ST MARY LEWISHAM YOUTH CENTRE

Registered charity 269465 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The centre provides space for local community groups.

Objects

TO HELP YOUNG PEOPLE OF BOTH SEXES OF ALL RACES AND CREEDS ESPECIALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH THEIR LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES SO TO DEVELOP THEIR PHYSICAL MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL CAPACITIES THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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: Lewisham, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net outgoing resource of £3,856 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total incoming resources of £85,031 against expenditure of £88,887. Free unrestricted reserves stood at £47,673, which the trustees consider sufficient to mitigate risks despite no transfer being made to the reserve account this year. The accounts were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

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
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• Julia Ann Pringchair
• Amanda Tessa Jackson
• David Adamson-Hill · trustee of 5 other charities
• Julian Watson · trustee of 7 other charities
• Paul Wynter
• ROY BROWN · trustee of 4 other charities
• SONIA STEWART · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Lewisham

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with YOUNG LEWISHAM PROJECT (WORKSHOP).

• YOUNG LEWISHAM PROJECT (WORKSHOP) income £526k
• THE LIMES COMMUNITY CENTRE income £31k
• THE ST JAMES THE LESS LITCHFIELD COMMUNITY TRUST income £46k
• LEADERS IN COMMUNITY income £327k
• DARLASTON YOUTH CENTRE income £108k
• ST MARYS SOCIAL CENTRE income £33k

Side by side with its peers

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