Youth Works Northamptonshire

Analysis

Youth Works Northamptonshire is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kettering. It was registered in March 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Youth Works Northamptonshire reported income of £1.6m and spending of £1.5m, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £673k to £1.6m (+132%), an average of +23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 39%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Youth Works Northamptonshire sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% 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 The Nutrition Society (£1.6m), The Bristol Sport Foundation (£1.6m) and Mental Health Matters Wales Limited (£1.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 93%, trading 4.8% and investments 1.5%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £773k would cover about 6 months of spending at that rate. It employed 50 people.