Colne Youth Action Group

Analysis

Colne Youth Action Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lancashire. It was registered in December 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, economic/community development/employment and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Colne Youth Action Group reported income of £215k and spending of £212k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2025, income grew from £54k to £215k (+299%), an average of +59% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 163%. Over the whole period it spent 72% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Colne Youth Action Group 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 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wirksworth Swimming Pool (£214k), Ingatestone & Fryerning Community Association CIO (£215k) and Rowledge Village Hall (£214k).