Youth Business International

Analysis

Youth Business International is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in May 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06550164). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Youth Business International reported income of £3.5m and spending of £4.0m, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £2.8m to £3.5m (+25%), an average of +5.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 120%. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Youth Business International sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cripplegate Foundation (£3.5m), United Utilities Trust Fund (£3.5m) and The Traidcraft Exchange (£3.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 96% and donations and legacies 3.7%. Charitable activities took 94% of spending and raising funds 5.5%. Grants to other organisations totalled £1.5m. Reserves of £572k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 23 people.

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.