THE BOX YOUTH AND COMMUNITY PROJECT LTD.

Registered charity 1098708 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE BOX YOUTH PROJECT

PlayworkYouth clubs (years 1-11)School Holiday Activity ProgrammesDetached/Outreach work Information/advocacy and support drop ins for young peopleEnterprise/Leadership/Volunteering projectsActivity programmes for young adults with learning difficultiesRecycling/Reuse initiativesAccredited learning

Objects

(1) TO PROVIDE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITIES OF SOUTH SUNDERLAND (HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS THE 'AREA OF BENEFIT') AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE TO ENGAGE IN RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES THAT WILL ENABLE THEM TO RELATE BETTER TO EACH OTHER AND TO THE COMMUNITY IN WHICH THEY LIVE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.(2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE AGED 8 AND OVER RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO ARE NOT IN MAINSTREAM EDUCATION OR WHO ARE NOT IN TRAINING, FURTHER EDUCATION OR EMPLOYMENT THROUGH OR BY THE PROVISION OF INFORMAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES.

Area of benefit: COMMUNITIES OF SOUTH SUNDERLAND

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£350k
Latest spending
£254k
Registered
2003
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted reserves were £1,200,000 at the end of the financial year, an increase from the previous year's £1,100,000. The Trustees confirm that resources are adequate to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, with no material uncertainty identified regarding going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by BDO. 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Sunderland

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£350k£254k
31/03/2024£358k£286k
31/03/2023£306k£299k
31/03/2022£309k£359k
31/03/2021£234k£162k

Common questions

Is THE BOX YOUTH AND COMMUNITY PROJECT LTD. financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted reserves were £1,200,000 at the end of the financial year, an increase from the previous year's £1,100,000. The Trustees confirm that resources are adequate to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, with no material uncertainty identified regarding going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by BDO.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Community Foundation North East03/04/2024£2kGrant to The Box Youth and Community Project Ltd
Community Foundation North East12/01/2023£750Grant to The Box Youth and Community Project Ltd
Community Foundation North East30/06/2022£5kGrant to The Box Youth and Community Project Ltd
The National Lottery Community Fund08/04/2022£8kJubilee Fun in the Sun
Community Foundation North East24/03/2022£2kA grant to The Box Youth & Community Project
Community Foundation North East20/01/2022£750A grant to The Box Youth & Community Project
Community Foundation North East10/06/2021£5kA grant to The Box Youth & Community Project
The National Lottery Community Fund23/04/2019£45kThe Box Youth & Community Project
Community Foundation North East14/12/2018£5kTo set up and develop a Junior Task Force
Community Foundation North East12/10/2018£1kTyne and Wear High Sheriff Award
The National Lottery Community Fund12/04/2018£10kFriends Together
The National Lottery Community Fund05/11/2014£9kOut-of-the-Box - School Holiday Activity Programme
The National Lottery Community Fund05/05/2011£10kSchools Out!
The National Lottery Community Fund17/07/2009£103kPeer Education Project (working title)
The National Lottery Community Fund19/03/2008£5kBasketball @ The Box
The National Lottery Community Fund17/03/2006£5kSupport Worker
Northern Rock Foundation19/04/2005£15kGrant awarded to The Box Youth Project (Tyne & Wear)
The National Lottery Community Fund05/11/2004£5kEquipment