LEARN N GROW

Registered charity 1198173 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To promote and advance the education of young people and to develop their capabilities and skills by the provision of training courses with a view to enabling them to enhance their prospects of employment and conditions of life and to promote community participation in healthy recreation and other leisure time occupation for young people to improve their conditions of life.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO SHALL BE:TO ADVANCE AND PROMOTE EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH:(A) THE PROVISION OF TRAINING COURSES AND RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES PROVIDED IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE, DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE;(B) PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS.

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 · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Recreation · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£143k
Latest spending
£145k
Registered
2022
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net outgoing resource of £2,783 for the year, with total income of £142,538 against expenditure of £145,321. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £12,387, which is below the stated policy target of maintaining funds equivalent to three months of expenditure. The trustees confirmed the charity is a going concern, citing adequate resources and ongoing community support.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: approximately three month’s expenditure (held: £12k)
“It is the policy of the charity that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to approximately three month’s expenditure.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Hackney · Haringey

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£143k£145k
31/12/2024£222k£204k
31/12/2023£136k£140k
31/12/2022£39k£33k

Common questions

Is LEARN N GROW financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity incurred a net outgoing resource of £2,783 for the year, with total income of £142,538 against expenditure of £145,321. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £12,387, which is below the stated policy target of maintaining funds equivalent to three months of expenditure. The trustees confirmed the charity is a going concern, citing adequate resources and ongoing community support. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds LEARN N GROW?

Funders whose own accounts filings name LEARN N GROW as a grant recipient include THE HISCOX FOUNDATION, FORD BRITAIN TRUST, LORD BARNBY'S FOUNDATION, SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE HISCOX FOUNDATIONFY2025£6k
FORD BRITAIN TRUSTFY2025£3k
LORD BARNBY'S FOUNDATIONFY2025£2k
SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2025£2k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sport England26/06/2025£5kWeekly Exercise Classes
The National Lottery Community Fund22/11/2024£20kSkills To Build
Postcode Lottery28/06/2024£13kUnrestricted Funding
The National Lottery Community Fund03/03/2023£10kGirls Got Grit

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
LEARN N GROW£143k—0unclear—no doubt
LIVE AND LEARN FY2024£984k—0unclear—no doubt
THE TRAINING AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION FY2025£33k—0unclear—no doubt
LEARNING PARTNERSHIPS FY2025£688k—0unclear—no doubt
NORTHERN LEARNING TRUST FY2025£890k—0below—no doubt
MOTIVATION AND LEARNING TRUST FY2025£60k—0unclear—no doubt

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