Start Young UK

Analysis

Start Young UK is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Stratford. It was registered in October 2021, 5 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending April 2026, Start Young UK reported income of £46k and spending of £61k, spending 134% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from April 2023 to April 2026, income grew from £9,793 to £46k (+366%), an average of +67% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 258%. Over the whole period it spent 79% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Start Young UK sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Velvet Foundation (£46k), The Zachary Merton and George Woofindin Convalescent Trust (£46k) and Friends of Nixon Memorial Hospital,segbwema, Sierra Leone (£46k).