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.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:(1) TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE LIVING IN BRIDPORT, DORSET (THE “AREA OF BENEFIT”) 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 AS A MEANS OF:(A) ADVANCING THEM IN LIFE, RELIEVING THEIR NEEDS AND BY HELPING THEM DEVELOP THEIR LIFE SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES SO THAT THEY CAN BETTER PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AN INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS;(B) ADVANCING THEIR EDUCATION; AND(C) PREVENTING THEM FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED DUE TO THEIR AGE, ECONOMIC OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCESALL WITH THE AIM OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.(2) TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID RESIDENTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE A FACILITY (THE BRIDPORT YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CENTRE) IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATIONS WITH THE AIM OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FOR THE PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE.

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.

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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

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• 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
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Ian Richard Barkchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• Alan Charles Weston · trustee of 1 other charity
• Julie Wood
• Paul Funnell
• Victoria Davison

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

Operates in: Dorset

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with DORCHESTER YOUTH & COMMUNITY CENTRE.

• DORCHESTER YOUTH & COMMUNITY CENTRE income £175k
• BRIDGE COMMUNITY CENTRE LIMITED income £164k
• BARTON ACORN YOUTH, COMMUNITY AND SPORTS CENTRE income £232k
• DORSET YOUTH ASSOCIATION income £355k
• BRONTE YOUTH & COMMUNITY CENTRE income £1.9m
• DRIFFIELD YOUTH ACTION income £106k

Side by side with its peers

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