Just Drop- in Youth Info & Advice Limited

Analysis

Just Drop- in Youth Info & Advice Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cheshire. It was registered in July 2000, 26 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 03884673). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Just Drop- in Youth Info & Advice Limited reported income of £739k and spending of £747k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £491k to £739k (+50%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Just Drop- in Youth Info & Advice Limited 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 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mosaik Education (£737k), Childnet (£739k) and The Monmouth Schools' Charitable Trust (£737k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 66%, donations and legacies 26% and trading 7.9%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 1.7%. Reserves of £305k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 13 people.

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.