YPF TRUST

Registered charity 1185279 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The YPF Trust is an umbrella organisation representing Young People's Foundations (YPFs) throughout England. The Trust fundraises, coordinates and advocates on behalf of Local YPFs and acts as the collective voice of the over 1300 local voluntary sector organisations that are members of their local YPF.

Objects

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 INDIVIDUALSPROVIDED THAT IN THE OBJECTS, • “CHARITIES” ARE ORGANISATIONS, WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED FOR EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES

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 unrestricted reserves stood at £127,219, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of £50,000 (equivalent to three months of expenditure). The charity reported a net outgoing of resources for the year, reducing total funds from £139,226 to £127,219, though the trustees confirm no material uncertainties exist regarding going concern.

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 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Funders the charity credits

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

• Henry Smith Foundation — “YPF Trust and Henry Smith Foundation launch £3m Core Memories Fund” (source page)
• DCMS — “Through DCMS funding in 2022/23 and 2023/24 we established a national programme for local partnership in the youth sector” (source page)

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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (19/07/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ERIK MESELchair
• Ashley Thompson
• Kita Ikoku
• Nicola Butler
• Noura Salhani
• PHILIP EDWARD PUSEY
• Sarah Eloise Allen

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LONDON YOUTH SPORTS TRUST LIMITED.

• LONDON YOUTH SPORTS TRUST LIMITED income £199k
• THE YAPP CHARITABLE TRUST income £160k
• YOUTH ADVENTURE TRUST income £1.2m
• NORTH WEST YOUNG PEOPLES DEVELOPMENT TRUST income £228k
• YHF TRUST income £223k
• YWCA ENGLAND & WALES income £1.8m

Side by side with its peers

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