The Federation of London Youth Clubs

Analysis

The Federation of London Youth Clubs is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, amateur sport and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00258577). It says it provides human resources, provides services and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Federation of London Youth Clubs reported income of £7.8m and spending of £8.3m, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £5.3m to £7.8m (+47%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 123% 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 Federation of London Youth Clubs sits at the 99th percentile: it is one of the largest 1% in its cause. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Royal Welsh Agricultural Society Limited (£7.8m), D&ad (£7.9m) and Bletchley Park Trust Limited (£7.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 85%, donations and legacies 11%, investments 1.7% and trading 1.6%. Charitable activities took 93% of spending and raising funds 5.8%. Grants to other organisations totalled £457k. Reserves of £7.1m would cover about 10 months of spending at that rate. It employed 86 people.

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.