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blackburn youth zone

The charity supports children and young people and people with disabilities. Blackburn Youth Zone is a registered charity whose purpose is education and training. It delivers its work by providing buildings, facilities, or open space. The charity is based in Blackburn and operates in Blackburn With Darwen.


This page summarises publicly available information about the charity, including its activities, beneficiaries, and registration details, based on official records.

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Activities & Mission

The Youth Zone's principle activity is the provision of a purpose built, world class 21st century facility for sport and recreation in Blackburn for young people aged 8-18 years old. The Youth Zone delivers a range of high quality universal youth work services, seven days a week, which will be accessed voluntarily by young people on a membership basis.

Fundraising

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Local Authority

Financial Information

Latest Income
£2,690,020
Latest Expenditure
£2,383,485

Financial Efficiency

Program Ratio 81.6%
% of income going directly to charitable activities
Overall Efficiency 92.1%
% of expenditure going to programs (vs overhead)
Administrative Ratio 8.9%
Overhead (fundraising + governance) as % of total expenditure

Latest Financial Breakdown

Income Sources

Donations & Legacies £1,269,726
Charitable Activities £1,288,624
Other Trading £115,675
Investments £15,995
Other Income £0

Expenditure Categories

Charitable Expenditure £2,194,788
Raising Funds £188,697
Governance £24,447
Grants to Institutions £0
Other Expenditure £0

Financial Trend

Annual Returns

Financial YearIncomeExpenditureCharitable SpendingNet AssetsReservesStaff
2024£2,690,020£2,383,485£2,194,788£5,521,589£810,87482 / 279
2023£1,754,563£1,886,239£1,730,019£5,215,054£562,04174 / 19
2022£1,803,824£1,766,560£1,601,480£5,346,730£581,23164 / 60
2021£1,745,436£1,339,504£1,253,037£5,309,466£420,55052 / 88
2020£1,119,848£1,302,816£1,183,314£4,903,534£056 / 193

Staff column shows: Employees / Volunteers