Transition Bournemouth - Annual Report for the period ending 31/03/2025
TRANSITION BOURNEMOUTH
Registered in England and Wales as Charity Number 1183648
Annual Report for the period ending 31 March 2025
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Transition Bournemouth - Annual Report for the period ending 31/03/2025
Report of the trustees for the period ending 31 March 2025.
The trustees are pleased to present their annual Trustees’ report, together with the charity's financial statements for the period ending 31 March 2025. The financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011, and are prepared in accordance with the Charities Statement of Recommended Practice.
Chair’s Statement
Our flagship project, Bournemouth and Poole Repair Cafe, has continued to run events around the BCP conurbation. A new team of coordinators joined the project and helped Repair Café run monthly events once again. We have tried some new venues and found one to be our best-attended yet, bringing access to the Bournemouth Repair Café to a new neighbourhood. We have also enjoyed an influx of new fixers, which has helped expand the Repair Café's capacity and capability.
Our trustee team remains unchanged. Transition Bournemouth would like to thank all our hardworking trustees and volunteers, without whom we would not be able to function.
As we head into the new financial year, we will continue to grow the Bournemouth and Poole Repair Café. We will also be relaunching our film screenings project, which hosts “green” film evenings at a central location in the conurbation. We are also in the beginning stages of planning to run a Library of Things in BCP.
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
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a. Advancing education and awareness of climate change, resource scarcity, peak oil, energy saving, and economic resilience.
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b. Promoting individual and organisational commitment to a reduction in CO2 and other greenhouse gas emissions.
Our vision is to help steer Bournemouth to a sustainable, low-carbon future where our community and wildlife thrive without costing the earth.
The approach the trustees have taken in support of our vision for this year is to continue with those that remain active of 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. Our projects are the main means through which we achieve our aims and objectives. However, this year only one has remained active due to unavailability of project leaders.
- The Repair Café promotes the prudent use of natural resources.
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.
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Repair Café
Our Bournemouth and Poole Repair Café project continued to run through FY 24/25. We held 11 Repair Café events during this period, and our team of volunteer fixers worked on 210 items in total, 138 of which were successfully fixed, saving 378kg from going to landfill. Many others were partially fixed, or we were able to advise, e.g., on replacement parts needed. The Repair Café events were run at multiple venues around the Bournemouth and Poole area, including a successful turn in a neighbourhood we had not operated in before, allowing members of the public to attend whichever event was most convenient for them to travel to. We have expanded our project leadership from an individual to a team, sharing the load and preventing burnout. We grew our team of volunteer fixers to include additional capability for repairing electrical items & textiles. We are feeling very hopeful about the following year.
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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. We also give thanks to Community Action Network, which helps us with volunteer recruitment, general support, and the use of their postal address.
Plans for the future
Plans for 25-26
To continue supporting our existing projects:
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Repair Café: this is planned to continue into 25-26.
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Film Screenings: this older project of ours will be relaunched with three pilot screenings in Autumn ’25.
Reference and administrative details
Reference
Charity Number: 1183648
Registered Address: c/o Community Action Network, Beech House, 28-30 Wimborne Rd, Poole BH15 2BU
Our trustees
The minimum number of Trustees is three, and the maximum twelve.
| Trustee Name | Role | Start Date | End Date | Reason for leaving |
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| Pete Allen | Chair/Treasurer | 30/05/2019 | ||
| Mike Hodges | Treasurer | 30/05/2019 | 21/10/2021 | Workload issues |
| Theresa McManus | 30/05/2019 | 30/11/2022 | Family commitments | |
| Jennie Allen | 30/05/2019 | 02/05/2021 | Parental commitments | |
| Kim Boughey | 30/05/2019 | 30/11/2022 | Personal/Health | |
| Kirsten Juniper | 30/03/2020 |
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Martha Searle 30/05/2019 04/01/2020 Planned to leave the area Harriett Ricketts 21/10/2020 06/09/2021 Workload issues Graham Brown Secretary 30/03/2023
None of our trustees receives remuneration or other benefits 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:
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select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
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observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP;
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make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
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state whether applicable UK accounting standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements;
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prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in business.
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:
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there is no relevant information, being information needed by the auditor in connection with preparing their report, of which the group’s auditor is unaware, and
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the trustees, having made enquiries of fellow directors and the group’s auditor that they ought to have individually taken, have each taken all steps that he/she is obliged to take to make themselves aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the auditor is aware of that information.
By order of the board of trustees
P Allen (Chair)
24/11/25
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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 for that project.
Financial Position at Year End
This year our income came from donations to the Repair Café project which has become our flagship project. We have not had many items of great 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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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. The present accounts are for our sixth year of being a CIO and are from 01-April 2024 – 31 March 2025.
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.
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| To Transition Bournemouth 1183648 Receipts and payments accounts 01/04/2024 For the period from 31/03/2025 |
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To Transition Bournemouth 1183648 Receipts and payments accounts 01/04/2024 For the period from 31/03/2025 |
To Transition Bournemouth 1183648 Receipts and payments accounts 01/04/2024 For the period from 31/03/2025 |
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| Section A Receipts and payments | Last year to the nearest £ - - - 4,286 - - - - 506 - - - 1,847 - - |
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| A1 Receipts General - Grant income - Donations - Sales - Previous funds Repair Café Project - Grant income - Sales - Donations - Misc - Previous funds Slades Garden Project (resting) - Grant income - Sales - Donations - Previous funds Food Coop (ceased) - Sales Sub total (Gross income for AR) A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). Sub total Total receipts A3 Payments General - operations - marketing - volunteer expenses - volunteer training |
Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ - - - 4,052 - - - - - - - - - - - 4,052 - - - 4,052 239 - - - |
Restricted funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - 309 - - - 1,847 - - 2,156 - - - 2,156 - - 4 - |
Endowment funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
Total funds to the nearest £ - - - 4,052 - - - - 309 - - - 1,847 - - 6,207 - - - 6,207 239 - 4 - |
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| 6,639 - |
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| 6,639 234 - 4 - |
| Repair Café Project - operations - marketing - room hire - volunteer expenses - volunteer training Slades Garden Project (resting) - operations - room hire - volunteer expenses - volunteer training |
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15 - 175 - - - - - - - |
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15 - 175 - - - - - - - |
5 - 188 - - - - - - |
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| Sub total A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) Sub total Total payments Net of receipts/(payments) A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds this year end |
239 - - - - 239 |
194 - - - - 194 |
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434 - - - - 434 |
431 - - |
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| 3,812 | 1,961 | - | 5,774 | 6,208 | |
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- - 1,961 |
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| 5,774 | 6,208 should equal closing balances |
should equal closing balances closing balance £x MATCHED difference
Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
| Categories B1 Cash funds B2 Other monetary assets |
(agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Details Total cash funds Details |
Unrestricted funds to nearest £ 3,812 - - 3,812 OK Unrestricted funds to nearest £ - - - - |
Restricted funds to nearest £ 1,961 - - 1,961 OK Restricted funds to nearest £ - - - - |
Endowment funds to nearest £ - - - |
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| - | ||||
| OK Endowment funds to nearest £ - - - - |
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Count on Me event materials Count on Me 412 -
Repair Café tools Repair Café 720 303
Slades Farm tools Slades Farm 436 89
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Date of
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approval
P Allen Pete Allen (Chair) 23/11/2025
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B3 Investment assets
B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use
B5 Liabilities
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees