The Shropshire Youth Foundation

Analysis

The Shropshire Youth Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Shrewsbury. It was registered in January 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Shropshire Youth Foundation reported income of £13k and spending of £1,550, leaving 88% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £9,024 to £13k (+39%), an average of +8.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 67%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, The Shropshire Youth Foundation sits at the 38th percentile: it is larger than about 38% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Agnes Scout and Guide Parents' Committee (£13k), Friends of Holy Family Primary School (£13k) and Race Football Club (£13k).