BARNET COMMUNITY PROJECTS

Registered charity 1139376 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BCP

Barnet Community Projects exists to facilitate long term social improvement in the London Borough of Barnet. We do this through residents engagement, empowering them to deliver projects that make a difference to the local community. We deliver youth activities, community cafe, skatepark sessions, reparation projects, mentoring programmes, sports sessions & activities to address disadvantage.

Objects

THE CHARITYãS OBJECTS (THE OBJECTS) ARE:TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF BARNET AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE FOLLOWING MEANS:(A) TO PROMOTE THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF CHARITIES AND THE EFFECTIVE APPLICATION AND USE OF RESOURCES BY NON CHARITABLE BODIES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE SET UP OF COMMUNITY PROJECTS, SUPPORTING THEIR ADMINISTRATION AND PROVIDING SUPPORT SERVICES TO THEM; AND BY FACILITATING PARTNERSHIP AND CO-OPERATION IN THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR: (1) "VOLUNTARY SECTOR" MEANS CHARITIES AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS; (2) "CHARITIES" ARE ORGANISATIONS WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED FOR EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES; (3) "VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS" ARE INDEPENDENT ORGANISATIONS WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED FOR PURPOSES THAT ADD VALUE TO THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE OR A SIGNIFICANT SECTION OF THE COMMUNITY AND WHICH ARE NOT PERMITTED BY THEIR CONSTITUTION TO MAKE A PROFIT FOR PRIVATE DISTRIBUTION AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS DO NOT INCLUDE LOCAL GOVERNMENT OR OTHER STATUTORY AUTHORITIES;(B) THE PROMOTION OF THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE FOLLOWING MEANS: (A) IDENTIFYING NEED IN THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR AND ESTABLISHING PROJECTS OR POLICIES TO ADDRESS THEM; (B) LIASING BETWEEN CHARITIES, VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS, THE LOCAL AUTHORITY AND OTHER GROUPS OR ORGANISATIONS ON RELEVANT ISSUES THAT AFFECT MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY;(C) TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY CAPACITY BUILDING FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT LIMITED TO YOUNG PEOPLE - 'COMMUNITY CAPACITY BUILDING" MEANS DEVELOPING THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY AND HELP MEET, THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY.(D) THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT;(E) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF TRAINING, INFORMATION AND ADVICE AND PROMOTING OPPORTUNITIES FOR MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY TO DEVELOP NEW SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE; AND(F) TO FURTHER FOR THE BENEFIT OF MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATIONS WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS. WHERE IN THE VIEW OF THE TRUSTEES IT IS EXPEDIENT IN THE INTERESTS OF THE CHARITY, THE TRUSTEES MAY SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGE OVERSEAS PARTNERSHIP PROJECTS WHICH ARE YOUTH AND COMMUNITY FOCUSED IN SUCH COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD AS THEY SEE FIT.

Area of benefit: LONDON BOROUGH OF BARNET

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 · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Barnet, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a deficit of £20,307 for the year ended 31 March 2025, primarily due to the timing of a large grant received on the last day of the financial year. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves are negative at £22,752, while restricted funds stand at £36,290, resulting in total net assets of £13,538. The trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue in operation for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Financial Conduct Authority. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Michael Benaimchair
• David William Mayall
• Emma Rachel Not
• Patricia Ellen Gray
• Stephen Anthony Bull
• Stephen James Pegum

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

Operates in: Barnet

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with COMMUNITY BARNET.

• COMMUNITY BARNET income £1.6m
• BARNET EDUCATION ARTS TRUST income £2.0m
• INCLUSION BARNET income £1.9m
• THE YOUNG BARNET FOUNDATION income £958k
• BARNET REFUGEE SERVICE income £817k
• BRAMPTON AND BEYOND COMMUNITY TRUST income £320k

Side by side with its peers

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