LEVENSHULME YOUTH PROJECT

Registered charity 1175093 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LYP

We plan to deliver provision which supports, empowers and educates young people in our area. We willachieve our aims through a variety of activities which create opportunities for young people to engage witheach other and the wider community. On a weekly basis we will deliver the following:Open access provision- it is integral to us and the young people we work with to have an open accesss

Objects

TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE UP TO THE AGE OF 25 LIVING IN LEVENSHULME AND THE NEIGHBOURING AREAS BY PROVIDING INFORMATION, ADVICE, SUPPORT AND DELIVERING ACTIVITIES AS A MEANS OF:(A) SUPPORTING YOUNG PEOPLE TO DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS;(B) ADVANCING PERSONAL, SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL, POLITICAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL EDUCATION;(C) RAISING ASPIRATIONS(D) PROVIDING RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITY IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, STATUS, ETHNICITY, ABILITY, OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITH A VIEW TO INCREASING THEIR ACHIEVEMENT OF POSITIVE OUTCOMES.(E) ENCOURAGING SELF-RESPECT, RESPECT FOR OTHERS AND THE ENVIRONMENT

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£68k
Latest spending
£82k
Registered
2017
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £14,079 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a decrease in total reserves from £51,312 to £37,233. The trustees aim to maintain free reserves equivalent to approximately three months of unrestricted charitable expenditure, a target which was not met as unrestricted free reserves stood at £31,402. Despite the deficit, the trustees consider it appropriate to prepare the accounts on a going concern basis, citing no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Charitable Income (99% of income)
“Charitable Income (2) 16,910 50,361 67,271” — page 13
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted charitable expenditure (held: £31k)
“The trustees aim to establish free reserves in unrestricted funds at a level that equates to approximately three months of unrestricted charitable expenditure.” — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Levenshulme Youth Project (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Manchester City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£68k£82k
31/03/2024£114k£91k
31/03/2023£77k£72k
31/03/2022£77k£72k
31/03/2021£85k£67k

Common questions

Is LEVENSHULME YOUTH PROJECT financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £14,079 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a decrease in total reserves from £51,312 to £37,233. The trustees aim to maintain free reserves equivalent to approximately three months of unrestricted charitable expenditure, a target which was not met as unrestricted free reserves stood at £31,402. Despite the deficit, the trustees consider it appropriate to prepare the accounts on a going concern basis, citing no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund27/02/2025£20kLevenshulme Youth project
One Manchester01/08/2020£1kLevenshulme Youth Activities and Holiday Hunger Project.
The National Lottery Community Fund03/04/2020£9kLevenshulme Youth project