THE CITY OF LEEDS YMCA

Registered charity 1046439 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LEEDS YMCA, TRUST PROPERTY HELD IN CONNECTION WITH THE CITY OF LEEDS YMCA

Primarily working with young people offering a variety of activities. Also provides facilities for the community involving all ages, faiths, ethnicities, genders and abilities.

Objects

(1) 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 TO THE EXTENSION OF HIS KINGDOM(2) TO LEAD YOUNG PEOPLE TO THE LORD JESUS CHRIST AND TO FULLNESS OF LIFE IN HIM(3) TO ENCOURAGE YOUNG PEOPLE TO LEAD A LIFE FASHIONED ON CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES(4) TO SET AND MAINTAIN HIGH STANDARDS IN SOCIAL AND MORAL BEHAVIOUR(5) TO PROVIDE FOR THE SPIRITUAL CULTURAL, INTELLECTUAL, PHYSICAL AND SOCIAL NEEDS OF ITS MEMBERS(6) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION, IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE, OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR MEN AND WOMEN WITH THE OBJECTS OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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 · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Leeds, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net movement in funds of £(16,997) for the year, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £2,110,833. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, supported by an investment portfolio that is readily realisable without penalties.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by AAB Audit & Accountancy Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2025 (received 17/03/2026, 45 days after the 31/01/2026 due date); year ending 31/03/2021 (received 15/02/2022, 15 days after the 31/01/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

• MR J A LEAHYchair
• BRENDA BRAY
• COLIN WILLIAM FRANCE
• HAMISH IAN ELLIOT
• JOHN DAVID SPENCER
• Margaret Butterworth
• Philip Sanders
• SUSAN CROWTHER

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

Operates in: Leeds 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 CITY OF BRADFORD YMCA.

• CITY OF BRADFORD YMCA income £867k
• YMCA LONDON CITY AND NORTH income £9.5m
• HYDE YOUNG PEOPLES ENTERPRISE income £33k
• LEEDS ISLAMIC CENTRE income £437k
• LEEDS CHINESE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £37k
• LEEDS BENEVOLENT SOCIETY FOR SINGLE LADIES income £98k

Side by side with its peers

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