Youth Adventure Trust

Analysis

Youth Adventure Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wiltshire. It was registered in March 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, amateur sport and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02777296). It says it provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Youth Adventure Trust reported income of £1.2m and spending of £1.2m, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £934k to £1.2m (+25%), an average of +5.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Youth Adventure Trust sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Henfield Leisure Centre (£1.2m), The Sports Council for Wales Trust (£1.2m) and Bath Recreation Limited (£1.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 79% and trading 21%. Charitable activities took 58% of spending and raising funds 25%. Reserves of £179k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 19 people.

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.