The Ernest Mason Youth Foundation

Analysis

The Ernest Mason Youth Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in December 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2026, The Ernest Mason Youth Foundation reported income of £13k and spending of £59k, spending 459% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £17k to £13k (-27%), an average of -7.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income dropped by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 254% 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 Ernest Mason Youth Foundation sits at the 39th percentile: it is larger than about 39% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 36th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Master's House, Braithwell (£13k), Penarth Unit 266 of the Sea Cadet Corps (£13k) and Wem Senior Club (£13k).

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.