YOUTH ENQUIRY SERVICE (PLYMOUTH) LIMITED

Registered charity 1051757 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as The Zone, Y E S

The charity was set up to help young people from Plymouth and the surrounding area, aged under 25 years, reach their full potential by providing access to accredited, confidential and free information, advice and guidance delivered by paid staff and trained volunteers. We also provide access to a range of additional commissioned services for enhanced and targeted provision.

Objects

TO RELIEVE AND PREVENT SUFFERING CAUSED BY MENTAL OR PHYSICAL ILL-HEALTH OR BY SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE BY ESTABLISHING MAINTAINING AND DEVELOPING A SUPPORT SERVICE IN PLYMOUTH AND THE SURROUNDING AREA FOR THE GIVING OF INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP INFORMATION, ADVICE SUPPORT, COUNSELLING AND TRAINING.

Area of benefit: IN PRACTICE PLYMOUTH AND THE SURROUNDING AREA

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net deficit of £141,027 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total reserves from £920,613 to £779,586. Despite the deficit, the trustees confirmed the organization remains a going concern with sufficient reserves to cover future liabilities.

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.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03140076

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.

• DURBIN, Oliver — director, appointed 10/08/2026on trustee list
• ELSE, Katherine — director, appointed 01/07/2026on trustee list
• TODD, Sarah Kathryn — director, appointed 01/07/2026on trustee list
• DOYLE, Gemma Faye Claire, Mx — director, appointed 08/06/2026on trustee list
• SERGEANT, Reshad John Paul — director, appointed 08/06/2026on trustee list
• WHITBY, Rachael — director, appointed 08/06/2026on trustee list
• COOK, James Alexander Henry — director, appointed 06/10/2025on trustee list
• OSADEME, Marian Nkonyeasua — director, appointed 06/10/2025on trustee list
• HUGHES, Julia — director, appointed 11/07/2024on trustee list
• MURRAY-CLARK, Malcolm — director, appointed 01/11/2018not on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Reported reserves equal ~12.8 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• James Alexander Henry Cook
• Julia Hughes
• Katherine Else
• Marian Nkunyeasua Osademe
• Mx Gemma Faye Claire Doyle
• Oliver Durbin
• Rachael Whitby
• Reshad John Paul Sergeant
• Sarah Kathryn Todd
• Tanmayo Murray-Clark

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

Operates in: Plymouth City

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with YOUTH FIRST CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION.

• YOUTH FIRST CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION income £1.7m
• YASEEN YOUTH DEVELOPMENT LTD income £578k
• WOLVERHAMPTON YOUTH ZONE income £1.3m
• NE YOUTH income £1.3m
• THE YOUTH ASSOCIATION income £805k
• YOUTH FOCUS NORTH WEST LTD income £627k

Side by side with its peers

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