Mahdlo (Oldham Youth Zone)

Analysis

Mahdlo (Oldham Youth Zone) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oldham. It was registered in February 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06946098). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Mahdlo (Oldham Youth Zone) reported income of £1.8m and spending of £1.9m, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £2.4m to £1.8m (-26%), an average of -7.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 37%. 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, Mahdlo (Oldham Youth Zone) 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 League of Friends of the Royal United Hospitals (Bath) (£1.7m), Independent Living Alternatives (£1.8m) and Watermoor House RCH (£1.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 54%, donations and legacies 29% and trading 17%. Charitable activities took 90% of spending and raising funds 8.9%. Reserves of £849k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 37 people.

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.