POKESDOWN COMMUNITY YOUTH CENTRE

Registered charity 301918 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as POKESDOWN YOUTH CLUB

the Charity continues to operate as a youth centre in the Southbourne area of Bournemouth, being one of the oldest youth clubs in the country where thousands of young people have benefited over 100 plus years. The centre has had its first year open in the new guise as a world class My Place centre meeting the needs of young people in the 21st century.

Objects

1. TO HELP YOUNG PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY MEANS OF LEISURE ACTIVITIES, TO DEVELOP THEIR PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL CAPACITIES IN RELATION TO THE CHRISTIAN FAITH, SO THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY AND THAT THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE MAY BE IMPROVED.2. SUBJECT TO (1), TO PROMOTE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH AMONGST THE INHABITANTS OF POKESDOWN AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD AND TO PROVIDE THEM WITH FACILITIES FOR RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE-TIME ACTIVITIES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

Area of benefit: POKESDOWN AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD.

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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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 achieved a net surplus of £2,203 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total unrestricted and restricted reserves of £101,650. The trustees report that all financial commitments were met and express satisfaction that future benefits will be derived from the charity's 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 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

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• 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
• 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

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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• RICHARD FRANK ELMSchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Bournemouth Young Men's Christian Association
• Bruce Viney · trustee of 2 other charities
• Claire Michelle Ranford · trustee of 2 other charities
• DAVID WILLIAMS · trustee of 4 other charities
• Gregory Boot · trustee of 1 other charity
• Simon Potterton · trustee of 1 other charity
• Thomas Southgate · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Bournemouth · Dorset

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• PORTISHEAD YOUTH & COMMUNITY CENTRE LIMITED income £487k
• PURBECK YOUTH AND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION income £236k
• SAWBRIDGEWORTH YOUNG PEOPLE'S RECREATIONAL CENTRE income £48k
• THE NEWPORT PAGNELL AND DISTRICT YOUTH CLUB income £44k
• NEWTON AYCLIFFE YOUTH & COMMUNITY CENTRE income £101k
• THE FURZEDOWN YOUTH CENTRE LTD income £45k

Side by side with its peers

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