ST LEONARDS YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CENTRE

Registered charity 1129970 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The object of the charity is the provision of a community centre for the use of the inhabitants of the beneficial area of Bootle

Objects

TO ESTABLISH AND OPERATE A YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CENTRE FOR THE BENEFITOF PERSONS RESIDENT IN BOOTLE, MERSEYSIDE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIMEOCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THECONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONS.

Area of benefit: MERSEYSIDE

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

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £53,510 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £501,329 to £447,819. The trustees' report indicates that liquid unrestricted reserves at the year end totalled £196,945, which is above the stated policy target of £121,795. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters came to their attention giving cause to believe the accounts were not prepared in accordance with applicable standards.

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

What the accounts disclose

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~3.4 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Anita Smeatham
• Barry William Gray
• Christine Sue Ching Dryden
• Dianne Topping
• Jane Jennings
• John Ronald Hughes
• Lynn Murray
• PAULA BRIDSON

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

Operates in: Sefton

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MOORDOWN COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION.

• MOORDOWN COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £126k
• BARTON ACORN YOUTH, COMMUNITY AND SPORTS CENTRE income £232k
• AFGHAN EKTA CULTURAL/RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY CENTRE income £1.4m
• BELPER LEISURE CENTRE LIMITED income £1.3m
• HARTLEPOOL UNITED COMMUNITY SPORTS FOUNDATION income £199k
• LYNEMOUTH DAY CENTRE LTD income £365k

Side by side with its peers

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