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Registered charity · Eastleigh

Youth Options

Youth Options is a registered charity (number 1056463) based in Eastleigh, governed by 10 trustees and chaired by Peter North since 2023. Latest income £3.8m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

  • 10 trustees
  • Income £3.8m (2025)
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, Recreation, Other Charitable Purposes
Where
Dorset, Hampshire, Isle Of Wight, Southampton City
Website
www.youthoptions.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Youth Options
Registered
1996

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£3.8m£2.8m
  • 2024£2.2m£2.3m
  • 2023£2.0m£1.9m
Earlier years
  • 2022£1.6m£1.7m
  • 2021£1.4m£1.4m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 9% · Government grants 37%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CHARITY IS THE IMPROVEMENT OF LIFE OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE INCLUDING THE ADVANCEMENT OF CITIZENSHIP AND DEVELOPMENT OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, PROVIDED SUCH OBJECT IS CHARITABLE. THE YOUNG PEOPLE WITH WHOM THE CHARITY WORKS INCLUDE THOSE WHO ARE IN NEED BY REASON OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE OR VULNERABILITY

Grants received

32 grants · £3,097,533 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

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Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

10 trustees on the board

2.7y median 3y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

11.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Portfolio (1)

9
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 9Other Charitable Purposes 9Recreation 9Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Environment/conservation/heritage 1General Charitable Purposes 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Education 10Arts and leisure 5Business services 1

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£3.8m latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

2.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 8.9 in 2021

102 from 47 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.
46%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1056463
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 10/04/1996NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 28/03/2011AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 13/04/2011AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 19/09/2011AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 12/12/2011 as amended on 16 Jul 2018 as amended on 16 Jan 2023
Companies House
Company number 03184237 · Active
Contact on the register
01794525510 · admin@youthoptions.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
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