Sheffield Young Carers Project

Analysis

Sheffield Young Carers Project is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Heeley. It was registered in January 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07461229). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Sheffield Young Carers Project reported income of £647k and spending of £822k, spending 127% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £647k to £647k (+0.0%), an average of +0.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, Sheffield Young Carers Project sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include White Gold Cornwall Foundation (£630k), Home-Start Barnet (£647k) and Alex Timpson Trust (£618k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 88% and donations and legacies 11%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £73k. Charitable activities took 92% of spending and raising funds 8.1%. Reserves of £167k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 21 people.