YOUTH FIRST CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION
Registered charity 1195386 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as YOUTH FIRST, YOUTH FIRST 'CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION'
We offer all year round after-school & holiday provision at our adventure playgrounds, youth clubs and through a street-based team. We also provide projects and informal education for young people. Our programmes offer children and young people aged 8-19 (up to 25 with additional needs) the opportunity to grow, play, have a voice and learn.
Causes: Disability · Economic/community Development/employment · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts
The accounts state that the charity incurred an overall deficit of £235,221 for the year ended 31 March 2024. Per the trustees' report, the charity is not a going concern and will cease activities on 31 March 2025 following the loss of its main funding contract and a failed merger negotiation.
Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: three to four months' expenditure (held: £175k)
“Youth First therefore believes that its unrestricted reserves should be between three and four months’ expenditure. This means that we would seek to hold unrestricted free reserves of between £450k to £650k.” — page 7
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor
“We draw attention to the disclosure regarding the charity's going concern status in the Trustees report and to Accounting Policy 2.2 which explains that the directors intend to cease the charity's activities with effect of 31 March 2025 and therefore do not consider it to be appropriate to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.” — page 12
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by RPG Crouch Chapman LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Year-over-year changes
- Going concern: no going-concern doubt (FY2023) → going-concern doubt noted (FY2024).
Comparing this charity’s FY2023 and FY2024 accounts as analysed by this site.
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2024)
Cost of raising funds
£70k
Reported reserves equal ~1.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (78% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 4.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
- Valerie Davisonchair
- Adam Barrett
- Catriona Coleman
- Kylie Thompson
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Lewisham
Income and spending
Common questions
Is YOUTH FIRST CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION financially healthy?
Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity incurred an overall deficit of £235,221 for the year ended 31 March 2024. Per the trustees' report, the charity is not a going concern and will cease activities on 31 March 2025 following the loss of its main funding contract and a failed merger negotiation. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by RPG Crouch Chapman LLP.
Who funds YOUTH FIRST CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION?
Funders whose own accounts filings name YOUTH FIRST CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION as a grant recipient include STEPHEN TAYLOR FOUNDATION, DEPTFORD CHALLENGE TRUST LIMITED, THE CHILDHOOD TRUST.
Known funders
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