YOUNG AT HEART

Registered charity 512815 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Young at Heart offers help and support to families of babies and children receiving treatment for a cardiac condition at the Birmingham Children's Hospital. We provide ward visits for families and work with the Heart Unit at the Birmingham Childrens Hospital. Our aim is to bring the families together at social events, where they can meet with other families, share experiences and make new friends.

Objects

SHALL BE THE RELIEF OF CHILDREN AND OTHERS WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM HEART DISEASE AND WHO ARE OR WHO MAY BECOME PATIENTS OF BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Birmingham, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£68k

Latest spending

£74k

Registered

1982

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net expenditure of £5,252 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £63,686 to £58,434. Despite this deficit, the trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £57,934, which are significantly higher than the restricted funds balance of £500.

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.

Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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 31/03/2025

Volunteers: 6

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

Volunteers: 3

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

Volunteers: 8

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

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

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (22/11/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Catherine Hugheschair
April Obinna
Claire Webster
Jade Emma Couchman
Jamie Louise Curtis
Paul Rule
Stephanie Freeman
Thomas Devonshire

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

Operates in: Ireland · Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£68k	£74k
31/03/2024	£72k	£63k
31/03/2023	£66k	£50k
31/03/2022	£56k	£36k
31/03/2021	£2k	£9k

Common questions

Is YOUNG AT HEART financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity incurred a net expenditure of £5,252 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £63,686 to £58,434. Despite this deficit, the trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £57,934, which are significantly higher than the restricted funds balance of £500. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds YOUNG AT HEART?

Funders whose own accounts filings name YOUNG AT HEART as a grant recipient include THE FRANCIS WINHAM FOUNDATION, SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, TEES VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, THE SISTERS OF THE POOR CHILD JESUS.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE FRANCIS WINHAM FOUNDATION	FY2024	£46k
THE FRANCIS WINHAM FOUNDATION	FY2025	£5k
THE FRANCIS WINHAM FOUNDATION	FY2023	£5k
SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2024	£2k
TEES VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	FY2023	£1k
THE SISTERS OF THE POOR CHILD JESUS	FY2022	£1k	Other donations

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	17/07/2026	£19k	CORE COSTS
UK government	03/08/2020	£1k	VSCE CMC Fund
City of York Council	—	£500	Rawcliffe Ward
City of York Council	—	£800	Rawcliffe Ward

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
CLARA E BURGESS CHARITY	1	£226k
BARNWOOD TRUST	1	£134k
THE RASCHE FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£60k
THE LIZ AND TERRY BRAMALL FOUNDATION	1	£45k
THE FORRESTER FAMILY TRUST	1	£35k
THE ALAN EDWARD HIGGS CHARITY	1	£28k
WILLIAM ADLINGTON CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£20k
THE GEOFF & FIONA SQUIRE FOUNDATION	1	£17k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Heart of England Young Men’s Christian Association.

Heart of England Young Men’s Christian Association income £7.5m
FRIENDS OF BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN'S TRUST income £271k
A CHILD'S HEART income £75k
YOUNG HAMMERSMITH AND FULHAM FOUNDATION income £422k
Children's Hearts UK income £141k
HEART HEROES income £262k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
YOUNG AT HEART	£68k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
Heart of England Young Men’s Christian Association FY2025	£7.5m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
FRIENDS OF BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN'S TRUST FY2025	£271k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
A CHILD'S HEART FY2024	£75k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
YOUNG HAMMERSMITH AND FULHAM FOUNDATION FY2025	£422k	£60,001 - £70,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt
Children's Hearts UK FY2025	£141k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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