SOUTHEND-ON-SEA YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION
Registered charity 1102837 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SOUTHEND AND ESSEX YMCA, SOUTHEND YMCA
Housing: Empowering vulnerable young people through safe, supported housingYouth & Community Work: Enabling young peoples personal, social & cultural development Family Health & Well Being: Initiatives for families & communitiesEducation: SYMCA Community School offering alternative educationSupport & Advice: IAG, Mentoring, Counselling, and Workforce Development for Social Care Services
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity's financial position is stable, with unrestricted reserves covering three to four months of operating expenditure. The trustees confirm that the charity remains a going concern and continues to meet lender covenants, despite noting risks related to funding volatility and workforce pressures.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: 6 months of operating costs (held: £533k)
“Charity trustees have established a new Reserves Policy target. This is to hold 6 months of operating costs in cash to buffer volatilities.” — page 38
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Payments to trustees: One trustee received remuneration for legal work undertaken at substantially discounted rates.
“One trustee received remuneration for legal work undertaken at substantially discounted rates, following all necessary probity processes.” — page 33
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: One trustee received remuneration for legal work.
“One trustee received remuneration for legal work undertaken at substantially discounted rates, following all necessary probity processes.” — page 33
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Pension scheme deficit: £10k
“The Charity is a member of a closed YMCA Pension Scheme which has a deficit. The Charity made an annual payment of £ 10,329 to service the debt.” — page 36
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: South Essex Community School Ltd
“In 2012, the Charity established a subsidiary company (the South Essex Community School Ltd Company Number: 07954295) operating as the Southend YMCA Community School” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Price Bailey LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Southend-on-Sea YMCA (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
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)
1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £163k. 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 31/08/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£32k
Reported reserves equal ~1.7 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 (98% 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: 1.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (08/07/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Abubakar Siddeeq
- CLYDE WILLIAMS
- David John Bland
- Edward Joseph Galgano
- Emma Thomas
- Georgi Almond-Ive
- Laurence James Doe
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Essex · Southend-on-sea · Thurrock
Income and spending
Common questions
Is SOUTHEND-ON-SEA YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's financial position is stable, with unrestricted reserves covering three to four months of operating expenditure. The trustees confirm that the charity remains a going concern and continues to meet lender covenants, despite noting risks related to funding volatility and workforce pressures. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Price Bailey LLP.
Who funds SOUTHEND-ON-SEA YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION?
Funders whose own accounts filings name SOUTHEND-ON-SEA YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION as a grant recipient include THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR YOUTH MUSIC, CHARLES S FRENCH CHARITABLE TRUST, NORMAN GARON TRUST, ROSCA TRUST, THE FRANK LITCHFIELD GENERAL CHARITABLE TRUST.
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