YMM

Registered charity 1187987 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as YOUNG MINDS MATTER

We provide mentoring support to help young people cope with the many challenges and hardships they might be facing. We also deliver social and emotional learning programmes to groups of young people to help develop their skills and capabilities.We hope our reactive support and proactive education will have a deep and long lasting impact on the mental and physical health of our young people.

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Latest income
£116k
Latest spending
£71k
Registered
2020
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that YMM held total funds of £124,019 at the end of the financial year, with unrestricted reserves of £75,276. The trustees report that these reserves exceed their policy target of three months' operating costs, indicating a strong financial position with no material uncertainties regarding going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months operating costs (held: £75k)
“The policy is to hold enough funds to meet three months operating costs of the charity, including our mentoring programmes.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — YMM (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£116k£71k
31/08/2024£118k£65k
31/08/2023£53k£42k
31/08/2022£29k£24k
31/08/2021£10k£19k

Common questions

Is YMM financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that YMM held total funds of £124,019 at the end of the financial year, with unrestricted reserves of £75,276. The trustees report that these reserves exceed their policy target of three months' operating costs, indicating a strong financial position with no material uncertainties regarding going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds YMM?

Funders whose own accounts filings name YMM as a grant recipient include STRATFORD-UPON-AVON TOWN TRUST, SOCIETY OF THE HOLY CHILD JESUS CIO, THE NORTON FOUNDATION, THE GROCERS' CHARITY, GOWLING WLG (UK) CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
STRATFORD-UPON-AVON TOWN TRUSTFY2022£30k1:1 Mentoring in schools for young people
SOCIETY OF THE HOLY CHILD JESUS CIOFY2024£17kGrants
SOCIETY OF THE HOLY CHILD JESUS CIOFY2025£10kGrants
THE NORTON FOUNDATIONFY2022£5kSocial activity
THE GROCERS' CHARITYFY2025£4kYouth
GOWLING WLG (UK) CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£1k
DUMBRECK CHARITYFY2025£1kChildren’s Welfare

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund06/08/2009£10kYoung Minds Matter

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 YOURSTORY LTD.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
YMM£116k—0above—no doubt
YOURSTORY LTD FY2024£247k—0below—no doubt
YOUTH WORKS NORTHAMPTONSHIRE FY2025£1.6m—0above—no doubt
YGMH FY2025£460k—0unclear—no doubt
YOUTH FEDERATION LIMITED FY2025£2.1m——above—no doubt
YMCA LONDON CITY AND NORTH FY2025£9.5m£103,490—below—no doubt

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