BEMBRIDGE YOUTH & COMMUNITY CENTRE

Registered charity 1112018 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BEMBRIDGE YOUTH CLUB, BYCC

Provision of facilities for Youth Clubs, social events, corporate events, exhibitions. Provision of facilities for a variety of clubs, badminton, orchestra football etc. Facilities for social activities and advice sessions for the older person. Organised village events e.g. fetes, open days.

Objects

1. HELPING AND EDUCATING YOUNG PEOPLE OF THE PARISH OF BEMBRIDGE THROUGH THEIR LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES SO AS TO DEVELOP THEIR PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL CAPACITIES SO THAT THEY GROW AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY;2. THE PROPERTY AND THE TRUST FUND AND ITS INCOME SHALL BE APPLIED FOR THE PURPOSES OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE FOR THE USE OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE PARISH OF BEMBRIDGE IN THE COUNTY OF THE ISLE OF WIGHT WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, AGE, DISABILITY, NATIONALITY, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, INCLUDING USE OF THE PROPERTY FOR MEETINGS, LECTURES AND CLASSES OR OTHER FORMS OF RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS.

Area of benefit: BEMBRIDGE, ISLE OF WIGHT

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that for the year ending March 31, 2025, the charity reported a small net loss of £54, with total income of £27,305 and total expenditure of £27,359. The trustees note that while costs were managed well, the financial outlook for 2025/2026 is described as 'tough' due to energy costs and potential large repair expenses.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Big Lottery — “until the Steyne Park building was reinvigorated in the last decade after being awarded a Big Lottery grant and was rebuilt to include a hal…” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (30/01/2014) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• BRYAN JONES
• CHRIS ADAMS
• James Hendy
• KEITH COOK
• MR CARL JOHNSTON
• PAUL WRAY
• SARAH NOYES · trustee of 1 other charity
• Simon Bligh
• TINA LESLEY BISHOP

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Isle Of Wight

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).