Quayside Youth Centre

Analysis

Quayside Youth Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Brighton. It was registered in September 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Quayside Youth Centre reported income of £29k and spending of £45k, spending 157% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £34k to £29k (-14%), an average of -3.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income dropped by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 117% 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, Quayside Youth Centre sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% 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 Casa Theatre Festival Limited (£29k), Great Waltham Village Hall (£29k) and Woodley Festival of Music and Arts (£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.