The Young Barnet Foundation

Analysis

The Young Barnet Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in East Barnet. It was registered in December 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Young Barnet Foundation reported income of £958k and spending of £1.1m, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £745k to £958k (+29%), an average of +6.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 111%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Young Barnet Foundation sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Dalewood Trust (£955k), Blackburn Foodbank (£959k) and Artcore Limited (£954k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 73%, donations and legacies 21% and trading 5.9%. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 2.9%. Reserves of £412k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 14 people.