URBOND

Registered charity 1184273 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as URBOND C.I.C.

GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES , EDUCATION / TRAINING , YOUTH DEVELOPMENT, AMATEUR SPORT

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£379k
Latest spending
£365k
Registered
2019
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £14,213 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total unrestricted reserves of £24,894. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains a reserves policy target of £100,000, representing 4 to 6 months of operational costs, meaning current free reserves are significantly below this stated policy target.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: between 4 and 6 months of current operational cost, being the sum of £100,000 (held: £25k)
“The trustees have decided to maintain reserve funding at a level commensurate with between 4 and 6 months of current operational cost, being the sum of £100,000” — page 18
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 — URBOND (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Guinea · Portsmouth City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£379k£365k
31/12/2024£398k£330k
31/12/2023£323k£320k
31/12/2022£191k£210k
31/12/2021£200k£103k

Common questions

Is URBOND financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £14,213 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total unrestricted reserves of £24,894. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains a reserves policy target of £100,000, representing 4 to 6 months of operational costs, meaning current free reserves are significantly below this stated policy target. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds URBOND?

Funders whose own accounts filings name URBOND as a grant recipient include THE BLAGRAVE TRUST, HAYS TRAVEL FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE BLAGRAVE TRUSTFY2024£40kIncreasing civil society's accountability to young people
THE BLAGRAVE TRUSTFY2025£21kIncreasing civil society's accountability to young people
HAYS TRAVEL FOUNDATIONFY2025£6k
HAYS TRAVEL FOUNDATIONFY2024£0

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund11/12/2025£89kYouth Development Programme
Sport England21/07/2025£15kIntegration through Volleyball
The National Lottery Community Fund11/07/2025£816kURBOND – Youth and Community Integration Programmes
The National Lottery Community Fund02/05/2024£20kKickstart Youth
UK government27/03/2024£14kALB-Sport England-Kickstart Youth
Sport England27/03/2024£14kKickstart Youth
The National Lottery Community Fund04/08/2023£10kMH - Summer Youth Engagement 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 National Centre For Universities and Business.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
URBOND£379k—0unclear—no doubt
National Centre For Universities and Business FY2025£2.9m——unclear—no doubt
BROMLEY 'Y' FY2025£3.0m£70,001 - £80,0003unclear—no doubt
NATIONAL NUMERACY FY2024£2.2m——above—no doubt
FINHUMF FY2025£113k—0unclear—no doubt
NHANCED COMMUNITIES FY2025£182k—0unclear—no doubt

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