Tall Ships Youth Trust

Analysis

Tall Ships Youth Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Portsmouth. It was registered in June 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability and amateur sport, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00567460). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending February 2025, Tall Ships Youth Trust reported income of £1.9m and spending of £2.0m, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2021 to February 2025, income grew from £1.3m to £1.9m (+39%), an average of +8.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2023, when income rose by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Tall Ships Youth Trust 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 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Aid Humanity (£1.9m), Rochdale Gateway Leisure Limited (£1.9m) and Bronte Youth & Community Centre (£1.9m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 63% and charitable activities 36%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £102k. Charitable activities took 78% of spending and raising funds 19%. It employed 23 people.