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The Young Foundation
The Young Foundation is a registered charity (number 274345) based in London, governed by 9 trustees. Latest income £4.1m (2024). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.
- 9 trustees
- Income £4.1m (2024)
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Who leads it
- Christopher Geoffrey DobsonTrustee · since 2022
- Jonathan Mark Sobczyk BoddingtonTrustee · since 2019
- Kate Catherine Hainsworth-StaplesTrustee · since 2022
- Kavya MenonTrustee · since 2024
- Kersten EnglandTrustee · since 2018
- Oluwatosin AdegunTrustee · since 2024
- Pamela Janice WarhurstTrustee · since 2024
- Rizwana Shaheen HamidTrustee · since 2022
- Stephen Melvyn Edward JacobsTrustee · since 2019
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, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty and 3 more
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Northern Ireland
- Website
- www.youngfoundation.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Young Foundation
- Registered
- 1977
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2024£4.1m£4.3m
- 2023£2.3m£3.7m
- 2022£2.8m£2.9m
Earlier years
- 2021£5.1m£2.5m
- 2020£1.9m£2.1m
Income trend, 2020 to 2024.
Income source mix, 2024: Government contracts 26% · Government grants 45%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO UNDERTAKE CHARITABLE PURPOSES AMONGST PERSONS IN NEED OF SERVICE AND SUPPORT WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
Grants received
29 grants · £4,410,717 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 · £2,966,534 (4 grants)
- Power to Change Trust · £449,000 (4 grants)
- Lankelly Chase Foundation · £277,772 (3 grants)
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £196,330
- Barrow Cadbury Trust · £159,000 (4 grants)
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.
9 trustees on the board
- Christopher Geoffrey Dobson since 2022
- Jonathan Mark Sobczyk Boddington since 2019
- Kate Catherine Hainsworth-Staples since 2022
- Kavya Menon since 2024
- Kersten England since 2018
- Oluwatosin Adegun since 2024
- Pamela Janice Warhurst since 2024
- Rizwana Shaheen Hamid since 2022
- Stephen Melvyn Edward Jacobs since 2019
Trustees past 6 years
- Jonathan Mark Sobczyk Boddington since 2019
- Kersten England since 2018
- Stephen Melvyn Edward Jacobs since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Jonathan Mark Sobczyk Boddington since 2019
- Kavya Menon since 2024
- Oluwatosin Adegun since 2024
- Pamela Janice Warhurst since 2024
- Rizwana Shaheen Hamid since 2022
- Stephen Melvyn Edward Jacobs since 2019
Portfolio (3)
- Christopher Geoffrey Dobson since 2022
- Kate Catherine Hainsworth-Staples since 2022
- Kersten England since 2018
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.
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
8.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 8.7 in 2020
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 274345
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION DATED 28TH JUNE 1977 AS AMENDED 16TH SEPTEMBER 1977 AND 10TH APRIL 1978 AND 16TH MARCH 2005 as amended on 21 Feb 2021
- Companies House
- Company number 01319183 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02089806263 · reception@youngfoundation.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 18th October 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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