Sheerness Youth

Analysis

Sheerness Youth is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in October 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Sheerness Youth reported income of £13k and spending of £23k, spending 180% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £10k to £13k (+24%), an average of +5.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 86%. Over the whole period it spent 155% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Sheerness Youth sits at the 38th percentile: it is larger than about 38% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include 5th Marchwood Scout Group (£13k), Alderholt Recreation Association (£13k) and Merton Hall Recreation Centre (£13k).

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.