NO.5 YOUNG PEOPLE

Registered charity 1171313 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

No 5 is a local charity, offering confidential listening to support children and young people and those around them, through a free counselling service for those aged 11 - 25, affected by mental or physical ill-health or by social and economic difficulties.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated total income of £716,459 and held unrestricted reserves of £135,218 at year-end. This unrestricted balance exceeds the trustees' stated policy target of £120,000, which represents six months of normal overhead expenditure. The charity reported a net movement in funds of £171,251, indicating a positive financial position with no material uncertainties regarding its 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

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — No 5 Young People (matched by registered charity number).

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~2.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 2.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (17/06/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (12/07/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (07/10/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Benjamin McEwenchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Ben Alexander Stone
• Deborah Edwards
• ELIZABETH BARRY
• Joycee Rebelo
• Katie Steele

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

Operates in: Reading

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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