NEWARK YOUTH LONDON LIMITED

Registered charity 1112289 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NEWARK YOUTH ASSOCIATION LIMITED, NYA

Newark develops the skills, capacities and capabilities of young people to enable them to participate in society as independent, mature and responsible individuals. To advance education and relieve unemployment. Provides recreational and leisure time activities to improve conditions of life. Also to act as resource and point of contact for young people.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£554k
Latest spending
£478k
Registered
2005
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity maintained unrestricted reserves of £166,729, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet their policy target of three to six months' expenditure. The trustees report that the charity remains relatively secure financially despite a competitive funding landscape, and no material uncertainties affecting going concern were identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three to six months' expenditure (held: £167k)
“It is the policy of the charity that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to between three and six month’s expenditure.” — page 19
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Newark Youth London (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold); recorded price paid £158k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

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

Total income
£554k
Total spending
£478k
Cost of raising funds
£5k
Reserves (reported)
£167k
Employees
29

Reported reserves equal ~4.2 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (97% 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: 0.8% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Newham · Tower Hamlets

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£554k£478k
31/03/2024£714k£528k
31/03/2023£637k£503k
31/03/2022£437k£363k
31/03/2021£304k£166k

Common questions

Is NEWARK YOUTH LONDON LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity maintained unrestricted reserves of £166,729, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet their policy target of three to six months' expenditure. The trustees report that the charity remains relatively secure financially despite a competitive funding landscape, and no material uncertainties affecting going concern were identified. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds NEWARK YOUTH LONDON LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name NEWARK YOUTH LONDON LIMITED as a grant recipient include EAST END COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, CHARLES S FRENCH CHARITABLE TRUST, SALTERS' CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE HISCOX FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
EAST END COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2025£8k
CHARLES S FRENCH CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£5k
SALTERS' CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2025£5kRelief of Need - Community
SALTERS' CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2024£5kRelief of Need - Community
EAST END COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2024£4kSummer activities for young people
EAST END COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2023£4kSummer Activities for Young People
SALTERS' CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2023£3kRelief of Need - Community
THE HISCOX FOUNDATIONFY2025£500

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sport England27/05/2025£9kNewark Womens Movement Club
The National Lottery Community Fund02/05/2024£20kLocksley Estate Youth Club
Greater London Authority (GLA)08/04/2024£32kGo! London Fund - Young & Active (Tower Hamlets & Newham)
The National Lottery Community Fund04/08/2023£10kMH Newark Summer Project 2023
City Bridge Foundation03/08/2022£36kGrant to Newark Youth London
The National Lottery Community Fund01/04/2022£10kThe Lovely Jubbly Street Festival
Sport England28/02/2022£9kJubilee Fund - Healthy Active Together (HeAT)
Greater London Authority01/01/2020£144kNewark Youth London
Sport England12/06/2019£10kHealthy-Active-Together
The National Lottery Community Fund27/05/2009£10kMinerva Estate Youth Project
The National Lottery Community Fund21/05/2004£5kResidential trip to Wales

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 NEWARK MENCAP.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
NEWARK YOUTH LONDON LIMITED£554k—0within—no doubt
NEWARK MENCAP FY2025£110k—0unclear—no doubt
PRIORITY YOUTH PROJECT FY2025£367k—0unclear—noted
NORTH EAST YOUNG DADS AND LADS PROJECT CIO FY2025£561k——within—no doubt
NEWARK PREPARATORY SCHOOL COMPANY LIMITED FY2025£1.2m——below—no doubt
YOUTH WORKS NORTHAMPTONSHIRE FY2025£1.6m—0above—no doubt

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