Croydon Youth Zone

Analysis

Croydon Youth Zone is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Croydon. It was registered in May 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 10405820). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Croydon Youth Zone reported income of £1.0m and spending of £1.6m, spending 151% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £2.0m to £1.0m (-47%), an average of -14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 48%. Over the whole period it spent 114% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Croydon Youth Zone sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% 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 Ammf - the Cholangiocarcinoma Charity (£1.0m), Splash Community Trust Ymddiriedolaeth Gymunedol Sblash (£1.1m) and Charles S French Charitable Trust (£1.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 79% and charitable activities 20%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.2%. Reserves of £477k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 73 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.