Bardsley Youth Project

Analysis

Bardsley Youth Project is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Coventry. It was registered in July 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, religious activities and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Bardsley Youth Project reported income of £162k and spending of £138k, spending 85% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £43k to £162k (+280%), an average of +40% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 229%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Bardsley Youth Project sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Livnos Bayis Limited (£162k), Community for Reconciliation (£162k) and One Cause Limited (£162k).