Bosnian Young Peoples Hardship Fund

Analysis

Bosnian Young Peoples Hardship Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hitchin. It was registered in April 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Bosnian Young Peoples Hardship Fund reported income of £33k and spending of £24k, leaving 27% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £18k to £33k (+84%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 137%. Over the whole period it spent 70% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Bosnian Young Peoples Hardship Fund sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 54th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Malling Memorial Institute (£33k), Kids Care Charity (£33k) and Crosskeys Pentecostal Church (£33k).