THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR YOUTH JUSTICE

Registered charity 1138177 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NAYJ

The National Association for Youth Justice is a membership organization which seeks to promote the welfare and protect the rights of children and young people involved in the youth justice system in England and Wales, to which end it provides advice, training and information to members, supporters and others who support its aims.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE (AS SET OUT IN THE FULLRANGE OF INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS, TREATIES, RULES, CONVENTIONS AND GUIDELINESTHEREON, INCLUDING THE UN CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD AND ALL RELATEDUNITED NATIONS CONVENTIONS AND DECLARATIONS) THROUGHOUT THE WORLD ¨ AND INPARTICULAR WITHIN ENGLAND AND WALES - BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:= MONITORING ABUSES OF HUMAN RIGHTS;= OBTAINING REDRESS FOR THE VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE;= RELIEVING NEED AMONG THE VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE;= RESEARCH INTO HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES;= PROVIDING TECHNICAL ADVICE TO GOVERNMENT AND OTHERS ON HUMAN RIGHTSMATTERS;= CONTRIBUTING TO THE SOUND ADMINISTRATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS LAW;= COMMENTING ON PROPOSED HUMAN RIGHTS LEGISLATION;= RAISING AWARENESS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES;= PROMOTING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS;= PROMOTING RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AMONG INDIVIDUALS AND CORPORATIONS;= INTERNATIONAL ADVOCACY OF HUMAN RIGHTS;= ELIMINATING INFRINGEMENTS OF HUMAN RIGHTS.

Area of benefit: THE WORLD

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

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Registered contact address: Powys, Wales (from the postcode on the register)

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Policies the charity declares

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• Conflicting interests

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 31/12/2024 (received 05/11/2025, 5 days after the 31/10/2025 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

• Dr Ali Wigzellchair
• Andrew Peaden
• Chris Peace
• DR TIM BATEMAN
• Dr CLAIRE PATERSON-YOUNG
• Dr Jo Staines
• Dr Kirstine Szifris · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Samantha Burns
• KATHERINE EVANS
• Laura Janes · trustee of 1 other charity
• Laura Riley
• Mary O'shaughnessy
• Ross Little
• Sarah Brown

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending