BARKING & DAGENHAM YOUTH ZONE

Registered charity 1172247 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FUTURE

To help and educate children and young people resident in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, and surrounding areas, through their leisure time activities by promoting their full physical and spiritual potential in order that they may grow to full maturity as individuals and members of society, and that their conditions in life may improve.

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Latest income
£1.8m
Latest spending
£2.1m
Registered
2017
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £279,963 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total net assets. However, the trustees confirm the charity maintains a healthy unrestricted reserves position of £1,667,685, which covers just under 9 months of operating costs, satisfying the going concern basis.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £70,001 - £80,000 — above the median for charities its size (£70k)
“The emoluments of one member of staff including benefits but excluding employer pension costs fell within the range from £70,000 to £80,000” — page 24
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Employees paid over £60,000: 1
“The emoluments of one member of staff including benefits but excluding employer pension costs fell within the range from £70,000 to £80,000” — page 24
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: 6 months (held: £1.7m)
“the Charity will aim to maintain the reserves policy around 6 months and this was maintained as an average of 7.1 months throughout this financial year.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: 17
“During the year the charitable company received grants and donations which in total amounted to £138,725 (2024: £129,775) from various Trustees of the charitable company, their associated Foundations or from charities with a shared No other Trustee or other person related to the Charitable Company had any personal interest in any contract or transaction entered into by the Charity during the year.” — page 28
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Xeinadin Audit Limited. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Barking and Dagenham Future Youth Zone (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Total income
£1.8m
Total spending
£2.1m
Reserves (reported)
£1.7m
Employees
89

Reported reserves equal ~9.6 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (79% 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).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Barking And Dagenham

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.8m£2.1m
31/03/2024£1.8m£2.1m
31/03/2023£1.5m£1.9m
31/03/2022£1.9m£1.8m
31/03/2021£2.5m£1.5m

Common questions

Is BARKING & DAGENHAM YOUTH ZONE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £279,963 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total net assets. However, the trustees confirm the charity maintains a healthy unrestricted reserves position of £1,667,685, which covers just under 9 months of operating costs, satisfying the going concern basis. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Xeinadin Audit Limited.

What does the highest-paid employee of BARKING & DAGENHAM YOUTH ZONE earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £70,001 - £80,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

Who funds BARKING & DAGENHAM YOUTH ZONE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BARKING & DAGENHAM YOUTH ZONE as a grant recipient include IGY FOUNDATION, THE ONSIDE FOUNDATION, Matchroom Charitable Foundation, THE GREENSLADE FAMILY FOUNDATION, SCHRODER CHARITY TRUST.

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).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund29/01/2026£38kYouth Choices at Future
The National Lottery Community Fund26/09/2024£160kMental Health and Wellbeing in Barking and Dagenham with Future Youth Zone
The National Lottery Community Fund08/08/2024£17kUrStage; Future Youth Zone
The National Lottery Community Fund14/04/2023£10kUrStage; Future Youth Zone
UK government08/07/2020£80kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
Sport England16/06/2020£10kCOVID-19 CEF
The National Lottery Community Fund10/05/2019£10kHoliday Activities

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 WOLVERHAMPTON YOUTH ZONE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BARKING & DAGENHAM YOUTH ZONE£1.8m£70,001 - £80,0001above—no doubt
WOLVERHAMPTON YOUTH ZONE FY2025£1.3m—0below—no doubt
HAMMERSMITH & FULHAM YOUTH ZONE FY2025£10.4mmore than £60,0001unclear—no doubt
WIRRAL YOUTH ZONE FY2025£1.3m——within—no doubt
BARKING AND DAGENHAM COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE FY2025£375k—0above—no doubt
DURHAM AREA YOUTH FY2026£257k—0unclear—no doubt

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