THE YOUTH ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 519883 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as W Y Y A, WEST YORKSHIRE YOUTH ASSOCIATION, WEST YORKSHIRE YOUTH ASSOCIATION LIMITED

Provision of youth work and support for volunteer and voluntary sector youth workers. Promotion and advocacy of young people's participation. Provision of information, advice and guidance for young people.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net deficit of £21,595 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total funds decreasing from £571,077 to £549,482. The trustees attribute this outcome to a strategic decision to draw modestly on reserves to invest in head office improvements. Despite the deficit, the organization maintained a diversified income base and stated that its cost base is carefully managed to provide a sustainable financial future.

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 6 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 02154503
• Trading subsidiary: YOUTH TRADE LIMITED Companies House 07701997

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

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• TREGENZA, Hannah Meghan — director, appointed 17/06/2026on trustee list
• GARSDEN, Lisa Jayne — director, appointed 17/06/2026on trustee list
• DINWOODIE, James Kenneth — director, appointed 17/06/2026on trustee list
• ALLSOPP, Hayley — director, appointed 31/03/2025on trustee list
• NJENJE-MBANGA, Troy — director, appointed 31/03/2025on trustee list
• CHAHAL, India — director, appointed 09/12/2024on trustee list
• BURKE, Emma — director, appointed 09/12/2024on trustee list
• FLEMING, James Patrick — director, appointed 31/03/2023not on trustee list
• HUDSON, Claire Anne — director, appointed 01/10/2022on trustee list
• STARKEY, Karen — director, appointed 01/10/2022on trustee list
• ALLCOCK, Clare Marie — director, appointed 01/10/2022on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

Reported reserves equal ~3.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (100% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Clare Allcockchair
• Claire Anne Hudson
• Emma Burke
• Hannah Meghan Tregenza
• Harry Zim Hemingway
• Hayley Allsopp · trustee of 1 other charity
• India Chahal
• James Kenneth Dinwoodie
• James Patrick Gill-Fleming
• Karen Starkey
• Lisa Jayne Garsden
• Troy Njenje-Mbanga

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

Operates in: Barnsley · Bradford City · Calderdale · City Of Wakefield · Doncaster · Kirklees · Leeds City · North Yorkshire · Rotherham · Sheffield City

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with YOUTH FOCUS NORTH WEST LTD.

• YOUTH FOCUS NORTH WEST LTD income £627k
• YOUTH EXPERIENCE IN SPORT income £133k
• NE YOUTH income £1.3m
• STAFFORDSHIRE COUNCIL OF VOLUNTARY YOUTH SERVICES income £526k
• All About Youth income £1.7m
• COUNCIL FOR WALES OF VOLUNTARY YOUTH SERVICES CYNGOR CYMREIG Y GWASANAETHAU IEUENCTID GWIRFODDOL income £457k

Side by side with its peers

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