YOUTH FOR CHRIST GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Registered charity 1163587 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as YFCG

Our vision is to see Good News taken to every young person in Gloucestershire. This will be done in a variety of ways, through many different people. Our approach is to enhance the personal, social and spiritual development of young people through encounters with Christianity. We believe this can only be achieved when we work in partnership with churches, charities and other youth organisations.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:(A) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH FOR THE BENEFIT OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF FAITH APPEARING IN APPENDIX 1 THROUGHOUT THE WORLD AND IN PAR-TICULAR (BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING) IN GLOUCESTERSHIRE AND ITS ENVIRONS;(B) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH MAINLY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY MEANS OF PROCLAIMING CHRISTIAN MESSAGES OF AN EVANGELISTIC AND TEACHING NATURE THROUGH-OUT THE WORLD AND IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FORE-GOING) IN GLOUCESTERSHIRE AND ITS ENVIRONS;(C) TO DEMONSTRATE, PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE CHRISTIAN VALUES, INCLUDING DIGNITY, EM-POWERMENT AND PARTNERSHIP TO ALL YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGHOUT GLOUCESTERSHIRE AND ITS ENVIRONS;(D) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH SUPPORT AND MENTORING IN SCHOOLS, COLLEGES AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS, THROUGH LUNCHTIME AND AFTER SCHOOL CLUBS, STREET BASED YOUTH WORK AND OTHER YOUTH PROVISION TO DEVELOP THEIR PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL CAPACITIES, THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS, AND THAT THEIR CONDITION OF LIFE MAY BE IMPROVED;(E) TO RELIEVE POVERTY AND SICKNESS THEREBY DEMONSTRATING THE CHRISTIAN FAITH BY PROMOTING OVERSEAS SERVICE, EDUCATION, PRACTICAL ACTION AND WORKING WITH THOSE AFFECTED, EITHER DIRECTLY OR THROUGH RELEVANT RELIEF AGENCIES.

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

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Cheltenham, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£143k
Latest spending
£105k
Registered
2015
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's financial position remains healthy, with reserves increasing due to higher donations and regular income. The trustees acknowledge inflationary pressures and a challenging income landscape but maintain that robust financial controls and a diversified income model are ensuring stability.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none
“This increase was driven by events that were part of our 50th anniversary. We have also seen a growth in regular income from donors.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 3 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: 9

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

  • Volunteers: 7

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

  • Volunteers: 8

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

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£143k£105k
31/03/2024£118k£108k
31/03/2023£98k£86k
31/03/2022£122k£102k
31/03/2021£98k£87k

Common questions

Is YOUTH FOR CHRIST GLOUCESTERSHIRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's financial position remains healthy, with reserves increasing due to higher donations and regular income. The trustees acknowledge inflationary pressures and a challenging income landscape but maintain that robust financial controls and a diversified income model are ensuring stability.

Who funds YOUTH FOR CHRIST GLOUCESTERSHIRE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name YOUTH FOR CHRIST GLOUCESTERSHIRE as a grant recipient include PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST. LUKE & ST. JOHN, CHELTENHAM, ESSENTIAL CHRISTIAN, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY APOSTLES, CHARLTON KINGS, KENDAL ROAD BAPTIST CHURCH.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST. LUKE & ST. JOHN, CHELTENHAMFY2023£12kfund a youth worker
ESSENTIAL CHRISTIANFY2024£5kSpring Harvest Seed Fund
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY APOSTLES, CHARLTON KINGSFY2024£3kMission giving (tithe)
KENDAL ROAD BAPTIST CHURCHFY2024£400

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Cheltenham Borough Council25/04/2020£770Online youth club project

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 GREENWICH YOUTH FOR CHRIST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
YOUTH FOR CHRIST GLOUCESTERSHIRE£143k—0unclear—no doubt
GREENWICH YOUTH FOR CHRIST FY2025£61k—0unclear—no doubt
Young Gloucestershire Limited FY2025£3.6m——within—no doubt
DONCASTER YOUTH FOR CHRIST FY2025£29k—0unclear—no doubt
YOUTH FOR CHRIST NORTH EAST FY2025£39k—0below—no doubt
BRITISH YOUTH FOR CHRIST FY2025£1.3m——unclear—no doubt

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