WILD YOUNG PARENTS

Registered charity 1210505 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

WILD's Vision is a Fair Start for Young Parent Families. We deliver services for young parents and their babies across Cornwall, and lead a UK-wide Young Parent Network. We work with young parent families to create whole-system change, from policy to local practice, so that everyone believes in young parents, and helps them create strong foundations for their babies' futures.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS TO RELIEVE YOUNG PARENTS UNDER THE AGE OF 25 (WHO ARE IN NEED OF SUCH RELIEF) BY SUCH CHARITABLE MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES DETERMINE FROM TIME TO TIME

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 Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Cornwall, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£792k
Latest spending
£843k
Registered
2024
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit for the year of £51,534 against income of £791,607. Free reserves were £272,475, which the trustees note reflects three months of cashflow spend. The charity is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation with no share capital and operates a defined contribution pension scheme.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of cashflow spend (reserves figure: £272k)
“The current free reserves reflect 3 months of cashflow spend.” — page 33
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

  • Volunteers: 36
  • Government income: £260,163 — contracts £165,678 (1), grants £94,485 (5); 33% of the £791,607 total gross income on the same return
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income
£792k
Total spending
£843k
Reserves (reported)
£272k
Employees
27

Reported reserves equal ~3.9 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (89% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Cornwall

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£792k£843k

Common questions

Is WILD YOUNG PARENTS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit for the year of £51,534 against income of £791,607. Free reserves were £272,475, which the trustees note reflects three months of cashflow spend. The charity is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation with no share capital and operates a defined contribution pension scheme. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds WILD YOUNG PARENTS?

Funders whose own accounts filings name WILD YOUNG PARENTS as a grant recipient include THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATION, THE KPMG FOUNDATION, THE AIM FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATIONFY2023£122kCommunity-based interventions
THE KPMG FOUNDATIONFY2023£75k
THE KPMG FOUNDATIONFY2022£75k
THE AIM FOUNDATIONFY2025£30kEarly Years
THE KPMG FOUNDATIONFY2023£8kone-off payments made to support our charity partners through the challenging economic climate

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund29/04/2026£490kWILD Babies' Backpack
The National Lottery Community Fund09/10/2025£20kWILD Together
The National Lottery Community Fund05/04/2024£20kWILD Together

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WILD YOUNG PARENTS PROJECT.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
WILD YOUNG PARENTS£792k—0above—no doubt
WILD YOUNG PARENTS PROJECT FY2024£0—0above—no doubt
WILD WELFARE FY2025£283k—0above—no doubt
WORLD VISION UK FY2025£66.1m——unclear18.2%no doubt
WILDERNESS FOUNDATION UK FY2025£929k—0below5.7%no doubt
REWILDING BRITAIN FY2026£2.3m——above—no doubt

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