YMCA TRINITY GROUP
Registered charity 1069810 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CAMBRIDGE YMCA, YMCA CAMBRIDGESHIRE & PETERBOROUGH
The YMCA works to enable young people to grow to their full potential by participating in a supportive and inclusive community through its housing, youth work, health and fitness and other programmes.The main group who benefit are those in the age range 8 to 28 through a variety ofprogrammes from short duration specialist interventions to supported housing offered over a number of years.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · Accommodation/housing · Amateur Sport · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £358,028 for the year, with total income of £12,535,269 against total operating costs of £12,177,241. The trustees report that the group has sufficient resources to continue as a going concern, although it provides financial support to its trading subsidiary, The Cresset Limited, while a turnaround plan is implemented. Free reserves are managed to meet working capital requirements, with the charity calculating a need for at least £500,000 in reserves to support operational activities.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: at least £500,000 (held: £11.7m)
“The Charity/Group calculates that it depends on the cash flow requirement of at least £500,000 in reserves to meet the demands and fluctuations in the current account each year.” — page 38
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Management fee charged by parent to subsidiary
“During the year YMCA charged a management fee of £229,680 (2024: £235,883) to its subsidiary, The Cresset Limited.” — page 61
“One of the trustees is also an employee of National Council for Voluntary Organisations who the YMCA engaged to do some consultancy work during the year - this was an arms length transaction with a value in 2024/25 of £9,030.” — page 66
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Consultancy work with trustee-connected entity
“During the year YMCA charged a management fee of £229,680 (2024: £235,883) to its subsidiary, The Cresset Limited.” — page 61
“One of the trustees is also an employee of National Council for Voluntary Organisations who the YMCA engaged to do some consultancy work during the year - this was an arms length transaction with a value in 2024/25 of £9,030.” — page 66
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 £9.1 million.” — page 65
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: The Cresset Limited
“The YMCA has one wholly owned subsidiary, The Cresset Limited.” — page 48
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Price Bailey LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — YMCA Trinity Group (matched by registered charity number).
Property (HM Land Registry)
19 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (14 freehold); recorded price paid £1.4m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (84% 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 (3.8%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (21/12/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Timothy John Sealchair · trustee of 3 other charities
- Ann Radmore
- Barbara Mills
- Chen Sun
- Christine Wilkinson
- Dr Kavita Tiwari
- Maria Mackay
- Nicola Dansua Robinson
- Philip Edward Oakes
- REVANTHA SINNETAMBY
- Simon Pickering
- Sini Rinne-Kerridge
- Yulia Pasiuk
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Cambridgeshire · Peterborough City · Suffolk
Income and spending
Common questions
Is YMCA TRINITY GROUP financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £358,028 for the year, with total income of £12,535,269 against total operating costs of £12,177,241. The trustees report that the group has sufficient resources to continue as a going concern, although it provides financial support to its trading subsidiary, The Cresset Limited, while a turnaround plan is implemented. Free reserves are managed to meet working capital requirements, with the charity calculating a need for at least £500,000 in reserves to support operational activities. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Price Bailey LLP.
Who funds YMCA TRINITY GROUP?
Funders whose own accounts filings name YMCA TRINITY GROUP as a grant recipient include THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR YOUTH MUSIC, LANDAID CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED, THE NINEVEH CHARITABLE TRUST, THE ANNIE TRANMER CHARITABLE TRUST.
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