Carmarthen Youth Project

Analysis

Carmarthen Youth Project is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Carmarthen. It was registered in June 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability, the prevention or relief of poverty and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06229911). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Carmarthen Youth Project reported income of £148k and spending of £217k, spending 147% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £262k to £148k (-44%), an average of -13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income dropped by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Carmarthen Youth Project sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include 65 Degrees North (£148k), Leicester Tigers Wheelchair Rugby Club (£148k) and Connect in the North (£148k).

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.