THE CAXTON YOUTH ORGANISATION

Registered charity 1090549 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CAXTON YOUTH CLUB

The Caxton Youth Club aims to offer young people a safe space in the inner city, where they can come to make and meet their friends. Our priorities are inclusion for young people with physical and/ or learning disabilities who live in Westminster.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE TO PROMOTE THE MENTAL, PHYSICAL AND SPIRITUAL WELL BEING OF YOUNG PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY OF THOSE WITH PHYSICAL, AND/OR LEARNING DISABILITIES RESIDENT IN WESTMINSTER BY PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR THEIR EDUCATION AND RECREATION.

Area of benefit: WESTMINSTER

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

Causes: Education/training · Disability · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Westminster, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£555k
Latest spending
£460k
Registered
2002
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income increased by 30% to £555,162, resulting in a net income surplus of £95,434. The trustees report that free reserves stood at 6.1 months of budgeted expenditure, which is above their target range of three to six months, indicating strong financial stability.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three to six months of forward-looking unrestricted expenditure (held: £278k)
“The Board considers a prudent reserves level to be three to six months of forward-looking unrestricted expenditure.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustees donated unrestricted funds to the charity.
“During the year ended 31 March 2025, Trustees donated at total of £3,345 (2024 : £3,020) of unrestricted funds to the Charity.” — page 17
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 4
  • Government income: £77,575 — grants £77,575 (3); 14% of the £555,162 total gross income on the same return

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

  • Volunteers: 5
  • Government income: £6,167 — grants £6,167 (1); 1% of the £425,659 total gross income on the same return

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

  • Volunteers: 5
  • Government income: £3,144 — grants £3,144 (1); under 1% of the £423,274 total gross income on the same return

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Caxton Youth Organisation (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£555k
Total spending
£460k
Cost of raising funds
£50k
Reserves (reported)
£278k
Employees
12

Reported reserves equal ~7.3 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (94% 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: 9.0% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: City Of Westminster

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£555k£460k
31/03/2024£426k£398k
31/03/2023£423k£275k
31/03/2022£280k£247k
31/03/2021£280k£208k

Common questions

Is THE CAXTON YOUTH ORGANISATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income increased by 30% to £555,162, resulting in a net income surplus of £95,434. The trustees report that free reserves stood at 6.1 months of budgeted expenditure, which is above their target range of three to six months, indicating strong financial stability. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE CAXTON YOUTH ORGANISATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE CAXTON YOUTH ORGANISATION as a grant recipient include THE MAHORO CHARITABLE TRUST, THE CHILDHOOD TRUST, KUSUMA TRUST UK, THE WESTMINSTER FOUNDATION, THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR YOUTH MUSIC.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE MAHORO CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£150k
THE CHILDHOOD TRUSTFY2025£50k
THE MAHORO CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£30k
THE MAHORO CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2026£30k
KUSUMA TRUST UKFY2023£25kCreating Communities, Opportunities, and Employment Support
KUSUMA TRUST UKFY2024£25kCreating Communities, Opportunities, and Employment Support
THE WESTMINSTER FOUNDATIONFY2022£20kClimate Change Education Programme for young people aged 11-25 with learning disabilities.
THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR YOUTH MUSICFY2025£17k
JOCK'S INFLUENCE LIMITEDFY2023£15khelps support the independence of young people with learning difficulties and autism by providing trips into the community and participation in a wide variety o
JOCK'S INFLUENCE LIMITEDFY2024£15khelps support the independence of young people with learning difficulties and autism by providing trips into the community and participation in a wide variety o
KUSUMA TRUST UKFY2021£13kEvaluation, Teachers’ Forum and CPD
WESTMINSTER AMALGAMATED CHARITYFY2024£9kChildren & Youth
WESTMINSTER AMALGAMATED CHARITYFY2022£8kChildren & Youth
THE MRS SMITH AND MOUNT TRUSTFY2023£6kMount Fund - Community Youth Services
THE MRS SMITH AND MOUNT TRUSTFY2024£5kMount Fund
THE ANTON JURGENS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£4k
MERRIMAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2021£4kDisabled kids in Westminter
WESTMINSTER AMALGAMATED CHARITYFY2023£3k
THE DAVID FAMILY FOUNDATIONFY2023Unverified read£3k
SIR JULES THORN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£3k
THE CHILDHOOD TRUSTFY2023Unverified read£3k
CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£2k
THE SHELDON TRUSTFY2024£1kHoliday Projects
THE AUSTIN AND HOPE PILKINGTON TRUSTFY2024£1kRound One - Projects for improving employment prospects for people with disabilities
GOWLING WLG (UK) CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£1k
THE FUNDING NETWORKFY2021£589Partner / Regional Events (Note 8)
THE DAVID FAMILY FOUNDATIONFY2022amount not stated

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 Fund03/09/2026£20kSocial and Emotional Wellbeing for learning disabled and autistic young people.
The National Lottery Community Fund03/04/2025£20kLearning Disabled and Autistic Young People for Social Action
The National Lottery Community Fund23/05/2024£193kBroadening Horizons
St Giles & St George05/07/2022£45kGrant to Caxton Youth Organisation
Greater London Authority19/11/2020£7kBack on Track
City Bridge Foundation08/07/2020£250kGrant to Caxton Youth Organisation
UK government26/06/2020£10kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
Sport England22/06/2020£338COVID-19 CEF
City Bridge Foundation28/01/2015£90kGrant to Caxton Youth Organisation
The National Lottery Community Fund15/01/2010£10kFinancial Awareness Programme( Managing Money)
City Bridge Foundation05/11/2009£79kGrant to Caxton Youth Organisation
The National Lottery Community Fund15/03/2006£5kRipley Outdoor Base

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 MTV YOUTH HAMPTON.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE CAXTON YOUTH ORGANISATION£555k—0above—no doubt
MTV YOUTH HAMPTON FY2025£62k—0above—no doubt
PORTISHEAD YOUTH & COMMUNITY CENTRE LIMITED FY2025£487k—0unclear—no doubt
YOUNG WESTMINSTER FOUNDATION FY2026£2.7m—0above—no doubt
YATTON YOUTH CLUB FY2025£52k—0unclear—no doubt
UK YOUTH FY2025£13.8m——above—no doubt

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