SHEFFIELD YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1080111 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SHEFFIELD YWCA

Provides supported accommodation to vulnerable young women, young women with learning disabilities, and young mums with babies.Provides outreach support to vulnerable families in their own tenancies.Aims: to teach independent living skills; to help develop parenting skills.

Causes: Accommodation/housing · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£1.8m
Latest spending
£1.8m
Registered
2000
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's free reserves at the end of the financial year were £12,345,678, which is above the stated policy target of three months of unrestricted expenditure. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

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Property (HM Land Registry)

11 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (11 freehold); recorded price paid £1000k. 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)

Total income
£1.8m
Total spending
£1.8m
Reserves (reported)
£458k
Employees
60

Reported reserves equal ~3.0 months of spending — below the median 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Doncaster · Rotherham · Sheffield City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.8m£1.8m
31/03/2024£1.6m£1.7m
31/03/2023£1.5m£1.5m
31/03/2022£1.5m£1.4m
31/03/2021£1.4m£1.4m

Common questions

Is SHEFFIELD YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's free reserves at the end of the financial year were £12,345,678, which is above the stated policy target of three months of unrestricted expenditure. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by F££i£h£†i¤‡j¥ˆk¦‰l§Šm¨‹n©Œoªp«Žq¬r­s®‘t¯’u±¯.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund23/08/2006£5kGreen Gables

Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SHEFFIELD WORKING WOMEN'S OPPORTUNITIES PROJECT.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SHEFFIELD YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION£1.8m——unclear—no doubt
SHEFFIELD WORKING WOMEN'S OPPORTUNITIES PROJECT FY2026£373k—0unclear—no doubt
YOUNG WOMEN'S HUB LTD FY2025£364k—0unclear—no doubt
SHEFFIELD CHURCHES' COUNCIL FOR COMMUNITY CARE FY2025£1.3m——below—no doubt
Sheffield Women's Aid FY2025£1.2m—0above—no doubt
SHEFFCARE LIMITED FY2025£17.4m——unclear—no doubt

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