Street League
Analysis
Street League is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. It was registered in December 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, amateur sport and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04974643). It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.
In the financial year ending March 2026, Street League reported income of £7.8m and spending of £7.5m, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £7.1m to £7.8m (+9.7%), an average of +2.4% a year. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.
Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Street League 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 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Bread and Butter Thing. (£7.8m), The Leathersellers' Foundation (£7.8m) and Derian House Childrens Hospice (£7.7m).
In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 79%, donations and legacies 20% and investments 1.6%. Charitable activities took 91% of spending and raising funds 8.2%. Reserves of £3.7m would cover about 6 months of spending at that rate. It employed 131 people.
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Donations 20%
- Charitable activities 79%
- Investments 1.6%
In the charity's own words
Street League use sport and physical activity to tackle youth unemployment. We do this by working with young people who live in the most disadvantaged areas of the UK, and engage them in structured football, fitness or dance fitness and education programmes with a view to getting participants into work, mainstream education or training.
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| The Bread and Butter Thing. | Manchester | £7.8m |
| The Leathersellers' Foundation | London | £7.8m |
| Derian House Childrens Hospice | Chorley | £7.7m |
| British Friends of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem | London | £7.8m |