Young Persons Advisory Service

Analysis

Young Persons Advisory Service is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Liverpool. It was registered in April 1991, 35 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02596423). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Young Persons Advisory Service reported income of £6.4m and spending of £6.4m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £4.5m to £6.4m (+42%), an average of +9.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 47%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Young Persons Advisory Service sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Impakt Housing & Support (£6.4m), Islamic Aid (£6.6m) and Absolute Return for Kids (Ark) (£6.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 99%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £267k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 140 people.