Youth with a Mission Harpenden

Analysis

Youth with a Mission Harpenden is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Harpenden. It was registered in April 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08807913). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Youth with a Mission Harpenden reported income of £2.1m and spending of £2.3m, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £778k to £2.1m (+170%), an average of +28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 69%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Youth with a Mission Harpenden sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% 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 Finchley Reform Synagogue (£2.1m), Kick Ltd. (£2.1m) and Al Badr Islamic Trust (£2.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 83%, trading 11% and donations and legacies 6.0%. Charitable activities took 66% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £712k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate.