WEST BOWLING YOUTH INITIATIVE

Registered charity 1143500 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To act as a resource for young people aged 8 - 25 living in West Bowling/ surrounding areas of Bradford by providing advice and organising physical and educational programmes to: advance life and support young people to developing their skills; Advancing education outcomes; Relieving unemployment; Providing recreational and leisure time activity in the interests of social welfare.

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Latest income
£88k
Latest spending
£103k
Registered
2011
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net expenditure of £15,055 for the year, reducing its total net assets from £75,359 to £60,304. The trustees report that free reserves were £23,217, which is below the stated upper policy limit of £40,000 but above the lower limit of £15,000. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention during the examination of the accounts.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: Upper limit £40,000 and lower limit £15,000 (held: £23k)
Upper limit to be set at ( unrestricted reserves) £ 40,000 to cover all liabilities and a lower limit set at £15,000 — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bradford City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£88k£103k
31/03/2024£103k£105k
31/03/2023£80k£98k
31/03/2022£113k£74k
31/03/2021£71k£71k

Common questions

Is WEST BOWLING YOUTH INITIATIVE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity incurred a net expenditure of £15,055 for the year, reducing its total net assets from £75,359 to £60,304. The trustees report that free reserves were £23,217, which is below the stated upper policy limit of £40,000 but above the lower limit of £15,000. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention during the examination of the accounts. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds WEST BOWLING YOUTH INITIATIVE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name WEST BOWLING YOUTH INITIATIVE as a grant recipient include THE GLOBAL FUND FOR CHILDREN UK TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE GLOBAL FUND FOR CHILDREN UK TRUSTFY2023£39k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund20/05/2004£5kThere is no project name available for this record