City Year UK

Analysis

City Year UK is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in August 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06965846). It says it provides human resources.

In the financial year ending July 2025, City Year UK reported income of £1.7m and spending of £2.1m, spending 128% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income fell from £2.8m to £1.7m (-40%), an average of -12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2025, when income dropped by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, City Year UK sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Merchant Taylors' Foundation (£1.6m), Friends of Harvard University (£1.7m) and The Morley Agricultural Foundation (£1.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 53% and charitable activities 47%. Charitable activities took 86% of spending and raising funds 13%. Reserves of £6,458 would cover about 0 months of spending at that rate. It employed 32 people.