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

Objects

I. THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY:(A) THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF RACE OR RELIGION;(B) PROMOTING ACTIVITIES TO FOSTER UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN PEOPLE FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS;(C) CULTIVATING A SENTIMENT IN FAVOUR OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY.II. THE ADVANCEMENT OF CHILDREN'S EDUCATION BY PROVIDING A PRIMARY SCHOOL AND OTHER ASSOCIATED FACILITIES.

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

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

Registered contact address: Portsmouth, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

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 (reserves figure: £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.

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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

  • Volunteers: 20
  • Government income: £105,247 — grants £105,247 (1); 28% of the £379,325 total gross income on the same return
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Volunteers: 25
  • Government income: £37,446 — grants £37,446 (5); 9% of the £398,366 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Volunteers: 17
  • Government income: £46,982 — grants £46,982 (8); 15% of the £322,719 total gross income on the same return

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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 FOUNDATIONFY2024amount not stated

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.

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
URBOND£379k—0unclear—no doubt
FOR CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE FY2025£1.5m—0unclear1.0%no doubt
FULL FACT FY2025£3.1m£110,000 - £119,9999above—no doubt
PUBLISH WHAT YOU FUND FY2025£781k£80,001 - £90,0001unclear—no doubt
YORK RI FY2026£730k—0above—no doubt
O'BRIEN CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£66k—0unclear—no doubt

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