YMCA THAMES GATEWAY

Registered charity 1133269 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ROMFORD YMCA

We focus on young people & help them play an active & fulfilling role within their communities. We call this a youth minded community approach.We are proud of our Christian heritage & ethos. Our vision is of an inclusive Christian movement transforming communities so that all young people can belong, contribute & thrive.We provide community-based activities & service to meet local need.

Objects

A) TO UNITE THOSE WHO, REGARDING JESUS CHRIST AS THEIR GOD AND SAVIOUR ACCORDING TO THE HOLY SCRIPTURES, DESIRE TO BE HIS DISCIPLES IN THEIR FAITH AND IN THEIR LIFE, AND TO ASSOCIATE THEIR EFFORTS FOR THE EXTENSION OF HIS KINGDOM. B) TO LEAD YOUNG PEOPLE TO THE LORD JESUS CHRIST AND TO FULLNESS OF LIFE IN HIM. C) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE. D) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION FOR PERSONS OF ALL AGES WITH THE OBJECT OF DEVELOPING THEIR PHYSICAL, MENTAL OR SPIRITUAL CAPACITIES. E) TO RELIEVE OR ASSIST IN THE RELIEF OF PERSONS OF ALL AGES WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS BY REASON OF THEIR SOCIAL, PHYSICAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES. F) TO PROVIDE RESIDENTIAL ACCOMMODATION FOR PERSONS OF ALL AGES WHO ARE IN NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS BY REASON OF THEIR SOCIAL, PHYSICAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL

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 · Accommodation/housing · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Barking and Dagenham, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an operating deficit of £1.624m for the year ended 31 March 2026, reflecting a continued financial recovery programme. Per the trustees' report, liquid resources are negative at £4.34m, which is below the policy target of four months' operating expenditure, due to a covenant breach reclassifying loans as current liabilities. The trustees maintain that the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern for at least twelve months, supported by forecasts of improved performance and covenant compliance.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by HW Fisher Audit. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Going concern: material uncertainty (FY2025) → no going-concern doubt (FY2026).

Comparing this charity’s FY2025 and FY2026 accounts as analysed by this site.

Inspection and regulatory ratings

Matched to this charity by name; verify provider identity on the regulator’s site.

• Regulator of Social Housing — YMCA Thames Gateway: governance - viability - consumer - (-)

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
• 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
• Social media 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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 4 were received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2025 (received 03/06/2026, 123 days after the 31/01/2026 due date); year ending 31/03/2024 (received 10/10/2025, 252 days after the 31/01/2025 due date); year ending 31/03/2023 (received 19/08/2024, 201 days after the 31/01/2024 due date); year ending 31/03/2022 (received 16/05/2023, 105 days after the 31/01/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

• Romford YMCA Invites Community To Consultation On Proposed Redevelopment. thehaveringdaily.co.uk · 28/08/2025

Property (HM Land Registry)

21 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (11 freehold); recorded price paid £1.0m. 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 31/03/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~4.7 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (75% 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 (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Anthony Garrett
• Denis Kinyera
• Jason Fielden
• Lewis Devonish
• Linda Johnston
• Marie Mostaeddi
• Mark Johnston-Wood
• Mark Richard Farrar
• Michael Youngson
• Peter John Batt

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

Operates in: Barking And Dagenham · Bexley · Essex · Greenwich · Havering · Kent

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

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

• YMCA WOLVERHAMPTON income £5.2m
• YMCA TAUNTON income £2.0m
• YMCA TRUST income £170k
• YMCA Walsall income £818k
• GATEWAYS income £878k
• YMCA BLACK COUNTRY GROUP income £12.8m

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.