Young Gloucestershire Limited

Registered charity 281797 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GLOUCESTERSHIRE YOUTH ASSOCIATION LIMITED, YOUNG GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Young Gloucestershire (YG) is a countywide charity that supports disadvantaged young people (aged 11-25) who are facing challenges in their lives.YG?s vision is for young people to have the confidence motivation and skills to improve their lives. We work to achieve this vision by providing training, practical support and working with communities.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£3.6m
Latest spending
£3.6m
Registered
1981
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income increased to £3,621,870 from £3,146,840 in the prior year, with total expenditure rising to £3,546,240. The charity reported a net incoming resource of £76,582 and held liquid free reserves of £598,413, which the trustees consider to be within their stated policy target range of £380,000 to £750,000.

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

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: Infobuzz Limited is a charity that was connected to Young Gloucestershire by a common Trustee and the two charities shared a CEO. During the year ended 31 March 2024, Young Gloucestershire agreed to acquire Infobuzz. Infobuzz transferred a grant of £246,727 to Young Gloucestershire on its closure. Prior to this, during 2024 Young Gloucestershire charged Infobuzz £20,790 for management related services, and £2,625 for office space & utilities and £17,606 for general recharges. Infobuzz Limited charged Young Gloucestershire £840 for the provision of welfare services and recharges.
“Infobuzz Limited is a charity that was connected to Young Gloucestershire by a common Trustee and the two charities shared a CEO. During the year ended 31 March 2024, Young Gloucestershire agreed to acquire Infobuzz. Infobuzz transferred a grant of £246,727 to Young Gloucestershire on its closure. Prior to this, during 2024 Young Gloucestershire charged Infobuzz £20,790 for management related services, and £2,625 for office space & utilities and £17,606 for general recharges. Infobuzz Limited charged Young Gloucestershire £840 for the provision of welfare services and recharges.” — page 42
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Pitt Godden & Taylor LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Young Gloucestershire (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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.

BuyerContractAwardedValue
Gloucestershire County CouncilMental health support service for adolescent asylum seekers and refugees23/07/2026£50k
Gloucestershire County CouncilAPST006 Mentoring Support08/09/2025£27k
Gloucestershire County CouncilAPST006 Mentoring Support08/09/2025£27k
Gloucestershire County CouncilAPST005 Mentoring30/07/2025£80k

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £900k. 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 · linkedin

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£3.6m
Total spending
£3.6m
Cost of raising funds
£410k
Reserves (reported)
£585k
Employees
99

Reported reserves equal ~2.0 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 (76% 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: 11.3% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£3.6m£3.6m
31/03/2024£3.1m£2.9m
31/03/2023£2.3m£2.3m
31/03/2022£2.7m£2.1m
31/03/2021£2.0m£1.5m

Common questions

Is Young Gloucestershire Limited financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income increased to £3,621,870 from £3,146,840 in the prior year, with total expenditure rising to £3,546,240. The charity reported a net incoming resource of £76,582 and held liquid free reserves of £598,413, which the trustees consider to be within their stated policy target range of £380,000 to £750,000. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Pitt Godden & Taylor LLP.

Who funds Young Gloucestershire Limited?

Funders whose own accounts filings name Young Gloucestershire Limited as a grant recipient include THE PRUDENCE TRUST, THE PETS AT HOME FOUNDATION, THIRTY PERCY FOUNDATION, THE ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE FUND, THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE PRUDENCE TRUSTFY2024£70kEvaluation
THE PETS AT HOME FOUNDATIONFY2023£46k
THE PETS AT HOME FOUNDATIONFY2025£46kAnimal Assistance
THIRTY PERCY FOUNDATIONFY2022£20kPlace-based Fund
THE ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE FUNDFY2022£12kProject Viability Grant
THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITEDFY2025£11kYouth
CHK FoundationFY2023£10k
THE EDWARD GOSTLING FOUNDATIONFY2022£10k
CHK FoundationFY2024£10k
CHK FoundationFY2023£10k
SUMNER WILSON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£10k
THE NOTGROVE TRUSTFY2022£5k
THE NOTGROVE TRUSTFY2023£3k
THE SAINTBURY TRUSTFY2023£2kChildhood & Youth
ACTIVE IMPACT CIOFY2024£2kOf Course We Can Partner Grants
THE KENNEL CLUB CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2021£0Educational and other grants
ACTIVE IMPACT CIOFY2023£0

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund16/06/2026£20kFull Circle Mentoring
The National Lottery Community Fund11/03/2022£9kPlatinum Jubilee Youth Events
The National Lottery Community Fund25/06/2021£10kDog therapy to vulnerable young people
The National Lottery Community Fund15/05/2020£10kCV-19 emergency youth work
Cheltenham Borough Council04/05/2020£5kCheltenham youth work project
The National Lottery Community Fund04/07/2019£10kInactvity & disadvantage - Glos
The National Lottery Heritage Fund12/09/2018£20k"History of Youth Work in Gloucestershire (2)"
The National Lottery Community Fund28/01/2016£7kSustainable training to partner youth clubs.
The National Lottery Community Fund17/09/2014£7kYoung people's needs
The National Lottery Community Fund14/05/2014£317kThe Link

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 YOUTH FOR CHRIST GLOUCESTERSHIRE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
Young Gloucestershire Limited£3.6m——within—no doubt
YOUTH FOR CHRIST GLOUCESTERSHIRE FY2025£143k—0unclear—no doubt
YOUNG BRISTOL FY2025£1.1m—0unclear—no doubt
GLOUCESTERSHIRE YOUNG CARERS PROJECT FY2025£767k—0unclear—no doubt
YOUNG GAMERS AND GAMBLERS EDUCATION TRUST FY2025£5.8m——unclear—no doubt
GLOUCESTERSHIRE NIGHTSTOP FY2025£240k—0below—no doubt

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