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BRIDPORT YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CENTRE TRUST

Registered charity 1168464 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To act as a resource for children, young people and the wider community of Bridport, Dorset by providing them with a meeting and activity space, advice and assistance where they are in need of it and by organising programmes of physical, educational, and other activities.

Causes: Recreation · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£156k
Latest spending
£113k
Registered
2016
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £48,957, reflecting a more secure financial position than the previous year. However, the trustees identify the ability to generate sufficient funds to cover staffing and bill costs as a principal risk, noting that the charity is dependent on continued rental income, grants, and fundraising to meet these obligations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Rent Received (Room Hire) (23% of income)
“Rent Received (Room Hire) 36,492”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three months of core budgeted operating costs (held: £49k)
“The Trustees have recently set a reserves policy of holding a minimum of 3 months of core budgeted operating costs”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor
“The principal risk facing the charity is the ability to generate enough funds to cover expenditure on bills and staffing costs.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Dorset

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£156k£113k
31/03/2024£99k£111k
31/03/2023£101k£129k
31/03/2022£121k£94k
31/03/2021£69k£42k

Common questions

Is BRIDPORT YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CENTRE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £48,957, reflecting a more secure financial position than the previous year. However, the trustees identify the ability to generate sufficient funds to cover staffing and bill costs as a principal risk, noting that the charity is dependent on continued rental income, grants, and fundraising to meet these obligations. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sport England30/05/2024£0COVID19 - Active Together (Crowdfunding)
Postcode Lottery29/03/2024£24kUnrestricted Funding
The National Lottery Community Fund19/01/2024£15kLET'S HEAR IT IN THE HALL