Open Arms Youth Project

Analysis

Open Arms Youth Project is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in June 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03327887). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Open Arms Youth Project reported income of £18k and spending of £7,150, leaving 61% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £15k to £18k (+23%), an average of +5.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 114%. Over the whole period it spent 49% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Open Arms Youth Project sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 43rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include University of the Third Age (South East London) (£18k), Nettleton School Fund (£18k) and Holmbury St Mary Choral Society (£18k).