POSITIVE YOUTH FOR THE COMMUNITY

Registered charity 1122881 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

What the charity doesGeneral charitable purposesThe prevention or releif of povertyReligious activitiesArts/ CultureYouth activitiesEconomic/community Development/employment Who the charity helpsElderlyPeople With DisabilitiesOther Charities Or Voluntary Bodies How the charity helpsMakes grants to individualsMakes grants to organisationprovides services

Objects

1) TO PROMOTE AND ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF DEPRIVED CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE.2) TO PROVIDE FACILITIES AND PROGRAMMES FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE TO ENJOY AND PARTICIPATE IN LEISURE-TIME AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONS AND.3) TO TRAIN YOUNG PEOPLE SO AS TO DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS AND ENHANCE THEIR PROSPECTS OF EMPLOYMENT AND SO AS TO ENABLE THEM TO GROW UP TO BECOME USEFUL CITIZENS ABLE TO MAKE USEFUL CONTRIBUTIONS TO AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF SOCIETY AND THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE.4. FOR SUCH OTHER PURPOSES AS ARE RECOGNISED AS CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO ENGLISH LAW.

Area of benefit: HACKNEY, HARRINGEY AND BARNET

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

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Hackney, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£463k
Latest spending
£435k
Registered
2008
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net movement in funds of £28,159 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £7,508. The trustees confirmed that the balance of the fund is an acceptable level of reserves given the nature of revenue receipts against expenses payable. The charity had no employees receiving emoluments in excess of £60,000 and no trustees received remuneration or expenses.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 12
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 10
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 8
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2024 (received 14/05/2025, 103 days after the 31/01/2025 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Barnet · Hackney · Haringey

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£463k£435k
31/03/2024£205k£220k
31/03/2023£144k£149k
31/03/2022£96k£104k
31/03/2021£36k£31k

Common questions

Is POSITIVE YOUTH FOR THE COMMUNITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net movement in funds of £28,159 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £7,508. The trustees confirmed that the balance of the fund is an acceptable level of reserves given the nature of revenue receipts against expenses payable. The charity had no employees receiving emoluments in excess of £60,000 and no trustees received remuneration or expenses. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds POSITIVE YOUTH FOR THE COMMUNITY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name POSITIVE YOUTH FOR THE COMMUNITY as a grant recipient include AMUD HATZDOKOH TRUST, TEHILOIS YOEL.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
AMUD HATZDOKOH TRUSTFY2025£121kGeneral
TEHILOIS YOELFY2021£2k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund18/12/2009£10kMagical Moments
The National Lottery Community Fund17/09/2007£10kRainbow Colours

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.

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
POSITIVE YOUTH FOR THE COMMUNITY£463k—0unclear—no doubt
POSITIVE YOUTH FOUNDATION FY2025£1.5m—0unclear—no doubt
THE YOUTH ASSOCIATION FY2025£805kmore than £60,0001above—no doubt
LEIGH YOUTH AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TRUST FY2025£379k—0below—no doubt
SEDBERGH YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2025£158k—0unclear—no doubt
YOUTH ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMME FY2025£640k—0unclear—no doubt

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