YOUTH FOCUS NORTH EAST

Registered charity 1101799 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as REGIONAL YOUTH WORK UNIT, REGIONAL YOUTH WORK UNIT NORTH EAST

Promoting and supporting the development of youth work in the North East

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held free unrestricted reserves of £125,524 against a policy target of holding between 6 and 12 months of operating costs. The auditors confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified regarding the charity's ability to continue operations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by S&W Audit. Discloses 5 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).

• Newcastle Hospital Charity — “It was a success and the young people really enjoyed it, thanks to Newcastle Hospital Charity for allowing us this opportunity!” (source page)

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~2.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Robert James Laycockchair
• Charlie Lamb
• David Hesselberth
• James Michael Sibbald
• Jennie Louise Clarke Franks
• Karen Marie Marshall
• MR M F BAGNALL · trustee of 2 other charities
• Michelle Ann Atkinson
• Norma Tullock · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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Known funders

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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 FOCUS NORTH WEST LTD.

• YOUTH FOCUS NORTH WEST LTD income £627k
• NORTH EAST YOUNG DADS AND LADS PROJECT CIO income £561k
• NORTH WEST YOUNG PEOPLES DEVELOPMENT TRUST income £228k
• Transform NE income £241k
• NORTH YORKSHIRE YOUTH LIMITED income £1.9m
• NORTH EAST THAMES QUAKER TRUST income £113k

Side by side with its peers

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