YOUTH ARTS AND HEALTH TRUST

Registered charity 1170692 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as YAHT

The Youth Arts and Health Trust provides arts therapies and arts opportunities for young people experiencing mental health difficulties, or those at risk of. Amongst our activities, we currently run an Arts Therapy service for Anxiety and Depression which is based in Exeter, Devon.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND THE PROTECTION AND PROMOTION OF GOOD HEALTH OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE AGED 5 TO 25 YEARS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING, AT RISK OF, OR RECOVERING FROM MENTAL HEALTH DIFFICULTIES, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF ARTS THERAPIES AND THE PROVISION OF OPPORTUNITIES TO TAKE PART IN CREATIVE ARTS ACTIVITIES.

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 · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Exeter, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£156k
Latest spending
£134k
Registered
2016
Accounts read
FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity reported a net deficit of £13,030 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £69,175 to £50,227. Unrestricted reserves stood at £40,645, while restricted funds were £50,227. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2026

  • Government income: £26,000 — grants £26,000 (8); 17% of the £156,117 total gross income on the same return

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2022 (received 06/02/2023, 6 days after the 31/01/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Youth Arts and Health Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2026£156k£134k
31/03/2025£136k£94k
31/03/2024£95k£99k
31/03/2023£84k£85k
31/03/2022£91k£81k

Common questions

Is YOUTH ARTS AND HEALTH TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The charity reported a net deficit of £13,030 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £69,175 to £50,227. Unrestricted reserves stood at £40,645, while restricted funds were £50,227. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds YOUTH ARTS AND HEALTH TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name YOUTH ARTS AND HEALTH TRUST as a grant recipient include NORTHBROOK COMMUNITY TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
NORTHBROOK COMMUNITY TRUSTFY2025£6kArts therapy provision for children and young people experiencing mental health challenges

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Postcode Lottery30/06/2025£18kUnrestricted Funding
The National Lottery Community Fund12/09/2024£20kArts Therapy for Youth at Risk: Reducing isolation and the risk of youth suicide
The National Lottery Community Fund01/07/2022£10kAlongside You: A Parenting Support Group Pilot
UK government26/08/2020£2kVSCE CMC Fund
UK government11/08/2020£22kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund17/10/2019£10kReach out & involve: arts therapy 18-25

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 ART THERAPY YORKSHIRE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
YOUTH ARTS AND HEALTH TRUST£156k—0unclear—no doubt
ART THERAPY YORKSHIRE FY2025£66k—0unclear15.7%noted
NATIONAL YOUTH ARTS TRUST FY2025£262k—0unclear—no doubt
ART & SOUL FY2025£58k—0below—no doubt
ART FOR ALL MENTAL HEALTH FY2026£55k——below—noted
ARTS THERAPIES FOR CHILDREN FY2025£335k—0unclear—no doubt

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