The Saffron Walden Youth Outreach Project

Analysis

The Saffron Walden Youth Outreach Project is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Saffron Walden. It was registered in December 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. It says it provides human resources, provides services and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Saffron Walden Youth Outreach Project reported income of £20k and spending of £11k, leaving 43% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £4,749 to £20k (+312%), an average of +42% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 267%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, The Saffron Walden Youth Outreach Project sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rotary Club of Rochford Charity Trust Fund (£20k), St Margaret Clitherow School PTA (£20k) and Clopton Community Action Group (£20k).