THE PHOENIX DETACHED YOUTH PROJECT

Registered charity 1106223 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PHOENIX

The charity helps young people, especially but not exclusively throughout their leisure time activities, so as to develop their physical, mental and spiritual capacities that they may grow to full maturity as individuals and members of society. This is done through group work, individual work and project work as youth workers use the priniples of informal education.

Objects

TO HELP YOUNG PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH THEIR LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES, SO AS TO DEVELOP THEIR PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL CAPACITIES THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE NORTH SHIELDS

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 FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit for the year, with total receipts of £249,376 against total payments of £216,002, resulting in a net surplus of £33,374 after transfers. Per the trustees' report, the organization maintains free cash reserves of £50,775, which aligns with its stated policy of holding between three to six months of running costs. The financial position is supported by unrestricted funds of £79,775 and restricted funds of £107,282.

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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 05138337

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Ballinger Charitable trust — “Ballinger Charitable trust” (source page)

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.

• WRIGHT, Ryan John — director, appointed 25/03/2026on trustee list
• BOLGER, Karen Louise — director, appointed 03/05/2025on trustee list
• HOPKINS, Peter — director, appointed 14/08/2024on trustee list
• DAVIS, Cathy — director, appointed 13/08/2024on trustee list
• CLEMINSON, Lee James, Reverend — director, appointed 01/06/2020on trustee list
• MARRON, Anne Christine — director, appointed 08/05/2019on trustee list
• APPLEBY DEAN, Benjamin Christopher — director, appointed 17/04/2013not on trustee list
• AKHTAR, Tasleem — secretary, appointed 16/09/2025

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Cathy Davischair
• Anne Marron
• Karen Bolger
• Mr Benjamin Christopher Appleby - Dean
• Professor Peter Hopkins · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Lee Cleminson
• Ryan Wright
• Tasleem Akhtar

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

Operates in: North Tyneside

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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

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 YOUTH FOCUS NORTH WEST LTD.

• YOUTH FOCUS NORTH WEST LTD income £627k
• E P YOUTH LTD income £159k
• Berkshire Youth LTD income £1.4m
• ADORE CHURCH income £260k
• NOTTINGHAM ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESAN YOUTH SERVICE income £755k
• THE YOUTH NET income £157k

Side by side with its peers

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