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DONCASTER YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 250973 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DONCASTER YMCA, YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION DONCASTER BRANCH

YMCA Doncaster provides places and programmes where all young people can truly belong, contribute and thrive. Our principal activity is in the provision of accommodation and related services for young people between the ages of 18 and 25.We also provide community activities, meeting space for other organisations and volunteering opportunities for local people.

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Latest income
£717k
Latest spending
£775k
Registered
1967
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves amounted to £1,501,681, which includes a revaluation reserve of £303,267. The trustees' report indicates that the operating margin was -8.18% due to an exceptional expense of buying out the YMCA Pension Scheme, but excluding this cost, the margin would have been -1.13%. The auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate and identified no material uncertainties.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three and six months of the next year's anticipated gross revenue costs (held: £1.5m)
“Throughout this period, the Board aims to maintain an ongoing reserve of between three and six months of the next year's anticipated gross revenue costs” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Xeinadin Audit Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

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

Total income
£717k
Total spending
£775k
Cost of raising funds
£13k
Reserves (reported)
£1.5m
Employees
23

Reported reserves equal ~23.2 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable 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: 1.9% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Doncaster

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£717k£775k
31/03/2024£641k£679k
31/03/2023£585k£714k
31/03/2022£723k£606k
31/03/2021£590k£613k

Common questions

Is DONCASTER YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves amounted to £1,501,681, which includes a revaluation reserve of £303,267. The trustees' report indicates that the operating margin was -8.18% due to an exceptional expense of buying out the YMCA Pension Scheme, but excluding this cost, the margin would have been -1.13%. The auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate and identified no material uncertainties. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Xeinadin Audit Limited.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund12/04/2024£20kActivities Programme