SEAHAM YOUTH CENTRE

Registered charity 1163327 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SYC, Seaham Youth & Community Centre

Youth Provision - Junior and Senior sessions. Football, Cricket, Short Tennis, Basketball, Badminton, Table tennis and multi sports available in the Sports Hall. Rooms available for education, training and meetings. Toddler, Youth and Drama groups. Various competitions (Dance, Leek, Wrestling etc). Celebration events.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£134k
Latest spending
£130k
Registered
2015
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £91,755 for the year ending 31st December 2024, resulting in a closing fund balance of £91,755. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves are held at £43,305 after deducting the protected fund of £48,450 from the total fund balance. The filing notes that cash held was £45 as of the year-end, with the remaining balance reconciled to the bank statement.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Funding/Grants (42% of income)
“Funding/Grants £ 71,848”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Durham

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£134k£130k
31/12/2024£169k£88k
31/12/2023£58k£52k
31/12/2022£57k£77k
31/12/2021£64k£74k

Common questions

Is SEAHAM YOUTH CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £91,755 for the year ending 31st December 2024, resulting in a closing fund balance of £91,755. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves are held at £43,305 after deducting the protected fund of £48,450 from the total fund balance. The filing notes that cash held was £45 as of the year-end, with the remaining balance reconciled to the bank statement. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds SEAHAM YOUTH CENTRE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SEAHAM YOUTH CENTRE as a grant recipient include Point North Community Foundation.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
Point North Community FoundationFY2025£38k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund16/09/2024£20kSeaham Youth Sessions
UK government25/08/2020£10kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
Northern Rock Foundation21/07/2000£3kGrant awarded to Seaham Youth Centre (Durham)

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 TOWER HAMLETS YOUTH SPORT FOUNDATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SEAHAM YOUTH CENTRE£134k—0unclear—no doubt
TOWER HAMLETS YOUTH SPORT FOUNDATION FY2025£587k—0unclear—no doubt
COLOMBO STREET COMMUNITY AND SPORTS CENTRE FY2025£667k—0within—no doubt
HOLYWELL LEISURE CENTRE/CANOLFAN HAMDDEN TREFFYNNON FY2025£1.1m—0unclear—no doubt
ST DAY YOUTH AND SPORTS ASSOCIATION FY2025£160k—0unclear—no doubt
TOWER HAMLETS YOUTH LEAGUE UNITED FY2025£142k—0above—no doubt

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