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TRANSITION BOURNEMOUTH Registered in England and Wales as Charity Number 1183648

Annual Report for the period ending 31 March 2022

Transition Bournemouth - Annual Report for the period ending 31/03/2022

Report of the trustees for the period ending 31 March 2022.

The trustees are pleased to present their annual Trustees’ report together with the financial statements of the charity for the period ending 31 March 2022. The financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011, and are prepared in accordance with the Charities Statement of Recommended Practice.

Chair’s Statement

In March 2021 we were still living under social restrictions due to the Coronavirus pandemic; people were unable to meet indoors except within their household or support bubble, and outdoor meetings were limited to groups of 6 people or 2 households. This made running many of our events impractical and so we chose not to resume our usual activities for the time being.

In September 2021 we resumed the Repair Café project, and were pleased to see that both the public and our volunteer fixers were still interested in the Bournemouth Repair Café. Heading into the forthcoming year we planned to re-establish the Repair Café as a monthly event within the BCP area. Our film screenings have continued to provide a sense of community and togetherness, bringing together members of the public for “green” discussion and education, as well as for some tasty treats and beverages at the Mad Cucumber café. The Slades Farm community garden resumed volunteer sessions, and has become an incredible space for wildlife. The garden also secured funding for a viewing platform for the pond which will be implemented in the future.

During the period covered by this report three trustees stepped down from their roles. We thank Mike, Jennie, and Harriet for all that they have done and continue to do for Transition Bournemouth, and look forward to working with them in future.

Going forward we can hopefully begin to put the events of the pandemic behind us and move on with reconnecting our communities. There will be more challenges to overcome both for our communities and for us as an organisation, but we will be ready to meet those challenges with the sense of community spirit and positivity that we have shown throughout all the activities we have hosted as an organisation.

Pete Allen, Chairperson, Transition Bournemouth, Registered charity 1183648.

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Our Purposes and Activities

Our charitable purposes are the promotion of conservation, protection and improvement of the natural environment, and the prudent use of natural resources for the benefit of the people of Bournemouth and the surrounding area.

We aim to achieve this by

Our vision is to help steer Bournemouth to a sustainable, low-carbon future where our community and wildlife thrives without costing the earth.

The approach the trustees have taken in support of our vision for this year is to continue with the grass-roots projects we had in place at the time of becoming a Charity (30[th] May 2019) and to consolidate our policies and practices during our first year as a CIO. Our projects are the main means through which we achieve our aims and objectives.

The Trustees have had due regard to the Charity Commission guidance on public benefit. We endeavour to encourage all in our community to take part in our activities, including our themed monthly public meetings.

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Film Screenings

We held 3 films over the film screening period of 20121-2022, all hosted at The Mad Cucumber. As usual, our hosts were very welcoming and put on a delicious range of vegan food and drinks for the viewers to buy before the films started.

The films were as follows:

Tuesday 19th October Motherload - by Liz Canning

Captures a new mother's quest to understand the increasing isolation and disconnection of modern life, its planetary impact and how cargo bikes could be an antidote. A representative from The Green Transportation and Logistics Company attended this and helped to facilitate an interesting discussion afterwards.

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Tuesday 23rd November

Living the Change - by Jordan Osmond and Antoinette Wilson

The film makers explore solutions to global problems through the inspiring stories of people pioneering change in their own lives and their communities to live in a sustainable and regenerative way.

Tuesday 22nd February (postponed from January, due to the Covid situation at the time) 2040 - by Damon Gameau

Concerned about his young daughter's future, the film maker travels the world in search of new approaches to climate change. He meets with innovators and change makers in many fields to draw on their expertise. This was a really popular event and the venue was packed.

Repair Café

Due to covid restrictions making it difficult to safely hold events of this nature for much of 2021, we only had one event that year, in September. We had been receiving many enquiries about when we would run again, and many people had things that they had been hanging on to throughout lockdown and waiting to get them fixed. Therefore, the public was very pleased to see us return, and we had a queue out of the door at some points! We started 2022 as we meant to go on, with a return to having more frequent events - one in February and another the very next month - and had attracted a cohort of new volunteers that was much needed due to a number of our pre-pandemic regulars no longer being available.

Slades Farm Community Garden

In early 2022, we were successful in securing funding from Axa to install a viewing platform for the pond and funds to replace tools which have worn out. Sadly, due to personal reasons, the session leader has not been able to run many sessions this year, so these works are now planned for 22/23.

In terms of volunteering, this has been another quiet year at Slades Farm Community Garden, but the wildlife continues to thrive in the varied habitats we have created. The photo is of an old lady moth.

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We’d like to say a big thankyou to all our supporters and to the Parks and Countryside team who continue to help throughout the year by mowing the paths through the garden.

Our volunteers

Transition Bournemouth is involved in the community and relies on voluntary help. Volunteers help run all our projects and make them fun. We wish to thank our volunteers for their support and encouragement, and would like to give particular thanks to Jo Gibbs, who kickstarted our revamped social media presence, and the Warrior Agency, who are now providing ongoing pro bono social media support.

Plans for the future

Plans for 22-23

To continue supporting our existing projects:

We also plan to recruit additional trustees as a basis for expanding our sustainable project portfolio and for developing our longer term vision.

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Reference and administrative details

Reference

Charity Number:1183648 Registered Address: c/o The Link, 3-5, Palmerstone Road, Boscombe, BH1 4HN

Our trustees

The minimum number of Trustees is three, and the maximum twelve.

Trustee Name Role Start Date End Date Reason for leaving
Pete Allen Chair/Secretary 30/05/2019
Mike Hodges Treasurer 30/05/2019 21/10/2021
Workload issues
Theresa McManus 30/05/2019
Jennie Allen 30/05/2019 02/05/2021
Parental commitments
Kim Boughey 30/05/2019
Kirsten Juniper 30/03/2020
Martha Searle 30/05/2019 04/01/2020
Planned to leave the area
Harriett Ricketts 21/10/2020 06/09/2021
Workload issues

None of our trustees receive remuneration or other benefit from their work with the charity.

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Our advisers

Governance, policy, funding, general support and advice: Community Action Network Banking: The Cooperative Bank Plc, P.O. Box 101, 1 Balloon Street, Manchester, M60 4EP

Governing Document

Transition Bournemouth is registered with the Charities Commission (England and Wales) as a charitable Incorporated Organisation. Our full governing document is available on request.

Governance

Trustee appointment: at the first AGM, all trustees will retire, and thereafter at every AGM one third of the trustees will retire according to the length of time the position has been held. The appointment of the trustees at the AGM will be made by all members present.

AGM

A minimum of 14 days notice is given for the AGM, with the documents sent out including the annual statement of accounts and trustees’ annual report, and details of people standing for election or re-election as a trustee.

Trustee Meetings

The trustees meet quarterly, including a public AGM.

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Financial Review

Trustees’ responsibilities in relation to the financial statements

The charity trustees are responsible for preparing a trustees’ annual report and financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice.

In preparing the financial statements, the trustees are required to:

The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and the group and hence taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

The trustees are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the corporate and financial information included on the charitable company’s website.

Statement as to disclosure to our auditors

In so far as the trustees are aware at the time of approving our trustees’ annual report:

By order of the board of trustees

P Allen (Chair)

27/09/21

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Reserves Policy

The majority of our donations are to Transition Bournemouth and so are unreserved. However, in some instances donations are made to a specific project and so are treated as reserved for that project. Similarly, if a grant has been awarded for a particular project, then those funds are treated as reserved or that project.

Financial Position at Year End

This was another unusual year. Last year was the first year of Transition Bournemouth being a CIO, and so was a part-year. This year, although a full year, has seen very little activity because of the Covid pandemic having such an impact on our projects. However, we also have had very little expenditure, so assuming our projects generally break-even in future, and with its current assets, Transition Bournemouth can continue for at least the next 5 years.

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Transition Bournemouth 1183648 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a 01/04/2021 31/03/2022 For the period from To

Section A Receipts and payments

Unrestricted Restricted Endowment funds funds funds to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £

Total funds Last year to the nearest £ to the nearest £

A1 Receipts

General
-Grant income -
-Donations 125
-Sales -
-Previous funds 4,546
Count on MeProject (resting)
-Grant income -
-Sales -
- Donations -
-Previous funds -
FilmScreeningProject
-Grant income -
-
- - -
- - 125 182
- - - -
- - 4,546 4,683
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -

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-Sales 143
-Donations -
-Misc -
-Previous funds -
Repair Café Project

-Grant income
-
-Sales -
- Donations 135
-Misc -
-Previous funds 608
Slades Garden Project

-Grant income
2,000
-Sales -
-Donations -
-Previous funds 582
Food Coop (ceased)

-Sales
-
-
- - 143 50
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - 135 -
- - - -
- - 608 608
- - 2,000 -
- - - -
- - - -
- - 582 566
- - - -
- - - -

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Sub total

(Gross income for AR) 8,138

-

-

8,138 6,088

A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).

-

Sub total -

Total receipts 8,138

-

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8,138 6,088

A3 Payments

A3 Payments
General
- operations 147
- marketing 20
-volunteer expenses 20
-volunteer training -
Count on Me (resting)
- operations -
- marketing -
-volunteer expenses -
-volunteer training -
- - 147 299
- - 20 -
- - 20 -
- - - 15
- - - 162
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -

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Film Screening Project
-operations 160
-room hire -
-volunteer expenses -
Repair Café Project
-operations 60
-marketing 25
- room hire 50
-volunteer expenses -
-volunteer training -
Slades Garden Project
-operations 319
- room hire -
-volunteer expenses -
-volunteer training -
-
Sub total 802
- - 160 513
- - - -
- - - -
-
- - 60 622
- - 25 20
- - 50 294
- - - 4
- - - 90
- - 319 -
- - -
- - -
- - -
- - - -
- - 802 2,019

A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table)

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Repair Café - Repair Café tools PAT Tester - PAT Tester Accessories - Sub total -

- - -
- - - 588
- - - 54
- - - 642
Total payments 802 - - 802 2,661
Net of receipts/(payments) 7,337 - - 7,337 3,427
A5 Transfers between funds
- - - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end - - - - -
Cash funds this year end 7,337 - - 7,337 3,427

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period

Categories Details

B1 Cash funds

Total cash funds

Unrestricted
funds
to nearest £
-
-
-
-
Restricted
funds
to nearest £
-
-
-
-
Endowment
funds
to nearest £
- - -
- - -
- - -
- - -

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B2 Other monetary assets

(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
Details
Agreement
Error
Unrestricted
funds
to nearest £
-
-
-
-
-
-
OK
Restricted
funds
to nearest £
-
-
-
-
-
-
OK
Endowment
funds
to nearest £
- - -
- - -
- - -
- - -
- - -
- - -

B3 Investment assets

B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use

Details
Details
Count on Me event materials
Repair Café tools
Slades Farm tools
Fund to which
asset belongs
Fund to which
asset belongs
Count on Me
Repair Café
Slades Farm
Cost (optional)
-
-
-
-
-
Cost (optional)
412
720
436
Current value
(optional)
-
-
-
-
-
Current value
(optional)
Count on Me event materials Count on Me 412 82
Repair Café tools Repair Café 720 303
Slades Farm tools Slades Farm 436 89

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B5 Liabilities

Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees

Details Signature P Allen T J McManus

Fund to which Amount due When due liability relates (optional) (optional) - - Date of Print Name approval Pete Allen (Chair) 01/11/2022 Theresa McManus 01/11/2022

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Film Screening Project
-Grant income -
-Sales 50
-Donations -
-Misc -
-Previous funds -
Repair Café Project

-Grant income
-
-Sales -
- Donations -
-Misc -
-Previous funds 608
Slades Garden Project

-Grant income
-
-Sales -
-Donations -
-Previous funds 566
Sub total
(Gross income for AR)
6,088
- - - -
- - 50 218
- - - -
- - - 1
- - - 37
- - - -
- - - -
- - - 665
- - - 42
- - 608 982
- - - -
- - - -
- - - 322
- - 566 867
- - 6,088 7,874

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A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). - - Sub total - Total receipts 6,088

A3 Payments

A3 Payments
General
- operations 214
- marketing 45
-volunteer expenses -
-volunteer training -
Count on Me (resting)
- operations -
- marketing -
-volunteer expenses -
- volunteertraining -
- - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - 6,088 7,874
- - 214 299
- - 45 -
- - - -
- - - 15
- - - 162
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -

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FilmScreeningProject
-operations -
-room hire -
- volunteerexpenses -
Repair Café Project
-operations -
- marketing -
-room hire 42
-volunteer expenses 10
- volunteertraining -
Slades Garden Project
-operations 42
-room hire -
-volunteer expenses -
- volunteertraining -
-
Sub total 352
- - - 513
- - - -
- - - -
-
- - - 622
- - - 20
- - 42 294
- - 10 4
- - - 90
- - 42 -
- - -
- - -
- - -
- - - -
- - 352 2,019

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A4 Asset and investment purchases,
(see table)
Repair Café
-
Repair Café tools
PAT Tester
-
PAT Tester Accessories
-
Sub total
-
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Repair Café
- - - -
Repair Café tools
PAT Tester
- - - - 588
PAT Tester Accessories
- - - - 54
Sub total
- - - - 642
Total payments 352 - - 352 2,661
Net of receipts/(payments)
5,736 - - 5,736 5,213
A5 Transfers between funds
- - - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end - - - - -
Cash funds this year end
5,736 - - 5,736 5,213
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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
Categories
B1 Cash funds
B2 Other monetary assets
B3 Investment assets
B4 Assets retained for the
charity’s own use
B5 Liabilities
Details
Total cash funds
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
Details
Details
Details
Count on Me event materials
Repair Café tools
Slades Farm tools
Details
Unrestricted
funds
to nearest £
-
-
Agreement
Error
Unrestricted
funds
to nearest £
-
Fund to which
asset belongs
Fund to which
asset belongs
Count on Me
Repair Café
Slades Farm
Fund to which
liability relates
Restricted
funds
to nearest £
-
-
OK
Restricted
funds
to nearest £
-
Cost (optional)
-
Cost (optional)
412
720
436
Amount due
(optional)
-
Endowment
funds
to nearest £
-
-
OK
Endowment
funds
to nearest £
-
Current value
(optional)
-
Current value
(optional)
109
404
119
When due
(optional)
-

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Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of
all the trustees
Signature Print Name
Pete Allen
Date of
approval
Pete Allen 11/12/2021

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Notes on the accounts

1 Accounting Policies

a) Basis of Preparation

Transition Bournemouth is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation. It is not also set up as a trading company. The charity makes less than the current threshold, allowing the trustees the choice of Receipts and Payments accounting or Accrual accounting. The trustees have elected to use the Receipts and Payments accounting approach.

Transition Bournemouth was started in 2009 by a small group of people who were committed environmentalists inspired by the positivity of the Transition movement and saw it as a better way to engage with people. We knew from experience that the old ‘doom and gloom’ approach foretelling apocalyptic consequences if we don’t change our ways wasn’t proving effective in inspiring behaviour changes towards more sustainable living. The transition movement offered a new and more positive approach looking at creating an attractive vision of a sustainable future and positive achievable ways of making a succession of small changes that ultimately add up to a big difference. The group became a Charitable Association in 2011 and slowly grew its following and its project portfolio. In 2018 the group decided to change the legal structure to minimise financial risks and to become a CIO. The assets, financial and otherwise, transferred directly from the Charitable Association to the CIO. There was no change made to our bank account, held with the Co-op. The amount transferred was £6,266.23.

When Transition Bournemouth became a CIO on 30 May 2019, the new constitution moved the accounting year for the organisation to 1[st] April – 31[st] March. These accounts for our third year of being a CIO and are from 01-April 2021 – 31 March 2022.

b) Preparation of the accounts on a going concern basis

Each project is largely self-sustaining with outgoings generally being matched by income. On this basis, and on the strength of our reserves, the trustees consider the charity a going concern for at least the next 12 – 24 months.

c) Fund accounting

Unrestricted funds are available to spend on activities that further any of the purposes of charity. Designated funds are unrestricted funds of the charity which the trustees have decided at their discretion to set aside to use for a specific purpose. Restricted funds are donations which the donor has specified are to be solely used for particular projects being undertaken by the charity.

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g) Expenditure and irrecoverable VAT

Expenditure is recognised once there is a legal or constructive obligation to make a payment to a third party, it is probable that settlement will be required and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably

h) Tangible fixed assets

Individual fixed assets are capitalised at cost and are depreciated

over their estimated useful economic lives on a straight line basis at 25% as these are largely tools for our projects and some marketing materials.

i) Employees and Pensions

The charity does not employ any staff.

2 Legal status of the Charity

The charity is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation since 30 May 2019. There is no liability to trustees in respect of the charity being wound up.

3 Financial Performance of the Charity

The financial performance of the charity is largely made up of the performance of its projects.

Income
2021-2022
Donations £ 160
Sales £ 43
Grant £ 2000
Misc £ -
£ 2,203
Expenditure
£ 802
31/03/2022 Balance
£ 7,336.62

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4 Project costs

Opening Balance Income Expenditure Closing Balance
Film Screening £50 £143 £160 £33
Repair Café £608 £135 £135 £608
Slades £566 £2,000 £339 £2,246

Film Screenings

Income from ticket sales for the 3 films shown during this period.

Repair Café

Income/expense is donations received from visitors to the RC, and the cost of hiring the room to hold the event in.

Slades Farm Community Garden

Grant income for pond viewing platform.

5 Governance and support costs

Insurance
IT (One Drive)
Advertising (share of Meetup subscription)
Banking sundries (P&P)
£147
£60
£45
£7
£259

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