BLUE WATCH YOUTH CENTRE

Registered charity 1047550 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Blue Watch is a resource for children, young people and families living in Sunderland East and its surrounding area. It provides recreational and leisure activities, services for those who are/at risk of homelessness/temporary accommodation, substance misuse, excluded from education, social media exploitation, debt and limited opportunities due to age, gender, infirmity or disability.

Objects

(I) TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF RYHOPE AND SURROUNDING AREAS, CITY WIDE AND REGIONAL TO INCLUDE TYNE AND WEAR (HEREINAFTER CALLED THE 'AREA OF BENEFIT') WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINION, BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID INHABITANTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES VOLUNTEER AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFECT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS.(II) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE 5 AND OVER RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT BY THE PROVISION OF BASIC SKILLS COURSES, INFORMAL, FORMAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES.

Area of benefit: RYHOPE AND SURROUNDING AREAS, CITY WIDE AND REGIONAL TO INCLUDE TYNE AND WEAR.

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: Sunderland, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net incoming resource of £4,066 for the year ended 31 March 2026, resulting in total net assets of £356,488. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. The organization is unincorporated and underwent an independent examination rather than a full audit.

Automated summary of the FY2026 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

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• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
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• 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Robert Surteeschair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Beth Andrews
• Christine Barnes
• IAN LAWRENCE
• Sheila Ferry
• joseph Lemon · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Sunderland

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ST MARY AND ST PETER'S COMMUNITY PROJECT.

• ST MARY AND ST PETER'S COMMUNITY PROJECT income £60k
• EAST END YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CENTRE income £73k
• SUNDERLAND WOMEN'S CENTRE income £91k
• NEIGHBOURHOOD RESOURCE CENTRE income £129k
• HEALTHWATCH CITY OF LONDON income £98k
• WEST VIEW PROJECT - CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE'S ACTIVITY CENTRE LIMITED income £101k

Side by side with its peers

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