IGNITE YOUTH

Registered charity 1189771 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Our projects offer sports (basketball, boxing and gym sessions), mentoring and music production. In addition we arrange outings away from home areas to expand horizons and raise aspirations.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY, WHICH ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AND TO BE CARRIED OUT WITHIN A CHRISTIAN ETHOS ARE: TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE UP TO THE AGE OF 25 LIVING IN THE LONDON BOROUGHS OF BARNET, BRENT, EALING, HARROW AND HILLINGDON BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE AND ORGANISING PROGRAMMES OF PHYSICAL, EDUCATIONAL AND OTHER ACTIVITIES AS A MEANS OF: (A)ADVANCING IN LIFE AND HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE BY DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS; (B)ADVANCING EDUCATION; (C)RELIEVING UNEMPLOYMENT; (D)PROVIDING RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITY IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONS.

Area of benefit: LOCAL

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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

Registered contact address: Harrow, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net deficit of £37,717 for the year, drawing upon unrestricted reserves which remain above the stated policy target of four months' running costs. The trustees confirm that the funding pipeline for the coming financial year looks sound and that the charity remains on a solid financial footing despite the overspend.

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 handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (20/10/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Helen Lairdchair
• DAVID HERBERT
• Ego Obi
• JOHN HUNTER BROWN
• Nadya Adela Allen
• Sunali Patel

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

Operates in: Barnet · Brent · Ealing · Harrow · Hillingdon

Income and spending

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Known funders

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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 YOUTH EXPERIENCE IN SPORT.

• YOUTH EXPERIENCE IN SPORT income £133k
• NE YOUTH income £1.3m
• INSPIRE PLUS income £1.2m
• INTERMISSION YOUTH income £642k
• IGNITE (BIG IDEAS) income £124k
• INSPIRE A TEEN income £101k

Side by side with its peers

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