Vine Youth Ministry

Analysis

Vine Youth Ministry is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dorset. It was registered in August 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, religious activities and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under religion. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2024, Vine Youth Ministry reported income of £18k and spending of £21k, spending 118% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2024, income fell from £24k to £18k (-24%), an average of -8.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income dropped by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 118% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Vine Youth Ministry sits at the 31st percentile: it is larger than about 31% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 42nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Andrew's Church, Awre, Cottage Fund (£18k), The Friends of St Mary’s Choir, incorporating the Guild of Ex-Choristers (£18k) and The Helping Community (£18k).

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity's latest annual return or accounts as overdue. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.