JUBBA YOUTH COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1148342 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AFBAR PROJECT

Advice, Information and Guidance MentoringYouth club weeklyMixture of sports Elderly projectsCultural Events

Objects

TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE UP TO THE AGE OF 25 LIVING IN ISLINGTON AND SURROUNDING AREA BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE AND ORGANISING PROGRAMMES OF PHYSICAL, EDUCATIONAL AND OTHER ACTIVITIES AS A MEANS OF:(A)ADVANCING IN LIFE AND HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE BY DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS;(B)ADVANCING EDUCATION;(C)RELIEVING UNEMPLOYMENT;(D)PROVIDING RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITY IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONS.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Islington, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£301k
Latest spending
£300k
Registered
2012
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a total surplus of £1,004 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with unrestricted funds increasing to £11,523. However, restricted funds showed a deficit of £10,507, resulting in a net fund balance of only £1,016. The trustees' report notes that the charity currently operates with minimal reserves and is endeavouring to build its donor base to achieve reserves equal to six months of operating expenditure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 6 months operating expenditure (reserves figure: £1k)
“The directors are endeavouring to build up its donor base with a view to having reserves equal to 6 months operating expenditure.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 20

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 25

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 30

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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 31/03/2024 (received 01/02/2025, 1 day after the 31/01/2025 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.

Corporate structure

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.

Official officers record.

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: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£301k£300k
31/03/2024£299k£302k
31/03/2023£287k£285k
31/03/2022£166k£185k
31/03/2021£192k£192k

Common questions

Is JUBBA YOUTH COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a total surplus of £1,004 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with unrestricted funds increasing to £11,523. However, restricted funds showed a deficit of £10,507, resulting in a net fund balance of only £1,016. The trustees' report notes that the charity currently operates with minimal reserves and is endeavouring to build its donor base to achieve reserves equal to six months of operating expenditure. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds JUBBA YOUTH COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name JUBBA YOUTH COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION as a grant recipient include CRIPPLEGATE FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
CRIPPLEGATE FOUNDATIONFY2023£3kIslington Giving Islington Together Grants

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CONNEXIONS.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
JUBBA YOUTH COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION£301k—0unclear—no doubt
YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CONNEXIONS FY2025£491k—0unclear—no doubt
BRANDON COMMUNITY FOOTBALL CLUB YOUTH FY2025£142k—0unclear—no doubt
YOUTH EXPERIENCE IN SPORT FY2025£133k—0unclear—no doubt
THE YOUTH ASSOCIATION FY2025£805kmore than £60,0001above—no doubt
AGE CONNECTED FY2025£177k—0unclear—no doubt

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