Raise Youth UK

Analysis

Raise Youth UK is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gloucester. It was registered in March 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, religious activities and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03774011). It says it makes grants to individuals, provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending May 2025, Raise Youth UK reported income of £79k and spending of £64k, spending 81% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2021 to May 2025, income grew from £16k to £79k (+408%), an average of +50% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2022, when income rose by 165%. Over the whole period it spent 83% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Raise Youth UK sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Root and Branch Change (£79k), Step (UK) - Seeking to Equip People UK (£79k) and The Meri Trust (£79k).