HAMMERSMITH & FULHAM YOUTH ZONE

Registered charity 1179981 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Hammersmith & Fulham Youth Zone exists to help and educate young people resident in the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham and surrounding areas. Providing an inspiring environment and positive activities to spend their leisure time and by promoting their full potential in order that they may grow to maturity as individuals and members of society, and that their conditions in life may improve.

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Latest income

£10.4m

Latest spending

£2.1m

Registered

2018

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £8,276,983 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven largely by £8,493,478 in capital in-kind grants. Unrestricted reserves stood at £2,528,909, which the trustees consider sufficient to maintain financial resilience against the stated policy target of covering 6-12 months of running costs. The independent auditors confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's 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

Highest-paid employee band: more than £60,000 — below the median for charities its size (£130k)

“One member of staff received payments in excess of £60,000 in the current year (2024: £nil).” — page 28

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Employees paid over £60,000: 1

“One member of staff received payments in excess of £60,000 in the current year (2024: £nil).” — page 28

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Largest income source: Capital grants (82% of income)

“Of our total income, £8,493,478 relate to capital in-kind grants, specifically for the WEST Youth Zone facility, part of the EdCity development.” — page 15

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: 6-12 months of running costs (held: £2.5m)

“To ensure a prudent level of financial resilience in an uncertain economic climate the Trustees have determined that unrestricted reserves should be maintained to cover 6-12 months of running costs.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Trustees and related parties donated a total of £101,150 to the charity (2024: £20,000).

“During the year, Trustees and related parties donated a total of £101,150 to the charity (2024: £20,000). Key Management Personnel aggregate remuneration was £221,693 (2024: £155,357). There were no other related party transactions during the year.” — page 31

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Year-over-year changes

Employees paid over £60,000: 0 (FY2024) → 1 (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — WEST Youth Zone (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).

GSK — “WEST, OnSide and GSK partner to inspire the next generation in STEM” (source page)
Bridges Impact Foundation — “Supporter Spotlight – Barbara Storch, Bridges Impact Foundation” (source page)

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

Total income

£10.4m

Total spending

£2.1m

Cost of raising funds

£16k

Reserves (reported)

£2.5m

Employees

86

Reported reserves equal ~14.4 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (98% 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: 0.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Mihir Amit Wartychair
Charmian Averty
Ian Eugene Romer Wason
Nicole Trehy · trustee of 1 other charity
Philip John Marsh
Robert Alan Devey
Robert Lee Lehmann
Victoria Che-Vi Jerome
Yixuan Yang

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

Operates in: Hammersmith And Fulham

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£10.4m	£2.1m
31/03/2024	£1.1m	£426k
31/03/2023	£4.2m	£9k
31/03/2022	£1.3m	£8k
31/03/2021	£125k	£2k

Common questions

Is HAMMERSMITH & FULHAM YOUTH ZONE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £8,276,983 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven largely by £8,493,478 in capital in-kind grants. Unrestricted reserves stood at £2,528,909, which the trustees consider sufficient to maintain financial resilience against the stated policy target of covering 6-12 months of running costs. The independent auditors confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Xeinadin Audit Limited.

What does the highest-paid employee of HAMMERSMITH & FULHAM YOUTH ZONE earn?

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

Who funds HAMMERSMITH & FULHAM YOUTH ZONE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name HAMMERSMITH & FULHAM YOUTH ZONE as a grant recipient include THE ONSIDE FOUNDATION, KUSUMA TRUST UK, THE GREENSLADE FAMILY FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE ONSIDE FOUNDATION	FY2023	£3.0m	Grants to Hammersmith & Fulham Youth Zone
KUSUMA TRUST UK	FY2023	£150k	Hammersmith & Fulham’s Youth Zone (WEST)
THE ONSIDE FOUNDATION	FY2024	£70k	Grants to Hammersmith & Fulham Youth Zone
THE GREENSLADE FAMILY FOUNDATION	FY2022	£10k

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 HISCOX FOUNDATION	2	£5k
THE DWF FOUNDATION	2	£2k
THE JD FOUNDATION	1	£561k
IGY FOUNDATION	1	£320k
Matchroom Charitable Foundation	1	£100k
CALISEN IMPACT CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£71k
YOUNG MANCHESTER	1	£68k
Bird Song Trust	1	£65k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with YOUNG HAMMERSMITH AND FULHAM FOUNDATION.

YOUNG HAMMERSMITH AND FULHAM FOUNDATION income £422k
BARKING & DAGENHAM YOUTH ZONE income £1.8m
WOLVERHAMPTON YOUTH ZONE income £1.3m
WIRRAL YOUTH ZONE income £1.3m
THE MANCHESTER YOUTH ZONE LIMITED income £3.2m
GRIMSBY YOUTH ZONE income £10.7m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
HAMMERSMITH & FULHAM YOUTH ZONE	£10.4m	more than £60,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt
YOUNG HAMMERSMITH AND FULHAM FOUNDATION FY2025	£422k	£60,001 - £70,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt
BARKING & DAGENHAM YOUTH ZONE FY2025	£1.8m	£70,001 - £80,000	1	above	—	no doubt
WOLVERHAMPTON YOUTH ZONE FY2025	£1.3m	—	0	below	—	no doubt
WIRRAL YOUTH ZONE FY2025	£1.3m	—	—	within	—	no doubt
THE MANCHESTER YOUTH ZONE LIMITED FY2025	£3.2m	£70,000 - £75,000	1	within	—	no doubt

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