YMCA Chiltern Group
Registered charity 1102301 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · 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.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Religious Activities · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts
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
Reserves policy: three months of salary and running costs (held: £8.4m)
“Three months of salary and running costs are approximately £6.9 million” — page 10
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Governance: The Trustee Board reports non-compliance with the National Housing Federation’s Code of Governance (2020), Principal 3.7(3), where a Trustee served beyond the maximum tenure of 9 years without the required stand-down period.
“the Group complies with the National Housing Federation’s Code of Governance (2020), except for Principal 3.7(3) where a Trustee that had served the maximum tenure of 9 years was reappointed within 2 years of retiring.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Pension scheme deficit: £9.1m
“The valuation prepared as at 1 May 2023 showed that the YMCA Pension Plan had a deficit of £9.1 million.” — page 48
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Early Childhood Partnership, Signpost, Haven First, One YMCA Development Company, Stevenage Consolidated Charities
“The Group financial statements consolidate those of the Company and its subsidiary undertakings of Early Childhood Partnership, Signpost, Haven First, One YMCA Development Company and Stevenage Consolidated Charities” — page 30
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by HaysMac LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — ONE YMCA (matched by registered charity number).
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£43k
Reserves (reported)
£18.9m
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 (3.8%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- 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.
- 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
Common questions
Is YMCA Chiltern Group financially healthy?
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. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by HaysMac LLP.
Who funds YMCA Chiltern Group?
Funders whose own accounts filings name YMCA Chiltern Group as a grant recipient include GARFIELD WESTON FOUNDATION, LANDAID CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED, THE JOHN APTHORP CHARITY, THE BEATRICE LAING TRUST, THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED.
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