Wolverhampton Youth Zone

Analysis

Wolverhampton Youth Zone is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wolverhampton. It was registered in March 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08341220). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Wolverhampton Youth Zone reported income of £1.6m and spending of £1.7m, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £718k to £1.6m (+127%), an average of +23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 53%. Over the whole period it spent 116% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Wolverhampton Youth Zone sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Archange Lebrun Trust Limited (£1.6m), Ovarian Cancer Action (£1.6m) and Communities 1st (£1.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 65%, donations and legacies 31% and trading 3.5%. Charitable activities took 91% of spending and raising funds 8.4%. Reserves of £94k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 60 people.

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.