BOURNEMOUTH YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION
Registered charity 1078728 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BOURNEMOUTH YMCA
Provision of Social HousingYouth WorkDay nursery and creche facilitiesFitness and Leisure CentreLearning Centre Children and Family SupportCommunity RadioRetreat CentreProvision of Training Courses i.e. Health & Hygiene, First Aid etc.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £149,000 for the group, strengthening total reserves to £7,195,000. The trustees report that reserves are held to allow continued capital investment in buildings and infrastructure, specifically noting a need for £1.4 million to progress the Westover Road redevelopment. The auditor confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and reported nothing regarding material uncertainties about going concern.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: 3 months of salary (held: £7.2m)
“Our reserves policy is to keep 3 months of salary at all times and we need at least £650,000 to progress to the next stage of the re-development of Westover Road. This means to progress to the start of development stage of Westover Road and keep to our reserves policy, we will need £1.4 million of cash reserves.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Ward Goodman Audit Services Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Gareth Sherwood — Chief Executive Officer (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)
8 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (5 freehold); recorded price paid £271k. 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)
Cost of raising funds
£97k
Reported reserves equal ~11.9 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 (99% 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: 1.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (07/06/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Bournemouth · Dorset · Poole
Income and spending
Common questions
Is BOURNEMOUTH YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £149,000 for the group, strengthening total reserves to £7,195,000. The trustees report that reserves are held to allow continued capital investment in buildings and infrastructure, specifically noting a need for £1.4 million to progress the Westover Road redevelopment. The auditor confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and reported nothing regarding material uncertainties about going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Ward Goodman Audit Services Limited.
Who funds BOURNEMOUTH YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION?
Funders whose own accounts filings name BOURNEMOUTH YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION as a grant recipient include THE ALICE ELLEN COOPER-DEAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, DORSET COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, THE DAGNY RAYMOND CHARITABLE TRUST.
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