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YOUTH ACCESS

Registered charity 1042121 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Youth Access is the national membership organisation for young people's information, advice, counselling and support services.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£396k
Latest spending
£418k
Registered
1994
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a total deficit of £55,224 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by planned expenditure and an unrealised loss on investments. Per the trustees' report, free unrestricted reserves stood at £201,619, which is above the stated policy target of £142,051. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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 3 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2023)

Total income
£993k
Total spending
£537k
Cost of raising funds
£17k
Reserves (reported)
£356k
Employees
7

Reported reserves equal ~8.0 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (59% 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: 1.7% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

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
31/03/2025£396k£418k
31/03/2024£440k£389k
31/03/2023£993k£537k
31/03/2022£596k£585k
31/03/2021£1.0m£963k

Common questions

Is YOUTH ACCESS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a total deficit of £55,224 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by planned expenditure and an unrealised loss on investments. Per the trustees' report, free unrestricted reserves stood at £201,619, which is above the stated policy target of £142,051. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds YOUTH ACCESS?

Funders whose own accounts filings name YOUTH ACCESS as a grant recipient include THE PRUDENCE TRUST, PAUL HAMLYN FOUNDATION, THE BLAGRAVE TRUST, THE AIM FOUNDATION, THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE PRUDENCE TRUSTFY2024£180kCore costs
PAUL HAMLYN FOUNDATIONFY2023£170kBackbone Fund
THE PRUDENCE TRUSTFY2022£150kCore costs
THE BLAGRAVE TRUSTFY2022£30kInvesting in better youth policy
THE AIM FOUNDATIONFY2024£30kMulti-year grant payment
THE BLAGRAVE TRUSTFY2023£30kInvesting in better youth policy
THE AIM FOUNDATIONFY2022£25kYoung People
THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATIONFY2022£20kDevelopment of funding and income generation model to support sustainability

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund07/05/2021£10kDeveloping more racially responsive services
The National Lottery Community Fund15/03/2019£1.4mAltogether Better: developing young person-centred mental health servi
The National Lottery Community Fund18/06/2018£40kStrengthening the Youth Access network across the UK
The National Lottery Community Fund06/07/2004£462kThe Rights to Access Project