Essex & Suffolk Youth Enquiry Service Ltd

Analysis

Essex & Suffolk Youth Enquiry Service Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Colchester. It was registered in October 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03251475). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Essex & Suffolk Youth Enquiry Service Ltd reported income of £548k and spending of £510k, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £242k to £548k (+127%), an average of +23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 90%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, Essex & Suffolk Youth Enquiry Service Ltd sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Warming Up the Homeless (£542k), The Barristers' Benevolent Association (£559k) and Afri Green Centre (£524k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 98% and donations and legacies 1.6%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £16k would cover about 0 months of spending at that rate. It employed 15 people.