The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Youth Options

Registered charity 1056463 Registered since 1996

Operates: Dorset, Hampshire, Isle Of Wight, Southampton City

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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.

9 trustees on the board

3y median 3y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

12.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

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 8Other Charitable Purposes 8Recreation 8Arts/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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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.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.youthoptions.org.uk
Emailadmin@youthoptions.org.uk
Phone01794525510
AddressCrescent House, Yonge Road, Eastleigh, SO50 9SX

Finances

£3,822,415 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£1,379,671£1,351,414
2022£1,606,273£1,713,208
2023£1,999,200£1,949,935
2024£2,241,587£2,267,925
2025£3,822,415£2,781,384

What it does

What

Education/trainingRecreationOther Charitable Purposes

Who

Children/young People

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationOther Charitable Activities

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

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

Trustees (9)

9trustees
65median age
3aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Youth Options · 03184237 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 10/04/1996

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (3)

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