Annual reports are a bit like organisational epitaphs. Unlike plans, which look forward to all the exciting things we're going to do in the future, annual reports dwell on the past, documenting the things we've already done.
Though you won't find the lines "here lies another great youth work project" or "in loving memory of PAYP (positive activities for young people)", annual reports are really about closure. They neatly tie up the year so we can move on and, although that's important, it hardly makes for a great read. I find most of them, well, boring.
I've seen a few good ones - Hampshire Youth Service deserves a nod - but, in general, they're tedious, stuffed full of pie charts and photos of day trips to Alton Towers. And once you've seen one photo of six teenagers in a raft, you've seen them all.
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