THE INTERNATIONAL YOUTH FOUNDATION

Registered charity 281420 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The education of youth in any part of the world in music, culture and the arts

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Latest income

£2.2m

Latest spending

£2.2m

Registered

1981

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity returned a surplus of £7,159 from a turnover of £2,193,328, with total reserves standing at £618,023. The trustees report that unrestricted funds of £343,790 represent approximately 57% of the six-month management cost target of £351,778, indicating reserves are below the stated policy target. The auditor confirmed the financial statements give a true and fair view and reported no material uncertainties regarding going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: EU Creative Europe Programme (30% of income)

“30% from the EU’s Creative Europe programme” — page 7

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £344k; policy: six months of management, administration and support costs)

“The management, administration and support costs currently amounted to circa £351,778 for six months, representing approximately 57% of reserves.”

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Trading subsidiary: European Union Youth Orchestra Foundation, European Union Youth Orchestra Association

“These financial statements have been prepared incorporating the results of the European Union Youth Orchestra Foundation & those of the European Union Youth Orchestra Association.” — page 18

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by SKS Westlake Clark Audit. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income

£2.2m

Total spending

£2.2m

Cost of raising funds

£121k

Reserves (reported)

£345k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~1.9 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (100% 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: 5.5% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Ewa Malgorzata Bogusz-Moore
LESLEY KING-LEWIS
SIR JOHN TUSA · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Austria · Belgium · Bulgaria · Burma · Canada · China · Croatia · Cuba · Cyprus · Czech Republic · Denmark · Estonia

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£2.2m	£2.2m
31/12/2023	£2.1m	£2.1m
31/12/2022	£2.1m	£2.1m
31/12/2021	£1.5m	£1.5m
31/12/2020	£1.5m	£1.5m

Common questions

Is THE INTERNATIONAL YOUTH FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity returned a surplus of £7,159 from a turnover of £2,193,328, with total reserves standing at £618,023. The trustees report that unrestricted funds of £343,790 represent approximately 57% of the six-month management cost target of £351,778, indicating reserves are below the stated policy target. The auditor confirmed the financial statements give a true and fair view and reported no material uncertainties regarding going concern. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by SKS Westlake Clark Audit.

Who funds THE INTERNATIONAL YOUTH FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE INTERNATIONAL YOUTH FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include THE BURBERRY FOUNDATION, Anglo American Foundation.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE BURBERRY FOUNDATION	FY2025	£1.9m
Anglo American Foundation	FY2024	£591k	Strengthen education-to-employment system in Arequipa, Peru
THE BURBERRY FOUNDATION	FY2023	£150k
THE BURBERRY FOUNDATION	FY2024	£30k

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE OFENHEIM CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£80k
THE REED FOUNDATION	2	£78k
MISSES BARRIE CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£23k
DR RADCLIFFE'S TRUST	2	£8k
THE YOUTH ENDOWMENT FUND CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£543k
THE GUYLL-LENG CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£455k
THE ROYAL NORTHERN COLLEGE OF MUSIC ENDOWMENT FUND	1	£372k
THE JULIA RAUSING TRUST	1	£300k

Charities like this

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

YOUTH MUSIC CENTRE income £114k
THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR YOUTH MUSIC income £13.3m
YOUTH OPTIONS income £3.8m
ARTSWORK LIMITED income £1.9m
THE NATIONAL YOUTH ORCHESTRA OF GREAT BRITAIN income £5.2m
EARLY MUSIC AS EDUCATION income £137k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE INTERNATIONAL YOUTH FOUNDATION	£2.2m	—	—	below	—	no doubt
YOUTH MUSIC CENTRE FY2025	£114k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR YOUTH MUSIC FY2025	£13.3m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
YOUTH OPTIONS FY2025	£3.8m	£60,001 - £70,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt
ARTSWORK LIMITED FY2025	£1.9m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE NATIONAL YOUTH ORCHESTRA OF GREAT BRITAIN FY2025	£5.2m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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