NATIONAL YOUTH BALLET OF GREAT BRITAIN

Registered charity 1000932 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NATIONAL YOUTH BALLET, YOUTH BALLET WORKSHOP

The Charity's activities include the creation, production and performance of ballets for young people with the purposeof involving them in all aspects of a production including choreography, music, costumes, props and stagemake-up. Teaching and rehearsals for the main company takes place over several months, including a residential summer school, and culminates performances at major theatres.

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Latest income
£332k
Latest spending
£316k
Registered
1990
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £34,056 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in unrestricted free reserves of £79,230. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and is a going concern. The charity holds no debt and had cash at bank of £34,229 at the year-end.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: minimum of £25,000 (held: £79k)
“Trustees have set a formal reserves policy and concluded that the overall level of the charity’s unrestricted general reserves should be maintained at minimum of £25,000” — page 32
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£332k£316k
31/12/2024£423k£389k
31/12/2023£230k£282k
31/12/2022£331k£312k
31/12/2021£150k£121k

Common questions

Is NATIONAL YOUTH BALLET OF GREAT BRITAIN financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £34,056 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in unrestricted free reserves of £79,230. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and is a going concern. The charity holds no debt and had cash at bank of £34,229 at the year-end. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds NATIONAL YOUTH BALLET OF GREAT BRITAIN?

Funders whose own accounts filings name NATIONAL YOUTH BALLET OF GREAT BRITAIN as a grant recipient include THE FRANK JACKSON FOUNDATION, MARIA BJORNSON MEMORIAL FUND, THE IDLEWILD TRUST, THE EDWARD AND DOROTHY CADBURY TRUST, THE W E DUNN TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE FRANK JACKSON FOUNDATIONFY2024£159k
THE FRANK JACKSON FOUNDATIONFY2025£50k
THE FRANK JACKSON FOUNDATIONFY2022£14k
THE FRANK JACKSON FOUNDATIONFY2023£12k
MARIA BJORNSON MEMORIAL FUNDFY2024£10k
THE IDLEWILD TRUSTFY2024£6k
MARIA BJORNSON MEMORIAL FUNDFY2023£5k
THE IDLEWILD TRUSTFY2022£5k
MARIA BJORNSON MEMORIAL FUNDFY2022£2k
THE EDWARD AND DOROTHY CADBURY TRUSTFY2023£1kArts and Culture
THE W E DUNN TRUSTFY2025£1k
THE ASTOR FOUNDATIONFY2025£1kArts, Conservation and Heritage