ABINGDON DAMASCUS YOUTH PROJECT

Registered charity 1098966 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Detached Youth work One-to-one and issue-based work; study, job and emotional supportTraining young leaders in the communityLiaise with other youth, voluntary and statutory organisations to enhance/grow the youth provision in the areas of benefit as identified by the young people themselves - youth clubsInter-generational communal fun activities (such as senior citizens' tea party)

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Latest income

£42k

Latest spending

£27k

Registered

2003

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds held at the period end were £163,210, with £90,000 designated as earmarked reserves. The trustees maintain a reserves policy to ensure stability for staff employment and bridge gaps between grant awards. The document notes that financial risk for the year was minimal.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: stability of employment to staff over at least a one-year period (held: £90k)

“The trustees have a policy of maintaining a reserve to enable the recruitment and retention of proficient and credible youth workers in the event that no new income is received in the year. Thus, in setting a level of reserve trustees have regard to the stability of employment to staff over at least a one-year period”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Funders the charity credits

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

#iwill — “Youth Social Action (part funded by #iwill through Sovereign)” (source page)
Sovereign — “Youth Social Action (part funded by #iwill through Sovereign)” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

CHRISTOPHER DAVID BRYANchair
Jay Elliott
Sally Ailsa Louise Hoodless

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
04/05/2025	£42k	£27k
04/05/2024	£44k	£39k
04/05/2023	£63k	£52k
04/05/2022	£98k	£87k
04/05/2021	£108k	£91k

Common questions

Is ABINGDON DAMASCUS YOUTH PROJECT financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total funds held at the period end were £163,210, with £90,000 designated as earmarked reserves. The trustees maintain a reserves policy to ensure stability for staff employment and bridge gaps between grant awards. The document notes that financial risk for the year was minimal.

Who funds ABINGDON DAMASCUS YOUTH PROJECT?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ABINGDON DAMASCUS YOUTH PROJECT as a grant recipient include MISS W E LAWRENCE 1973 CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
MISS W E LAWRENCE 1973 CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT	FY2023	£840

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
UK government	09/10/2020	£2k	VSCE CMC Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund	16/06/2009	£180k	Youth and Community Acting Together (YCAT)
The National Lottery Community Fund	08/11/2005	£50k	Damascus Youth Project