ETHNIC YOUTH SUPPORT TEAM

Registered charity 1152486 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as EYST

The objectives of the Ethnic Youth Support Team are to continue to focus on helping BME young people and their families living in Wales, through various projects focusing on family support, educational support, sporting activities, health and employment support.

Objects

2. OBJECTSTHE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:2.1 TO HELP YOUNG PEOPLE AND THEIR FAMILIES, AND THOSE FROM SOCIALLY AND/OR ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED BACKGROUNDS, PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THOSE FROM ETHNIC MINORITY GROUPS, THROUGH (WITHOUT LIMITATION) PHYSICAL, SOCIAL EDUCATION, RECREATIONAL, TRAINING AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES, WITH THE AIM OF DEVELOPING THEIR PHYSICAL, MENTAL, CULTURAL, EDUCATIONAL, MORAL, EMOTIONAL AND SPIRITUAL CAPACITIES SO THAT THEY MAY BECOME INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY;2.2 THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT THROUGH (WITHOUT LIMITATION) THE PROVISION OF WORKSHOPS, TRAINING AND WORK EXPERIENCE OPPORTUNITIES; 2.3 THE PROMOTION OF RELIGIOUS AND RACIAL HARMONY THROUGH (WITHOUT LIMITATION) THE PROVISION OF WORKSHOPS, PRESENTATIONS AND CONFERENCES DESIGNED TO PROMOTE TOLERANCE AND GOOD COMMUNITY RELATIONS;2.4 THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR USE BY THE GENERAL PUBLIC WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIVES OF MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC

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

Causes: Education/training · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net incoming resource of £77,414 for the year, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £920,526. This figure exceeds the trustees' stated policy target of £300,000, which is designed to cover six months of core running costs. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Gordon Down & Partners. 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
• Campaigns and political activity 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
• 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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — EYST Wales (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Momena Ali — Founder/ Principle Director (source)
• Helal Uddin — Director of Services & Partnerships (source)
• Lloyd Williams — Director of People and Governance (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Henry Smith — “Asylum and Refugee Support (Henry Smith)” (source page)
• Oak Foundation — “A Fresh perspective project funded by the Oak Foundation to look into the issues and challenges of racial inequalities in housing across Wal…” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

5 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £790k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~1.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (95% 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).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Shehla Khanchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Fatiha Rahman
• Hywel Vaughan
• Kyriaki Korina Tsioni
• MOHAMMED AZIM AHMED · trustee of 1 other charity
• Saleem Ashghar Kidawi
• Samantha Phiri

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

Operates in: 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 COUNCIL FOR WALES OF VOLUNTARY YOUTH SERVICES CYNGOR CYMREIG Y GWASANAETHAU IEUENCTID GWIRFODDOL.

• COUNCIL FOR WALES OF VOLUNTARY YOUTH SERVICES CYNGOR CYMREIG Y GWASANAETHAU IEUENCTID GWIRFODDOL income £561k
• THE YOUTH SPORT UK CHARITABLE TRUST income £428k
• YOUTH SUPPORT income £256k
• PRIORITY YOUTH PROJECT income £367k
• YASEEN YOUTH DEVELOPMENT LTD income £578k
• CWMNI URDD GOBAITH CYMRU (CORFFOREDIG) / THE WELSH LEAGUE OF YOUTH (INCORPORATED) income £18.3m

Side by side with its peers

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