Prism Youth Project

Analysis

Prism Youth Project is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bradford. It was registered in March 1965, 61 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under disability. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Prism Youth Project reported income of £2.3m and spending of £2.2m, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £998k to £2.3m (+132%), an average of +23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 48%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Prism Youth Project sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Leeds Older People's Forum (£2.3m), Tameside Link (£2.3m) and The Suzy Lamplugh Trust (£2.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 97%, donations and legacies 1.9% and investments 1.3%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 1.2%. Reserves of £248k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 33 people.