DORSET YOUTH ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 306009 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DORSET ASSOCIATION OF YOUTH CLUBS, DYA, THE DORSET YOUTH ASSOCIATION · listed website unreachable when last crawled

Latest income
£355k
Latest spending
£239k
Registered
1974
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £177,936, with a net movement in funds of a deficit of £42,631 for the year. The charity operates defined contribution pension schemes and has no disclosed pension deficit or trading subsidiaries.

What the accounts disclose

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

Total income
£741k
Total spending
£624k
Cost of raising funds
£5k
Reserves (reported)
£180k
Employees
10

Reported reserves equal ~3.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

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

Operates in: Dorset

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£355k£239k
31/03/2024£165k£208k
31/03/2023£741k£624k
31/03/2022£466k£412k
31/03/2021£230k£220k

Common questions

Is DORSET YOUTH ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £177,936, with a net movement in funds of a deficit of £42,631 for the year. The charity operates defined contribution pension schemes and has no disclosed pension deficit or trading subsidiaries.

Who funds DORSET YOUTH ASSOCIATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name DORSET YOUTH ASSOCIATION as a grant recipient include THE VALENTINE CHARITABLE TRUST, THE ALICE ELLEN COOPER-DEAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund20/03/2013£28k"Walking in their shoes"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund01/06/2011£23k"Dorset Young Remember"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund11/03/2005£13k"Heritage Discovery"

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