NORTHWICH AND DISTRICT YOUTH CENTRE CIO

Registered charity 1163621 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NDYC

To advance in life the needs of young people resident in Northwich and its surrounding areas providing recreational and leisure time activities developing their skills and enabling them to participate fully in society. To further or benefit the residents of Northwich and its surrounding areas in a common effort to advance education and provide facilities in the interests of social welfare

Objects

TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND RELIEVE NEEDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE RESIDENT IN NORTHWICH AND ITS SURROUNDING AREAS THROUGH THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES PROVIDED IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE, DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE AND PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS.TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF NORTHWICH AND ITS SURROUNDING AREAS, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE 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 AND 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.

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Registered contact address: Cheshire West and Chester, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £68,991 at the end of the period, which the trustees note regularly exceeds their policy of maintaining cash to cover approximately six months of annual running costs. Total income for the year was £40,662 against total payments of £41,205, resulting in a slight decrease in cash reserves from the previous year. The charity holds additional investments in M&G and Blackrock, though these are restricted specie funds requiring Charity Commission approval for utilization.

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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (29/01/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew Philip Bantockchair
• Andrew Derek Stott
• Christopher Kettle
• Heidi Bibby
• Martin Stephens
• Sophie Ayodeji

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

Operates in: Cheshire West & Chester

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NORTH BENWELL YOUTH PROJECT CIO.

• NORTH BENWELL YOUTH PROJECT CIO income £179k
• NORWICH YOUTH FOR CHRIST income £140k
• RE N-GAGE income £327k
• NORTHAMPTONSHIRE ASSOCIATION OF YOUTH CLUBS income £8.5m
• NORTH YORKSHIRE CENTRE FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING income £74k
• YOUTH FOCUS SOUTH WEST income £137k

Side by side with its peers

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