Carlisle Diocesan Youth Centre

Analysis

Carlisle Diocesan Youth Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Keswick. It was registered in November 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Carlisle Diocesan Youth Centre reported income of £100k and spending of £144k, spending 144% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £79k to £100k (+27%), an average of +6.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 115% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, Carlisle Diocesan Youth Centre sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Grimsby, Cleethorpes and District Dial-A-Ride (£100k), DC Boxing (£100k) and Countryside Access (£100k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.