Essex Council for Voluntary Youth Services

Analysis

Essex Council for Voluntary Youth Services is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Essex. It was registered in June 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under community and economic development. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Essex Council for Voluntary Youth Services reported income of £472k and spending of £415k, spending 88% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £213k to £472k (+121%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 96%. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 1,869 England and Wales charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Essex Council for Voluntary Youth Services sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Southwick Neighbourhood Youth Project (£467k), Millom Stepping Stones (£473k) and Chelmsford Council for Voluntary Service (£466k).