BEESTON YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CENTRE

Registered charity 522181 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BEESTON YOUTH CENTRE

Youth & Community Centre

Objects

THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CENTRE FOR THE USE OF THE INHABITANTS INCLUDING USE FOR THE MEETINGS LECTURES AND CLASSES AND FOR THE OTHER FORMS OF RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION.

Area of benefit: FORMER URBAN DISTRICT OF BEESTON AND STAPLEFORD.

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 · Disability · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Get email alerts

Latest income
£243k
Latest spending
£225k
Registered
1963
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity has rebuilt its reserves to £60,000, a level prioritized by trustees as protection from financial crisis. Per the independent examiner's report, the accounts provide a true and fair view with no matters of concern noted regarding the financial transactions.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £60,000 (held: £60k)
“We used our £60,000 reserves during Covid lockdown and have rebuild this fund for precisely the reasons it was used for. It is a priority for the centre to ensure the continued growth of this fund as protection from financial crisis.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Nottinghamshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£243k£225k
31/03/2024£187k£112k
31/03/2023£158k£93k
31/03/2022£91k£83k
31/03/2021£23k£78k

Common questions

Is BEESTON YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity has rebuilt its reserves to £60,000, a level prioritized by trustees as protection from financial crisis. Per the independent examiner's report, the accounts provide a true and fair view with no matters of concern noted regarding the financial transactions. Its FY2025 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 Fund05/01/2024£20kRe-surfacing of the Sports Court/Muga
The National Lottery Community Fund18/02/2008£10kBeeston Climbing Wall

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 ALICE ELLEN COOPER-DEAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£20k
THE DAVID FAMILY FOUNDATION1£4k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE PETER ASHLEY ACTIVITY CENTRES.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BEESTON YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CENTRE£243k—0above—no doubt
THE PETER ASHLEY ACTIVITY CENTRES FY2025£1.4m—0within—no doubt
ST LEONARDS YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2025£645k—0unclear—no doubt
DORCHESTER YOUTH & COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2025£175k—0below—noted
BRONTE YOUTH & COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2025£1.9m—0unclear—no doubt
BEESTON CONSOLIDATED CHARITY FY2025£174k—0unclear—no doubt

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