African Youth Development Association

Analysis

African Youth Development Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in 122 Church Street. It was registered in February 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06358991). It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending September 2025, African Youth Development Association reported income of £68k and spending of £60k, spending 88% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £7,899 to £68k (+762%), an average of +71% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 747%. Over the whole period it spent 73% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, African Youth Development Association sits at the 60th percentile: it is larger than about 60% 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 Oldham Madani Academy (£68k), The Redeemed Christian Church of God (Sanctuary of Power) (£68k) and Light of Hira (£68k).