WYCOMBE YOUTH ACTION

Registered charity 1172046 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Wycombe Youth Action works in the community to challenge attitudes and perceptions around young people. Our projects provide YP with the opportunity to give back to their community by questioning and changing the stereotypes faced by Gen Z today.We educate, engage and equip YP with the right tools, mindset and information to make positive choices and changes in their lives and relationships.

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Latest income

£146k

Latest spending

£160k

Registered

2017

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income decreased by £46,098 to £146,164 due to reduced donations and grant applications. Consequently, the charity's free reserves dropped significantly from £21,930 to £8,365, a level the Trustees acknowledge is below their medium-term aim to build sufficient resources for termination costs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Charitable activity support grants (81% of income)

“Charitable activity support grants 118,158”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: sufficient resources to meet termination costs in the event of losing external funding (held: £8k)

“the CIO aims to build free reserves to a level which will provide sufficient resources to meet termination costs in the event of losing external funding.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Wycombe Youth Action (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

Akayla Alexis Hunt
Leon Henry
Peter Singleton
Saima Ansari
Simon Roger Kearey · trustee of 3 other charities
Sumiyya Akhtar
Usha Prashar

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

Operates in: Buckinghamshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£146k	£160k
31/03/2024	£192k	£258k
31/03/2023	£175k	£287k
31/03/2022	£298k	£278k
31/03/2021	£178k	£187k

Common questions

Is WYCOMBE YOUTH ACTION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income decreased by £46,098 to £146,164 due to reduced donations and grant applications. Consequently, the charity's free reserves dropped significantly from £21,930 to £8,365, a level the Trustees acknowledge is below their medium-term aim to build sufficient resources for termination costs. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds WYCOMBE YOUTH ACTION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name WYCOMBE YOUTH ACTION as a grant recipient include THE BATCHWORTH TRUST, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, THE SCOTT BADER COMMONWEALTH LIMITED, TARA GETTY FOUNDATION, THE GROCERS' CHARITY.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE BATCHWORTH TRUST	FY2024	£38k
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	FY2024	£35k	Youth support
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	FY2023	£30k	2 grants
THE SCOTT BADER COMMONWEALTH LIMITED	FY2021	£9k	Supported training sessions in relation to mental health in schools and youth groups in High Wycombe, UK
TARA GETTY FOUNDATION	FY2024	£7k	Young People
THE GROCERS' CHARITY	FY2025	£5k	Youth
THE FORTE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2024	£5k	1% of the core costs for a youth charity in High Wycombe, Bucks.
THE ANTON JURGENS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£4k
ANSON CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£4k	Charitable Donation
ANSON CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£3k	Charitable Donation
THE ANTON JURGENS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£3k
ANSON CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£3k	Charitable Donation
ANSON CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£3k	Charitable Donation
THE WO STREET CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2023	£3k
KARIN BRASS MEMORIAL FUND	FY2025	£3k
THE TRUEMARK TRUST	FY2024	£2k
THE SIR BERNARD & LADY SCHREIER FOUNDATION	FY2022	£2k
THE ARCHER TRUST	FY2022	£2k
THE SIR BERNARD & LADY SCHREIER FOUNDATION	FY2021	£2k
MOBBS MEMORIAL TRUST LIMITED	FY2025	£2k
THE SIR BERNARD & LADY SCHREIER FOUNDATION	FY2025	£2k
THE SIR BERNARD & LADY SCHREIER FOUNDATION	FY2024	£1k
THE CHRISTOPHER LAING FOUNDATION	FY2025	£1k	Child and Youth
THE CARRINGTON CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£500
THE CARRINGTON CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£500
THE CARRINGTON CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£500
THE ARDWICK TRUST	FY2024	£200
THE MICHAEL AND ANNA WIX CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2026	£200
MAKERS OF PLAYING CARDS CHARITY	FY2025	—

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
Sport England	03/12/2025	£5k	Lets Get Physical
Postcode Lottery	05/03/2025	£50k	Millionaire Street 2025 03w1
The National Lottery Community Fund	27/05/2021	£10k	Knife Crime Youth Violence Prevention Programme
The National Lottery Community Fund	09/03/2020	£10k	Knife crime and youth gang violence prevention programme
The National Lottery Community Fund	23/11/2018	£10k	Knife Crime & Youth Violence Prevention
UK government	03/09/2018	£15k	Knife Crime Community Fund 18-19
The National Lottery Community Fund	03/03/2011	£10k	Wycombe Youth Action Street Dance Academy
UK government	—	£20k	Knife Crime Community Fund 17-18

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE GOSLING FOUNDATION LIMITED	2	£25k
THE ELIZABETH AND PRINCE ZAIGER TRUST	1	£666k
THE ONSIDE FOUNDATION	1	£519k
THE ROTHSCHILD FOUNDATION	1	£425k
THE ADRIAN SWIRE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£85k
CAMDEN GIVING	1	£50k
W WING YIP AND BROTHERS FOUNDATION	1	£43k
John Lewis Partnership Foundation	1	£34k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FITZROVIA YOUTH IN ACTION.

FITZROVIA YOUTH IN ACTION income £1.2m
GOOLE YOUTH ACTION income £161k
ACTION 4 YOUTH income £1.5m
WYCOMBE MULTICULTURAL ORGANISATION income £486k
WOLVERHAMPTON YOUTH ZONE income £1.3m
COLNE YOUTH ACTION GROUP income £215k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
WYCOMBE YOUTH ACTION	£146k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
FITZROVIA YOUTH IN ACTION FY2025	£1.2m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
GOOLE YOUTH ACTION FY2026	£161k	—	0	unclear	—	noted
ACTION 4 YOUTH FY2026	£1.5m	£60,001 - £70,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt
WYCOMBE MULTICULTURAL ORGANISATION FY2025	£486k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
WOLVERHAMPTON YOUTH ZONE FY2025	£1.3m	—	0	below	—	no doubt

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