POOLE COMMUNITIES TRUST

Registered charity 1165309 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We work with local communities in Poole to develop and sustain vibrant community and enterprise hubs that deliver community activities, recreational activities, social welfare services and support to new enterprises.

Objects

THE PROMOTION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC OF URBAN REGENERATION IN AREAS OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEPRIVATION (AND IN PARTICULAR IN THE BOROUGH OF POOLE) BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:(A) THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP:(B) THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT:(C) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, TRAINING OR RETRAINING, PARTICULARLY AMONG UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE, AND PROVIDING UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE WITH WORK EXPERIENCE:(D) THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE OR BUSINESS ADVICE OR CONSULTANCY IN ORDER TO PROVIDE TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE IN CASES OF FINANCIAL OR OTHER CHARITABLE NEED THROUGH HELP: (I) IN SETTING UP THEIR OWN BUSINESS, OR (II) TO EXISTING BUSINESSES:(E) THE CREATION OF TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES BY THE PROVISION OF WORKSPACE, BUILDINGS, AND/OR LAND FOR USE ON FAVOURABLE TERMS:(F) THE PROVISION OF HOUSING FOR THOSE WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF HOUSING IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR OR IN CHARITABLE OWNERSHIP PROVIDED THAT SUCH POWER SHALL NOT EXTEND TO RELIEVING ANY LOCAL AUTHORITIES OR OTHER BODIES OF A STATUTORY DUTY TO PROVIDE OR IMPROVE HOUSING:(G) THE MAINTENANCE, IMPROVEMENT OR PROVISION OF PUBLIC AMENITIES:(H) THE PRESERVATION OF BUILDINGS OR SITES OF HISTORIC OR ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE:(I) THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE OR THOSE WHO BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES:(J) THE PROTECTION OR CONSERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT:(K) THE PROVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH FACILITIES AND CHILDCARE:(L) THE PROMOTION OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND PREVENTION OF CRIME:(M) SUCH OTHER MEANS AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED SUBJECT TO THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE CHARITY COMMISSIONERS FOR ENGLAND AND WALES.

Area of benefit: LOCAL

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

Causes: Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £15,260 for the year ended 31 March 2025, compared to a surplus in the prior year, driven by higher overhead and salary costs. Per the trustees' report, total unrestricted funds stood at £10,039, with free reserves calculated at £7,445 after deducting fixed assets. The charity relies on grants and room hire income, noting challenges in securing funding for core costs and capital works.

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 6 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.

• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• 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.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 09490119

Funders the charity credits

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

• Asda, Holes Bay — “Our thanks to Asda, Holes Bay who donated £200 towards the Bourne Community Hub through their green token scheme.” (source page)
• Stackhouse Poland Group — “We are very grateful to the Stackhouse Poland Group who hosted a fund raising golf day at Remedy Oak in September 2019. A number of local bu…” (source page)
• Bourne Community Group — “Our thanks to the Bourne Community Group for a donation to fund cafe furniture in the new Bourne Community Hub.” (source page)
• Bournemouth University - Health Assets — “Bournemouth University - Health Assets” (source page)
• Salisbury Diocese — “Salisbury Diocese - Food” (source page)
• B&Q — “B&Q - Branksome refurbishment” (source page)
• Awards for all — “Awards for all - Food” (source page)
• Asda Grassroots — “Asda Grassroots - Food” (source page)
• DCF — “DCF - Branksome fire safety & noticeboards” (source page)
• BCP — “BCP - Next Steps: Better Us Project, Family Hub” (source page)
• Bourne Big Local — “Bourne Big Local - Flood barriers and blinds” (source page)
• Screwfix — “Screwfix - Branksome Refurb” (source page)
• National Lottery — “National Lottery - Funding towards Chief Officer, Staffing & OD” (source page)
• Educational Services LTD — “Educational Services LTD - Film Making Summer 2025” (source page)

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• COULTER, Tanya Jane — director, appointed 23/12/2025on trustee list
• THURGOOD MBE, Janet Mary — director, appointed 04/06/2025not on trustee list
• TASDELEN, Feriser Christine — director, appointed 15/04/2021on trustee list
• BACON, Judith — director, appointed 09/07/2020on trustee list
• BEALE, Christopher John — director, appointed 14/03/2015on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2023)

Reported reserves equal ~0.7 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (96% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• CHRISTOPHER BEALE
• Deborah Dixon MBE
• Feriser Tasdelen
• Janet Mary Thurgood MBE · trustee of 3 other charities
• Judith Bacon
• Tanya Coulter

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

Operates in: Poole

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with POOLE SAILABILITY.

• POOLE SAILABILITY income £31k
• WALNEY COMMUNITY TRUST income £180k
• COMMUNITY SOUTHWARK income £1.4m
• VOLUNTEERING MATTERS income £5.7m
• THE POOLE GRAMMAR SCHOOL TRUST FUND income £28k
• THE COLCHESTER AND TENDRING COMMUNITY TRUST income £213k

Side by side with its peers

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