Teen Challenge London

Analysis

Teen Challenge London is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ilford. It was registered in May 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03550328). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Teen Challenge London reported income of £1.0m and spending of £978k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £683k to £1.0m (+50%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 80%. Over the whole period it spent 76% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Teen Challenge London sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Harrow Law Centre (£1.0m), British Emunah Fund (£1.0m) and The Drinks Trust (£1.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 52%, donations and legacies 35% and investments 13%. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 0.3%. Reserves of £343k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 12 people.