BRUNSWICK YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CENTRE

Registered charity 1130227 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BRUNSWICK YOUTH CLUB

The aims of the centre are to provide the youth of Bootle and Sefton area with educational and leisure facilities to help them grow to full maturity as members of society. The centre also embraces the wider Sefton community by providing facilities for recreation and leisure time activity with a view to improving the conditions of life in the area.

Objects

(I) TO HELP AND EDUCATE PERSONS UNDERTHE AGE OF 25 YEARS THROUGH THEIR LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES SO AS TO DEVELOP THEIR SPIRITUAL, MENTAL AND PHYSICAL CAPACITIES THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY AND THAT THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE MAY BE IMPROVED.(II) TO PROVIDE A CENTRE FOR USE FOR THE PROPOSES OF A YOUTH CENTRE CONDUCTED IN CONFORMITY WITH THE PRINCIPLES AND OBJECTS OF THE MERSEYSIDE YOUTH ASSOCIATION LIMITED.(III) TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF BOOTLE AND SEFTON AREA AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID RESIDENTS AND 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 LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL

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

Latest income
£495k
Latest spending
£418k
Registered
2009
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income for the year was £494,609 against expenditure of £418,387, resulting in a net surplus. The charity holds total funds carried forward of £311,451, comprising unrestricted reserves, restricted funds, and designated funds, with the trustees confirming adequate resources for going concern.

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 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Sefton

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£495k£418k
31/03/2024£344k£333k
31/03/2023£288k£282k
31/03/2022£358k£249k
31/03/2021£348k£308k

Common questions

Is BRUNSWICK YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income for the year was £494,609 against expenditure of £418,387, resulting in a net surplus. The charity holds total funds carried forward of £311,451, comprising unrestricted reserves, restricted funds, and designated funds, with the trustees confirming adequate resources for going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds BRUNSWICK YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CENTRE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BRUNSWICK YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CENTRE as a grant recipient include THE ARCHER TRUST, SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE AUSTIN AND HOPE PILKINGTON TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE ARCHER TRUSTFY2024£2k
SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2025£2k
THE AUSTIN AND HOPE PILKINGTON TRUSTFY2024£1kRound Three - Food Poverty
THE ARCHER TRUSTFY2022£1k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund27/02/2026£421kLets do this together - improving lives growing strengths
Postcode Lottery30/08/2024£40kMillionaire Street 2024 07w4
The National Lottery Community Fund11/04/2024£9kBrunnyYCC Using Your Senses
The National Lottery Heritage Fund24/08/2021£10k"The Brunswick YCC - 75 years of Achievement"
Sport England17/05/2021£8kTGC CF The Brunswick Womens Indoor Football Programme
Sport England21/04/2021£7kCOVID19 Return to Play
The National Lottery Community Fund19/03/2021£262kBuilding stronger lives
UK government29/09/2020£26kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund11/05/2020£26kOperation Stay Safe
The National Lottery Community Fund07/05/2020£9kCovid 19 Vitually Creative
UK government—£22kYouth Investment Fund