YMCA ESSEX

Registered charity 1054070 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHELMSFORD Y.M.C.A

We plan and run a programme of childcare & informal youth groups for different ages, both in & around the YMCA, including Family Support.We deliver quality training programmes for young people, including Focus Groups and Young Carers.We also run a nursery & manage Breakfast Clubs & Out of School Clubs at 8 locations.At our Colchester site we provide accommodation for up to 44 young people

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH, INCLUDING BY:(A) PROMOTING A CHRISTIAN ENVIRONMENT INSPIRED AND MOTIVATED BY THE LIFE, EXAMPLE AND TEACHING OF JESUS CHRIST, WHERE PEOPLE OF FAITH AND PEOPLE OF NONE CAN WORK TOGETHER FOR THE TRANSFORMATION OF COMMUNITIES; AND(B) ENABLING PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND IN PARTICULAR YOUNG PEOPLE, TO FLOURISH THROUGH EXPERIENCING AND RESPONDING TO THE LOVE OF GOD DEMONSTRATED BY THE LIFE, EXAMPLE AND TEACHING OF JESUS CHRIST;2.3.2 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 OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE;2.3.3 TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION FOR PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND IN PARTICULAR YOUNG PEOPLE, WITH THE OBJECT OF DEVELOPING THEIR PHYSICAL, MENTAL OR SPIRITUAL CAPACITIES;2.3.4 TO RELIEVE OR ASSIST IN THE RELIEF OF PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND IN PARTICULAR YOUNG PEOPLE, WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS BY REASON OF THEIR SOCIAL, PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL, SPIRITUAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES; AND2.3.5 TO PROVIDE RESIDENTIAL ACCOMMODATION ,INCLUDING SOCIAL HOUSING, FOR PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND IN PARTICULAR YOUNG PEOPLE, WHO ARE IN NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS BY REASON OF THEIR SOCIAL, PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL, SPIRITUAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES.

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 · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Chelmsford, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of unrestricted general funds of £90,818 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total net assets increasing to £1,389,327. The Trustees note that the financial position is particularly dependent on the level of take-up of income-generating services, such as childcare and housing, to maintain capacity and support charitable youth work. The independent auditors confirmed that 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 THP Limited. Discloses 6 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
• Trustee expenses 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.

Corporate structure

• Trading subsidiary: YMCA ESSEX (TRADING) LTD. Companies House 03041709
• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03171206

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

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Ben Gibbons — Head of Childcare and Youth (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.

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.

• BARTLETT, Tessa Patricia — director, appointed 08/09/2026on trustee list
• FASANYA, Mojisola Omobolanle — director, appointed 12/05/2026not on trustee list
• FAURE WALKER, Dulcie May, Dr — director, appointed 12/05/2026not on trustee list
• MOORE, Nayana — director, appointed 09/09/2025on trustee list
• TANDY, Nicola Jane — director, appointed 13/09/2023on trustee list
• KRISHNAN, Rakesh — director, appointed 13/09/2023on trustee list
• MILLER, Ashley Clair — director, appointed 13/09/2023not on trustee list
• NEWMAN, Paulina Magdalena — director, appointed 13/09/2023on trustee list
• BLAIR, John William — director, appointed 22/11/2022on trustee list
• MINTA, Michael Timothy — director, appointed 01/01/2019on trustee list
• BROMFIELD, Michael David Langley — director, appointed 01/01/2019on trustee list
• CLARKE, David Alan — secretary, appointed 12/11/2014

Official officers record.

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~8.2 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (49% 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 (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (13/10/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (07/12/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Ashley Miller-Bryant
• Dr Dulcie Faure Walker
• MOJI FASANYA
• Michael David Langley BROMFIELD
• Michael Timothy MINTA
• Nayana Moore
• Nicola Tandy
• Paulina Newman
• Rakesh Krishnan · trustee of 1 other charity
• Tessa Patricia Bartlett

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

Operates in: Essex

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 EXETER YMCA.

• CITY OF EXETER YMCA income £2.3m
• WORCESTER YMCA income £1.6m
• YMCA Dulverton Group income £15.8m
• YMCA TRINITY GROUP income £12.5m
• YMCA LONDON CITY AND NORTH income £9.5m
• YMCA Chiltern Group income £31.0m

Side by side with its peers

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