The L20 Hub

Registered charity 1147852 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BOOTLE CHRIST CHURCH YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CENTRE, Bootle Youth and Community Centre, The Hub

Youth & community focussed services, projects & events in & around the Bootle area. Targeting children, young people, older people & the wider community; who are affected by social, educational, economic & health inequality via:Youth Services,After School Clubs,Reactive community projects, Health HubsFitness classesCoffee morningsTripsLeisure CoursesEventsLocal partership work

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH BOOTLE AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD AND OTHER DISTRICTS THE TRUSTEES SHALL DEEM APPROPRIATE, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF GENDER, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE, AGE, DISABILITY OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID RESIDENTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS.

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 · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£147k
Latest spending
£151k
Registered
2012
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a net expenditure of £4,526, resulting in total net assets of £136,701. The trustees report that unrestricted funds decreased from £67,931 to £59,901, and designated reserves of £48,535 are held to meet operational needs for 3-6 months. The filing confirms the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £60k; policy: between 3-6 months operating costs at current levels)
“Our readily realisable reserves stand at £48,535. With the precariousness of the charity’s current situation these reserves are designated by the trustees to meet the operational needs of the Charity in the year to come. This figure equates to between 3-6 months operating costs at current levels.” — 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.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or 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.

Corporate structure

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.

Official officers record.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Sefton

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£147k£151k
31/03/2024£177k£163k
31/03/2023£111k£131k
31/03/2022£224k£235k
31/03/2021£228k£248k

Common questions

Is The L20 Hub financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a net expenditure of £4,526, resulting in total net assets of £136,701. The trustees report that unrestricted funds decreased from £67,931 to £59,901, and designated reserves of £48,535 are held to meet operational needs for 3-6 months. The filing confirms the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sport England19/05/2023£12kSporting HUB
The National Lottery Community Fund12/12/2022£223kThe L20 Hub
UK government22/09/2020£38kCoronavirus Community Support Fund