BLETCHLEY YOUTH CENTRE

Registered charity 1202081 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BYC

The charity provides a range of leisure and learning activities which the whole community can benefit from within our centre as well as youth clubs across MK, meal clubs, coffee mornings; Sports sessions and open access to the outdoor multi-sports play area; Martial Arts, Zumba, Boxing; Life skills training; meetings of religious and cultural groups. A venue for private parties and events.

Objects

TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF MILTON KEYNES AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY WORKING ALONGSIDE THE RESIDENTS, LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES AND SERVICES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS.

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 · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £36,702, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of £20,000 to be achieved by 2025/26, though the text notes the target was set for the following year. The charity reported a net receipt surplus of £42,177 for the year, with total income of £191,302 against total payments of £181,571.

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 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• 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
• Paying staff
• 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
• Volunteer management

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• MK Community Foundation — “Thank you for our new Door Access system! We wish to thank the Community Foundation for supporting us with a grant to install a new Access s…” (source page)
• BPARA Bletchley Park Residents Association — “Our Funders BPARA Bletchley Park Residents Association” (source page)

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (19/04/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alan Robert Webb
• Bryan David Scarborough
• Dallas Sherwood
• Felicity Ann Cockbaine
• Lynn Anne White
• Michael Robert Legg

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

Operates in: Milton Keynes

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BRONTE YOUTH & COMMUNITY CENTRE.

• BRONTE YOUTH & COMMUNITY CENTRE income £1.9m
• THE PETER ASHLEY ACTIVITY CENTRES income £1.4m
• BELPER LEISURE CENTRE LIMITED income £1.3m
• BLETCHLEY PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £357k
• YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CONNEXIONS income £491k
• ST LEONARDS YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CENTRE income £645k

Side by side with its peers

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