HARMONY YOUTH PROJECT

Registered charity 1129290 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provide support through media projects to disadvantaged children in Bolton and surrounding areas.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF YOUNG PEOPLE BETWEEN 8 AND 25 IN THE BOROUGH OF BOLTON AND SURROUNDING AREA (THEREIN CALLED THE AREA OF BENEFIT). WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, GENDER, DISABILITY, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER WITH THOSE WORKING WITH YOUNG PEOPLE INCLUDING LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THOSE AFORESAID YOUNG PEOPLE.

Area of benefit: THE BOROUGH OF BOLTON AND SURROUNDING AREA

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

Causes: Education/training · Disability · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£180k
Latest spending
£156k
Registered
2009
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net surplus of £28,597 for the year ended 30 June 2025, with total income rising to £184,759. Free reserves stood at £55,218, which the trustees state meets their policy target of maintaining six months of operating costs. The accounts were subject to independent examination rather than audit, with the examiner reporting no material issues.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: about six months of operating costs (held: £55k)
“The charity aims to keep unrestricted funds at a level equivalent to about six months of operating costs.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Prior year only: trustee loan repaid; no current year transactions.
“During the prior year, one of the trustees provided a loan to the charity that was fully repaid in the same period with nothing outstanding at the prior year end and no interest charged. No such transactions have occurred in the current year.” — page 18
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 30/06/2025

  • Volunteers: 7

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/06/2024

  • Volunteers: 11

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/06/2023

  • Volunteers: 14
  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bolton · Wigan

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/06/2025£180k£156k
30/06/2024£122k£117k
30/06/2023£142k£138k
30/06/2022£150k£150k
30/06/2021£126k£91k

Common questions

Is HARMONY YOUTH PROJECT financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported a net surplus of £28,597 for the year ended 30 June 2025, with total income rising to £184,759. Free reserves stood at £55,218, which the trustees state meets their policy target of maintaining six months of operating costs. The accounts were subject to independent examination rather than audit, with the examiner reporting no material issues. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds HARMONY YOUTH PROJECT?

Funders whose own accounts filings name HARMONY YOUTH PROJECT as a grant recipient include BOLTON TOGETHER, The Ashley Family Foundation, VINCI UK FOUNDATION, THE ALLEN LANE FOUNDATION, SKELTON BOUNTY.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE JD FOUNDATIONFY2023Unverified read£561kNominated charity donation
BOLTON TOGETHERFY2025£13k
The Ashley Family FoundationFY2024£10k
VINCI UK FOUNDATIONFY2022£7k
THE ALLEN LANE FOUNDATIONFY2023£6k
VINCI UK FOUNDATIONFY2021£5kImrpoving the IT Equipment
The Ashley Family FoundationFY2023£5k
SKELTON BOUNTYFY2026£3k
THE GROCERS' CHARITYFY2023£3kYouth
MAGDALEN HOSPITAL TRUSTFY2024£2k
THE EDGAR E LAWLEY FOUNDATIONFY2023£2k
SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2025£900
THE WOODWARD CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£750

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund17/03/2023£10kWindrush Celebration project
The National Lottery Heritage Fund08/05/2018£8k"First World War Harmony Youth Project"
The National Lottery Community Fund23/01/2009£5kHYP Community Internet Cafe
The National Lottery Heritage Fund28/11/2007£5k"Harmony Youth Project Will Create A Short Performance Of Dance, Drama And Music For The Bicentennial Celebrations Of The Abolition Of Slaver"
The National Lottery Community Fund23/11/2007£5kBicentennial of the Abolition of Slavery
The National Lottery Community Fund16/02/2006£5kMixed Music Club
The National Lottery Community Fund21/10/2004£5kSaturday club
The National Lottery Heritage Fund02/09/2004£25k"`Persistence of Vision, British Film and TV Heritage"

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 HARMONY COMMUNITY PROJECTS.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
HARMONY YOUTH PROJECT£180k—0unclear—no doubt
HARMONY COMMUNITY PROJECTS FY2025£55k—0unclear—no doubt
HAFWAY FY2025£729k—0unclear—no doubt
The Harmony Centre FY2026£500k—0above—no doubt
HARMONY CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES FY2025£696k—0unclear—no doubt
HARMONY (MELKSHAM) LIMITED FY2025£40k—0unclear76.5%no doubt

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