CHUDLEIGH YOUTH CENTRE CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1036979 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHUDLEIGH YOUTH CENTRE, CHUDLEIGH YOUTH CLUB, CYCCT

Youth Work aged 8 to 18.The Young People take part in a range of fun activities in the Youth Centre

Objects

TO HELP YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH THEIR LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES SO TO DEVELOP THEIR PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL CAPACITIES THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY AND THAT THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE MAY BE IMPROVED.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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 · Recreation · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Teignbridge, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£42k

Latest spending

£33k

Registered

1994

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a surplus of £8,480 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total income rising to £41,824. Unrestricted reserves increased to £35,380, which the trustees confirmed is sufficient to meet their policy of maintaining three months of expenditure. The organization relies significantly on National Lottery Community Fund grant income, which tapers over a five-year period ending in August 2029.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months expenditure (reserves figure: £35k)

“The trustee’s policy is to maintain liquid reserves of at least three months expenditure which they believe would enable them to meet their financial commitments in all likely scenarios.” — page 2

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Social media policy and procedures
Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 12
Government income: £1,000 — grants £1,000 (1); 2% of the £41,824 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 6
Government income: £5,000 — grants £5,000 (1); 14% of the £35,433 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 6

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

Clifford BARNES
DAVID LILLINGTON
John Evans
MR BILL KEEN

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

Operates in: Devon

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£42k	£33k
31/12/2024	£35k	£22k
31/12/2023	£24k	£29k
31/12/2022	£22k	£27k
31/12/2021	£12k	£24k

Common questions

Is CHUDLEIGH YOUTH CENTRE CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported a surplus of £8,480 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total income rising to £41,824. Unrestricted reserves increased to £35,380, which the trustees confirmed is sufficient to meet their policy of maintaining three months of expenditure. The organization relies significantly on National Lottery Community Fund grant income, which tapers over a five-year period ending in August 2029. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	27/03/2024	£110k	Chudleigh Youth Centre
The National Lottery Community Fund	06/05/2022	£10k	Next Steps
UK government	02/09/2020	£10k	Coronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund	03/08/2018	£10k	Homework club
The National Lottery Community Fund	01/03/2006	£5k	Youth advice service

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE AUSTIN AND HOPE PILKINGTON TRUST	2	£6k
THE NISBET TRUST	1	£580k
THE PRUDENCE TRUST	1	£289k
JOHN JAMES BRISTOL FOUNDATION	1	£190k
THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR YOUTH MUSIC	1	£179k
LLOYDS BANK FOUNDATION FOR ENGLAND & WALES	1	£153k
THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATION	1	£147k
THE SHANLY FOUNDATION	1	£132k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with YOUTH CONCERN.

YOUTH CONCERN income £879k
DARLASTON YOUTH CENTRE income £108k
CREATIVE YOUTH NETWORK income £3.1m
C.A.T.S. YOUTH THEATRE income £90k
NEWTON AYCLIFFE YOUTH & COMMUNITY CENTRE income £101k
FOR CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE income £1.5m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
CHUDLEIGH YOUTH CENTRE CHARITABLE TRUST	£42k	—	—	above	—	no doubt
YOUTH CONCERN FY2025	£879k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
DARLASTON YOUTH CENTRE FY2025	£108k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
CREATIVE YOUTH NETWORK FY2025	£3.1m	—	—	below	—	no doubt
C.A.T.S. YOUTH THEATRE FY2025	£90k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
NEWTON AYCLIFFE YOUTH & COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2025	£101k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.