YOUNG PEOPLE CORNWALL

Registered charity 801688 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as YOUTH CLUBS CORNWALL LTD

Today we support work with 11 -25 year olds through specialist projects and programmes addressing issues that marginalise or place young people at risk, including mental health, homelessness, crime, racism, sexuality, drug & alcohol use, abuse, rural isolation and poverty.

Objects

TO HELP YOUNG PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THOROUGH LEISURE ACTIVITIES, SO TO DEVELOP THEIR PHYSICAL MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL CAPACITIES THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY.

Area of benefit: COUNTY OF CORNWALL

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 · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Cornwall, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£1.9m
Latest spending
£2.0m
Registered
1989
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £134,702 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £1,202,954 to £1,068,252. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £487,956, with free reserves of £342,956, which the trustees consider adequate to continue operations despite the financial sustainability risk. The auditor confirmed that resources are adequate for the foreseeable future with no material uncertainties regarding going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three to six months of expenditure (target £375k to £750k) (held: £343k)
“It has established a policy whereby the unrestricted funds not committed should be between 3 and 6 months of expenditure. The target is £375k to £750k in general funds.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: DG Wright (board member) provided accountancy services.
“The charity had transactions with DG Wright (board member) amounting to £5,363 (2024: £5,656) for the provision of accountancy services.” — page 38
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by RRL LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 86
  • Government income: £1,172,053 — contracts £1,115,163 (3), grants £56,890 (2); 63% of the £1,864,621 total gross income on the same return
  • 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 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 56
  • Government income: £1,175,729 — contracts £1,175,729 (1); 63% of the £1,873,001 total gross income on the same return
  • 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 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 32
  • Government income: £1,192,874 — grants £1,192,874 (5); 69% of the £1,733,257 total gross income on the same return
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

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

Corporate structure

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Young People Cornwall (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.

Official officers record.

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

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

Total income
£1.9m
Total spending
£2.0m
Reserves (reported)
£343k
Employees
42

Reported reserves equal ~2.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% 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 (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Cornwall

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.9m£2.0m
31/03/2024£1.9m£1.9m
31/03/2023£1.7m£1.5m
31/03/2022£1.4m£1.3m
31/03/2021£1.6m£1.4m

Common questions

Is YOUNG PEOPLE CORNWALL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £134,702 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £1,202,954 to £1,068,252. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £487,956, with free reserves of £342,956, which the trustees consider adequate to continue operations despite the financial sustainability risk. The auditor confirmed that resources are adequate for the foreseeable future with no material uncertainties regarding going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by RRL LLP.

Who funds YOUNG PEOPLE CORNWALL?

Funders whose own accounts filings name YOUNG PEOPLE CORNWALL as a grant recipient include THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR YOUTH MUSIC, LANDAID CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR YOUTH MUSICFY2023£29k
LANDAID CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITEDFY2025£4k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund04/12/2025£20kLiskeard Youth Project
The National Lottery Community Fund18/07/2024£20kLyskerry's Youth Project
The National Lottery Community Fund12/05/2023£10kLyskerry's Youth Project
The National Lottery Community Fund14/01/2022£10kLyskerry's Youth Project
The National Lottery Community Fund28/01/2021£142kSt Agnes Parish Youth Partnership.
The National Lottery Community Fund22/04/2020£10kLyskerrys Youth Project
The National Lottery Community Fund18/05/2015£378kYou Decide!
The National Lottery Community Fund15/11/2012£10kInformation Technology for All
The National Lottery Community Fund04/12/2009£10kTruro & North Coast Saturday Club
The National Lottery Community Fund02/07/2009£211kINSPIRE
The National Lottery Community Fund31/01/2006£190kThe Fusion Project
The National Lottery Community Fund24/08/2005£4kzebs young people's venue
The National Lottery Community Fund13/07/2005£9kMental Health DVD
The National Lottery Community Fund05/07/2005£45kThe Clay Outreach Project
The National Lottery Community Fund15/03/2005£150kHear our Voice

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 NORTH WEST YOUNG PEOPLES DEVELOPMENT TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
YOUNG PEOPLE CORNWALL£1.9m—0unclear—no doubt
NORTH WEST YOUNG PEOPLES DEVELOPMENT TRUST FY2025£228k—0unclear—no doubt
YOUNG GENERATION FY2025£35k—0unclear—no doubt
YOUNG STAR MENTORING FY2025£27k—0unclear—no doubt
BROOK YOUNG PEOPLE FY2025£15.8m£220,000 - £230,000—below—no doubt
LEADERS IN COMMUNITY FY2025£327kUnder £60,0000unclear—no doubt

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