CHORLEY YOUTH ZONE
Registered charity 1167309 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
Chorley Youth Zones objects are to help and educate children and young people resident in Chorley and surrounding areas through their leisure time activities by promoting their full physical and spiritual potential in order that they may grow to full maturity as individuals and members of society and their conditions of life may improve.
Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Recreation · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £128,851 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a decrease in total net assets from £5,102,349 to £4,973,498. The trustees confirm that the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, with forecasts demonstrating the charity's ability to pay liabilities as they fall due for at least twelve months from the balance sheet date. Unrestricted reserves stood at £938,523, which is above the stated minimum policy target of £450,000 (three months of expenditure).
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Related-party transaction: Donation from CG Professional Ltd, a company in which Andrew Turner (resigned Trustee) is a director.
“£6,250 was received from CG Professional Ltd, a company in which Andrew Turner, who resigned as a Trustee in the year, is a director (2024: £25,000)” — page 35
“£40,000 was received from The Eric Wright Charitable Trust. James Carter, who resigned as a Trustee in the year is a non-executive deputy chairman of the Eric Wright Group, which is wholly owned by The Eric Wright Charitable Trust (2024: £35,000)” — page 35
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Donation from The Eric Wright Charitable Trust, connected to James Carter (resigned Trustee, non-executive deputy chairman of the Eric Wright Group).
“£6,250 was received from CG Professional Ltd, a company in which Andrew Turner, who resigned as a Trustee in the year, is a director (2024: £25,000)” — page 35
“£40,000 was received from The Eric Wright Charitable Trust. James Carter, who resigned as a Trustee in the year is a non-executive deputy chairman of the Eric Wright Group, which is wholly owned by The Eric Wright Charitable Trust (2024: £35,000)” — page 35
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Donation from ESG Global Ltd, a company in which Matthew Hirst (Trustee) is a director.
“£6,250 was received from CG Professional Ltd, a company in which Andrew Turner, who resigned as a Trustee in the year, is a director (2024: £25,000)” — page 35
“£40,000 was received from The Eric Wright Charitable Trust. James Carter, who resigned as a Trustee in the year is a non-executive deputy chairman of the Eric Wright Group, which is wholly owned by The Eric Wright Charitable Trust (2024: £35,000)” — page 35
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by McMillan & Co LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Inspire Chorley Youth Zone (matched by registered charity number).
Property (HM Land Registry)
1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£21k
Reported reserves equal ~5.1 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (87% 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: 1.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (24/01/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (22/06/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Andrew James Dunn
- Christopher Sinnott
- Daniel William Beaumont
- Heather Aust
- James Alexander Morris
- Julia Bates · trustee of 1 other charity
- Kara Jane Wood
- Matthew Christopher Hirst
- Matthew James Currie
- Paul Thomas Cook
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Lancashire
Income and spending
Common questions
Is CHORLEY YOUTH ZONE financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £128,851 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a decrease in total net assets from £5,102,349 to £4,973,498. The trustees confirm that the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, with forecasts demonstrating the charity's ability to pay liabilities as they fall due for at least twelve months from the balance sheet date. Unrestricted reserves stood at £938,523, which is above the stated minimum policy target of £450,000 (three months of expenditure). Its FY2025 accounts were audited by McMillan & Co LLP.
Who funds CHORLEY YOUTH ZONE?
Funders whose own accounts filings name CHORLEY YOUTH ZONE as a grant recipient include THE ONSIDE FOUNDATION, THE PAYBACK TIME TRUST, DR RADCLIFFE'S TRUST, THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED, SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.
Known funders
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