Y CARE INTERNATIONAL
Registered charity 1109789 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as Y CARE, YCI
Y Care International creates opportunities for vulnerable young people to help themselves out of poverty by finding jobs or setting up businesses. We are the international relief & development agency of the YMCA movement in the UK and Ireland. We work with a unique network of YMCAs and other partners across 15 of the world?s poorest countries.
Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that Y Care International reported a net deficit of £80,880 for the seven-month period ending March 2025, resulting in total funds carried forward of £456,687. The charity is transitioning from a collaboration with All We Can to independent operation supported by YMCA national councils, with trustees confirming no intention to close operations. The organization maintains a prudent reserves policy and has enhanced long-term financial planning to address income vulnerability and economic challenges.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Y Care International (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.
- HOURIHAN, Timothy Joseph — director, appointed 23/09/2025on trustee list
- MACFARLANE, Colin Robert — director, appointed 01/02/2023on trustee list
- TAYLOR, Helen — secretary, appointed 08/05/2025
Official officers record.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2023)
Cost of raising funds
£169k
Reported reserves equal ~7.8 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 20.6% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 2.9%) (benchmarks).
- Colin Robert MacFarlane
- Denise Maria Hatton
- Timothy Joseph Hourihan
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Bangladesh · Burma · Colombia · Guatemala · Haiti · Liberia · Madagascar · Nicaragua · Occupied Palestinian Territories · Pakistan · Senegal · Sierra Leone
Income and spending
Common questions
Is Y CARE INTERNATIONAL financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that Y Care International reported a net deficit of £80,880 for the seven-month period ending March 2025, resulting in total funds carried forward of £456,687. The charity is transitioning from a collaboration with All We Can to independent operation supported by YMCA national councils, with trustees confirming no intention to close operations. The organization maintains a prudent reserves policy and has enhanced long-term financial planning to address income vulnerability and economic challenges. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds Y CARE INTERNATIONAL?
Funders whose own accounts filings name Y CARE INTERNATIONAL as a grant recipient include FOREST HILL CHARITABLE TRUST.
Known funders
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Government & lottery funding
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