CARDIFF YMCA (1910) TRUST

Registered charity 1163822 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Cardiff YMCA (1910) Trust aims to promote and support the educational, social, physical and psychological development of the community. Providing funding to organisations and individuals in Cardiff and the South Wales Region in an inclusive, ethical and transparent manner; grants are made by majority decision of Trustees.

Objects

(1) TO FURTHER SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CARDIFF YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME IN PARTICULAR BY:(A) PROVIDING FINANCE AND SUPPORTING THE ASSOCIATION’S CHARITABLE WORK IN THE COMMUNITY (INCLUDING SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES WHICH ENCOURAGE AND DEVELOP THE INDIVIDUAL'S MIND, BODY AND SPIRIT);(B) HOLDING PROPERTY FOR CHARITABLE USE WITHIN THE SOUTH WALES REGION; AND(C) HOLDING PROPERTY AND OTHER ASSETS FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES IF IN THE OPINION OF THE TRUSTEES THIS WOULD FURTHER THE ASSOCIATION’S CHARITABLE PURPOSES.(2) TO FURTHER SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN THE SOUTH WALES REGION AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY RELIEVING HOMELESSNESS AND THE CHARITABLE NEEDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE.

Area of benefit: WALES

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 · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Economic/community Development/employment · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds significant unrestricted reserves of £4,477,084, with free reserves amounting to £262,993. The trustees confirm that maintaining these reserves, combined with an annual review of financial controls, provides sufficient resources to meet liabilities and continue operational existence for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Carston ETL. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

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.

• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Corporate structure

• Trading subsidiary: GREEN WILLOW FUNERALS LIMITED Companies House 03347464 · Financial health read from its filings

Property (HM Land Registry)

12 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (12 freehold); recorded price paid £270k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2022)

Reported reserves equal ~21.4 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (83% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (13/06/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ROGER COOMBSchair
• Gareth Ashfield
• Gemma Louise Pearce
• Helen Gunter cllr
• JOHN LITTLECHILD MBE, JP
• John James Bettles JP
• Michael Hales
• Phil Williams
• Scott Keddle

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

Operates in: Cardiff · Newport City · Vale Of Glamorgan

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