YOUTH FOR CHRIST NORTH EAST

Registered charity 504262 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as TYNESIDE YOUTH FOR CHRIST, YFC NE, YFC NORTH EAST, YFC NORTHEAST

Youth for Christ North East is a Christian Charity focused on working with young people in the North East. We're about seeing young people's lives changed by Jesus, committed to seeing them live out their God-given identity & purpose. We host large youth gatherings, Youth Leader Hubs and work collaboratively with Churches to raise young leaders and invest in those who invest in young people.

Objects

THE PROMOTION AND ENCOURAGEMENT OF CHRISTIAN EVANGELISATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN TYNESIDE AND THE FURTHERANCE OF POSITIVE CHRISTIAN LIVING.

Area of benefit: TYNESIDE

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Religious Activities · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Recreation · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Newcastle upon Tyne, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£39k
Latest spending
£41k
Registered
1975
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity has net liabilities of £23,458, representing a negative equity position compared to £26,143 in the prior year. The trustees report that there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue, despite the organization having managed through the year with support from partners and donors.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy
“Total funds carried forward (23,458)” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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 31/07/2025

  • Volunteers: 5
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/07/2024

  • Volunteers: 4
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/07/2023

  • Volunteers: 5

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 4 were received after the due date: year ending 31/07/2024 (received 02/07/2025, 32 days after the 31/05/2025 due date); year ending 31/07/2023 (received 17/10/2024, 139 days after the 31/05/2024 due date); year ending 31/07/2022 (received 03/10/2023, 125 days after the 31/05/2023 due date); year ending 31/07/2021 (received 13/07/2022, 43 days after the 31/05/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — North East Youth for Christ (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Darlington · Durham · Gateshead · Newcastle Upon Tyne City · North Tyneside · Northumberland · South Tyneside · Sunderland

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2025£39k£41k
31/07/2024£85k£77k
31/07/2023£77k£85k
31/07/2022£97k£115k
31/07/2021£80k£98k

Common questions

Is YOUTH FOR CHRIST NORTH EAST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity has net liabilities of £23,458, representing a negative equity position compared to £26,143 in the prior year. The trustees report that there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue, despite the organization having managed through the year with support from partners and donors. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds YOUTH FOR CHRIST NORTH EAST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name YOUTH FOR CHRIST NORTH EAST as a grant recipient include THE GOSHEN TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE GOSHEN TRUSTFY2025£1k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund03/12/2009£9kUrban Skillz Music Programme

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 DONCASTER YOUTH FOR CHRIST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
YOUTH FOR CHRIST NORTH EAST£39k—0below—no doubt
DONCASTER YOUTH FOR CHRIST FY2025£29k—0unclear—no doubt
NORWICH YOUTH FOR CHRIST FY2025£140k—0unclear—no doubt
IVYBRIDGE YOUTH FOR CHRIST FY2025£60k—0unclear—no doubt
BRITISH YOUTH FOR CHRIST FY2025£1.3m——unclear—no doubt
NORTH EAST CHURCHES ACTING TOGETHER FY2025£29k—0below—no doubt

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