Reach Up Youth

Analysis

Reach Up Youth is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sheffield. It was registered in May 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Reach Up Youth reported income of £236k and spending of £290k, spending 123% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £35k to £236k (+580%), an average of +62% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 495%. Over the whole period it spent 108% 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, Reach Up Youth sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Droitwich Theatre and Arts Club Limited (£236k), Ely Museum CIO (£236k) and The Warminster Athenaeum Trust (£236k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.