The John Thornton Young Achievers Foundation

Analysis

The John Thornton Young Achievers Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ferndown. It was registered in July 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, amateur sport, environment/conservation/heritage and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The John Thornton Young Achievers Foundation reported income of £67k and spending of £87k, spending 129% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £112k to £67k (-40%), an average of -12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income dropped by 34%. 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, The John Thornton Young Achievers Foundation sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% 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 Upminster Park Rovers Junior Football Club CIO (£67k), Creech St Michael Village Hall (£67k) and West Auckland Memorial Community Association (£67k).