Youth Careers Collective

Analysis

Youth Careers Collective is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in October 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under community and economic development. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07409565). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Youth Careers Collective reported income of £887k and spending of £850k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £160k to £887k (+453%), an average of +53% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 109%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 1,869 England and Wales charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Youth Careers Collective 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 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Oswin Projects (£885k), Young Manchester (£888k) and John Storer Charnwood (£881k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 94% and donations and legacies 6.0%. Charitable activities took 95% of spending and raising funds 4.2%. Reserves of £297k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 16 people.