YOUNG WESTMINSTER FOUNDATION
Registered charity 1169255 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
- New public, private and third sector partnerships- Joining forces to improve the lives of children & young people- Brokerage with businesses and Corporates- Partnerships to access and secure new funding- A new Grants Pot for innovative youth activities- Access to a Venues Bank to find, book and use low cost sites- Events, training and workshops run across the Borough of Westminster.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity had total income of £2,441,079 and total expenditure of £2,406,193, resulting in a net income of £34,886. The unrestricted reserves stood at £348,263, which the trustees report exceeds their policy target of six months' operating costs. The independent auditor confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Largest income source: Grant income
“Grant income 229,450 1,818,151 2,047,601” — page 24
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: six months’ operating costs (held: £348k)
“The Board has agreed an aim of ensuring sufficient unrestricted funds are set aside to cover six months’ operating costs.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Gravita Audit Oxford LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Helen Mann — CEO (source)
- Brian Bickell — Chair of Trustees (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
Funders the charity credits
Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).
- The Kusuma Trust — “The Cultural Connections pilot programme is funded by The Kusuma Trust” (source page)
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~1.7 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).
- Brian Bickellchair
- Carol Archibald · trustee of 1 other charity
- Jackie Rosenberg · trustee of 1 other charity
- Jayne Vertkin
- KAREN SCARBOROUGH
- Rashma Rahman
- Robert Gilbert
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: City Of Westminster
Income and spending
Common questions
Is YOUNG WESTMINSTER FOUNDATION financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity had total income of £2,441,079 and total expenditure of £2,406,193, resulting in a net income of £34,886. The unrestricted reserves stood at £348,263, which the trustees report exceeds their policy target of six months' operating costs. The independent auditor confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Gravita Audit Oxford LLP.
Who funds YOUNG WESTMINSTER FOUNDATION?
Funders whose own accounts filings name YOUNG WESTMINSTER FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include JOHN LYON'S CHARITY, CHARITY OF SIR RICHARD WHITTINGTON, THE WESTMINSTER FOUNDATION, THE MERCERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE STORY OF CHRISTMAS.
Known funders
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