NATIONAL YOUNG LIFE CAMPAIGN TRUST LTD

Registered charity 207899 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as YOUNG LIFE

The charity operates through local branches based in the United Kingdom which seek to promote the christian religion to young people in their area.

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Latest income

£132k

Latest spending

£180k

Registered

1962

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net decrease in total funds of £51,279 for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in total net assets of £420,692. The trustees confirm that free reserves exceed their stated policy target of three months' expenditure and that there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue operating.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months' expenditure (held: £257k)

“The Directors consider that a free reserve sum sufficient to cover three months' expenditure is the minimum required and as at the date of this report this is exceeded.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 00349294

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.

WELLS, Alan Christopher — director, appointed 09/04/2019on trustee list
DUFFIN, Jason Elliot — director, appointed 09/11/2014on trustee list
GREEN, John Michael — director, appointed 09/11/2014on trustee list
MARTIN, Hugh Cecil, Pastor — director, appointed 08/11/2014on trustee list
WRIGHT, Steven John — director, appointed 08/11/2014on trustee list
TAYLOR, Stephen, Professor — director, appointed 20/06/2005on trustee list
WELLS, Alan Christopher — secretary, appointed 01/01/2020

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

STEPHEN TAYLORchair · trustee of 3 other charities
ALAN CHRISTOPHER WELLS
Hugh Cecil Martin
JOHN MICHAEL GREEN · trustee of 1 other charity
Jason Duffin · trustee of 2 other charities
STEPHEN JOHN WRIGHT

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

Operates in: Ireland · Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£132k	£180k
31/12/2024	£257k	£188k
31/12/2023	£144k	£160k
31/12/2022	£113k	£203k
31/12/2021	£95k	£115k

Common questions

Is NATIONAL YOUNG LIFE CAMPAIGN TRUST LTD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net decrease in total funds of £51,279 for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in total net assets of £420,692. The trustees confirm that free reserves exceed their stated policy target of three months' expenditure and that there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue operating. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds NATIONAL YOUNG LIFE CAMPAIGN TRUST LTD?

Funders whose own accounts filings name NATIONAL YOUNG LIFE CAMPAIGN TRUST LTD as a grant recipient include YORK BAPTIST CHURCH.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
YORK BAPTIST CHURCH	FY2023	£701	donation
YORK BAPTIST CHURCH	FY2022	£630	Donations
YORK BAPTIST CHURCH	FY2021	£630	Donations to National Young Life Campaign Trust Ltd