South West Youth Ministries

Analysis

South West Youth Ministries is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Woodbury Salterton. It was registered in June 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03963476). It says it provides human resources.

In the financial year ending August 2025, South West Youth Ministries reported income of £702k and spending of £680k, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £432k to £702k (+62%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, South West Youth Ministries sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% 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 The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Faith's Lee on the Solent (£699k), British Friends of Boys Town Jerusalem (£703k) and Wat Buddharam (London) (£699k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 67%, donations and legacies 32% and investments 1.0%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £185k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 15 people.