Tees Valley Youth for Christ

Analysis

Tees Valley Youth for Christ is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cleveland. It was registered in October 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, religious activities and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Tees Valley Youth for Christ reported income of £157k and spending of £175k, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £261k to £157k (-40%), an average of -12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income dropped by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Tees Valley Youth for Christ sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Folkestone Municipal Charity (£157k), World's End Neighbourhood Advice Centre (£157k) and Falah Educational Society (£157k).

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.