The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 12th July 2026

Young Lives Consortium

Registered charity 1170269 CIO Registered since 2016

Operates: City Of Wakefield

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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.

6 trustees on the board

6.3y median 8.5y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Portfolio (3)

4
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 2The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 2Amateur Sport 1Economic/community Development/employment 1General Charitable Purposes 1Recreation 1The 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.

Arts and leisure 2Business services 1Education 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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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£302k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
53%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.
40 days
Latest accounts filed after the due dateiFiled after the due dateDate the accounts were received minus the reporting due date, latest filed cycle, Charity Commission register.

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.younglives.net
Emailemily@ylc.org.uk
Phone01924360198
AddressYoung Lives Consortium, Lightwaves, WAKEFIELD, WEST YORKSHIRE, WF1 3LJ

Finances

£301,521 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£299,610£352,243
2022£395,350£396,549
2023£556,649£450,512
2024£332,409£235,292
2025£301,521£265,351

What it does

What

Education/trainingEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

Children/young PeopleOther Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

THE ADVANCEMENT IN LIFE OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE, AND THE SUPPORT OF FAMILIES IN NEED, IN PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY PROMOTING THE EFFECTIVENESS AND EFFICIENCY OF CHARITIES AND CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES OF VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND SUPPORTING AND ASSISTING VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS WORKING WITH YOUNG PEOPLE AND FAMILIES IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THESE PURPOSES.ACTIVITIES IN FURTHERANCE OF THIS WILL INCLUDE:LIAISING BETWEEN CHARITIES, VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES ON RELEVANT ISSUES TO SUPPORT THE ADVANCEMENT IN LIFE OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE, AND THE SUPPORT OF FAMILIES IN NEED, CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND FAMILIES.PROVIDING TRAINING, CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS ON SUBJECTS RELEVANT TO THE EFFICIENCY OF THE CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE’S VOLUNTARY SECTORIDENTIFYING NEEDS IN THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR AND ESTABLISHING PROJECTS TO ADDRESS THEMASSISTING IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF FUNDING PROGRAMMES TO CHARITIES AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS, MONITORING FOR GRANTS, RECOMMENDING GRANTS, ASSISTING APPLICATIONS OF GRANTSPROVIDING INFORMATION TO THE PRESS AND THE PUBLIC ON THE OPERATION OF, OR PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED BY THE CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE’S VOLUNTARY SECTORACTING AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR IN RELATION TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT POLICIES AND PRACTICESEXTEND THE ACTIVITIES OF THE VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS TO WHOM SERVICES ARE PROVIDED INTO NEW AREAS OF ACTIVITY WHICH BENEFIT THE PUBLIC IN PARTICULAR CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND THEIR FAMILIES.EXTEND THE PARTICIPATION IN THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR OF SECTIONS OF THE COMMUNITY WHO ARE UNDER REPRESENTEDIMPROVE THE SERVICES OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE’S ORGANIZATIONS IN TERMS OF EFFICIENCY, EFFECTIVENESS AND QUALITYCO-ORDINATE BOTH EXISTING CHARITABLE AND NON-CHARITABLE AGENCIES THAT HAVE A COMMON GOAL OF PROVIDING CHARITABLE SERVICES OR RELIEF TO CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE SUPPORT OF FAMILIES IN NEEDLIAISING WITH, AND ACTING AS A FORUM FOR THE EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION BETWEEN AGENCIES WORKING IN THE FIELD OF ADVANCING THE LIVES OF CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND FAMILIES IN NEED.REPRESENTING A RANGE OF VIEWS FROM THE CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE’S VOLUNTARY SECTORREPRESENTING THE VIEWS OF THE ULTIMATE BENEFICIARIES CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND FAMILIES IN NEED TO POLICY MAKERS AND SERVICE PROVIDERSPROVIDING ADVICE AND INFORMATION TO AGENCIES IN THE CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE’S FIELD TO SUPPORT THE ADVANCEMENT IN LIFE OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE, AND THE SUPPORT OF FAMILIES IN NEED

Governing document: CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 18 Nov 2016

Trustees (6)

6trustees
59median age
1aged 70+

Connected charities (4)

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