Youth Access

Analysis

Youth Access is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Surrey. It was registered in November 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02967126). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Youth Access reported income of £396k and spending of £418k, spending 105% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £1.0m to £396k (-62%), an average of -22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 67%. Over the whole period it spent 83% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Youth Access sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include John King Brain Tumour Foundation (£396k), Rareminds CIO (£397k) and Bardet-Biedl Syndrome UK (BBS UK) (£396k).