DANSON YOUTH TRUST

Registered charity 1086556 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To help educate children and young people especially but not exclusively through leisure-time activities and programmes so to develop their physical, mental and spiritual capacities, self-confidence and individual responsibility that they may grow to full maturity as individuals and members of society; and such other charitable objects as the company shall from time to time determine.

Objects

TO HELP EDUCATE YOUNG PEOPLE ESPECIALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH LEISURE-TIME ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMMES SO TO DEVELOP THEIR PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL CAPACITIES, SELF-CONFIDENCE AND INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY; AND SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE OBJECTS AS THE COMPANY SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

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: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net outgoing resource of £10,040 for the year ended 31 March 2025, a significant improvement from the prior year's deficit of £95,203. Total reserves stood at £1,007,098, which the trustees confirm exceeds their policy target of maintaining at least one year's expenditure. The trustees consider the charity to be in a strong position to continue its activities.

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 5 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• 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
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Danson Youth Centre (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold); recorded price paid £746k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

• MARIA ANNE ALICE GUEST-NAHARNOWICZchair
• ANNE MARY ANDERSON
• John Seal · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sue Sauter
• Wendy Ann Lawrence

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

Operates in: Bexley

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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