YOUTH COMMEMORATION GROUND

Registered charity 301401 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The provision and maintenance of a recreation ground for the benefit of children and young persons who have not reached the age of 25 years and are resident in the Borough of Southend-on-Sea.

Objects

THE PROVISION AND MAINTENCE OF A RECREATION GROUND FOR THE BENEFIT OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS WHO HAVE NOT REACHED THE AGE OF 25 YEARS AND ARE RESIDENT IN THE DISTRICT OF SOUTHEND-ON-SEA.

Area of benefit: DISTRICT OF SOUTHEND-ON-SEA

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the audit opinion is expected to be unqualified, with no material uncertainties identified regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. However, the audit identified unadjusted misstatements totaling £2,384 and noted outstanding governance issues regarding board minutes and land registry ownership.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by TC Group. 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
• Investment
• 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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2023)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (87% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• SOUTHEND ON SEA BOROUGH COUNCIL · trustee of 7 other charities

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

Operates in: Southend-on-sea

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MERSEYSIDE YOUTH ASSOCIATION LIMITED.

• MERSEYSIDE YOUTH ASSOCIATION LIMITED income £5.1m
• SOUTH WIGHT AREA YOUTH PARTNERSHIP income £691k
• OMONIA YOUTH (UK) LIMITED income £239k
• CHILDREN'S AND YOUNG PEOPLE'S PLAYGROUND AND PARISH RECREATION GROUND income £278k
• YOUTH FIRST CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION income £1.7m
• FOAKES FOR RECREATION GROUND income £190k

Side by side with its peers

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