Five Star Youth Club

Analysis

Five Star Youth Club is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Essex. It was registered in March 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending May 2025, Five Star Youth Club reported income of £29k and spending of £31k, spending 105% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2021 to May 2025, income fell from £33k to £29k (-13%), an average of -3.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2022, when income dropped by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Five Star Youth Club sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Harefield Cricket Club (£29k), Meadow Sports and Old Wokingians Ltd (£29k) and Longwick Village Hall (£29k).

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.