AFRICAN YOUTH DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1123021 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AYDA

Safeguards by raising awareness of Female Genital Multilation (FGM) Develop & provide workshops to impart leadership and management skills to all young people including those with learning difficulties;Provide advise and support for parents and young people who are isolated and have no familial bonds;Facilitate community network support group to build bridges across communities.

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£68k
Latest spending
£60k
Registered
2008
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds were in a deficit of £763, while restricted funds held a surplus of £9,207, resulting in total net assets of £79,682. The trustees report that the charity made use of its reserves to cover operating expenditure amid limited resources and funding insecurities. The independent examiner confirmed that the accounts comply with accounting records and regulations, with no matters requiring attention.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Grants (99% of income)
“Grants 2 - 67,534 67,534 56,200” — page 11
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £12k; policy: three months operating expenditure)
“The unrestricted funds were in deficit of £763 (2024: £817)” — page 7
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.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Algeria · Angola · Benin · Botswana · Burkina Faso · Burundi · Cameroon · Central African Republic · Chad · Comoros · Congo · Djibouti

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/09/2025£68k£60k
30/09/2024£57k£35k
30/09/2023£28k£29k
30/09/2022£67k£33k
30/09/2021£8k£9k

Common questions

Is AFRICAN YOUTH DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds were in a deficit of £763, while restricted funds held a surplus of £9,207, resulting in total net assets of £79,682. The trustees report that the charity made use of its reserves to cover operating expenditure amid limited resources and funding insecurities. The independent examiner confirmed that the accounts comply with accounting records and regulations, with no matters requiring attention. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Greater London Authority25/09/2024£34kAfrican RAS Women Adult Learning Outreach II
Greater London Authority (GLA)25/10/2023£22kAfrican RAS Women Adult Learning Outreach Project
Greater London Authority25/10/2023£22kAfrican RAS Women Adult Learning Outreach Project
The National Lottery Community Fund04/05/2016£9kFGM Community Awareness Support