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Registered charity · Worcester

YSS

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £1.0m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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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
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training
Where
Shropshire, Warwickshire, Telford & Wrekin, Herefordshire and more
Website
www.yss.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
YSS
Registered
2000

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£1.0m£940k
  • 2024£1.3m£1.2m
  • 2023£1.4m£1.7m
Earlier years
  • 2022£1.5m£1.5m
  • 2021£1.5m£1.4m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 42% · Government grants 34%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE RELIEF OF CHILDREN, YOUNG ADULTS AND OTHERS (INCLUDING ADULTS, FAMILIES AND CARERS) WHO ARE IN NEED THROUGH HAVING COMPLEX NEEDS SUCH AS OFFENDING, MENTAL ILL HEALTH, HOMELESSNESS, PROBLEMATIC SUBSTANCE MISUSE AND/OR WHO FACE DIFFICULT LIFE CHALLENGES SUCH AS UNEMPLOYMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, LACK OF POSITIVE ROLE MODELS, SEPARATION, LOSS AND LOW SELF ESTEEM BY HELPING THEM TO DEVELOP NEW SKILLS AND IMPROVE THEIR RESILIENCE, ENABLING THEM TO LEAD POSITIVE AND CONSTRUCTIVE LIVES IN SOCIETY AND ACHIEVE THEIR POTENTIAL. THE CHARITY’S WORK IS CARRIED OUT PREDOMINANTLY IN WEST MERCIA (HEREFORDSHIRE, SHROPSHIRE, TELFORD AND WORCESTERSHIRE); AND SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE OR PURPOSES AS THE CHARITY FROM SHALL TIME TO TIME DETERMINE

Grants received

23 grants · £1,291,800 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.

9 trustees on the board

2.3y median 1y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (1)

7
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 9General Charitable Purposes 9The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 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.

Health and social care 9Professional services 2Construction 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£1.0m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
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.

3.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 2.3 in 2021

30 from 48 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.
76%
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
1081992
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 30 JUN 2000AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 25 NOV 2013AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 14 FEB 2018AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 25 JUN 2018AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 11 JUL 2018 as amended on 14 Feb 2018 as amended on 13 Dec 2018
Companies House
Company number 04024428 · Active
Contact on the register
01905 730780 · finance@yss.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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