ACTION 4 YOUTH

Registered charity 1033626 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ACTION4YOUTH

The objects of charity are to help and educate children and young people, through informal education and leisure time activities to develop their physical, mental and spiritual, moral and cultural capabilities, to achieve their full potential, that they may grow up to full maturity, as responsible individuals and members of their communities and society.

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Latest income
£1.5m
Latest spending
£1.7m
Registered
1994
Accounts read
FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity recorded a significant loss for the year ended 31 March 2026, resulting in a decrease in net assets from £2,173,849 to £1,954,758. Despite this deficit, the trustees report that the balance sheet and cash position provide a solid foundation to manage future challenges, with unrestricted reserves of £774,684 held against a policy target of £235,000.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £60,001 - £70,000 — below the median for charities its size (£70k)
“In the band £60,001 - £70,000 1” — page 32
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Employees paid over £60,000: 1
“In the band £60,001 - £70,000 1” — page 32
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Pension scheme deficit: £3k
“The charity has calculated the deficit under the net present value of future cash flows method, permitted under FRS 102, the deficit of the pension scheme is £2,931 (2025 - £4,299) is materially correct.” — page 42
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Hillier Hopkins LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2025 and FY2026 accounts as analysed by this site.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Action4Youth (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

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.

Funders the charity credits

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

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Total income
£1.5m
Total spending
£1.7m
Cost of raising funds
£93k
Reserves (reported)
£235k
Employees
32

Reported reserves equal ~1.6 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (84% 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: 6.2% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2026£1.5m£1.7m
31/03/2025£3.5m£2.4m
31/03/2024£2.8m£2.6m
31/03/2023£2.1m£2.1m
31/03/2022£1.6m£1.6m

Common questions

Is ACTION 4 YOUTH financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that the charity recorded a significant loss for the year ended 31 March 2026, resulting in a decrease in net assets from £2,173,849 to £1,954,758. Despite this deficit, the trustees report that the balance sheet and cash position provide a solid foundation to manage future challenges, with unrestricted reserves of £774,684 held against a policy target of £235,000. Its FY2026 accounts were audited by Hillier Hopkins LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of ACTION 4 YOUTH earn?

Per its FY2026 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £60,001 - £70,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

Who funds ACTION 4 YOUTH?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ACTION 4 YOUTH as a grant recipient include THE ROTHSCHILD FOUNDATION, THE ADRIAN SWIRE CHARITABLE TRUST, John Lewis Partnership Foundation, THE GOSLING FOUNDATION LIMITED, THE BEATRICE LAING TRUST.

Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund19/11/2025£450kThe Junction Youth Centre: supporting young people to thrive in High Wycombe
The National Lottery Community Fund04/09/2025£17kCreativity@The Junction
The National Lottery Community Fund02/05/2024£19kOut of school hours mentoring for vulnerable young people in South Bucks
The National Lottery Community Fund22/07/2022£9kAddressing food poverty at our youth centre The Junction
The National Lottery Community Fund18/06/2021£9kAction4Youth Health and Wellbeing Programme
Sport England29/04/2021£8kCOVID19 Return to Play
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation11/10/2019£10kGrant to Action4Youth
The National Lottery Community Fund24/07/2019£5kAction4Youth Sector Conference
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation20/07/2018£8kGrant to Action4Youth
The National Lottery Community Fund14/06/2018£6kInspiration Programme
Sport England22/05/2017£10kXperience Disability Sailing School
The National Lottery Community Fund22/04/2015£10kLongriggRural Mobile Training Project
Sport England06/02/2014£10kGet Equipped Yachting project
Sport England20/08/2013£50kCaldecotte Xperience - Water Sports Centre
Sport England06/06/2013£6kLongrigg Canoe
The National Lottery Community Fund16/07/2006£5kMobile Activities

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 PRIORITY YOUTH PROJECT.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ACTION 4 YOUTH£1.5m£60,001 - £70,0001unclear—no doubt
PRIORITY YOUTH PROJECT FY2025£367k—0unclear—noted
JUST YOUTH FY2024£159k—0above—no doubt
ST ANTHONY'S YOUTH EDUCATION AND SUPPORT FY2025£179k—0below—no doubt
NOTTINGHAM ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESAN YOUTH SERVICE FY2025£755k—0unclear—no doubt
Berkshire Youth LTD FY2025£1.4m—0unclear—no doubt

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