Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 12

Excess reserves: -2
Spending declining: -1
Fundraising costs low: +3

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3

Grant maker support: +12

Overall GiG Score: 18

YOUTH ACCESS

Youth Access is the national membership organisation for young people's information, advice, counselling and support services.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return

Financial issues to consider:

This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £1,093,289 available, equivalent to 24 months of spending and so may not be able to utilise additional funding
Spending is declining

Established: 29 years

www.youthaccess.org.uk

admin@youthaccess.org.uk

02087729900

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff
31/03/23		£993	£537	£456	£17	£1,094	£1,093	24.5	7
31/03/22		£596	£585	£11	£28	£638	£597	12.2	7
31/03/21		£1,047	£963	£84	£5	£627	£586	7.3	7
31/03/20		£1,050	£1,056	£-6	£0	£543	£542	6.2	7
31/03/19		£703	£703	£0	£0	£550	£543	9.3	7
31/03/18		£755	£695	£60	£0	£549	£519	9	5
31/03/17		£477	£509	£-32	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/16		£706	£729	£-23	£0	£521	£440	7.2	4
31/03/15		£622	£614	£9	£3	£544	£432	8.5	4
31/03/14	*	£826	£652	£175	£3	£535	£413	7.6	5
31/03/13		£376	£329	£47	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/12		£354	£314	£40	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/11		£551	£564	£-13	£35	£329	£304	6.5	5
31/03/10		£688	£633	£55	£29	£342	£264	5	9
31/03/09		£686	£591	£95	£26	£287	£209	4.3	10
31/03/08		£573	£488	£85	£28	£192	£124	3	10
31/03/07	*	£538	£488	£49	£26	£107	£68	1.7	8
31/03/06		£475	£459	£16	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/05		£331	£389	£-58	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/04	*	£421	£496	£-75	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 4.3%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 3.2%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 15%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 16%
Liabilities/Income: 21%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 24.5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 24 months
Quick Ratio: 6.2

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

Education/Training
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Provides advocacy/advice/information

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

7 employees

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Major supporters in last 5 years

DCMS	£501,449
Paul Hamlyn Foundation	£357,200
Prudence Trust	£100,000
The Blagrave Trust	£90,000
The Aim Foundation	£75,000
Esmee Fairbairn	£40,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Backbone grants 2022-23 supporting a thriving civil society
£170,000	06/12/2022	Youth Access is the national membership organisation for Youth Information, Advice and Counselling Services (YIACS). Their mission is to ensure all young people can access free support on their ....more Youth Access is the national membership organisation for Youth Information, Advice and Counselling Services (YIACS). Their mission is to ensure all young people can access free support on their journey into adulthood from community-based advice and counselling services that respect their rights and meet their individual needs.
Prudence Trust - Core costs - Youth Access 2022
£100,000	24/11/2022	Core costs
The Aim Foundation - Grant to Youth Access
£75,000	08/10/2021	Contribution to communications and membership officer
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Covid-19 Emergency Funding: Core support for Youth Access and members
£50,000	12/07/2021	Youth Access is the membership organisation for a national network of Youth Information, Advice and Counselling Services (YIACS). They champion young people’s right to access local, high quality, ....more Youth Access is the membership organisation for a national network of Youth Information, Advice and Counselling Services (YIACS). They champion young people’s right to access local, high quality, evidence-informed advice, counselling and support services. This grant provides core support to Youth Access enabling them to maintain capacity, access external expertise, maximise membership, invest in technical tools and infrastructure and maintain a focus on staff wellbeing and welfare across network members.
National Lottery Community Fund - Developing more racially responsive services
£9,867	07/05/2021	The funding will be used to deliver training courses for community organisations. The project aims to support groups in making their services more accessible to people from black and ethnic minority ....more The funding will be used to deliver training courses for community organisations. The project aims to support groups in making their services more accessible to people from black and ethnic minority communities.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Youth Access strategic consultancy
£7,200	27/01/2021	Youth Access is the membership organisation for a national network of Youth Information, Advice and Counselling Services (YIACS). This grant enables strategic consultancy support to the organisation ....more Youth Access is the membership organisation for a national network of Youth Information, Advice and Counselling Services (YIACS). This grant enables strategic consultancy support to the organisation to develop a theory of change and an evaluation framework to measure progress.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Our Minds, Our Future: Supporting Youth Rights Advocates for Mental Health with diverse training
£45,000	18/01/2021	Youth Access is a representative body that champions young people’s right to access local, high quality, evidence-informed advice, counselling and support services. This grant will go towards ....more Youth Access is a representative body that champions young people’s right to access local, high quality, evidence-informed advice, counselling and support services. This grant will go towards improving the charity’s Rights Advocates Training Programme and linking young people with those in power in an effort to increase the reach and impact of the Our Minds, Our Future mental health campaign.
The Blagrave Trust - Core delivery 2
£90,000	08/07/2020	Core funding in support of their policy work around YIACS provision nationwide.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Youth Access
£40,000	26/05/2020 6	towards unrestricted core costs as a COVID-19 Fast Response grant
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - COVID19 Emergency Funding
£20,000	03/04/2020 3	Support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by COVID19.
DCMS - Youth Access 19/20
£501,449	01/04/2020	To tackle rising mental health need amongst young women aged 16-25 by increasing access to high quality, gender-informed, young person-centred services in local communities, including targeted access ....more To tackle rising mental health need amongst young women aged 16-25 by increasing access to high quality, gender-informed, young person-centred services in local communities, including targeted access through Youth Information, Advice and Counselling Services (YIACS) to psychological therapies, advice and groupwork interventions, particularly for those from BAME backgrounds and/or with experience of violence or insecure housing.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Participation practice for sustainable and impactful youth-led change
£60,000	27/03/2020	Youth Access is the membership organisation for a national network of Youth Information, Advice and Counselling Services (YIACS). They champion young people’s right to access local, high quality, ....more Youth Access is the membership organisation for a national network of Youth Information, Advice and Counselling Services (YIACS). They champion young people’s right to access local, high quality, evidence-informed advice, counselling and support services. Follow-on funding will support Youth Access to develop the reach, quality and impact of the organisation's participation practice and rights-based youth-led change work.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Our Minds, Our Future: Supporting Youth Rights Advocates for Mental Health with diverse training
£5,000	16/03/2020	Youth Access is a representative body that champions young people’s right to access local, high quality, evidence-informed advice, counselling and support services. This grant will go towards ....more Youth Access is a representative body that champions young people’s right to access local, high quality, evidence-informed advice, counselling and support services. This grant will go towards improving the charity’s Rights Advocates Training Programme and linking young people with those in power in an effort to increase the reach and impact of the Our Minds, Our Future mental health campaign.
National Lottery Community Fund - Altogether Better: developing young person-centred mental health servi
£1,437,798	15/03/2019 60	The funding will enable Youth Access to bring young people, VCS providers and those working in the statutory mental health system together to co-design more effective ways to ensure young people can ....more The funding will enable Youth Access to bring young people, VCS providers and those working in the statutory mental health system together to co-design more effective ways to ensure young people can access the early mental health support they need in each country in the UK.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Our Minds, Our Future: Supporting Youth Rights Advocates for Mental Health with diverse training
£100,000	21/11/2018 24	Youth Access is a representative body that champions young people’s right to access local, high quality, evidence-informed advice, counselling and support services. This grant will go towards ....more Youth Access is a representative body that champions young people’s right to access local, high quality, evidence-informed advice, counselling and support services. This grant will go towards improving the charity’s Rights Advocates Training Programme and linking young people with those in power in an effort to increase the reach and impact of the Our Minds, Our Future mental health campaign.
National Lottery Community Fund - Strengthening the Youth Access network across the UK
£40,000	18/06/2018 12	The Youth Information, Advice and Counselling Services (YIACS) model supports young people to address a range of interrelated social, legal, practical, emotional and mental health needs in a ....more The Youth Information, Advice and Counselling Services (YIACS) model supports young people to address a range of interrelated social, legal, practical, emotional and mental health needs in a coordinated way. Research has shown that YIACS are effective in improving young people's mental health and that its young person-centred approach is key to this. The funding will support the expansion of the model in order to influence the future development of youth service systems.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Testing new methods of engagement and strengthening core functions
£60,000	26/02/2018 24	Youth Access is the representative body for a UK wide network of 187 Youth Information, Advice and Counselling Services. Through this grant, the organisation will test new methods of engagement with ....more Youth Access is the representative body for a UK wide network of 187 Youth Information, Advice and Counselling Services. Through this grant, the organisation will test new methods of engagement with its members and young people and invest in its core functions to increase capacity to influence policy, practice and provision.
The Blagrave Trust - Core delivery
£90,000	21/11/2017	Youth Advocacy and Rights
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Youth Access
£598,745	11/02/2016 36	Towards the Make Our Rights Reality national partnership programme, that will improve young people’s understanding of their rights and support youth-led rights-related social action campaigns.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Youth Access
£80,000	22/02/2012	Towards improving young people's access to social welfare advice, developing and disseminating new commissioning guidance and supporting replication of good practice across the country.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (9)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 32-56

CHARLES LUKE TAYLOR Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Civil Servant (Policy Director)

CHARLES THOMAS MARTIN Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Company Chief Executive

CHARLOTTE LIANE DOBSON Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Senior Education & Engagement Officer

DANIEL MOBBS (Chair) Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Chief Executive, Other trusteeship: THE MUSEUM OF DRUGS,

JOHN PARKIN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Innovation And Business Development Manager

OLESSIA WILLYBIRO Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Senior Finance And Strategy Executive, Other trusteeship: FRIENDS OF QUEENS MANOR,

ROSALIND ARSCOTT Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Head Of Service For Wellbeing And Participation

SALLY BENTON Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Director Of Policy

VIMBAI DZIMWASHA Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Civil Servant

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 19/11/1994, number: 1042121
Registered at Companies House on 13/09/1994, number: 02967126

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR14: 12 days late, AR07: 20 days late, AR04: 39 days late,

Main office

Youth Access c/o Tudor John
Nightingale House
46-48 East Street
EPSOM
Surrey
KT17 1HQ

Objectives

(1) TO PROMOTE AND PROVIDE EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR COUNSELLORS WORKING IN EITHER PROFESSIONAL OR VOLUNTARY SETTINGS WHETHER FULL OR PART TIME WITH A VIEW TO RAISING THE STANDARDS OF ADVICE AND COUNSELLING FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY AND IN PARTICULAR OF THOSE YOUNG PERSONS WHO ARE THE RECIPIENTS OF COUNSELLING (2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE PART THAT COUNSELLORS CAN PLAY GENERALLY AND IN PARTICULAR TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THOSE YOUNG MEMBERS OF SOCIETY WHOSE DEVELOPMENT AND PARTICIPATION IN SOCIETY IS IMPAIRED BY MENTAL PHYSICAL OR SOCIAL HANDICAP OR DISABILITY (3) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF YOUNG PERSONS IN LONDON AND SURROUNDING AREAS WHO THROUGH THEIR SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES ARE IN NEED AND UNABLE TO OBTAIN EMPLOYMENT OR WHO WISH TO FURTHER THEIR EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT (4) TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE IN FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR THOSE WHO ARE IMPAIRED BY MENTAL, PHYSICAL OR SOCIAL HANDICAP OR DISABILITY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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