BURTON YOUTH FOR CHRIST

Registered charity 1071717 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BURTON Y.F.C.

Taking good news relevantly to every young person in Burton and the surrounding areas. To assist young people in maximising their personal potential in every area of life. (i.e. physical, spiritual, mental, social and emotional.)

Objects

(A) TO PROMOTE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH AND TO PROCLAIM THE GOSPEL OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST THROUGHOUT THE WORLD AND IN PARTICULAR (WITHOUT PREJUSTICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING) IN BURTON UPON TRENT AND ITS ENVIRONS;(B) TO PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE THE CHRISTIAN EVANGELISATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD AND IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT PREJUSTICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING) IN BURTON UPON TRENT AND ITS ENVIRONS;(C) TO PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE POSITIVE CHRISTIAN LIVING(D) TO RELIEVE POVERTY AND SICKNESS THEREBY DEMONSTRATING THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST;(E) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION, BOTH FORMAL AND INFORMAL, AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR YOUNG PEOPLE WITH THE OBJECT OF DEVELOPING THEIR PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL CAPACITIES.

Area of benefit: WORLDWIDE

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 · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: East Staffordshire, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£119k
Latest spending
£125k
Registered
1998
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income was £119,179 while outgoings amounted to £125,447, resulting in a deficit for the year. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £19,070, which the trustees have set a policy target of three months of expenditure against. Trustees note that managing staff salaries remains a challenge as costs rise.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Individual Giving (35% of income)
“Individual Giving 35%”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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 31/08/2025

  • Volunteers: 48
  • Government income: £12,091 — contracts £3,000 (1), grants £9,091 (2); 10% of the £119,179 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2024

  • Volunteers: 62
  • Government income: £7,730 — contracts £2,900 (1), grants £4,830 (3); 7% of the £110,442 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2023

  • Volunteers: 59
  • Government income: £18,507 — contracts £2,900 (1), grants £15,607 (3); 17% of the £106,384 total gross income on the same return

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

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Staffordshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£119k£125k
31/08/2024£110k£116k
31/08/2023£106k£101k
31/08/2022£81k£100k
31/08/2021£99k£85k

Common questions

Is BURTON YOUTH FOR CHRIST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income was £119,179 while outgoings amounted to £125,447, resulting in a deficit for the year. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £19,070, which the trustees have set a policy target of three months of expenditure against. Trustees note that managing staff salaries remains a challenge as costs rise.

Who funds BURTON YOUTH FOR CHRIST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BURTON YOUTH FOR CHRIST as a grant recipient include CONSOLIDATED CHARITY OF BURTON UPON TRENT, STAFFORDSHIRE COUNCIL OF VOLUNTARY YOUTH SERVICES.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
CONSOLIDATED CHARITY OF BURTON UPON TRENTFY2024£9kVoluntary Groups Overheads
CONSOLIDATED CHARITY OF BURTON UPON TRENTFY2022£6kcore costs
CONSOLIDATED CHARITY OF BURTON UPON TRENTFY2021£5kFaith
CONSOLIDATED CHARITY OF BURTON UPON TRENTFY2023Unverified read£4kFaith
STAFFORDSHIRE COUNCIL OF VOLUNTARY YOUTH SERVICESFY2023£50040th Anniversary Grant

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund04/08/2023£3kMH - Youth Drop-in
UK government25/09/2020£5kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund01/03/2006£5kStepping up
The National Lottery Community Fund15/06/2004£5kCreative Arts Project

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.

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BURTON YOUTH FOR CHRIST£119k—0unclear—no doubt
BRITISH YOUTH FOR CHRIST FY2025£1.3m——unclear—no doubt
LLANDUDNO YOUTH FOR CHRIST FY2025£55k—0unclear—no doubt
WIRRAL YOUTH FOR CHRIST FY2025£48k—0unclear—noted
TRAFFORD YOUTH FOR CHRIST FY2025£54k—0unclear—no doubt
CAMBERLEY YOUTH FOR CHRIST FY2025£55k—0unclear—no doubt

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