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BLACKBURN YOUTH ZONE

Registered charity 1135949 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Latest income
£5.3m
Latest spending
£2.8m
Registered
2010

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£5.3m
Total spending
£2.8m
Cost of raising funds
£269k
Reserves (reported)
£712k
Employees
84

Reported reserves equal ~3.0 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

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

Operates in: Blackburn With Darwen

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£5.3m£2.8m
31/03/2024£2.7m£2.4m
31/03/2023£1.8m£1.9m
31/03/2022£1.8m£1.8m
31/03/2021£1.7m£1.3m

Common questions

Who funds BLACKBURN YOUTH ZONE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BLACKBURN YOUTH ZONE as a grant recipient include John Lewis Partnership Foundation, Brian Mercer Trust, THE HARGREAVES FOUNDATION, THE ONSIDE FOUNDATION, PETER HARRISON FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmount
John Lewis Partnership FoundationFY2023£100k
John Lewis Partnership FoundationFY2024£100k
Brian Mercer TrustFY2024£95k
THE HARGREAVES FOUNDATIONFY2025£85k
THE ONSIDE FOUNDATIONFY2024£62k
Brian Mercer TrustFY2025£45k
PETER HARRISON FOUNDATIONFY2023£20k
MAY HEARNSHAW CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£2k
AFPA TRUSTFY2023£500
AFPA TRUSTFY2024£500

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund08/08/2024£195k"Wonderful Electric"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund29/10/2018£29k"Strong Sisters"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund09/03/2017£8k"‘We Take Them and Make ThemÂ’ - a project inspired by Mitchell & Kenyon filmmakers"