CROYDON YOUTH ZONE
Registered charity 1173107 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LEGACY
Croydon Youth Zone (branded Legacy) exists to provide young people with somewhere safe and inspiring to go in their leisure time. Open 7 days a week and offering up to 20 activities per session, young people can be active, access a hot meal for around £1 and find wider support to help them reach their full potential.
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £529,361 for the year, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted reserves to £776,236. The trustees expressed concern regarding future forecasting and the unrestricted reserve levels, noting that the charity is alert to inflationary pressures and external factors affecting long-term sustainability. However, they remain satisfied that the charity fulfils the criteria for the going concern principle based on current cash balances and expected income.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Largest income source: Grants, trusts & foundations (82% of income)
“Grants, trusts & foundations 343,721 89,708 433,429 827,074” — page 22
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three to six months of operating costs (held: £776k)
“the Trustees have determined that it is appropriate for unrestricted, ‘free’, reserves to be maintained between 3-6 months.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor
“The Trustees are able to report that the Charity are concerned about the unrestricted, ‘free’, reserve based on future forecasting but understands the drive to diversify income ensures that the Charity holds an optimistic yet cautious financial outlook.” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The document states grants/donations were received from Trustees, their Foundations/Businesses, or charities with shared Trustees, but does not list specific names or individual transaction amounts in the provided text.
“During the year the charitable company received grants and donations which in total amounted to £24,417 from various Trustees of the charitable company, their associated Foundations or Businesses or from charities with a shared Trustee.” — page 28
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Xeinadin Audit Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Year-over-year changes
- Going concern: no going-concern doubt (FY2024) → going-concern doubt noted (FY2025).
Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Myke Catterall — Chief Executive (source)
- Simon Culpeper — Chair of Trustees (source)
- Jack Calvert — Director of Fundraising and Communications (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
Funders the charity credits
Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).
- Amro Real Estate — “We're delighted to welcome @Amro_Real_Est to the Legacy family as our newest Gold supporters & pledging their support over the next 3yrs.” (source page)
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.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~3.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (79% 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: 0.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
- Simon Reginald Culpeperchair
- Alison Benjmain
- Crispin Rees
- Inderjit Chatwal
- Jaynisha Amin
- Palvesh Patel
- Shelley Davies
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Croydon
Income and spending
Common questions
Is CROYDON YOUTH ZONE financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £529,361 for the year, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted reserves to £776,236. The trustees expressed concern regarding future forecasting and the unrestricted reserve levels, noting that the charity is alert to inflationary pressures and external factors affecting long-term sustainability. However, they remain satisfied that the charity fulfils the criteria for the going concern principle based on current cash balances and expected income. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Xeinadin Audit Limited.
Who funds CROYDON YOUTH ZONE?
Funders whose own accounts filings name CROYDON YOUTH ZONE as a grant recipient include IGY FOUNDATION, THE ONSIDE FOUNDATION, THE BRENLEY TRUST, GIVINGWORKS, THE OPENWORK FOUNDATION.
Known funders
Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.
Government & lottery funding
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