Distington Club for Young People

Analysis

Distington Club for Young People is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cumbria. It was registered in June 1965, 61 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Distington Club for Young People reported income of £114k and spending of £111k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £72k to £114k (+58%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Distington Club for Young People sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Bury Roch Valley (£114k), Sharing Life Trust (£114k) and St John's Methodist Church Whitley Bay (£114k).