Redthread Youth Limited

Analysis

Redthread Youth Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 1995, 31 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 03131121). It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Redthread Youth Limited reported income of £1.4m and spending of £2.3m, spending 164% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £4.0m to £1.4m (-65%), an average of -23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income dropped by 69%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Redthread Youth Limited sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Gloucestershire Gateway Trust (£1.4m), Wessex Cancer Support (£1.4m) and The Anton Jurgens Charitable Trust (£1.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 77% and donations and legacies 22%. Charitable activities took 46% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. It employed 40 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.