THE ALLIANCE FOR YOUTH JUSTICE

Registered charity 1207777 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AYJ

The Alliance for Youth Justice (AYJ) brings organisations to advocate for and with children to drive positive change in youth justice in England and Wales.

Objects

1. THE PROMOTION OF THE SOUND ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAW AND THE PROMOTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS FOR CHILDREN (AS SET OUT IN THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS, THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD AND OTHER RELEVANT UNITED NATIONS CONVENTIONS AND DECLARATIONS) IN THE YOUTH JUSTICE SECTOR IN ENGLAND AND WALES, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY:A. THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN THE YOUTH JUSTICE SECTOR, OF STAKEHOLDERS AND OF THE PUBLIC; ANDB. CONDUCTING AND DISSEMINATING RESEARCH INTO CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE’S INVOLVEMENT WITH AND EXPERIENCES OF THE YOUTH JUSTICE SYSTEM, AND THE CAUSES OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE OFFENDING;2. THE PREVENTION OF CRIME FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY WORKING TO SUPPORT THE YOUTH JUSTICE SYSTEM IN ITS PRINCIPAL AIM OF PREVENTING OFFENDING BY CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE INCLUDING BY EDUCATING, RAISING AWARENESS AND CONDUCTING AND DISSEMINATING RESEARCH.

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 FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £3,221 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total unrestricted reserves of £80,367. Per the trustees' report, the charity aims to maintain free unrestricted reserves equivalent to three months of expenditure to protect the continuity of its core work.

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

What the accounts disclose

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Children in Need — “We have recently advised Children in Need on the design of their programme to address violence impacting young people” (source page)
• Youth Endowment Fund — “and the Youth Endowment Fund on their Evidence and Gap Map of what works to keep children safe from involvement in violence.” (source page)

Trustees · trustee networks

• Christopher Ian Bath
• Dr Anne-Marie Day
• Dr Poppy Harrison
• Emmanuel Onapa
• Heena Mohammed
• Ian Richard Langley
• Lucy Knell-Taylor
• Pavinder Kaur
• Shadae Cazeau

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CUMBRIA YOUTH ALLIANCE.

• CUMBRIA YOUTH ALLIANCE income £3.4m
• YOUTH CONCERN income £879k
• ALLIANCE OF SPORT income £943k
• YASEEN YOUTH DEVELOPMENT LTD income £578k
• AJYAL FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION income £992k
• THE YOUTH ASSOCIATION income £805k

Side by side with its peers

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