Canvey Island Youth Project

Analysis

Canvey Island Youth Project is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Canvey Island. It was registered in July 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability, the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Canvey Island Youth Project reported income of £433k and spending of £354k, spending 82% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £242k to £433k (+79%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 59%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Canvey Island Youth Project sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Love the One (£433k), Dementia-Friendly Alton (£433k) and MAD-Aid (£433k).