THE NATIONAL YOUTH ADVOCACY SERVICE
Registered charity 1012485 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as IRCHIN TRUST LIMITED, NYAS
NYAS is a socio-legal charity providing advice, advocacy, information and legal advice to children, young people and vulnerable adults. NYAS also provides Independent Visitors who befriend children in care, and we undertake Regulation 44 visits of children homes. Under Rule 16.4 of the Family Proceedings Act we represent children and young people in private law family proceedings.
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that total unrestricted reserves stood at £3,609,440, which is above the trustees' policy expectation of maintaining three to six months of core operating costs. The charity reported a net operating surplus of £299,108 for the year, with total income increasing by 10% to £11,839,321 compared to the prior year. The auditor confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future with no material uncertainties identified.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: three to six months of core operating costs (held: £3.6m)
“The charity aims to maintain unrestricted reserves at a level sufficient to cover at least three to six months of core operating costs.” — page 12
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Document Direct
“Amounts totalling £3,045 were paid to Document Direct in the year (2024: £72) in respect of dictation and transcription services. Document Direct is under common directorship of which Martyn Best has control and influence, all services were at standard market rates and conditions. Amounts outstanding at year-end totalled £362.” — page 42
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Mitchell Charlesworth (Audit) Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — NATIONAL YOUTH ADVOCACY SERVICE (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Rita Waters — Group Chief Executive (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
Property (HM Land Registry)
1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold); recorded price paid £379k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£127k
Reported reserves equal ~3.1 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% 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: 1.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (14/11/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (06/01/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Sir Mark Hedleychair · trustee of 2 other charities
- ANNESLEY WRIGHT · trustee of 4 other charities
- Claire Louise Rainford
- JUDITH TIMMS OBE
- MARTYN JAMES BEST · trustee of 1 other charity
- Norman Terence Galloway
- Scott Roger Cormack
- Shiva Ancliffe
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Throughout England And Wales
Income and spending
Common questions
Is THE NATIONAL YOUTH ADVOCACY SERVICE financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total unrestricted reserves stood at £3,609,440, which is above the trustees' policy expectation of maintaining three to six months of core operating costs. The charity reported a net operating surplus of £299,108 for the year, with total income increasing by 10% to £11,839,321 compared to the prior year. The auditor confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Mitchell Charlesworth (Audit) Limited.
Who funds THE NATIONAL YOUTH ADVOCACY SERVICE?
Funders whose own accounts filings name THE NATIONAL YOUTH ADVOCACY SERVICE as a grant recipient include THE ALICE ELLEN COOPER-DEAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE HADFIELD CHARITABLE TRUST, YORKSHIRE BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE EARL FITZWILLIAM CHARITABLE TRUST, THE MARY HOMFRAY CHARITABLE TRUST.
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