YATTON KEYNELL RECREATION ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 276122 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as Y K R A

In the interests of social welfare to provide facilities for recreation, education or other community activities for the purposes of improving conditions of life of the residents within the Parish of Yatton Keynell and the local area

Objects

IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR RECREATION, EDUCATION OR OTHER COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES FOR THE PURPOSE OF IMPROVING CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE RESIDENTS WITHIN THE PARISH OF YATTON KEYNELL AND THE LOCAL AREA

Area of benefit: PARISH OF YATTON KEYNELL

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: Wiltshire, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£59k

Latest spending

£80k

Registered

1978

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's reserves policy is to maintain a reserve fund of £9,000, and the actual free/unrestricted reserves at the year-end were £10,143.52, which is above the policy target. The charity reports that it is dependent on grants to fund its projects due to its low pricing strategy, indicating a reliance on external funding for capital works.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £9000 (reserves figure: £10k)

“The policy of the charity is to keep a reserve fund of £9000.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor

“We deliberately keep our prices as low as possible, which means we have limited ability to build reserves. Consequently, we are dependent on grants to fund our projects.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Risk management
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

Volunteers: 10
Government income: £33,334 — grants £33,334 (4); 57% of the £58,913 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

Volunteers: 4
Government income: £16,361 — grants £16,361 (1); 21% of the £79,130 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

Volunteers: 2
Government income: £5,000 — grants £5,000 (1); 19% of the £26,982 total gross income on the same return

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

Ben Lissemanchair
Kate Patterson
Owen Upton
Stephen James Slade
Zoe McGinn · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Wiltshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£59k	£80k
31/03/2024	£79k	£61k
31/03/2023	£27k	£23k
31/03/2022	£29k	£36k
31/03/2021	£42k	£35k

Common questions

Is YATTON KEYNELL RECREATION ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's reserves policy is to maintain a reserve fund of £9,000, and the actual free/unrestricted reserves at the year-end were £10,143.52, which is above the policy target. The charity reports that it is dependent on grants to fund its projects due to its low pricing strategy, indicating a reliance on external funding for capital works. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds YATTON KEYNELL RECREATION ASSOCIATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name YATTON KEYNELL RECREATION ASSOCIATION as a grant recipient include COMMUNITY FIRST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
COMMUNITY FIRST	FY2025	amount not stated	Landfill Community Funds Grant

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	23/02/2024	£20k	Insulate the village hall and upgrade heating system
The National Lottery Community Fund	21/01/2008	£10k	The Ages of Mankind

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
The Barnes Fund	1	£42k
THE HISCOX FOUNDATION	1	£23k
THE FORTE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with OKEHAMPTON COMMUNITY AND RECREATION ASSOCIATION.

OKEHAMPTON COMMUNITY AND RECREATION ASSOCIATION income £405k
RHYL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £104k
BARNES COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £300k
WALTON COMMUNITY & ENTERPRISE PARTNERSHIP income £76k
DARTINGTON RECREATION ASSOCIATION income £158k
FRAMPTON COTTERELL AND DISTRICT COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £64k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
YATTON KEYNELL RECREATION ASSOCIATION	£59k	—	unclear	—	noted
OKEHAMPTON COMMUNITY AND RECREATION ASSOCIATION FY2025	£405k	—	below	—	no doubt
RHYL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025	£104k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BARNES COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025	£300k	—	above	—	no doubt
WALTON COMMUNITY & ENTERPRISE PARTNERSHIP FY2025	£76k	—	above	—	no doubt
DARTINGTON RECREATION ASSOCIATION FY2025	£158k	—	above	—	no doubt

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