YOUTH FEDERATION LIMITED
Registered charity 1143231 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as YOUTH FEDERATION
Youth Federation Ltd strives for equal life chances for young people through a range of interventions and services including support to access education and employment, intensive mentoring and mental health services. We also deliver a variety of personal social development programmes and training courses. In addition to running youth clubs we provide infrastructure support for the youth sector.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · Other Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £282,166 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by a decrease in total income and an increase in expenditure. Despite the deficit, unrestricted reserves strengthened to £790,895, which the trustees confirm exceeds their policy target of six months' operating costs (£408,000). The auditors confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future with no material uncertainties identified.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: six months’ operating costs (£408,000) (held: £791k)
“ensuring the charity continues to meet its reserves policy target of six months’ operating costs (£408,000)”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Changing Young Lives Limited
“Youth Federation Limited is also the sole shareholder of the trading entity Changing Young Lives Limited (company number 08338248).”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Ascendis Audit Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Youth Federation (matched by registered charity number).
Property (HM Land Registry)
2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~4.0 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (05/10/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (14/09/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Martin Bryan Pearsonchair
- Amanda Jean Kiddle
- Anneli Choyce
- Connor Diskin
- Davinder Gill
- Dr Amy Christina Wood
- Peter Damian McCarthy
- Professor Simon Jeremy Hayward
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Cheshire East · Cheshire West & Chester · Halton · St Helens · Warrington · Wirral
Income and spending
Common questions
Is YOUTH FEDERATION LIMITED financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £282,166 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by a decrease in total income and an increase in expenditure. Despite the deficit, unrestricted reserves strengthened to £790,895, which the trustees confirm exceeds their policy target of six months' operating costs (£408,000). The auditors confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Ascendis Audit Limited.
Who funds YOUTH FEDERATION LIMITED?
Funders whose own accounts filings name YOUTH FEDERATION LIMITED as a grant recipient include Cheshire West Voluntary Action, SANTANDER UK FOUNDATION LIMITED, THE WESTMINSTER FOUNDATION, CRH CHARITABLE TRUST.
Known funders
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