Young K&C

Registered charity 1185156 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA YPF, Young Kensington & Chelsea

Young Kensington and Chelsea Foundation (YKCF) is an independent voluntary membership organisation for all providers delivering services for the benefit of children and young people in the Royal Borough, set up by the voluntary sector for the voluntary sector and with the support and endorsement of the Local Authority.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO, BEING UNDERTAKEN IN THE AREA OF THE ROYAL BOROUGH OF KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, ARE AS FOLLOWS:1. TO PROMOTE THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF CHARITIES PROVIDING SERVICES FOR CHILDREN OR YOUNG PEOPLE BY PROVIDING SUPPORT, ADVICE, TRAINING AND OTHER ASSISTANCE. 2. TO PROMOTE THE EFFECTIVE USE OF RESOURCES FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES BY CHARITABLE AND NON-CHARITABLE BODIES WORKING WITH CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE BY PROVIDING ADVICE, SERVICES AND CONSULTATIONS.3. TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH MAKING GRANTS TO ORGANISATIONS THAT DO ANY OR ALL OF THE FOLLOWING:• THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES PROVIDED IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE, DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE;• PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS.

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 · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Kensington and Chelsea, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £154,287, which the trustees consider equivalent to 6 months of running costs, meeting their policy target of 3 to 6 months. The filing confirms the charity is prepared on a going concern basis with adequate resources for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 6 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 policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• 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

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.

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

Funders the charity credits

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

• Westway Trust — “We would like to thank Westway Trust” (source page)

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~2.4 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% 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: 1.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Amal Osman
• Andrew William Evans
• Arshian Ali
• John Thalassites
• Natasha Bishopp
• Yusuf Ibrahim

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

Operates in: Kensington And Chelsea

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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

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 YOUNG HAMMERSMITH AND FULHAM FOUNDATION.

• YOUNG HAMMERSMITH AND FULHAM FOUNDATION income £422k
• KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA FORUM FOR OLDER RESIDENTS income £77k
• YOUNG EALING FOUNDATION income £709k
• KFC FOUNDATION income £2.2m
• YOUNG WESTMINSTER FOUNDATION income £2.7m
• YOUNG LIVES CONSORTIUM income £302k

Side by side with its peers

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