Prepared for Barnet Youth Zone, Unitas by Adrian Taylor, 2026-10-05. If you work there and would rather this page came down, say so and it comes down.
Barnet Youth Zone, Unitas: what the records show, and what we could do together
Adrian Taylor runs Charity in a Box, after twenty years working in charities and public services. About Adrian.
1. What you say, and where we read it
We read your website (Homepage - Unitas Youth Zone) and your public channels.
“We provide a safe, caring and encouraging space where young people, often from disadvantaged backgrounds, can connect with new friends and feel a real sense of belonging.” (unitasyouthzone.org)
“We’re more than a youth centre – we help young people unlock their potential.” (unitasyouthzone.org)
Figures you publish: “From the very first day I walked in, I knew I had found my commmunity” Tamara, Senior member, 17 Real people, real stories Over 16,000 young people have been members of Unitas since we opened in 2019.”; “Collectively, OnSide serves over 50,000 young people across our Youth Zone network with more opening every year, helping to provide incredible opportunities for young people in even more communities around the UK.”
Your channels: linkedin (closed to readers, not read); facebook (closed to readers, not read); instagram (closed to readers, not read).
2. Barnet’s charities, from outside
1,090 charities are based in Barnet, 28.0 for every 10,000 residents, where 26% of residents are on low incomes. 27% show under three months’ reserves or three years of deficits on their latest return; 2% take half or more of their income from government. The five largest hold 28% of the area’s charity income.
Youth centres in Barnet
In Barnet, the national network for your field (youth centres) sits in the best-reached fifth of England's areas for the number of people counted there (gold in the chart below where a field has none recorded here or is in the thinnest fifth). Across England, 6,333 charities outside the field say in their own reports that they serve the same people, against 254 in it.
The 24 fields, against England
For each field of charity work we have mapped, where Barnet stands among England’s 152 areas for the presence of the national network per person in need. Gold bars are the fields where no presence is recorded here: 7 of 24.
Dyslexia
Kidney patients
Legal help
Community foundations
Mental health
Older people living alone
Riding for the disabled
Community transport
Hospice care
Food aid
Cadets
Young people
Learning disability
Young people with SEND
Drug and alcohol services
Almshouses
Unpaid carers
Families with young children
Homelessness
Befriending
Disability services
Youth centres
Local infrastructure
Veterans
Barnet: the bar is where the area stands among England's 152 areasnone recorded here, or in the thinnest fifthEngland's median area
Point at a bar for its figures.
Who does the work here, by register purpose
Barnet1,090 charities
Education/training594
Religious activities566
General charitable purposes419
Poverty relief403
Health224
Disability175
Arts, culture, heritage, sci…106
Economic/community developme…81
Other purposes76
Overseas aid68
Amateur sport66
Housing52
A charity records up to three purposes, so the circles overlap. Point at one for its count.
Researchers who studied how charities support people with dementia across the United Kingdom concluded:
“National and local data sources could help charities and commissioners begin to identify inequalities of provision.”
Mayrhofer, Goodman, Lafortune, Smeeton, Littlechild, Shora and Bunn, Voluntary Sector Review, first published 2021. Read the paper.
This page is that view for Barnet.
3. Sample campaign
Three posts in your voice from the figures above, each with its picture, ready to use. Every figure is from public information and no charity is named.
Bluesky / X: Youth centres in Barnet: the national network's presence, for the people counted here, sits in the best-reached fifth of England's areas. Who else does the work: https://www.charityinabox.uk/offers/barnet-youth-zone-unitas.html
LinkedIn: Youth centres in Barnet: the national network's presence, for the people counted here, sits in the best-reached fifth of England's areas. Who else does the work: https://www.charityinabox.uk/offers/barnet-youth-zone-unitas.html
Built from public information; no charity is named.
Bluesky / X: 1,090 charities are based in Barnet: 28.0 for every 10,000 residents. We've read what they say they do. https://www.charityinabox.uk/offers/barnet-youth-zone-unitas.html
LinkedIn: 1,090 charities are based in Barnet: 28.0 for every 10,000 residents. We've read what they say they do. https://www.charityinabox.uk/offers/barnet-youth-zone-unitas.html
Built from public information; no charity is named.
Bluesky / X: 27% of Barnet's charities show under three months' reserves or three years of deficits on their latest return. Which fields, and who else is at work: https://www.charityinabox.uk/offers/barnet-youth-zone-unitas.html
LinkedIn: 27% of Barnet's charities show under three months' reserves or three years of deficits on their latest return. Which fields, and who else is at work: https://www.charityinabox.uk/offers/barnet-youth-zone-unitas.html
Built from public information; no charity is named.
Your area's charities from outside, with your own field first: how thin the known network is here for the people you work with, who else does the work, how exposed the area's charities are, what the money looks like. A page like this one, in full, refreshed each quarter.
£600 once, or £1,200 a year with four refreshes
A campaign from the findings
Three to five posts a month in your voice, each with its picture, from your area's own figures.
£250 a month
The first month: a twenty-minute call, your page in full within a week, and the first campaign posts the week after. Prices are set by income band from the public register and are the same for everyone in the band.
5. How to say yes
Reply to the email with a day that suits, call or text Adrian on the number in the email (it is on the Contact page too), or write to adrian@charityinabox.uk.
What this can and cannot say. These are counts over groups of charities and places from their own returns and reports and from national statistics. They do not rank any charity, name any, or say why. A thin field is one where the known network is thin for the people counted here, not one where nobody is helped.
Built from public information: the Charity Commission for England and Wales register and the annual reports charities file with it (OGL v3.0); Census 2021 (ONS); the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG); the Claimant Count (ONS). Privacy.