MAIDSTONE YMCA
Registered charity 1110087 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as YMCA SPORTS CENTRE, YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION MAIDSTONE BRANCH
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity achieved a small surplus on ordinary activities of £2,772 for the year ended 31 March 2025, following a deficit in the previous year. Per the trustees' report, free reserves amounted to £511,942, which is above the stated policy target of approximately £300,000 (three months of average expenditure).
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: three months average expenditure of about £300k (held: £512k)
“The Trustees now consider that they should maintain the Charity’s free reserves at a level of approximately 3 months average expenditure of about £300k.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The charity is affiliated to YMCA England and Wales, a national organisation. The document states this is a 'Federation membership' and does not disclose specific transaction amounts or payments flowing to the national body.
“Maidstone YMCA is affiliated to the national organisation YMCA England and Wales. This is a Federation membership in which we maintain our status as an independent local charity and share the national identity of the YMCA brand.” — page 9
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 32
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Lindeyer Francis Ferguson Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
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)
3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£755
Reported reserves equal ~40.4 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (26/09/2012) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- BRYAN PRICEchair
- Ian R Newbury
- Matthew Robert Dewsbury
- SUSAN FRAZER-MACKINTOSH
- Stefan Martin
- VALERIE WALLIS · trustee of 1 other charity
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Kent
Income and spending
Common questions
Is MAIDSTONE YMCA financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a small surplus on ordinary activities of £2,772 for the year ended 31 March 2025, following a deficit in the previous year. Per the trustees' report, free reserves amounted to £511,942, which is above the stated policy target of approximately £300,000 (three months of average expenditure). Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Lindeyer Francis Ferguson Limited.
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