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CITY UNITED LTD

Registered charity 1121305 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Our vision is to support and guide children and young people, aged between 6 & 25 to make and construct positive changes to their day to day lives. This is done through Youth Work, Education, Mentoring & Coaching

Causes: Education/training · Amateur Sport · Get email alerts

Latest income
£938k
Latest spending
£608k
Registered
2007
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £329,513 and holds unrestricted reserves of £495,866, which the trustees report covers 6 to 9 months of expenditure. The organization maintains a strong financial position with significant cash reserves and has successfully reinvested revenue into staff and infrastructure without relying on external charitable grants in the current year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £60,001 - £70,000 — above the median for charities its size (£60k)
“The number of employees whose employee benefits (excluding employer pension costs) exceeded £60,000 was: 31.3.25 1 £60,001 - £70,000” — page 17
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Employees paid over £60,000: 1
“The number of employees whose employee benefits (excluding employer pension costs) exceeded £60,000 was: 31.3.25 1” — page 17
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

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

Total income
£938k
Total spending
£608k
Reserves (reported)
£496k
Employees
13

Reported reserves equal ~9.8 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (100% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Birmingham City · Sandwell · Solihull · Walsall · Wolverhampton

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£938k£608k
31/03/2024£537k£424k
31/03/2023£372k£397k
31/03/2022£413k£444k
31/03/2021£422k£392k

Common questions

Is CITY UNITED LTD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £329,513 and holds unrestricted reserves of £495,866, which the trustees report covers 6 to 9 months of expenditure. The organization maintains a strong financial position with significant cash reserves and has successfully reinvested revenue into staff and infrastructure without relying on external charitable grants in the current year. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

What does the highest-paid employee of CITY UNITED LTD earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £60,001 - £70,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

Who funds CITY UNITED LTD?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CITY UNITED LTD as a grant recipient include THE TUIXEN FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE TUIXEN FOUNDATIONFY2022£30k
THE TUIXEN FOUNDATIONFY2023£10k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund25/07/2019£10kThinking Ahead
The National Lottery Community Fund13/10/2016£8kComing Together
The National Lottery Community Fund03/04/2014£10kTogether We Can
The National Lottery Community Fund25/11/2010£10kThe Inspiring League
The National Lottery Community Fund22/08/2006£10kCity United Gender Specific Group

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
COVENTRY BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£100k
NORFOLK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION1£70k
THE CITY AND GUILDS OF LONDON INSTITUTE1£64k
BBC CHILDREN IN NEED1£30k
THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR YOUTH MUSIC1£30k
THE GREIG TRUST1£27k
THE MRS SMITH AND MOUNT TRUST1£25k
THE MAURICE AND HILDA LAING CHARITABLE TRUST1£20k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MOHEBBAN AL - MAHDI YOUTH FOUNDATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CITY UNITED LTD£938k£60,001 - £70,0001above—no doubt
MOHEBBAN AL - MAHDI YOUTH FOUNDATION FY2025£430k—0unclear—no doubt
INDIA YOUTH FUND UK FY2025£487k—0no_policy—no doubt
YOUTH UNITED FOUNDATION FY2025£224k—0above—no doubt
POSITIVE YOUTH FOUNDATION FY2025£1.5m—0unclear—no doubt
YOUTH FOCUS NORTH WEST LTD FY2025£627k—0above—no doubt

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