SOUTH WEST YOUTH MINISTRIES

Registered charity 1086877 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

South West Youth Ministries is a youth ministry that places trainee youth and schools workers with ministry partners (churches and schools-work projects) throughout the South West of England. SWYM seeks to promote local churches and bring them together in an informal association that works together to be as strategic and effective as possible in Christian schools-work and youth ministry.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £21,388 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total funds increasing to £562,156. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves of £184,835 cover between 9 and 10 months of costs, exceeding the stated policy target of 6 months. The charity maintains a healthy cash position with no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £165k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~3.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (67% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Joel Timothy Prestonchair
• BRIDGET DOWN
• Benjamin David Cooper Chadwick
• Daniel Searle
• ESTHER STANSFIELD MA CANTAB · trustee of 1 other charity
• HARRIET SHARP · trustee of 1 other charity
• JOHN ALBERT LEWIS RUSSELL · trustee of 3 other charities
• Joseph Mudzingwa
• ROSEMARY JANE SOWDEN · trustee of 1 other charity
• RUTH FLANAGAN
• Rev Robert William Wallington

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

Operates in: Bristol City · Cornwall · Devon · Dorset · Gloucestershire · Hampshire · Plymouth City · Somerset · Torbay · Wiltshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with YOUTH WITH A MISSION LIMITED.

• YOUTH WITH A MISSION LIMITED income £508k
• SOUTH WEST BAPTIST ASSOCIATION income £360k
• SOUTH WEST COMMUNITY CHAPLAINCY LIMITED income £221k
• YOUTH WITH A MISSION HARPENDEN income £2.1m
• YOUTH CONNECT SOUTH WEST income £3.1m
• CHRISTIAN YOUTH MINISTRIES income £361k

Side by side with its peers

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