on an
approwiate basis as set oui in the notes.
2 Taxation
The charity Is exem0 taxat1￿ on ts ￿l0)me aThJ gains Whe￿ they are aFplied for
charitable wrFM)ses. Irreco￿rab1e VAT 15 iKaudeAI in the cost ofthe 9(￿5 or seThices on
which it was charyed.

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Notes to the accounts IContlnu•dl
3 Income and endovM•nts from donations and legacies
UnrKtrl¢t•d R•strlct•d
nds
2024
2023
Aw•rdS ForAIFComn
8ALLINGER
Chrfstmas Toy App•il
Cr•• Proj•Ct
CULTURAL HU8
DCC 8UFFEt
DCC OAY TrIP
Durham CC ISu7YMf h4WI
Food 8?nk
HAF CHRISTPAAS
HAF EASTER
HAF MAY
HAF SUhAMER
HOUSEHOLD SUPPORT FUND
RK PANTO
Klat•s N ￿rtS
ME GROUP
MTVF FOOD BANK+
N8 FLOORJNG
Pop Sal•J
Seaham scho￿ of T•chno
Spo¢*$￿11•
Surrm•r Camp
SUsT￿N￿BIUTy GRANT
Tlppyte•s
TUDOR TRUST FREE RESERVES
NDOWS
Totsl
2.863
10.000
2.500
3.000
2,550
11.144
4.188
4.990
2.847
2.847
26.832
6245
19.211
26.832
6.24S
19.211
17.500
4.905
282
16.956
1.740
199
3.273
3.084
5.650
4.517
27.500
225
153.492
15.000
1.988
25.000
17.000
155.011
4.517
225
120.342
33.150
4 Incomo and ond(rAThorts from ¢harilable activilies
UM•strlct•d
funds
R•strlct•d
funds
Total funds
2024
Total lunds
2023
Room Hlro
Pop and swwt sal•s
Summ•r Camp
Total
40.373
40,373
34.312
40.373
40,373
34.312
S Income and from other trading actlvllles
Unr•stri¢t•d R•strlcted Total funds Total funds
funds
funds
2024
2023
Fundra181NJ •vw)ts
2.895
2.895
1,076

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Notes to the accounts IContinu•d>
6 Expenditure on charitable adiviti
a) unrestrict￿ funds
Tot•1
funds Total fvnds
2024
2023
l)th•r dlr•ct
Wag•S
H•at. Wht I￿1 W•t•r
T•l•phon• aNI knt•m•t
R•palrs Ond Motsrt•nwK•
ACU
Payroll bur••u •MI tttcdkitsncy
costs
8ank fms
I￿•pendent Exthnort f••
Mbc?Ilan•ous •Np•n
43.928
43.928
8.050
2.237
19.827
13.011
45.139
6.419
2.477
8,993
3.157
2.237
19,827
13.011
4,192
4.192
229
756
240
550
128
67.859
550
31
35.118
31
92.055
43.928
13.011
The lThJependent Ex&nlne¢s firn pKo¥iles the pa￿011 t￿reaU sep•i(w arm1 0￿Sional
ac￿unIanw senkns to the chwty.
b) Rostrictod funds
Tot•1
funds Total ￿ndS
2024
2023
oth•r dlr•et
costs
eosts
69.855
69.855
5.889
28.149
103.893
41.983
1,498
44.531
88.012
Food bank •yn
Wa98s and salarl•s
Tot•1 r•sourc•s •xp•nd•d
28.149
28.149
69.855

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Notes to the a¢¢ounts (Continued)
7 Trustse and employee infonnatlon
a) Truslee infomiation
No trustee received re￿￿neratiOn orwas reknrt￿tsed eynses durrKJ the year.
b) Employee Infomi8t￿n
The a￿[8ge number ofempk)yees was 5.
No employee recewj emolun*nts ex¢ess of£60,000 duriThJ the peiiod.
2024.
2023
PTol•el Man•gor
Prcl•cl Work•rs
EnW)yee costs duriThJ the wwe as f0kn￿.
2024.
2023
Salari•s
Social S•curlty
P•n￿on cOn￿bU￿0n$
72,078
73.959
1.087
73,165
1.026
74,985
8 Delrtors
2024.
2023
Trn(l• D•btors
35,171
35.171
24.406
24.406
9 Cre(ItoKs: Amounts falling du• Tmthin one year
2024.
2023
Otrw taxM •nd so¢l•l *•cur
Oth•r cr•dftors and a¢¢ruals
2.393
1.613
779
747
522
225
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Notss to the accoqmts {Continwd
10 R￿r¥•8
Plo¥trl¢tsd funds
Awards For￿c￿On•
J Art ProJ•¢t
CCTV
Cr•• Proittt
CULTURAL MUB
DCC BUFFEr
OCC DAY TrIP
DCC SIGNAG&FENCE
DCC SumThr Ac￿ty
Food Bank
IAF CHRISTKIIS
HAF EASTER
HAF
HAF SUMIIER
Haff Fund
HOUSEHOLD SUPPORT FUND
Mark Panto
Mat•$ N Ba
MTVF FOOD &4NK
N8 Toy hpp•al
S•1
Swham S¢h¢pJ olT•chnology
Cwrp
Typyic•¥
V4lNDOWS
2.863
732
417
663
270
270
1.352
3.819
4.93S
9.718
5.969
45,coe
2,847
31.3e7
S.B70
19.912
7.880
5.441
3.558
S.889
26.243
6.245
19.211
8.627
5.816
14.516
199
1.479
199
12.171
10.567
920
17,275
73,583
4.517
225
131.%8
12.SC
114244
G•n•r•l fvnd
14.119
14.119
105.027
96.859
96.859
211.103
110.714
110.714
184.298
131.832
11 Anatysis of not assets betwn funds
2024"
2023
Current assets
Unr•strlct•d funds
Currènt assets
149.1C
101,655
29,259
119.847
17.423
119,079
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Noles lo tho accounts (Contin￿1
12 Comparnlivo 8tat•m•nt of Fina￿la1 Activities by fund type
Unrostrlcted Restrlctod Total fvndi
funds
2023
Incom• and •ndowmnts from:
Donalions and Legaciès
Charftabl• actlvltl•s
othor trading a¢tivtties
40.295
34.312
114.717
155,011
34.312
1.076
1.076
Total
74,606
115.793
190,40Q
Exp•ndl￿r• on:
Charttabl• aC1M￿
67.859
92.399
160,258
Totsl
67,859
92.399
160,258
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th• year
13 Rekthd Parties
The charity does not haNE any related poities.
14 Controlling Parties
The charity 15 controlkd ty the tn￿ees.
15 Other inf0m￿lon
The charity 15 8 Charitable Incorporatgj (kg8nisation regtstefed in England and Vlales,
whKh has ts registered offKe at D8wdon Comunily Centre. Queen Alexandra R08d.
Da￿, Seaharn, Co. Dutham, SR7 7NH.
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23.394
30,142
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