Empower Youth Zones Ltd

Analysis

Empower Youth Zones Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. It was registered in August 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 11309137). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Empower Youth Zones Ltd reported income of £11.6m and spending of £2.1m, leaving 82% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £3.4m to £11.6m (+245%), an average of +36% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 191%. Over the whole period it spent 32% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Empower Youth Zones Ltd sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Youth Endowment Fund Charitable Trust (£11.5m), Coventry, Warwickshire & Worcestershire Mind (£11.6m) and Cumbria Community Foundation (£11.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 97%, investments 1.4% and trading 1.3%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 1.8%. Reserves of £21.9m would cover about 125 months of spending at that rate. It employed 79 people.