St Leonards Youth and Community Centre

Analysis

St Leonards Youth and Community Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bootle. It was registered in June 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and amateur sport, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06775494). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, St Leonards Youth and Community Centre reported income of £645k and spending of £698k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £458k to £645k (+41%), an average of +9.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2024, when income rose by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, St Leonards Youth and Community Centre sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Brongate Ltd (£645k), The Byfleet United Charity (£645k) and Centre for London (£645k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 62% and donations and legacies 38%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £244k. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £197k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 10 people.