NORTH PADDINGTON YOUTH CLUB

Registered charity 303301 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NORTH PADDINGTON BOY'S CLUB

NPYC's facilities include a multi-purpose sports hall, gym, I.T. room, kitchen, lounge, music room, art room, sensory room & youth hall for activities such as pool, table tennis, and board games. Holiday programmes include flying lessons, go karting, quad biking, driving lessons, jet ski-ing, sky diving, horse riding, scuba diving, cable ski-ing, theatre trips & residential experiences.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE SPIRITUAL MENTAL AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION OF BOYS RESIDENT IN PADDINGTON AND NEIGHBOURING DISTRICTS, AND IN PARTICULAR WITH A VIEW TO CARRYING OUT THE BEFORE MENTIONED OBJECTS TO ORGANISE, RUN AND MAINTAIN A CLUB FOR SUCH BOYS.

Area of benefit: PADDINGTON AND NEIGHBOURHOOD

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Westminster, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£368k
Latest spending
£260k
Registered
1963
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus of £107,519, increasing total unrestricted funds to £154,718. Free reserves of £93,246 exceed the trustees' policy target of £61,203, which is defined as three months of cashflow expenditure. The trustees consider these reserves adequate to ensure the continuity of activities and long-term viability.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months cashflow expenditure (held: £93k)
“The trustees consider that at least three months cashflow expenditure should be held as reserves to ensure the continuity of activities of the charity and long term viability of the charity. This equates to £61,203.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Consultancy services provided by former trustee Sarah Peppin.
“Sarah Peppin, a former trustee of the charity, provided consultancy services to the charity at a cost of £2,295.” — page 10
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.

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: 7
  • Government income: £229,928 — contracts £114,964 (3), grants £114,964 (3); 63% of the £367,699 total gross income on the same return
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity
  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

  • Volunteers: 6
  • Government income: £38,000 — contracts £19,000 (1), grants £19,000 (1); 19% of the £201,000 total gross income on the same return
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; other trustee benefit

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

  • Volunteers: 3
  • Government income: £130,038 — contracts £65,019 (1), grants £65,019 (1); 58% of the £225,482 total gross income on the same return

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: City Of Westminster

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£368k£260k
31/03/2024£201k£209k
31/03/2023£225k£173k
31/03/2022£212k£154k
31/03/2021£215k£243k

Common questions

Is NORTH PADDINGTON YOUTH CLUB financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus of £107,519, increasing total unrestricted funds to £154,718. Free reserves of £93,246 exceed the trustees' policy target of £61,203, which is defined as three months of cashflow expenditure. The trustees consider these reserves adequate to ensure the continuity of activities and long-term viability. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds NORTH PADDINGTON YOUTH CLUB?

Funders whose own accounts filings name NORTH PADDINGTON YOUTH CLUB as a grant recipient include JOHN LYON'S CHARITY, THE FEATHERS ASSOCIATION, HYDE PARK PLACE ESTATE CHARITY, EDWARD HARVIST (ALSO KNOWN AS THE HARVIST ESTATE).

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
JOHN LYON'S CHARITYFY2025£150kthe Club Manager’s salary
THE FEATHERS ASSOCIATIONFY2023£10kGrant
THE FEATHERS ASSOCIATIONFY2022£9kto support the delivery of a holiday club program
HYDE PARK PLACE ESTATE CHARITYFY2024£6k
HYDE PARK PLACE ESTATE CHARITYFY2025£5k
HYDE PARK PLACE ESTATE CHARITYFY2022£3k
HYDE PARK PLACE ESTATE CHARITYFY2023£2kProviding relief for those in need or sickness and the advancement of life
EDWARD HARVIST (ALSO KNOWN AS THE HARVIST ESTATE)FY2025£1k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund27/11/2025£20kNPYC Junior Club
The National Lottery Community Fund08/12/2023£10kNorth Paddington Youth Club
The National Lottery Community Fund03/12/2021£10kNorth Paddington Youth Club
Sport England15/01/2021£9kCOVID19 Return to Play
UK government10/08/2020£10kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund03/03/2020£10kNorth Paddington Youth Club

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NEWTON AYCLIFFE YOUTH & COMMUNITY CENTRE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
NORTH PADDINGTON YOUTH CLUB£368k—0above—no doubt
NEWTON AYCLIFFE YOUTH & COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2025£101k—0unclear—no doubt
NUNEATON CLUB FOR YOUNG PEOPLE (INCORPORATING NUNEATON BOYS CLUB) LTD FY2025£31k—0unclear—noted
RYTON COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2025£33k—0unclear—no doubt
CHOPPINGTON SOCIAL WELFARE CENTRE FY2025£42k—0unclear—no doubt
BLETCHLEY YOUTH CENTRE FY2025£198k—0unclear—no doubt

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