Charles Young Centre

Analysis

Charles Young Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in South Shields. It was registered in June 1979, 47 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Charles Young Centre reported income of £158k and spending of £165k, spending 105% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £85k to £158k (+84%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 66%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Charles Young Centre sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 69% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Osborne Trust (£157k), Lam Action (£158k) and The Roma Project (£157k).