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.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:A) THE PROMOTION OF THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR PRIMARILY IN THE CITY OF WESTMINSTER IN PARTICULAR BY BUILDING THE CAPACITY OF CHARITABLE AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS WORKING WITH CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE AND PROVIDING THEM WITH THE NECESSARY ADVICE, SUPPORT, INFORMATION, TRAINING AND SERVICES TO ENABLE THEM TO PURSUE THEIR CHARITABLE PURPOSES AND IMPROVE THE EFFICIENCY AND MANAGEMENT OF THEIR RESOURCES. B) TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH MAKING GRANTS TO CHARITIES AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS THAT DO ANY OR ALL OF THE FOLLOWING: - THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES PROVIDED IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE, DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE AND INCREASE THEIR OPPORTUNITIES; AND- PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS.

Area of benefit: LOCAL

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net income surplus of £95,997 for the year ended 31 March 2026, with total income of £2,710,961 against total expenditure of £2,614,964. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £410,465, which exceeds the stated policy target of six months' operating costs. The auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Gravita Audit Oxford LLP. Discloses 5 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 handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• 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.

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 31/03/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~1.3 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 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 (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• 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

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Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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

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 FOCUS SOUTH WEST.

• YOUTH FOCUS SOUTH WEST income £137k
• YOUNG HARROW FOUNDATION income £1.4m
• YOUTH OPTIONS income £3.8m
• WORCESTER YMCA income £1.6m
• THE JONGEN CHARITABLE TRUST income £22.3m
• YOUNG CAMDEN FOUNDATION income £1.4m

Side by side with its peers

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