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.

Objects

“Objects2. The objects of the Council arise from its acceptance of its founding Christian principle, the Paris Basis of 1855 incorporated into the National Statement of the Aims and Purposes of the YMCA in England and Wales as it may be amended from time to time.Consequently the Association is part of the Worldwide YMCA, a Christian Movement which seeks 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. Any difference of opinion on any other matter shall not interfere with the harmonious relations of the YMCA Movement.3. Accordingly the Council’s objects are:3.1 To advance the Christian faith, including by:(a) promoting a Christian environment inspired and motivated by the life, example and teaching of Jesus Christ, where people of faith and people of none can work together for the transformation of communities; and(b) enabling people of all ages and in particular young people, to flourish through experiencing and responding to the love of God demonstrated by the life, example and teaching of Jesus Christ;3.2 To further the cause and work of Young Men’s Christian Associations in all parts of the world;3.3 To support, represent and develop the work of Young Men’s Christian Associations in England and Wales;3.4 To provide and promote the provision in the interests of social welfare of facilities for recreation and other leisure time occupation for men and women with the object of improving their conditions of life;3.5 To provide and promote education for people of all ages and in particular young people, with the object of developing their physical, mental or spiritual capacities;3.6 To relieve and promote the relief of people of all ages and in particular young people, who are in conditions of need, hardship or distress by reason of their social, physical, emotional, spiritual or economic circumstances; and3.7 To provide and promote the provision of residential accommodation, including Social Housing, for people of all ages and in particular young people, who are in need, hardship or distress by reason of their social, physical, emotional, spiritual or economic circumstances.”

Area of benefit: WORLDWIDE.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Accommodation/housing · Religious Activities · Other Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Islington, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity reported a statutory deficit of £0.26m for the year ended March 2026, driven by reduced retail income, lower legacy income, and market volatility in investments. Despite this, the organization maintains a strong liquidity position with free reserves of £7.1m, which exceeds its stated policy target of £5.0m to £7.0m. The trustees confirm the accounts are prepared on a going concern basis, citing sufficient assets to meet future obligations including a defined benefit pension deficit of £9.1m.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Homes England. 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• 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
• 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.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 00073749
• Trading subsidiary: YMCA RETAIL LIMITED Companies House 02232462

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)

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.

• O'SHAUGHNESSY, Roy Langley — director, appointed 05/07/2023on trustee list
• TAYLOR, Alex Elizabeth — director, appointed 08/12/2022on trustee list
• STERN, Christopher John — director, appointed 03/12/2020on trustee list
• ROWE, Jonathan Robert — director, appointed 04/12/2019on trustee list
• HENDRY, Alan Ross — director, appointed 04/12/2019on trustee list
• SEWELL, Gillian Helen — director, appointed 04/12/2019on trustee list
• CALDERBANK, Peter Charles Edward — director, appointed 01/02/2018on trustee list

Official officers record.

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.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~3.7 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 10.9% of total income — above the median for charities its size (3.7%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (23/03/2011) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Roy Langley O'Shaughnessychair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Alan Ross Hendry
• Alex Elizabeth Taylor
• Christopher John Stern · trustee of 1 other charity
• Gillian Helen Sewell
• Jonathan Robert Rowe
• PETER CHARLES EDWARD CALDERBANK · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

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 CORNWALL.

• YMCA CORNWALL income £1.3m
• YMCA CENTRAL AND ANGLIA TRUST FUND income £62k
• YWCA ENGLAND & WALES income £1.8m
• YMCA LONDON CITY AND NORTH income £9.5m
• YMCA Plymouth Ltd income £2.0m
• YMCA WOLVERHAMPTON income £5.2m

Side by side with its peers

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