MERSEYSIDE YOUTH ASSOCIATION LIMITED

Registered charity 700738 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity provides and co-ordinates in the interest of social welfare, facilities for recreation for young people in Merseyside in order that they may grow to full maturity as individuals.

Causes: Education/training · Disability · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £4,218,626, which the trustees report meets their policy target of twelve months' running expenses plus three months' restricted expenditure. The auditor confirmed that there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Despite a difficult funding climate, the charity maintained a diverse income spread and increased its total reserves by over £1 million during the year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Collins & Co.. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Merseyside Youth Association (MYA) (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

12 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~12.4 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (95% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANDREW GIBBONSchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• DAVID RICHARD SWAFFIELD
• DEBRA COOKE
• Paul Boyce
• Paul Moonan
• Paul Singleton
• RICHARD DEARS

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

Operates in: Halton · Knowsley · Liverpool City · Sefton · St Helens · Wirral

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MERSEYSIDE PLAY ACTION COUNCIL.

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Side by side with its peers

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