CheckMyDonation

Colne Valley Youth and Community Association

Registered · see notesRegistered charity number 1012242MiddlesexDisability
Income£48k2025-03-31
Spending£152ksame year
Spent / received214%5-year average
Size in its cause54th pctDisability
Registered1992Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Colne Valley Youth and Community Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Middlesex. It was registered in July 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and amateur sport, which this site groups under disability. It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Colne Valley Youth and Community Association reported income of £48k and spending of £152k, spending 319% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £437k to £48k (-89%), an average of -43% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 391%. Over the whole period it spent 214% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Colne Valley Youth and Community Association sits at the 54th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Boota Foundation (£47k), African Voice in Moston (£48k) and Rossendale Refugee Support Group (£47k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.

Income and spending

£0£127k£255k£382k£509k2021 Income: £436,5482021 Spending: £509,04520212022 Income: £145,8412022 Spending: £258,18220222023 Income: £8,2922023 Spending: £309,10220232024 Income: £9,6722024 Spending: £157,35020242025 Income: £47,5322025 Spending: £151,7082025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

  • Other 100%

In the charity's own words

Outdoor Education includes a wide range of water and land activities. Included are sailing, kayaking, canoeing, windsurfing, rafting, Dragon boating, Bell boating, team building and leadership challenges, archery, caving, climbing and abseiling, high ropes and low ropes.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Boota FoundationLondon£47k
African Voice in MostonManchester£48k
Rossendale Refugee Support GroupRossendale£47k
The MessengersBedford£48k