LUX Youth Project

Registered charity 1165745 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BATH YFC, BATH YOUTH FOR CHRIST

LUX Youth Project delivers community youth work, mentoring & small group work in schools and chaplaincy. We run open access drop-in clubs, dance academy, 1:1 mentoring and enrichment courses.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:-4.1 TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH AND TO PROCLAIM THE GOSPEL OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST THROUGHOUT THE WORLD AND IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION) IN BATH AND WILTSHIRE;4.2 TO PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE CHRISTIAN EVANGELISATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD AND IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION) IN BATH AND WILTSHIRE; 4.3 TO EDUCATE, ENCOURAGE AND PARTICIPATE IN THE EMOTIONAL, PHYSICAL AND SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT OF YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD AND IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION) IN BATH AND WILTSHIRE; 4.4 TO RELIEVE POVERTY AMONG YOUNG HOMELESS PEOPLE BY THE PROVISION OF HOUSING, EDUCATION AND TRAINING AND SUCH OTHER WAYS IN WHICH THE CHARITY TRUSTEES MAY FROM TO TIME TO DECIDE; AND4.5 THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) BATH AND WILTSHIRE.

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

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Registered contact address: Bath and North East Somerset, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net incoming resource of £31,563 for the year ended 31st August 2025, resulting in total funds carried forward of £69,155. The trustees consider there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. The organization holds unrestricted cash reserves of £62,246, which the trustees believe provide sufficient resources in the event of adverse conditions.

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What the accounts disclose

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Policies the charity declares

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• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
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• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
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• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — LUX Youth Project (matched by registered charity number).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (14/04/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• John Ferguson Candishchair
• Matt Coomes
• Robert Hendra
• Rosalind Croucher

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

Operates in: Bath And North East Somerset

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LIGHT.

• LIGHT income £806k
• LINX YOUTH PROJECT income £486k
• THE YOUTH NET income £157k
• LEIGH YOUTH AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TRUST income £379k
• LUX income £846k
• COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE income £654k

Side by side with its peers

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