SUTTON COLDFIELD YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1008752 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SUTTON COLDFIELD Y M C A, SUTTON COLDFIELD YMCA

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Objects

(A) TO UNITE THOSE WHO, REGARDING JESUS CHRIST AS THEIR GOD AND SAVIOUR ACCORDING TO THE HOLY SCRIPTURES, DESIRE TO BE HIS DISCIPLES IN THEIR FAITH AND IN THEIR LIFE, AND TO ASSOCIATE THEIR EFFORTS FOR THE EXTENSION OF HIS KINGDOM(B) TO LEAD YOUNG PEOPLE TO THE LORD JESUS CHRIST AND TO FULLNESS OF LIVE IN HIM.(C) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR PEOPLE OF ALL AGES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.(D) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION FOR PEOPLE OF ALL AGES WITH THE OBJECT OF DEVELOPING THEIR PHYSICAL, MENTAL OR SPIRITUAL CAPACITIES.(E) TO RELIEVE OR ASSIST IN THE RELIEF OF PEOPLE OF ALL AGES WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS BY REASON OF THEIR SOCIAL, PHYSICAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES.(F) TO PROVIDE, IMPROVE AND MANAGE HOUSES AND HOSTELS PROVIDING RESIDENTIAL ACCOMMODATION FOR PEOPLE OF ALL AGES UPON TERMS APPROPRIATE TO THEIR MEANS.

Area of benefit: IN PRACTICE SUTTON COLDFIELD AND SURROUNDING AREAS.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · Accommodation/housing · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £100,429 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by increased grant income and constant rent income despite rising costs. The trustees report that unrestricted reserves of £1,311,573 meet the policy target of three months' cash flow, and free reserves excluding fixed assets stand at £422,049. The auditor confirmed the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Forrester Boyd Robson Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — YMCA Sutton Coldfield (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~17.2 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (97% 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: 0.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (20/05/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (29/04/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Abbie Mills
• Alex Yip · trustee of 1 other charity
• Beverley Redguard
• Derek Sharples
• Neil Thorogood
• Paul Gibara
• Philip Scully
• Ruvimbo Kazora

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Birmingham City

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SOUTHEND-ON-SEA YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION.

• SOUTHEND-ON-SEA YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION income £3.2m
• JAH-JIREH CHARITY HOMES income £6.9m
• FAITH CHRISTIAN CENTRE UK income £125k
• COMMUNITY ACCOMMODATION GROUP income £5.0m
• YMCA LEICESTERSHIRE income £4.2m
• THE ABBEYFIELD SOUTH WEST SOCIETY LIMITED income £1.7m

Side by side with its peers

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