YWCA ENGLAND & WALES

Registered charity 217868 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PLATFORM 51, Y W C A, YOUNG WOMEN'S TRUST

Young Women's Trust champions young women aged 18 to 30 on low or no pay. Our purpose is to create a more equal world of work and raise young women's incomes. We provide practical help so young women can get ahead, carry out research to shine a spotlight on the realities of their lives and bring together a network of thousands of young women to support each other and campaign for equality.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an operating deficit of £1,171,000 for the year, resulting in an overall deficit of £1,000,000 after investment gains. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £971,000, which is below the stated policy target of six months of planned operating expenditure (£1,399,235).

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Sedulo London Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Galaxy chocolate — “This research, commissioned by Galaxy chocolate as part of ‘The Unhumble Project’, explores how women in the UK think, feel and act when it …” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~4.0 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (66% 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: 38.3% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Emma Norrischair
• ADAM JAMES MCCORMACK
• Gianina Harvey-Brewin · trustee of 2 other charities
• Grace Imogen Wyld
• Hend Salih Adam Kheiralla
• Kruti Pabari
• Lorna Rachel Lewis
• Lucy Jade Austin
• Mary Jane Fiona NEATE
• Michelle Nelson
• Molly Rose Dawson
• Nikita Shrubsole
• Phillip Kerry
• Stephanie Michelle Driver

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NATIONAL COUNCIL OF YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATIONS (INCORPORATED).

• NATIONAL COUNCIL OF YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATIONS (INCORPORATED) income £23.0m
• THE NORWEGIAN YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION IN LONDON income £493k
• YOUTH ADVENTURE TRUST income £1.0m
• SHEFFIELD YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION income £1.8m
• GIRLS FRIENDLY SOCIETY IN ENGLAND AND WALES income £443k
• LONDON YOUTH SPORTS TRUST LIMITED income £199k

Side by side with its peers

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