St Martin's Youth Centre

Analysis

St Martin's Youth Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in July 1965, 61 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2026, St Martin's Youth Centre reported income of £57k and spending of £70k, spending 123% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £36k to £57k (+56%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 128%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, St Martin's Youth Centre sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 63rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Churches Together in Merseyside and Cheshire (£57k), The Mothers' Bridge of Love (£57k) and Rotary Club of Lincoln Colonia (£57k).