SYMMETRICAL

Registered charity 1195707 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity is established to advance in life and relieve needs of young people through the provision of recreational and leisure time activities provided in the interest of social welfare, designed to improve their conditions in life and provide support and activities which develop their skills, capacities and capabilities to enable them to participate in society as mature individuals

Objects

TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND RELIEVE NEEDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH:A. THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES PROVIDED 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.

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Registered contact address: Stoke-on-Trent, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's reserves are at a satisfactory level, with unrestricted funds totaling £8,528. The organization reported a surplus of £5,947 for the year, supported by voluntary income of £29,792. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters came to their attention requiring further explanation or indicating non-compliance.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• 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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 13295054

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.

• DODD, Lilian Jean — director, appointed 26/03/2021on trustee list
• HOLDCROFT, Christina Marie — director, appointed 26/03/2021on trustee list

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Lilian Jean Doddchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Christina Marie Holdcroft

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

Operates in: Staffordshire · Stoke-on-trent City

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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

• ACTIVITEENS income £144k
• DURHAM AREA YOUTH income £257k
• LIVE AND LEARN income £984k
• WORKINGTON TOWN COMMUNITY TRUST income £90k
• FUTURE FOR ALL income £140k
• YGMH income £460k

Side by side with its peers

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