Merseyside Youth Association Limited

Analysis

Merseyside Youth Association Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Liverpool. It was registered in February 1989, 37 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01843226). It says it makes grants to individuals, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Merseyside Youth Association Limited reported income of £5.1m and spending of £4.1m, spending 80% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £3.8m to £5.1m (+33%), an average of +7.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Merseyside Youth Association Limited sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Citizens Advice Mid Mercia (£5.1m), The Orpheus Centre Trust (£5.1m) and Age UK Lincolnshire (£5.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 95% and trading 5.0%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.2%. Reserves of £4.2m would cover about 12 months of spending at that rate. It employed 81 people.