NATIONAL YOUTH ARTS TRUST

Registered charity 1152367 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NYAT

The National Youth Arts Trust exists to do something about inequality in the performing arts industry and to ensure a career in the arts is accessible to all. Our bursaries and drama projects help talented students from disadvantaged backgrounds train in dance, music and drama.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC TO (A) PROMOTE EDUCATION, TRAINING AND APPRENTICESHIPS IN THE PERFORMING ARTS; AND (B) PROVIDE ACCESS TO THE PERFORMING ARTS; FOR DISADVANTAGED 7 TO 25 YEAR OLD PEOPLE, IN SUCH WAYS AS THE CIO TRUSTEES THINK FIT, INCLUDING BY: (1) AWARDING TO SUCH PERSONS BURSARIES, SCHOLARSHIPS, MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCES OR GRANTS TENABLE AT ANY SCHOOL, UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE OR INSTITUTION OF HIGHER OR FURTHER EDUCATION; AND(2) PROVIDING THEIR EDUCATION (INCLUDING THE STUDY OF MUSIC OR OTHER PERFORMING ARTS), TO UNDERTAKE TRAVEL IN FURTHERANCE OF THAT EDUCATION OR TO PREPARE FOR ENTRY TO ANY OCCUPATION, TRADE OR PROFESSION ON LEAVING ANY EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT; AND(3) AWARDING BURSARIES, MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCES OR GRANTS TENABLE TO ANY SCHOOL, UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE OR INSTITUTION OF HIGHER OR FURTHER EDUCATION; AND(4) AWARDING TO SUCH PERSONS GIFTS, BURSARIES OR GRANTS TO ATTEND THE THEATRE, CONCERTS, RECITALS, PLAYS AND PERFORMANCES OF THE PERFORMING ARTS OF ALL KINDS.

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 · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Kingston upon Thames, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £21,229 for the year, resulting in total funds of £214,478. The trustees confirm that unrestricted reserves of £102,611 are sufficient to support ongoing operations for at least six months. The financial statements were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

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 4 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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• 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)

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — National Youth Arts Trust (matched by registered charity number).

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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (12/10/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Emma Jane Hindechair
• Afolabi Alli
• Farah Beedle
• Nancy Merrin Callender
• STEPHEN MARC PIDCOCK · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sarah Edwards
• Zareen Walker

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with National Youth Music Theatre Ltd.

• National Youth Music Theatre Ltd income £950k
• THE NATIONAL YOUTH THEATRE OF GREAT BRITAIN income £4.0m
• NATIONAL YOUTH ARTS WALES income £1.2m
• YOUNG NORFOLK ARTS TRUST income £39k
• THE NATIONAL YOUTH AGENCY income £5.4m
• LONDON YOUTH THEATRE income £101k

Side by side with its peers

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