Registered charity · Oxfordshire
Abingdon Damascus Youth Project
- 8 trustees
- Income £42k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Christopher David BryanChair · since 2026
- Elaine Mary WadeTrustee · since 2026
- Jack MatthewsTrustee · since 2026
- James Matthew CarterTrustee · since 2026
- Jay ElliottTrustee · since 2026
- Julie LawsTrustee · since 2026
- Paul James Peter MccarthyTrustee · since 2026
- Sally Ailsa Louise HoodlessTrustee · since 2023
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Amateur Sport, Environment/conservation/heritage and 1 more
- Where
- Oxfordshire
- Website
- ycat.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2003
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£42k£27k
- 2024£44k£39k
- 2023£63k£52k
Earlier years
- 2022£98k£87k
- 2021£108k£91k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 61%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PERSONAL, SOCIAL & EDUCATIONAL POTENTIAL OF ALL YOUNG PEOPLE BETWEEN THE AGE OF 11 TO 25 YEARS WHO LIVE IN THE AREA ENCOMPASSED BY VALE OF WHITE HORSE AND SOUTH OXFORDSHIRE DISTRICT COUNCILS AND IN PARTICULAR THOSE WHO ARE DISADVANTAGED BY ADVERSE SOCIAL CONDITIONS.
Grants received
15 grants · £308,184 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £229,634 (2 grants)
- Oxfordshire Community Foundation · £40,104 (9 grants)
- Indigo Trust · £30,000
- Wiltshire and Swindon Community Foundation · £5,000
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £3,446 (2 grants)
Most recent
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
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.
8 trustees on the board
- Christopher David Bryan Chair since 2026
- Elaine Mary Wade since 2026
- Jack Matthews since 2026
- James Matthew Carter since 2026
- Jay Elliott since 2026
- Julie Laws since 2026
- Paul James Peter Mccarthy since 2026
- Sally Ailsa Louise Hoodless since 2023
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Christopher David Bryan Chair since 2026
- Elaine Mary Wade since 2026
- Jack Matthews since 2026
- James Matthew Carter since 2026
- Jay Elliott since 2026
- Julie Laws since 2026
- Paul James Peter Mccarthy since 2026
- Sally Ailsa Louise Hoodless since 2023
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1098966
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 15 JULY 2003AS AMENDED ON 08/07/2014
- Contact on the register
- 07530155277 · Treasurer@damascusyouthproject.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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