GROWING RESILIENCE IN TEENS

Registered charity 1176272 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GRIT

To preserve and protect the mental health and wellbeing of young people aged 11-24 through the provision of activities designed to build resilience and equip them with healthy coping strategies to manage the pressures they face, replacing self-destructive behaviours with positive life skills.

Objects

TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE GOOD MENTAL HEALTH OF YOUNG PEOPLE AGED 11-24 THROUGH THE PROVISION OF ACTIVITIES DESIGNED TO BUILD RESILIENCE AND EQUIP THEM WITH HEALTHY COPING STRATEGIES TO MANAGE THE PRESSURES THEY FACE, REPLACING SELF-DESTRUCTIVE BEHAVIOURS WITH POSITIVE LIFE SKILLS.

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £11,069 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total income of £300,931 against expenditure of £289,862. Per the trustees' report, total unrestricted funds carried forward at year-end were £64,643, which exceeds the stated reserves policy target of £20,000. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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.

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
• 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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Growing Resilience in Teens (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• National Lottery — “Press Release: Growing Resilience in Teens secures £20,000 funding from the National Lottery” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr LOUISE RANDALLchair
• Berri Maurice Clarke
• Harry Harvey-Ferris
• Laura Stewart
• Mr Jim Randall
• Tom Gutteridge

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FOR CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE.

• FOR CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE income £1.5m
• BE FREE YOUNG CARERS LTD income £421k
• TEEN CRISIS UK income £119k
• YOUTH WORKS NORTHAMPTONSHIRE income £1.6m
• TEENS TRAILBLAZERS income £158k
• Berkshire Youth LTD income £1.4m

Side by side with its peers

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