YMCA BRUNEL GROUP

Registered charity 1074660 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MENDIP YMCA, MENDIP YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION

Provide a wide range of activities and support for young people and the community. With a focus on housing and homelessness and youth work to enabling all to belong, contribute and thrive. Providing floating support, supported housing, youth clubs and venues for community groups to access.

Objects

2.3.1 TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH, INCLUDING BY:(A) PROMOTING A CHRISTIAN ENVIRONMENT INSPIRED AND MOTIVATED BY THE LIFE, EXAMPLE ANDTEACHING OF JESUS CHRIST, WHERE PEOPLE OF FAITH AND PEOPLE OF NONE CAN WORK TOGETHERFOR THE TRANSFORMATION OF COMMUNITIES; AND(B) ENABLING PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND IN PARTICULAR YOUNG PEOPLE, TO FLOURISH THROUGHEXPERIENCING AND RESPONDING TO THE LOVE OF GOD DEMONSTRATED BY THE LIFE, EXAMPLEAND TEACHING OF JESUS CHRIST;2.3.2 TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE OF FACILITIES FORRECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR MEN AND WOMEN WITH THE OBJECT OFIMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE;2.3.3 TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION FOR PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND IN PARTICULARYOUNG 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, WHOARE 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 ANDIN 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. IN PRACTICE IN MENDIP.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Accommodation/housing · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Bath and North East Somerset, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus for the year of £1,873,727, largely driven by an unrealised gain on transferred social housing properties. Free reserves of £522,299 were held, which the trustees confirm is comfortably above the stated policy target of £300,000 - £350,000. The charity also holds significant cash reserves of £1,951,664, which it notes is sufficient to cover three months of salary costs.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Sumer Auditco Limited. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Top pay band moved from £90,000 - £95,000 (FY2025) to £85,000 - £90,000 (FY2026).
• Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (FY2025) → 2 (FY2026).
• Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "below" (FY2025) to "above" (FY2026).

Comparing this charity’s FY2025 and FY2026 accounts as analysed by this site.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Homes England. 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.

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

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Holy Trinity Church, Frome — “Corporate Sponsors Community Sponsors Holy Trinity Church, Frome” (source page)
• The Dawe Family Trust — “Corporate Sponsors Community Sponsors Holy Trinity Church, Frome The Dawe Family Trust” (source page)
• The Elizabeth and Prince Zaiger Trust — “Corporate Sponsors Community Sponsors Holy Trinity Church, Frome The Dawe Family Trust The Elizabeth and Prince Zaiger Trust” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

12 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (9 freehold); recorded price paid £1.6m. 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 31/03/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~6.5 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (82% 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 (3.7%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (13/09/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• David Pendlechair
• Anthony Cook
• Isabelle Selley
• Khyati Oldall
• Lindsay Atkin
• RICHARD TIDSWELL · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Samuel Thompson · trustee of 1 other charity
• Richard Caddick

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

Operates in: Bath And North East Somerset · Bristol City · Somerset · Wiltshire

Income and spending

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Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Government & lottery funding

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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.

Charities like this

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

• WORCESTER YMCA income £1.6m
• YMCA Dulverton Group income £15.8m
• YMCA LONDON CITY AND NORTH income £9.5m
• YMCA NORFOLK income £7.4m
• YMCA Chiltern Group income £31.0m
• YMCA ST HELENS income £4.5m

Side by side with its peers

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