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

Objects

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 LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF LONDON BOROUGH OF HARROW AND ELSEWHERE ("THE AREA OF BENEFIT")INCLUDING BY:A)CO-ORDINATING BOTH EXISTING CHARITABLE AND NON-CHARITABLE AGENCIES THAT HAVE A COMMON GOAL OF PROVIDING CHARITABLE SERVICES OR RELIEF TO YOUNG PEOPLE; B)LIAISING WITH, AND ACTING AS A FORUM FOR THE EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION BETWEEN, AGENCIES WORKING WITH YOUNG PEOPLE IN ORDER TO IDENTIFY GAPS IN THE RANGE OF CHARITABLE SERVICES AVAILABLE TO THE YOUNG PEOPLE THEY SERVE.

Area of benefit: LONDON BOROUGH OF HARROW AND ELSEWHERE

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 · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity had total income of £1,555,057 and total expenditure of £1,408,348, resulting in a net income for the year of £146,709. The trustees describe the finances as robust with a clean balance sheet, noting that unrestricted reserves of £250,655 slightly exceeded the target level of 3-6 months of core operating costs. The charity relies heavily on specific funders like John Lyon Charity and City Bridge Foundation for core funding while actively seeking other relevant funding.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Gravita Audit Oxford LLP. Discloses 5 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
• 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 — Young Harrow Foundation (YHF) (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Dan Burke — CEO (source)
• Glenys Tolley — COO (source)
• Clare Harrington — Chair of Trustees (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).

• John Lyon's Charity — “Read about the support from John Lyon's Charity” (source page)
• Harrow Council — “Read about the support from Harrow Council” (source page)
• Harrow School — “Read about the support from Harrow School” (source page)
• DVS Foundation — “Read about the support from DVS Foundation” (source page)
• Deo Duce — “Donors: Deo Duce and Harrow School” (source page)
• Orley Farm — “Donors: Orley Farm and DVS Foundation” (source page)

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~1.7 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 (98% 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

• Clare Harringtonchair
• Aarthi Ravishankar
• Giazat Sinmileoluwa Taiwo
• Kyro Brooks
• Mathura Panchadcharasarma
• Rupal Shah
• STEVEN ANDREW WILLIAMS
• Samy Benaferi
• Sanjay Chandarana

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

Operates in: Harrow

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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