CENTRAL YOUTH THEATRE

Registered charity 1130961 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To advance education of young people under the age of 26, living within Wolverhampton and its surrounding area in all aspects of drama and theatre production and the development of public appreciation of such art

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£159k
Latest spending
£197k
Registered
2009
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £38,762 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £127,772 to £128,403 after accounting for tax credits. The trustees confirm that general unrestricted reserves of £78,403 remain at a fully acceptable level, representing twelve months of essential costs against a policy target of three to six months. The charity is currently in a position of financial stability with no material uncertainties disclosed regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three and six months running costs (held: £78k)
“The company aims to hold general (unrestricted) reserves of between three and six months running costs.” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Dudley · Staffordshire · Walsall · Wolverhampton

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2025£159k£197k
31/07/2024£132k£161k
31/07/2023£95k£101k
31/07/2022£119k£121k
31/03/2021£91k£61k

Common questions

Is CENTRAL YOUTH THEATRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £38,762 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £127,772 to £128,403 after accounting for tax credits. The trustees confirm that general unrestricted reserves of £78,403 remain at a fully acceptable level, representing twelve months of essential costs against a policy target of three to six months. The charity is currently in a position of financial stability with no material uncertainties disclosed regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds CENTRAL YOUTH THEATRE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CENTRAL YOUTH THEATRE as a grant recipient include United by 2022 Charity, THE SAINTBURY TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
United by 2022 CharityFY2025£21kGen22 Grassroots Partner
THE SAINTBURY TRUSTFY2025£2kRelief of those in Need by reason of Youth, Age, Ill-Health, Disability, Financial Hardship or other Disadvantage

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund25/04/2016£10k"Shot at Dawn: The Campaign for a Pardon"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund29/08/2014£46k"From Patch to Plate"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund19/12/2013£10k"Shot at Dawn: Lest we Forget"
Barrow Cadbury Trust26/03/2013£10kTowards disability access
The National Lottery Heritage Fund23/09/2010£16k"And We Went Dancing"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund20/10/2006£25k"Sunbeam"
The National Lottery Community Fund18/05/2005£5kWolverhampton's War

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 CENTRESTAGE PRODUCTIONS YOUTH THEATRE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CENTRAL YOUTH THEATRE£159k—0above—no doubt
CENTRESTAGE PRODUCTIONS YOUTH THEATRE FY2025£131k—0unclear—no doubt
WOLVERHAMPTON YOUTH ZONE FY2025£1.3m—0below—no doubt
THE NATIONAL YOUTH THEATRE OF GREAT BRITAIN FY2025£4.0m——within—no doubt
NATIONAL YOUTH CHOIRS OF GREAT BRITAIN FY2025£1.9m£60,001 - £70,000—above—no doubt
CENTRE STAGE (DEVON) FY2025£124k—0unclear—no doubt

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