Brent Centre for Young People

Analysis

Brent Centre for Young People is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in August 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04037793). It says it provides services and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Brent Centre for Young People reported income of £1.5m and spending of £1.7m, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.1m to £1.5m (+30%), an average of +6.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Brent Centre for Young People sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Jubilee Citizens UK (£1.5m), Read for Good (£1.5m) and Lingen Davies Cancer Fund Charitable Incorporated Organisation (£1.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 84% and charitable activities 15%. Charitable activities took 89% of spending and raising funds 9.5%. Reserves of £629k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 46 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.