The Citizenship Foundation

Registered charity 801360 Registered since 1989

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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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.

5 trustees on the board

3y median 3y

average tenure

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

7.4y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

company-linked trustees

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

Health and social care 2Arts and leisure 1Education 1

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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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.

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incomespending£715k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

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.

4.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 8.9 in 2021

13 from 15 in 2021

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.

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.

Also active in the same field

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Little Jimmy's Preschool LTD Similar size; both Education
The Clore Social Leadership Programme Similar size; both Education
Bnos Beis Yaakov Primary School Limited Similar size; both Education

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.youngcitizens.org
Email	info@youngcitizens.org
Phone	02075664141
Address	Young Citizens, 1 Paternoster Lane, St. Paul's, LONDON, EC4M 7BQ

Finances

£715,172 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£845,409	£808,754
2022	£817,953	£878,239
2023	£825,317	£936,968
2024	£865,909	£1,023,633
2025	£715,172	£747,664

What it does

What

Education/training

Who

Children/young PeopleOther Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE GOOD CITIZENSHIPS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AND FOR THAT PURPOSE TO ADVANCE THE ACTIVE UNDERSTANDING OF LAW, POLITICS, SOCIOLOGY, RELIGION AND MORALS, COMMERCE, INDUSTRY, THE ARTS, ECOLOGY AND OTHER SUBJECTS IN SO FAR AS LIKELY TO BE CONDUCIVE TO GOOD CITIZENSHIP.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 23RD FEBRUARY 1989, AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION ON 27TH MARCH 2003. as amended on 11 Mar 2025

Trustees (5)

5trustees

48median age

0aged 70+

Rebecca Kate Earnshawage band 45-49 Chair since 2023
Alison Kennellage band 55-59 since 2023
Emma Katherine Wilsonage band 45-49 since 2023
Niall Joseph Huntage band 60-64 since 2023
Orla Margaret Mckeon-Carterage band 30-34 since 2023

Linked company (Companies House)

The Citizenship Foundation · 02351363 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 23/02/1989

4 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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