THE NATIONAL YOUTH ADVOCACY SERVICE
Activities
As described by the charity on the register
NYAS is a socio-legal charity providing advice, advocacy, information and legal advice to children, young people and vulnerable adults. NYAS also provides Independent Visitors who befriend children in care, and we undertake Regulation 44 visits of children homes. Under Rule 16.4 of the Family Proceedings Act we represent children and young people in private law family proceedings.
Latest income
£11.8m
Expenditure
£11.6m
Financial year end
2025-03-31
Income & spending history
As reported to the Charity Commission, by financial year end
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-03-31 | £8.2m | £8.0m | |
| 2022-03-31 | £9.1m | £9.0m | |
| 2023-03-31 | £10.2m | £10.3m | |
| 2024-03-31 | £10.8m | £10.6m | |
| 2025-03-31 | £11.8m | £11.6m |
Latest detailed return
Year end 2025-03-31
Income mix
| Donations & legacies | £100k |
| Charitable activities | £11.7m |
| Trading | £0 |
| Investment income | £81k |
| Total income | £11.8m |
Spending
| Charitable spend | £11.5m |
| Raising funds | £127k |
| Grants to institutions | £0 |
| Governance | £18k |
| Total expenditure | £11.6m |
Balance sheet
| Reserves | £3.0m |
| Total funds | £3.6m |
| — restricted | £0 |
| — unrestricted | £3.6m |
| — endowment | £0 |
| Total assets | £3.6m |
| Cash | £705k |
People
| Employees | 258 |
Classification
The charity's own register classification
What it does
- General Charitable Purposes
Who it helps
- Children/young People
How it works
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales register, 2026-07-28. Detailed figures as filed in the charity's annual return. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.