Samuel Montagu Youth Centre

Analysis

Samuel Montagu Youth Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in August 1961, 65 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Samuel Montagu Youth Centre reported income of £320k and spending of £250k, leaving 22% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £217k to £320k (+47%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 77% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Samuel Montagu Youth Centre sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Walpole St Peter Parish Hall (£319k), Women's Sport Trust (£320k) and Crowborough Tennis and Squash Club Limited (£318k).