Folkestone Youth Project

Analysis

Folkestone Youth Project is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Folkestone. It was registered in March 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and amateur sport, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending April 2026, Folkestone Youth Project reported income of £69k and spending of £55k, leaving 21% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income fell from £115k to £69k (-40%), an average of -12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income dropped by 42%. Over the whole period it spent 79% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Folkestone Youth Project sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 57% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include New Milton Youth Trust (£69k), You Can Community Club CIO (£69k) and Love Barton (£69k).