INTERNATIONAL YOUTH HOSTEL FEDERATION

Registered charity 1117014 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HOSTELLING INTERNATIONAL

Youth Tourism, Outdoor Education and Recreation and Environmental Conservation. On behalf of its parent charity, the International Youth Hostel Federation (IYHF), provides International Marketing and Information Technology Support to all member National Youth Hostel Associations, a global Online Booking Service @ www.hihostels.com, monitors Hostel Standards and offers International Training.

Objects

THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE CHARITY IS ESTABLISHED ARE TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF ALL YOUNG PEOPLE OF ALL NATIONS, BUT ESPECIALLY YOUNG PEOPLE OF LIMITED MEANS, BY ENCOURAGING IN THEM A GREATER KNOWLEDGE, LOVE AND CARE OF THE COUNTRYSIDE AND AN APPRECIATION OF THE CULTURAL VALUES OF TOWNS AND CITIES IN ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD, AND AS ANCILLARY THERETO TO PROVIDE YOUTH HOSTELS OR OTHER ACCOMMODATION IN WHICH THERE SHALL BE NO DISTINCTIONS OF ORIGINS, NATIONALITY, COLOUR, RELIGION, SEX, CLASS OR POLITICAL OPINIONS, AND THEREBY TO DEVELOP A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF OTHER PEOPLE, BOTH AT HOME AND ABROAD.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Accommodation/housing · Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £1,253 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total funds increasing marginally to £1,560,724. The trustees confirm the organization is a going concern with adequate resources and no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue operational existence. Free reserves stood at £1.5 million, which is 12% above the upper threshold of the charity's stated reserves policy.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

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

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~21.8 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (94% 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: 1.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Abdusalam El Elarabi Abuehmaera · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr James Murray Blake · trustee of 1 other charity
• Gerard Paul Boby
• Miguel Perestrello · trustee of 1 other charity
• Nicole Marie Sandoval · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sanni Helena Viirto · trustee of 1 other charity
• Tammy Lea Marshall
• Tom De Bruyckere · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Algeria · Australia · Austria · Bahrain · Belgium · Bolivia · Bosnia And Herzegovina · Brazil · Canada · Chile · China · Croatia

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE INTERNATIONAL YOUTH FOUNDATION.

• THE INTERNATIONAL YOUTH FOUNDATION income £2.2m
• YHA (ENGLAND AND WALES) income £66.1m
• IHSAN FOR CHILDREN FOUNDATION income £641k
• YOUTH FEDERATION LIMITED income £2.1m
• INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS HOUSE income £7.5m
• THE YOUTH ASSOCIATION income £805k

Side by side with its peers

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