South Shropshire Youth Forum

Analysis

South Shropshire Youth Forum is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ludlow. It was registered in February 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03476766). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, South Shropshire Youth Forum reported income of £51k and spending of £58k, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £53k to £51k (-4.5%), an average of -1.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income dropped by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, South Shropshire Youth Forum sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 69% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Dartmouth Museum Association (£51k), Creative Culture Trust CIO (£51k) and UK Muslim Film (£51k).