YOUTH WITH A MISSION THE KING'S LODGE

Registered charity 1165548 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as YWAM THE KING'S LODGE

Education and trainingAccommodation and housingReligious activitiesEconomic/community development/employment

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ("THE OBJECTS") WHICH ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT ARE: (1) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EVANGELICAL CHRISTIAN FAITH WORLDWIDE; AND (2) THE PROMOTION OF RELIGIOUS HARMONY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY PROMOTING KNOWLEDGE AND MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING AND RESPECT OF THE BELIEFS AND PRACTICES OF DIFFERENT RELIGIOUS FAITHS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL DETERMINE.

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

Causes: Education/training · Accommodation/housing · Religious Activities · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£491k

Latest spending

£455k

Registered

2016

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income surplus of £35,589 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total income of £491,002 against total expenditure of £455,413. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted free reserves stood at £55,071, which is below the stated policy target of three to six months of operational expenditure. The charity is dependent on volunteer services and has no employees or defined-benefit pension schemes.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Training/Course fees (81% of income)

“The charity’s primary sources of income are through residential training fees, which amount to 85% of total income” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: three to six months operation expenditure (held: £55k)

“The Trustees consider that reserves equivalent to between three and six months operation expenditure is required” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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 policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

PHILIP JAMES LEAGEchair · trustee of 1 other charity
ANNE DENISE SLOAN
Danielle Sabathine de Souza Santos Joyce
David Antony Fawcett
David Jones
Eileen Jackson
Rebecca Marie Mancini
SARAH ALLISON OPPER · trustee of 1 other charity
Taryn Cooper
Victoria Bolton

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

Operates in: Leicestershire · Warwickshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£491k	£455k
31/08/2024	£332k	£339k
31/08/2023	£322k	£310k
31/08/2022	£231k	£298k
31/08/2021	£227k	£231k

Common questions

Is YOUTH WITH A MISSION THE KING'S LODGE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net income surplus of £35,589 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total income of £491,002 against total expenditure of £455,413. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted free reserves stood at £55,071, which is below the stated policy target of three to six months of operational expenditure. The charity is dependent on volunteer services and has no employees or defined-benefit pension schemes. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
UK government	25/06/2020	£4k	Coronavirus Community Support Fund

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE PHILIP J MILTON AND COMPANY PLC CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	—
THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATION	1	£150k
THE CHARLOTTE BONHAM-CARTER CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£138k
THE BLAGRAVE TRUST	1	£20k
THE REED FOUNDATION	1	£12k
THE ASHBURNHAM THANKSGIVING TRUST	1	£11k
THE SAVOY EDUCATIONAL TRUST	1	£10k
FRIMLEY BAPTIST CHURCH	1	£9k

Charities like this

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

YOUTH WITH A MISSION LIMITED income £508k
YOUTH WITH A MISSION HARPENDEN income £2.1m
YOUTH OPTIONS income £3.8m
THE YOUTH NET income £157k
KING'S CHURCH LONDON income £3.2m
KING'S REACH income £1.4m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
YOUTH WITH A MISSION THE KING'S LODGE	£491k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
YOUTH WITH A MISSION LIMITED FY2025	£508k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
YOUTH WITH A MISSION HARPENDEN FY2025	£2.1m	—	0	above	—	no doubt
YOUTH OPTIONS FY2025	£3.8m	£60,001 - £70,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt
THE YOUTH NET FY2025	£157k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
KING'S CHURCH LONDON FY2025	£3.2m	—	3	below	0.0%	no doubt

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