LUX Youth Project

Analysis

LUX Youth Project is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bath. It was registered in February 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, LUX Youth Project reported income of £187k and spending of £156k, spending 83% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £241k to £187k (-22%), an average of -6.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2024, when income rose by 66%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, LUX Youth Project sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include King's Cross Korean Church (£187k), Tehilois Yoel (£187k) and Ridgesave Limited (£187k).