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CROYDON YOUTH INFORMATION AND COUNSELLING SERVICE LIMITED

Registered charity 1049307 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CROYDON DROP IN SUPPORT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE, DROP IN AND TALKBUS, TALKBUS

Croydon Drop In is a free, confidential counselling, advocacy, outreach and health education charity who support infants, children & young people between the ages of 2 - 25 and families who live, study or work in the London Borough of Croydon. Drop In has a mobile unit know as Talkbus which travels across the Borough delivering our services to our community in their own environments.

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

Latest income
£1.8m
Latest spending
£1.8m
Registered
1995
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus of £75,149 and total reserves of £1,199,168. The trustees report that unrestricted reserves of £493,518 are within their stated policy target of 3 to 6 months of expenditure (£443,023 to £886,046). However, the budget for the following year predicts a deficit, which the trustees note will be funded by reserves if necessary.

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 unrestricted expenditure (held: £494k)
“The management committee have established a policy whereby the unrestricted funds not invested in tangible fixed assets (the ‘free reserves’) held by the charity should be between 3 and 6 months of the resources expended, which equates to between £443,023 and £886,046.” — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by TC Group. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£1.8m
Total spending
£1.8m
Cost of raising funds
£9k
Reserves (reported)
£615k
Employees
51

Reported reserves equal ~4.2 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Croydon

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.8m£1.8m
31/03/2024£1.9m£1.6m
31/03/2023£1.6m£1.5m
31/03/2022£1.4m£1.2m
31/03/2021£954k£882k

Common questions

Is CROYDON YOUTH INFORMATION AND COUNSELLING SERVICE LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus of £75,149 and total reserves of £1,199,168. The trustees report that unrestricted reserves of £493,518 are within their stated policy target of 3 to 6 months of expenditure (£443,023 to £886,046). However, the budget for the following year predicts a deficit, which the trustees note will be funded by reserves if necessary. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by TC Group.