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YOUTH WITH A MISSION HARPENDEN

Registered charity 1156783 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as OKM, Orphans Know More, YWAM HARPENDEN

Training young people for mission work, community development, and Christian witness; creating, supporting and partnering with missional communities locally and throughout England.

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Latest income
£2.1m
Latest spending
£2.3m
Registered
2014
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £183,739 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £993,802 to £810,063. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £711,618, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover three months of operating costs. The trustees maintain that the charity has adequate resources to continue operating for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £712k)
“The trustees have established a policy whereby the unrestricted funds not committed or invested in tangible fixed assets (‘the free reserves’) held by the charity should be kept to a minimum, but sufficient to provide working capital of three months’ expenditure.” — page 14
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Highfield Oval Limited
“The total income included £234,674 (2024: £349,477) charitable trading income generated by the charity’s 100% own trading subsidiary, Highfield Oval Limited.” — page 13
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by SCB (Accountants) Ltd. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Orphans Know More (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Total income
£2.1m
Total spending
£2.3m
Reserves (reported)
£712k
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~3.7 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (83% 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).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Cornwall · Cumbria · Hertfordshire · Leeds City · Luton · Merton · Newcastle Upon Tyne City · Wandsworth

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£2.1m£2.3m
31/08/2024£2.2m£1.8m
31/08/2023£1.6m£1.3m
31/08/2022£1.3m£1.2m
31/08/2021£778k£807k

Common questions

Is YOUTH WITH A MISSION HARPENDEN financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £183,739 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £993,802 to £810,063. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £711,618, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover three months of operating costs. The trustees maintain that the charity has adequate resources to continue operating for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by SCB (Accountants) Ltd.

Who funds YOUTH WITH A MISSION HARPENDEN?

Funders whose own accounts filings name YOUTH WITH A MISSION HARPENDEN as a grant recipient include THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST HELEN'S, WHEATHAMPSTEAD AND ST PETER'S, GUSTARD WOOD, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY SHIREHAMPTON.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST HELEN'S, WHEATHAMPSTEAD AND ST PETER'S, GUSTARD WOODFY2022£5kCharity Partners
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY SHIREHAMPTONFY2021£752Grants and donations – missions

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE PHILIP J MILTON AND COMPANY PLC CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1—
PETER SOWERBY FOUNDATION1£150k
THE REED FOUNDATION1£65k
THE LAWSON TRUST CIO1£40k
THE OFENHEIM CHARITABLE TRUST1£32k
CHK Foundation1£20k
BLANDFORD EVANGELICAL CHURCH1£19k
THE ALICE ELLEN COOPER-DEAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£16k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with YOUTH WITH A MISSION LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
YOUTH WITH A MISSION HARPENDEN£2.1m—0above—no doubt
YOUTH WITH A MISSION LIMITED FY2025£508k—0unclear—no doubt
YASEEN YOUTH DEVELOPMENT LTD FY2025£578k—0unclear—no doubt
YOUTH WITH A MISSION THE KING'S LODGE FY2025£491k—0unclear—no doubt
YOUTH WITH A MISSION DERBY FY2025£90k—0unclear—no doubt
THE YOUTH NET FY2025£157k—0unclear—no doubt

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