North Avenue Youth Centre

Analysis

North Avenue Youth Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chelmsford. It was registered in December 2021, 5 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, North Avenue Youth Centre reported income of £93k and spending of £117k, spending 126% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2025, income grew from £60k to £93k (+56%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 52%. Over the whole period it spent 111% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, North Avenue Youth Centre sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 70th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hackney Free and Parochial Schools Educational Trust (£93k), Croco-Doco-Dile Playgroup (£93k) and Oakworth Pre School (£93k).

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.