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Youth Scotland

SC000501Registered charity from 23 October 1935
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Charity Information:
Address Balfour House
19 Bonnington Grove
Edinburgh
Postcode EH6 4BL
Website www.youthscotland.org.uk
Regulatory Type Standard
Link to Companies House https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/
Object:
The Charity's objects are to assist young people in Scotland to be confident, resilient and ready to reach their full potential; the Charity will aim to achieve this by supporting a network of youth groups and delivering services which help young people to learn, succeed and make positive contributions to their communities. In particular the Charity aims: 7.1 to encourage young people in Scotland aged from 5-25 years of age to find new interests, to form positive relationships with other people, and to contribute to developments in their own and the wider community; 7.2 to encourage young people in Scotland to organise and conduct activities for themselves, thus learning to aspire and achieve, accept and handle responsibility; 7.3 to provide training and other support for volunteers and paid workers who support the development of young people; 7.4 to encourage the involvement of young people in Scotland in a range of projects (delivered in Scotland or elsewhere) which contribute to their development and their local communities; 7.5 to support a thriving network of diverse organisations that use a youth work approach
Operations:
What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:
Our Mission Is to support young people to achieve their full potential. Our Vision Is a country which values community-based youth work and its positive impact on young people’s lives. Our Pillars As a national youth work organisation, Youth Scotland’s work is expansive and varied, but much of what we do can be put in four key areas of community-based youth work that we call our 4 Pillars: 1. Membership: supporting our member youth groups 2. Programmes: youth leadership and national programmes 3. Training: training volunteers and youth workers 4. Youth awards: accredited youth awards
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: Company (the charity is registered with Companies House)
Constitutional Form Date: 23 Oct 1935
Main Operating Location: City of Edinburgh
Number of Staff: 29
Number of Volunteers: 0
Purposes: "the advancement of citizenship or community development", "the provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended", "the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage"
Beneficiaries: "Children or young people"
Types Of Activity Undertaken: "It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations", "It carries out activities or services itself"
Annual Submissions:
Year End Income Expenditure Annual Return Received Accounts Received Latest Annual Reports and Accounts
31 Mar 2021 £1,777,550 £1,670,274 15 Nov 2021 Yes
31 Mar 2022 £2,054,292 £1,799,601 15 Nov 2022 Yes
31 Mar 2023 £1,620,550 £1,912,866 29 Dec 2023 Yes
31 Mar 2024 £1,786,970 £1,928,583 18 Dec 2024 Yes
31 Mar 2025 £2,041,211 £2,033,455 09 Dec 2025 Yes Published accounts can be found on the Companies House website
If an annual return has been received on time (within nine months of the Year End Date), the 'Annual Return Received' box is green   . If an annual return is late, the box is red   .
Income and Expenditure:
Charity Trustees:
First Name Last Name
Jennifer Long
Donna Anderson
Graeme Johnston
Lydia Clair Ferguson
Clare Fisher
Caroline Purvis
William Miller
Judith MacDonald
AmyLee Ogilvie
Maureen Herdman
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