MIXTUP

Registered charity 1189150 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Mixtup is a free, beneficial led youth cub for young people aged 11-25 with mixed abilities. We meet in a wheelchair accessible venue in central Swansea We provide regular youth club activities and wellbeing sessions, organise trips, support young people to take part in other opportunities such as training, consultations or events and offer 1:1 support when needed.

Objects

TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE AGED 11-25 OF MIXED ABILITIES (INCLUDINGADDITIONAL PHYSICAL, LEARNING, COGNITIVE AND/OR EMOTIONAL REQUIREMENTS) INSWANSEA AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS THROUGH:A) THE PROVISION OF ACCESSIBLE RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES, PROVIDED INTHE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE, DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR OVERALL CONDITIONS IN LIFE.B) PROVIDING SUPPORT, ACTIVITIES AND OPPORTUNITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS,CONFIDENCE AND ASPIRATIONS TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO REACH THEIR POTENTIAL ASINDIVIDUALS AND AS ACTIVELY PARTICIPATING MEMBERS OF SOCIETYC) INFORMING AND EDUCATING SERVICE PROVIDERS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC ABOUT THERIGHTS, REQUIREMENTS, ABILITIES AND POTENTIAL OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE OFMIXED ABILITIES.D) ADVOCATING FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE OF MIXED ABILITIES AND SUPPORTING ANDENCOURAGING THEM TO SPEAK OUT FOR THEMSELVES IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THEIR OVERALLCONDITIONS IN LIFE.

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

Causes: Disability · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Swansea, Wales (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£159k
Latest spending
£139k
Registered
2020
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £21,422, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of maintaining six months of operating expenditure. The charity reported a net income surplus of £20,271 for the year, with total funds increasing to £95,751, and confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months of unrestricted expenditure (reserves figure: £21k)
“Mixtup’s reserves policy Is to seek to establish and then maintain sufficient level of reserves to enable normal operating activities to continue over a period of up to 6 months should a shortfall in income occur” — page 11
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 3
  • Government income: £7,282 — grants £7,282 (4); 5% of the £159,287 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 4
  • Government income: £7,015 — grants £7,015 (2); 6% of the £116,578 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 2
  • Government income: £3,200 — grants £3,200 (2); 3% of the £111,832 total gross income on the same return

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2021 (received 04/03/2022, 32 days after the 31/01/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Carmarthenshire · City Of Swansea · Neath Port Talbot

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£159k£139k
31/03/2024£117k£109k
31/03/2023£112k£93k
31/03/2022£89k£59k
31/03/2021£44k£35k

Common questions

Is MIXTUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £21,422, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of maintaining six months of operating expenditure. The charity reported a net income surplus of £20,271 for the year, with total funds increasing to £95,751, and confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds MIXTUP?

Funders whose own accounts filings name MIXTUP as a grant recipient include SWANSEA C V S, Alex Ferry Foundation.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
SWANSEA C V SFY2021£17kABMU Change 4 the Better grants
SWANSEA C V SFY2023£8kABMU Change 4 the Better grants
Alex Ferry FoundationFY2025£3kCommunity Grant
SWANSEA C V SFY2022amount not statedABMU Change 4 the Better grants

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund28/03/2024£441kMixtup: Bigger and Better
Postcode Lottery29/09/2023£25kUnrestricted Funding
The National Lottery Community Fund06/12/2022£10kTable Top Adventures
The National Lottery Community Fund16/06/2021£100kMixtup Development Project
The National Lottery Community Fund30/09/2020£10kMixtup- Youth Club for young people with mixed abilities
UK government21/05/2020£3kVSCE CMC Fund

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.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SEVEN UP CHARITY.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
MIXTUP£159k—0unclear—no doubt
SEVEN UP CHARITY FY2026£197k—0unclear—no doubt
SENGHENYDD YOUTH DROP IN CENTRE FY2025£181k—0unclear—no doubt
YOUTHSCAPE FY2025£2.1m£60,001 - £70,0001unclear—no doubt
IN THE MIX YOUTH PROJECT FY2025£177k—0above—no doubt
WORKING TOGETHER (LUDLOW) LTD FY2025£209k—0above—no doubt

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