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.

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Latest income
£2.3m
Latest spending
£2.4m
Registered
2003
Accounts read
FY2025

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) (held: £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.

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.

BuyerContractAwardedValue
MERSEY CARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTProvision of a Mental Health Drop-In service for young people aged 7-19——

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 29/03/2025)

Total income
£2.3m
Total spending
£2.4m
Cost of raising funds
£193k
Reserves (reported)
£100
Employees
106

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Warrington

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
29/03/2025£2.3m£2.4m
29/03/2024£1.9m£2.2m
29/03/2023£2.4m£2.1m
29/03/2022£8.9m£1.9m
30/09/2020£2.0m£1.0m

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, THE WESTMINSTER FOUNDATION, CRH CHARITABLE TRUST, YOUNG MANCHESTER.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE ONSIDE FOUNDATIONFY2022£300kCapital/Development
THE ONSIDE FOUNDATIONFY2024£172kGrants to Warrington Youth Zone
THE ONSIDE FOUNDATIONFY2023£146kGrants to Warrington Youth Zone
THE STEVE MORGAN FOUNDATIONFY2023£100kHomestart Warrington
THE STEVE MORGAN FOUNDATIONFY2022£50kRegional Grants > £50K
THE ONSIDE FOUNDATIONFY2025£48kCapital
THE WESTMINSTER FOUNDATIONFY2025£10kTowards salary costs of the Head of Youth Work.
THE WESTMINSTER FOUNDATIONFY2022£10kSalary costs of a Head of Youth Work at the Warrington Youth Zone (Onside).
THE WESTMINSTER FOUNDATIONFY2021£10kFunding towards salary costs of a Head of Youth Work at the new Warrington Youth Zone (Onside).
CRH CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£10k
CRH CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£5k
YOUNG MANCHESTERFY2023£5k
THE ALA GREEN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£5k
HAYS TRAVEL FOUNDATIONFY2025£4k
LONDON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY COMMERCIAL EDUCATION TRUSTFY2025£4kEmployability Matters: 12-week life skills and employability training with 1:1 mentoring
THE WO STREET CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2021£3k
YOUNG MANCHESTERFY2024£300

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund21/04/2026£19kCooking Camp
The National Lottery Community Fund18/12/2025£99kYoung Warrington – Outreach and Detached Youth Work
Sport England20/08/2024£8kSporting Mental Health
The National Lottery Community Fund13/06/2024£20kBuddy Up Health and Travel
UK government01/12/2023£25kWarrington Youth Zone Limited
UK government01/12/2023£12kWarrington Youth Zone Limited
The National Lottery Community Fund04/08/2023£7kMH - Train Like a Pro
The National Lottery Community Fund30/03/2023£9k'Our Kingdom United' Events
The National Lottery Community Fund08/04/2022£6kPlatinum Jubilee Leisure and Lunch!
Sport England17/03/2022£10kJubilee Fund - PasSPORT to Success
The National Lottery Community Fund24/09/2021£10kOur World from Home
Sport England09/08/2021£9kTGC CF Building Strength
The National Lottery Community Fund30/04/2020£10kYouth Zone @ Home
The National Lottery Community Fund27/09/2019£200kCommunity Mentoring Programme
The National Lottery Community Fund11/04/2019£10kProject F.I.T. (Families in Training)
The National Lottery Community Fund04/01/2017£10kImmortal Dreams
The National Lottery Community Fund06/05/2015£5kJunior Girls Group
The National Lottery Community Fund03/11/2014£372kCore Mentoring Project
The National Lottery Community Fund28/02/2013£8kGirls Group and Young Men's Group
The National Lottery Heritage Fund24/01/2008£15k"Memories are made of this"
The National Lottery Community Fund20/07/2006£2kInside Out

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 WIRRAL YOUTH ZONE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
WARRINGTON YOUTH ZONE LIMITED£2.3m——unclear—no doubt
WIRRAL YOUTH ZONE FY2025£1.3m——within—no doubt
WOLVERHAMPTON YOUTH ZONE FY2025£1.3m—0below—no doubt
DURHAM AREA YOUTH FY2026£257k—0unclear—no doubt
THE MANCHESTER YOUTH ZONE LIMITED FY2025£3.2m£70,000 - £75,0001within—no doubt
HITCHIN YOUTH TRUST FY2025£265k—0unclear—no doubt

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