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Registered charity (CIO) · London

Youth First Charitable Incorporated Organisation

Youth First Charitable Incorporated Organisation is a registered charity (number 1195386) based in London, governed by 4 trustees and chaired by Valerie Davison since 2021. Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

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Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Disability, Economic/community Development/employment
Where
Lewisham
Registered
2021

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025--
  • 2024£1.7m£1.9m
  • 2023£1.9m£1.8m
Earlier years
  • 2022£2.2m£614k

Income trend, 2022 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2024: Government contracts 77% · Government grants 14%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

3.1. THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND HELP YOUNG PEOPLE IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT LIMITED TO THOSE LIVING IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF LEWISHAM THROUGH:3.1.1. PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS; 3.1.2. RELIEVING UNEMPLOYMENT; AND3.1.3. PROVIDING RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITY IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WHO HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, DISABILITY (BOTH MENTAL AND PHYSICAL) , POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONS.

Grants received

1 grant · £68,500 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.

Top funders

Most recent

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.

4 trustees on the board

4.5y median 5y
average tenure
5y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
4.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

0
company-linked trustees

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

Disability 4Economic/community Development/employment 4

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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 3 years.
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£1.7m 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.

1.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 30.2 in 2022

37 from 20 in 2022
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.
92%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.
42 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.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1195386
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 04 Aug 2021
Contact on the register
02046175501 · YUVSRI.RAMASWAMY@SWGROUP.COM
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
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