The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Young Foundation

Registered charity 274345 Registered since 1977

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Northern Ireland

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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.

4.4y median 4y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (3)

8
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 7Economic/community Development/employment 2

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Property 14Professional services 11Tech and media 5

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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£4.1m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024
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.

8.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 8.7 in 2020

40 from 29 in 2020
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.
71%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

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.youngfoundation.org
Emailreception@youngfoundation.org
Phone02089806263
AddressThe Young Foundation, 58 Victoria Embankment, LONDON, EC4Y 0DS

Finances

£4,122,436 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£1,896,383£2,126,147
2021£5,090,124£2,497,398
2022£2,808,413£2,941,463
2023£2,335,271£3,696,492
2024£4,122,436£4,276,667

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyEconomic/community Development/employmentHuman Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or DiversityOther Charitable Purposes

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Other FinanceProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

TO UNDERTAKE CHARITABLE PURPOSES AMONGST PERSONS IN NEED OF SERVICE AND SUPPORT WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.

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

Trustees (9)

9trustees
57median age
2aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Young Foundation · 01319183 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 28/06/1977

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (3)

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