YESU

Registered charity 1092968 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Yesu Project provides a meeting place plus a wide range of activities and services for both young and old. We work closely with many agencies providing information, support, advice and operating a very successful 'Befrienders' scheme. Our extensive youth work programs and community based work has developed to include a wide range of life skills support.

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£108k
Latest spending
£117k
Registered
2002
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity sustained a deficit of £8,873 for the year ended 31 July 2025, resulting in total funds carried forward of £104,017. The trustees report that reserves remain above their stated policy target of three months of expenditure, although they note the charity is dependent on regular funding and grant income is difficult to obtain.

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

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: Donation of goods/services
Life Church Sheringham also donated £55,613 of Money, Goods and Services during the year. — page 7
Richard Allen, a Trustee of Life Church Sheringham, was reimbursed for mileage travelled on behalf of Yesu during the year in his role as Project Manager. — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustee reimbursement
Life Church Sheringham also donated £55,613 of Money, Goods and Services during the year. — page 7
Richard Allen, a Trustee of Life Church Sheringham, was reimbursed for mileage travelled on behalf of Yesu during the year in his role as Project Manager. — page 7
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: Norfolk

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2025£108k£117k
31/07/2024£126k£113k
31/07/2023£119k£103k
31/07/2022£98k£90k
31/07/2021£80k£87k

Common questions

Is YESU financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity sustained a deficit of £8,873 for the year ended 31 July 2025, resulting in total funds carried forward of £104,017. The trustees report that reserves remain above their stated policy target of three months of expenditure, although they note the charity is dependent on regular funding and grant income is difficult to obtain. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund19/05/2023£10kCore costs
Postcode Lottery26/04/2022£19kBefrienders Service costs
The National Lottery Community Fund19/01/2021£10kBefrienders Service
The National Lottery Community Fund07/03/2019£10kChildren's and Young People's Project
The National Lottery Community Fund14/09/2005£5kChildren's Play Equipment and Photocopier

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 FRIENDSHIP PROJECT.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
YESU£108k0aboveno doubt
THE FRIENDSHIP PROJECT FY2025£108k0unclearno doubt
COPENHAGEN YOUTH PROJECT FY2025£333k0unclearno doubt
THE EXODUS PROJECT FY2025£305k0belowno doubt
YSS FY2025£1.0m0unclearnoted
JESUS RESTORATION CENTRE FY2024£125k0belowno doubt

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