Wirral Youth Zone

Analysis

Wirral Youth Zone is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wirral. It was registered in August 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 09267940). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Wirral Youth Zone reported income of £1.3m and spending of £1.5m, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £1.9m to £1.3m (-29%), an average of -8.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Wirral Youth Zone sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Smart Criminal Justice Services (£1.3m), Student Minds (£1.3m) and Citizens Advice Waltham Forest Ltd (£1.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 77%, charitable activities 12% and trading 6.4%. Charitable activities took 91% of spending and raising funds 7.7%. Reserves of £405k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 65 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.