NEW HORIZON YOUTH CENTRE
Registered charity 276943 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NEW HORIZON YOUTH CENTRE LIMITED
Day centre for young people age 16-25: benefits, housing advice, resettlement, careers advice, education&training, employment, IT,ESOL, literacy, numeracy, cookery, art classes, drama classes, gym & fitness sessions, women's group, men' group, counselling, nurse, mental health support, street outreach, prison work, laundry/showers/clothes, free lunch
Objects
(A) THE RELIEF OF YOUNG PEOPLE WHO THROUGH POVERTY DISTRESS OR SICKNESS ARE IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION (WHICH YOUNG PEOPLE THEREINAFTER ARE CALLED "THE BENEFICIARIES") (B) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF THE BENEFICIARIES INCLUDING THEIR REHABILITATION (WHERE APPROPRIATE) AND ADVANCEMENT IN LIFE, AND IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE, THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THE RECREATION OF THE BENEFICIARIES SO AS TO DEVELOP THEIR PHYSICAL MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL CAPACITIES AND SO THAT THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE MAY BE IMPROVED
Area of benefit: CITY OF LONDON
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 · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts
Registered contact address: Camden, London, England (from the postcode on the register)
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity achieved a small General Fund surplus and raised over £4.5 million in income, a 14% increase on the previous year. Per the trustees' report, the organization maintains a solid financial base with unrestricted funds of £1,880,429, which exceeds its stated reserves policy target of £1,789,391.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Fundraising cost ratio: 5.8% of fundraised income, as disclosed
“for every £1 invested in fundraising, our fundraising team manage to raise £17.22 for young people who are homeless.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy
“As of 31 March 2025, restricted funds stood at £442,307, unrestricted funds stood at £1,880,429, of which £355,065 were designated funds for charity to use towards implementation of the strategy and £1,471,262 were free reserves, representing 82% of our target reserves level.” — page 17
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Sayer Vincent LLP. 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
- 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
- Investment
- 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)
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 31/03/2025
- Government income: £1,831,598 — contracts £501,506 (1), grants £1,330,092 (6); 41% of the £4,510,750 total gross income on the same return
- Employees paid over £60,000: 2 (£60,001–£70,000: 1; £90,001–£100,000: 1)
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024
- Volunteers: 1
- Government income: £1,300,458 — grants £1,300,458 (7); 33% of the £3,964,029 total gross income on the same return
- Employees paid over £60,000: 2 (£60,001–£70,000: 1; £90,001–£100,000: 1)
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023
- Government income: £1,174,199 — grants £1,174,199 (8); 38% of the £3,122,814 total gross income on the same return
- Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£80,001–£90,000: 1)
Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — New Horizon Youth Centre (matched by registered charity number).
Public-sector contracts awarded
From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.
Property (HM Land Registry)
1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£374k
Reported reserves equal ~3.7 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (66% 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: 8.3% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (20/03/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Daniel Asher Anthony Morris
- Daniel Jourdan
- Dara De Burca
- Dr Carole Easton
- Dr Pippa Anne Goodfellow
- Gemma Rhiannon Mary Rocyn Jones
- Gillian Helen Goodby
- John Howard Williams
- Katherine Grant Hawthorne
- Kathleen Theresa Eisenstein
- Martin Stuart Remington Dibben
- Matthew Graham Reed
- Nana Yaa Mansah Owusu
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Throughout London
Income and spending
Common questions
Is NEW HORIZON YOUTH CENTRE financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a small General Fund surplus and raised over £4.5 million in income, a 14% increase on the previous year. Per the trustees' report, the organization maintains a solid financial base with unrestricted funds of £1,880,429, which exceeds its stated reserves policy target of £1,789,391. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Sayer Vincent LLP.
Who funds NEW HORIZON YOUTH CENTRE?
Funders whose own accounts filings name NEW HORIZON YOUTH CENTRE as a grant recipient include THE BERKELEY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE JONGEN CHARITABLE TRUST, THE GAUDIO FAMILY FOUNDATION (UK) LIMITED, JOHN LYON'S CHARITY, THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATION.
Known funders
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Government & lottery funding
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