Gloucestershire Young Carers Project

Analysis

Gloucestershire Young Carers Project is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gloucester. It was registered in January 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03458723). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Gloucestershire Young Carers Project reported income of £767k and spending of £1.0m, spending 131% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £869k to £767k (-12%), an average of -3.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, Gloucestershire Young Carers Project sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% 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 Safer Communities Limited (£764k), Carer Support South Lakes (£768k) and Fowler Smith and Jones Trust (£764k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 88%, donations and legacies 9.5% and investments 2.6%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £312k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 22 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.