Shackles Off Youth & Community Project

Analysis

Shackles Off Youth & Community Project is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Seascale. It was registered in June 2021, 5 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, 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, Shackles Off Youth & Community Project reported income of £234k and spending of £219k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2025, income grew from £146k to £234k (+61%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 65%. Over the whole period it spent 73% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Shackles Off Youth & Community Project sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lao Educational Opportunities Trust (£234k), St Michaels Cornerstone Trust (£234k) and Derbyshire Lgbt+ Ltd (£234k).