GRIT: BREAKTHROUGH PROGRAMMES

Registered charity 1041855 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as YOUTH AT RISK (UK)

The principal acitivity of the charity is to advance the social education of young people who are deemed to be at risk either from physical, mental or sexual abuse, drug or other substance abuse, criminal activity, poverty, homelessness, unemployment, or illiterarcy; to help them improve their condition and thereby become useful members of society.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £38,521 for the year ended 30 June 2025, a significant improvement from the previous year's deficit of £84,571. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stand at £239,466, which the trustees confirm remains in line with their policy target of six months' running costs. The charity notes it remains financially stable and sustainable despite challenging economic conditions in its key Higher Education market.

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

What the accounts disclose

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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 02930456

Funders the charity credits

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

• Charles Wolfson Charitable Trust — “Our Supporters: Andrew Wilkinson Cavendish Investors Charles Wolfson Charitable Trust David Latham Diana Parker Charitable Trust Edna…” (source page)
• Diana Parker Charitable Trust — “Our Supporters: Andrew Wilkinson Cavendish Investors Charles Wolfson Charitable Trust David Latham Diana Parker Charitable Trust Edna…” (source page)
• Edna Brown Charitable Settlement — “Our Supporters: Andrew Wilkinson Cavendish Investors Charles Wolfson Charitable Trust David Latham Diana Parker Charitable Trust Edna…” (source page)
• Q Charitable Trust — “Our Supporters: Andrew Wilkinson Cavendish Investors Charles Wolfson Charitable Trust David Latham Diana Parker Charitable Trust Edna…” (source page)
• The R and S Cohen Foundation — “Our Supporters: Andrew Wilkinson Cavendish Investors Charles Wolfson Charitable Trust David Latham Diana Parker Charitable Trust Edna…” (source page)

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.

• BOULTON, Kathryn Elizabeth — director, appointed 10/04/2024on trustee list
• BASU, Anil Kanti — director, appointed 31/03/2023on trustee list
• MILLS-ROBERTSON, Nana Ahema — director, appointed 29/06/2021on trustee list
• MURRAY, Christopher Ronald — director, appointed 24/04/2021on trustee list
• PARTON, Michael William John — director, appointed 18/01/2021on trustee list
• KALOMBODZA, Annete — director, appointed 18/01/2021on trustee list
• WOOLLEY, David John — director, appointed 01/07/2020on trustee list
• ROSE, Benjamin Jacob — director, appointed 19/05/1994not on trustee list
• DOWN, Jonathan Edward — secretary, appointed 24/11/2020

Official officers record.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~4.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (53% 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: 0.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• MR BEN ROSEchair
• Anil Kanti Basu
• Annete Kalombodza
• Christopher Murray
• DAVID JOHN WOOLLEY
• Kathryn Boulton
• Michael William John Parton
• Nana Ahema Mills-Robertson

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

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).