PHOENIX COMMUNITY & YOUTH PROJECT

Registered charity 1152481 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To provide support, programmes of Physical, Educational activities as a means of: Advancing life, helping young people by developing capacities, skills, capabilities, enable them to participate in society. Advancing Education. Relieving Unemployment. Providing activities for those living in the area, regardless of their age, sexual orientation, gender, race, disability or economic circumstances.

Objects

THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT SET OUT IN OUR MEMORANDUM OF ARTICLES ARE: TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE UP TO THE AGE OF 25, PROVIDING SUPPORT, ASSISTANCE AND ORGANISING PROGRAMMES OF PHYSICAL, EDUCATIONAL AND OTHER ACTIVITIES AS A MEANS OF: ADVANCING LIFE AND HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE BY DEVELOPING CAPACITIES AND SKILLS, CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS. ADVANCING EDUCATION.RELIEVING UNEMPLOYMENT. PROVIDING RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITY IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR ALL PEOPLE LIVING IN THE AREA, REGARDLESS OF THEIR AGE, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, GENDER, RACE, DISABILITY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

Causes: Education/training · Disability · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Sefton, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£80k
Latest spending
£85k
Registered
2013
Accounts read
FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £5,490 for the year, resulting in a reduction of total funds to £6,827. The trustees acknowledge the difficulty in securing unrestricted funding and note that current unrestricted reserves of £2,102 are below their stated policy target of maintaining three months of expenditure. Per the trustees' report, the charity faces increasing competition for grants and declining local authority funding, which threatens long-term sustainability.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy
“We need to be able to secure enough reserves in order to be able to manage for a period of three months in the ever more likely event of having problems in securing funding.” — page 4
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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 31/01/2026

  • Volunteers: 1
  • Government income: £1,811 — grants £1,811 (1,811); 2% of the £79,713 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/01/2025

  • Volunteers: 1
  • Government income: £8,675 — grants £8,675 (1); 6% of the £138,866 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/01/2024

  • Volunteers: 2

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Phoenix Community & Youth Project (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Sefton

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/01/2026£80k£85k
31/01/2025£139k£134k
31/01/2024£126k£132k
31/01/2023£125k£138k
31/01/2022£141k£157k

Common questions

Is PHOENIX COMMUNITY & YOUTH PROJECT financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £5,490 for the year, resulting in a reduction of total funds to £6,827. The trustees acknowledge the difficulty in securing unrestricted funding and note that current unrestricted reserves of £2,102 are below their stated policy target of maintaining three months of expenditure. Per the trustees' report, the charity faces increasing competition for grants and declining local authority funding, which threatens long-term sustainability. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund24/07/2025£18kPOSITIVE FUTURES
The National Lottery Community Fund24/06/2022£10kSafe Space Project
The National Lottery Community Fund02/09/2015£10kA4A - Heart & Soul Community Cafe
The National Lottery Community Fund27/11/2013£9kPositive Choices Project

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE PHOENIX DETACHED YOUTH PROJECT.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
PHOENIX COMMUNITY & YOUTH PROJECT£80k—0below—no doubt
THE PHOENIX DETACHED YOUTH PROJECT FY2026£197k——below—no doubt
THE PHOENIX YOUTH CENTRE FY2025£317k—0unclear—no doubt
PRIORITY YOUTH PROJECT FY2025£367k—0unclear—noted
THE PHOENIX TRUST (MILTON) LTD FY2025£256k——unclear—no doubt
PHOENIX COMMUNITY CARE LIMITED FY2025£2.2m—0unclear—no doubt

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