Gateshead Youth Council

Analysis

Gateshead Youth Council is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Tyne and Wear. It was registered in May 1982, 44 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it provides human resources and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Gateshead Youth Council reported income of £19k and spending of £38k, spending 202% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £21k to £19k (-9.6%), an average of -2.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 69%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Gateshead Youth Council sits at the 41st percentile: it is larger than about 41% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 43rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wokingham in Need (£19k), Chester City Mission (£19k) and Christmas Care (£19k).