The Driver Youth Trust

Analysis

The Driver Youth Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in East Sussex. It was registered in June 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and disability, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 09848958). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Driver Youth Trust reported income of £24k and spending of £114k, spending 466% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £37k to £24k (-35%), an average of -10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 810% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Driver Youth Trust sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 43% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Downright Perfect (£24k), Small Steps for Africa (£24k) and TLC Appeal Northumberland (£24k).

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.