Croydon Youth Information and Counselling Service Limited

Analysis

Croydon Youth Information and Counselling Service Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Croydon. It was registered in September 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, 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 03092355). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Croydon Youth Information and Counselling Service Limited reported income of £1.8m and spending of £1.8m, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £954k to £1.8m (+94%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 42%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Croydon Youth Information and Counselling Service Limited sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bell View (Belford) (£1.8m), Dementia Forward (£1.8m) and Autistica (£1.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 100%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.5%. Reserves of £615k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 51 people.