Young Concern Trust

Analysis

Young Concern Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Harlow. It was registered in March 1988, 38 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02235097). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Young Concern Trust reported income of £717k and spending of £821k, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £392k to £717k (+83%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, Young Concern Trust 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 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wrexham and District Citizens Advice Bureau (£714k), Carmarthenshire Citizens Advice Bureau (£719k) and The Weavers' Company Benevolent Fund (£703k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 91%, donations and legacies 8.2% and investments 1.1%. Charitable activities took 93% of spending and raising funds 2.6%. Reserves of £325k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 10 people.