GIVE YOUTH A BREAK

Registered charity 1092690 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

provide leisure and recreational activities to socially disadvantaged youth

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Latest income
£310k
Latest spending
£336k
Registered
2002
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £26,356, resulting in net liabilities of £10,081 at the year end. The trustees identify the failure to meet their reserves target as a principal risk and confirm the accounts are prepared on a going concern basis based on expected income and planned cost reductions.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £-10k; policy: between three and six months of budgeted operating expenditure)
“At 31 August 2025 the charity held total funds of (£10,081).. This is below the target range” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor
“The trustees have considered the charity's ability to continue as a going concern and [confirm that, having regard to expected income, committed grant funding and planned cost reductions, they consider it appropriate to prepare the accounts on a going concern basis.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Barnet · Hackney · Haringey

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£310k£336k
31/08/2024£180k£171k
31/08/2023£114k£108k
31/08/2022£115k£115k
31/08/2021£134k£132k

Common questions

Is GIVE YOUTH A BREAK financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £26,356, resulting in net liabilities of £10,081 at the year end. The trustees identify the failure to meet their reserves target as a principal risk and confirm the accounts are prepared on a going concern basis based on expected income and planned cost reductions. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds GIVE YOUTH A BREAK?

Funders whose own accounts filings name GIVE YOUTH A BREAK as a grant recipient include STRING OF PEARLS, THE CHILDHOOD TRUST, THE YOUNG BARNET FOUNDATION, COMET CHARITIES LTD, THE TIM HENMAN FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
STRING OF PEARLSFY2022£60k
STRING OF PEARLSFY2023£27k
STRING OF PEARLSFY2024£27k
THE CHILDHOOD TRUSTFY2025£25k
THE YOUNG BARNET FOUNDATIONFY2024£24kSpace2Grow CYP Fund
THE CHILDHOOD TRUSTFY2024£11k
COMET CHARITIES LTDFY2022£10k
THE YOUNG BARNET FOUNDATIONFY2023£10kSpace2Grow CYP Fund
THE TIM HENMAN FOUNDATIONFY2024£7kGrants made to organisations
KKMGFY2023£5kEducation
THE TIM HENMAN FOUNDATIONFY2025£0Grant funding of activities

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sport England03/04/2025£15kAqua Queens!
Postcode Lottery29/03/2024£20kUnrestricted Funding
The National Lottery Community Fund29/06/2023£10kUnity Connect: Bridging Our Community Together
UK government20/08/2020£10kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund26/10/2018£10kVolunteer training
The National Lottery Community Fund04/03/2015£10kSmart Summer Space
The National Lottery Community Fund19/05/2011£10kCelebrating Lives

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 BREAK.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
GIVE YOUTH A BREAK£310k—0below—noted
BREAK FY2025£16.6m——below—no doubt
PRIORITY YOUTH PROJECT FY2025£367k—0unclear—noted
YOUTH FIRST CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION FY2024£1.7m—0unclear—noted
THE PETER ASHLEY ACTIVITY CENTRES FY2025£1.4m—0within—no doubt
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SOUTH YORKSHIRE FY2025£111kunder £50,0000below—noted

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