Centre Thirty Three Young People's Counselling and Information Service

Analysis

Centre Thirty Three Young People's Counselling and Information Service is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in April 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty, accommodation/housing and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03725494). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Centre Thirty Three Young People's Counselling and Information Service reported income of £3.8m and spending of £3.3m, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.6m to £3.8m (+143%), an average of +25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 76%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Centre Thirty Three Young People's Counselling and Information Service sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Advocates for International Development (£3.8m), Global Compact Network UK (£3.8m) and The Cecil and Alan Pilkington Trust Fund (£3.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 77% and donations and legacies 22%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 1.7%. Reserves of £248k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 83 people.