HORDEN YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CENTRE

Registered charity 1124135 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · filing overdue (register status)

Activities, courses, clubs and classes for ages 2 to 93! Affordable pre-school Nursery. Youth Club YogaFitnessStreet DanceComputing including computer 1-to-1 for vision-impaired people.Leisure courses (eg cookery, dressmaking)Level 2 training (eg First Aid, Food Hygiene)Job ClubLuncheon Club (Over 65)Bingo

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF HORDEN AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX OR POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS, OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS, AND THE INHABITANTS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR THE RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS.TO ESTABLISH HORDEN YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CENTRE AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE, OR TO COOPERATE WITH THE STATUTORY AUTHORITY IN THE MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF SUCH A CENTRE FOR ACTIVITIES PROMOTED BY THE CHARITY AND ITS CONSTITUENT BODIES.

Area of benefit: LOCAL

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 · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: County Durham, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£124k
Latest spending
£163k
Registered
2008
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £38,454 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in a decrease in total reserves from £129,668 to £91,214. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £36,034, with actual free reserves (excluding fixed assets and designated funds) amounting to £28,840.

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 4 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 31/12/2024

  • Volunteers: 5
  • Government income: £22,264 — grants £22,264 (1); 18% of the £124,166 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Volunteers: 5

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2022

  • Volunteers: 5
  • Government income: £67,021 — grants £67,021 (2); 31% of the £214,835 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 4 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2021 (received 02/11/2022, 2 days after the 31/10/2022 due date).

1 further annual return is past its due date with no recorded received date (Charity Commission register).

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)

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.

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Durham

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025——
31/12/2024£124k£163k
31/12/2023£129k£156k
31/12/2022£215k£215k
31/12/2021£320k£348k

Common questions

Is HORDEN YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £38,454 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in a decrease in total reserves from £129,668 to £91,214. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £36,034, with actual free reserves (excluding fixed assets and designated funds) amounting to £28,840. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund03/08/2025£20kRunning Costs for our Community Centre
Postcode Lottery30/06/2025£35kMillionaire Street 2025 06w2
The National Lottery Community Fund29/04/2022£10kEducational
The National Lottery Community Fund22/04/2020£9kNew Ground
The National Lottery Community Fund22/11/2018£375kHorden & Eden Hill Community Development
Community Foundation North East04/01/2018£17kYear 2: Running costs plus a contribution towards the salary of the Facilities Operative
Community Foundation North East17/10/2017£34kYear 1: Running costs plus a contribution towards the salary of the Facilities Operative
Community Foundation North East17/10/2017£17kYear 1: Running costs plus a contribution towards the salary of the Facilities Operative
The National Lottery Community Fund09/09/2015£10kHappy Feet
The National Lottery Community Fund10/10/2013£10kNew Horizons
The National Lottery Community Fund08/04/2009£214kMoving On

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
HORDEN YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CENTRE£124k—0unclear—no doubt
HOLLY LODGE COMMUNITY CENTRE LIMITED FY2025£59k—0above—no doubt
HYSON GREEN YOUTH CLUB FY2025£128kUnder £50,0000below—no doubt
CATHAYS AND CENTRAL YOUTH AND COMMUNITY PROJECT FY2025£967k—0below—no doubt
NE YOUTH FY2025£1.3m—0above—no doubt
TWYFORD DISTRICT YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2025£31k—0above—no doubt

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