Tools 4 Teens

Registered charity 1186416 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as TOOLS4TEENS

Tools 4 Teens provides a daily learning programme for disadvantaged young people from Hackney. Our activities include life skills workshops, interactive educational courses and recreational activities. We empower these young adults with the qualifications and emotional stability they need, so they can fulfil their potential, contribute to their community and overcome barriers to employment.

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Latest income
£77k
Latest spending
£63k
Registered
2019
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity is unaudited and subject to an independent examination. The trustees report that income has been reduced due to the cost-of-living crisis and competition for funding, leading to increased challenges in delivering programmes. Despite these pressures, the charity has taken steps to maintain operations, including reducing staff and securing donations.

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 4 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Hackney

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/01/2025£77k£63k
31/01/2024£88k£96k
31/01/2023£73k£66k
31/01/2022£60k£62k
31/01/2021£43k£41k

Common questions

Is Tools 4 Teens financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity is unaudited and subject to an independent examination. The trustees report that income has been reduced due to the cost-of-living crisis and competition for funding, leading to increased challenges in delivering programmes. Despite these pressures, the charity has taken steps to maintain operations, including reducing staff and securing donations. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds Tools 4 Teens?

Funders whose own accounts filings name Tools 4 Teens as a grant recipient include THE MRS SMITH AND MOUNT TRUST, THE GROCERS' CHARITY, THE TALISMAN CHARITABLE TRUST, THE TRUEMARK TRUST, THE DWF FOUNDATION.

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
London Borough of Hackney13/10/2025£18kGrant to Tools 4 Teens
Hackney Council13/10/2025£18kGrant to Tools 4 Teens
Postcode Lottery08/10/2025£25kUnrestricted Funding
Sport England12/05/2022£7kJubilee Fund - Teens Outdoors
Postcode Lottery26/03/2022£12kFunding for our new project, 'Curtains Down'
UK government02/07/2020£10kCoronavirus Community Support Fund