Kashmir Youth Project

Analysis

Kashmir Youth Project is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lancashire. It was registered in July 1991, 35 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, overseas aid/famine relief and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02357828). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Kashmir Youth Project reported income of £871k and spending of £740k, spending 85% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £537k to £871k (+62%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 1,223 England and Wales charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Kashmir Youth Project sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Goreeb and Yateem Trust Fund (£846k), British Institute in Eastern Africa (£884k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Christ Church, Chorleywood (£834k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 99%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £1.1m would cover about 18 months of spending at that rate. It employed 25 people.