Barnet Youth Zone

Analysis

Barnet Youth Zone is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Edgware. It was registered in June 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 10445685). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Barnet Youth Zone reported income of £1.3m and spending of £1.8m, spending 140% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £2.1m to £1.3m (-40%), an average of -12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 37%. 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, Barnet Youth Zone sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust Charitable Fund (£1.3m), The British Society for Surgery of the Hand (£1.3m) and The Just a Drop Appeal (£1.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 87%, charitable activities 4.1% and investments 1.7%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 1.2%. Reserves of £532k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 101 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.