YOUTH AND FAMILIES MATTER

Registered charity 1128524 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Youth and Families Matter provides the following support...Parenting SupportSchools Work for children with emotional difficultiesDetached youthworkFamily work, including befriendingPractical help, as an agency of Basics Bank project.A combined coffee and charity shop to help provide funds for the work carried out by YFM and to serve as a community base for the locality.

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Latest income
£313k
Latest spending
£291k
Registered
2009
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income surplus of £22,236 for the year, with total funds increasing to £258,161. Free reserves were £63,765, which the Trustees confirmed are in line with their policy target of maintaining reserves for a 6 to 12-month period of unforeseen difficulty. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and has no disclosed trading subsidiaries or related-party transactions.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Youth and Families Matter (matched by registered charity number).

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: Hampshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£313k£291k
31/12/2023£283k£280k
31/12/2022£249k£262k
31/12/2021£237k£219k
31/12/2020£242k£198k

Common questions

Is YOUTH AND FAMILIES MATTER financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net income surplus of £22,236 for the year, with total funds increasing to £258,161. Free reserves were £63,765, which the Trustees confirmed are in line with their policy target of maintaining reserves for a 6 to 12-month period of unforeseen difficulty. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and has no disclosed trading subsidiaries or related-party transactions. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds YOUTH AND FAMILIES MATTER?

Funders whose own accounts filings name YOUTH AND FAMILIES MATTER as a grant recipient include THE EDWARD GOSTLING FOUNDATION, TESTWOOD BAPTIST CHURCH.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE EDWARD GOSTLING FOUNDATIONFY2025£25kGrant
THE EDWARD GOSTLING FOUNDATIONFY2024£25k
TESTWOOD BAPTIST CHURCHFY2021£13k
TESTWOOD BAPTIST CHURCHFY2022£10kYouth and Families Matter
TESTWOOD BAPTIST CHURCHFY2023£4k