Ballard Youth Activity Trust

Analysis

Ballard Youth Activity Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Plymouth. It was registered in December 2012, 14 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 07884161). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Ballard Youth Activity Trust reported income of £18k and spending of £24k, spending 134% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £14k to £18k (+30%), an average of +6.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 193% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, Ballard Youth Activity Trust sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 59% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 42nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include London Platinum Jubilee Lions Club (CIO) (£18k), Kids of Wool Building Trust (£18k) and 1st Purton & Lydiard Scout Group (£18k).

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.