Peer Power Youth

Analysis

Peer Power Youth is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in June 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, disability and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Peer Power Youth reported income of £826k and spending of £849k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £521k to £826k (+59%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Peer Power Youth 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 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Citizens Advice East Berkshire Limited (£824k), Worcester Snoezelen CIO (£827k) and Cypriot Community Centre of the Association of Cypriot Organisations (£822k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 43% and donations and legacies 3.4%. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 2.9%. Reserves of £52k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 11 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.