WHITEHAVEN HARBOUR YOUTH PROJECT

Registered charity 1120763 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Personal development opportunity for young people utilising outdoor adventure activity, sport and Youth work. The Project serves West Cumbria and works in partnership with schools and other organisations as well as our own Youth Club and Adventure Group.

Objects

3. THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (THE OBJECTS) ARE TO HELP AND EDUCATE YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH THEIR LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES SO AS TO DEVELOP THEIR PHYSICAL AND MENTAL CAPABILITIES SO THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY AND SO THAT THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE MAY IMPROVE.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE: IN THE COPELAND AND ALLERDALE AREAS OF CUMBRIA CENTRED ON WHITEHAVEN.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Amateur Sport · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Cumberland, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£325k
Latest spending
£329k
Registered
2007
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £3,887 for the year, resulting in a marginal shortfall against the planned break-even budget which was balanced from reserves. The trustees describe the overall financial position as sound with a healthy balance sheet, noting that net current assets stood at £124,259 in April 2025.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Restricted funds (65% of income)
“Total income 115,144 210,254 325,398” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £124k; policy: four and six months of turnover)
“Our policy is to hold operational reserves equal to between four and six months of turnover. In April 2025 we had a satisfactory reserve with net current assets of some £124,259,” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 12

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 18

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 12
  • Government income: £3,500 — grants £3,500 (2); 2% of the £201,155 total gross income on the same return

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2022 (received 15/05/2023, 104 days after the 31/01/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles 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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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Cumbria

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£325k£329k
31/03/2024£238k£291k
31/03/2023£201k£271k
31/03/2022£269k£256k
31/03/2021£481k£227k

Common questions

Is WHITEHAVEN HARBOUR YOUTH PROJECT financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £3,887 for the year, resulting in a marginal shortfall against the planned break-even budget which was balanced from reserves. The trustees describe the overall financial position as sound with a healthy balance sheet, noting that net current assets stood at £124,259 in April 2025. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds WHITEHAVEN HARBOUR YOUTH PROJECT?

Funders whose own accounts filings name WHITEHAVEN HARBOUR YOUTH PROJECT as a grant recipient include GARFIELD WESTON FOUNDATION, FRANCIS C SCOTT CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
GARFIELD WESTON FOUNDATIONFY2024£200kYouth
FRANCIS C SCOTT CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2021£70k
FRANCIS C SCOTT CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£45k
FRANCIS C SCOTT CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024amount not stated

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund08/01/2026£19kEnvironmental Art at WHYP
The National Lottery Community Fund29/05/2024£20kReplacement minibus for youth work delivery
Sport England26/05/2020£9kCOVID-19 CEF
Sport England12/02/2019£183CFproj-Sports hall and indoor climbing facility Improvements
Sport England12/11/2018£80kCFproj-Sports hall and indoor climbing facility Improvements
The National Lottery Community Fund23/09/2014£417kPersonal Development of Young People: Phase 2
The National Lottery Community Fund08/12/2010£90kPersonal Development of Young People
Northern Rock Foundation09/12/2003£89kGrant awarded to Whitehaven Harbour Youth Project (Cumbria)

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
WHITEHAVEN HARBOUR YOUTH PROJECT£325k—0below—no doubt
HARBOROUGH YOUTH AND COMMUNITY TRUST FY2026£162k——unclear—no doubt
WARMINSTER HIGHBURY YOUTH FC FY2025£43k—0unclear—no doubt
SOUTH WHITEHAVEN YOUTH PARTNERSHIP FY2025£179k—0unclear—no doubt
WHITEHAVEN THEATRE OF YOUTH FY2025£57k—0unclear—no doubt
WHITEHAVEN COMMUNITY TRUST LIMITED FY2025£916k—0unclear—no doubt

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