The Youth Association

Analysis

The Youth Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Yorkshire. It was registered in March 1988, 38 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02154503). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Youth Association reported income of £805k and spending of £827k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £441k to £805k (+83%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 97% 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, The Youth Association sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Flying Seagull Project (£804k), KH Theatre Limited (£808k) and Chichester Cinema at New Park Limited (£802k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 100%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £239k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 24 people.