BARTON ACORN YOUTH, COMMUNITY AND SPORTS CENTRE

Registered charity 300991 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ACORN YOUTH, COMMUNTIY AND SPORTS CENTRE, BARTON ACORN YOUTH, COMMUNTIY AND SPORTS CENTRE, THE ACORN CENTRE, THE ACORN YOUTH CLUB

To promote use of the Centre as a community facility and resource for the social, leisure, and educational interests of all residents of Torbay and the surrounding area.

Objects

TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF TORBAY AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF 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 FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS.IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE POWER:TO MAINTAIN OR MANAGE OR CO-OPERATE WITH ANY STATUTORY AUTHORITY IN THE MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF THE BARTON ACORN YOUTH, COMMUNITY AND SPORTS CENTRE, BARTON FOR ACTIVITIES PROMOTED BY THE CHARITY IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS.

Area of benefit: BOROUGH OF TORQUAY AND DISTRICT

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 · Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £37,441 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a decrease in total net assets from £133,518 to £97,139. The trustees maintain a policy of keeping unrestricted funds at a level to cover potential funding shortfalls, with unrestricted reserves standing at £66,875. The charity relies on grants and donations to fund its youth and community activities.

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 5 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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management 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

Funders the charity credits

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

• Youth Investment Fund — “Having just been awarded a Youth Investment Fund to help us improve our youth provisions there is no stopping us.” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Clare BARGE
• Dave Rich
• Deborah Rich
• Mike Fox

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

Operates in: Torbay

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

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

• BARFORD YOUTH & COMMUNITY CENTRE income £596k
• THE PETER ASHLEY ACTIVITY CENTRES income £1.4m
• ST LEONARDS YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CENTRE income £645k
• TORBAY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TRUST LTD income £2.7m
• COMMUNITY BARNET income £1.6m
• BOLTON WANDERERS COMMUNITY TRUST income £1.5m

Side by side with its peers

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