YOUTH MOVES

Registered charity 1168519 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Youth Moves is a youth work charity providing services to young people aged 8-25 years old across South Bristol.

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Latest income
£4.8m
Latest spending
£891k
Registered
2016
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £538,373, which the trustees note provides just over 7 months of operating costs, meeting their stated policy target of 6-12 months. Total net assets rose significantly to £4,877,028, largely due to capital grants for the new Youth Zone building construction. The trustees confirm adequate resources for the foreseeable future with no material uncertainties identified by the auditors.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Charitable activities (97% of income)
“This increase is primarily attributable to £3,785,746 of restricted capital grants received for the construction of the new Youth Zone which has made significant progress during the year.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: 6-12 months of operating costs (held: £538k)
“the Trustees continue to target an unrestricted reserves level of 6-12 months.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Heather Frankham, a Trustee, is also a Trustee of Coach Core. Coach Core provided funding to Youth Moves.
“Heather Frankham, is also a Trustee of Coach Core (Charity Number 1186782). Coach Core provided £1,750 (2024: £3,300) funding to Youth Moves during the year.” — page 37
“Vanessa Haworth is also an employee of Onside (Head of Project Development). During the year, Youth Moves received funding via Onside in connection with the development of the Charity's major project. The total funding received in the year to 31 March 2025 was £3,785,746 in relation to building development and £475,817 in relation to YIF revenue funding.” — page 37
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Vanessa Haworth, a Trustee, is an employee of Onside. Youth Moves received funding via Onside.
“Heather Frankham, is also a Trustee of Coach Core (Charity Number 1186782). Coach Core provided £1,750 (2024: £3,300) funding to Youth Moves during the year.” — page 37
“Vanessa Haworth is also an employee of Onside (Head of Project Development). During the year, Youth Moves received funding via Onside in connection with the development of the Charity's major project. The total funding received in the year to 31 March 2025 was £3,785,746 in relation to building development and £475,817 in relation to YIF revenue funding.” — page 37
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Randall & Payne LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

Total income
£4.8m
Total spending
£891k
Reserves (reported)
£508k
Employees
22

Reported reserves equal ~6.8 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (97% 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).

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

Operates in: Bristol City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£4.8m£891k
31/03/2024£1.1m£646k
31/03/2023£686k£611k
31/03/2022£604k£509k
31/03/2021£572k£423k

Common questions

Is YOUTH MOVES financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £538,373, which the trustees note provides just over 7 months of operating costs, meeting their stated policy target of 6-12 months. Total net assets rose significantly to £4,877,028, largely due to capital grants for the new Youth Zone building construction. The trustees confirm adequate resources for the foreseeable future with no material uncertainties identified by the auditors. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Randall & Payne LLP.

Who funds YOUTH MOVES?

Funders whose own accounts filings name YOUTH MOVES as a grant recipient include THE POPLE CHARITABLE TRUST, THE STONE FAMILY FOUNDATION, THE OVO CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE NISBET TRUST, The Origin Foundation.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE POPLE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£100k
THE STONE FAMILY FOUNDATIONFY2021£80k
THE OVO CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2025£38k
THE NISBET TRUSTFY2023£33k
THE NISBET TRUSTFY2024£33k
The Origin FoundationFY2025£30k
THE NISBET TRUSTFY2022£25k
THE STONE FAMILY FOUNDATIONFY2022£25k
THE NISBET TRUSTFY2021£20k
JOHN JAMES BRISTOL FOUNDATIONFY2022£10kEducation - Others
THE VAN NESTE FOUNDATIONFY2022£7kYouth clubs for teenagers in Bristol
THE MERCHANT VENTURERS CHARITYFY2022£5kCommunity and social
LANGDALE TRUSTFY2022£5k
THE MERCHANT VENTURERS CHARITYFY2023£5kUnrestricted Fund Grant
ST MARY REDCLIFFE WITH TEMPLE EDUCATIONAL CHARITYFY2023£400Youth support
ST MARY REDCLIFFE WITH TEMPLE EDUCATIONAL CHARITYFY2024£245
THE POPLE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£200
THE STONE FAMILY FOUNDATIONFY2023£0

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund29/08/2024£404kStronger Together
UK government01/04/2019£48kYouth Investment Fund
UK government14/05/2017£48kYouth Investment Fund
Sport England11/05/2017£10kBuilding Boats; Building Lives
The National Lottery Community Fund01/07/2015£10kWildFest
UK government—£48kYouth Investment 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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with YOUTH ON THE MOVE (LONDON).

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
YOUTH MOVES£4.8m—0unclear—no doubt
YOUTH ON THE MOVE (LONDON) FY2025£119k—0unclear—no doubt
YOUNG BRISTOL FY2025£1.1m—0unclear—no doubt
BLACKBURN YOUTH ZONE FY2025£5.3m——unclear5.1%no doubt
YOUTH FIRST CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION FY2024£1.7m—0unclear—noted
YOUTH 2000 CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£239k—0unclear—no doubt

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