London Youth Games Foundation

Analysis

London Youth Games Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Harrow. It was registered in August 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02039817). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending August 2025, London Youth Games Foundation reported income of £904k and spending of £1.3m, spending 142% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £976k to £904k (-7.4%), an average of -1.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, London Youth Games Foundation 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 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Folkestone Sports Centre Trust Limited (£904k), Melton Mowbray Town Estate (£905k) and Melton Learning Hub (£898k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 70% and charitable activities 26%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 1.6%. Reserves of £96k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 11 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.