ESSEX YOUTH TRUST

Registered charity 225768 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ESSEX HOME SCHOOL FOR BOYS (FORMERLY THE ESSEX INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL FOR DESTITUTE BOYS)

The education and advancement in life of young people under the age of 25 years who are in need of assistance.

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Get email alerts

Latest income

£88k

Latest spending

£395k

Registered

1963

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £90,000, which the trustees have reduced from a previously unnecessarily high level. The charity reported a net decrease in funds of £355,752 for the year, driven by an unrealised investment loss, but the trustees confirm sufficient assets are available to meet obligations and continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £90,000 (held: £90k)

“it was decided that the reserve was unnecessarily high and it has been reduced and now stands at £90,000.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Ashings Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

CLAIRE COTTRELL DL · trustee of 2 other charities
Caroline Tassier Edwards
David Trevelyan HURST
Emma Jane Brice DL
JULIE ANN FOSH
MICHAEL JOHN DYER · trustee of 1 other charity
Olivia Mairin Hutley
Sally Ann Judith Speakman
WILLIAM DAVID ROBSON
William Rupert Gosling · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Barking And Dagenham · Essex · Hackney · Havering · Redbridge · Southend-on-sea · Thurrock · Waltham Forest

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£88k	£395k
31/03/2024	£112k	£383k
31/03/2023	£342k	£469k
31/03/2022	£363k	£362k
31/03/2021	£349k	£286k

Common questions

Is ESSEX YOUTH TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £90,000, which the trustees have reduced from a previously unnecessarily high level. The charity reported a net decrease in funds of £355,752 for the year, driven by an unrealised investment loss, but the trustees confirm sufficient assets are available to meet obligations and continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Ashings Limited.

Who funds ESSEX YOUTH TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ESSEX YOUTH TRUST as a grant recipient include CORAM LIFE EDUCATION.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
CORAM LIFE EDUCATION	FY2024	£3k	Provision of Life Education workshops in schools within Essex & East Herts
CORAM LIFE EDUCATION	FY2025	£2k	Equipment and materials to be used in Life Education workshops within Essex & East Herts