The International Youth Foundation

Analysis

The International Youth Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 1981, 45 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The International Youth Foundation reported income of £1.9m and spending of £1.9m, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £1.5m to £1.9m (+28%), an average of +6.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, The International Youth Foundation sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Artswork Limited (£1.9m), Dance North (£1.9m) and The Bath Preservation Trust Ltd (£1.9m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 99%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £18k. Charitable activities took 88% of spending and raising funds 7.4%. Reserves of £310k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 2 people.