MARTOCK YOUTH CLUB

Registered charity 271938 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MARTOCK YOUTH CENTRE

Youth Club sessions for young people aged 8 and above

Objects

HELPING AND EDUCATION BOYS AND GIRLS ESPECIALLY (BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY) THROUGH LEISURE-TIME ACITIVITIES SO AS TO DEVELOP THEIR PHYSICA MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL CAPACITIES THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY.

Area of benefit: MARTOCK AND THE SURROUNDING AREA

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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Latest income

£41k

Latest spending

£34k

Registered

1976

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity is closing its current facility due to running costs exceeding income and significant maintenance liabilities associated with its Grade II listed status. The trustees have decided to sell the building to avoid further draining donor-restricted funds, with plans to relocate youth activities to a new community building in partnership with the Parish Council.

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

What the accounts disclose

Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor

“A real concern of the Trustees and the Management Committee is that the running costs of the Centre are being met by drawing down on the substantial funds that have been provided by a donor for the specific purpose of a new build or refurbishment.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 2 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.

Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

DR KEITH BEATTIE
Diana Davies
GEOFF HELPS

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

Operates in: Somerset

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£41k	£34k
31/03/2024	£14k	£16k
31/03/2023	£51k	£16k
31/03/2022	£40k	£15k
31/03/2021	£33k	£7k

Common questions

Is MARTOCK YOUTH CLUB financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity is closing its current facility due to running costs exceeding income and significant maintenance liabilities associated with its Grade II listed status. The trustees have decided to sell the building to avoid further draining donor-restricted funds, with plans to relocate youth activities to a new community building in partnership with the Parish Council.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	23/01/2020	£1k	National Play Day Event
The National Lottery Community Fund	09/07/2014	£6k	Job Club on Tour