Whitehaven Harbour Youth Project

Analysis

Whitehaven Harbour Youth Project is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cumbria. It was registered in September 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, amateur sport and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06139222). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Whitehaven Harbour Youth Project reported income of £325k and spending of £329k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £481k to £325k (-32%), an average of -9.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 44%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Whitehaven Harbour Youth Project sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Albans District Scout Council (£324k), Merseyside County Scout Council (£325k) and Barrow Hill Community Trust (£323k).

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.