US

Registered charity 1166464 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as US Active

uS supports young people aged between 12 and 25 with or at risk of developing mental health difficulties, helping them to become physically active and transform their lives.uS currently delivers on an outreach basis, funding sports and other fitness activities to small groups and individuals. In addition to this offer, uS plans to open a centre, housing sports and fitness and other facilities.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO NAMED US ARE: (1) TO ADVANCE THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN NORTHUMBERLAND AND TYNE AND WEAR AGED BETWEEN 14 AND 25 YEARS WHO EXPERIENCE OR ARE AT RISK OF MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AND/OR NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS (AND THEIR PARENTS/CARERS) BY SUCH CHARITABLE MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY: - ENGAGING WITH THEM IN AMATEUR SPORTS AND OTHER PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES (INCLUDING RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES) THAT HAVE A PROVEN BENEFICIAL EFFECT ON PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH; AND- THROUGH THE PROVISION (OR SUPPORTING THE PROVISION) OF HEALTHY EATING AND COOKING WORKSHOPS;WITH THE AIM OF IMPROVING THEIR: QUALITY OF LIFE; MENTAL AND PHYSICAL GOOD HEALTH; EDUCATIONAL PERFORMANCE AND EMPLOYABILITY; AND BY HELPING THEM DEVELOP POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS; RAISING AND IMPROVING THEIR SELF-ESTEEM, HAPPINESS AND PLEASURE FROM UNDERTAKING SUCH ACTIVITIES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT. (2) TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR, RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF AND HELP YOUNG PEOPLE (AGED BETWEEN 14 AND 25 YEARS) BY PLAYING AN ACTIVE PART IN THE LONG AND SHORT TERM PLANNING AND DELIVERY OF CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES FOR THEIR BENEFIT IN ORDER TO DEVELOP THEIR ORGANISATIONAL AND PRACTICAL SKILLS, WHILST ENSURING THAT THOSE PLANNED ACTIVITIES MEET THEIR NEEDS (AS BENEFICIARIES) SO THAT THEY CAN MAKE A POSITIVE CONTRIBUTION TO FAMILY AND COMMUNITY LIFE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT. NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FOR THE PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE.

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

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£97k

Latest spending

£93k

Registered

2016

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds increased to £77,285.30, with unrestricted reserves of £58,312.38, which significantly exceed the trustees' stated policy target of retaining a designated reserve equivalent to 25% of the previous year's expenditure. The charity reported a net incoming resource of £3,628.66 and holds no outstanding debt or guarantees, indicating a stable financial position.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 25% of the expenditure from the previous financial year (held: £58k)

“The trustees recognise that in order to maintain a continuity of support to our young people that a designated reserve be retained equivalent to 25% of the expenditure from the previous financial year.” — page 10

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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
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
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — uS (matched by registered charity number).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (08/02/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Samantha Haleychair · trustee of 1 other charity
Alastair John Mitchell
Dr Sabiha Shaheen Chaudhry
Jacqueline Ann Cairns · trustee of 1 other charity
Margaret Lynne Maughan
Mark McCutcheon
Toby Nicholas Peter Scott

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

Operates in: Durham · Gateshead · Newcastle Upon Tyne City · North Tyneside · Northumberland · South Tyneside · Sunderland

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£97k	£93k
31/03/2024	£82k	£91k
31/03/2023	£65k	£71k
31/03/2022	£88k	£55k
31/03/2021	£45k	£53k

Common questions

Is US financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total funds increased to £77,285.30, with unrestricted reserves of £58,312.38, which significantly exceed the trustees' stated policy target of retaining a designated reserve equivalent to 25% of the previous year's expenditure. The charity reported a net incoming resource of £3,628.66 and holds no outstanding debt or guarantees, indicating a stable financial position. 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
Community Foundation North East	20/11/2025	£1k	Grant to US
Community Foundation North East	03/04/2024	£3k	Grant to US
Community Foundation North East	26/10/2022	£500	Grant to US
Community Foundation North East	02/09/2021	£10k	A grant to US
The National Lottery Community Fund	16/07/2021	£10k	The US Active Programme