St Basils Annual Report and Financial Statements 2023-24

St Basils is the largest regional youth homelessness organisation in England, working with young people aged 16-25 across Birmingham and the West Midlands. In 2023-24, 3,718 young people sought assistance across 49 sites and 613 units of accommodation. Operating as a Psychologically Informed Environment since 2011, St Basils delivers holistic support spanning emergency accommodation, Youth Hubs, the award-winning Live and Work scheme, family mediation and national Youth Voice programmes.

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📋About

Emergency accommodation and Nightstop; longer-stay supported accommodation (up to 2 years); Birmingham Youth Hub; Solihull and Coventry Youth Hubs; floating support; supported lodgings; Live and Work scheme (affordable accommodation for young apprentices and workers); family mediation; move-on accommodation; Youth Voice programme; PIE training and consultancy; employability programmes

📊Key Metrics

3,718 young people aged 16-25 sought assistance from St Basils in 2023-24 Key Metric 1
613 units of accommodation across 49 sites in Birmingham, Coventry, Sandwell, Solihull, Warwickshire and North Worcestershire Key Metric 2
2,491 young people referred to the Birmingham Youth Hub — the single point of referral for commissioned providers across the city Key Metric 3

Key Outcomes

  • 84% of young people in Birmingham who moved on did so in a planned, positive way; 96% in North Worcestershire and Solihull; 91% in Warwickshire; 90% in Coventry
  • 39 young people in the Live and Work scheme — all working and none claiming welfare benefits; 54 new self-contained apartments completed at Youth Village in Sandwell for young workers
  • 1,614 young people received direct support; 1,034 lived in St Basils accommodation; 152 young people supported through Family Mediation in Sandwell with 71 remaining in the family home

📍Geography

West Midlands

2025

A Year in Review: Impact Report 2024–2025

23,371 visits to the centre from April 2024 to March 2025
Key Metric 1
45 people helped to secure their own permanent home
Key Metric 2
40 people supported into employment; 44 gained nationally recognised qualifications
Key Metric 3
150 people actively supported to maintain their accommodation; average income maximised by £601.03 per month per person
2025

Impact Report 2025

Total income £10,019,755 and total expenditure £9,525,116 (year ended 31 March 2025, charity no. 1086320); 5,880 individuals supported to belong, contribute and thrive across 24 YMCA locations in the Black Country; 570 individuals called YMCA home
Key Metric 1
131,185 bed nights provided to young people who would otherwise be homeless; 200,500 hours of funded early years education provided; 1,222 young people moved from receiving benefits into work or training; 523 children developing in nurseries across the Black Country
Key Metric 2
114 teenagers offered a safe home in YMCA Host families' spare rooms; 322 young people engaged with YMCA mentors to overcome barriers to employment; 737 people prioritising health and wellbeing at YGym West Bromwich; 261 hot meals provided to vulnerable people in Walsall
Key Metric 3
60% of Sandwell Youth Hub young people secured work placements or employment through partner organisations; 94% of early years places funded through government support; 12 Early Years apprentices from 2024 cohort secured permanent employment; 9 families supported to flee domestic abuse since April 2025 merger with Living Springs
2024

Impact Report 2023/24

4,508 emergency (VRF) grants awarded totalling £1,780,676, helping 7,512 people to secure or keep a home in 2023/24
Key Metric 1
937 frontline workers benefited from training programmes across the four nations of the UK; 350 attendees at the Annual National Frontline Network Conference with 94% rating it good or excellent
Key Metric 2
71 partner-facilitated events attended by 1,331 frontline workers across the UK to share knowledge and best practice
Key Metric 3
728 grants for preventing eviction; 3,780 grants for moving into new accommodation; 75% of payments made within 5 days of application