YOUNG ENTERPRISE

Registered charity 313697 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Young Enterprise empowers young people to harness their personal and business skills. We make the connection between school and the world of work, enabling young people to develop the knowledge and attitudes they need to succeed. More than 214,000 young people from across England and Wales have participated in a Young Enterprise learning experience this year supported by around 6,000 volunteers.

Causes: Education/training · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that Young Enterprise reported a surplus of £47k for the year ended 31 July 2025, with total income increasing by 3.9% to £5,429k. The charity holds free reserves of £1.76m, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet their policy target of four months' operating expenditure, and the auditors confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the going concern basis.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~3.9 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (84% 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: 14.2% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (05/02/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (15/12/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (04/07/2012) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (19/04/2012) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANDREW MARTIN BADDELEY
• Andrew James Campbell
• Carl Stuart Reader
• Claire Jane Thwaites
• Graham Brian Farhall
• John James Sills
• Mina Karshala · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rajiv Sharma
• Sabreen Samia Ahsan
• Simon David Lewis

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

Operates in: Guernsey · Jersey · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with YOUNG LIFE INTERNATIONAL.

• YOUNG LIFE INTERNATIONAL income £3.4m
• YOUNG BRISTOL income £1.1m
• YOUTH BUSINESS INTERNATIONAL income £3.9m
• The King's Trust International income £7.6m
• ENYP income £209k
• BUSINESS EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP (UK) LTD income £1.9m

Side by side with its peers

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