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GRIMSBY CLEETHORPES AND HUMBER REGION YMCA

Registered charity 1058613 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GRIMSBY AND CLEETHORPES YMCA, YMCA HUMBER

Supported Housing for homeless people aged 16-35, activities and programmes for children and young people aged 0-25 within North East Lincolnshire, East Yorkshire and the Humberside area.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Accommodation/housing · Religious Activities · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£3.2m
Latest spending
£3.0m
Registered
1996
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £42,165 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total turnover increasing to £3,183,161. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £714,733, which is below the stated minimum policy target of three to six months of operating expenditure. The charity confirmed compliance with the Regulator of Social Housing’s Governance & Financial Viability Standard and reported no material uncertainties regarding its going concern status.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three to six months OPEX (held: £715k)
“YMCA Humber is working towards reserve levels of six to twelve months operating expenditure (OPEX) but has a minimum policy of three to six months OPEX.” — page 16
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: K Conway, the Chief Executive Officer, has a son who provides services to the Charity. The net value of services charged in the year was £390 (2024: £720). There was no balance outstanding at either year-end.
“K Conway, the Chief Executive Officer, has a son who provides services to the Charity. The net value of services charged in the year was £390 (2024: £720). There was no balance outstanding at either year-end.” — page 46
“L Harling, a member of the Senior Leadership Team, has a spouse who provides services to the Charity. The net value of services charged in the year was £nil (2024: £560). There was no balance outstanding at either year-end.” — page 46
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: L Harling, a member of the Senior Leadership Team, has a spouse who provides services to the Charity. The net value of services charged in the year was £nil (2024: £560). There was no balance outstanding at either year-end.
“K Conway, the Chief Executive Officer, has a son who provides services to the Charity. The net value of services charged in the year was £390 (2024: £720). There was no balance outstanding at either year-end.” — page 46
“L Harling, a member of the Senior Leadership Team, has a spouse who provides services to the Charity. The net value of services charged in the year was £nil (2024: £560). There was no balance outstanding at either year-end.” — page 46
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: YMCA Humber Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of Grimsby Cleethorpes and Humber Region YMCA. During the year, YMCA Humber Limited charged the Charity £24,000 (2024: £24,000) for the provision of breakfast services. The balance owed to YMCA Humber Limited at 31 December 2025 is £4,000 (2024: £nil).
“K Conway, the Chief Executive Officer, has a son who provides services to the Charity. The net value of services charged in the year was £390 (2024: £720). There was no balance outstanding at either year-end.” — page 46
“L Harling, a member of the Senior Leadership Team, has a spouse who provides services to the Charity. The net value of services charged in the year was £nil (2024: £560). There was no balance outstanding at either year-end.” — page 46
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: In addition, YMCA Humber Limited provided other café and conferencing services to the Charity of £25,587 (2024: £nil) and the Charity made a gift of £nil (2024: £10,000) to YMCA Humber Limited.
“K Conway, the Chief Executive Officer, has a son who provides services to the Charity. The net value of services charged in the year was £390 (2024: £720). There was no balance outstanding at either year-end.” — page 46
“L Harling, a member of the Senior Leadership Team, has a spouse who provides services to the Charity. The net value of services charged in the year was £nil (2024: £560). There was no balance outstanding at either year-end.” — page 46
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: During the year, the Charity charged YMCA Humber Limited rent of £2,400 (2024: £2,400). In addition, YMCA Humber Limited made a donation to the Charity of £29,636 (2024: £nil).
“K Conway, the Chief Executive Officer, has a son who provides services to the Charity. The net value of services charged in the year was £390 (2024: £720). There was no balance outstanding at either year-end.” — page 46
“L Harling, a member of the Senior Leadership Team, has a spouse who provides services to the Charity. The net value of services charged in the year was £nil (2024: £560). There was no balance outstanding at either year-end.” — page 46
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Pension scheme deficit: £18k
“As described in note 17, Grimsby, Cleethorpes and Humber Region YMCA has a contractual obligation to make pension deficit payment of £14,492 per annum over the period to April 2027. Accordingly, this is shown as a liability in these accounts.” — page 31
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: YMCA Humber Limited
“The Charity owns the whole of the ordinary share capital (1 ordinary share of £1) of YMCA Humber Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales. The company was established to carry on trading activities on the Charity’s behalf.” — page 39
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (3 freehold); recorded price paid £302k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income
£3.2m
Total spending
£3.0m
Cost of raising funds
£1.4m
Reserves (reported)
£3.7m
Employees
45

Reported reserves equal ~14.8 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 (85% 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: 43.9% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: East Riding Of Yorkshire · Kingston Upon Hull City · North East Lincolnshire · North Lincolnshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£3.2m£3.0m
31/12/2024£2.9m£2.5m
31/12/2023£2.5m£2.3m
31/12/2022£2.6m£2.4m
31/12/2021£2.5m£2.2m

Common questions

Is GRIMSBY CLEETHORPES AND HUMBER REGION YMCA financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £42,165 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total turnover increasing to £3,183,161. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £714,733, which is below the stated minimum policy target of three to six months of operating expenditure. The charity confirmed compliance with the Regulator of Social Housing’s Governance & Financial Viability Standard and reported no material uncertainties regarding its going concern status. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Forrester Boyd Limited.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sport England08/06/2020£10kCOVID-19 CEF
The National Lottery Community Fund25/01/2017£291kYoung Minds
The National Lottery Heritage Fund23/07/2015£50k"YMCA - A Rich History"
The National Lottery Community Fund15/04/2010£10kSolidarity 4 Success!

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 BEATRICE LAING TRUST2£10k
THE SIR JAMES KNOTT TRUST1£60k
THE MERCERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£55k
THE GREIG TRUST1£27k
Point North Community Foundation1£24k
THE EARLEY CHARITY1£20k
THE MAURICE AND HILDA LAING CHARITABLE TRUST1£20k
THE WILL CHARITABLE TRUST1£10k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
GRIMSBY CLEETHORPES AND HUMBER REGION YMCA£3.2m—0unclear—no doubt
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE YMCA FY2025£534k—0unclear—no doubt
YMCA WEARSIDE LTD FY2024£2.0m—0unclear—no doubt
CITY OF EXETER YMCA FY2025£2.3m—0below—no doubt
YMCA Cheshire Limited FY2025£3.7m£70,045—unclear—no doubt
BURTON UPON TRENT AND DISTRICT YMCA FY2025£2.1m£60,001 - £69,9991unclear—no doubt

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