Livewire Youth Project

Analysis

Livewire Youth Project is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Saltash. It was registered in April 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Livewire Youth Project reported income of £191k and spending of £189k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £154k to £191k (+24%), an average of +5.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 96% 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, Livewire Youth Project sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include 'signals' Essex Media Centre Ltd (£191k), Nottingham City of Literature (£191k) and Lincolnshire Wolds Railway Society (£191k).