FYLDE COAST YMCA
Registered charity 1074571 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
Fylde Coast YMCA is an inclusive organisation providing quality services to the local community, which stimulates and challenges people, especially the young - empowering them to develop in mind, body and spirit.We develop a range of quality services for the local community with emphasis on Housing, Physical Activity, Outdoor Education and Young People
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £3,885,999 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted funds increasing to £5,305,382. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern, supported by a strong cash position despite upcoming losses of major local authority leisure contracts. The organization is actively managing the financial implications of these contract expiries and pension deficit repayments.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Accounts audited by Champion Accountants LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — YMCA Fylde Coast (matched by registered charity number).
Property (HM Land Registry)
7 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~11.2 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (67% 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 (09/10/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (21/01/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (07/08/2013) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (01/02/2013) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (10/01/2013) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Chris Christouchair · trustee of 1 other charity
- ANTHONY KEENAN
- Andrew Kirkham
- IAN PATERSON · trustee of 2 other charities
- Joanna Dawson-Gerrard
- RUSSELL MICHAEL DAWSON
- Richard Nulty · trustee of 1 other charity
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Blackburn With Darwen · Cumbria · Lancashire
Income and spending
Common questions
Is FYLDE COAST YMCA financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £3,885,999 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted funds increasing to £5,305,382. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern, supported by a strong cash position despite upcoming losses of major local authority leisure contracts. The organization is actively managing the financial implications of these contract expiries and pension deficit repayments. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Champion Accountants LLP.
Who funds FYLDE COAST YMCA?
Funders whose own accounts filings name FYLDE COAST YMCA as a grant recipient include THE LOFTHOUSE FOUNDATION.
Known funders
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