The Youth Endowment Fund Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Youth Endowment Fund Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 2019, 7 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 trust. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Youth Endowment Fund Charitable Trust reported income of £11.5m and spending of £39.4m, spending 342% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2020 to March 2025, income grew from £5.8m to £11.5m (+98%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 86%. Over the whole period it spent 255% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Youth Endowment Fund Charitable Trust 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 Cumbria Community Foundation (£11.5m), Empower Youth Zones Ltd (£11.6m) and The Great North Air Ambulance Service (£11.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 58% and investments 42%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £26.4m. Reserves of £123.7m would cover about 38 months of spending at that rate. It employed 64 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.