BOVEY TRACEY YOUTH ACTION

Registered charity 1078292 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Bovey Tracey Youth Cafe operates in Bovey Tracey and helps young people, especially but not exclusively through leisure time activities, so to develop their physical and mental capacities that they may grow to full maturity as individuals and members of society.

Objects

TO HELP YOUNG PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES, SO AS TO DEVELOP THEIR PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL CAPACITIES THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED IN PRACTICE BOVEY TRACEY

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 · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£36k
Latest spending
£34k
Registered
1999
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased from £205,830 to £10,645, while restricted funds increased slightly to £28,062. The charity reports facing challenges on its operational account and relies entirely on charitable giving and donations. The trustees note the necessity of growing appreciation for their work to address constraints on time imposed by the struggle to achieve adequate funding.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none
“Grants, restricted funds £20,400”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Devon

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£36k£34k
31/12/2023£27k£30k
31/12/2022£20k£32k
31/12/2021£46k£23k
31/12/2020£27k£21k

Common questions

Is BOVEY TRACEY YOUTH ACTION financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased from £205,830 to £10,645, while restricted funds increased slightly to £28,062. The charity reports facing challenges on its operational account and relies entirely on charitable giving and donations. The trustees note the necessity of growing appreciation for their work to address constraints on time imposed by the struggle to achieve adequate funding. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund07/08/2025£20kBovey Tracey Youth Cafe
The National Lottery Community Fund26/11/2014£6k'The issues we face as young people of today.'
The National Lottery Heritage Fund29/03/2007£17k"Bovey Tracey Youth Pottery Project"