Young Voices Foundation

Analysis

Young Voices Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cardiff. It was registered in August 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, arts/culture/heritage/science and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07223732). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Young Voices Foundation reported income of £43k and spending of £6,725, leaving 84% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £27k to £43k (+55%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 72%. Over the whole period it spent 51% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Young Voices Foundation sits at the 53rd percentile: it is larger than about 53% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Oromo Evangelical Church of London (£42k), Proclaimers Sanctuary (£43k) and Barton Area Food Bank (£42k).