KEY COMMUNITY

Registered charity 1108921 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SOUTH TYNESIDE CHURCHES' KEY PROJECT

The KEY Project provide a range of support services to disadvantaged young people in South Tyneside. We do this by offering: Floating Support, giving practical support to vulnerable young people in their properties; Prevention of Homelessness, mediating between young people and their parents/guardians. We work closely with the local authority, Housing Associations, church and community groups.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net incoming resource surplus of £99,991 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted funds of £1,762,343. The trustees have designated reserves equivalent to six months of expenditure (£946,881) plus additional provisions for redundancy and major repairs, totaling £1,690,598 in designated funds. The auditors confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Torgersens. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

• What are people telling us about three key community services? healthwatch.co.uk · 12/08/2025
• 'A new chapter' for village in Birmingham as key community building taken over birminghammail.co.uk · 14/08/2024
• North East business life: key community, charity and award events of the week - business-live.co.uk business-live.co.uk · 02/05/2024

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 05031398

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.

• MILTON, Tracy — director, appointed 29/06/2025on trustee list
• CUNNINGHAM, Gill — director, appointed 28/01/2025on trustee list
• TRAYNOR, David — director, appointed 08/06/2023on trustee list
• OGDEN, Iain — director, appointed 08/06/2023on trustee list
• HAYTON, Penelope Jane Clark — director, appointed 30/10/2015on trustee list
• HAMILTON, Steven — director, appointed 03/11/2011on trustee list
• ALLEN, Ross — secretary, appointed 15/12/2022

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~11.9 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (95% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (04/12/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• David Traynor
• Gill Cunningham
• Iain Ogden
• Penelope Hayton
• STEVEN HAMILTON
• Tracy Milton

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

Operates in: South Tyneside

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with KEYCHANGE CHARITY.

• KEYCHANGE CHARITY income £9.6m
• Caring for Communities and People income £13.0m
• KEYRING-LIVING SUPPORT NETWORKS income £4.2m
• KEY ENTERPRISES (1983) LIMITED income £552k
• Stay Charity income £2.2m
• FLEDGE YOUTH SUPPORT income £871k

Side by side with its peers

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