HILL STREET YOUTH & COMMUNITY CENTRE

Registered charity 1156128 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HILL STREET, HILL STREET CENTRE

The provision, organisation and maintenance of a youth and community centre for use by the inhabitants of all ages, charities and community groups, of the area of benefit, Including use for (1) educational, recreational and sporting activities in the centre (2) meetings, lectures and classes with the object of improving the conditions of life of the inhabitants and (3) commissioning of services.

Objects

TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE INHABITANTS OF THE BOROUGH OF RUGBY, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF AGE, SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID INHABITANTS 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 INHABITANTS.IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE POWER:TO ESTABLISH OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CENTRE AND TO MAINTAIN OR MANAGE OR CO-OPERATE WITH ANY STATUTORY AUTHORITY IN THE MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF SUCH A CENTRE FOR ACTIVITIES PROMOTED BY THE CHARITY IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS.

Area of benefit: WARWICKSHIRE

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 charity reported a net loss of £16,233 for the year, driven by a 40% reduction in commissioned service income and delays in funding receipt. Despite this loss, unrestricted reserves stood at £48,024, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet day-to-day operational requirements for the foreseeable future. The charity relies heavily on external grants and donations, with significant restricted funds held for specific projects.

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 3 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.

• 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~1.2 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (80% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (03/11/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• SARAH JANE THOMPSONchair
• CLAIRE EDWARDS · trustee of 1 other charity
• Catherine Margaret Sykes
• Ian Gordon Davis · trustee of 1 other charity
• JAN BOWDEN
• Mark William Gore
• Paul Knighton
• ROBERT NORMAN BROCK · trustee of 1 other charity
• STEPHEN MALCOLM RICHARDS · trustee of 1 other charity
• Selvarajah Sasikumar

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

Operates in: Warwickshire

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Government & lottery funding

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