YOUTH BUSINESS INTERNATIONAL

Registered charity 1123946 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q132471945 · also known as THE PRINCE OF WALES YOUTH BUSINESS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED, THE PRINCE'S YOUTH BUSINESS INTERNATIONAL

Youth Business International is a not-for-profit organisation that leads a global network of independent country initiatives helping young people to start their own business and create employment. Through our network we assist young entrepreneurs, unable to find support elsewhere, with a combination of access to capital, mentoring, and other business development enabling sustainable job creation.

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (THE "OBJECTS") FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:1) TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AGED 18-35 BY PROVIDING MENTORING, ADVICE AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE THROUGH THE YOUTH BUSINESS PROGRAMMES ("YBPS”) AS A MEANS OF: (A) ADVANCING IN LIFE AND HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE BY DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS; AND (B) ADVANCING EDUCATION THROUGH MENTORING, TRAINING, ADVOCACY AND THE EFFICIENT SHARING OF KNOWLEDGE THROUGH THE NETWORK OF YBPS; AND (C) RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT.2)TO ENCOURAGE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT WHICH MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE PRESENT WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE ABILITY OF FUTURE GENERATIONS TO MEET THEIR OWN NEEDS AND TO PROMOTE IT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY: (A) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE IN SOCIALLY AND DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES: AND (B) THE PROMOTION OF SUSTAINABLE MEANS OF ACHIEVING ECONOMIC GROWTH AND REGENERATION.

Area of benefit: WORLDWIDE

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

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £480,000 for the year, with total incoming resources of £3.5m against total expenditure of £4.0m. Unrestricted free reserves stood at £0.5m, which is below the stated policy target of £0.9m (equivalent to six months of non-programme costs). Despite the deficit, the trustees and auditors confirm the charity remains a going concern with adequate resources to continue operations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Sayer Vincent LLP. 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
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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.

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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 06550164

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Bank of America — “YBI, supported by Bank of America, is launching the EmpowerAI Digital Accelerator to empower young entrepreneurs in Germany.” (source page)

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.

• DOWNEY, Thomas — director, appointed 11/12/2024on trustee list
• WALLACE, Matthew James — director, appointed 27/09/2023on trustee list
• OLUWASE, Babajide — director, appointed 27/09/2023on trustee list
• PAREKH, Ellora-Julie — director, appointed 27/09/2023on trustee list
• SAVILL, Lydia Maud Jessica — director, appointed 27/09/2023on trustee list
• KRUPINSKA, Marta Ewa — director, appointed 17/09/2021on trustee list
• RAMSEY, Meaghan Elizabeth — director, appointed 03/12/2020on trustee list
• ADEYEMI, Caroline Adenike — director, appointed 12/12/2019on trustee list
• SMART, Andrew James — director, appointed 16/05/2019on trustee list
• EFFS, Romeo St Paul — director, appointed 16/05/2019on trustee list
• SISEC LIMITED — corporate secretary, appointed 31/03/2008

Official officers record.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~1.7 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (96% 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: 6.4% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Marta Ewa Krupinskachair
• Andrew James Smart
• Babajide Oluwase
• Lydia Maud Jessica Savill
• Matthew James Wallace
• Meaghan Elizabeth Ramsey
• Romeo St Paul Effs
• Thomas Downey

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

Operates in: Armenia · Australia · Bangladesh · Barbados · Belgium · Bhutan · Bolivia · Brazil · Burundi · Canada · Chile · City Of London

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

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

• UK YOUTH income £13.8m
• YOUTH ACCESS income £396k
• YOUNG LIFE INTERNATIONAL income £3.4m
• START YOUNG UK income £46k
• THE YOUNG FOUNDATION income £4.0m
• THE INTERNATIONAL YOUTH FOUNDATION income £1.9m

Side by side with its peers

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