Common questions about Redthread Youth Limited's rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.
Is Redthread Youth Limited a good charity? +
Redthread Youth Limited scores 44 out of 100 (2 stars — Poor) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 78% of its spending goes to charitable activities (3-yr avg) and its accounts are late. That reflects how transparent and financially healthy it looks on paper — it does not measure the real-world impact of its work, so treat it as one factor alongside the cause you care about. CharityCompare never tells you where to donate.
Is Redthread Youth Limited a legitimate charity? +
The register data used for this profile lists Redthread Youth Limited as a registered charity (charity number 1051260). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=1051260&subId=0. Check the current entry and the identity of anyone requesting money. Registration does not verify a particular appeal; Clarity Score summarises filing transparency, not programme impact.
What is Redthread Youth Limited's charity number? +
Redthread Youth Limited's charity number is 1051260. Check that number on the official register (Charity Commission, OSCR or CCNI) or this CharityCompare profile before you donate — scammers sometimes reuse real numbers on fake appeals.
What is Redthread Youth Limited's charity rating? +
Redthread Youth Limited scores 44 out of 100 on CharityCompare (2 stars — Poor). The Clarity Score (method v1.1) sums four pillars from UK regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 pts), Financial Health (30), Financial Efficiency (20), and Community Support (10). Stars use the same bands as those labels — 90+ is 5★ Exceptional. It is not an impact ranking.
Does Redthread Youth Limited have reviews and complaints? +
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for Redthread Youth Limited. Instead you get a filing-based Clarity Score, cause spend, reserves and red flags such as late accounts (2 red flags on this profile: late accounts filing; sharp income decline). For formal complaints about a charity, contact the Charity Commission, OSCR, CCNI or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.
How much of my donation reaches Redthread Youth Limited? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, 78% of Redthread Youth Limited's total spending went to charitable activities (3-yr avg across disclosed years). That is the closest official figure to "how much of your donation reaches the cause" — it is an average across all spending in the filing, not a pound-by-pound breakdown of an individual gift.
What are Redthread Youth Limited's overheads? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, fundraising costs were about 4% of total expenditure and fundraising plus separately reported governance figures amount to about 10% of expenditure (2023–2025, disclosed years); these categories can overlap, so this is not a distinct total of all administration costs at Redthread Youth Limited. The register does not show individual salaries; senior pay is disclosed in the trustees' annual report and accounts.
How much income does Redthread Youth Limited receive? +
Redthread Youth Limited reported £1.4m total income in its 2025 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: declining.
Are Redthread Youth Limited's accounts up to date? +
Filing status: late (last filing 2026-06-26). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.
Where is Redthread Youth Limited based? +
Redthread Youth Limited's registered contact address is in London (EC1V 3AG). It tells the regulator it operates in London, Birmingham City, Nottingham City, Nottinghamshire, with a focus on health.
Where does Redthread Youth Limited's money come from? +
Redthread Youth Limited reported £1.4m total income for the year ending 31 August 2025. The largest sources were charitable activities £1.1m (77%), donations and legacies £310k (22%), other income £4,839 (0%).
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to Redthread Youth Limited? +
The register records Redthread Youth Limited as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration.
Are Redthread Youth Limited's trustees paid? +
Redthread Youth Limited's annual return for the year ending 31 August 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
What was Redthread Youth Limited previously called? +
The register lists this previous name for Redthread Youth Limited: Christian Youth and Schools Charitable Company.
When was Redthread Youth Limited registered as a charity? +
Redthread Youth Limited was entered on the register on 8 December 1995. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number 03131121).
How does CharityCompare score Redthread Youth Limited? +
We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in Redthread Youth Limited's regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 points — filing history, trustees, policies), Financial Health (30 — reserves, income trend, debt), Financial Efficiency (20 — cause spend and fundraising cost, on a graduated scale) and Community Support (10 — volunteer-to-staff ratio). An open statutory inquiry scores 0. The score measures reporting on paper, not programme impact. CharityCompare is free for donors, takes no commission on donations, and scores cannot be bought.
How often is this page updated? +
This profile was last updated on 6 September 2026 from the latest UK regulator data available to CharityCompare, and Redthread Youth Limited's most recent accounts cover 2025. Scores and figures refresh whenever we re-ingest the register, so the page reflects our latest data pull rather than a one-off review.