WARRINGTON YOUTH ZONE LIMITED
Registered charity 1101086 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WARRINGTON YOUTH CLUB LIMITED
Warrington Youth Club exists to support young peoples social development, offering them opportunities to increase their skills, self-awareness and confidence, enabling them to make positive life choices. Our guiding values are Learning, Choice, Participation, and Diversity.
Objects
TO HELP AND EDUCATE CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF WARRINGTON AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS THROUGH THEIR LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES BY PROMOTING THEIR FULL PHYSICAL AND SPIRITUAL POTENTIAL IN ORDER THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY AND SO THAT THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE MAY IMPROVE.
Area of benefit: WARRINGTON, CHESHIRE
The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.
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Registered contact address: Warrington, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £98,125 for the year, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted funds from £1,828,446 to £1,532,444. The trustees note that unrestricted funds are equivalent to approximately 12 months of running costs and expect to maintain the required level of free reserves in the coming year. The auditor confirmed that there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's 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
Reserves policy: nine months running costs (circa £1.09m) (reserves figure: £1.5m)
“unrestricted free reserves of nine months running costs is required. For the Youth Zone this requirement is a figure of circa £1.09m.” — page 10
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Grant income from Cheshire Community Foundation, where a director is president.
“During the year Warrington Youth Zone Limited recognised grant income of £19,842 (2024: £46,872) from Cheshire Community Foundation. T.D Briggs, a director, is the president of the Cheshire Community Foundation.” — page 43
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Voisey & Co LLP. 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
- 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
- Investment
- 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
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Volunteer management
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 29/03/2025
- Volunteers: 65
- Government income: £724,974 — contracts £411,115 (3), grants £313,859 (4); 32% of the £2,279,228 total gross income on the same return
- Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£70,001–£80,000: 1)
- Has a trading subsidiary
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 29/03/2024
- Volunteers: 150
- Government income: £450,883 — contracts £437,290 (4), grants £13,593 (1); 24% of the £1,852,526 total gross income on the same return
- Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£70,001–£80,000: 1)
- Has a trading subsidiary
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 29/03/2023
- Volunteers: 100
- Government income: £526,299 — contracts £526,299 (4); 22% of the £2,396,493 total gross income on the same return
- Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£60,001–£70,000: 1)
Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.
Public-sector contracts awarded
From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.
Property (HM Land Registry)
2 registered titles 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 29/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£193k
Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (68% 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: 8.5% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (25/08/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Warrington
Income and spending
Common questions
Is WARRINGTON YOUTH ZONE LIMITED financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £98,125 for the year, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted funds from £1,828,446 to £1,532,444. The trustees note that unrestricted funds are equivalent to approximately 12 months of running costs and expect to maintain the required level of free reserves in the coming year. The auditor confirmed that there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Voisey & Co LLP.
Who funds WARRINGTON YOUTH ZONE LIMITED?
Funders whose own accounts filings name WARRINGTON YOUTH ZONE LIMITED as a grant recipient include THE ONSIDE FOUNDATION, THE STEVE MORGAN FOUNDATION, CRH CHARITABLE TRUST, THE WESTMINSTER FOUNDATION, SIR ROBERT GEFFERY'S ALMSHOUSE TRUST.
Known funders
Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.
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
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