YOUNG PERSONS CENTRE

Registered charity 1097820 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as Pemberton Young Persons Club

TO PROVIDE THE NECESSARY FACILITIES FOR THE DAILY CARE, RECREATION AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN DURING OUT OF SCHOOL HOURS AND SCHOOL HOLIDAYS FOR CHILDREN OF PRIMARY SCHOOL AGE AND AT ANY TIME FOR CHILDREN UNDER STATUTORY SCHOOL AGE AND WHO ARE LIVING IN THE WIGAN AREA.

Objects

TO PROVIDE THE NECESSARY FACILITIES FOR THE DAILY CARE, RECREATION AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN DURING OUT OF SCHOOL HOURS AND SCHOOL HOLIDAYS AND FOR CHILDREN UNDER STATUTORY SCHOOL AGE AT ANY TIME NECESSARY AND WHO ARE LIVING IN THE WIGAN AREA.

Area of benefit: WIGAN

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

Causes: Education/training · Economic/community Development/employment · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income surplus of £39,165 for the year ended 31 March 2025, increasing unrestricted funds to £198,552. However, the trustees' report notes that reserves are currently sufficient to meet only one month's expenditure, and staffing costs equated to 84% of income, exceeding the committee's aim of a maximum of 80%. The charity relies heavily on local authority grants and has acknowledged the difficulty in building up reserves through planned operating surplus.

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 4 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
• Financial reserves 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
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 04338167

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• TIERNEY, Carolyn Lianne — director, appointed 20/04/2026on trustee list
• RAYNER, Stuart Faulkner — director, appointed 17/04/2026on trustee list
• WHITTLE, Victoria Jayne — director, appointed 17/04/2026on trustee list
• HOUGHTON, Ruth Margaret — director, appointed 14/02/2011on trustee list
• BRADSHAW, Tony — director, appointed 11/12/2001on trustee list
• TWIST, Deborah — director, appointed 11/12/2001on trustee list

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~5.4 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (100% 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: 8.4% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• DEBORAH TWISTchair
• Carolyn Tierney
• RUTH HOUGHTON
• Stuart Rayner
• Tony Bradshaw Mr · trustee of 2 other charities
• Victoria Whittle
• Vikki Forshaw

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

Operates in: Wigan

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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