The investigation by the National Youth Agency (NYA) also showed only a third (35 per cent) of youth services would be able to operate normally for between six months and a year based on their current level of reserves.
The latest findings from the National Youth Sector Census, the first of its kind to carry out an in depth evaluation of the health of the sector, highlight weaknesses in operational resilience among most organisations delivering youth services.
Of community groups, charities and local authorities providing youth services, one in five said they could stretch their reserves for more than 12 months in order to continue operating as normal.
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