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YMCA Cheshire Limited

Registered charity 1030782 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CREWE "TWO WAYS" YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION (INC), CREWE TWO WAYS YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION (INC), CREWE Y M C A, CREWE YMCA LIMITED, YMCA CREWE

Supported housing and training for vulnerable young people.

Causes: Education/training · Accommodation/housing · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£3.7m
Latest spending
£3.4m
Registered
1993
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that YMCA Cheshire Limited reported a total surplus of £325,421 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total reserves standing at £1,854,173. The trustees confirmed that the charity is a going concern with adequate resources to continue operations for the foreseeable future, despite noting principal risks related to pension obligations and funding streams.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £70,045 — above the median for charities its size (£70k)
“The emoluments paid to the highest paid director, excluding pension contributions, were: 70,045” — page 27
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Largest income source: Social housing lettings (89% of income)
“Social housing lettings (note 3a) 3,272,777” — page 25
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Xeinadin Audit Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Leadership, per the charity’s website

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.

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

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

Total income
£3.7m
Total spending
£3.4m
Reserves (reported)
£561k
Employees
56

Reported reserves equal ~2.0 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 (91% 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).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Cheshire East

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£3.7m£3.4m
31/03/2024£2.6m£2.3m
31/03/2023£2.1m£2.0m
31/03/2022£1.9m£1.8m
31/03/2021£1.6m£1.5m

Common questions

Is YMCA Cheshire Limited financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that YMCA Cheshire Limited reported a total surplus of £325,421 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total reserves standing at £1,854,173. The trustees confirmed that the charity is a going concern with adequate resources to continue operations for the foreseeable future, despite noting principal risks related to pension obligations and funding streams. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Xeinadin Audit Limited.

What does the highest-paid employee of YMCA Cheshire Limited earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £70,045 band.

Who funds YMCA Cheshire Limited?

Funders whose own accounts filings name YMCA Cheshire Limited as a grant recipient include THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR YOUTH MUSIC.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR YOUTH MUSICFY2023£7k

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund28/07/2023£10kMH - Targeted Youth Work
The National Lottery Community Fund18/02/2022£2kQueen's Jubilee Street Party
The National Lottery Community Fund16/05/2019£10kLife Cafe

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE SHANLY FOUNDATION1£147k
WILLIAM HARDING'S CHARITY1£84k
THOMAS HICKMAN'S CHARITY1£82k
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION1£71k
THE SIR JAMES KNOTT TRUST1£60k
THE EDWARD GOSTLING FOUNDATION1£60k
THE MERCERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£55k
THE VIRGIN MONEY FOUNDATION1£40k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with YMCA NORTH TYNESIDE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
YMCA Cheshire Limited£3.7m£70,045—unclear—no doubt
YMCA NORTH TYNESIDE FY2025£4.9m£90,001 - £100,000—within—no doubt
YMCA LONDON CITY AND NORTH FY2025£9.5m£103,490—below—no doubt
YMCA WEARSIDE LTD FY2024£2.0m—0unclear—no doubt
YOUTH CONCERN FY2025£879k—0unclear—no doubt
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE Y.M.C.A. FY2025£1.1m—0below—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.