YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION BRIGHTLINGSEA BRANCH

Registered charity 250547 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provision of Community space for local groups

Objects

(A) TO LEAD YOUNG MEN AND BOYS TO THE LORD JESUS CHRIST AND TO FULLNESS OF LIFE IN HIM. (B) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION FOR YOUNG MEN AND BOYS WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITION OF LIFE. (C) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION FOR PERSONS OF ALL AGES WITH THE OBJECT OF DEVELOPING THEIR PHYSICAL, MENTAL OR SPIRITUAL CAPACITIES. (D) TO RELIEVE OR ASSIST IN THE RELIEF OF PERSONS OF ALL AGES WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS BY REASON OF THEIR SOCIAL, PHYSICAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES. (E) TO PROVIDE RESIDENTIAL ACCOMMODATION FOR PERSONS OF ALL AGES WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS BY REASON OF THEIR SOCIAL, PHYSICAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES.EFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY WITH A PREFERENCE FOR THOSE IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT,

Area of benefit: BRIGHLINGSEA

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

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Latest income
£29k
Latest spending
£19k
Registered
1966
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity aims to maintain reserves of £12,000 as the minimum needed for operations. The document does not disclose actual unrestricted reserves, total income, or total expenditure figures. Consequently, the financial health cannot be assessed beyond the stated reserves policy.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £12000
“We aim to keep in reserve £12000 as this is the minimum needed to keep the hall functioning.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£29k£19k
31/12/2024£33k£14k
31/12/2023£24k£17k
31/12/2022£19k£12k
31/12/2021£33k£10k

Common questions

Is YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION BRIGHTLINGSEA BRANCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity aims to maintain reserves of £12,000 as the minimum needed for operations. The document does not disclose actual unrestricted reserves, total income, or total expenditure figures. Consequently, the financial health cannot be assessed beyond the stated reserves policy.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund12/05/2011£10kMain roof refurbishment at Brightlingsea YMCA