KEEP THE DREAM ALIVE

Registered charity 1143586 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Keep the dream alive works within the Teesvalley with a focus on Stockton on Tees to deliver youth based activities/facilities. Our hope is to support young people to fulfill their dreams and aspirations, by offering recreational and education opportunities, finding creative and innovative solutions to help young people progress into adulthood that results in community improvement.

Objects

TO HELP AND EDUCATE YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH THEIR LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES SO AS TO DEVELOP THEIR MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL CAPACITIES THAT THEY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY AND THAT THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE MAY BE IMPROVED.

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity maintained self-sustainability via earned income rather than grant funding for the year ended 31 March 2025. Total unrestricted funds increased to £52,618, and the trustees confirmed that resources are sufficient to continue as a going concern with no material uncertainties. The charity reported a net income of £1,610, demonstrating a positive financial position despite rising overhead costs.

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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 07740310

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• HEWITSON, Paul Robert — director, appointed 02/12/2023on trustee list
• FINEGAN, Anthony John — director, appointed 27/08/2018on trustee list
• YOUNG, Gordon Henry — director, appointed 15/08/2011on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (19/01/2012) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• GORDON HENRY YOUNG
• Paul Robert Hewitson
• anthony john finegan

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

Operates in: Stockton-on-tees

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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