YOUNG BRENT FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1165871 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as YBF

The Young Brent Foundation [YBF] is a membership, infrastructure support organisation, focused on Brent youngpeople, supporting the VCS, not-for-profit and social enterprises and has five headline priorities Venue Bank, SmallGrants, revenue generation for the sector and capacity support to ensure contract / grant readiness and collaboration and networking to develop cross sector working.

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
£908k
Latest spending
£801k
Registered
2016
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £106,527 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total reserves of £238,560. The trustees report that finances are in good order, although they note a need to secure further core funding streams to support future growth. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention during the examination of the accounts.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £10k; policy: between three- and six-month's expenditure)
“As at the year end the charity had overall reserves of £238,560, with £10,193 being unrestricted.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Total income
£908k
Total spending
£801k
Reserves (reported)
£10k
Employees
5

Reported reserves equal ~0.2 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Brent

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£908k£801k
31/03/2024£985k£1.3m
31/03/2023£1.3m£1.6m
31/03/2022£1.7m£1.3m
31/03/2021£881k£778k

Common questions

Is YOUNG BRENT FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £106,527 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total reserves of £238,560. The trustees report that finances are in good order, although they note a need to secure further core funding streams to support future growth. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention during the examination of the accounts. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds YOUNG BRENT FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name YOUNG BRENT 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£300kthe HSC YPF Small Grants Programme
JOHN LYON'S CHARITYFY2025£10kthe upgrade of toilets and shower units in Narrowboat

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
City Bridge Foundation12/05/2025£200kGrant to Young Brent Foundation
City Bridge Foundation25/07/2019£200kGrant to Young Brent Foundation
The National Lottery Community Fund30/01/2019£470kValuing Life
Sport England23/04/2018£402kFun fit families
The National Lottery Community Fund08/02/2017£10kBetter together, Young Brent Online Community Hub 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 YOUNG WESTMINSTER FOUNDATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
YOUNG BRENT FOUNDATION£908k—0below—no doubt
YOUNG WESTMINSTER FOUNDATION FY2025£2.4m—0above—no doubt
THE YOUNG BARNET FOUNDATION FY2024£1.2m£60,000 - £69,9991above—no doubt
THE YOUNG FOUNDATION FY2024£4.1m——above—no doubt
YOUNG EALING FOUNDATION FY2025£706kmore than £60,0001unclear—no doubt
YOUNG CAMDEN FOUNDATION FY2025£1.4m—0within—no doubt

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