WHITBY AREA DEVELOPMENT TRUST

Registered charity 518451 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NETWORK, THE WHITBY RESOURCE CENTRE, WHITBY NETWORK

The promotion for the benefit of the public of urban or rural regeneration in areas of social and economic deprivation (and in particular in the Whitby district and surrounding area).

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£231k
Latest spending
£259k
Registered
1987
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a total deficit of £8,602 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in free reserves of -£21,507. The trustees note that free reserves before lease commitments are £40,618, equivalent to two months' normal operating expenditure, which they believe should safeguard continued operation.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: two months' normal operating expenditure (held: £-22k)
Free reserves before lease commitments are £40,618 (2023: £60,122) which would be the equivalent of 2 months’ normal operating expenditure. — page 7
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: The Coliseum Trading Company Limited
The Coliseum Trading Company Limited (Company number 03733657) is a wholly-owned trading subsidiary, first registered on 16 March 1999. The Company has been dormant since 2003. — page 23
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: North Yorkshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£231k£259k
31/12/2024£233k£242k
31/12/2023£247k£246k
31/12/2022£185k£208k
31/12/2021£194k£179k

Common questions

Is WHITBY AREA DEVELOPMENT TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a total deficit of £8,602 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in free reserves of -£21,507. The trustees note that free reserves before lease commitments are £40,618, equivalent to two months' normal operating expenditure, which they believe should safeguard continued operation. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund14/10/2022£10kThe Whitby Walled Garden
The National Lottery Heritage Fund19/10/2012£9k"Whitby - Then and Now"

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE GOSHEN TRUST1£63k
PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ABBEYDALE AND MILLHOUSES1£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with DALEWOOD TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
WHITBY AREA DEVELOPMENT TRUST£231k0unclearno doubt
DALEWOOD TRUST FY2025£955k0unclearno doubt
WHITBY CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP FY2024£143k0unclearno doubt
PADDINGTON DEVELOPMENT TRUST FY2025£3.2m£60,001 - £70,0003withinno doubt
MANOR AND CASTLE DEVELOPMENT TRUST LIMITED FY2025£2.6m0aboveno doubt
WHITLEIGH COMMUNITY TRUST FY2024£247k0unclearno doubt

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