PRESTON YOUTH ZONE LTD

Registered charity 1203633 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Preston Youth Zone is a large scale open access youth facility in the heart of the city. A brand new build, the Youth Zone will be open 7 days a week and offer up to 20 activities per session for just a £5 annual membership fee and 50p entry. The Youth Zone plans to open in Summer 2025.

Objects

THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS ARE TO HELP AND EDUCATE CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE RESIDENT IN PRESTON AND SURROUNDING AREAS THROUGH THEIR LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES BY PROMOTING THEIR FULL PHYSICAL AND SPIRITUAL POTENTIAL IN ORDER THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY AND THAT THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE MAY IMPROVE.

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total reserves at 31 March 2025 were £6,511,861, comprising £6,091,250 in restricted funds and £420,611 in unrestricted funds. The trustees report that unrestricted reserves amount to approximately 3.5 months' cover of operational costs, which is above their stated policy target of three months. The charity is currently in the construction phase of its Youth Zone facility, with significant capital funding secured from various sources.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by DonnellyBentley Ltd. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Employees paid over £60,000: 0 (FY2024) → 1 (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• 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
• 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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~7.4 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• GUY TOPPINGchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Adrian Shaun Phillips
• Anthony Cox
• FIONA LOUISE NORCROSS
• JOHN GEORGE CHESWORTH
• Munir Gulamyahya Mohmed Patel
• Rachel Anne Gelder
• Sarah Page
• Venkata Dharma Kovvuri

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

Operates in: Lancashire

Income and spending

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