## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From Sept 1[st] 2024 To Aug 31[st] 2025**
**Charity name: Didcot Community partnership**
## **Charity registration number:**
## **Objectives and Activities**
## **Summary of the purposes of the charity as set out in its governing document**
1) To further or benefit the residents of Didcot and the surrounding area, without distinction of sex, sexual orientation, race or of political, religious or other opinions by associating together the said residents and the local authorities, voluntary and other organisations in a common effort to advance education and to provide facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation and leisure time occupation with the objective of improving the conditions of life for the residents. 2) For the public benefit, to promote good citizenship and the relief of those in need by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage by any means as the trustees in their discretion shall determine.
3) To develop the capacity and skills of socially, economically or otherwise disadvantaged members of the community of Didcot and the surrounding area, in such a way that their needs can be more effectively identified and met and that they are empowered to participate more fully in society.
**Summary of the main activities in relation to those purposes for the public benefit, in particular, the activities, projects or services identified in the accounts.**
In the year to August 31[st] 2025 the charity’s focus was:
1. Capacity building of organisations across the town, which meant that we supported six small grassroots organisations in the town to develop their governance and management, in some cases to register as a charity and in other cases to improve their effectiveness and efficiency.
2. Work related to young people in the town:
- a. The Didcot Wellbeing Web – bringing together a range of organisations from across the town to develop and deliver a shared approach to the mental wellbeing of young people.
- b. Didcot Youthfest – an event held in July 2025, bringing together a wide range of youth organisations to provide opportunities for the town’s young people to engage with them. The event was attended by 480 young people aged between 10 and 20.
**Statement confirming whether the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit.**
The Trustees have had due regard to the guidance from the Charity Commission on public benefit, and this has been particularly useful this year as we change the focus of the charity away from delivery and more towards convening and capacity building as detailed above.
## **Achievements and Performance**
Summary of the main achievements of the charity, identifying the difference the charity’s work has made to the circumstances of its beneficiaries and any wider benefits to society as a whole.
1. Charity Support Hub – 6 organisations were supported to improve their governance. In two cases this led to the organisations applying to become registered charities.
2. Didcot Wellbeing Web (DWW) – the DWW brought together organisations across sectors including youth, health, police and education to establish a coordinated way of working. This work led to a further grant in 2025/26 to develop this work further.
3. Didcot Youthfest – the first ever Youthfest was attended by 480 young people and over 25 organisations. The aim was to connect young people with organisations who could provide activities and support for young people, particularly through the summer holiday. We have been successful in securing funding to run this event again in July 2026.
## **Financial Review**
## **Review of the charity’s financial position at the end of the period**
Income: £4,158 Income received in the year came from one grant from Oxfordshire Community Foundation. Expenditure: £19.909
The main expenditure was on contracted staff to deliver the activities set out above. One contractor was engaged to provide additional capacity to small organisations across the town, the second to develop the work related to young people in the town. Closing balance: £13,106 Closing balance includes an adjustment to the opening balance as noted on the accounts.
## **Statement explaining the policy for holding reserves stating why they are held**
The charity is small. It does not commit to spending of any kind without the funding being in place. The charity therefore holds a small reserve of £5,000 in order to pay for specialist support in raising funds, should the need arise.
## **Amount of reserves held**
The charity currently holds a reserve of £5,000
## **Reasons for holding zero reserves**
n/a
## **Details of fund materially in deficit**
The charity has no funds that are materially in deficit
## **Explanation of any uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going concern**
There are no concerns over the charity ceasing to be a going concern.
**The charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising)**
## **A description of the principal risks facing the charity**
The charity is small and is currently operating with a small budget.
The principal risk is that we will be unable to attract further funding, or that this funding will be at a very low level, in which case we would not be able to achieve our ambition for the charity being the key convening and capacity building organisation in the town.
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
## **Type of governing document**
Constitution
## **How is the charity constituted?**
CIO
**Trustee selection methods including details of any constitutional provisions e.g. election to post or name of any person or body entitled to appoint one or more trustees**
Trustees must be appointed for a term of three years by a resolution passed at a properly convened meeting of the charity trustees, it is deemed that minutes of a Trustees’ meeting constitutes a resolution. It will be possible for a Trustee to serve 2 consecutive terms if agreed by the majority of the Trustees.
In selecting individuals for appointment as charity trustees, the charity trustees must have regard to the skills, knowledge and experience needed for the effective administration of the CIO.
## **Charity name**
Didcot Community Partnership
## **Other name the charity uses**
n/a
## **Registered charity number**
1191075
## **Charity’s principal address**
1 South Avenue Kidlington OX5 1DE
**Office (if any)**
**Dates acted if not for whole year**
**Trustee name**
|1
2
3
4|Richard Kennell|Chair||
|---|---|---|---|
||Jackie Logan|||
||David Pryor||October 2024|
||Angus Horner||October 2024|
## **Declarations**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s)**
Jackie Logan **Full name(s)** Richard Kennell
**Position (eg Secretary,** Chair **Chair, etc)**
**Date** 25[th] June 2026
**Charity Name No (if any) Didcot Community Partnership 1191075 Receipts and payments accounts**
9/1/2024 8/31/2025 **To**
**For the period from**
**CC16a**
## **Section A Receipts and payments**
**Unrestricted Restricted Endowment funds funds funds**
**Total funds Last year**
|**Section A Receipts and payments**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**|**Restricted**
**funds**|**Endowment**
**funds**|**Total funds**|**Last year**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|**A1 Receipts**
Grants
**4,158**
Donations
**-**
Interest
**48**
Room hire
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**4,206**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total receipts_ 4,206**
**A3 Payments**
Staff(contracted)
**4,867**
Rent
**-**
Deliverycontractor/ room hire
**14,218**
Expenses
**-**
Web fees
**312**
Bank fees
**60**
Insurance
**452**
Programme costs
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ 19,909**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total payments_ 19,909**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ - 15,703**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**-**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**28,810**
**_Cash funds this year end_ 13,106**
**to the nearest £**
**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_
**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases,(see table)**|**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**to the nearest £**|**to the nearest £**
**4,158**
**-**
**48**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**4,206**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**4,206**
**4,867**
**-**
**14,218**
**-**
**312**
**60**
**452**
**-**
**-**
**19,909**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**19,909**
**- 15,703**
**-**
**28,810**
**13,106**|**to the nearest £**|
|||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**4,158**|**13,960**|
||||**-**|**-**|
||||**48**|**46**|
||||**-**|**5,187**|
||||**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|
||||**4,206**|**19,193**|
||||||
|||**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**||
||||**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|
||||||
|||**-**|**4,206**|**19,193**|
||||||
|||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**4,867**|**-**|
||||**-**|**4,760**|
||||**14,218**|**1,360**|
||||**-**|**625**|
||||**312**|**276**|
||||**60**|**65**|
||||**452**|**-**|
||||**-**|**1,521**|
||||**-**|**-**|
||||**19,909**|**8,607**|
||||||
|||**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**||
||||**-**||
||||**-**|**-**|
||||||
|||**-**|**19,909**|**8,607**|
||||||
||**-**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**- 15,703**|**10,586**|
||**-**||**-**|**-**|
||**-**||**28,810**|**16,744**|
||**-**||**13,106**|**27,330**|
## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
|**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees|**Details**
CAF Bank acc
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Signature
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))|**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**13,106**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**13,106**
**-**
OK
OK
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
Richard Kennell
Jackie Logan
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**|**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**|
|---|---|---|---|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||OK|
||||**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
||||**-**|
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||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
||||**-**|
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||||**When due**
**(optional)**|
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||||Date of
approval|
|||Richard Kennell|29.06.26|
|||Jackie Logan|29.06.26|