Youth Focus North East

Analysis

Youth Focus North East is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Tyne and Wear. It was registered in January 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under community and economic development. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04838559). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Youth Focus North East reported income of £1.3m and spending of £1.2m, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £596k to £1.3m (+114%), an average of +21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 45%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 1,869 England and Wales charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Youth Focus North East sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Gloucestershire Rural Community Council (£1.3m), Gorseinon Development Trust (£1.3m) and Renaissance-UK Ltd (£1.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 99%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £235k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 45 people.