REDTHREAD YOUTH LIMITED

Registered charity 1051260 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHRISTIAN YOUTH AND SCHOOLS CHARITABLE COMPANY, REDTHREAD

Youth Work - to provide, and support, youthwork which focuses on the holistic wellbeing of young people: body, mind and soul.To walk alongside the young people we engage with, as they journey into adulthood.

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

Latest income
£1.4m
Latest spending
£2.3m
Registered
1995
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ceased operations and transferred all activities, assets, and liabilities to its parent charity, Catch22, on 1 April 2025. Consequently, the financial statements were prepared on a basis other than going concern, and the legal entity no longer carries out any activities. The charity reported a surplus for the period but had unrestricted reserves of £839,477 prior to the transfer.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £90,001 - £100,000 — in the top quarter for charities its size (median £70k)
“Between £90,001 and £100,000” — page 28
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Largest income source: Charitable activities (77% of income)
“restricted income from charitable activities came to £1,079,279 (77.4% of total income).”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Going concern: accounts NOT prepared on a going-concern basis (closing, merging or winding up)
“As the charity ceased operations, the trustees do not consider it to be appropriate to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing of the financial statements. Accordingly, the financial statements have been prepared on a basis other than going concern as described in note 1.3.” — page 12
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Redthread provided services to Catch22 totalling £138,419 on the Social Switch programme.
“During the year, Redthread provided services to Catch22 totalling £138,419 on the Social Switch programme.” — page 28
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

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

Corporate structure

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

Funders the charity credits

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

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.

Official officers record.

Public-sector contracts awarded

From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.

BuyerContractAwardedValue
Mayor's Office for Policing and CrimeHospital Based Youth Work Programme——
Mayor's Office for Policing and CrimeHospital Based Youth Work Programme——

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Total income
£1.4m
Total spending
£2.3m
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
40

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 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 (77% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Birmingham City · Nottingham City · Nottinghamshire · Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£1.4m£2.3m
31/08/2024£4.5m£5.3m
31/03/2023£3.7m£3.9m
31/03/2022£4.1m£3.8m
31/03/2021£4.0m£3.4m

Common questions

Is REDTHREAD YOUTH LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ceased operations and transferred all activities, assets, and liabilities to its parent charity, Catch22, on 1 April 2025. Consequently, the financial statements were prepared on a basis other than going concern, and the legal entity no longer carries out any activities. The charity reported a surplus for the period but had unrestricted reserves of £839,477 prior to the transfer. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of REDTHREAD YOUTH LIMITED earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £90,001 - £100,000 band.

Who funds REDTHREAD YOUTH LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name REDTHREAD YOUTH LIMITED as a grant recipient include THE YOUTH ENDOWMENT FUND CHARITABLE TRUST, THE STONE FAMILY FOUNDATION, GARFIELD WESTON FOUNDATION, THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATION, IMPETUS - THE PRIVATE EQUITY FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE YOUTH ENDOWMENT FUND CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£455k
THE STONE FAMILY FOUNDATIONFY2021£394k
THE YOUTH ENDOWMENT FUND CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£392k
GARFIELD WESTON FOUNDATIONFY2024£200kYouth
THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATIONFY2022£183kTowards a new CRM system and discovery work for technology development relating to HR, online training and HIVE
THE STONE FAMILY FOUNDATIONFY2024£165k
IMPETUS - THE PRIVATE EQUITY FOUNDATIONFY2024£147kGrants paid by the Youth Endowment Fund to interventions
THE WESTMINSTER FOUNDATIONFY2022£104kTrauma-informed youth work integrated into the health sector.
THIRTY PERCY FOUNDATIONFY2022£100kDiscretionary Fund
JOHN ELLERMAN FOUNDATIONFY2025£90kTowards core costs including staffing to advance Redthread’s research and policy initiatives
HACKNEY PAROCHIAL CHARITIESFY2023£87k
THE HISCOX FOUNDATIONFY2023£55k
THE HISCOX FOUNDATIONFY2022£50k
THE RAYNE FOUNDATIONFY2024£45kYouth Violence and Exploitation Counsellor
E B M CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£43k
HFC Help For Children UK LTDFY2022£30k
PAUL HAMLYN FOUNDATIONFY2023£30kYouth Strategic Investment Fund package of support
THE BARROW CADBURY TRUSTFY2024£30kCriminal Justice
THE AURUM CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£30k
HFC Help For Children UK LTDFY2024£29k
E B M CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£28k
THE SAM AND BELLA SEBBA CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2021£25kCore funding
THE STONE FAMILY FOUNDATIONFY2022£25k
E B M CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£23kGrant paid to institution
The Portal TrustFY2023£20kYouth Violence Intervention Programme at St George's Hospital
The Portal TrustFY2024£20kYouth Violence Intervention Programme at St George's Hospital
The Portal TrustFY2025£20kSpeech Bubbles CIO
CHARLES S FRENCH CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£18k
THE NORTON FOUNDATIONFY2022£15kSocial activity
THE SAM AND BELLA SEBBA CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2022£13kCore funding
THE NORTON FOUNDATIONFY2023£10kGrants to institutions
THE JOHN COATES CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£10k
THE STONE FAMILY FOUNDATIONFY2023£6k
HACKNEY PAROCHIAL CHARITIESFY2022£6k
HACKNEY PAROCHIAL CHARITIESFY2025£6k
THE JOHN HORSEMAN TRUSTFY2023£5k
THE JOHN COATES CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£5k
THE FRENCH HUGUENOT CHURCH OF LONDON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£5kGrants to institutions
THE ALLEN OVERY SHEARMAN STERLING FOUNDATIONFY2024£5k
THE JOHN HORSEMAN TRUSTFY2024£5k
THE GROCERS' CHARITYFY2024£5kHealth
THE JOHN COATES CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£5k
THE PETER STEBBINGS MEMORIAL CHARITYFY2022£5k
C A REDFERN CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2025£5k
THE JOHN HORSEMAN TRUSTFY2022£5k
HFC Help For Children UK LTDFY2021£4k
THE WO STREET CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2021£4k
HACKNEY PAROCHIAL CHARITIESFY2024£3k
THE FRENCH HUGUENOT CHURCH OF LONDON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£3kEducational Fund Grant
C A REDFERN CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2022£3k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Barrow Cadbury Trust27/03/2024£30kTransitioning Redthread to Stability and Greater Impact
City Bridge Foundation29/02/2024£250kGrant to Redthread
Greater London Authority (GLA)17/10/2022£645kGrant to Redthread Youth Limited
UK government01/04/2019£417kRedthread Youth Violence Intervention Programme Expansion 2019-20
Greater London Authority01/01/2019£150kYoung Londoners Fund
Barrow Cadbury Trust08/07/2017£90kYouth Violence Intervention Programme in Birmingham

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 THE YOUTH ASSOCIATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
REDTHREAD YOUTH LIMITED£1.4m£90,001 - £100,000—unclear—not going concern
THE YOUTH ASSOCIATION FY2025£805kmore than £60,0001above—no doubt
YOUTH CONNECT SOUTH WEST FY2025£3.1m——unclear—no doubt
YOUNG SOMERSET FY2026£4.3m——unclear—no doubt
YOUTH WORKS NORTHAMPTONSHIRE FY2025£1.6m—0above—no doubt
YOUTH FIRST CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION FY2024£1.7m—0unclear—noted

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