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DYS SPACE LIMITED

Registered charity 1173430 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SPACE

space* is a bold, learning organisation which unlocks the potential of young people and their communities to provide a wide range of targeted, needs led, professional youth services across the whole of Devon.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£3.3m
Latest spending
£3.1m
Registered
2017
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £143,758 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £187,104. The trustees confirm the organization is a going concern with robust financial health following a recent restructure, although they note that reserves are still below the stated policy target of 25% of turnover.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £60,000 - £65,000 — below the median for charities its size (£70k)
“Daniel Barton (Staff Trustee): Remuneration £60,000 - £65,000 (2024: £15,000 - £20,000)”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Largest income source: Charitable activities
“Charitable activities 4 2,637,521 135,251 - 2,772,772 2,557,670” — page 23
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £187k; policy: 25% of our turnover)
“Our current Reserves Policy stipulates that we need to reach an unrestricted reserve target of 25% of our tumover. Unrestricted Reserves at 3ist March 2025 are £187,104” — page 18
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Westcotts (SW) LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Space Youth Services (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£3.3m
Total spending
£3.1m
Cost of raising funds
£9k
Reserves (reported)
£182k
Employees
93

Reported reserves equal ~0.7 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (84% 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: 0.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Devon

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£3.3m£3.1m
31/03/2024£3.1m£3.8m
31/03/2023£3.1m£4.1m
31/03/2022£4.1m£3.7m
31/03/2021£3.1m£2.8m

Common questions

Is DYS SPACE LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £143,758 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £187,104. The trustees confirm the organization is a going concern with robust financial health following a recent restructure, although they note that reserves are still below the stated policy target of 25% of turnover. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Westcotts (SW) LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of DYS SPACE LIMITED earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £60,000 - £65,000 band.

Who funds DYS SPACE LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name DYS SPACE LIMITED as a grant recipient include SEDEL - COLLINGS FOUNDATION, COMMUNITY COUNCIL OF DEVON.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
SEDEL - COLLINGS FOUNDATIONFY2025£30k
COMMUNITY COUNCIL OF DEVONFY2022£250VCSE Grants from Core fund

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund20/11/2025£19kBarnstaple X-Plore
The National Lottery Community Fund21/07/2023£10kMH - Summer with Space
The National Lottery Community Fund23/01/2020£1kYouth Work in Devon
The National Lottery Community Fund18/04/2019£5kTiverton Space* Social Action Project

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE WO STREET CHARITABLE FOUNDATION2£5k
THE FRANCIS WINHAM FOUNDATION1£160k
THE EARL FITZWILLIAM CHARITABLE TRUST1£65k
VOLUNTARY ACTION ROTHERHAM1£29k
DOLPHIN SOCIETY1£20k
TALBOT VILLAGE TRUST1£20k
CROWNHOST LIMITED1£18k
BOLTON COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTARY SERVICES1£11k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SPACE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
DYS SPACE LIMITED£3.3m£60,000 - £65,000—below—no doubt
SPACE FY2024£256k—0above—no doubt
YOUTH SPACE FY2024£139kUnder £60,0000unclear—no doubt
LEARNING SPACE FY2025£1.2m—0unclear—no doubt
THE SPACE - SUPPORTING PEOPLE AND COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT FY2025£317k—0unclear—no doubt
MAKING SPACE FY2025£34.2m——unclear—no doubt

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