YOUNG HARROW FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1163589 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To promote efficiency and effectiveness in the charitable activities of not-for-profit organisations, voluntary groups and charities working with young people and operating in the London Borough of Harrow. To educate for public benefit of those involved with voluntary sector and not-for-profit organisations working with young people and providing advice and information to agencies in the field

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£1.6m
Latest spending
£1.4m
Registered
2015
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £11,890 for the year ended 31 March 2024, with total income of £1,381,933 and total expenditure of £1,370,043. The trustees describe the finances as robust and the balance sheet as clean, noting that unrestricted reserves of £200,513 slightly exceeded their policy target of 3-6 months of core operating costs.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three to six months of core operating costs (held: £201k)
The Board of Trustees approved a Reserves Policy to hold a desired general reserve level of between 3 and 6 months core operating costs in its General Reserve Fund. — page 12
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Critchleys Audit LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2023 and FY2024 accounts as analysed by this site.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Young Harrow Foundation (YHF) (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

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.

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

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

Total income
£1.6m
Total spending
£1.4m
Cost of raising funds
£2k
Reserves (reported)
£255k
Employees
9

Reported reserves equal ~2.2 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Harrow

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.6m£1.4m
31/03/2024£1.4m£1.4m
31/03/2023£1.4m£1.4m
31/03/2022£1.1m£1.2m
31/03/2021£487k£497k

Common questions

Is YOUNG HARROW FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £11,890 for the year ended 31 March 2024, with total income of £1,381,933 and total expenditure of £1,370,043. The trustees describe the finances as robust and the balance sheet as clean, noting that unrestricted reserves of £200,513 slightly exceeded their policy target of 3-6 months of core operating costs. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Critchleys Audit LLP.

Who funds YOUNG HARROW FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name YOUNG HARROW FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include JOHN LYON'S CHARITY.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
JOHN LYON'S CHARITYFY2025£150kthe HSC YPF Small Grants Programme

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund22/05/2020£10kHarrow Emergency Response
The National Lottery Community Fund04/05/2018£9kEmpowering local Young People Services