BIRKENHEAD YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION
Registered charity 1000601 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BIRKENHEAD YMCA
Providing quality supported housing for homeless people, many of whom present with a range of complex health and mental health issues and addictions.Training and other support services to aid residents to progress towards "move on" to permanent residence, employment and independent living within a defined timescale. Additional services to the wider community
Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £53,960 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income rising to £2,315,945. Net assets increased to £2,177,166, and unrestricted cash reserves stood at £301,446, which is below the stated policy target of approximately £260,000 for three months of operating costs.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Largest income source: Charitable activities (98% of income)
“Charitable activities 4 1,790,682 475,565 2,266,247” — page 17
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three months hostel and administration operating costs which are approximately £260,000 (held: £301k)
“The reserves policy is based on free reserves equal to three months hostel and administration operating costs which are approximately £260,000.” — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustee Mr M Huston is a minority shareholder in CCH Properties Limited, which received £5,436 in rent for a residential property lease.
“On 1 April 2024 the charity entered into a 5 year lease on a residential property with CCH Properties Limited. During the year under review the charity paid an annual rent of £5,436 (2024: £5,100), agreed as being a 15% discount to the market rent for the property. Mr M Huston, a trustee of the charity, is a minority shareholder in CCH Properties Limited.” — page 35
“During the year monies totaling £720 (2024 £140) where paid to the daughter of trustee Ms S Nicholas for consultancy services provided.” — page 35
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Payments of £720 were made to the daughter of trustee Ms S Nicholas for consultancy services.
“On 1 April 2024 the charity entered into a 5 year lease on a residential property with CCH Properties Limited. During the year under review the charity paid an annual rent of £5,436 (2024: £5,100), agreed as being a 15% discount to the market rent for the property. Mr M Huston, a trustee of the charity, is a minority shareholder in CCH Properties Limited.” — page 35
“During the year monies totaling £720 (2024 £140) where paid to the daughter of trustee Ms S Nicholas for consultancy services provided.” — page 35
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Xeinadin Audit Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Graham Mercer — Chief Executive Officer (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
Property (HM Land Registry)
6 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold); recorded price paid £125k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~1.6 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
- SUSAN NICHOLAS FCIHortchair · trustee of 1 other charity
- Alan McKeon
- Andrew Chapman Hodson
- Eric David Decorte
- Kerry Greenop
- MICHAEL ANDREW HUSTON
- Peter Hanson
- RICHARD JEREMY LESLIE
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Wirral
Income and spending
Common questions
Is BIRKENHEAD YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £53,960 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income rising to £2,315,945. Net assets increased to £2,177,166, and unrestricted cash reserves stood at £301,446, which is below the stated policy target of approximately £260,000 for three months of operating costs. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Xeinadin Audit Limited.
Who funds BIRKENHEAD YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION?
Funders whose own accounts filings name BIRKENHEAD YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION as a grant recipient include THE AMELIA CHADWICK TRUST, MISS E F RATHBONE CHARITABLE TRUST.
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