FAST LONDON

Registered charity 1189525 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FAST PROJECT

FAST youth workers look to provide strong positive role models, highly effective prevention and intervention youth work, diversionary and inspiring activities to help hard to reach young people in South London to complete their education, healthy relationships and develop a pathway for an aspirational future. Activities that we do include mentoring, sports and field trips.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Economic/community Development/employment · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£237k
Latest spending
£204k
Registered
2020
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £32,999 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total income of £237,016 and total expenditure of £204,017. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves of £47,324 were held at year-end, which is below the stated policy target of £50,958 required to cover three months of basic operations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £47k; policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure)
“At the year end, the charity had unrestricted reserves of £47,324 which is below the required level.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£237k£204k
31/08/2024£185k£197k
31/08/2023£199k£169k
31/03/2022£50k£86k
31/03/2021£92k£74k

Common questions

Is FAST LONDON financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £32,999 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total income of £237,016 and total expenditure of £204,017. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves of £47,324 were held at year-end, which is below the stated policy target of £50,958 required to cover three months of basic operations. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds FAST LONDON?

Funders whose own accounts filings name FAST LONDON as a grant recipient include THE SHAFTESBURY HOMES AND ARETHUSA, The AVOCADO Foundation.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE SHAFTESBURY HOMES AND ARETHUSAFY2024£10k
The AVOCADO FoundationFY2022£10kDragons Den 2022 grant

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund13/02/2025£20kFAST Community Programme-Early Intervention
Sport England10/09/2024£15kFAST Community Sports
Postcode Lottery27/05/2022£25kStaff salary
The National Lottery Community Fund12/11/2021£10kFAST Open access and Mentoring
The National Lottery Community Fund11/07/2019£10kPathfinders

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 FOUNDATION FOR ANGELMAN SYNDROME THERAPEUTICS UK.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
FAST LONDON£237k—0below—no doubt
FOUNDATION FOR ANGELMAN SYNDROME THERAPEUTICS UK FY2024£183k—0unclear—no doubt
THE FEDERATION OF LONDON YOUTH CLUBS FY2024£9.3m——below—no doubt
FAST UK FY2025£103k—0unclear—no doubt
FUTURE SKILLS TRAINING FY2025£234k—0above—no doubt
ACTS FAST FY2025£142k—0unclear—noted

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