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YMCA St Paul's Group

Registered charity 1041923 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as KINGSTON AND WIMBLEDON YMCA, YMCA LONDON SOUTH WEST, YMCA ST PAULS GROUP

Latest income
£30.2m
Latest spending
£29.2m
Registered
1994
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Group achieved a reduced operating surplus of £731k for the year ended 31 March 2025, which included a one-off operating loss of £777k from expensing a segregated cash reserve. Excluding this one-off impact, the operating surplus would have grown by 16% year-on-year, and the Group maintained unrestricted reserves of £34.5m against a policy target of three months of management and administration costs.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of management and administration costs (held: £34.5m)
“We intend to maintain unrestricted funds at a sufficient level to cover management and administration costs for at least three months.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The Charity is affiliated to the National Council of YMCAs for England and Wales. The pension scheme is run by an independent Trustee board with employer representation through the Principal Employer, National Council of YMCAs. The accounts note related party transactions but do not list specific amounts in the provided text snippet for Note 27, only the header. However, Note 24 mentions the Principal Employer. Without specific transaction amounts in Note 27 text, I must rely on explicit statements. The text says '27. Related party transactions' but provides no content under it in the snippet. I will check if any other related party info is explicit. Note 24 mentions the scheme is run by an independent Trustee board with employer representation through the Principal Employer. This is a structural relationship. No specific transaction amounts are listed in the visible text for Note 27. I will set this to empty as per rule 1 (never guess).
“27. Related party transactions” — page 68
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Pension scheme deficit: £9.1m
“The valuation prepared as at 1 May 2023 showed that the YMCA Pension Plan had a deficit of £9.1m.” — page 67
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Buzzacott LLP.

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2023 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

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.

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

Total income
£30.2m
Total spending
£29.2m
Reserves (reported)
£34.4m
Employees
327

Reported reserves equal ~14.2 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

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Trustees

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

Operates in: Slough · Surrey · Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£30.2m£29.2m
31/03/2024£28.7m£26.3m
31/03/2023£26.3m£26.2m
31/03/2022£24.5m£24.4m
31/03/2021£23.7m£23.4m

Common questions

Is YMCA St Paul's Group financially healthy?

The accounts state that the Group achieved a reduced operating surplus of £731k for the year ended 31 March 2025, which included a one-off operating loss of £777k from expensing a segregated cash reserve. Excluding this one-off impact, the operating surplus would have grown by 16% year-on-year, and the Group maintained unrestricted reserves of £34.5m against a policy target of three months of management and administration costs. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Buzzacott LLP.

Who funds YMCA St Paul's Group?

Funders whose own accounts filings name YMCA St Paul's Group as a grant recipient include LANDAID CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmount
LANDAID CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITEDFY2025£9k

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 CO-MISSION INITIATIVE TRUST1£173k
THE SOLA TRUST1£9k
THE LONDON GOOD STEWARDS TRUST1£2k

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