New Horizon Youth Centre

Analysis

New Horizon Youth Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 1978, 48 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01393561). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, New Horizon Youth Centre reported income of £4.5m and spending of £4.7m, spending 105% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £2.3m to £4.5m (+100%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, New Horizon Youth Centre sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hollick Family Foundation (£4.5m), The Seneca Trust (£4.5m) and Kent Community Foundation (£4.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 66%, donations and legacies 30%, trading 2.0% and investments 1.4%. Charitable activities took 91% of spending and raising funds 7.9%. Reserves of £1.5m would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 75 people.