Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 5
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

WEST LONDON YMCA

West London YMCA's mission is developing opportunities to transform young lives. The charity aims to show Christian faith in action in its local communities. West London YMCA works through supported housing, training and development, youth work and children's activites, open to all and prioritizing youth with fewer opportunities.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why are there only 4 trustees?

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£8,426£8,148£278£0£0£0n/a6930
31/03/22£7,844£7,667£177£0£8,684£8,61713.58025
31/03/21£7,931£7,606£325£0£8,507£8,44813.38130
31/03/20£7,713£7,471£242£0£8,182£8,123139533
31/03/19£7,370£6,609£761£0£7,940£7,87814.315320
31/03/18£6,470£6,645£-175£0£7,179£7,09712.81440
31/03/17£6,736£6,746£-10£0£16,947£16,867301630
31/03/16£6,669£6,425£244£0£16,895£16,83031.41440
31/03/15£5,753£5,833£-81£55£17,196£17,11635.21190
31/03/14£6,468£6,912£-444£44£13,787£13,71523.81350
31/03/13£6,712£6,677£36£48£14,186£14,13825.41400
31/03/12£6,784£6,570£214£56£14,151£14,09925.81520
31/03/11£6,209£6,081£128£65£14,084£14,01927.71470
31/03/10£6,823£6,621£201£48£13,956£13,90025.21490
31/03/09£6,628£6,844£-215£74£12,954£12,90722.62050
31/03/08£6,703£6,738£-36£97£13,169£13,16923.52050
31/03/07£5,545£5,538£8£105£13,205£13,20528.61490
31/03/06£8,967£6,981£1,986n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£7,904£6,545£1,359n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£7,964£6,888£1,076n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: NAN%
Liabilities/Income: 0%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: NAN%
Reserves/Spending: 0 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 0 months
Quick Ratio: NAN
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 28 years

www.ymcastpaulsgroup.org

enquiries@ymcaspg.org

020 8399 5427

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Amateur Sport
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Religious Activities
GiG Classification
  • Social youth organisations
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith And Fulham, Harrow, Hillingdon, Hounslow,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Greater London Authority£132,563
Garfield Weston Foundation£25,000
National Lottery Community Fund£10,000
City Bridge Trust£4,225
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - YMCA West London Sports for Development
£10,000 06/01/2023
This project will provide free sporting sessions for vulnerable and ‘at risk’ 11-21-year-olds. The project aims to reduce antisocial behaviour and provide sessions throughout the evenings on weekdays that will improve mental and physical health ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000 17/06/2022
YMCA West London Youth Programmes
Co-Operative Group - Grant to YMCA West London, Hanwell
£1,874 23/10/2021
We would like to install WiFi throughout the building to enable our residents to use the internet for accessing benefits, college, and support services online.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to YMCA West London
£4,225 01/05/2020
A grant of £4,225 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the application, so that the organisation can carry on providing support to Londoners.
Greater London Authority - YMCA West London
£132,563 01/01/2020
Positive activities for young people involved in crime or at risk of crime or exclusion
Sport England - TIED Football @ Northolt
£10,000 23/03/2018
17
Funding under Sport England's Tackling Inactivity and Economic Disadvantage Small Award funding programme for a Revenue project titled TIED Football @ Northolt. This project lists its main activity as Association Football
DCMS - ALB-TIED Football @ Northolt
£10,000 23/03/2018
Funding under Sport England's Tackling Inactivity and Economic Disadvantage Small Award funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'TIED Football @ Northolt'. This project lists its main activity as Association Football.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Wset London YMCA Roxeth Gate Harrow
£3,137 29/11/2017
We want sports training equipment to provide our young hostel residents with free sporting activities and encourage healthy lifestyles.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to YMCA West London
£2,522 29/11/2017
We want to buy sports equipment to provide our young hostel residents with free sporting activities and encourage healthy lifestyles.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to YMCA WEst London
£2,976 04/08/2017
We prevent homelessness among young vulnerable people and also equip them with skills to live independently in society.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 43-69
  • CHRISTOPHER STERN Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Director
  • DUNCAN INGRAM Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Former Ftse100 Director
  • HELEN BREWER (Chair) Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Principal Investment
  • KENNETH YOUNGMAN Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Finance Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 10/10/1996, number: 1058593
  • Registered at Companies House on 02/09/1996, number: 03244611
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Homes England
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; all on time
Main office

Ymca
49 Victoria Road
SURBITON
Surrey
KT6 4NG

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE ASSOCIATION ARISE FROM ITS ACCEPTANCE OF ITS FOUNDING CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLE, THE PARIS BASIS OF 1855 INCORPORATED INTO THE NATIONAL STATEMENT OF THE AIMS AND PURPOSES OF THE YMCA IN ENGLAND AS IT MAY BE AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME.CONSEQUENTLY THE ASSOCIATION IS PART OF THE WORLDWIDE YMCA, A CHRISTIAN MOVEMENT WHICH SEEKS TO UNITE THOSE WHO, REGARDING JESUS CHRIST AS THEIR GOD AND SAVIOUR ACCORDING TO THE HOLY SCRIPTURES, DESIRE TO BE HIS DISCIPLES IN THEIR FAITH AND IN THEIR LIFE, AND TO ASSOCIATE THEIR EFFORTS FOR THE EXTENSION OF HIS KINGDOM. ANY DIFFERENCE OF OPINION ON ANY OTHER MATTER SHALL NOT INTERFERE WITH THE HARMONIOUS RELATIONS OF THE YMCA MOVEMENT. THE ASSOCIATION WELCOMES, SERVES AND WORKS WITH PERSONS OF ALL RELIGIOUS FAITHS AND OF NONE.ACCORDINGLY THE OBJECTS OF THE ASSOCIATION ARE:TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH, INCLUDING BY (A) PROMOTING A CHRISTIAN ENVIRONMENT INSPIRED AND MOTIVATED BY THE LIFE, EXAMPLE AND TEACHING OF JESUS CHRIST, WHERE PEOPLE OF FAITH AND PEOPLE OF NONE CAN WORK TOGETHER FOR THE TRANSFORMATION OF COMMUNITIES AND (B) ENABLING PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND IN PARTICULAR YOUNG PEOPLE, TO FLOURISH THROUGH EXPERIENCING AND RESPONDING TO THE LOVE OF GOD DEMONSTRATED BY THE LIFE, EXAMPLE AND TEACHING OF JESUS CHRIST.TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR MEN AND WOMEN WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION FOR PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND IN PARTICULAR YOUNG PEOPLE, WITH THE OBJECT OF DEVELOPING THEIR PHYSICAL, MENTAL OR SPIRITUAL CAPACITIES.TO RELIEVE OR ASSIST IN THE RELIEF OF PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND IN PARTICULAR YOUNG PEOPLE, WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS BY REASON OF THEIR SOCIAL, PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL, SPIRITUAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES.TO PROVIDE RESIDENTIAL ACCOMMODATION, INCLUDING SOCIAL HOUSING, FOR PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND IN PARTICULAR YOUNG PEOPLE, WHO ARE IN NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS BY REASON OF THEIR SOCIAL, PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL, SPIRITUAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED - IN PRACTICE, WEST LONDON

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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