YOUTHSCAPE

Registered charity 1081754 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LCET, LUTON CHURCHES EDUCATION TRUST, THE LUTON CHURCHES EDUCATION TRUST

Youthscape works for real change in the lives of teenagers who we meet in schools, churches and the community within Luton. We value research and innovation as we seek to understand culture, develop new resources and models of youth work and refine established approaches. Nationally, we equip youth workers as we run events, training and consultancy and provide innovative resources.

Objects

(I) ADVANCING IN LIFE AND HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE BY DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS;(II) RELIEVING POVERTY, SUFFERING AND DISTRESS AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE BY THE PROVISION OF ADVICE, COUNSELLING, INFORMATION AND SUPPORT;(III) ADVANCING EDUCATION BY PROVIDING PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES AND COURSES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AND BY PROVIDING RESOURCES, TRAINING AND ADVICE TO THOSE WORKING WITH THEM; AND(IV) ADVANCING THE CHRISTIAN FAITH BY HELPING MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO DEVELOP SPIRITUALLY, SOCIALLY , EMOTIONALLY AND IN THEIR EDUCATION, PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY YOUNG PEOPLE AND THOSE WORKING WITH YOUNG PEOPLE.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

Causes: Education/training · Religious Activities · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Luton, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £60,728 for the year, with total income of £2,137,239 and total expenditure of £2,076,511. Unrestricted reserves increased to £168,951, while the trustees aim to maintain unrestricted reserves at a level of 4-6 months of expenditure to ensure financial stability. The charity holds significant restricted funds (£2,583,286) primarily tied to property assets, indicating a strong asset base but with liquidity concentrated in unrestricted funds.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Higginson & Co (UK) Ltd. 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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• 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
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~1.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (52% 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: 2.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (04/01/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (28/12/2012) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Matt Summerfield Revchair
• Jeronne Rudder
• Rachel Herbert
• Rev Chris Russell
• Revd Canon TIMOTHY MICHAEL LOMAX · trustee of 1 other charity
• Tolulope George

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FITCAP.

• FITCAP income £259k
• YOUTH ACTION income £531k
• YOUTH ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMME income £640k
• YOUTH CONCERN income £879k
• YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CONNEXIONS income £491k
• YOUTH CHARTER income £227k

Side by side with its peers

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