British Youth for Christ

Analysis

British Youth for Christ is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Midlands. It was registered in February 1972, 54 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, religious activities and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00988200). It says it makes grants to individuals, provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, British Youth for Christ reported income of £1.3m and spending of £1.6m, spending 118% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £1.8m to £1.3m (-28%), an average of -7.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2024, when income dropped by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 109% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, British Youth for Christ sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Jay Education Trust (£1.3m), Tools with a Mission (£1.3m) and The Liverpool Merchants' Guild (£1.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 87% and charitable activities 12%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £97k. Charitable activities took 88% of spending and raising funds 11%. Reserves of £720k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 32 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.