YOUTH MINISTRY TRUST

Registered charity 1146158 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as YMT; YMT LIMITED; DIOCESAN YOUTH SERVICE; YOUTH MINISTRY TEAM

# Providing a range of residential experiences for school students at our Allensford Lodge Youth Village#Going out into schools, parishes and elsewhere to provide experiences nearer home#Working with teachers, priests, and families to promote and develop experiences#Seeking additional income streams through appeals for support and creating a broader user base.

Objects

1. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC RELIGION PARTICULARLY FOR THE BENEFIT OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE DIOCESE OR ELSEWHERE BY SUCH MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT AND THE PROVISION OF CHARITABLE SUPPORT OR SERVICES (WHETHER IN THE DIOCESE OR ELSEWHERE) IN FURTHERANCE OF THAT OBJECT.2. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC AND ESPECIALLY YOUNG PEOPLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRINCIPLES AND DOCTRINES OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC RELIGION PARTICULARLY BY THE PROVISION AND SUPPORT OF SCHOOLS AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS (IN THE DIOCESE OR ELSEWHERE) AND THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC AND ESPECIALLY YOUNG PEOPLE AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.3. SUCH OTHER INCIDENTAL, ANCILLARY OR ASSOCIATED CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AND ESPECIALLY YOUNG PEOPLE AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE. AND IN FURTHERING THE OBJECTS, THE TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE DUE REGARD TO THE STATEMENT OF ETHOS AND CULTURE SET OUT IN THE SCHEDULE TO THESE ARTICLES.

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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Registered contact address: Newcastle upon Tyne, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net expenditure of £43,975 for the year, with total income of £1,049,088 and total expenditure of £1,093,063. The trustees note that the financial statements were prepared on a going concern basis following the guarantee of continued financial support from the Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle. Unrestricted reserves stood at £211,858, while the trustees reported that nearly all reserves are restricted and they are working towards creating free reserves.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by HaysMac LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Going concern: no going-concern doubt (FY2024) → going-concern doubt noted (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

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
• 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
• 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.

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2024 (received 31/03/2025, 59 days after the 31/01/2025 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 07937704 · Financial health read from its filings

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.

• DILLON, Timothy Paul — director, appointed 24/04/2026on trustee list
• CRAIG, Catherine Margaret — director, appointed 01/05/2024on trustee list
• MILLWARD, Mark Anthony, Reverend Father — director, appointed 01/07/2023on trustee list
• LAWRENCE, Carol — director, appointed 28/05/2023on trustee list
• O'NEILL, Seamus Gerard, Dr — director, appointed 01/12/2021on trustee list
• LYDEN-SMITH, Marc, Fr — director, appointed 23/09/2021on trustee list
• MATTHEWS, Kathleen, Sr — director, appointed 14/07/2021on trustee list
• REGAN, Maura, Dame — director, appointed 14/07/2021on trustee list
• HOWARD, William Michael — director, appointed 06/02/2012on 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.

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

Reported reserves equal ~2.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (67% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 1.9% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Carol LAWRENCE · trustee of 6 other charities
• Catherine Margaret CRAIG
• Dame Maura REGAN · trustee of 2 other charities
• Dr Seamus Gerard O'NEILL
• MR MICHAEL HOWARD · trustee of 3 other charities
• Rev Marc Lyden-Smith
• Rev Mark Anthony MILLWARD
• Sister Josepha Kathleen Matthews · trustee of 2 other charities
• Timothy Paul DILLON

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

Operates in: Darlington · Durham · Gateshead · Hartlepool · Newcastle Upon Tyne City · North Tyneside · Northumberland · South Tyneside · Stockton-on-tees · Sunderland

Income and spending

Common questions

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.

• Sister Josepha Kathleen Matthews — trustee here and at SISTERS OF MERCY SUNDERLAND

Known funders

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

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 LIFEHOUSE MINISTRIES.

• LIFEHOUSE MINISTRIES income £45k
• CHRISTIAN YOUTH MINISTRIES income £361k
• YOUTH EMPOWERMENT MINISTRY income £70k
• REIGN MINISTRIES income £89k
• YOUTH ALMIGHTY PROJECT income £674k
• TETBURY AREA YOUTH & COMMUNITY TRUST income £88k

Side by side with its peers

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