LINCOLNSHIRE Y.M.C.A. LTD

Registered charity 243017 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE LINCOLN YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION LIMITED

Lincoln YMCA is a Christian charity seeking to serve the community through its work on housing, education,youth work,community work, health and fitness, international work and recreational programmes

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Accommodation/housing · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£9.2m

Latest spending

£5.9m

Registered

1965

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income increased to £9,222,863, while total expenditure rose to £5,905,850, resulting in a net movement in funds of £(1,755,993) largely due to a £5,073,006 downward revaluation of fixed assets. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £974,000, which is above the stated policy target range of £550,000 to £825,000. The charity reports no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £80,001 - £90,000 — above the median for charities its size (£70k)

“In the band £80,001 - £90,000 7” — page 35

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Trading subsidiary: YMCA Trading Company Ltd

“The Charity owns one ordinary share of a nominal value of £1 in YMCA Trading Company Limited — company number 02802232. This is 100% of the issued share capital of that company.” — page 39

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Streets Audit LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — YMCA Lincolnshire (matched by registered charity number).

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

Total income

£9.2m

Total spending

£5.9m

Cost of raising funds

£220k

Reserves (reported)

£974k

Employees

138

Reported reserves equal ~2.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (57% 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: 2.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (01/09/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (01/05/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (16/03/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (12/05/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (24/07/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (02/07/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Kerrin Wilsonchair · trustee of 2 other charities
Amy Fairweather
Andrew Warman
Callum Roper · trustee of 1 other charity
Chris Burke
Christopher Norman Stacey · trustee of 1 other charity
Hayley Crawford
Holly Louise Cox
Jacqueline Suzanne Ross
Jacqui Varlow
Jennifer Margeret King
Julie Hirst
Nicky Dewhirst-Vickers
Rev Alan Robson · trustee of 1 other charity
Tracy Stringfellow · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Lincolnshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£9.2m	£5.9m
31/03/2024	£5.6m	£5.5m
31/03/2023	£5.0m	£4.8m
31/03/2022	£4.1m	£4.4m
31/03/2021	£4.6m	£4.3m

Common questions

Is LINCOLNSHIRE Y.M.C.A. LTD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income increased to £9,222,863, while total expenditure rose to £5,905,850, resulting in a net movement in funds of £(1,755,993) largely due to a £5,073,006 downward revaluation of fixed assets. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £974,000, which is above the stated policy target range of £550,000 to £825,000. The charity reports no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Streets Audit LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of LINCOLNSHIRE Y.M.C.A. LTD earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £80,001 - £90,000 band.

Who funds LINCOLNSHIRE Y.M.C.A. LTD?

Funders whose own accounts filings name LINCOLNSHIRE Y.M.C.A. LTD as a grant recipient include SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2025	£2k

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	30/04/2026	£42k	Postive Futures for Birchwood Boultham and Moorland in Lincoln
The National Lottery Community Fund	11/08/2023	£9k	MH (Million Hours) - Climbing to New Heights
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	10/11/2022	£43k	"History, Her Story, My Story, Our Story"
The Mercers' Company	08/10/2019	£60k	Grant to Lincolnshire YMCA
The National Lottery Community Fund	04/10/2019	£950k	T.E.D. (Talk, Eat and Drink) in East Lindsey
The National Lottery Community Fund	04/10/2019	£322k	Good Neighbours Scheme (GNS) Lincolnshire
The National Lottery Community Fund	06/07/2018	£5k	LGBT Parent&School Support Sessions
The National Lottery Community Fund	25/08/2016	£10k	YMCA's Community Christmas Cracker. YMCA's Knight Celebration
The National Lottery Community Fund	19/08/2015	£9k	The Showroom Parkour Launch

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
Community Foundation for Staffordshire and Shropshire	1	£146k
THE SIR JAMES KNOTT TRUST	1	£60k
THE MERCERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£55k
THE VIRGIN MONEY FOUNDATION	1	£40k
Point North Community Foundation	1	£24k
YOUNG CAMDEN FOUNDATION	1	£19k
COUNTY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	1	£13k
THE WILL CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£10k

Charities like this

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

YMCA NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE LTD. income £6.3m
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE Y.M.C.A. income £1.1m
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE YMCA income £534k
CHELTENHAM YMCA income £4.5m
YMCA Cheshire Limited income £3.7m
YMCA NORTH TYNESIDE income £4.9m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
LINCOLNSHIRE Y.M.C.A. LTD	£9.2m	£80,001 - £90,000	—	unclear	—	no doubt
YMCA NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE LTD. FY2025	£6.3m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE Y.M.C.A. FY2025	£1.1m	—	0	below	—	no doubt
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE YMCA FY2025	£534k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CHELTENHAM YMCA FY2025	£4.5m	more than £60,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt
YMCA Cheshire Limited FY2025	£3.7m	£70,045	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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