SOUTHSIDE YOUNG LEADERS ACADEMY

Registered charity 1121717 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Leadership training for African and Caribbean boys aged 8 - 18. Saturday Academy offers study support, personal development, sports, drill and practical skills. Holiday activities include visits to businesses and institutions, arts and skills training, residential programmes. The Parents' Forum offering counseling and practical on parenting issues. Boys supported in school during week.

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Latest income
£150k
Latest spending
£186k
Registered
2007
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £54,936, which is below the stated policy target of three months of operational expenditure. The charity reported a net expenditure of £36,192 for the year, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted funds from £90,447 to £54,936. The trustees confirmed that resources are adequate to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of operational expenditure (held: £55k)
“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 three months of operational expenditure.” — page 8
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

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Lambeth · Southwark

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£150k£186k
31/08/2024£176k£163k
31/08/2023£196k£253k
30/04/2022£164k£151k
30/04/2021£242k£228k

Common questions

Is SOUTHSIDE YOUNG LEADERS ACADEMY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £54,936, which is below the stated policy target of three months of operational expenditure. The charity reported a net expenditure of £36,192 for the year, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted funds from £90,447 to £54,936. The trustees confirmed that resources are adequate to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds SOUTHSIDE YOUNG LEADERS ACADEMY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SOUTHSIDE YOUNG LEADERS ACADEMY as a grant recipient include UNITED ST SAVIOUR'S CHARITY, CHARTERHOUSE-IN-SOUTHWARK, THE ALAN AND BABETTE SAINSBURY CHARITABLE FUND, THE BARBARA WARD CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION, SCOULOUDI FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
UNITED ST SAVIOUR'S CHARITYFY2024£80kGrant to support their education and attainment programme for boys and young men in Southwark
UNITED ST SAVIOUR'S CHARITYFY2024£40kGrant funding towards Education and Leadership programmes
CHARTERHOUSE-IN-SOUTHWARKFY2025£30k
UNITED ST SAVIOUR'S CHARITYFY2022£25kLarge Grant
UNITED ST SAVIOUR'S CHARITYFY2023£20kGrant to support their education and attainment programme for boys and young men in Southwark
UNITED ST SAVIOUR'S CHARITYFY2023£20kGrant to support their development and leadership programme for boys in Southwark
THE ALAN AND BABETTE SAINSBURY CHARITABLE FUNDFY2023£10kUnrestricted grant to be used flexibly at the discretion of their leadership.
THE BARBARA WARD CHILDREN'S FOUNDATIONFY2024£9k
SCOULOUDI FOUNDATIONFY2022£4kChildren & Youth
SIR ROBERT GEFFERY'S ALMSHOUSE TRUSTFY2024£4k
The Caledonia Investments Charitable FoundationFY2024£1k
The Caledonia Investments Charitable FoundationFY2023£1k
THE BARBARA WARD CHILDREN'S FOUNDATIONFY2025£0

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund15/03/2024£19kSouthside Parents' Partnership
London Borough of Southwark01/04/2020£5kGrant to Southside Young Leaders Academy
The National Lottery Community Fund13/12/2019£350kThriving & Striving: A better future for BAME boys
The National Lottery Community Fund31/05/2019£10kEmpowering Deprived Families
The National Lottery Heritage Fund06/02/2019£10k"Remembrance: What Black Britons did during WW1"
Greater London Authority05/10/2018£89kActive Lives! (Making a difference thru' sports)
Greater London Authority01/09/2018£89kActive Lives! (Making a difference thru' sports)
Greater London Authority20/08/2018£89kYoung Londoners Fund
City Bridge Foundation18/02/2010£45kGrant to Southside Young Leaders' Academy

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 Young Leaders Academy.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SOUTHSIDE YOUNG LEADERS ACADEMY£150k—0unclear—no doubt
Young Leaders Academy FY2025£194k—0above—no doubt
NORTH EAST YOUNG DADS AND LADS PROJECT CIO FY2025£561k——within—no doubt
THE SATURDAY CLUB TRUST FY2025£1.6m——below—no doubt
FUTURE SKILLS TRAINING FY2025£234k—0above—no doubt
OYA ORGANISATION OF YOUNG AFRICANS FY2025£143k—0below—no doubt

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