YOUTH PRESENCE

Registered charity 1191305 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Youth Presence works with and supports children and young people. We will do this through the provision of recreational and leisure time activities. We will provide support, activities and opportunities which develop skills, capacities and capabilities. We will provide personal, social and spiritual education. We are based in Kendal, we work in the North West of England - Cumbria/Lancashire.

Objects

1. TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND RELIEVE NEEDS OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE, IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION) IN THE NORTH WEST OF ENGLAND, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THROUGH:(A) THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES PROVIDED IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE, DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE;(B) PROVIDING SUPPORT, ACTIVITIES AND OPPORTUNITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS AND BE AWARE OF THEIR INDIVIDUAL POTENTIAL(C) PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY, PERSONAL, SOCIAL AND SPIRITUAL EDUCATION AS A MEANS OF ADVANCING EDUCATION

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that Youth Presence maintains free unrestricted reserves of £5,000, which meets its stated policy target of covering one month's running costs. The trustees report that the charity is currently achieving this reserves target and remains financially sustainable.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 4 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
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Caroline D'Arcy
• Deborah Carey
• Marian Kearney
• Rev Hugh Pollock
• Sister Constance Cameron

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

Operates in: Cumbria · Lancashire

Income and spending

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Known funders

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