West Bowling Youth Initiative

Analysis

West Bowling Youth Initiative is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bradford. It was registered in August 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, amateur sport and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07232840). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, West Bowling Youth Initiative reported income of £88k and spending of £103k, spending 117% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £71k to £88k (+24%), an average of +5.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 59%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, West Bowling Youth Initiative sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Students Rugby Football Union (£87k), Age Concern (Cowplain) (Opw) Committee (£88k) and Instow Village Hall (£87k).

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.