YOUTH ACTION

Registered charity 1142935 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q8699341 · Wikipedia

Youth Action offers bespoke programmes to engage young people tackling issues concerning the environment, social and economic matters. We are committed to helping vulnerable young people through campaigns, research and tailored projects, this results in young people developing their confidence and skills for them to reach their true potential.

Objects

TO HELP TO EDUCATE YOUNG PEOPLE, PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN THE NORTH WEST AREA OF ENGLAND, THROUGH THEIR LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES SO AS TO DEVELOP THEIR PHYSICAL AND MENTAL CAPACITIES THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY AND THAT THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE MAY BE IMPROVED BY WHATEVER CHARITABLE MEANS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT.

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

Causes: Education/training · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Blackburn with Darwen, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £831,077, which significantly exceeds its stated policy target of six months' expenditure estimated at £241,927. The trustees report that the organization remains financially stable and confident in its strategic direction despite a net deficit for the year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds 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 05601737

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.

• NAWAZ, Shagufta — director, appointed 07/10/2024on trustee list
• AINARKAR, Suhail — director, appointed 04/01/2010on trustee list
• ASGHAR, Ayaz — director, appointed 11/06/2008on trustee list
• ABBAS, Amar — secretary, appointed 24/10/2005

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold); recorded price paid £120k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~46.9 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% 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: 4.9% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Suhail Ainarkarchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• AYAZ ASGHAR
• Shagufta Nawaz

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

Operates in: Blackburn With Darwen · Lancashire

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with TEEN ACTION.

• TEEN ACTION income £342k
• UK YOUTH income £13.8m
• THE NATIONAL YOUTH AGENCY income £5.4m
• THE YOUNG FOUNDATION income £4.0m
• POSITIVE YOUTH FOUNDATION income £1.5m
• YOUTH AID COUNCIL income £89k

Side by side with its peers

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