BARFORD YOUTH & COMMUNITY CENTRE

Registered charity 1166022 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BARFORD SCOUTS & GUIDES SUPPORTERS GROUP, BARFORD YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CENTRE, BSGSG

To promote and support the development of young people and the educational, recreational and other leisure time activities of the residents of Barford and neighbouring communities in the local area of south Warwickshire, by providing a building, facilities and other support (the "Barford Youth & Community Centre")

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN ACHIEVING THEIR FULL PHYSICAL, INTELLECTUAL, SOCIAL AND SPIRITUAL POTENTIALS AS INDIVIDUALS, AS RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS AND AS MEMBERS OF THEIR LOCAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITIES BY PROVIDING A BUILDING AND RELATED FACILITIES FOR MEETINGS AND ACTIVITIES OF THE LOCAL SCOUTING AND GUIDING GROUPS (THE “SCOUT AND GUIDE HEADQUARTERS”) AND PROVIDING FINANCIAL AND OTHER SUPPORT TO THOSE GROUPS.IN SO FAR AS THE SCOUT AND GUIDE HEADQUARTERS IS NOT REQUIRED TO FURTHER OBJECT 1 IT MAY BE USED IN FURTHERANCE OF THE FOLLOWING PURPOSE: TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR THE RESIDENTS OF BARFORD AND NEIGHBOURING COMMUNITIES IN THE SOUTH OF WARWICKSHIRE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves are £2,941.10, while restricted reserves stand at £29,964.70. The charity reports a net deficit for the year of £258,379.29, driven primarily by the completion of the new Youth & Community Centre construction project. The trustees note that funds are held in savings accounts to meet near-term costs and the annual repayment of a £100,000 loan.

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.

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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.5 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (97% 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: 0.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• ALEX FARR
• IAN STUART CUNNINGHAM PATERSON
• JANE SCOTT
• John Vincent Murphy
• LORRAINE BARLOW
• MARTIN LESLIE RUSSELL · trustee of 1 other charity
• Susan Heap
• Wendy Barlow · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Warwickshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BARTON ACORN YOUTH, COMMUNITY AND SPORTS CENTRE.

• BARTON ACORN YOUTH, COMMUNITY AND SPORTS CENTRE income £232k
• THE PETER ASHLEY ACTIVITY CENTRES income £1.4m
• BARROW HILL COMMUNITY TRUST income £323k
• BLETCHLEY YOUTH CENTRE income £198k
• EASTLEIGH YOUTH & COMMUNITY TRUST income £505k
• STAFFORDSHIRE COUNCIL OF VOLUNTARY YOUTH SERVICES income £526k

Side by side with its peers

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