YMCA Chiltern Group

Registered charity 1102301 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q141200909 · also known as ONE YMCA, WATFORD & DISTRICT YMCA, WATFORD YMCA

THE PROVISION OF SOCIAL HOUSING FOR SINGLE PEOPLE, THE TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT OF YOUNG PEOPLE AND RESIDENTS.IN ADDITION WE OPERATE A WIDE RANGE OF CHILDRENS' CENTRES AND A FULL DAY NURSERY.OTHER SERVICES PROVIDED FOR THE COMMUNITY INCLUDE HEALTH, SPORTS AND RECREATION PROGRAMMES AND FACILITIES AND MEETING SPACES FOR COMMUNITY GROUPS.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE ASSOCIATION ARE:TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH, INCLUDING BY:(1) PROMOTING A CHRISTIAN ENVIRONMENT INSPIRED AND MOTIVATED BY THE LIFE, EXAMPLE AND TEACHING OF JESUS CHRIST, WHERE PEOPLE OF FAITH AND PEOPLE OF NONE CAN WORK TOGETHER FOR THE TRANSFORMATION OF COMMUNITIES; ANDENABLING PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND IN PARTICULAR YOUNG PEOPLE, TO FLOURISH THROUGH EXPERIENCING AND RESPONDING TO THE LOVE OF GOD DEMONSTRATED BY THE LIFE, EXAMPLE AND TEACHING OF JESUS CHRIST;(2) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR MEN AND WOMEN WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE;(3) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION FOR PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND IN PARTICULAR YOUNG PEOPLE, WITH THE OBJECT OF DEVELOPING THEIR PHYSICAL, MENTAL OR SPIRITUAL CAPACITIES;(4) TO RELIEVE OR ASSIST IN THE RELIEF OF PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND IN PARTICULAR YOUNG PEOPLE, WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS BY REASON OF THEIR SOCIAL, PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL, SPIRITUAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES; AND;(5) TO PROVIDE RESIDENTIAL ACCOMMODATION [,INCLUDING SOCIAL HOUSING,] FOR PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND IN PARTICULAR YOUNG PEOPLE, WHO ARE IN NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS BY REASON OF THEIR SOCIAL, PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL, SPIRITUAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES.

Area of benefit: WATFORD AND DISTRICT

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

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

Registered contact address: Watford, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Group returned an operating surplus of £462,051 and total comprehensive income of £247,109 for the year ended 31 March 2025. The Trustees confirm that the Group has adequate resources to continue as a going concern with no material uncertainties identified. Free reserves were reported at £8,382,472, which the Trustees consider prudent given the target of covering three months of salary and running costs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by HaysMac LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Homes England; Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). 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
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting 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.

Corporate structure

• Trading subsidiary: HAVEN FIRST Companies House 03366848 · Financial health read from its filings
• Registered company of the charity Companies House 04430743
• Trading subsidiary: EARLY CHILDHOOD PARTNERSHIP Companies House 10197205
• Trading subsidiary: ONE YMCA DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LTD Companies House 11220819
• Trading subsidiary: SIGNPOST Companies House CS000169

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

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• RIPLEY, Giles Oscar Rene — director, appointed 23/09/2026not on trustee list
• THOMPSON, Sarah Anita — director, appointed 26/03/2026on trustee list
• BENTLEY, Andrew James — director, appointed 26/03/2026on trustee list
• CURRAN, Elizabeth Anne — director, appointed 26/03/2026on trustee list
• MOHAN, Kathleen Anne — director, appointed 26/03/2026on trustee list
• MILES, Abbey Ruth — director, appointed 16/07/2025on trustee list
• REDONDO, Rachel — director, appointed 16/07/2025on trustee list
• MANNING, Rosa — director, appointed 19/07/2023on trustee list
• MAYNE, Peter Joseph — director, appointed 19/07/2023on trustee list
• CAPALDI, Richard — director, appointed 22/06/2021on trustee list
• ATKINSON, Richard William Bryant, Revd — director, appointed 22/06/2021on trustee list
• GRINSTEAD, Nicola — director, appointed 11/03/2020on trustee list
• BOX, Simon — director, appointed 14/03/2018on trustee list
• HOWE, Michael Peter Adam — secretary, appointed 01/05/2022

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title 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.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~7.5 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (97% 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: 0.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.7%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (22/10/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (24/08/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (09/06/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (29/04/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (14/06/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (12/09/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Abbey Ruth Miles
• Andrew James Bentley
• Elizabeth Anne Curran · trustee of 1 other charity
• John Robinson
• Kathleen Anne Mohan
• Nicola Grinstead
• Peter Mayne
• Rachel Redondo
• Richard Atkinson · trustee of 3 other charities
• Richard Atkinson
• Richard Capaldi
• Rosa Manning
• Sarah Anita Thompson
• Simon Box

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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

• YMCA Dulverton Group income £15.8m
• YMCA BRUNEL GROUP income £10.6m
• YMCA Cheshire Limited income £3.7m
• YMCA NORTH TYNESIDE income £4.9m
• YMCA DOWNSLINK GROUP income £16.3m
• WORCESTER YMCA income £1.6m

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