FITZROVIA YOUTH IN ACTION
Registered charity 1136697 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FYA
Fitzrovia Youth in Action (FYA) is a community based youth action project that uses youth work, sports, mentoring and work experience placements to empower children and young people to overcome the barriers they face, fulfill their potential and create positive change in their community.
Causes: Education/training · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus of £42,337 and total unrestricted reserves of £713,288. The trustees consider the reserves healthy, noting they hold nine months of annual total costs to cover operations and wind-up costs. The auditor confirmed no material uncertainties exist regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: 9 months of annual total costs (held: £713k)
“The current level of reserves available are held as follows: 9 months of annual total costs to cover for continuing operations” — page 46
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Fitzrovia Youth in Action Activities Limited
“The charity holds 1 ordinary share of £1 in its wholly owned trading subsidiary company Fitzrovia Youth in Action Activities Limited” — page 76
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Smartax Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Andre Schott — Chief Executive Officer (source)
- Javier Sajuria — Chairperson (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
Public-sector contracts awarded
From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.
Property (HM Land Registry)
1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram · linkedin
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£176k
Reported reserves equal ~6.0 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (82% 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: 14.7% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (02/06/2011) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Javier Sajuriachair
- Afrin Alam
- Alice Weavers
- Brian Christopher Willmore
- Emmanuella Ngalula Ilunga
- Idriz Adedoja · trustee of 1 other charity
- Lorna Emma Ponambalum
- Mark David Seaborne
- Marya Arian
- Matthew Springett
- Morette Jackson
- Natalie Speranza
- Patricia Ann MARRON
- Pippa Aspin
- Rosemary Swainston
- Victoria Panormo · trustee of 1 other charity
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Camden · City Of Westminster
Income and spending
Common questions
Is FITZROVIA YOUTH IN ACTION financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus of £42,337 and total unrestricted reserves of £713,288. The trustees consider the reserves healthy, noting they hold nine months of annual total costs to cover operations and wind-up costs. The auditor confirmed no material uncertainties exist regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Smartax Limited.
Who funds FITZROVIA YOUTH IN ACTION?
Funders whose own accounts filings name FITZROVIA YOUTH IN ACTION as a grant recipient include CAMDEN GIVING, THE CHILDHOOD TRUST, THE RAYNE FOUNDATION, YOUNG CAMDEN FOUNDATION, ST GILES-IN-THE-FIELDS AND WILLIAM SHELTON EDUCATIONAL CHARITY.
Known funders
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