Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: -4
Support Score: 12
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Latest return overdue -5
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

BRITISH YOUTH COUNCIL

The British Youth Council, the national youth council of the UK, aims to empower young people, aged 25 and under, to have a say and be heard in the UK and overseas. This is through a programme of education, research, training, volunteering, representation and advocacy opportunities. The charity is membership based & exclusively youth-led. It was formerly registered no. 305973 until 31 March 2009.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/22£826£830£-5£128£174£871.319700
31/03/21£758£757£1£115£179£911.418700
31/03/20£960£967£-7£94£178£921.117850
31/03/19£971£913£58£91£184£931.216819
31/03/18£786£890£-104£60£127£851.214810
31/03/17£848£880£-32£28£231£1231.7140
31/03/16£886£1,021£-136£24£263£1732140
31/03/15£1,056£1,137£-81£19£399£2482.6120
31/03/14£1,295£1,211£84£27£480£3333.3120
31/03/13£1,097£1,218£-121£24£396£3963.9150
31/03/12£1,409£1,330£78£20£516£4864.4140
31/03/11£805£896£-91£22£438£4265.7120
31/03/10£1,282£1,021£261£22£529£3574.2130
31/03/09£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 15.5%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 15.4%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 9%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 46%
Liabilities/Income: 18%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 50%
Reserves/Spending: 1.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 1.2
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 17 years

www.byc.org.uk

mail@byc.org.uk

020 4529 5927

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Social youth organisations
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
DCMS£559,446
Esmee Fairbairn£155,000
The Blagrave Trust£105,400
Paul Hamlyn Foundation£60,000
National Lottery Community Fund£30,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£25,000
Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust£18,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to The British Youth Council
£5,000 06/02/2023
Towards unrestricted core costs as a Cost of Living Uplift
National Lottery Community Fund - 10% of the population 100% of the future
£10,000 22/04/2022
The funding will be used to stage events bringing young people together to provide workshops and training on the issue of health and wellbeing. The project aims to increase participants’ confidence and communication skills while creating positive ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000 04/02/2022
Application for Revenue Costs Grant
Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust - Votes at 16 APPG – growing parliamentary support
£18,000 29/07/2021
12
to develop MPs’ support for Votes at 16
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Covid-19 Emergency Funding: Make Your Mark
£40,000 16/06/2021
19
British Youth Council (BYC) is the national Youth Council of the UK. They seek to empower young people to inform policy and influence society through representation in UK Youth Parliament elections, volunteering in youth councils, campaigning, and ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Climate Change: Plastic Pollution
£10,000 07/05/2021
British Youth Council will use £10000 to train one hundred community champions across Wales to identify local actions on climate change. They will also host a national summit to discuss the issue.
National Lottery Community Fund - Our Mental Health Matters
£10,000 23/04/2021
The British Youth Council is using a £10000 grant to train 100 young people aged 11-18 years old from across Northern Ireland to become Community Mental Health Champions. The young people will take part in training and workshops to help identify ....more
DCMS - Young Inspectors and Youth Steering Groups
£41,651 01/04/2021
A grant to continue supporting young people to be involved in policy development across government, through co-creation, inspections, consultation and advisory approaches as part of the Youth Steering Group and The Young Inspectors.
DCMS - UK Youth Parliament and associate programmes grant
£234,495 01/04/2021
To promote and embed UK Youth Voice in Policy Making. To promote and support UK wide engagement in political and parliamentary processes, including through running UK Youth Parliament and Make Your Mark Ballot
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Covid-19 Emergency Funding
£20,000 11/11/2020
3
British Youth Council is the national Youth Council of the UK. They seek to empower young people to inform policy and influence society through representation in UK Youth Parliament elections, volunteering in youth councils, campaigning, and ....more
The Blagrave Trust - Core funding for youth voice 2
£105,400 09/07/2020
BYC have approached us for repeat funding as they continue to strengthen and diversify their programme delivery, and respond to COVID both in terms of impact both on their programmes, and ensuring young people place a central role in rebuild. ....more
DCMS - Young Inspectors and Youth Steering Groups
£100,000 01/04/2020
A grant to continue supporting young people to be involved in policy development across government, through co-creation, inspections, consultation and advisory approaches as part of the Youth Steering Group and The Young Inspectors.
DCMS - UK Youth Parliament
£183,300 01/04/2020
To support young people to engage in the democratic process and to get their voices heard at all levels of Government, by contributing to British Youth Councils (BYC) programme of work that delivers:The UK Youth Parliament (including the Summer ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to The British Youth Council
£150,000 26/02/2020
36
Towards core costs associated with resources and training development, enabling young people to become leaders, delivering social change on a local and national level.
The Blagrave Trust - Core funding for youth voice
£150,000 31/07/2019
To support young people to have a say, influence and inform decisions that affect their lives
DCMS - UK Youth Voice grant
£345,000 01/04/2019
To carry out a programme of work to deliver the UK Youth Parliament and associated youth voice activities.
DCMS - Youth Voice Groups Grant Scheme
£100,000 14/01/2019
To meet the youth voice commitments in the Civil Society Strategy, by setting up and running the Civil Society Youth Steering Group and national Young Inspectors and Commissioners Group and to undertake youth-led research into options for a digital ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Youth voice regional gatherings
£10,000 10/12/2018
12
Project Summary :_x000D_ The British Youth Council will bring together youth representatives from the four UK nations to develop skills, knowledge and expertise, to identify issues affecting young people and to build relationships between youth ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Youth voice regional gatherings
£10,000 29/11/2018
12
The project will run events to bring young people together to provide workshops and training. The aim is to increase participants' confidence and communication skills while creating positive networks and friendships.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Backbone grants 2018/19 - supporting a thriving civil society
£200,000 21/09/2018
60
BYC empowers young people aged 25 and under to influence and inform the decisions that affect their lives. BYC supports young people to get involved in their communities and democracy locally, nationally and internationally. Their flagship ....more
DCMS - UK Youth Voice
£205,534 01/04/2018
To deliver the UK Youth Parliament and associated activities for the period 2018-19. This includes the UK Youth Parliament, the Make Your Mark ballot, the Youth Select Committee and training conventions for young representatives and participants.
National Lottery Community Fund - Youth Voice to Action
£9,800 26/02/2018
12
This group brings young people from across England, Northern Ireland and Wales together to develop skills, knowledge and expertise in various areas and to identify and discuss issues affecting young people across the country. This project will allow ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Youth Voice to Social Action
£9,750 28/06/2017
12
This project will run six skills and debate conferences for young people aged 11 to 18 in England, to come together, learn skills, practice and plan a number of social action campaigns to improve their communities. This will support leadership, ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Inspiring Youth Leadership
£5,000 29/05/2017
12
The British Youth Council will use the grant to hold a youth leadership residential and a campaign training event in Cardiff for 100 young people aged 11-18 to build skills and empower young people to act as catalysts for change in their local ....more
DCMS - UK Youth Voice
£227,767 01/04/2017
To deliver the UK Youth Parliament and associated activities for the period 2018-19. This includes the UK Youth Parliament, the Make Your Mark ballot, the Youth Select Committee and training conventions for young representatives and participants.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Core funding to support the organisation to increase the sustainability and impact of its national youth voice work.
£60,000 08/02/2016
24
BYC is the national youth council for the UK; each year it supports up to 2,000 young people to participate in local youth councils or national networks such as the UK Youth Parliament and Make Your Mark referendum campaign. PHF support will develop ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - A New Age for Democracy
£10,000 02/02/2015
6
A grant to British Youth Council for A New Age for Democracy
National Lottery Community Fund - The British Youth Council - NI Youth Parliament
£10,000 06/11/2014
12
Not Available
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to British Youth Council
£25,000 29/06/2012
the costs of the volunteering programme including recruitment, travel, training, training materials, accreditation, desks, monitoring, evaluation, office, overheads and management costs
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 21-27
  • ALI GIBSON Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Student
  • ANGELICA OLAWEPO Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Lawyer
  • CONOR NAUGHTON Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Education
  • HARRY TWOHIG Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Student
  • KIERAN BARRY Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Financial Regulator
  • MEGAN LAMBERT Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Caseworker
  • MELODY STEPHENS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Trainee Lawyer
  • NOAMA CHAUDHRY Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Unemployed
  • ZAIENAB ALGHOFARI Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Student
  • ZARA KHAN (Chair) Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Project Officer
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 17/03/2008, number: 1123224
  • Registered at Companies House on 25/04/2007, number: 06226595
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
14 returns made; all on time
Main office

British Youth Council
7-14 Great Dover Street
LONDON
SE1 4YR

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE SPIRITUAL, EDUCATIONAL AND PHYSICAL WELFARE OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN ANY MANNER WHICH IS NOW, OR MAY BE HEREINAFTER DEEMED BY LAW TO BE CHARITABLE, INCLUDING MAINTAINING CONTACT WITH SIMILAR BODIES WORKING IN THE SAME FIELD OVERSEAS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE NATIONAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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