WEST LAVINGTON YOUTH CLUB

Registered charity 1080380 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To provide a youth club for children and young people aged 7 years to 17 years, providing them with a variety of activities, including sport, cookery, computers, photography, dancing and music, drama. To arrange visits to other locations for activities which are not available locally.

Objects

TO HELP AND EDUCATE YOUNG PEOPLE ESPECIALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH 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. THE AREA OF BENEFIT IS WEST LAVINGTON AND SURROUNDING AREA.

Area of benefit: WEST LAVINGTON.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£29k
Latest spending
£25k
Registered
2000
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an excess of income over expenditure of £3,948.83 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total reserves increasing to £21,142.31. The trustees' report notes that the club maintains its ability to raise funds despite rising costs and has expanded significantly. An independent examiner confirmed that the accounts were prepared in accordance with applicable regulations and accounting standards.

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

What the accounts disclose

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.

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

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 5
  • Government income: £23,062 — grants £23,062 (4); 80% of the £28,941 total gross income on the same return
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 6
  • Government income: £19,000 — grants £19,000 (4); 77% of the £24,530 total gross income on the same return
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Government income: £8,500 — grants £8,500 (3); 82% of the £10,393 total gross income on the same return
  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Wiltshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£29k£25k
31/03/2024£25k£22k
31/03/2023£10k£20k
31/03/2022£9k£8k
31/03/2021£16k£12k

Common questions

Is WEST LAVINGTON YOUTH CLUB financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported an excess of income over expenditure of £3,948.83 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total reserves increasing to £21,142.31. The trustees' report notes that the club maintains its ability to raise funds despite rising costs and has expanded significantly. An independent examiner confirmed that the accounts were prepared in accordance with applicable regulations and accounting standards. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds WEST LAVINGTON YOUTH CLUB?

Funders whose own accounts filings name WEST LAVINGTON YOUTH CLUB as a grant recipient include THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR WILTSHIRE & SWINDON.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR WILTSHIRE & SWINDONFY2023£18k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund16/01/2014£2kLavington Youth from "WWI - www"
The National Lottery Community Fund13/10/2006£500West Lavington Youth Club Computer 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 WOLVERCOTE YOUNG PEOPLES CLUB LTD.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
WEST LAVINGTON YOUTH CLUB£29k—0unclear—no doubt
WOLVERCOTE YOUNG PEOPLES CLUB LTD FY2025£123k—0above—no doubt
WCA FY2025£499k—0unclear—no doubt
YOUTH CLUB PRE-SCHOOL FY2025£222kUnder £60,0000unclear—no doubt
WIGAN BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB FY2025£2.2m——above—no doubt
WESTMINSTER HOUSE YOUTH CLUB FY2026£478k£60,000 to £70,0001unclear—no doubt

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