Berkshire Youth LTD
Registered charity 1106341 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BACYP, BERKSHIRE ASSOCIATION OF CLUBS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE LIMITED, BERKSHIRE YOUTH
The objective of the charity is to further the development and education of young people through leisure time activities so as to help them grow to full maturity as individuals and members of society that their conditions of life may be improved.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Recreation · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £3,963 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £1,103,816 and total expenditure of £1,099,853. Free reserves stood at £251,576, which the trustees note exceeds their stated policy target of between £120,000 and £240,000. The trustees confirmed adequate resources for the foreseeable future with no material uncertainties identified regarding going concern.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: three to six months of resources expended (equating to £120,000 - £240,000) (held: £252k)
“The Trustees have established a policy whereby the unrestricted funds not committed or invested in tangible fixed assets ('the free reserves') held by the charity should be between 3 and 6 months of the resources expended, which equates to between £120,000 and £240,000 in general funds.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Expenditure paid to BBY Waterside Limited, a company to which Trustee Roger Smee is also a Director.
“Expenditure totalling £9,416 (2024: £6,000) was paid to BBY Waterside Limited, a company to which Trustee Roger Smee is also a Director. At the year end, included in trade creditors is £nil (2024: £nil) due to BBY Waterside Limited.” — page 31
“Costs of £297 (2024:£Nil) were charged to Britwell Youth & Community Project, of which our Trustee Armelle Boisset is also a Trustee.” — page 31
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Costs charged to Britwell Youth & Community Project, of which Trustee Armelle Boisset is also a Trustee.
“Expenditure totalling £9,416 (2024: £6,000) was paid to BBY Waterside Limited, a company to which Trustee Roger Smee is also a Director. At the year end, included in trade creditors is £nil (2024: £nil) due to BBY Waterside Limited.” — page 31
“Costs of £297 (2024:£Nil) were charged to Britwell Youth & Community Project, of which our Trustee Armelle Boisset is also a Trustee.” — page 31
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: BBY Waterside Limited
“Roger Smee was a trustee up to July 24, he is also a director of BBY Waterside Limited.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by UHY Ross Brooke. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Berkshire Youth (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Sarah Atkinson — Chair (source)
- Sarah Emery — Chief Executive (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
Property (HM Land Registry)
1 registered title 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.
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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)
Reported reserves equal ~2.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (89% 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: 0.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (01/08/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (31/10/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Sarah Atkinsonchair · trustee of 2 other charities
- Armelle Boisset · trustee of 1 other charity
- Deirdre Ann Moroney
- Dr Mona Ashok
- Elizabeth Anne Shearer
- Guy Stanford Page Constant
- Jacqueline Anne Godwin
- Katie Pospischil
- Markus Jack Karl Grad
- Tara Gayle Hanley
- Tracey Ann Emily Croucher - Clark
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Throughout England
Income and spending
Common questions
Is Berkshire Youth LTD financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £3,963 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £1,103,816 and total expenditure of £1,099,853. Free reserves stood at £251,576, which the trustees note exceeds their stated policy target of between £120,000 and £240,000. The trustees confirmed adequate resources for the foreseeable future with no material uncertainties identified regarding going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by UHY Ross Brooke.
Who funds Berkshire Youth LTD?
Funders whose own accounts filings name Berkshire Youth LTD as a grant recipient include GREENHAM TRUST LTD, THE HARGREAVES FOUNDATION, BERKSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, PAYNE GALLWEY 1989 CHARITABLE TRUST, JOHNNIE JOHNSON TRUST.
Known funders
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