St Andrews Youth Development Trust

Analysis

St Andrews Youth Development Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in October 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending October 2025, St Andrews Youth Development Trust reported income of £249k and spending of £125k, leaving 50% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income grew from £45k to £249k (+453%), an average of +53% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2022, when income rose by 183%. Over the whole period it spent 58% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, St Andrews Youth Development Trust sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sir Joseph Banks Society CIO (£249k), The Folklore Society (£249k) and Vault Creative Arts Ltd (£249k).