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YOU MY SISTER

Registered charity 1189815 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also registered in Scotland as SC052773 (OSCR)

Mental Health Support;Peer Support;Webinars;Training, Advice, Information Provision;Advocacy

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£65k
Latest spending
£40k
Registered
2020
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity received total funds of £64,915 and made payments of £39,965, resulting in a net cash increase. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £6,799, with the charity noting it has not yet established a formal reserves policy. The trustees confirm that resources are adequate to continue operations on a going concern basis.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £7k)
“The charity holds a small cash balance and is yet to reach an operational level where it has been possible to consider establishing a financial reserve.” — page 4
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Payments to trustees: Payments to Director on freelance basis
“During the year, the charity made payments to the Director on a freelance basis of £26,000” — page 10
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Ireland · Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£65k£40k
31/12/2023£31k£33k
31/12/2022£25k£18k
31/12/2021£19k£18k
31/12/2020£16k£5k

Common questions

Is YOU MY SISTER financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity received total funds of £64,915 and made payments of £39,965, resulting in a net cash increase. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £6,799, with the charity noting it has not yet established a formal reserves policy. The trustees confirm that resources are adequate to continue operations on a going concern basis. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds YOU MY SISTER?

Funders whose own accounts filings name YOU MY SISTER as a grant recipient include THE ALLEN LANE FOUNDATION, THE YAPP CHARITABLE TRUST, MISS E F RATHBONE CHARITABLE TRUST, THE ASHWORTH CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE ALLEN LANE FOUNDATIONFY2023£6k
THE YAPP CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£5k
MISS E F RATHBONE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£3k
THE ASHWORTH CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£3kNational

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Foundation Scotland30/09/2025£2kSupporting our Support Workers
The National Lottery Community Fund14/06/2024£20kSupporting Survivors to Reclaim their Mental Health
City Bridge Foundation21/07/2023£39kGrant to You My Sister
The National Lottery Community Fund07/07/2023£10kTaking Back Control: Mental Health Self Management After Abuse
The National Lottery Community Fund15/10/2021£10kSupporting Survivors of the Sex Trade