NATIONAL COUNCIL OF YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATIONS (INCORPORATED)
Registered charity 212810 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as YMCA ENGLAND, YMCA England and Wales
YMCA England & Wales supports and represents YMCAs all over England and Wales, helping them transform communities so that all young peoply truly belong, contribute and thrive.By working with YMCAs that understand local issues, the YMCA Movement in England & Wales meets the real needs of young people, supporting them in a way which is nationally significant but locally relevant.
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts report an unrestricted deficit of £0.16m and a restricted deficit of £0.47m for the year, resulting in a net decrease in total reserves to £11.3m. The charity maintains free reserves of £7.0m, which meets its stated target level of £5.0m to £7.0m, and the trustees confirm the entity is a going concern with sufficient assets to meet future obligations.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: £5.0m to £7.0m (held: £7.0m)
“The Board aim to hold sufficient free reserves to provide financial stability when considering the key areas of risk and have set a target level of £5.0m to £7.0m”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: YMCA Pension Plan operates from YMCA England & Wales offices and received payments for staff time and support services.
“The YMCA Pension Plan operates from the offices of YMCA England & Wales which received payments of £29,990 inc VAT (2024: £28,710 inc VAT) for staff time and support services provided.” — page 85
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Pension scheme deficit: £9.1m
“The valuation prepared as at 1 May 2023 for the YMCA Pension Plan as a whole showed that it had a deficit of £9.1 million.” — page 82
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Denise Hatton — Chief Executive Officer (source)
- Roy O’Shaughnessy — Chair (source)
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.
Funders the charity credits
Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).
- Cadent — “After initially launching a two-year partnership with Cadent in April 2023, our collaboration with the UK’s largest gas distribution network…” (source page)
- Charity Bank — “In 2024, we celebrated a decade-long partnership between Charity Bank and YMCA England & Wales! Charity Bank is a loans and savings bank own…” (source page)
Property (HM Land Registry)
35 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (12 freehold). 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 · linkedin
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£2.3m
Reported reserves equal ~3.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 10.0% of total income — above the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (23/03/2011) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Throughout England And Wales
Income and spending
Common questions
Is NATIONAL COUNCIL OF YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATIONS (INCORPORATED) financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts report an unrestricted deficit of £0.16m and a restricted deficit of £0.47m for the year, resulting in a net decrease in total reserves to £11.3m. The charity maintains free reserves of £7.0m, which meets its stated target level of £5.0m to £7.0m, and the trustees confirm the entity is a going concern with sufficient assets to meet future obligations. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Crowe U.K. LLP.
Who funds NATIONAL COUNCIL OF YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATIONS (INCORPORATED)?
Funders whose own accounts filings name NATIONAL COUNCIL OF YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATIONS (INCORPORATED) as a grant recipient include WESTHILL ENDOWMENT, THE MARY HOMFRAY CHARITABLE TRUST, THE CHILDHOOD TRUST, THE FINBOROUGH FOUNDATION, LANGDALE TRUST.
Known funders
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