Wearside Youth for Christ

Analysis

Wearside Youth for Christ is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sunderland. It was registered in May 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, religious activities and amateur sport, which this site groups under religion. It says it provides human resources.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Wearside Youth for Christ reported income of £69k and spending of £62k, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £35k to £69k (+95%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Wearside Youth for Christ sits at the 54th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Destiny Ministries International (£69k), Anchor Church Lymington and Pennington (£69k) and Hazlemere Free Methodist Church (£69k).