CREWE YOUTH ZONE LTD

Registered charity 1204227 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Crewe Youth Zone exists to help and educate young people resident in Crewe and the surrounding areas. Providing an inspiring environment and positive activities to spend their leisure time and by promoting their full potential in order that they may grow to maturity as individuals and members of society, and that their conditions in life may improve.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF CREWE YOUTH ZONE LTD ARE TO HELP AND EDUCATE CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE RESIDENT IN CREWE 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

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds total reserves of £3,051,228, comprising £251,267 in unrestricted funds and £2,799,961 in restricted funds. The trustees have established a reserves policy to maintain approximately three months of running costs once the Youth Zone is fully operational, though current unrestricted reserves are based on pre-opening expenditure rather than future operational costs. The charity reports a net incoming resource of £2,261,604 for the year, funded primarily by capital grants and donations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by DonnellyBentley Ltd. 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
• Campaigns and political activity 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
• Investing charity funds 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
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 14613939 · Financial health read from its filings

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.

• VERITY, Michael William — director, appointed 09/10/2025on trustee list
• COAKER, Rachel Elizabeth — director, appointed 30/09/2025on trustee list
• SMITH, Donna May — director, appointed 28/06/2024on trustee list
• ASHWELL, David Michael — director, appointed 28/06/2024on trustee list
• HEATH, Nicola Louise — director, appointed 28/06/2024on trustee list
• WARREN, Joelle Susan — director, appointed 28/09/2023on trustee list
• O'DOHERTY, Ian — director, appointed 28/09/2023on trustee list
• RAMSBOTTOM, Graham — director, appointed 24/01/2023on trustee list
• HAWORTH, Vanessa Joan — director, appointed 24/01/2023on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

Reported reserves equal ~4.1 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (99% 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: 5.5% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Graham Ramsbottomchair
• David Ashwell
• Donna Smith
• Ian O'Doherty
• Joelle Warren
• Michael William Verity
• Nicola Heath
• Rachel Elizabeth Coaker
• Vanessa Joan Haworth

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

Operates in: Cheshire East

Income and spending

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Known funders

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