BURTON UPON TRENT AND DISTRICT YMCA

Registered charity 1077798 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BURTON YMCA

Providing supported housing for people between ages 18-64Providing emergency accommodation for homeless people.Operating a furniture redistribution service for low income familiesProvision of emergency food parcel for the homeless and those in crisis.Provide a Family Mediation Service and a free Counselling Service for homeless people.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£2.1m

Latest spending

£2.0m

Registered

1999

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £109,578 for the year, with unrestricted funds increasing to £1,726,462. However, the trustees acknowledge that current free reserves of £356,979 are below their stated policy target of £538,393, reflecting recent operational demands and the drawdown of restricted reserves. The charity remains dependent on securing replacement funding for expiring grants to ensure vital projects continue without interruption.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £60,001 - £69,999 — below the median for charities its size (£70k)

“1 employee received emoluments of more than £60,000 but less than £69,999” — page 26

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Employees paid over £60,000: 1

“1 employee received emoluments of more than £60,000 but less than £69,999” — page 26

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: The charity employed the spouse of a trustee in a service delivery role. The Gross salary paid in respect of this employment amounted to £19,523.

“During the year, the charity employed the spouse of a trustee in a service delivery role. The Gross salary paid in respect of this employment amounted to £19,523.” — page 26

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by UHY Hacker Young. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Paul Laffey — Chief Executive (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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). 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 31/12/2025)

Total income

£2.1m

Total spending

£2.0m

Cost of raising funds

£48k

Reserves (reported)

£357k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~2.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (91% 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: 2.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Amie Helen-Anne Blockley
Bernard David Taylor
Cheryl Ann Sherratt
DARYL WILLIAMS
David Kevin Lambourne
Derek William Noakes
Lynn Margaret Chapman
Patricia Lesley Ackroyd
Stephen James Beech

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

Operates in: Derbyshire · Staffordshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£2.1m	£2.0m
31/12/2024	£2.2m	£2.0m
31/12/2023	£2.0m	£2.0m
31/12/2022	£1.7m	£1.8m
31/12/2021	£1.8m	£1.8m

Common questions

Is BURTON UPON TRENT AND DISTRICT YMCA financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £109,578 for the year, with unrestricted funds increasing to £1,726,462. However, the trustees acknowledge that current free reserves of £356,979 are below their stated policy target of £538,393, reflecting recent operational demands and the drawdown of restricted reserves. The charity remains dependent on securing replacement funding for expiring grants to ensure vital projects continue without interruption. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by UHY Hacker Young.

What does the highest-paid employee of BURTON UPON TRENT AND DISTRICT YMCA earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £60,001 - £69,999 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

Who funds BURTON UPON TRENT AND DISTRICT YMCA?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BURTON UPON TRENT AND DISTRICT YMCA as a grant recipient include THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY, STRETTON WITH CLAYMILLS.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY, STRETTON WITH CLAYMILLS	FY2023	£2k	Tithe
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY, STRETTON WITH CLAYMILLS	FY2024	£2k	tithe
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY, STRETTON WITH CLAYMILLS	FY2022	£2k	Tithe

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	07/04/2026	£20k	From Survival to Stability: Trauma-Informed Counselling at YMCA Burton
The National Lottery Community Fund	27/04/2023	£387k	Supporting the homeless and alleviating poverty in East Staffordshire
UK government	08/07/2020	£114k	Coronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund	17/10/2019	£192k	Reconnecting Lives
The National Lottery Community Fund	15/08/2019	£10k	You are not alone
The National Lottery Community Fund	01/02/2017	£10k	Volunteer Bank
The National Lottery Community Fund	11/10/2011	£199k	No place like home
The National Lottery Community Fund	04/11/2010	£10k	Reconnect at James Court - furniture
The National Lottery Community Fund	04/01/2006	£5k	'Move-on' Pilot Project

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
GARFIELD WESTON FOUNDATION	2	£700k
THE BEATRICE LAING TRUST	2	£105k
LANDAID CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED	1	£147k
THE JOHN APTHORP CHARITY	1	£93k
THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED	1	£22k
BELMONT EXETER	1	£7k
DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE'S CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£5k
CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS' LIVERY CHARITY	1	£5k

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
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE YMCA income £534k
YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION, PORT TALBOT BRANCH income £316k
YMCA WEARSIDE LTD income £2.0m
GRIMSBY CLEETHORPES AND HUMBER REGION YMCA income £3.2m
YMCA Chiltern Group income £31.0m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
BURTON UPON TRENT AND DISTRICT YMCA	£2.1m	£60,001 - £69,999	1	unclear	—	no doubt
CITY OF EXETER YMCA FY2025	£2.3m	—	0	below	—	no doubt
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE YMCA FY2025	£534k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION, PORT TALBOT BRANCH FY2025	£316k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
YMCA WEARSIDE LTD FY2024	£2.0m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
GRIMSBY CLEETHORPES AND HUMBER REGION YMCA FY2025	£3.2m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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