## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From 1[st] April 2025 Period start date To 31[st] March 2026 Period end date**
## **Charity name: Bullingdon Community Association**
## **Charity registration number: 1200270**
## **Objectives and Activities**
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|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**The mission of the BCA is to provide**
**social facilities and activities which will**
**enhance the welfare and well being of the**
**residents of the Lye Valley and Churchill**
**wards of Oxford and to manage the**
**Community Centre in the best interests of**
**the local Community.**|
|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.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|**Activity groups – Two Parent and Toddler**
**groups, five dance and exercise groups,**
**drama group, martial arts group,**
**taekwondo for over 50s,repair café,**
**MENCAP social club ,creative writing**
**group, free community lunch ( monthly ),**
**keyboard lessons for young people.**
**Adult education classes delivered by**
**Abingdon and Witney College.**
**Welfare and Health services; Citizen**
**Advice Oxford ( weekly sessions );**
**Diabetic Support Group.**
**Children’s and family parties are held at**
**the weekend.**|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**Trustees are briefed on the charitable**
**responsibilities of the BCA and are**
**provided with relevant reading eg; ‘The**
**Essential Trustee’.**|
## **Additional information (optional)**
## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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SORP reference||
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|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**The BCA does not make grant awards.**
**We have reduced letting charges for**
**groups which are based in our area of**
**benefit and make no charge for some**
**groups which cannot afford to hire space**|
|||**or which are run directly by the BCA..**|
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|Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|**Not relevant**|
|Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**The Community Centre would not run**
**without volunteers. Including Trustees**
**we currently have 25 regular volunteers,**
**who are involved in managing the**
**community centre and supporting groups**
**which are directly run by the BCA.**|
|Other|||
|**Achievements and Performance**|||
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|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.|Para 1.20|**During 2021 – 2022 the old community**
**centre was demolished and replaced by a**
**new community centre on the same site.**
**The new centre opened in early 2023 and**
**the main objective of the trustees was to**
**bring back groups which had previously**
**used the centre and attract new groups**
**and services. By March 2026 twenty**
**groups were using the new centre on a**
**regular basis, which is over twice the**
**number of groups which used the**
**community centre prior to the**
**redevelopment.**
**We estimate that between 300 – 350**
**people visit and use the facilities of the**
**community centre on a weekly basis.**
**Bullingdon is now the only community**
**centre serving the Lye Valley and**
**Churchill wards of Oxford.**|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|**See above**|
|---|---|---|
|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives|Para 1.41|**During the 2025 - 26 financial year the**
**BCA raised £8000 in grants awarded by**
**Oxford City Council, Oxfordshire County**
**Council and local trusts.**|
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|Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|**Not relevant – no investments**|
|Other|||
## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**The BCA ended the financial year with a**
**surplus of £2,946.**|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**There are two major reasons for holding**
**reserves – the possibility of increases in**
**running costs ( eg; energy costs ) and the**
**possibility that the support we receive**
**from Oxford City Council could be**
**reduced, because of cuts in the local**
**authority budget. Currently the City**
**Council does not charge a rent for the**
**use of the building and covers the cost of**
**major repairs.**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£30,000**|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22||
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24||
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**Providing the support from the City**
**Council is maintained we are confident**
**about the BCA continuing as a going**
**concern.**|
**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|
Para 1.47|
**The major source of funding is income**
**from letting out space at the community**
**centre. This is supplemented by grant**
**awards.**|
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|Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|**Not relevant**|
|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**As noted above – cuts in the support**
**provided the City Council is the principal**
**risk.**|
|Other|||
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Constitution approved by the Charity**
**Commission**|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**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|Para 1.25|**Trustees and Officers are elected on an**
**annual basis at the AGM.**|
|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**
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|Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|Para 1.51|**New trustees are provided with a copy of**
**the constitution, the latest Annual Report**
**and a statement of accounts. They are**
**also provided with relevant literature ( eg;**
**‘The Essential Trustee ) from the Charity**
**Commission.**|
|The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|**The trustees meet on a monthly basis.**
**These meetings are open to members of**
**the BCA and non – members, who can**
**attend as observers and are not**
**permitted to vote. Local Councillors and**
**Officers of Oxford City Council can**
**attend as observers and are not**
**permitted to vote.**|
|Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|**The BCA works in partnership with a**
**range of organisations – including Oxford**
**City Council, Oxfordshire County**
**Council, the groups which use the**
**community centre and the Wood Farm**
**Health and Well Being Partnership.**
**Bullingdon is a member of the Oxford**
**Federation of Community Associations,**
**Community Matters and the Oxford**
**Council of Voluntary Organizations.**|
|Other|||
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|Bullingdon Community Association|
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|Other name the charity uses||
|Registered charity number|1200270|
|Charity’s principal address|Bullingdon Community Centre, Peat Moors, Headington,
Oxford, OX3 7HS|
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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||Richard Bryant|Secretary and Acting
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||Trevor Kimber|Treasurer|||
||Frank Holliday||||
||Barbara Bryant||||
||MaryWoolliams||||
||Tom Crook||||
||Pat Kennedy||||
||Chris Perks||||
||Catherine Gundry||||
||Marie Broyde||Co – opted July2026||
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– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name None**
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
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## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets None held in this capacity
Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
## **Additional information (optional)**
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of Name Address adviser The BCA receives advice from staff of the Oxford City Council**
## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
The BCA has no paid employees. Our Building manager is self employed.
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
## **Other optional information**
## **Declarations**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s)** Richard Bryant **Full name(s)** Richard William Bryant **Position (eg Secretary,** Secretary and Acting Chair **Chair, etc) Date** 21/08/2026
BULLINGDON COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31/03/2026
trading as
BULLINGDON COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION 41 BWAN ROAD HEADINGTON OXFORD OX3 7HU
Prepared By: Martin & Fahy Accountants LLP 7 Milbanke Court Milbanke Way Bracknell Berkshire RG12 IRP
## BULLINGDON COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
## FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31/03/2026
## CONTENTS
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|Accountants Repon||2|
|Approval Statement||3|
|Profit and Loss Account||4|
|Profit and Loss Account Schedules||5 to 6|
|Balance Sheet||7|
|Notes to the Balance Sheet||8|
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## BULLINGDON COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
## ACCOUNTANTS' REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31/03/2026
In order to assist you to fulfill your duties, we have prepared for your approval, accounts for the year ended 31/03/2026 as set out on pages 4 to 8 from the accounting records and from information and explanations you have given us.
As a practising member of the AAT, we are subject to its ethical and other professional requirements which are detailed on their website.
This report is made solely to , in accordance with the terms of our engagement letter dated . Our work has been undertaken solely to prepare for your approval the accounts of and state those matters that we have agreed, in this report, in accordance with the requirements of the AAT as detailed on their website. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than for our work or for this report.
It is your duty to ensure that you have kept adequate accounting records and to prepare accounts that give a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities, financial position and profitability of your business.
We have not been instructed to carry out an audit or a review of the accounts of . For this reason, we have not verified the accuracy or completeness of the accounting records or information and explanations you have given to us and we do not, therefore, express any opinion on the accounts.
Martin & Fahy Accountants LLP 7 Milbanke Coutt Milbanke Way Bracknell Berkshire RG12 IRP
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BULLINGDON COMMUNITY ~~ASSOCIATION~~
PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 32,615 31 ,924 31/03/2026 38 24,030 24,348 701 621 3,110 2,420 588 588 1 ,202 4,949 2026 32,838 223 170
Note: The schedules on pages 5 to 6 provide breakdowns of the above figures.
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## COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
OU UL' NG DO N
PROFI T AN D LO SS AC CO UN T SC HE DU LE S Fo n TH E YE AR EN DE D 31/ 03/
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BULLINGDON COMMUNITY ~~ASSOCIATION~~
2026
202 6
2095
Turnover:
Sales
7,68a
Satos 16.903 20,427 Sales 8,252 4.490
Cost of sales other direct costs: Other direct expenses
32.038 32,094 223 170 223 170
Wages, salaries and other staff 38 costs Training
Rent, rates, power and insurance costs
Rates 1 ,639 Insurance ,232 Heat and light 4,871
1.726 ,233 V25
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|COMMUNITY|||
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|ASSOCIATION|||
|Rent||577|
|785|||
|Cleaning||20,369|
|15.821|||
||24,030|24.348|
|Repairs and renewals of property|||
|and equipmont|||
|Repairs and renewals|701|621|
||701|621|
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BULLINGDON COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT SCHEDULES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31/03/2026
|BULLINGDONCOMMUNITY
ASSOCIATION
PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT
SCHEDULES
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31/03/2026||
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|Phone, fax, stationery and other office costs
Computer costs
Stationery & office supplies
Telephone
Subscriptions
Accountancy, legal and other professional foes
Accountancy fees
Depreciation and loss / (profit) on sale
Depreciation of fixtures and fittings
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2025
988
1.123
1.117
1,162|
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BALANCE SHEET AT 31/03/2026 2026 2025
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Fix ed ass ets : Ta ngi ble ass ets
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## NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31/03/2026
## 1. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS
|1. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS||||
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||Fixtures|||
||and Fittings|||
||Total|||
|Cost||||
|At 01 /04/2025|51 ,687|||
|51 ,687||||
|Additions|720|||
|720||||
|At 31/03/2026|52,407|||
|52,407||||
|Depreciation||||
|At 01/04/2025||49,763|49,763|
|For the year||1 ,202|1202|
|At 31/03/2026|50,965|||
|50,965||||
|Net Book Amounts||||
|At 31/03/2026||1 , 442||
|At 31/03/2025|||1 ,924|
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