BREATHE YOUTH

Registered charity 1180351 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BREATHE

Providing advice and assistance and organising programmes for children and young people living in the Forest of Dean district as a means of: (a) enabling them to participate in society as independent, mature and responsible individuals (b) advancing education (c) relieving unemployment.Encouraging Christian beliefs and values amongst them, their families and the community.

Objects

1. TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE UP TO THE AGE OF 25 LIVING IN THE FOREST OF DEAN DISTRICT BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE AND ORGANISING PROGRAMMES OF PHYSICAL, EDUCATIONAL AND OTHER ACTIVITIES AS A MEANS OF:(A) ADVANCING IN LIFE AND HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE BY DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS;(B) ADVANCING EDUCATION;(C) RELIEVING UNEMPLOYMENT.2. TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF FAITH BY ENCOURAGING CHRISTIAN BELIEFS AND VALUES AMONGST CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE, THEIR FAMILIES AND THE COMMUNITY.

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 deficit of £1,333 for the year, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted reserves to £29,287. The trustees maintain a reserves policy targeting twelve months of running costs, estimated at £28,250, which the current reserves exceed. The charity is not prepared on a going-concern basis, with no material uncertainties disclosed regarding its ability to continue operations.

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 3 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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (07/11/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• RUTHIN JUDITH JULIUSchair
• HAYLEY RACHAEL BIRD
• Katharine Anne Newell
• MARTIN ERIC SPOOR
• STEVEN JAMES WOODCOCK

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire

Income and spending

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Known funders

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