FELIXSTOWE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT GROUP

Registered charity 1102380 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LEVEL 2 YOUTH PROJECT

The Group is a charity providing facilities for the young people of Felixstowe,Suffolk where they can interact with adults who have a genuine concern for their social development. The Group operates the Level 2 Youth Project with open access for young people aged 7-25 years. The target group is, however, young people who are disadvantaged in some way or have difficult relationships at home/school.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE AGED 7-25 YEARS AND FOR THE RELIEF OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN NEED IN FELIXSTOWE AND THE SURROUNDING AREA.

Area of benefit: FELIXSTOWE

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 · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds totalled £40,630 at the end of the year, while the reserves policy requires maintaining a sufficient unrestricted reserve against unplanned closure without specifying a fixed monetary target or months of expenditure. The charity reported a net expenditure of £19,638 for the year, reducing total funds from £109,029 to £128,667, with the independent examiner confirming no matters caused concern regarding the accounts.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

• 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (11/02/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• DAVID ROWEchair
• Darren Aitchison
• Henry Leveridge
• Kelly Bowen
• Louise Frances Bally
• Rosemarie Anne Smithson
• Rosey Darbyshire
• STEPHEN NICHOLAS WYATT

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

Operates in: Suffolk

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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