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Youth for Economic Justice

SC043089Registered charity from 17 April 2012
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Charity Information Operations Annual Submissions Income and Expenditure Charity Trustees
Charity Information:
The Name the Charity is Known By YEJ
Address 17 Trelawney Terrace
Penicuik
Midlothian
Postcode EH26 0NB
Website www.yej.org.uk
Regulatory Type Standard
Object:
4.1 the prevention and relief of poverty of youth in the UK, Africa and other parts of the developing world, through developing their ability to engage in sustainable employment and/or in running their own enterprise and access to investment funding and other relevant resources; 4.2 the promotion of equality and diversity in the UK, Africa and other parts of the developing world, by ensuring that young women, as well as young men, have the opportunity to become active micro-entrepreneurs or wage workers; 4.3 the advancement of citizenship or community development by empowering and strengthening community based organisations in order that they, in partnership with distressed communities, respond more effectively and sustainably to the needs of young people in their local communities in the UK, Africa and other parts of the developing world; 4.4 the relief of those in need by reason of age, and/or financial hardship by develop young people's basic knowledge and management skills in finance for both their personal and business financial goals; and providing access to investment funding and other relevant resources for communities in the UK, Africa and other parts of the developing world; 4.5 the advancement of education among young people in the UK, Africa and other parts of the developing world, in particular, although not exclusively, young women, through education and training programmes to develop their basic knowledge and management skills for economically viable entrepreneurship.
Operations:
What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:
Our mission is to overcome economic injustice by inspiring and supporting women and young people in economically distressed communities to engage in socially-relevant entrepreneurship that stimulates and sustains local economies. How do we help? ? By providing much needed training and resources for enterprise development, vocational skills, financial literacy and life skills. ? By empowering young people to have a voice in their community and influence the decisions that affect their lives and businesses. ? By helping increase fair access to credit, formal financial services and financial information. ? By ensuring a more supportive and enabling policy, legal and regulatory environment for enterprise development by young men and women. ? By strengthening links between young entrepreneurs and their markets.
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
Constitutional Form Date: 17 Apr 2012
Main Operating Location: Midlothian
Number of Staff: 0
Number of Volunteers: 1-50
Purposes: "the prevention or relief of poverty", "the advancement of education", "the advancement of citizenship or community development", "the promotion of equality and diversity", "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 carries out activities or services itself"
Annual Submissions:
Year End Income Expenditure Annual Return Received Accounts Received Latest Annual Reports and Accounts
30 Apr 2022 £50 £6,989 19 Jan 2023 Yes
30 Apr 2023 £5,750 £6,314 30 Jan 2024 Yes
30 Apr 2024 £0 £304 29 Jan 2025 Yes
30 Apr 2025 £2,000 £2,237 29 Jan 2026 Yes Download
30 Apr 2026 No Annual Information due by 31 Jan 2027
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
Peter O' Hara
Ayesha Kamal
Sharon Pearson
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