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GERMAN YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION IN LONDON

Registered charity 250118 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GERMAN YMCA

To provide support and advice to those of German origin living in London on a temporary or permanent basis and to those of the local community.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Accommodation/housing · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£3.7m
Latest spending
£3.1m
Registered
1966
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that total funds rose to £6,041,728, supported by a profit of £529,911 and strong liquid reserves of £1,216,385. The Trustees report confidence in the charity's future based on positive trading prospects and healthy asset backing, with no material uncertainties identified regarding going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: Subsidiary
“Lancaster Hall Hotel Limited - Subsidiary. At the year end, £36,408 (2023: £7,429) was due from Lancaster Hall Hotel Limited.”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Haslers. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income
£3.7m
Total spending
£3.1m
Cost of raising funds
£1.3m
Reserves (reported)
£2.8m
Employees
41

Reported reserves equal ~10.7 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (91% 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: 35.3% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£3.7m£3.1m
31/12/2023£3.1m£2.8m
31/12/2022£2.7m£2.3m
31/12/2021£1.4m£1.4m
31/12/2020£1.3m£1.6m

Common questions

Is GERMAN YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION IN LONDON financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that total funds rose to £6,041,728, supported by a profit of £529,911 and strong liquid reserves of £1,216,385. The Trustees report confidence in the charity's future based on positive trading prospects and healthy asset backing, with no material uncertainties identified regarding going concern. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Haslers.

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE SCHRODER FOUNDATION1£80k
THE GREIG TRUST1£27k
THE MAURICE AND HILDA LAING CHARITABLE TRUST1£20k
The Schroder 1905 Trust1£10k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with GERMAN CHURCH SYDENHAM.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
GERMAN YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION IN LONDON£3.7m——unclear—no doubt
GERMAN CHURCH SYDENHAM FY2024£104k—0unclear—no doubt
GURU NANAK NISHKAM SEWAK JATHA LONDON UK FY2024£655k—0unclear—no doubt
THE BRITISH-GERMAN ASSOCIATION FY2025£356k—0unclear—no doubt
FULHAM AND SOUTH KENSINGTON BRANCH OF THE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION FY2025£176k—0unclear—no doubt
YMCA LONDON CITY AND NORTH FY2025£9.5m£103,490—below—no doubt

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