Creative Youth Impact Report 2024-2025

Creative Youth is a youth arts charity in Kingston upon Thames delivering high-quality arts programmes across London. In 2024–25 it reached 793 FUSE International participants, welcomed 28,000+ FUSEBOX festival visitors, and engaged 100,000+ through AMP Kingston community programmes. The charity provides access to creative practice and cultural participation for young people.

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📋About

Youth arts programmes, international arts exchange (FUSE), community arts festivals (FUSEBOX), creative engagement for young people Custom geography from upload: Kingston upon Thames, UK

📊Key Metrics

793 FUSE International participants Key Metric 1
28,000+ FUSEBOX visitors Key Metric 2
AMP Kingston reached 100,000+ Key Metric 3

Key Outcomes

  • Young people engaged in creative practice
  • Communities connected through arts
  • Cultural participation increased

📍Geography

London, Other

2025 Enhanced

2024/25 Annual Review

Total income £138,600,000 and total expenditure £108,350,000 (year ended 31 March 2025, charity no. 1068852); 5 million people welcomed through palace gates; £138.6m income of which £84.7m from ticket admissions (£68.3m at Tower of London alone)
Key Metric 1
Over 160,000 members making 300,000+ visits generating £5.8m membership income plus £814k Gift Aid; 217,400 £1 Universal Credit tickets sold; 304,000 visitors to Untold Lives: A Palace at Work exhibition at Kensington Palace; 99.5 million people reached across social media channels
Key Metric 2
89% of visitors gained a better understanding of stories (discovery); 83% felt happier after their visit (joy); 76% were inspired to learn more; 28,365 visitors cheered on Henry VIII's Joust; £1.9 million secured in donations and pledges for Tomorrow's Tower campaign
Key Metric 3
83% of visitors felt happier after their visit; 89% gained better understanding of palace stories; 94% charitable activities allocation of total expenditure; Tomorrow's Tower campaign secured £1.9m including £1m from Sandys Trust and National Lottery Heritage Fund development grant
2025 Enhanced

National Youth Jazz Orchestra Annual Report 2024–25

3,943 young people reached across 279 learning sessions in 16 programmes; 46 public performances reaching 8,517 audience members
Key Metric 1
100+ Emerging Professionals supported with 159 paid performance opportunities; 32% from regions beyond London; 32% from African, Asian, Caribbean or Mixed Heritage backgrounds
Key Metric 2
46% of Under-18 participants receive bursaries; 46% benefit from free access (Pupil Premium, free school meals or low-income families)
Key Metric 3
Largest single concert audience of 1,500 for British Standard Time at Berlin's Konzerthaus; NYJO Under 18s alumni have gone on to Birmingham Conservatoire, Leeds Conservatoire and Cambridge University
2023

Annual Report and Accounts 2023

12,950 global members across film, games and television in 2023, including 9,182 full members and 2,331 BAFTA Connect members
Key Metric 1
EE BAFTA Film Awards broadcast averaged 2.62 million viewers on BBC One — an increase on the prior two years; simulcast in 8 countries via BritBox with rights sold to 80+ territories
Key Metric 2
BAFTA View unique viewings by voting members increased 53% for Film; average films watched per member rose 51%
Key Metric 3
More member socials, events and screenings held in 2023 than any previous year across UK and North America