WENDOVER YOUTH CENTRE LIMITED

Registered charity 1145355 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

By managing the Wendover Youth Centre, advance in life and help young people by:The provision of recreational and leisure time activities provided in the interest of social welfare, designed to improve their conditions of life; Providing support and activities which develop their skills, capacities and capabilities to enable them to participate in society as mature and responsible individuals.

Objects

TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND HELP YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH: *THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES PROVIDED IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE, DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE; AND * PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS.

Area of benefit: LOCAL

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Buckinghamshire, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£100k

Latest spending

£81k

Registered

2012

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £18,982 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total funds carried forward of £40,758. The trustees' report notes that the charity is experiencing a significant reduction in grants and rising costs, which places considerable medium-term strain on finances, although the receipt of a 3-year grant from the Lionel Abel Smith Trust and support from Wendover Parish Council has been instrumental in recent achievements.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months' worth of outgoings (reserves figure: £27k)

“Our policy is to have the reserves to cover three months' worth of outgoings.” — 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.

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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2025

Volunteers: 3
Government income: £8,933 — grants £8,933 (4); 9% of the £99,651 total gross income on the same return
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2024

Volunteers: 9
Government income: £12,737 — grants £12,737 (3); 15% of the £86,511 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2023

Volunteers: 5
Government income: £11,053 — grants £11,053 (3); 14% of the £81,022 total gross income on the same return

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 07797348 · Financial health read from its filings

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Wendover Youth Centre Limited (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

Abel-Smith Trust — “Below are all the partners we work with: Lionel Abel-Smith Trust” (source page)

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.

GALLAGHER, Clive Edward John — director, appointed 11/05/2026on trustee list
CURHAM, Jack — director, appointed 19/05/2025on trustee list
DAVIES, Shannon Lee Carol — director, appointed 19/05/2025on trustee list
HUNT, Christopher — director, appointed 22/04/2024on trustee list
PANDIT, Anshuman — director, appointed 22/04/2024on trustee list
FROST, Miranda — secretary, appointed 29/03/2021

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.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Clive Edward John Gallagherchair · trustee of 1 other charity
Anshuman Pandit
Christopher Hunt
Jack Curham
Shannon Lee Carol Davies
Stephen Charles Worth
Tess Jane Edwards
Vanessa Dias-Carter

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

Operates in: Buckinghamshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£100k	£81k
31/08/2024	£87k	£82k
31/08/2023	£81k	£104k
31/08/2022	£75k	£77k
31/08/2021	£55k	£59k

Common questions

Is WENDOVER YOUTH CENTRE LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £18,982 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total funds carried forward of £40,758. The trustees' report notes that the charity is experiencing a significant reduction in grants and rising costs, which places considerable medium-term strain on finances, although the receipt of a 3-year grant from the Lionel Abel Smith Trust and support from Wendover Parish Council has been instrumental in recent achievements. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds WENDOVER YOUTH CENTRE LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name WENDOVER YOUTH CENTRE LIMITED as a grant recipient include THE LIONEL ABEL-SMITH TRUST, MOBBS MEMORIAL TRUST LIMITED, SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. MARY THE VIRGIN, WENDOVER.

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

Clive Edward John Gallagher — trustee here and at THE LIONEL ABEL-SMITH TRUST

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE LIONEL ABEL-SMITH TRUST	FY2022	£33k	Other areas that benefit the Wendover Community
THE LIONEL ABEL-SMITH TRUST	FY2024	£11k	Education
THE LIONEL ABEL-SMITH TRUST	FY2021	£10k	Grant payable over three years (final instalment in 2022)
THE LIONEL ABEL-SMITH TRUST	FY2023	£6k	Education
MOBBS MEMORIAL TRUST LIMITED	FY2024	£3k
SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2025	£745
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. MARY THE VIRGIN, WENDOVER	FY2025	amount not stated	distribution of Global Church monies

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE BALLINGER CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£70k
Prosper Wakefield District Ltd	1	£33k
Point North Community Foundation	1	£32k
THE BARTLETT FOUNDATION	1	£30k
NORTHERN CONSORTIUM	1	£25k
KFC FOUNDATION	1	£20k
Moto Foundation	1	£4k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SEDBERGH YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CENTRE.

SEDBERGH YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CENTRE income £158k
LLANDOVERY YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CENTRE income £268k
ALDBOURNE YOUTH COUNCIL income £54k
THE YOUTH ASSOCIATION income £805k
NEWTON AYCLIFFE YOUTH & COMMUNITY CENTRE income £101k
LANE END YOUTH & COMMUNITY CENTRE ASSOCIATION income £39k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
WENDOVER YOUTH CENTRE LIMITED	£100k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
SEDBERGH YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2025	£158k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
LLANDOVERY YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2025	£268k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ALDBOURNE YOUTH COUNCIL FY2025	£54k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE YOUTH ASSOCIATION FY2025	£805k	more than £60,000	1	above	—	no doubt
NEWTON AYCLIFFE YOUTH & COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2025	£101k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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