FUN 4 YOUNG PEOPLE (F4YP) LTD

Registered charity 1198194 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

F4YP offers fun, educational and accessible opportunities to young people in Bedfordshire, supporting them to develop self-esteem, self-confidence and resilience

Objects

TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE UP TO THE AGE OF 24 FROM ECONOMICALLY OR SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED BACKGROUNDS LIVING IN ENGLAND, BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE, PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF PHYSICAL, EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES AND OTHER ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATIONAL, LEISURE AND OTHER ACTIVITY IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE, AS A MEANS OF: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.

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

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds decreased significantly from £147,055 to £76,476, driven by a net expenditure of £70,579 against incoming resources of £353,396. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £27,656, which the trustees note may be lower than usual because core salaries are covered by restricted grant funding. The trustees maintain that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• 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.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 13432846 · Financial health read from its filings

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• COHEN, Peter Timothy — director, appointed 08/01/2026on trustee list
• DOWNING, Caroline Jane — director, appointed 01/10/2025on trustee list
• FARMER RULTON, Claire Marie — director, appointed 29/02/2024not on trustee list
• KING, James Andrew — director, appointed 14/03/2022on trustee list
• IRELAND, Rebecca Jane — director, appointed 17/12/2021on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• James Andrew Kingchair
• Caroline Jane Downing
• Claire Marie Farmer Rulton
• Peter Cohen
• Rebecca Ireland

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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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
• Youth4Youth Ltd income £81k
• THE FURZEDOWN YOUTH CENTRE LTD income £45k
• YOUNG PEOPLE CORNWALL income £1.9m
• FUN 4 KIDZ income £1.2m
• HUYTON INITIATIVE 4 YOUTH ACTIVITIES income £241k

Side by side with its peers

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