HOUNSLOW ACTION FOR YOUTH ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 296372 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HOUNSLOW ACTION FOR YOUTH

To promote and develop programmes to meet the social, cultural and educational needs for children and young people within LB Hounslow, particularly those at risk of social exclusion, including the creation of safe environments for young people to develop their skills, promote social responsibility and encourage their active participation in the organisation of these programmes.

Objects

A. IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL REHABILITATION AND IN FURTHERANCE OF PUBLIC EDUCATION TO PROMOTE AND DEVELOP IN COLLABORATION WITH OTHER BODIES AND ORGANISATIONS WITHIN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF HOUNSLOW NEW INITIATIVES FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN TROUBLE WITH PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVE, REFERENCE TO THE PROVISION OF ALTERNATIVES TO RESIDENTIAL CARE AND CUSTODY. B. TO ADVANCE EDUCATION THROUGH THE PROMOTION ENCOURAGEMENT OR UNDERTAKING OF RESEARCH IN

Area of benefit: HOUNSLOW

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Registered contact address: Hounslow, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £37,081 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted reserves falling to £157,378. The trustees confirmed the charity remains a going concern, noting that unrestricted reserves are below the stated policy target of £167,034.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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
• 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)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Hounslow Action For Youth Association (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Muzamil Tahirchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Gurpreet Kaur Basra
• Laura Kerry Leonard
• Paul Robert Bufton
• Rachel McAdam
• Sana Zehra Haider

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

Operates in: Hounslow

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HARBOROUGH YOUTH AND COMMUNITY TRUST.

• HARBOROUGH YOUTH AND COMMUNITY TRUST income £162k
• FOR CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE income £1.5m
• AGE UK HOUNSLOW income £339k
• HOGARTH CHARITABLE TRUST COMPANY LIMITED income £279k
• MARLOW YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CENTRE LTD income £27k
• THE YOUTH ASSOCIATION income £805k

Side by side with its peers

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