Young Asian Voices

Analysis

Young Asian Voices is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sunderland. It was registered in April 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under disability. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Young Asian Voices reported income of £238k and spending of £266k, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £298k to £238k (-20%), an average of -5.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 46%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Young Asian Voices sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Oxsrad (£238k), Universal Development and Education Solidarity UK (£238k) and Yoh Ltd (£238k).

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.