MYTIME
Registered charity 297481 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MYTime Young Carers, POOLE AND DORSET ADVENTURE CENTRE
MYTIME Young Carers provides young carers with the support, opportunity and friendships that every child deserves. The charity operates in Dorset and across the UK. It provides young carers with the opportunity to take a break from their caring responsibilities through the MYTIME Making Memories programme and supports young carers in education through its Level Up and Employability programmes.
Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that total funds grew to £424,340, with unrestricted reserves at £139,939 and an additional £175,000 endowment fund available at the Trustees' discretion. The charity reported a surplus of £155,625 for the year, driven by a 29% increase in income to £1,096,123. The trustees confirm the use of the going concern basis of accounting with no material uncertainties identified.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: three months of underlying operational costs (held: £315k)
“The Charity currently aims to build free reserves of 3 months of underlying operational costs. The current goal is therefore to build up free reserves to a level of approximately £330,000 in the next 3 years”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Saffery LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Year-over-year changes
- Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (FY2024) → 0 (FY2025).
Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — MYTIME Young Carers (matched by registered charity number).
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£38k
Reported reserves equal ~1.4 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 3.5% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Bournemouth · Dorset · Poole
Income and spending
Common questions
Is MYTIME financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total funds grew to £424,340, with unrestricted reserves at £139,939 and an additional £175,000 endowment fund available at the Trustees' discretion. The charity reported a surplus of £155,625 for the year, driven by a 29% increase in income to £1,096,123. The trustees confirm the use of the going concern basis of accounting with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Saffery LLP.
Who funds MYTIME?
Funders whose own accounts filings name MYTIME as a grant recipient include The Leathersellers' Foundation, GARFIELD WESTON FOUNDATION, THE POINTER FAMILY TRUST, CHK Foundation, THE ERANDA ROTHSCHILD FOUNDATION.
Known funders
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