CARTWHEEL YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CENTRE

Registered charity 523594 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CARTWHEEL, ELLAND CARTWHEEL YOUTH CLUB, ELLAND YOUTH CENTRE

We promote education, social welfare and leisure time activities for the benefit of the inhabitants of the Elland area with emphasis on those between ages of 11 and 21. We do this in association with local inhabitants, local authorities and local voluntary and other organisations.

Objects

PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE COMMUNITY OF THE ELLAND AREA WITH EMPHASIS ON THOSE BETWEEN THE AGES OF 11-21, BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE INHABITANTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS TO ADVANCE EDUCATION, SOCIAL WELFARE AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATIONS WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS.

Area of benefit: ELLAND

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

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Registered contact address: Calderdale, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£124k
Latest spending
£73k
Registered
1965
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £50,830 for the year, with total funds carried forward amounting to £59,536. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £28,977 but has not adopted a specific reserves policy. The independent examiner highlighted weaknesses in record-keeping regarding supporting documentation for certain income and expenditure transactions.

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.

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: 5
  • Government income: £26,278 — grants £26,278 (7); 21% of the £123,612 total gross income on the same return

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

  • Volunteers: 5
  • Government income: £1,000 — contracts £500 (1), grants £500 (1); 8% of the £12,345 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2022

  • Volunteers: 20
  • Government income: £2,800 — grants £2,800 (1); 12% of the £23,757 total gross income on the same return

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2022 (received 25/04/2023, 84 days after the 31/01/2023 due date); year ending 31/03/2021 (received 25/04/2023, 449 days after the 31/01/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Calderdale

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£124k£73k
31/03/2024£12k£4k
31/03/2023£1k£816
31/03/2022£24k£27k
31/03/2021£11k£14k

Common questions

Is CARTWHEEL YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £50,830 for the year, with total funds carried forward amounting to £59,536. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £28,977 but has not adopted a specific reserves policy. The independent examiner highlighted weaknesses in record-keeping regarding supporting documentation for certain income and expenditure transactions. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds CARTWHEEL YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CENTRE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CARTWHEEL YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CENTRE as a grant recipient include THE HDH WILLS 1965 CHARITABLE TRUST, YORKSHIRE BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE HDH WILLS 1965 CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£2kGeneral Fund Grant
YORKSHIRE BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2024£2k
SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2025£2k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund03/10/2025£20kElland Community Hub - Centre Manager

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 FORD YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CENTRE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CARTWHEEL YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CENTRE£124k—0unclear—no doubt
FORD YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2025£68k—0unclear—no doubt
CRAWLEY YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2025£96k—0unclear—no doubt
Essex & Suffolk Youth Enquiry Service Ltd FY2025£548k—0above—no doubt
SMETHWICK YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CENTRE LIMITED FY2025£478k—0unclear—no doubt
COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE FY2026£654k—0above—no doubt

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