Wragby Youth Centre Trust

Analysis

Wragby Youth Centre Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lincoln. It was registered in February 1971, 55 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, religious activities and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides other finance and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Wragby Youth Centre Trust reported income of £27k and spending of £35k, spending 130% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £44k to £27k (-39%), an average of -12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 91%. Over the whole period it spent 73% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Wragby Youth Centre Trust sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 47% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Global Recordings Network UK (£27k), Christian Support Ministries (£27k) and Old Baptist Union (£27k).