The Kent Estuary Youth Project (Key)

Analysis

The Kent Estuary Youth Project (Key) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cumbria. It was registered in July 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and recreation, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Kent Estuary Youth Project (Key) reported income of £89k and spending of £115k, spending 129% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £54k to £89k (+65%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 65%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Kent Estuary Youth Project (Key) sits at the 61st percentile: it is larger than about 61% 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 Human Health and Welfare Foundation (£89k), The Institute of Maxillofacial Prosthetists and Technologists (£89k) and Gunmakers Trust (£89k).