WARRINGTON YOUTH ORCHESTRA LTD

Registered charity 1154734 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We offer young people in Warrington and surrounding areas the chance to make music in our various ensembles including beginners brass, woodwind and strings, junior strings, concert band, chamber and symphony orchestras. Meet us any Saturday morning in term time at Bridgewater High School UpperBroomfields RoadAppletonWarringtonCheshireWA4 3AEwww.warringtonyouthorchestra.org.uk

Objects

TO HELP YOUNG PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH MUSICAL ACTIVITIES, SO AS TO DEVELOP THEIR CAPABILITIES THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY.

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 unrestricted funds increased from £30,001 to £37,351, resulting in a net income of £7,350 for the year. The trustees' report indicates that the charity maintains a reserves policy targeting six to twelve months of unrestricted expenditure, estimated at £14,000 to £28,000. With unrestricted reserves of £37,351, the charity holds reserves above its stated policy target.

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 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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Social media policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 08666710 · 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.

• THURSTON, David John — director, appointed 03/11/2023on trustee list
• CLARKSON, Frances Monica — director, appointed 06/04/2022on trustee list
• RICHARDSON, Luke Gregory — director, appointed 06/04/2022not on trustee list

Official officers record.

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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (07/08/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• David John Thurston
• Frances Monica Clarkson
• Geoffrey Daniel Ward
• Ran Li · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Warrington

Income and spending

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