CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Trustees, Annual Report for the period
From 1110512021 Period start date To 3010412022 Perfod end dats
Charity narno: Our Communty Foundallon (CIO)
Charfty rngistratlon number: 1189425
Objectives and Activities
Summary of the purFoses of
the Gharity as Bet out in its
goveming document
Pw4 1.17
11 To further or benefit the residents of
Blrmingham, without dlstinctlon of sex, sexual
orientation, race or of politi¢al, religious or
other oplnions by associating tO8ether the 5ald
residents and the local authorlties. voluntary
and other organisations in a common effort to
advance education and to provide facilities in
the interests of soclal welfare for recreatiort
and leisure time occupation with the objertp4e
of Improvtng the conditions of life for the
resldents.
21 To advan￿ in Ilfe and relieve needs of Young
people through.
lal The prov6ion of reCreat￿nal and lelsufe
time activities provided In the interest of yKial
welfare, desl8ned to Improve thelr wndttions
of life,.
Ibl Provlding support and artlvltles which
develop their skills. capacities and capabllities
to enable them to particlpate In soclety as
mature and responsible individuaLs.

Our Mlssl
Our miss￿n isto make a positive diffefence ty
engaging, empowerin8 and enriching the Ibves
of young people.
Our ObJ•cU¥es
To advance in life and ￿lIeVe need5 of young
people ihrough:
The provislon of reCreat￿nal and
leisure time activlties provided in the
interest of social welfare. designed to
improve thelr conditlon5 of lffe-
Provldlng support and 3ctlvftks whth
develop thelr skllls, capacities, and
capabilities to enable them to
participate In 50clety as mature and
responsible individuals.
To act 3s a resour￿ for youn8 people
by providing advi￿. asslstance,
seNI￿S, tr8ining and organi5ing
programmes of physlcal, educational
and other activities as a means of
advancing education and relieving
unemploymem.
Our Vlslon
A society where 311 young people are able to
reach iheir own potentlal.
Summary of Ihe main
activities in relation to tl)08e
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
seNices identified in the
a￿ount5.
Para 1.17
Note: A full verslon of ¢)ur •nnual report. alon8
vthh photo& Yldeos. vloss. blo85 and
document•rfes can be found on websltè;
www.ourcommun
From here you can alsodid( Into our %KJal
medla pag* where contert Ib•5 been wrt
tLyther ar￿ presented by people for
young people. Thank you.
l am pleased to present this yearfs report
detailing the work carried out by Our
Communlty Foundation to our members,
volunteers and all our stakeholders for
2021122. Our first year 2020121 was tru
hallen8ln8 and w35 indeed a year to set all
otheryears apart and will 80 down in history as
time when social Interactlon became remote.
face masks ￿¢aMe the norm. and onllne
meetings entered our households. All
celebrations took place wrthout the usual joy
and festivltie5 In soclalty distanced online
theri
away from our loved ones.

However. despite these'new nomiaf. the
community rose above all odds to find out who
our neighboufs are and how they were doing.
We realised how indebted we are to our public
services, especlalty those who work for the
NHS. The￿ore, clrcumstances made it difficult
for us for our 2 year IMay20211Apr20221, as
despfte belng successful in obtaining funding to
delNer our srK)rt based personal development
programme. We had a real thallenge in
booking ￿¢al facilities such as football pitches
and communlty halls a5 comlng out the lock
down this was a sensrtive Issue for many
organisations. Wlth staff comin8 Out and
working in the community after 2 years. wlth
many still being off, organisations were
stretched, unabk to put together a staff team
and booking system to commence ￿gUlar
Services. Alon8 With this, schools also had a
staggered approach, where we also had
difficulty In arranglng meetln8s and then
working collaborativety with schools to SUPPOrt
young people with varying needs. It took ys a
lot bnger to breakdown those barriets. have
those meetings and setup those partnership5 to
allow us to go Into and Work wlth young people
who weT@ not enBa8ln8 with the regular school
curricul(tm.
On a posltlve note. we rnana8ed to secure
fvrtherfLbndin8 to develop the work of Our
Communlty Foundatlon, especially working on
projects being co4esiBned. co-created and led
by young people. We delfve￿d our 5POrts
themed personal devebpment pyogramme
engaging just over 11)0 young Peop￿ a week In
sports and mentorlng workshops. We dellvered
workshops around motivat￿n, empowermenL
tareer advice, county lines, dnjgs, kn-rfe CTime,
mental health, and syiclde prevention to name
a few. All delivered by professSonal and
qualified Yo￿h workersl mentors and
professlonab. We are now working wrth
Schools in East Birmingham and the programme
continues to be a huge Success. Our aim ift year
3 is increase the work we are doing wlth
schoo15 alon8 wlth extra-curricular activities/
after school and weekend youth provlsion.
Project Manager IPMI has led the work on DBS
hecks, risk assessments and settlng up and
deliverlng projects. The PM has also devehjped
a fundraksing strategy worklng WFth consultants
to bring In much needed funds as well a
marketin8 Strate8y. worklng with Sported and
exiernal support or
anlsatlons. Our aim in year

3 is to bring in funding to employ our PM fvII
time, alon8 wlth a part time admin worker and
sesslonal workers.
The PM has a150 setup the followlngi
DBS EUGIBILITY CHECKS
Our Community Foundat•)n registered to be
able to processes applications to check
eligibility for DBS checl to help those that
were requlred by law to verlfy they were able
to work or volunteer wlth chlldren and/or
vulnerable adults.
EASYFUNORAISING
Our Communlty Foundaiion reglstered for easy
fundraising to get a donation every time
somebody reglstered on the scherne dld online
shoppln8. We will be 5endin8 Qut our links to
supporters and Service users a5 thi5 will be
another way for generatlng Income for our
charity.
The PM has atso established new partnershlps
wrth Birmlngham Youth SeNke (The Naseby
Youth Centre In East Blrmlnghaml. Asion Vllla
Football Club Foundation, Sport4Life as well as
the I￿al poli￿ teams and many smaller
communlty organlsations. The PM has put
tO8ether a steerlng group made up of young
people who are helping tts CO-desi8n and shape
fijtu￿ prolects. The group are putting together
projects around 50cral action and to address
dtgttal poverty, the PM will work with
organisatlon5 to raise fundin8 artrd collaborate
to develop. Implement, and deliver some
ploneering projetts. Due to the C￿r￿n1 funding
syccess, we have now slgned up to new
p￿miseS in D*beth at the Custard Factory.
He￿. we are in the process of settlng up a
Studio to begin delivery of our digrtal prolert.
Not onty will we have a central address for Our
Communty Foundatlon. It also gives us an
opportunTiy to be in the social enierprtse
quarter of Birmingham in the midst of some
pioneering organlsations. givin8 Us an
opportunty of further collaboratlon and to
work on building fvrther on our legacy.
Despite the delays. thallenges. and Struggles,
we persevered wrth our aims and objettlves. It
Is with huge thanks to our Trustees, Project
Manager, sessional stsff, volunteets. partners,
funders, stakeholders and service users we
were able to deliver some 8round-bre3kin8
projects and build a good foundation for our
char
oln8 Into year 3.

Statement confirming
whether the trustees havè
had regard to the guidance
sued by the Charity
Commiss￿n on public
benefft
Pirn 1.18
The trustees confirm they have referred to and
had regard to the guidance contalned In the
charity commission's general guidance with
regard to public benefit when reviewing the
Trust5 alms and objectives and in plannln8
activities, includlng grants.
Addltlonal Informatlon (optlonal)
You ma
choose lo include further statements where relevant atrM)Ut'.
P•l.38
Policy on grant making
Parn 1.38
Polry on social investm￿1
including program retated
Investment
It was an honour for Our Communlty
Foundation to welcome two new TNstees who
joined our board. As part of our vision, we
wanted to ensure that we had young people
sitting at the heart of declslon making for our
charlty. Our youn8 Trnstees Chri5tel Rogers
IDe8ree in English Llterature, studying Masters,
experience in working In the NH5 and
ommunity work) and Maurlsha Burte -Cartey
studyin8 Psycholo￿ at Nrtiingham University
and experience in youth led project
development). Both are key members of our
team who are helping to Shape our future
vlslon.
Para 1.38
Contribution made by
volunteers
We are proud of our dlverse Board of Trustees.
made up of volunteers from a wide range of
backgrounds including young people and a
responsible for the overall $trate8ic dIreCt￿n Df
Our Communlty Foundatlon. Our core Trustees
all Ilve In the communlties we serve. $0 have a
thorough understanding of the kjcal needs &
wants. We have more female Trustees than
male Trustee5, from dlverse back8rounds
including young people. Overall, we have a
wide range of skills & expertise in our
management team wlth over 40 years of
experlence in delNerin8 youth work, 5POrts &
mentorlng IBim)ingham Y04rth Seyvke &
voluntary sectorl. communityl sport
development, social enterprise & speak 6
different languages.
It was a privile8e to host a student from
Newman Unlvers
on placement with us.

Emm3 is in her 2 year stvdying trimlnolo
and ha5 a passion for youth crime prevention.
She supported us with developing our
mentorlng workshops and putting together our
annual report. She was keen on learning more
about funding opportunities/ bid wrilln8 and is
cuffentty being given training On this. even
after her placement period has Commenced.
She 55 still attively volunteerSng with us.
Volunteering opportunities are a key driverfor
Our Community FOUndat￿n. especiallv
supporting YOLtrng people wlth opportunlties to
gain new ski115 and opw)rtunities.
We were pleased to have 3 communlty
volunteers who supported our sports
programme, helping wtth logostics, runnin8 of
the football league and general asslstance on a
Week￿ ba515. Kameron David aged 20. was a
newly qualified referee. after a trh11 period. he
was given a paKI opportunlty to referee
matches. We also had 2 volunteers, helping
wf(h delivery of 04Jr mentorin8 workshops In
schools and youth work Sèttings and supported
wtth filmin8J photO8raphy leamlng new skllls
fof Ilfe.
other
Achieveménts and Performance
In plannlng our aciiyities for the year.
we kept in mlnd the Charity
Commission's guidance on publlc
benefrt at our trustee meetings. The
main actlvitles are as follows.
Engaged with over 150 young people.
Delivered Sports based personal
development pro8rammt led by young
people for young people
Currently working wtth sthoo15 and
Birmingham Youth Servlce
Summary ofthe maln
achIeve￿ntS ofthe charity,
identEfying the difference the
aiity's work has made to
the cir¢umstanees of its
beneficiarTres and any WKler
benefits to society as a
whole.
p￿1.20
These activities benetrt young people by
developing their seff-confidence and soclal
ski115, life skills. support around mental health.
motivation for the future, learnlng about new
opportunitles, helpln8 to change the mindset
to posltive and adaptablllty, thelr prattlcal IT
ski115 and lffe skills and provldin8 OPPOrtunitles
for young people to become volunteers
themselves. We welcome all youn
peo

aged between 11 and 25, regardless of
personal back8round, faith, gender or personal
clrcumstances.
Succèssful wfth funding appllcations to
develop CIO golng forward.
Employed part-time Project Mana8er
to develop. Implement & oversee
delivery of projects.
Ernployed part time sports coaches,
youth workers. mentofs to deliver our
PTO8ramme
Supported 6 volunteer placemènts.
including Newman University
Placement and two new Trustees
Set-up DBS facility
Engaged over ISO young people Into
P051tbve actNities through sports and
workshops
Helped reduce anti-social behaviour
within schools and local communities
through our programme
Have great n&t￿nal & local
partnerships to SUPPOrt our work goin8
fofwaTd.
Social medla active and website now
up & funnin8. Also set up In5tagram
page 3nd uploaded phot￿ films of
current projects. Showcasing our work
to engage more young people and
future fvndersl stakeholders
Set- up new office and studio at the
Custard Fattory, hoping to be active
from June 2022
Addltlonal I￿OrnIat50n (optlonal)
Youm
choose to include further ststements where relevant ats)ut:
Achieveménts against
obj'ectives set
Para 1.41
We have been di5appolnted with the lack of
funding brought in by our external consultancy
partners. We have invested a lot of time and
money but sadty did not get any return on our
investment. We are currently negotiating an
end to contract with them lit was a 12 months
contrartl and we will finish it off 3t 6 months.
Thts will be carried out in a mutual
reed
Perfomiance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set
Pwa 1.41

way and will mean ￿ndraISIng will be brought
back internalty a8ain.
Investment wformance
against objectives
Pwa 1.41
We are grateful for the many hourfs our
Trustees, volunteers and project manager have
spent Ilstening and encouraging our youn8
people and supporting our vision. Without thls
valuable contribution of time, energy and
expertise we would rtot have been able to
achieve so much.
Other

Financlal Review
Revi￿ of the charity's
financial positwjn at the end
of thè period
Pwa 1.21
Our main source of fvnds this year has been
gfants. We have been suc￿sSful with funding
from the larger funders inclLsdinB BBC Children
In Need, (The National Lottery) Awards For All.
Heart of England Communrty Trust, The
Department of Media Culture and Sport alon8
wrth srnal￿r fundeTS Such as Made by Sport
and the David East Fund. Thi5 has meant we
were able to employ our part time Projert
Manager to oversee projects and develop our
vision. Along w￿h the dellvery of our personal
development programme for our young
people. We have bullt a very good foundation
and financially we are In a stable condltlon.
However, It was disappolnting that we did not
meet ourfvndratslng targets as set out with
external consultants. the￿Ore wlll be brlnging
in fvndraising back to in house. Our PM ts now
working on a fundralsing strategy for year 3.
with a tsrget of ralsing up to £80k. to enable
Our Community Foundation to take on our PM
full time and brlng in admin support too. The
aim ￿ to reach ourtarget through applying to
funders. Sponsorship and income generatin8
through various activities.
statement explaining the
polry for hokling reserves
stating why they are held
Pwa 1,22
Cash at bank at 3010412022 was £18,691
{£5,125 unrestricted funds1. Our aim is to build
on the Ik month in reserves until we are
able to cover the perlod of 4 months. This, in
the event of a loss of income and to meet any
unforeseen expenditure that may occur. Due to
the lack of funding bought in by consultants.
we We￿ unable to Increase in year ending
202112022.
Ik
NIA
Amount of reserve$ held
Reasons for holding zero
reserves
Details of fund materially in
P•r8 1.22
Parn 1.22
Para 1.24
NIA
Explanation of any
uncertainties aL￿ul the
charity o)ntinuing as a going
concern
Ptn 1.23
NIA
Addltlonal infomiallon (Opllonal
You ma
choose to indude further statements where relevant ats)ut'.
Plwe s•• full Annual Retum Report on
our *Tbsite.
The chaFrty's priniipal
sources of fiJnds (induding
any fvndraising)
P*8 1.47
VThhV.¢)urcommunlty.ory.uk

Investment policy and
objectives including any
social invg*ment policy
adoptad
P¥r¥ 1.46
A description of the pri￿4p31
risks facing the charity
Pw8 1.46
Other

Structure, Govemance and Managemont
Descriplion of charity's
ConstrtutK)n adopted 11 May 2020
Type of goveming document
Para 1.2S
Trust Deed
How is the ¢hanty
constituted?
P*a 1.25
cio
Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisv)ns e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entiued
to appoint one or more
trust885
Ptla 1.25
New Trustees are nominated and elected by
current trustees. TnJstees re-nominate
themselves or step down at the end of their
tem of office. The trust deed provides for a
minlmum of 3 trustees.
Addltlonal Informatlon {optlonal)
You ma
choose to include further statements where relevant about:
Polic￿8 and pro￿ureS
adopled for the inductv)n
and training of trustee$
Parn 1.51
The chafity's organisatiODal
structure and any wider
ne￿Ork wrf(h which the
charity works
P*a 1.51
Relationship with any related
parties
Pw• 1.$1
Other
Reference and Administrative details
Foundation
Cha
name
other name the Cha
istered chari
number
Charity's principal address
Our Commun
1189425
314 zell￿ Building, Custard Factory, Gibb St, Deritend,
Birmingham B9 4AT

Names of the charlty trustees who manage the charfty
Dat•• aGknd11 notforwholo
Tnthtse n•m•
Office Ilf anyl
N•m• of pgrnon lor body) •ntsll•d
Int trustso
Ifan
Abdul Ghaffar
Maurisha Burt
Carty
Saddak Miah
Nabeela Bibi
Christel Roger5
Chair
Secretary
Treasurer
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
rate trustees- names of the diwtors at th8 date the re
rtwasa
roved
Dif•¢tor nam•
Name of tw81￿9 hokling tktlè to property belonging to the charity
Dat•s •ctsd If not lorwhole
•ar
Try#tre nam•

Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others
Description of the assets
hekl in this capacty
NaffE and obj'ects of the
charty on whose behawthe
assets are hekl and how this
falls within the custodian
charity's obJeu1$
Details of arrangements for
safe custoty 8nd
segregalion of such assets
from the chanty's own
Addltlorwl infonnatlon {opllonal
Names and addresses of advlsern Ioptlonal Informatlon)
Typè of
Namo
Addre88
advlser
Namo of chi•f èxecuilve or names of senior staff members (Optlonal Inforniatl¢)n)
Exemptions from disclosure
Reason for non41￿108Ure of k
rsonnel detsils
Other o
tional information

Declarations
Tho trustees dg¢laro that th•y hav• approved the tnrnta8S' TOPOrt abov•.
Slgned on behalf of the charlty's trustees
Slgnatsre($)
Full namo($)
Po8lllon leg Sacretsry,
Chalr, etc)
Abdul Ghaffar
Chair
0210612022

I CMARITY COMM15510N
FOR ENGIAND AND WALES
r ¢unmunlty Found•tioh ICIOI
118M25
Receipts and payments accounts
CC16a
Fwth• pwlod
0141
30Aw.22
Section A Receipls and payrnents
Unre•trtet•d
nd•
Endowm•nt
fund•
Totsl fvnd8
fvnds
A1 R•G•lpts
GrHni%
Sub totsI(GM￿ incomè for
ARJ
A2 ABsot and Invo¥trn•nt 8alg•,
tabhl.
Sub tot¥1
Tol•l rocvlpts
S.020
37.JO8
11.000
ax
11D37
12.QJ7
210
722
Eq￿pM￿l
aThJ
ns
7Z2
$54
Sub toeal
3l798
1341
A4 A88•t •nd
•iab
Sub total
,$54
2.341
N•t o1rnc•lp￿fp?yrnQntsJ .
A5 Tramhrs botwwn frJnd$
A6 Cash fvnd8 last yw gnd
sh funds thls y8ar •nd
13.
10.032
8.659
5.125
13,566
18,091
CW Rl ISSI

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
Unrnstrlcted R96tdcl•d
fvnth
funds
Endowm•nt
funds
B1 Cash funds
Metr9
&125
11566
Total ¢￿h funds
S.12$
13,586
funds
funds
••r•BI£
funds
Details
FLmd W¥rtbl¢h
¢L*tIoFII•MII
Curr•rttrnly
Oetails
F￿d t•*tA¢h
CuFr•rtv41
C••t
Dètai15
84 Assets rgtaingd for the
charltys own use
Fund to *thl¢h
H•bl
DÈtails
85 Llabllltle•
D8t8 of
roval
Signed by Ort￿ busteeson
beheWof8th trustsas
Signalure
Prfnt Namè

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## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** 

**Section A                        Independent Examiner’s Report** 

**Report to the trustees/ members of**[Our Community Foundation (CIO)] **On accounts for the year** 30/04/2022 **Charity no** 1189425 **ended (if any) Set out on pages** 1,2 (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets) 

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 30 April 2022. 

- **Responsibilities and** As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation **basis of report** of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”). 

I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. 

## **Independent examiner's statement** 

I have completed my examination.  I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: 

- accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or 

- the accounts do not accord with the accounting records 

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. 

**Date:** 3 June 2022 **Signed: Name:** P Bowater **Relevant professional** ACA **qualification(s) or body (if any): Address:** BVSC Accounting Services 138 Digbeth Birmingham B5 6DR 

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**Section B                           Disclosure** 

Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners). 

**Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** . 

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