YOUTH CONNECT SOUTH WEST

Registered charity 1186059 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as YOUTH CONNECT

Working with young people, offering positive activities, including youth work, group work and targeted individual support. Support for young people who are unemployed and @risk of unemployment with next steps to employment, education or training, particularly young people with anxiety and mental health needs, SEND YP (disabilities) with transitions working in partnerships with parent/carers

Causes: Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£3.1m
Latest spending
£2.6m
Registered
2019
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a total unrestricted surplus of £300,218 and total funds of £1,106,344 for the year ended 31 March 2025. However, the trustees anticipate an unrestricted funds deficit in the next financial year due to significant reductions in Youth Work funding and one-off transition costs. To mitigate this, the charity intends to draw upon its reserves, which are currently held within the trustees' target range of £450,000 to £650,000.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: between £450,000 and £650,000 (held: £577k)
“On this basis, the Trustees consider that free reserves should be between £450,000 and £650,000” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Sumer Auditco Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

Total income
£3.1m
Total spending
£2.6m
Reserves (reported)
£577k
Employees
85

Reported reserves equal ~2.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (85% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bath And North East Somerset · Dorset · North Somerset · Somerset · Wiltshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£3.1m£2.6m
31/03/2024£2.2m£2.2m
31/03/2023£1.8m£1.9m
31/03/2022£1.5m£1.3m
31/03/2021£1.2m£824k

Common questions

Is YOUTH CONNECT SOUTH WEST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a total unrestricted surplus of £300,218 and total funds of £1,106,344 for the year ended 31 March 2025. However, the trustees anticipate an unrestricted funds deficit in the next financial year due to significant reductions in Youth Work funding and one-off transition costs. To mitigate this, the charity intends to draw upon its reserves, which are currently held within the trustees' target range of £450,000 to £650,000. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Sumer Auditco Limited.

Who funds YOUTH CONNECT SOUTH WEST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name YOUTH CONNECT SOUTH WEST as a grant recipient include THE MEDLOCK CHARITABLE TRUST, SYLVANUS LYSONS CHARITY, THE ROPER FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST, THE ROTARY CLUB OF BATH TRUST FUND.

Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund27/03/2024£246kHigh-Quality Sustainable Support for Young People
The National Lottery Community Fund23/02/2024£20kYouth Clubs in Bath
The National Lottery Community Fund11/08/2023£9kMH Summer and holiday fun

Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with YOUTH WORKS NORTHAMPTONSHIRE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
YOUTH CONNECT SOUTH WEST£3.1m——unclear—no doubt
YOUTH WORKS NORTHAMPTONSHIRE FY2025£1.6m—0above—no doubt
YOUTH FOCUS NORTH WEST LTD FY2025£627k—0above—no doubt
POSITIVE YOUTH FOUNDATION FY2025£1.5m—0unclear—no doubt
YOUNG SOMERSET FY2026£4.3m——unclear—no doubt
PRIORITY YOUTH PROJECT FY2025£367k—0unclear—noted

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