COLNE YOUTH ACTION GROUP

Registered charity 1192629 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CYAG

To advance in life and help young people living in Colne and surrounding areas through the provision of recreational and leisure time activities in the interest of social welfare, designed to improve their conditions of life; and by providing support and activities which develop their skills, capacities and capabilities to enable them to participate in society as mature and responsible individuals

Objects

TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND HELP YOUNG PEOPLE LIVING IN COLNE AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS THROUGH:(A) THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE, DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE;(B) PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS.

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

Causes: Education/training · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Pendle, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£215k

Latest spending

£212k

Registered

2020

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income was £214,524 against total expenditure of £212,462, resulting in a net surplus for the period. Unrestricted reserves stood at £63,650, which the trustees note are being built up to resource and maintain the Youth Hub. The trustees confirm the charity is a going concern with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: Sarah and David Cockburn-Price provided professional services valued at £72,000, of which £15,000 was paid and £57,000 donated.

“Sarah and David Cockburn-Price provided a total of £72k of professional services including accounting, administration, business development, and raising funds through grant applications and other methods for the Charity, but were only paid £15k.”

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.

Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

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: 26
Government income: £59,280 — contracts £3,000 (1), grants £56,280 (10); 28% of the £214,524 total gross income on the same return
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

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

Volunteers: 23
Government income: £150,060 — contracts £26,026 (3), grants £124,034 (12); 59% of the £252,506 total gross income on the same return
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

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

Volunteers: 11
Government income: £90,450 — contracts £21,710 (5), grants £68,740 (11); 64% of the £141,731 total gross income on the same return

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

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.

Register events

Received assets from another charity (18/09/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Sarah Cockburn-Pricechair
DAVID COCKBURN-PRICE · trustee of 1 other charity
JEREMY STANFORD · trustee of 1 other charity
Kerry-Ann Parsons

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

Operates in: Lancashire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£215k	£212k
31/03/2024	£253k	£174k
31/03/2023	£142k	£68k
31/03/2022	£54k	£23k

Common questions

Is COLNE YOUTH ACTION GROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income was £214,524 against total expenditure of £212,462, resulting in a net surplus for the period. Unrestricted reserves stood at £63,650, which the trustees note are being built up to resource and maintain the Youth Hub. The trustees confirm the charity is a going concern with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds COLNE YOUTH ACTION GROUP?

Funders whose own accounts filings name COLNE YOUTH ACTION GROUP as a grant recipient include THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR YOUTH MUSIC.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR YOUTH MUSIC	FY2025	£28k

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	18/08/2025	£20k	Breakout Colne – Your Space Your Break Your Crew
Sport England	25/10/2024	£10k	Weekend Wanderers
UK government	25/10/2024	£10k	ALB-Sport England-Weekend Wanderers

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE ARDWICK TRUST	2	£400
THE BALLINGER CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£70k
THE TOTTENHAM GRAMMAR SCHOOL FOUNDATION	1	£61k
Point North Community Foundation	1	£32k
WALTON ON THAMES CHARITY	1	£30k
THE CHILDREN'S AID COMMITTEE CHARITABLE FUND	1	£11k
THE TIM HENMAN FOUNDATION	1	£9k
THE OLDHURST TRUST	1	£6k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ALDBOURNE YOUTH COUNCIL.

ALDBOURNE YOUTH COUNCIL income £54k
DURHAM AREA YOUTH income £257k
ACTIVITEENS income £144k
YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CONNEXIONS income £491k
TYNE YOUTH & COMMUNITY CENTRE income £32k
YOUNG GENERATION income £35k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
COLNE YOUTH ACTION GROUP	£215k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ALDBOURNE YOUTH COUNCIL FY2025	£54k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
DURHAM AREA YOUTH FY2026	£257k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ACTIVITEENS FY2025	£144k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CONNEXIONS FY2025	£491k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
TYNE YOUTH & COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2026	£32k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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