ST MARTIN'S YOUTH CENTRE

Registered charity 522878 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST MARTINS YOUTH & COMMUNITY CENTRE

The Centre provides activities for young people aged 10-19. The programme includes media & music, arts, crafts & dance workshops, sports activities, holiday programmes, residentials and open access sessions. For those involved in/likely to be involved in, antisocial/criminal behaviour the Centre provides alternative challenges. The Centre is a community resource which can be hired for events.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£57k
Latest spending
£70k
Registered
1965
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased to £29,030 from £19,652 in the prior year, following a net income of £17,865 against total expenditure of £87,601. The trustees report that the year was difficult due to unfilled staff posts and building renovations deterring lettings, but note that funding slightly increased largely due to a one-off grant. The charity remains solvent with positive unrestricted reserves and no disclosed material uncertainties.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Birmingham City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2026£57k£70k
31/03/2025£105k£88k
31/03/2024£46k£78k
31/03/2023£83k£63k
31/03/2022£36k£49k

Common questions

Is ST MARTIN'S YOUTH CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased to £29,030 from £19,652 in the prior year, following a net income of £17,865 against total expenditure of £87,601. The trustees report that the year was difficult due to unfilled staff posts and building renovations deterring lettings, but note that funding slightly increased largely due to a one-off grant. The charity remains solvent with positive unrestricted reserves and no disclosed material uncertainties. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government11/09/2020£9kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund21/10/2019£10kSMYC 4 Sport
The National Lottery Heritage Fund24/05/2019£24k"Highgate Heraldry 2.0"
The National Lottery Community Fund06/07/2018£10kSMYC Kick Start to Fitness
The National Lottery Heritage Fund24/07/2017£10k"50 years of St Martin's Youth Centre"
The National Lottery Community Fund02/08/2012£9kOn ya bike
The National Lottery Community Fund30/03/2010£8kThe Wall

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SENGHENYDD YOUTH DROP IN CENTRE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ST MARTIN'S YOUTH CENTRE£57k0unclearno doubt
SENGHENYDD YOUTH DROP IN CENTRE FY2025£181k0unclearno doubt
BOLTON LADS AND GIRLS CLUB LIMITED FY2025£2.8m£90,000 - £99,9991unclearno doubt
YOUNG PEOPLE MARCH LIMITED FY2025£305k0aboveno doubt
CENTRESTAGE PRODUCTIONS YOUTH THEATRE FY2025£131k0unclearno doubt
NEW HORIZON YOUTH CENTRE FY2025£4.5mbelow5.8%no doubt

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